What are you doing, Mr. President? I'm just an extra!

Back at the top floor of the Su Group, before Lu Li could even sit down and catch his breath, the logistics department staff came in carrying a bunch of stuff.

There was a clanging and banging sound.

The once spacious and quiet CEO's office has suddenly changed its atmosphere.

Less than two meters away from the desk, there was an extra bed.

It wasn't one of those simple folding beds, but a real, upholstered, genuine leather single bed that looked incredibly expensive, with even the sheets and duvet cover being brand new.

Lu Li was still holding the newly printed draft of the "10,000-word self-criticism" in his hand. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was a little confused.

"President Su, what does this mean?"

Lu Li pointed to the bed.

"So, I'll sleep here during my lunch break from now on?"

Su Feiyan sat in the large office chair, signing documents with her head down, without looking up.

"What else? Make you sleep on the floor?"

"No, what I mean is..." Lu Li scratched his head, "Isn't our office a bit...well, isn't it? It wouldn't be good if the employees came in and saw it."

"Which one?" Su Feiyan stopped writing and looked up at him.

"Well...it has a bad influence."

Lu Liqian chuckled twice.

[Hey, this is the CEO's office!]

A lone man and a lone woman, alone in a room, with a bed nearby.

If Ye Fan found out, wouldn't he be so angry his crooked mouth would twist to the back of his head?

As Su Feiyan listened to his thoughts, the corners of her mouth curled up almost imperceptibly, but she quickly returned to her businesslike demeanor.

"Starting today, you will be on close protection duty."

She tossed the signed documents aside and rested her hands on her chin.

"Twenty-four hours."

"Including going to work, getting off work, eating, and sleeping."

Lu Li's eyes widened.

"Close protection? Me?"

He pointed to his own nose, looking utterly ridiculous.

"President Su, do you have some misunderstanding about my fighting ability? I struggle to even open a bottle cap; if I encounter a monster like Ye Fan, I'd just be a sitting duck!"

"Who told you to protect me?"

Su Feiyan stood up, walked to the French windows, and looked at the gloomy sky outside.

"I mean, I'll protect you."

Lu Li was stunned.

Su Feiyan turned around, standing with her back to the light. Her stunningly beautiful face was expressionless, yet it exuded an aura of dominance.

"Ye Fan is the kind of person who holds grudges and seeks revenge."

"He got humiliated today, he'll definitely find a chance to retaliate."

"The longer you stay out of my sight, the greater the risk I'll have to collect your corpse."

She walked up to Lu Li, reached out, and straightened his slightly crooked tie.

The movements were very light, even gentle.

But what he said sent chills down people's spines.

"Lu Li, do you remember what I said?"

"Your life is mine."

"You can't even die without my permission."

Lu Li looked at the face so close to his own and swallowed hard.

【overbearing!】

That's too domineering!

Is this the suffocating feeling of being kept by a rich woman?

[But...why do I feel so warm inside? It must be my imagination! This woman is just afraid no one will write her a self-criticism!]

Just then, the office door was pushed open a crack.

A fluffy little head peeked in.

"Cousin...Brother Lu..."

Shen Weilan stood pitifully at the door, carrying a pink backpack and dragging a suitcase.

Today she wore a white pleated skirt, white stockings over her knees, and round-toed leather shoes, looking as youthful as an unripe peach.

Su Feiyan frowned.

"Why haven't they left yet?"

"The driver is waiting downstairs." Shen Weilan pouted and walked in slowly. "I just want to say a few more words to Brother Lu."

Ignoring Su Feiyan's icy gaze, she ran straight to Lu Li's side, grabbed his sleeve, and shook it.

"Brother Lu, I need to go to school to register."

"Um... Jianghai University is quite far from here, and it's under closed management."

Will you miss me?

Before Lu Li could speak, Su Feiyan coldly interjected.

"Twenty kilometers is considered far?"

"Focus on your studies and stop thinking about nonsense all day."

Shen Weilan ignored her and continued to look at Lu Li with teary eyes.

"Brother Lu, you have to come see me this weekend!"

"The food at the school cafeteria is awful. I want to eat your cooking."

As she spoke, she secretly reached out her little finger and tickled Lu Li's palm.

It's itchy.

It felt like an electric current was passing through it.

Lu Li subconsciously withdrew his hand, but then caught a glimpse of Su Feiyan staring in their direction, and quickly pulled his hand back with a righteous expression.

"Ahem, um... Miss Shen, study hard and make progress every day."

"Let's talk about it on the weekend...we'll see what President Su has to say."

This is shifting the blame onto Su Feiyan.

Shen Weilan lowered her head in disappointment, but quickly raised it again, revealing a sweet smile.

"Then I'll wait for you."

"If you don't come, I'll go on a hunger strike."

After saying that, she tiptoed and whispered in Lu Li's ear, in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Remember to tell me about that scoundrel Ye Fan; I want to help him too."

