“…I didn’t lose my memories…” Wan Tong murmured softly.
It turned out that she had just forgotten that memory under the mermaid’s enchantment.
The mermaid doctor wore a white mask. His eyes seemed familiar, but she couldn’t immediately recall where she had seen them before.
For now, she still needed to settle things with Yu Sheng.
“Big liar.” Wan Tong looked at Yu Sheng with dissatisfaction.
Yu Sheng slowly blinked his eyes, “…I didn’t lie to you.”
“You made me call you ‘Sister.'”
“…I am indeed older than you.”
Wan Tong was speechless. At that time, he indeed had no gender, so calling him ‘Sister’ wasn’t wrong.
Yu Sheng slightly curled his lips and leaned closer to kiss her, but she blocked him with one hand, so he simply pecked her palm.
The tingling in her palm reached deep into her heart, and Wan Tong almost couldn’t stop herself from screaming. She retracted her hand, glaring at him, and barely managed to find her voice again, “You just became an adult; I should be older than you.”
“…” Yu Sheng didn’t have the energy to argue with her about this. Her delicate voice and soft body had already captivated him.
His gaze shifted from her face to the rise and fall of her chest, his Adam’s apple moving slightly, “Yes, you are older than me.”
He still remembered how her hand felt there.
Wan Tong noticed his restless movements and the heat in his eyes, and her face flushed with two shades of red, “You’re shameless! Who’s discussing this with you?”
“Okay, let’s not discuss it anymore…” His voice, with its slight huskiness, sounded even more sensual in this atmosphere, tinged with a touch of decadent allure.
Without waiting for Wan Tong to respond, he directly covered her lips with his.
When he said they wouldn’t discuss it, he really meant it.
Wan Tong was so aroused by him that in the end, she could only whimper and let him have his way.
Yu Jian was particularly vigilant about a few collectors who had purchased a large number of items, expecting to hear news soon.
But an entire night passed without any reports of fake items being purchased.
He asked several appraisal experts, and they all confirmed that the items were genuine.
[System, what’s going on?] Yu Jian could only question the system.
The system’s mechanical voice replied, [The system doesn’t understand the host’s query?]
[I spent points to have you replace all the items with fakes, didn’t you say it was done?]
The system paused for a moment before replying, [The system has not made such a transaction with the host.]
[What? I think you’re malfunctioning!]
[Memory files have been searched, and it is confirmed that no such transaction was made.]
Yu Jian’s temples throbbed, and when he checked his points, they were completely depleted, which shocked him even more!
The system also detected an anomaly, [This world might have a bug.]
[What bug?]
The system fell silent again.
Yu Jian felt a cold shiver down his spine for no reason, but the world was no longer following the original plot, and he couldn’t control it anymore.
Lu Yun was supposed to kill Zhang Qian, establish an underground laboratory under the cover of the research institute, and at some point, buy Yu Sheng’s parents, who were imprisoned in a foreign research facility. But now, Lu Yun was spending all his time with Yue Wantong, becoming unproductive. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng had already rescued his parents.
And now, his system encountered a bug. Whether it was an accident or something intentional, it didn’t seem as simple as it appeared to him.
Yu Sheng’s life had been too smooth, even more so than in the original plot.
All the anomalies seemed to revolve around Yue Wantong.
“Do I need to kill her, after all?” Yu Jian’s eyes darkened, the gentlemanly facade he had maintained was long gone.
Early in the morning, Wan Tong noticed Yu Sheng was gone and knew he had left. Unexplainably, a surge of anger built up inside her.
She saw the small conch on the bedside table and cursed it, but realized her throat was a bit hoarse, which only made her angrier.
D*mn man, just came to eat and then ran away.
There was an extra cup of honey pear tea for breakfast. After drinking it, Wantong felt her throat much better. She wondered why, even though she had specifically asked for juice for breakfast, the housekeeper Auntie had prepared this instead.
Thinking about how she and Yu Sheng had spent most of the night together, and how that noise might have disturbed Auntie…
Wan Tong set down her cup, feeling her face flush once more.
Her gaze flickered and she happened to see a beautiful figure coming out of the kitchen. She cleared her throat and looked down, pretending not to see.
But Auntie came to Wan Tong and said she wanted to take the day off to celebrate her man’s birthday.
Wan Tong quickly agreed, “Sure, go ahead. I won’t be home for dinner either. If there’s anything at home, let others handle it.”
Not only was this Auntie beautiful, but she also spoke with a smile in her eyes. So, Wan Tong had never raised her voice to Auntie.
Shortly after Wan Tong left, she came back to get some documents she had forgotten and was shocked by what she saw.
A man had come to pick up Auntie. After she got into the car, they embraced warmly and kissed…
Wan Tong had heard Auntie mention that her man seemed to be over a decade older than her and would be in his sixties today. Even though Auntie looked youthful, her man would still show signs of aging, right?
However, the man picking up Auntie seemed too young; his physique was comparable to Yu Sheng’s.
Before the man closed the car window, Wan Tong glimpsed his face and was stunned in amazement.
Bidder 30!
Auntie’s man was the same Bidder 30 who had won the bid for the ancient coins!
Then Auntie must be quite wealthy, so why was she working here?
But then again, can a man in his sixties really look like he’s in his thirties??
And Auntie was 48, but she looked like a twenty-seven or twenty-eight-year-old…
Wan Tong felt disoriented the entire day and went to a dinner party with Zheng Jun in the evening.
