Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

He knew there was plenty of evidence to prove whether Anna liked girls, and he didn't even believe the excuses he used to deceive himself.

But he can tolerate it.

He had worked for World Serpent for three years, and he knew very well that World Serpent was not a benevolent organization; they could use despicable means to achieve some grand goal.

If he can't take Anna away, the measures Anna will face will not be so lenient or merciful.

In order to keep Anna alive, he forced himself to tolerate Anna's infidelity over three years.

Once everything settles down, in the World Serpent realm, he will have countless hours to change Anna's mind and bring her back into his arms.

—I have countless opportunities, so this one won't make a difference.

—At least, Anna likes a very outstanding girl, not…

There was no response; the door simply opened.

The owl had just put on a smile when he froze.

The raven beside them, however, had a look of amazement in its eyes, covered its little mouth, and let out a "Wow!"

The person who opened the door was a familiar, handsome young man who had just taken a shower and was only wrapped in a thin, loose white bathrobe, revealing his fair and clean chest.

He was tilting his head, drying his long, smooth hair with a towel; water dripped from the ends onto the floor. His indifferent red eyes stared at the two people outside the door, his expression blank.

“A beauty emerging from her bath.” Raven raised an eyebrow, leaning against the corner of the wall. “Night Owl, you seem to have the wrong house.”

“This is the only presidential suite on the third floor, how could I have come to the wrong place?” Night Owl frowned slightly. “Excuse me, Pandora, I’m here to see Anna. Do you know which room she’s staying in? I…”

As he was asking the question, he looked up and saw the messy arrangement in the room. On the thick wool carpet in the living room was a beautiful white off-the-shoulder evening dress that had been roughly torn open, and white stockings with lace trim were also casually thrown on the sofa. At the entrance, ten-centimeter crystal high heels confirmed his identity.

Kiana is taller than Anna, and her matching high heels are only five centimeters high.

The owl's words were left unfinished.

“Brother Night Owl,” Shen Liang looked up at him calmly, her small face upturned, “Sister Anna has already gone to sleep. Please cancel the engagement.”

"Asleep?" the owl repeated.

Shen Liang glanced at him and continued drying her hair. "Please leave."

“You…” Night Owl murmured, “What is your relationship with Anna…?”

Raven also noticed the unusual atmosphere in the room. Her gaze towards Shen Liang changed, filled with disbelief.

"As you can see," Shen Liang said calmly, "if you suspect that Anna and I are like Kiana, putting on an act to deceive you, then there's no need to. As a superhuman, you should be able to sense what's happening in this room. Anna doesn't want to see you, Night Owl, this is an ultimatum."

He maintained his persona, calling out "brother" and "sister" with practiced ease. However, while his voice had sounded innocent and clear like a little angel to Night Owl before, it was now shrill and piercing, like a demon stabbing deep into his heart.

He stared at Shen Liang, and in his semi-mechanical eyes, a faint red of anger could be seen.

"impossible!"

The owl growled.

"No way, Anna, no way... You're lying to me, she already agreed to come and get engaged... She even let me come!"

Shen Liang's face remained expressionless.

"First of all, Anna didn't ask you to come; it was after you proposed that Anna didn't refuse. Secondly, your arrival is perfect, because... it's necessary for you to refuse."

Raven vaguely understood what Shen Liang wanted to say, and a sorrowful expression appeared on her face.

“Refuse…?” Night Owl restrained his emotions. He could even feel his heart clenching. He was a human modified by machines, and emotional excitement was something he had to suppress, as it would cause the artificial heart to lose its power balance and could even lead to shock.

But he can't control himself now.

"Yes, you need to refuse, so that Anna will have fewer unwanted advances. She belongs to me." Shen Liang knew very well that at this time, he needed to use the most direct words to provoke him, to make him completely disappointed in Anna, to the point of despair.

Of course, since Anna is his possession, he can have that hostility.

This is a man's duty.

“Sister Anna is gentle and not assertive enough. Even without you, there will be other fools who don’t know their place and are eyeing her. But my relationship with Sister Anna cannot be made public, because as everyone knows, I am someone the Shaniat family has their eye on. If my relationship with Sister Anna from the collateral branch is exposed, it will cause trouble.” Shen Liang began to make up a story.

"So how can I keep my relationship with my sister from being exposed, and also keep my sister away from troubles caused by people like you?"

"I think the only way to make Anna look like this is to make her seem like the strategy is extremely difficult, the engagement extremely difficult, so difficult that..."

"For example, even Chen Tianwu, a male superhuman and a high-ranking executive of World Serpent, was not chosen... This level of difficulty."

Shen Liang leaned arrogantly against the entrance, not even bothering to let Ye Xiao in. He continued, in a clear, pleasant but sarcastic voice.

"Please help us with this, Brother Night Owl, just for Anna's sake, so that she can live the life she wants, in seclusion... We need your help, Brother Night Owl, if you truly loved Anna."

Malice!

Shen Liang was all too aware of his malice; he wanted to concentrate all the malice that Night Owl suffered onto himself as a target!