The hot breath on his ears made half of Lu Li's body go numb.

Before he could react, Shen Weilan had already floated away like a light butterfly, leaving only the scent of milk in the air.

The office door closed.

The temperature dropped sharply.

Lu Li shuddered and slowly turned his head.

Su Feiyan stared at him expressionlessly, toying with a fountain pen in her hand.

Click.

Click.

The sound of the pen cap being pressed was particularly jarring in the quiet office.

"Are your palms itchy?"

Su Feiyan asked calmly.

"No...it doesn't itch." Lu Li put his hands behind his back and chuckled dryly.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself."

Su Feiyan threw the pen onto the table.

"Add another 5,000 words to the self-criticism."

"You need to seriously reflect on the point that 'I shouldn't have gotten involved with my sister-in-law.'"

Lu Li: "..."

What a terrible thing!

……

This was a day filled with anxiety and trepidation.

I finally made it off work, but it was already completely dark.

A long-awaited downpour finally began.

Lightning tore through the night sky, and thunder roared, making the glass windows vibrate.

On the way back to the villa, even with the windshield wipers on full blast, I still couldn't see the road ahead.

Fortunately, Ye Fan didn't cause any more trouble this time.

Back at the Cloud Top Villa, Lu Li felt completely drained. He ate a few bites of food hastily and then went into his guest room on the second floor.

Although Su Feiyan said she would protect him 24 hours a day, they couldn't really sleep in the same bed, could they?

There still needs to be a bottom line.

Lu Li took a shower, changed into her pajamas, and threw herself into the soft bed.

Outside, thunder and rain raged, but inside it was warm and comfortable.

Comfortable.

If I can just get through tonight, tomorrow will be another day of barely surviving.

[In this awful weather, Ye Fan probably won't climb through the window, right?]

[That bastard's a martial arts practitioner, but even he's afraid of being struck by lightning, right? After all, showing off gets you struck by lightning.]

Lu Li turned over, pulled the blanket tighter around herself, and prepared to watch some short videos to help her fall asleep.

dong dong dong.

A knocking sounded suddenly.

It sounded somewhat abrupt during the intervals between thunderclaps.

Lu Li was startled and almost dropped his phone on his face.

"Who...who is it?"

"I."

Su Feiyan's voice came from outside the door.

It sounds dull.

Lu Li got up, scratched his messy hair, and went to open the door.

Doorway.

Su Feiyan was wearing a champagne-colored silk nightgown, holding a pillow in her arms, and standing barefoot on the carpet.

Her hair was loose and not completely dry, still a little damp.

The usual decisive and efficient female CEO aura was gone, replaced by an unusual vulnerability.

"President Su?"

Lu Li looked her up and down.

"What's up so late at night?"

Su Feiyan didn't say anything, but pushed past him and went into the room.

She threw the pillow onto the bed, then turned to look at Lu Li, who was still in a daze.

"The air conditioner in my room is broken."

Lu Li glanced at the central air conditioning control panel on the wall.

"Our villa has a central air conditioning system, one unit per household. If it breaks, all the units should break, right?"

Su Feiyan's expression stiffened for a moment.

"The window is broken."

She changed her tune with a straight face.

"It's leaking."

Lu Li: "..."

[Ma'am, you bought this villa for tens of millions, how can the windows leak?]

Even if it leaks, this villa has over a dozen guest rooms, why do you insist on staying in mine?

Boom—!

Just then, a thunderclap exploded outside the window.

Su Feiyan's body visibly trembled, and her face seemed to turn pale.

She bit her lip, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

"And... I'm afraid of thunder."

Lu Li almost burst out laughing.

Afraid of thunder?

[A female warrior who wouldn't flinch in the face of dozens of assault rifles during the day, now she's telling me she's afraid of thunder?]

This character's persona has completely fallen apart!

[Just say you want to sleep with me, instead of making up so many excuses.]

Su Feiyan's cheeks flushed red, and she glared at Lu Li angrily.

"What are you looking at? Is that not allowed?"

"I'm a woman, is it illegal for me to be afraid of thunder?"

"Or do you want me to kick you out and make you sleep on the sofa?"

Lu Li immediately raised his hands in surrender.

"Fine, fine! You're the boss, you call the shots."

"Then I'll sleep on the sofa?"

He asked tentatively.

Su Feiyan snorted coldly, lifted a corner of the blanket, and crawled inside.

"Need not."

"The bed is so big, let's each have half."

She patted the spot next to her.

"Come up."

Lu Li stood by the bed, feeling that his legs wouldn't obey him.

This is Su Feiyan.

That icy female CEO who shut out countless wealthy young men.

That villainous female supporting character who captivated the protagonist Ye Fan in the original novel.

Now she's actually patting the bedsheets and inviting him to share a bed?