Most of the guests were foreigners, which wasn’t too difficult for Wan Tong to handle. During a break, she slipped outside for some fresh air.
There weren’t many people on the small balcony, so she stood in a corner for a while and suddenly saw a familiar figure outside the corridor downstairs.
Auntie wouldn’t have come with her man to celebrate his birthday here, would she?
Wan Tong thought to herself as she was about to enter the private room when she unexpectedly saw Yu Sheng.
Aunt seemed to call out to Yu Sheng and then directly threw herself into his arms.
Though Wan Tong was far away, she vaguely saw Yu Sheng’s helpless yet affectionate smile.
A sour bubble suddenly rose in her heart. That playboy was still in her bed last night, and today he’s already flirting with other women…
Her gaze fell on Auntie, and she suddenly found it extremely strange. Auntie was 48 years old! And she still had a 30-year-old man! Why was she trying to seduce Yu Sheng again?
Wan Tong wondered, should she go rescue Yu Sheng?
Perhaps her gaze was too intense, as the two people downstairs suddenly looked up in unison.
Wan Tong quickly crouched down and then edged her way back into the private room.
Downstairs in the corridor, Li Ting released Yu Sheng, her gaze fixed on the small balcony. With a faint smile on her face, her voice carried a hint of mockery, “Tsk, A’Sheng, I’m afraid you’re going to get a beating tonight.”
Yu Sheng pressed his lips together, withdrew his gaze, and pushed Li Ting away. “Mom, I’m going over to see her.”
Li Ting waved her hand, “Go on, go on. Anyway, your Dad is already annoyed that you’re interfering with our world of two.”
Yu Sheng: “…”
Yu Sheng had long gotten used to his parents’ personalities.
After the dinner party, Zheng Jun followed Wan Tong with a worried look.
Although she seemed in a good mood at first, her face soon clouded over, and she drank a bit more.
Just as he was about to speak, Wan Tong suddenly stopped, and Zheng Jun also halted, looking towards the front of the corridor.
A figure leaned against the wall, looking somewhat languid, as if he had been waiting for a while.
It was Yu Sheng.
Zheng Jun instinctively glanced at Wan Tong’s face, trying to read something from her expression.
There was no shock or ecstatic joy, she simply glanced at Yu Sheng calmly, then turned her gaze away and continued walking.
From Yu Sheng’s perspective, he could just see her slightly downward-curving lips, as if she were sulking.
Zheng Jun silently followed her. During this time, he had noticed that his Senior Sister often daydreamed alone or stared at a phone number on her phone screen.
She clearly had Yu Sheng on her mind.
As they passed Yu Sheng, her hand was pulled by him. She had to stop and look at him, her voice slightly rising, “Mr. Yu, is there something you need?”
Zheng Jun observed the two of them and finally said softly, “Senior Sister, I’ll wait for you in the car.”
Wan Tong glared at Yu Sheng, struggled a few times to pull her hand free but couldn’t, and could only nod at Zheng Jun. “Okay.”
Zheng Jun’s gaze met Yu Sheng’s deep, lake-like eyes, with a hint of blue sparkling in them, too bright for him to hold eye contact.
Zheng Jun took a few steps away, and Yu Sheng wrapped his arms around Wan Tong’s waist, shifting their positions and pinning her against the wall, his cool lips descending on hers.
The footsteps nearby paused for a moment. Yu Sheng’s eyelashes lowered, concealing the depth in his eyes, as he gently bit her soft lips.
Wan Tong let out a light moan.
The footsteps resumed, and it sounded a bit more hurried.
Yu Sheng’s hand rested on Wan Tong’s neck, his fingers gently running through her smooth hair, caressing her like he was grooming his pet cat.
Her breath was stolen, and her neck was slightly sore, but the image she had just seen crushed the softness in her heart.
As his lips left hers, she furrowed her brow and ordered, “Let me go.”
However, her voice lacked any force and sounded a bit spoiled, more like she was acting cute.
She wanted to push him away, but her limbs were still weak, and she was still supported by his embrace, preventing her from collapsing.
Yu Sheng lowered his head, gave her forehead another kiss, and his palm made her hair a bit messy. “Are you angry?”
Wang Tong met his smiling eyes and admitted directly, “Yes, I don’t want to see you right now.”
—You were just hugging another woman, and now you’re flirting with me. What a scumbag.
“…Scumbag?” Yu Sheng softly chewed on the words.
Wang Tong then realized that she had actually spoken those words out loud.
“What did you see just now?” he continued to ask, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Wang Tong frowned, “The woman you were hugging just now is the new housekeeper at my house, and… and she has a… boyfriend.”
She wanted to say ‘husband,’ but since the aunt had never mentioned a husband, only referring to her ‘man,’ Wang Tong changed her wording.
“I know,” Yu Sheng responded softly, finding her awkward appearance quite adorable.
He pressed his finger between her eyebrows to smooth out her worry.
Wang Tong, however, was irritated by his nonchalant demeanor. She brushed his hand away and sternly warned him, “So why are you still acting up? Her boyfriend is not someone to mess with.”
She should have checked the background of Bidder 30. Otherwise, Yu Sheng might have another obstacle outside of the storyline, which would be troublesome.
“Do you know her… boyfriend?” Yu Sheng’s tone lifted slightly, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.