Lu Cheng's light, yet utterly sarcastic words, echoed relentlessly and wildly in Ji Bochang's mind, like the most venomous curse!
Every single word was like a red-hot branding iron, searing his face!
It made his cheeks burn with pain!
It was a hundred, a thousand times more humiliating than when Gu Qingcheng's icy gaze had mercilessly ignored him just now!
He wished he could find a hole to crawl into immediately!
His lips trembled uncontrollably, but when he tried to speak, he found he had… nothing to say.
His proud original plot, and even his system, were utterly useless in front of this man who didn't play by the rules!
An indescribable, bone-chilling fear slowly and silently rose from the deepest part of his heart.
"It's over… it's all fucking over…"
"Lu Cheng, how is this guy completely off-script…"
"The original story didn't describe him… as this terrifying!"
"That look he gave me just now… it was full of killing intent! Undisguised killing intent!"
"What if he really uses the Ji Family's power to retaliate against me… then… then it's not just me! The entire Ji Family… might be doomed along with me!"
…Lu Cheng looked at Ji Bochang's comical face, which had turned bloodless from fear and despair, and the smile on his lips remained unchanged.
But in the depths of his profound eyes, it suddenly became as cold as frost, devoid of any human emotion!
He still intimately and possessively wrapped his arm around Gu Qingcheng's soft, slender waist, as if he were just having a relaxed and pleasant everyday chat with his beloved wife.
But from him, an invisible, suffocating, almost tangible, powerful aura emanated uncontrollably!
That aura was cold, domineering, filled with undeniable authority and… chilling killing intent!
It was as if the surrounding air had instantly solidified!
His calm demeanor, as if everything was under his control, formed an extremely bizarre and terrifying contrast with the undisguised, almost tangible, icy killing intent in his eyes!
It made Ji Bochang, who stood opposite him, feel as if he had been fixated upon by a hungry black mamba!
As if it could open its gaping maw and swallow him whole at any moment!
Leaving not even a trace of his bones!
Lu Cheng slowly released his hand from Gu Qingcheng's slender waist and took a small, unhurried step forward.
It was such a seemingly casual and understated movement.
Yet it carried a terrifying oppressive force, as if a thousand tons were pressing down!
It made Ji Bochang, whose legs were already weak with fear, instinctively and uncontrollably shrink back sharply.
He almost collapsed onto the ground!
Lu Cheng walked in front of Ji Bochang and stopped.
Ji Bochang could even clearly smell the faint scent emanating from Lu Cheng, full of mature masculine charm.
But at this moment, to him, this scent only brought fear and suffocation!
Lu Cheng's voice was still so calm and gentle, without the slightest ripple.
But every word struck Ji Bochang's already fragile heart!
"Young Master Ji."
"No matter what unrealistic pipe dreams you had before."
"And no matter what messy, melodramatic plots that don't belong in this world you're fantasizing about in your not-quite-normal brain."
He paused, leaned slightly forward, and drew closer to Ji Bochang's ear.
In a voice only the two of them could hear, he spoke each word clearly and distinctly, like a pronouncement:
"From now on,"
"If you ever dare to appear in front of Qingcheng,"
"Or any member of my Lu Family,"
"Then…"
"I don't mind making you and your Ji Family… completely disappear from this world!"
Ji Bochang could even clearly feel Lu Cheng's warm breath as he spoke, spraying onto his earlobe.
But it made him feel even more bone-chilling than the biting winds of Siberia!
"Go home! I must go home! Immediately! Right now! This world is too fucking terrifying!"
"This Lu Cheng is simply a demon! A madman! A pervert!"
"Damn system! Send me home!"
Ji Bochang's only thought now was—
Escape!
Escape from this terrifying man!
Escape from this dangerous world!
Go home!
…Under the dual pressure of Lu Cheng's almost tangible, terrifying killing intent and his icy, bone-chilling death warning, Ji Bochang was already scared out of his wits!
He couldn't even utter a complete sentence!
He could only nod frantically and uncontrollably at Lu Cheng, like a chicken pecking rice!
In his mouth, he mumbled indistinctly, with a thick crying tone, repeating those few humble and desperate words:
"I… I was wrong… Young Master Lu… I won't dare to do it again…"
Lu Cheng looked at his cowardly appearance, almost kneeling in fear, and snorted disdainfully.
He couldn't be bothered to say another word to him.
He re-embraced Gu Qingcheng's soft, fragrant slender waist beside him, and the expression on his face instantly returned to its previous gentle indulgence, as if the man who had just exuded terrifying killing intent was not him at all.
"Alright, Qingcheng, let's go."
"Don't let such irrelevant things spoil your and the baby's good mood."
Although Gu Qingcheng was also slightly startled by the sudden icy killing intent from Lu Cheng, it was more of a… sense of security and a strange admiration from being protected by a powerful man?
She nodded obediently, allowing Lu Cheng to embrace her as he turned and left.
And Ji Bochang?
After seeing Lu Cheng finally "let him go" and turn to leave,
He was like a death row inmate who had received an imperial pardon!
Almost scrambling and crawling!
Using every ounce of strength he had ever possessed!
He fled from this unforgettable hospital waiting area!
His pathetic, terrified, and disheveled retreating figure formed an extremely vivid and ironic… stark contrast to his arrival, holding white roses, full of vigor, and ready to enact a "domineering CEO falls in love with me" scenario!
And at this very moment!
A small, delicate figure, hidden in the shadows of a nearby corridor corner, watched everything that unfolded here with an extremely complex and focused gaze, unmoving… In her clear, bright beautiful eyes, a depth shone that was completely inconsistent with her age and appearance… It was none other than Lu Cheng's beloved sister, Lu Xuan, who had just returned grandly from the Imperial Capital!