Chi Xian also raised the corner of his eye.
Suddenly, the hand that had been on Ming Zheng’s head slid down.
After reaching her shoulder, he pulled her into his embrace.
His chin rested on Ming Zheng’s head. “The Ming family are blind and foolish, mistaking fish eyes for pearls. Let them protect their fish eyes.”
“As for you, this pearl, it’s enough that I found you.” His lips lightly kissed the top of Ming Zheng’s hair. “Such relatives, such family affection, there’s no need to crave it, better without it. From now on… you have me, the Chi family is your family.”
Ming Zheng: “…Um, I didn’t wash my hair yesterday.”
Without even asking.
He just went ahead and kissed her hair.
Wasn't he afraid of getting grease on his lips?
Chi Xian: “……”
Is that the point?
Isn’t the point that what he said was very moving?
And that she should then hug him tightly and say, ‘That’s right, you’re the only family I have’?
Isn’t that the normal course of events?
Chi Xian sighed, a mixture of helplessness and depth.
“I don’t mind,” he said, tightening his arms around the girl. “Don’t focus on these unimportant things. What you need to focus on is… what I said.”
Pressed into his embrace, Ming Zheng could feel the contours of his chest muscles through his clothes.
And if she tilted her head up, she could bite his collarbone.
He was truly seducing her all the time.
She rubbed her small face against his chest. “What did you say?”
Chi Xian: “……”
As expected, she only cared about whether her hair was washed.
She hadn’t paid attention to his confession.
Chi Xian was about to repeat himself.
However, the girl in his arms suddenly poked her head out from his embrace.
She straightened her back and wrapped her arms around his neck.
“Yes, you will be my family too.”
Ming Zheng’s eyes curved, brimming with shimmering smiles. “I was picked up by my Master. My Master said that when he found me, I was just a crying infant.”
“If it weren’t for Master, I would have starved to death or frozen to death on the streets.”
“Later, I always wondered what kind of people my biological parents were. Was I abandoned by them, or did they accidentally lose me? Would they have looked for me desperately after I went missing?”
“Then, my long-awaited biological parents appeared, and they brought my six older brothers.”
“They said they had switched babies back then and only now found out about my existence, so they had spent considerable manpower and resources to finally find me.”
“I thought I had also found blood-related relatives. My biological parents and brothers, whom I had yearned for for nineteen years, finally appeared in my life.”
“I felt this was a blessing from heaven, just as being picked up by Master was. I had found my true family.”
“So, I chose to abandon my previous life without hesitation and eagerly plunged into the dream I had always longed for.”
“I always believed that my choice was not wrong. True family would be my salvation for a lifetime, and the only motivation for me to persevere until now.”
“But… in the year and three months I spent with the Ming family, I truly understood… that some family bonds are not called family just because of blood connection.”
At least, in the eyes of the Ming family, they had never treated her as family from beginning to end.
She was merely a tool for them to soothe their consciences, to comfort themselves.
The so-called blood connection was of no consequence in their eyes.
Ming Zheng shifted her position, sitting in Chi Xian’s lap. Her slender fingers hooked Chi Xian’s jaw. “I have no feelings left for the Ming family. Even if they dote on Ming Zhi Rou and spend their entire fortune on her, it won’t stir any ripple in my heart.”
She tilted Chi Xian’s face up like a notorious ruffian, meeting his gaze. “It took me a year and three months to recognize my true family.”
“In the days to come, I will have not only my martial brothers, but also you.”
Chi Xian’s eyes were filled with her reflection.
His gaze deepened, sensually biting his Adam’s apple, which gently rolled.
His eyes seemed to draw in thread, enticing her.
“My Zheng Bao, nothing that makes you feel wronged will happen again.”
When he spoke.
His voice was slightly hoarse.
He lowered his head slightly.
And with his mouth, he bit the slender finger resting on his jaw.
His actions, though tinged with a hint of desire.
Yet, when he did them.
They were incredibly pure, elegantly cold, and maddeningly sexy.
One could only say…
It’s all about looks.
Ming Zheng couldn’t help but swallow, her eyes glued to his captivating face.
Then, she leaned in.
Her lips were about to meet the man’s lips that were biting her finger.
“Ding dong~”
Suddenly, a peculiar notification sound chimed.
The sound was like electricity, exceedingly unique.
Both of their actions froze.
The sensual atmosphere was interrupted.
The pink bubbles all dissipated.
Ming Zheng let go of him.
Chi Xian also let go of her.
Then, they both picked up their phones and looked at their screens.
Chi Xian looked for a few seconds.
Then he raised his eyes to look at Ming Zheng.
He happened to see Ming Zheng’s phone screen transition into an image of a wide-open door.
Immediately after, a dialog box popped up on the screen.
It was a group with a black butterfly avatar.
There were only eleven people in the group.
The first message to appear was from someone with the ID “Happy to Take Orders.”
[Happy to Take Orders]: Boss, boss, boss! I just saw a new task on the buyer section and it feels a bit off.
Ming Zheng recalled that she had logged into the dark web that morning, asking people to keep an eye on what Ming Zhi Rou was secretly plotting.
Then she was lured out by Chi Xian.
She hadn’t had time to log out of the dark web.
Chi Xian put his arm around Ming Zheng’s waist, prompting her to sit back in his embrace.
Then, he looked at the words on the screen with her.
Chi Xian raised an eyebrow. “Boss?”
Ming Zheng, sitting in his lap, replied to the person with a “?” while her eyes remained on the screen. “What’s your ID on the dark web?”
Chi Xian’s previous action clearly indicated that he looked at his phone after hearing the notification sound.
This meant that he was also very familiar with the unique notification sound of the dark web.
Chi Xian: “x.”
Ming Zheng: “……”
As expected, as simple as hers.
x.
She did have some impression of this person.
This person was very low-key and aloof on the dark web.
But what impressed her the most was…
This person had posted a missing person notice with a reward of ten billion.
No one had taken the job yet.
Because the clues he provided for the search were practically nonexistent.
Especially the location, which was a misty forest on the border of another country.