Chapter 418 - Untitled

Rong Yan calmly greeted the guests present and did not avoid Chu Li. As they were friends who had not met in a long time, she remained calm and spoke gently. She gave people the impression she was sincere yet not overly so.

As though Chu Li’s pitch-black eyes were suppressing a rage within it, his face became even gloomier. His eyes, like ink being splashed, burned with rage. Ever since Rong Yan appeared, it was as though he was surrounded by air colder than the Siberian air. Jason and Bai Ye moved the chairs even closer and Bai Ye was now sitting even closer to Rong Yan. Like the fire to which fuel was added, Chu Li’s rage burned even hotter.

Ye Wei watched on as she ate the walnuts that Black J peeled. Seeing how Scheming Chu’s eyes burned with anger as he saw Rong Yan, Rong Yan remained calm and talked to others while avoiding him. Ye Wei secretly wondered to herself how great Scheming Chu must be feeling as he took it out on Rong Yan.

“Yan Yan, you are really not the nicest. I want to eat the desserts that you make.” Ye Wei smiled. “I will make you tasty desserts at night.”

“Fully filled?”

Bai Ye broke into loud laughter as Jason clutched his stomach and laughed. The terrible storm that Chu Li was brewing up was dispersed with that statement.

“Is there a new product?” Ye Wei’s eyes lit up.

Everybody broke into laughter not without reason. Given how Ye Wei and everybody were training intensively since young and were often exercising, their already-slim figures would not give rise to such outrageous dimensions. The young kid’s questions as to whether she had artificially enhanced herself were reasonable doubts.

Eleven and she were as flat as the airport. After Rong Yan followed Chu Li, the few of them were on very good terms with each other. As Ye Wei and Eleven were only fifteen-sixteen-year-old teenagers who were still growing up, they had resort to a beauty trap to assassinate a Colombian drug lord. Even though she had no bust, she had to reveal them. To think said arms dealer described her as ‘having a gorgeous face but lacking in figure’, beautiful Ye Wei shot him to death on the spot and was largely shook when she returned.

To improve her figure so that she could use beauty traps even more effectively, Beautiful Ye Wei decided to enhance her bust. When she said this, everybody happened to be present and Jason was the first to say, “Face it. You will not get to win the dimensions game unless you enhance it.”

Bai Ye, from the perspective of a doctor, also said that Ye Wei and Eleven’s figures were absolutely beyond hope.

Although she was two years into puberty, she was still not wholesome but people were able to guess her final size. This series of developments triggered Ye Wei. Rong Yan said, “How about I lend you a hand?”

At eighteen, Rong Yan was already a biologist and was extremely proficient with medicines and food. With cooking being one of her hobbies, Ye Wei, who wanted to give it a shot, agreed to Rong Yan helping her as she did not want to artificially enhance her figure.

Little did they expect two airports to become extremely well-endowed beauties with breasts and hips.

Bai Ye once jokingly said that Rong Yan did not enhance her figure but instead created two women with devilishly gorgeous figures. Rong Yan, in response, said that she missed her puberty.

She actually treated them as guinea pigs that unexpectedly succeeded.

They always treated this as a joke.

Rong Yan smiled and nodded. She scooted next to her ear and said something. Ye Wei looked at Rong Yan’s chest in doubt and then reached out to grab her boobs. Chu Li’s face blackened and he wanted to send a walnut in Ye Wei’s direction. He was the only one who could touch her there!

There were no guesses to what they said to each other.

Black J laughed. Ye Wei was the only person who was smart enough to take action.

“Hmmph!” He harrumphed loudly but Ye Wei ignored him. Rong Yan held Ye Wei’s hand and smiled as she said, “Stop playing around.”

Jason looked at Ye Wei’s chest and constructively suggested. “Wei Wei, stop enhancing your figure. If it gets any larger, it won’t compliment your figure anymore. Aren’t you afraid your center of gravity would shift?”

Bai Ye openly said, “To men, that figure of yours will surely give a nosebleed. I am also of the opinion that you should not enhance it any further lest you become unstable and fall when sprawling with Marshmallow. I’m also guessing that Marshmallow wouldn’t be able to cup those with his hands too, no?”

Everybody broke into laughter.

Black J and Chu Li did not laugh the most sincerely. As Eleven coughed, a cold descended upon the place and everybody stopped laughing. Ye Wei played with her slender fingers and coldly asked, “Why isn’t everyone still laughing?”

