Chapter 30 Morning on November 30th

It was early morning on November 30th.

Feng Bujue knew someone was in the house the moment he opened the door.

But he didn’t overreact. He calmly changed his shoes, walked into the living room, and turned on the lights.

“Did you forget something?” Jue-ge asked, his voice slightly weary as he looked at Ruoyu sitting on the sofa.

“No.” Ruoyu simply replied with two words, preparing to get up and leave.

“Is there nothing else you want to say to me?” Feng Bujue asked as they brushed past each other.

“No.” The same response, delivered in the same icy tone.

“Then can you listen to me for a moment?” Jue-ge continued.

Ruoyu stopped walking, but she didn’t turn around. “Speak.”

“Let me just confirm… your seal hasn’t been broken yet, right?” Feng Bujue said.

“What do you think?” Ruoyu didn’t answer, but instead asked a question in return.

“Heh…” Feng Bujue didn’t reply either, just chuckled softly and continued, “To be honest, I’m already annoyed…”

“Annoyed by what?” Ruoyu asked.

“All of this…” Feng Bujue replied, “I hate having to negotiate with those devils by begging, and I don’t want to listen to the advice of some old codger…” He paused. “I have to admit, I’m a bit lost when it comes to matters of the heart. This confusion makes me angry, and it’s made me do a lot of things that I would never do according to my personality…” He sighed. “Alas… I’ve done a lot, but I haven’t solved any problems. On the contrary, it’s added more troubles, and the most unacceptable thing is… you’ve become unlike you, and I’ve become unlike me.”

“It seems…” Ruoyu murmured, “Our troubles… are quite similar.”

The two fell silent for a few seconds.

Then…

“So, I’ve decided…” Feng Bujue spoke again, “I won’t try to break the seal on you anymore. Let you make the decision and handle it yourself; if you need my help, just ask, if not, then so be it.”

Hearing these words, a hint of a smile finally appeared on the corner of Ruoyu’s mouth, and a touch of relief also flickered in her eyes. “Thank you… you finally understand.”

“Ah… sorry to have kept you waiting.” Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone.

“Then… let me confirm again.” Ruoyu turned around and continued, “What is our relationship now?”

“Relationship…” Feng Bujue deliberately drawled, replying, “Naturally, it’s still an abnormal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship in the general sense.”

“So, you mean… I’m as ‘abnormal’ as you?” Ruoyu asked again.

“Yeah.” Jue-ge replied matter-of-factly.

“Hoo…” Ruoyu actually breathed a sigh of relief. “I feel relieved to hear you say that.”

With that, she took out her phone, quickly operated it, and held it out to Jue-ge.

Feng Bujue didn’t say anything, he simply took the phone and looked at it.

At this moment, a picture message was displayed on the screen, the sending number was a very strange string of digits, the message content was as follows:

[Hehehe… Miss Li, hello. I’m sure you guessed my identity when you saw the first three words of this message. So, I’ll skip the self-introduction and get straight to business – tonight, Feng Bujue will go to a certain place to participate in a special banquet. The content of the banquet is basically a group of desperate people gambling with the rest of their lives for a large sum of money. It’s not a big deal; in short, I’ve reached a consensus with him. If he can win the game at the banquet tonight and retrieve something I need, then I’ll break your seal. So, I’m sending you this message first to say hello… in case you suddenly experience intense emotional fluctuations in the next few hours, that should be a sign that the seal is disappearing. Of course, it’s also possible that nothing will happen, because I can’t guarantee that Feng Bujue can win the game, or even that he can come back alive… but in any case, I think it’s better to let you know the situation… hehehe…]

For some reason, Woody paired this message with a picture of "a pair of glasses," which was full of things to complain about.

“Ah… this guy, does he have to ‘hehehe’ even in text messages…” Feng Bujue muttered as he scanned the message with his speed-reading ability, and then handed the phone back to Ruoyu.

“You don’t seem too surprised by this message.” Ruoyu took back her phone, feeling that Jue-ge’s expression was a little too calm.

“Of course…” Feng Bujue replied, “When I saw you sitting in the living room with the face of an assassin waiting for me, I had already deduced that… Woody sold me out again.” He spread out his hands. “Last night’s itinerary, I didn’t even tell Little Tan, only Woody could leak the news… ha… it wouldn’t surprise me at all that a guy like that, who oozes malice from every pore, would pull a stunt like this.”

“Then…” Ruoyu continued, “Since your purpose in going is to trade with him, it means that you were still thinking about breaking the seal when you went, but… why did you change your attitude after seeing me? Could it be because you failed in that game, causing Woody not to break the seal, so you simply gave up?”

“Of course not.” Feng Bujue replied, “I changed my mind the moment I saw you… or rather… I ‘figured it out’.”

He paused for two seconds, and very rarely… revealed a gentle smile. “I can imagine… you must have been very worried while waiting for me here. But when you saw me, you could only put on that kind of expression… because you didn’t know what expression to use to face me, and you didn’t know what to say to me. All you could do was silently leave after confirming my safety…” He pursed his lips. “These… you don’t have to say, I can understand, I can feel it… so, at that moment, my only thought was… I never want to see you showing that embarrassed look again.”

Feng Bujue’s tone when saying these words was very ordinary, not revealing any “emotional” state at all, even giving people a casual feeling, but this… precisely showed that his mood when saying it was sincere.

Indeed, he was quite an “actor.” When necessary, he could act very convincingly.

But… this state now was the real Feng Bujue.

And on the other side…

Ruoyu, after hearing these words, was stunned…

She was a little at a loss.

After a moment, she turned away, turned her back to Jue-ge, and replied in a strangely angry voice, “Tch… people these days… just start saying nonsense at the slightest disagreement… I’m going back!”