The more jealous, hateful, and angry one is, the more one can let go of the girl in one's heart.

So... I'm sorry, dear Night Owl.

"I heard there's a popular internet slang term on your planet called 'green tea bitch'?" Tiger Chiyo, who had been following this melodramatic drama, suddenly said.

Why are you suddenly bringing this up?

What was the definition again?

[This generally refers to someone who appears pure and innocent, speaks in a pitiful and harmless manner, but is actually cunning and shrewd.]

"Yes, that's right." Torachiyo chuckled and shut her mouth.

Shen Liang was baffled.

How scary, I'm taking a day off.

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Chapter 228 Take Care of Your Health

Night Owl stared intently at the handsome boy before him. The boy was nearly twenty centimeters shorter than him, but his face was etched with an arrogant pride. He kept calling him "Brother Night Owl," but the cute smile he put on revealed a man's authority and indifference.

It's hard to imagine that despite his youthful, handsome face, Night Owl felt he was a little devil who wanted to devour him alive.

The boy, fresh from his bath, made no attempt to conceal his relationship with Anna. Night Owl felt that the way Anna looked at him was as if he were looking at a pathetic loser.

"I don't believe it," Night Owl spat out through gritted teeth, repeating the same words, "Get Anna out here to see me!"

"Why should I?" Shen Liang said calmly.

"It was your Shaniat family that imprisoned Anna, for your sake! For the sake of someone even more important like you! Your Shaniat family was willing to sacrifice Anna's happiness to satisfy your despicable desires!" Night Owl roared. "I don't believe Anna is that kind of person!"

“Of course Anna isn’t that kind of person. We’ve been together for a long time,” Shen Liang continued to dissuade him. “Before you met her, Brother Night Owl, we had already started a secret relationship.”

The raven thought to herself, "You're kidding me. You were a cute little boy three years ago." But after a moment's hesitation, she decided it wasn't a big deal.

After all, he looks about the same now.

"Always?" Night Owl muttered to himself.

Has it been like this for three years? Have the letters over these past three years only been between friends? Did he misunderstand? Was he... just deluding himself?

His face was ashen.

It's hard to expose someone's unrealistic ideas, no matter how much friends and family try to persuade them. Society always seems to have to throw the harsh truth at them before they'll give up. They might cry and shout, or they might just appear expressionless with sadness.

Shen Liang even felt a pang of guilt; anyone could stab someone in the heart, and he knew it all too well. But it was precisely because his actions had been so effective that the cruelty was amplified.

However, it's better to be cruel for a while than to continue and become increasingly cruel. He has to be the villain, because he's a man; Kiana isn't qualified.

The last glimmer of hope in the owl's heart was shattered.

“Dear Night Owl, please stop being so stubborn. Anna has always only regarded you as a trustworthy friend, not a lover.” Shen Liang stared at him, speaking slowly, his words sharp as knives. “Anna is not a nun. She also wants a normal lover, even if it’s a secret relationship. And you, whose body is already 74% mechanized, can’t give her the happiness she wants.”

Raven glanced at his colleague, whose face was ashen, and sighed softly.

"Enough, Pandora, stop talking. You've been the villain obvious enough, that's enough... Stop talking."

Shen Liang stopped the conversation, his gaze lingering on Night Owl and Raven for a moment before he nodded.

"Okay, Raven. Let's do it this way. Anna doesn't want to reject you personally, because that would be embarrassing for all of us. Only if Owl takes the initiative to break off the engagement can things end smoothly. Strictly speaking, you haven't lost anything, have you?"

"Pandora!" Night Owl could no longer contain his rage! He suddenly reached out, Honkai energy condensing in his left hand, his mechanical joints cracking, and in an instant, he grabbed Shen Liang by the neck, lifting him up so that his bare toes left the ground!

"Hey!" Raven exclaimed in alarm, grabbing his arm frantically, her little face turning pale with fright. "Night Owl, are you crazy! He's Pandora! And the Shaniat family is downstairs..."

Absolutely! I knew this mission was going to be unreliable with Night Owl around!

Because Anna is involved, he wouldn't prioritize the World Serpent mission at all. He actually attacked Pandora on the Shaniat family's territory! The next second, Maria killed him on the spot. The World Serpent won't even bother to collect his body; they'll probably have to send an apology letter!

We're all under someone else's roof, brother!

"Are you going to make a move?" Although Shen Liang was being held by the neck, his voice was hardly hoarse and remained calm and composed.

"Brother Night Owl, are you sure you want to fight me?"

He raised his eyes, a cold glint flashing in his crimson pupils, before he forcefully gripped the Night Owl's mechanical arm, the steel frame made of high-strength alloy creaking under the strain.

Metal broke!

Night Owl's left arm went numb instantly. He was stunned for a moment before he remembered.

He was only a half-superhuman, having survived only to a certain extent by being corrupted by Honkai energy. The boy before him, however, was one of fewer than a hundred true male superhumans in the world, and his physical strength even surpassed that of Night Owl's steel body.