If this gets out, Ye Fan will probably awaken his "red-eye disease" mode and come charging over with a knife.

"What are you standing there for? Do I have to treat you?"

Su Feiyan was getting a little impatient.

Lu Li gritted his teeth and made a firm decision.

So be it!

To die beneath the peony blossoms, even as a ghost, is to be romantic!

No, I'm a decent person, I'm doing this to save my life!

He turned off the main light, leaving only a dim bedside lamp, and then climbed into bed.

The bed is very big.

Two meters wide.

But Lu Li still curled up like a gecko clinging to the edge of the bed, wishing half of his body was suspended in the air.

The empty space in the middle is big enough to park an aircraft carrier.

Su Feiyan arranged her own pillow and then pulled Lu Li's pillow a little closer.

Then, she took a long, narrow pillow out of the blanket and placed it between the two of them.

"The Chu River and the Han Border".

she says.

"Anyone who crosses the line will have three months' salary deducted."

Lu Li felt as if he had been granted a pardon and nodded repeatedly.

"Understood! I understand! Don't worry, Mr. Su, I sleep very soundly and won't move at all!"

The lights went out.

The room was plunged into darkness.

Only the occasional flash of lightning outside the window pierced the night sky, illuminating the outline of the room.

The rain pattered against the window.

Lu Li lay stiffly, his hands folded over his chest, in a peaceful posture.

He couldn't sleep at all.

The faint, elegant fragrance of Su Feiyan emanated from his nose, mixed with the scent of her shower gel, and it filled his brain.

Warmth was continuously emanating from the blankets beside me.

He could even hear Su Feiyan's breathing.

It was a bit rushed.

Who can withstand this?

【Amitabha.】

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

[Think about Ye Fan's crooked mouth, think about that military dagger, think about the unpaid Alipay bills...]

Boom!!!

Another loud bang.

The thunder was so loud it sounded like it was going to explode overhead.

Su Feiyan, who was beside her, suddenly let out a short gasp.

Then, the so-called "Chu River and Han Border" pillow was kicked away.

A warm, soft body, trembling, threw itself into Lu Li's arms without a care.

Lu Li froze completely.

Su Feiyan gripped his pajamas collar tightly, burying her face in the crook of his neck.

Those long legs, which usually exude confidence when they're wearing high heels, are now tightly wrapped around his waist.

It truly provides "close-fitting" protection.

The kind that fits perfectly.

"Mr. Su...?"

Lu Li's throat was dry, so he tried to call out.

"Shut up."

Su Feiyan's voice was muffled, with a slight nasal tone.

"Don't move."

"Let me hold you for a while."

Her body was still trembling slightly.

It doesn't seem like he's faking it.

Lu Li sighed.

It seems even this great demon king has a weakness.

He hesitated for a moment, then slowly lowered his hand and gently patted Su Feiyan's back.

It's like coaxing a child.

"It's nothing, just thunder."

"I'm here."

The person in my arms gradually calmed down.

The trembling stopped.

But the legs wrapped around his waist showed no sign of loosening.

Instead, it went even further, rubbing itself upwards.

The delicate touch of the inner thighs was transmitted through the thin fabric of the pajamas.

Lu Li felt the heat within him rising rapidly.

[This is dangerous.]

This is nothing short of torture.

[President Su, you're playing with fire!]

Su Feiyan seemed to sense something.

She raised her head in the darkness, her phoenix eyes sparkling, showing no fear whatsoever.

There is only one kind of cunning after succeeding.

"Lu Li".

She leaned close to Lu Li's ear and gently blew a breath.

Your heart is beating so fast.

Lu Li: "..."

"How can I not be fast? I'm a normal man too!"

"Oh?"

Su Feiyan drew circles on his chest with her fingers.

"So what do you want to do?"

"I……"

Lu Li was just about to say something sarcastic in response.

Suddenly, that familiar electronic voice echoed in my mind.

"Ding!"

"Detected that the intimacy level between the host and Su Feiyan, the girl of destiny, has exceeded the critical value."

"New quest triggered: [Reverse Strategy]".

"Task Description: As a dignified salted fish, how can I always be on the defensive and get beaten up? Please get Su Feiyan to confess her feelings to you within a week."

"Mission Rewards: Obtain the upgraded version of [Steel Kidney], [Ancient Sacred Body (Incomplete Version)], and one [Crooked Mouth War God Trial Card] identical to Ye Fan's."

"Punishment for failure: Confiscation of the three-centimeter-long tool used in the crime."

Lu Li: "???"

[System, are you kidding me?!]

[I need to seduce the female demon? And she even has to confess her feelings?]

[And what the heck is that failure penalty?! Three centimeters, but are you a devil?!]

Just as Lu Li was internally screaming, Su Feiyan had already buried her head back into the crook of his neck.

A satisfied smile played on his lips.

The rain tonight.

That was a great play.