Chapter 84

Chapter 84

"Battle buddy, give me a hand!"

The woman's fair and beautiful face was slightly downturned, with a hint of fawning appeal for help in her eyes.

She was much shorter than him, and no matter when, she had to look up at Gu Wen with her amber eyes.

Shang Xi pursed his lips and tentatively reached out. His actions were so gentle that it was like a gust of wind blowing across Shang Xi's cheeks, lightly brushing aside the bangs on her forehead.

His naturally intimate gesture stunned everyone present, Shang Xi included.

She was startled for a second before regaining her composure, thinking to herself that Gu Wen was really smooth, already going along with the act.

She moved a little closer to Gu Wen, her brows and eyes relaxing into a gentle expression. Anyone looking at them would not doubt they were in a relationship.

She turned to look at the dumbfounded young man in the wheelchair, smiling lightly. "As you can see, he's Baby Shang's biological father, and also my partner."

"How...how can that be..." The young man's eyes widened in shock, as if witnessing the end of the world.

Shang Xi's words shattered the light in the young man's eyes bit by bit. She had never given him a sliver of hope, much less now.

"Yes, I like him. We're already married."

"That's right. It's for life. He's Baby Shang's biological father. Can you think of anyone more suitable than him?"

However, Gu Wen's dark eyes lit up as he followed Shang Xi's lead.

She had destroyed the light in a young man's eyes, while igniting the light in the eyes of a lone wolf at the same time.

Shang Xi was only thinking of getting rid of the little brother as soon as possible so that he could go home and study properly. She didn't think much about her own words, since Gu Wen also knew that she was just acting with him.

But she didn't know that creatures like wolves are sinister and cunning by nature. If you give them the slightest opportunity, the evil genes inherent in their bones will stir.

No matter how much wolfmen emphasize their difference from ordinary wolves, they are arrogant and look down on unintelligent beasts.

They walk among humans in human form, dressed sharply and wearing watches, trying their best to blend in.

But they are not human after all. They are wolfmen.

The inherently wicked nature ingrained in their DNA since ancient times when wolfmen had to catch prey and avoid starving to death. They racked their brains and employed all manners of cunning.

As long as they could hunt successfully and avoid starving, any means was justified in their eyes. For them, there was no such thing as immorality, good or evil, or right and wrong. As long as they achieved their goal, anything goes.

So now, with just a few careless words from Shang Xi, his innate wickedness easily gained control over him.

Just because of the lines she had uttered while acting.

Those few sentences she had spoken in pretense took root in his mind. He rolled them around his mouth and replayed them in his thoughts over and over, keeping them warm and sweet in his heart.

She liked him.

They were already legally married.

They would be together for life.

No wolf more suitable than him would ever come along.

"Alright, let's get going too. He should be thoroughly heartbroken by now," said the woman coolly.

Her melodious voice was like the ruthless morning alarm on a winter's day, beautiful yet cruel, stirring people awake from their dreams.

After a long silence, Gu Wen mumbled an affirmation.

"Thanks. You played your part very naturally just now."

Gu Wen's cold brows knitted slightly. "Mm."

He hadn't been acting.

In this play, there was only one actor.

Having finally gotten rid of the little brother, Shang Xi felt much more relaxed. She smiled generously at Gu Wen, "Mr. Gu, I'll treat you to a meal one of these days."

Just as Gu Wen had said, he did not pursue her again. Now they helped each other like true battle buddies, getting along harmoniously. This was the outcome she wanted.

She lowered her guard.

Her opponent was not a human but a dangerous wolf.

She failed to notice that the depths of the wolfman's dark eyes flickered with a ghastly green light.

The lone wolf's countdown begins...

If there's no update tomorrow (Sep 9), I'll stream myself eating shit...