Chapter 217 (2/2)

Lan Jue held up her unconscious foruard means sometimes I have to take extreme measures to keep you safeAll of this is necessary, as part of my duty”

He pulled out her hand A sht, no thicker than a needle, appeared froer, and a droplet of blood issued forth

Lan Jue gently placed the pearl against her finger As he watched, the pearl drank the blood into itself The diht it normally expelled becaht

Then, the light congealed around Zhou Qianlin and was drawn in to her

Zhou Qianlin’s body was numbed, she could neither em

Zhou Qianlin: Don’t think you can skirt your duties as ! You absolutely must protect me in person!

Lan Jue: When did I ever say I was trying to get around our deal? Ito stick to it I may not always be best suited for the job, but isn’t this an exa you to the best of my abilities? You know I have a lot onhappens when I’ht you the pearl So behave

It took a good five ht let off by the pearl to subside Once again it was the pretty, quiet little pearl it had always been

Lan Jue finally released Qianlin from the control he’d had over her She quickly and violently shot to her feet She was livid “You forced me!”

Lan Jue coughed unco I haven’t done anything I wasn’t contracted to do, boss”

Zhou Qianlin turned her face away, striking him from existence

Lan Jue snorted bitterly “Bite the hand that feeds… this girl can’t recognize good intentions!”

Zhou Qianlin’s head snapped back to hirabbed his arm, pulled it out, and viciously bit him

Lan Jue didn’t move or attempt to evade He didn’t employ any methods to lessen the pain He just took it His expression even bore a sort of softness

Qianlin veritably gnawed at hio She lifted her head and glared at him

Her hard eyes aze, and the two simply looked at each other Her look softened and then, soundlessly, she pressed herself in to his arms

Her silken tresses had co his nostrils The scent was burned on his heart His raised his arh to wrap them around her, but after a few moments frozen in the air he let them drop Like he’d lost his nerve

He took a deep breath, then pulled her to aro You should sleep soon I’ll bring the pearl back once I’ve fixed it up” Without waiting for her response, he fractured in to a thousand bolts of electricity and vanished in to the wall socket

Qianlin swayed slightly on her feet, without his weight to support her It had startled her She thought back to it, that brief moment… clearly she’d felt there was some impenetrable barrier between them

Lan Jue made his exit from the villa and Mount Tian as quickly as he was able He wasted no ti to Skyfire Avenue

When he got back, he didn’t io to sleep He pulled out so about in his apartments

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Under the intense heat, the silvery-white uidance, slowly it began to take shape

His cutting tool flashed, slicing away thehis desk Eventually, a fair and elegant bracelet began to reveal itself

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Early

Zhou Qianlin washed her face and brushed her teeth, preparing for theon her backpack and silently made for school

Did he coot back from Lir yesterday, he’s probably too tired He probably won’t be co

There was public transportation that served Mount Tian Certainly she could find so her to the city Soet to school with Tang Mi Sometimes just herself

Although she was the Eastern Alliance Chaires it ht afford her She was like anyone else A normal citizen

For real wo, take the damn pearl! Of course, it was s…I kinda think he just wanted to shock the ever loving shi+t out of her