Chapter 31: Pouncing on Them
A mysterious light faintly shone from the depths of the man’s dark purple pupils. Refracted through the gold-rimmed lenses, it flickered like fireflies in the dark night, beautiful enough to fascinate the heart.
Su Miantang stared blankly, uncontrollably standing on her tiptoes, getting closer and closer to him. Close enough that Lu Sili could clearly trace the outline of her fine, dark brows, her crystal-clear amber pupils, the smooth, perky tip of her nose… His gaze finally settled deeply on her tender, full, crimson lips. His Adam’s apple rolled; he felt entirely parched, in desperate need of a water source.
The Charm was working.
He wanted to do something that transcended the relationship between superior and subordinate…
His large palm gently cupped the back of her head, and he lowered his head, unable to resist kissing her.
Unexpectedly, just when he was within reach, Su Miantang suddenly blinked. A look of worry appeared on her face. “Lu Sili, are your eyes… prosthetic? Why are they glowing?”
Her tone was cautious, as if she were a little afraid of hurting his self-esteem as a “disabled person.”
“…”
Boom. All the heart-pounding, ambiguous atmosphere vanished instantly.
Lu Sili let go of her in a panic, feeling guilty as if he had been caught doing something bad secretly.
The Charm failed?
Or rather, did it not work at all?
Otherwise, the duration wouldn’t be so short.
How could this be? The Fox clan’s Charm was effective on the opposite sex of the same rank or lower. The greater the difference, the longer the duration. Theoretically, her state just now should have lasted for a day.
Could it be just a rumor?
“Is it?”
Su Miantang extended her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, as if testing him.
“No.” Lu Sili released her and turned his head away. He loosened his tight tie with one hand and gulped down water as if putting out a fire. “My combat power is just a bit unstable.”
Su Miantang: “…” Sure enough, he was affected by her to the point of getting angry, which was why he pulled her over to warn her.
“Then I’ll go out first.”
“No need!” Lu Sili hurriedly stopped her. “Just… stand a little further away.”
If she wasn’t there, he would be even more distracted.
“Yes, sir~”
Su Miantang took two steps back, stood at attention, blinked, and made a gesture towards him.
A smile couldn’t help but spill from the corners of Lu Sili’s eyes.
So obedient.
Approaching noon, a message popped up in the laboratory communication system.
[Dean, there are two senior officers at the gate asking to see Researcher Su Miantang. Should we let them in?]
Senior officers?
Suspicious, he pulled up the surveillance feed.
Weren’t these the leaders of the Eagle Division Special Forces and the War Wolf Counter-Terrorism Elite, Colonel Fred and Major Enzo?
What were they here to see Miantang for?
“Huh?” Su Miantang was sorting reagents when she suddenly saw the people on the monitor screen. She ran over in surprise. “Fred and Enzo? They’re here?”
Last night, they had messaged her saying that Countess Joy was hosting a banquet at the estate specifically to thank her and incidentally celebrate her successful employment.
She had agreed.
She planned to fly to Mountain View – Earl’s Estate after work, but she didn’t expect them to come directly to pick her up.
“Miantang, you know them?”
“Mm-hm, they are my Guardians.”
Guardians?
In the Empire’s legal definition, that was equivalent to elders or relatives, but they weren’t much older than Miantang.
“It’s getting late.” Su Miantang glanced at her optical computer. “Dean, I’m getting off work now?”
“Okay.”
Lu Sili nodded. As she packed her things and left, he followed silently.
“Tangtang!”
“Tangtang, over here!”
At the entrance of the Academy of Sciences, Fred and Enzo—one holding a parasol, the other holding an ice cream—waved at Su Miantang from afar.
When she got close, they hurriedly shielded her securely, as if afraid the blazing sun would burn even a bit of her tender skin.
“Your Institute’s access control is even stricter than the army’s. Otherwise, we could have gone in to pick you up.”
“Strawberry flavor, for you.”
“Thank you~” Su Miantang took the ice cream, took a bite, and said in a sticky voice, “Of course. Otherwise, how would they protect a little beautiful female like me?”
She was joking, but the brothers took it deeply seriously, their eyes rippling with infatuated smiles.
“A great beautiful female.”
“Hahaha~”
Fred reached out, gently tucking the stray hair scattered on her cheek behind her ear. “Is the work hard? Your hair is messy.”
“Tangtang, eat slowly; it’s all over your mouth.” Enzo made an excuse to wipe a bit of pink cream from her soft lips with the pad of his finger. While she wasn’t looking, he put it into his own mouth.
Mm, so fragrant, so sweet.
He stared at her lips.
He really wanted to eat her directly…
On the fifth floor of the experimental building, Lu Sili stood behind the railing, watching that scene, his brow and eyes dark.
He had guessed right.
Looking at the affectionate gazes of the two officers toward Miantang, how were they Guardians? They were clearly suitors.
Although he was solely devoted to scientific research and had no time to pay attention to other things, he had heard the title “Imperial Twin Stars.” The youngest, most dazzling officers in the army, both with S-rank combat power, and the kind honed through live ammunition slaughter on the battlefield—much fiercer than ordinary males of the same rank.
He had thought that a female as beautiful as Miantang would have many outstanding suitors, but he didn’t expect the competition to be this strong…
A thick sense of crisis instantly surged in his heart.
Originally, he was worried that progressing too fast would scare Miantang, but looking at it now, if he didn’t take action, he might not even get a number in line.
“Tangtang, shall we go?”
“Okay.”
Su Miantang boarded the flying warship and saw Enzo press “Home” on the navigation—Mountain View.
“Wait, I want to go home first.”
“Why?”
“To feed my pet.”
She calculated.
Lanlan had been sleeping for three days. It was time for him to wake up. The little guy must be starving after sleeping for so long. If he didn’t get beast milk in time, he would throw a tantrum and tear the house apart.
“Pet?” Fred and Enzo were curious. “Tangtang, you keep a pet? What is it?”
“It’s…”
It was a tiger.
They probably wouldn’t be able to guess that no matter what, right?
Su Miantang deliberately kept them in suspense. “It’s a very cute little guy. You’ll know when you get there.”
Cute?
Images of kittens, bunnies, puppies… and other small animals floated in Fred and Enzo’s minds. How could they have imagined that as soon as the door opened, a massive white figure would pounce toward them accompanied by a ferocious roar?
“Roar—”
A tiger’s roar!
Hearing this somewhat familiar yet somewhat strange sound, Su Miantang reacted immediately and stepped forward to stop it. “Lanlan, don’t!”
His territorial awareness and possessiveness were extremely strong. He would get jealous even if she had the scent of other males on her, let alone bringing them home. He was definitely enraged.
She should have thought of this earlier and gone in first to negotiate, instead of how it was now.
Fred and Enzo were S-rank combat military males. Even if they encountered an adult tiger, they could easily crush it to death with one slap, let alone a tiny cub. Lanlan suddenly attacking them would definitely result in injury…
Huh?
Lanlan actually pounced on them and knocked them both down?
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