Everybody knew the hidden meaning and stopped laughing whilst Rong Yan gently laughed. She really liked the atmosphere between them, like how they were one big family and nothing to hide from each other. They did not feel embarrassed while talking to each other.

She knew them for about five years, and they all, especially Ye Wei and Eleven, really liked her as she was a good cook and had a really big heart. Although they had few opportunities to meet and interact with each other, their friendship with each other was extremely good. Save the few men in the terrorist organization, Rong Yan was the only person that Ye Wei and Eleven liked.

“Yan Yan, how did you know that we have returned?” Eleven asked. Rong Yan had left before them. Along with the fact that they did not contact each other when Eleven and Ye Wei were in City A, her divination could not have been so spot-on.

“Bai Ye said that you were returning today, so I decided to come over to take a look.” Rong Yan gently smiled. Chu Li shot a harsh look at Bai Ye. If looks could kill, Bai Ye would have been utterly butchered by Chu Li.

Bai Ye protested his innocence. He only remembered that Rong Yan never left London when he randomly bumped into her. He also happened to reveal the fact that Ye Wei and Eleven would return today. He was indeed innocent.

Chu Li pulled an extremely long face and gritted his teeth. He did not stare at Rong Yan, but at Bai Ye instead. Feeling way more wronged than ‘Kou-er’, the lead character in ‘Snow in Summer’, Bai Ye could not cry any tears out.

Rong Yan was certainly doing it deliberately. Chu Li was definitely going to spar with her someday.

“Where are you staying now?” Ye Wei smiled and asked. Rong Yan calmly answered, “In the hotel.”

Chu Li’s gaze moved and Ye Wei coldly replied, “I really hate the weather in London. I don’t expect to stay long this time, perhaps a week. Since you have nothing to do here, how about you walk the world with us? It will be exciting.”

“Okay!”

“I will not allow that!”

Rong Yan and Chu Li almost spoke at the same time. One was calm, the other in restrained anger, whilst the rest were getting popcorn. Everybody unanimously felt that it was Chu Li who was overboard this time, although they did not know what exactly transpired.

What Rong Yan said, however, implied that he was less than trash.

While she had said it extremely calmly, it was so heartbreaking when they all heard it and everybody wanted to wallop Chu Li. Since Ye Wei was present, they were not needed. They did not understand how Chu Li and Rong Yan, despite having gone through countless highs and lows and near-death situations, which were enough materials for three to four blockbusters, could be so conflicted with each other.

“Scheming Chu, what is off-whack with you?” Ye Wei smiled. “Eleven and I are often out and we miss Rong Yan’s cooking. While she is around, that does not mean that she will be around.”

“You two can go thrill-seeking and live dangerously. If Silver Face is out for your heads, how would you protect her?” Chu Li sounded a tad urgent and stared at Rong Yan in frustration.

Ye Wei was about to answer the question but Rong Yan held her hand to signal her to be quiet. She gently smiled and said, “Well-said. You have no right to ask about that. Since there is nothing in London for me to reminisce about, not to mention that I cannot return to Country R, there is no harm for me seeing the world with Ye Wei and Eleven then.”

Chu Li’s eyes were cold and vicious. There is nothing in London to reminisce? Nothing in London to reminisce… As that phrase replayed in his head, the anger in his eyes soared.

Everybody felt that something was amiss, and Ye Wei felt that something had passed. What happened between them? Rong Yan’s intention to her was extremely obvious: help me. Ye Wei was not one who would deny her help.

While she thought Rong Yan was merely repaying Chu Li with how he had made her feel, little did they expect her to be dead serious.

Was Rong Yan deliberate?

She had always replied calmly as though she was innocent and calm like a white lotus which could see through all deceptions. When one heard her, she sounded slightly despondent.

While it was not obvious, it was enough for people to not overlook it.

“I will not allow it!” Chu Li punctuated his words as though they were as cold and harsh as bullets raining on her.

Rong Yan smiled and did not reply. The previously-happy atmosphere became a bit solemn, but Rong Yan did not seem to mind. Instead, she calmly replied and said, “Wei Wei, Eleven, if you want to taste my cooking, let’s go off together later. I’ll receive you tonight.”

“That’s great!” How could she not reply as such when Rong Yan was stepping on her feet?

With Ye Wei agreeing, Eleven naturally agreed as well.

Chu Li flew into a rage and slammed on the table. As he stood up tall with a murderous intent brewing in his eyes, he seemed as though he was vicious enough to destroy everything. Everybody, apart from Rong Yan, was a little frightened. Did Scheming Chu lose it?

