He just broke up with his girlfriend and is already living with the devilish rich girl.

Special Administration Bureau, Headquarters Building.

The corridor was so quiet you could hear your own heartbeat.

The old man slowly turned the walnuts in his hands.

The clicking sound echoed in the empty corridor.

He had just come out of the director's office when he received a reprimand.

That old bureau chief was usually all smiles, like a Maitreya Buddha.

But when he gets really angry, he can still send chills down your spine.

"Supervisor Zou".

A cheerful voice rang out, and Zheng Ningyuan waved to the old man from a distance.

The old man smacked his lips first, then smiled and went to greet him.

"Isn't this Xiao Zheng? I've been running into you a lot these past few days."

"Yes, I think so too. What a coincidence! Oh, what's going on? Is the Director-General trying to chat with you again?"

The old man, known as "Zou Jian," smiled and sighed, a hint of helplessness on his face.

"Hey, don't even mention it. My subordinates haven't been very efficient lately, and they've made some minor mistakes. That's why Director Lin had a talk with me."

"Really? This is incredibly heartless of the General Administration."

Zheng Ningyuan said, feigning dissatisfaction.

"You're already this old, and you've worked hard for the bureau your whole life. It's really not fair to call you in for a lecture over such a small matter."

"Hey, Xiao Zheng, I have something to tell you."

The old man patted Zheng Ningyuan on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"In this Special Administration Bureau, age is the last thing you can use as a shield."

"Look at our top leaders, aren't they all older than me? I'm only 135, in the prime of my life!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Just then.

"Waaaaah—waaaah—!"

A sharp, piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire headquarters building!

The red warning lights flashed wildly in the corridor, casting flickering light on and off the faces of the two people.

"What's going on?" Zheng Ningyuan's smile vanished instantly, replaced by an extremely serious expression.

"I don't know!" The old man frowned. This highest level of alarm hadn't sounded for decades.

A young operative in uniform stumbled and crawled down the corridor, his face filled with terror.

"Commander Zheng! Supervisor Zou! Something terrible has happened! I have to report to the Director-General right away!"

"What's going on? Don't panic, tell us first!"

Zheng Ningyuan caught him.

The young agent was breathing heavily, and his voice was trembling.

"Just now... the people at the relic containment unit detected..."

He swallowed hard and shouted it out with all his might.

"Some of the power to dominate has disappeared!"

...

...

When they emerged from that dark space of consciousness, both of them were drenched in sweat.

They looked like they had just been pulled out of the water.

As soon as Zheng Xingguang steadied himself, he immediately looked toward the girl's location.

She lay quietly on the ground, her pale blue dress standing out starkly in the night.

He rushed over in one stride, squatted down, and reached out with trembling hands to check her breath.

It's angry!

Although faint, it was steady and long-lasting.

He looked at her face again, and her complexion, which had been as pale as a dead person's, had regained some color.

Although still thin, it no longer looked like it could be extinguished at any moment.

Zheng Xingguang let out a long sigh of relief, and his whole body went limp.

"That's great...that's really great..."

He turned his head and looked at the equally swaying figure not far away, his eyes filled with incomprehensible confusion.

"...How...did you do that...?"

Bai Ziheng was also exhausted, and he plopped down on the ground.

With trembling hands, he pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and tried to light it several times before he finally succeeded.

The "dominance" power that the black snake had devoured was still churning wildly within him.

Like a wild beast locked in a cage, it rampages wildly.

He had to exert all his strength just to barely suppress it.

The aftereffects are... huge.

In short, he used the "dominance" power that the black snake temporarily gained to forcibly command all the absorbed life force to be returned to the original host.

The price he paid was that he himself became the new host of these rampaging forces.

Fortunately, because I have the power to devour, not only can I control fragments, but I can also stuff all my powers into it all at once.

Bai Ziheng won't die from overeating, but whether he'll go crazy is anyone's guess.

But he no longer has the energy to explain these things.

She simply nodded weakly at Zheng Xingguang.

"She should... be out of danger..."

Just then, the girl lying on the ground twitched her eyelids slightly.

She slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes remained empty and cloudy, unable to see anything.

She seemed to sense something and tried to reach out her hand towards Zheng Xingguang.

Zheng Xingguang immediately grasped her icy hand.

"I...I'm here." His voice trembled.

The girl's fingers twitched, and she gripped his hand tightly with all her might.

"...You...cried?"

Her voice was still hoarse, but it was no longer as faint as before.

"N-No!"

Zheng Xingguang quickly wiped his eyes with his other hand.

"The wind is too strong, and sand got into my eyes."

"Oh……"

The girl didn't call him out on it.

"You...you're sweating a lot."

"Of course! With that much exercise just now, how could I not sweat?"

"……sorry."

"What are you apologizing for?!" Zheng Xingguang said irritably.

"What have you done to wrong me?"

"...I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"It's good to cause trouble!"

Zheng Xingguang gripped her hand even tighter.

"From now on, you're going to cause me a lot of trouble, you hear me? Tell me what you want to eat, what you want to do, and where you want to go!"

"If you dare to be polite to me, I'll... I'll throw you back into the trash heap!"

The girl fell silent.

After a long while, she asked softly, "Really...is it okay?"

"sure!"

"Then... I want to... eat that takoyaki again."

"good!"

"I want to... wear that blue dress again."

"Buy them! I'll buy you a hundred!"

"I want to... hear you talk again."

"Fine, I'll keep talking about it until you get tired of it!"

Under the cover of night, the cool moonlight shone on the two of them.

Zheng Xingguang looked at the girl's face, which was gradually regaining its color.

He smiled as he looked into her eyes, which, though empty, were trying to "look" in his direction.

"Happy birthday."

...

...

Bai Ziheng propped himself up and stood up, his steps unsteady.

Just as he was about to fall, a soft figure caught him.

Luo Yao appeared beside him without his noticing, gently pulling him into her arms and letting him lean against her.

"You're really being naughty, my little knight."

Her voice, tinged with a lazy laugh, gently rang in his ear.

"How many times have I told you, you only need to look at me, but now you're going to this extent for another woman?"

A fragrance that seemed to intoxicate lingered around the tip of the nose.

Bai Ziheng leaned against Luo Yao's soft body, feeling as if he were sinking into a warm cloud.

The fatigue and severe pain I had been experiencing for days seemed to have eased considerably.

He looked into the distance and saw Zheng Xingguang helping the girl sit up; the two seemed to have endless things to talk about.

Although the sound was very soft, the warm atmosphere was clearly conveyed.

He smiled too.

Luo Yao caught a glimpse of the smile on his lips, and his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

"You'd be willing to die for someone else's wish?"

"It's not that bad."

Bai Ziheng straightened up, left the embrace that he had been somewhat indulging in, and took a deep breath.

"Let's go back."

Just as he turned around, preparing to leave with Luo Yao.

Behind him came Zheng Xingguang's grateful shouts.

"Brother-in-law!! Thank you so much!! Come over to my sister's for dinner sometime!!"

That instant.

The air seemed to freeze.

The night wind seemed to have stopped, and the chirping of insects disappeared.

All the smiles on Luo Yao's face vanished without a trace in an instant.

Those eyes, which had been smiling, instantly turned cold and deep.

It seemed to contain a thunderstorm nebula about to erupt.

An aura that was suffocating emanated from her.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Bai Ziheng.

The sound was as light as a feather, yet as heavy as a mountain.

"I said, Bai Ziheng, what did he just... call you...?"