Chapter 899 - Contradictory (2/2)

Lu Zihao's back straightened and he frowned. ”No, I don't love her.”

She tilted her head to the side. ”Really?”

”I…” His frown deepened as if he encountered a difficult problem that he couldn't solve. Then he sighed. ”You know I can't love her. My world is too dangerous for me to have that kind of deep attachment for an innocent woman. What I have with her…it's only temporary. I'll let her go once we've satisfied each other. She'll be safer away from me.”

She also frowned and opened her mouth, about to argue, but Jin Liwei placed a firm hand on her thigh to stop her. He shook his head at her.

”But—”

”Let the two of them figure out their relationship, love. They're both a.d.u.l.ts and—”

”No!” Iris couldn't accept it. She pushed away Jin Liwei's hand and stood up before facing her brother. Her slightly flushed face indicated that she was worked up after hearing what her brother said about his relationship with Long Jinjing.

”If that's how you feel, then you shouldn't have taken her as your girlfriend in the first place. You should've left it as a one-night stand, maybe a two or even a three-night stand but nothing longer than that. Definitely not a relationship like what the two of you have right now! Big Brother, aside from Liwei, I'll always side with you. You should know that. But Big Sister Jinjing is my friend and…I've grown to accept this body's blood connection to her as Xiulan's half-sister. I care about her. That's why I can't just sit back and listen to you spout such contradictory—”

”Which part of the things I said is contradictory?” Lu Zihao demanded.

”You say that what you have with Big Sister Jinjing is temporary and yet you told her to call you by your real name. Have you forgotten the power and danger your real name holds? Only a few people know Evelina but almost everyone in the underworld knows Nikolai.”

Lu Zihao's jaw and entire body tensed. A heavy aura burst out of him but Iris was too worked up to react. It was Jin Liwei who stood in front of her and glared at Lu Zihao. Lu Zihao caught himself and took a few deep breaths as he withdrew the aura he unconsciously released.

Iris, however, wasn't done yet. She left Jin Liwei's back to confront her brother face to face again. Jin Liwei tried to calm her down but to no avail.

”Then you say that you don't love her. Fine! If that's what you say, then I'll try to believe it. But you care about her. Don't deny it!”

Lu Zihao closed his mouth when she said that. Indeed, he was about to deny it on instinct. But now that she pointed it out, he realized that she was right. He cared about Long Jinjing.

”Yes, I care about Long Jinjing,” he finally admitted out loud. ”She's my girlfriend, for f.u.c.k's sake! Of course, I care about her! Do you think I'll waste my f.u.c.k.i.n.g time being in a relationship with a woman I don't care about?!”

This time, it was Jin Liwei who spoke. Since his wife couldn't be stopped, then he might as well join her. ”Then take responsibility for your decision, Nikolai. Telling Long Jinjing your real name and taking her as your girlfriend while you still have Shadow Winds is the same thing as pulling her half a step into your world whether you want to admit it or not.”

Iris hugged Jin Liwei's arm and nodded at what he was saying.

”And don't take us for blind people,” Jin Liwei continued. ”We know that the two personal bodyguards you assigned to protect and take care of her are some of the best in Shadow Winds, not to mention the hidden ones you instructed to watch over her in secret.”