Old Patriarch Cao shuddered at the thought of facing against the organization. An Hun might not be the number one organization in the Underworld, but they still held some kind of influence that remained in people's hearts. Especially, when it comes to violence and taking revenge. "Elder Liao, give me more time to speak with my granddaughter. I'm sure I'll find a way to convince her somehow," promised Old Patriarch Cao. Though, in his heart, he was still reluctant to use Cao Yujin, this good piece of pawn, to tie the ticking bomb An Hun. Thinking about it, the only reason why he had to accept Elder Liao's proposal was because of Song Yu Han.
That's right... n(.o-(v)(e/.l-(B)-I/(n
This is all Song Yu Han's fault!
If he hadn't recklessly married some actress, Cao Yujin would've been the new Mrs. Song. Then, absorbing the entire Song family into his Cao family could have been such an easy feat! Unfortunately, his plans were thwarted even before it begun. Cao Yujin failed to impress Song Yu Han. Instead, a woman, who came from the lower class, ended up marrying him. "Well then, I'll be waiting for your answer soon, Old Patriarch Cao." Elder Liao held his hand out and smiled widely, feeling smug after successfully achieving the first phase of his plans. Old Patriarch Cao did not know what Elder Liao had in his mind as he looked at him and his hand. After a second of hesitation, he finally grabbed Elder Liao's hands and said, "It's a pleasure working with you, Elder Liao." "But before everything else... there's one favor I would like to ask of you," Old Patriarch Cao added quickly, making Elder Liao's eyebrows raised in askance. "And that is?" "I want you to eliminate someone for me," said Old Patriarch Cao. Elder Liao squinted his eyes, making the wrinkles in the corner of his eyes turn deeper. He could've refused. After all, there's no need for him to put more effort into the Cao family after the blunder they've caused him and his junior, who went missing. But for the sake of his plans to mix into the business world and also take over the Underworld, Elder Liao find himself unable to refuse. 'It's just a simple favor of eliminating someone for my in-law's, anyway. It's nothing new or strange for me,' Elder Liao thought in his mind.
"Who is it that you want gone?" "I want the woman my niece paid your organization to be erased from this world."
***
At this moment, Ran Xueyi had no idea that the number of enemies she was about to face had multiplied. Two of them were now hand in hand with the same goal of eradicating her existence. The party that was hinted at finding the perfect groom for Cao Yujin was about to end. Yet, the guests still had no idea who was selected, making them feel irritated and wasted their time. However, they could only complain in their hearts while taking advantage of the situation to have many connections with the big and wealthy families that gathered tonight. As for Carslillion, he was sitting in pins and needles, keeping his eyes glued on the monitor showing the tanned male that had finally stationed himself beside Elder Liao. Gritting his teeth, Carsillion took out his bulky phone and started to curse at Percy in their own group chat.
[Carsillion: 7U@#!!! ASASDHSKKDFK!!!]
After sending this, a reply appeared in a couple of seconds later.
[Lapis: What's wrong with you? Did you dump a big shit and couldn't flush it?]
[Carsillion: CKUF!!! No!]
[Reina: Then, did you step on some dog shit?]
[Carsillion: It's worse than stepping on some dog shit!]
[Lapis and Reina: ...]
[Reina: Calm down. If it's not a dog shit, then could it be that it's human shit?]
[Lapis: Maybe it's Carsillion's?]
Sitting behind several monitors, Carsillion felt like he needed a fast-acting heart calming pill to calm his heart. What would it take to make him transport and kill these bastards first? Perhaps, beating up 'The Crow' could wait and turning these two into mince meat should be done first.
[Carsillion: It's not anyone's shit! And stop talking about it!]
Lapis and Reina did say a word. [Carsillion: I just saw The Crow. He's at the party with the madam.]
[Lapis: 凸ಠ益ಠ)凸]
[Reina: (ノꐦ ⊙曲ఠ)ノ彡┻━┻]
[Lapis: What are you doing here, talking with us? Aren't you going to kill that bastard? No, scratch that. I'm going to cut my trip short and go there. Wait for me!]
[Reina: I booked my ticket already. I will arrive in 5 hours. Keep Crow tied up... By the way, is he really handsome as the rumor says?]
[Carsillion and Lapis: (o_O) ?]
Suddenly, they saw Ran Xueyi typing below the screen. And everyone went silent at once.
[Ran Xueyi: Handsome.]
[Carsillion, Lapis, and Reina: ???!!!!]
[Ran Xueyi: ... But not as handsome as my husband. (⺣◡⺣)♡*]
***
Holding the thick as brick phone in her hand, Ran Xueyi grinned as the dangerous and dark aura above her head quickly dissipated as soon as she sent her message to the group. Song Yu Han stood behind her with his muscular and tall frame, looking at the strange-looking phone that looked between a beetle and a small alien with a glare in his eyes. "You think he's handsome?" Ran Xueyi did not need to turn her head to know her husband was drinking vinegar (jealous) again, and said, "Well, in a woman's standard of handsomeness, yes." Suddenly, the dangerous aura bursts out again. Ran Xueyi kept her phone away and continued, "But in my eyes, he's another human stick that Little Zhanzhan drew on his drawing book." Song Yu Han's glare lessened, but he kept the frown on his brows as he said, "Our Zhanzhan draw human sticks?" Ran Xueyi nodded. Song Yu Han looked away in an awkward manner and then finally said, "When we return... Let's hire a good artist who can help him practice drawing." She remembered that out of the two of them, she was the one who was trained by a famous artist. On the other hand, Song Yu Han never showcased his drawing skills. "Okay... But before we can find one, let's have you teach him, alright?" she looked at him expectantly with her eyes sparkling.
Song Yu Han, who couldn't refuse upon seeing that bright eyes staring at him: "... Okay."
He would never admit that he was a very bad artist. He can only draw a perfect circle and nothing else.
This time, Ran Xueyi couldn't hold back herself when she saw the troubled expression on his face and giggled. ----
Poisonlily's corner: A little bit of sweet and funny moments before things gets a bit serious.