The next day, in the early morning, the rising sun shone through the windows into Ye Luoâs room.
The room was a mess, and the faint scent of hormones still lingered in the air as Yan Ling and Ye Luo slept in each otherâs embrace.
The sunlight hit his face, and Ye Luoâs eyes slowly opened. Looking at Yan Ling in his arms, a faint smile appeared on his lips.
A hand gently caressed Yan Lingâs smooth shoulder, and as her eyes opened, she looked at Ye Luo and said, "Havenât you touched enough last night?"
"Of course not, I can never get enough." Ye Luo said with a wicked smile.
"Youâre never serious." Yan Ling gave Ye Luo a coquettish look and got up, revealing her flawless body, which made a surge of lust rise within Ye Luo.
"I donât have the energy to deal with you now." Yan Ling said to Ye Luo, got dressed, and walked out.
No sooner had Yan Ling left the room than she saw Luo Jingxuan. The two women locked eyes, and while the latter looked somewhat embarrassed, Yan Lingâs face was calm as water, betraying no emotion.
"Jingxuan, how was your sleep last night?"
Yan Ling walked up to Luo Jingxuan, teasing her.
Luo Jingxuanâs face turned red, and she said in a low voice, "Sister Yan, you and him..."
Luo Jingxuan didnât know what to say.
"It canât be helped, your nephewâs needs are great. Besides, we are all adults here. Donât be so shy. I think itâs time for you to find a boyfriend to comfort that perfect body of yours so you donât end up frustrated," Yan Ling said with a teasing smile to Luo Jingxuan.
"Sister Yan, Jingxuan, what are you talking about? Letâs get ready for breakfast."
At that moment, Lin Xiaoyan came out of the kitchen and spoke to the two women.
"Wei Wei is the sweetest. Youâre not getting any younger. Donât you want to find a boyfriend?" Yan Ling said casually.
"That, Wei Wei is still young, I havenât thought about that yet." Lin Xiaoyanâs face turned pink.
"Youâre twenty-one, not young anymore. You wouldnât happen to have a crush on your Ye big brother, would you?"
Yan Lingâs comment caused Ye Luo, who had just walked out of the room, to pause and give Lin Xiaoyan a strange look. Her face turned bright red and she quickly ran back into the kitchen, eliciting a round of girlish laughter from Yan Ling, who gave Ye Luo a meaningful glance.
Luo Jingxuan received a phone call during breakfast, and said to Ye Luo, "Mr. Li from Li Corporation just called. He said he wants to come to Mei Yue Company and meet you."
Ye Luoâs lips curled into a playful smile. "Letâs prepare the contract."
"Is Mr. Li coming to sign a contract?" Luo Jingxuan asked, surprised.
Ye Luo just smiled and did not elaborate.
In Zhonghai, within a secretive residence, the figure of Tian Zhong appeared, looking somewhat disheveled. Then, a knock on the door sounded.
"Who is it?" Tian Zhongâs expression became tense, and he pulled out a handgun, warily staring at the door.
"Kato Taka!"
A voice in Japanese could be heard outside the room, and with that, Tian Zhongâs expression relaxed, and he opened the door. A bald man with a sinister face, a hooked nose, and dressed in black appeared before them.
He wore a pair of black gloves on his hands and emitted a cold and chilling aura. Behind him stood more than a dozen similarly dressed men, each with a subdued presence that still managed to convey an extremely dangerous atmosphere.
"Captain Kato, you have arrived!"
Tian Zhong greeted the bald man, and then the group walked in.
"Mr. Tian Zhong, whatâs the situation now?" the bald man, named Kato Taka, asked with a cold gaze fixed on Tian Zhong.
"Sigh!" Tian Zhong sighed, "Our base has been completely taken over by the Special Security Bureau; all data and materials have fallen into their hands, Han Youwei has been captured, and all the ninja elites from the Morita Family and Tagawa Family have been killed. This includes the forty Genetically Modified People we successfully developedâall gone."
Kato Takaâs eyes flashed with a cold light, "This matter is not my responsibility. My only purpose was to avenge Young Master Morita Koukawa."
Tian Zhongâs eyes sharpened, "The person responsible for the exposure and destruction of our entire base is the same individual who killed Young Master Koukawa. His name is Ye Luo, the fiancĂ© of the CEO of Ling Corporation in Zhonghai. He is very powerful, you all need to be cautious."
"Hmph, whoever dares to kill the young master of the Morita Family must die, no matter who they are," Kato Taka coldly declared, his body bursting with a terrifying aura that momentarily made Tian Zhong feel as if his breathing had stopped and his body stiffened. The aura of the opponent was so strong that he, a practitioner at the Innate Middle Stage, had no ability to resist.
In the Meiyue Company, inside Luo Jingxuanâs office, Li Tiancheng sat on the sofa sipping tea, his two short-haired, black-clad female attendants standing behind him with an indifferent expression.
Luo Jingxuan entered with Ye Luo, and upon seeing them, Li Tiancheng quickly stood up with a smile, "Mr. Ye, Miss Luo."
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Li," Luo Jingxuan said.
"Itâs no problem, I myself have not been here long. I have gained a comprehensive understanding of Meiyue, and I find the effects of your upcoming beauty products quite impressive. Li Corporation is willing to partner with you."
"We could use Li Corporationâs channels to market these products in other countries. What do you and Miss Luo think about this proposal?" Li Tiancheng asked them.
Ye Luoâs expression remained calm, while Luo Jingxuanâs face brightened with joy, quickly responding, "Thank you, Mr. Li, for your willingness to collaborate with Meiyue Company. We will not disappoint you."
"No need to be so polite," Li Tiancheng replied, his gaze then turning towards Ye Luo.
"Since you have been so courteous, Mr. Li, I will make sure to cure that kidney of yours," Ye Luo said.
Li Tianchengâs expression changed slightly, "Mr. Ye, I wonder if you could hand over the orb to me. You can name your terms. That orb is indeed very important to me."
Ye Luo revealed a meaningful smile, his eyes briefly scanning the two short-haired, black-clad women, "Iâm curious, Mr. Li, since you hold that orb in such high regard, what exactly is it?"
"Iâm really unable to disclose that," Li Tiancheng replied, his eyes flickering.
"It seems even you donât know what the orb is, Mr. Li. Youâre just helping someone else to get it, arenât you?" Ye Luo remarked, turning his gaze toward the two women.
One of the women in black coldly said to Ye Luo, "The orb you want is of no use to you. Instead, it will bring about your demise."
"Really? Iâm very curious about how an orb could bring me such a fatal threat. Perhaps you could reveal what it really is. Then I might lose interest in it, and would be willing to hand it over to you," Ye Luo said, with a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.