Being the most rational amongst them all, he never lost his temper in front of them and was the calmest of them all. The last time Ye Wei saw him flew into a rage was two years ago. That was because…

She looked at Rong Yan beside her and secretly worshipped her for being the only person who was able to send Scheming Chu into a flying rage.

Amidst the calm before the storm, Fang Ying came along with some tea and desserts. As she seemed unused to the weight in her hands, she was slightly sweating and her face seemed a tad pale.

Since Chu Li was facing the door, he immediately saw her and went over to take over the tray from her. He could not help but berate her and said, “Why are you carrying such heavy items? Did you injure yourself?”

“Brother Chu, I am fine,” Fang Ying smiled although her face was extremely pale and could not help but almost stumble and fall. Chu Li threw the tray onto the table and Black J reached out to catch it.

Chu Li supported Fang Ying and said, “What’s up?”

Fang Ying shook her head and gently smiled. “I’ll be fine after sitting down for a while.”

“No, go back to your room now and rest,” Chu Li coldly replied. Fang Ying, however, was insistent on staying back and he supported her to the seat next to him. Jason frowned.

Everybody remained mum whilst Rong Yan was expressionless. She did not look at them whilst she peeled the walnut in her hands.

Eleven coldly laughed. Although Fang Ying looked weak, when did she become so frail? As they had trained together, one who was really frail would have died long ago and would not have survived until now.

While Fang Ying was no longer in their league, she was still formidable at least.

Even if she were wounded by gunfire, she would not be so frail.

When it came to Rong Yan and Fang Ying, Fang Ying was clearly the more able person and was more physically able. Her frail look, however, gave people an otherwise impression ala Lin Daiyu. Rong Yan, on the other hand… Ye Wei secretly wondered whether men preferred women who were slightly effeminate.

Would being a tad more effeminate when seducing Mo Jue tilt the odds in her favor? She did some back-of-envelope calculations and shook her head. Forget it. Even if she feigned being effeminate, Mo Jue would not believe her.

Rong Yan peeled a few walnuts for Ye Wei as Chu Li helped Fang Ying sit down. Chu Li’s eyes never left Rong Yan but Rong Yan did not look at him and instead spoke to Ye Wei softly. She laughed from time to time, and Chu Li’s gaze became even more sinister.

Fang Ying heaved a sigh of relief. While she seemed slightly better, she saw how Chu Li never had eyes for her but instead for Rong Yan. It made her heart bitter.

This was not how it used to be.

Her heart wholly belonged to him, and even if she left him for years, his heart had room for her. She was always extremely confident about where she stood in Chu Li’s heart and returned after a few years.

But with that one more Rong Yan next to him, he claimed to love but not really love her. She could not quite make out how she felt and thought she still had a chance.

When she returned years ago, he was still as gentle as before and treated her as such. He had, for her, abandoned Rong Yan several times and even used Rong Yan as bait to ensure her safety. For her, he almost caused his rivals to kill Rong Yan in mistake. He had, for her, considered killing Rong Yan.

She was extremely lucky his heart still belonged to her and would not be taken away. She thought that they could be as romantic and sweet toward each other. She thought that Chu Li did not love Rong Yan and that Rong Yan would quickly disappear from Chu Li’s life.

But he, once and again, flew into a rage because of Rong Yan. He, once again, lost control of his emotions because of Rong Yan. She felt extremely insecure that she would no longer belong to him and wanted to drive Rong Yan away through all methods possible.

But he would not allow it!

He clearly knew what she did, and he, for the want of Rong Yan, said extremely harsh words to her and even flared up at her. To think that a woman ransomed would triumph over ten-over years of friendship.

As long as Rong Yan was present, Chu Li had no eyes for her.

Fang Ying hid her bitterness and smiled. She said, “Rong Yan, what brings you here! To think that you arrived without informing me. I’ll get some more drinks as there isn’t enough for everyone here.”

“I am not thirsty, and there’s no need to.” Rong Yan appeared calm and nobody could discern her emotions. “I’ll make a move immediately.”

Ye Wei looked at the teacups on the table and smiled gorgeously. “Huh, aren’t there sufficient teacups to go around? When did we have insufficient teacups?”

Fang Ying’s face turned even whiter and she gritted her teeth whilst looking at Ye Wei in anger. She was deliberate and knew that she was the other person at play.