Chapter 34

Yishabeier just looked up to see Luka, whose face was usually meticulous and stern, now showing anxiety. He walked quickly to Qiao Suisui's side, his large hand gently holding her slender wrist. The next second, the tone of his words was also a gentleness Yishabeier had never heard before.

"Is everything alright?"

Laiboli also walked over from the other side of Yishabeier. His gaze darkened for a moment when he saw Luka holding her, and then he stood in front of her, at an angle just enough to block Yishabeier, as if isolating some danger.

"What did she say to you?"

The two men had heard from a servant that Sui Sui had gone to the library to see Lan Ze, so they rushed over. They met on the road, exchanged a glance without speaking, and then headed straight here. When they got close and found Sui Sui with Yishabeier, Laiboli immediately frowned fiercely.

At this moment, he stared at Yishabeier with an unfriendly expression and asked coldly, "What are you making trouble about again?"

Yishabeier was angry and aggrieved, and retorted directly, "Which eye of yours saw me making trouble? We were clearly talking normally!"

Laiboli didn't believe it, standing in front of her and shielding Qiao Suisui behind him, the protective meaning self-evident. Luka rubbed her wrist bone, asking with his eyes, confirming again and again that she was really okay.

"I'm fine, Her Highness the Princess just wanted to have a word with me."

Yishabeier crossed her arms over her chest, raised her chin, and glared fiercely, her eyeballs almost falling out. The meaning was: Look, you wronged me!

Luka's gaze was on Qiao Suisui from beginning to end, never looking at Yishabeier once.

"Then you're done talking now, right? I'm taking Sui Sui back; she can't be in the wind." Laiboli said.

"??? Wind? Where is there wind?" Yishabeier said.

"You're so sturdy, of course you can't feel it."

After Laiboli finished speaking, he reached out and gently supported Qiao Suisui's lower back, leading her forward. Luka noticed his action, his expression paused, then returned to his usual coldness. His expression wasn't very good, and he had no intention of letting go of the hand gripping Qiao Suisui's wrist.

Just like that, the three of them passed Yishabeier in a posture that was harmonious yet secretly turbulent.

"Princess, I'll chat with you next time."

Qiao Suisui turned back to greet her, but the next second her head was pressed down by Laiboli's hand, forcing her to turn back.

Laiboli sighed and instructed, "Don't get too close to her; she's been arrogant since she was a child, be careful she might hurt you."

"She's not that scary..."

"Laiboli has a point." Luka also rarely agreed with Laiboli's idea, and then added quietly, "They grew up together and know each other better."

This was saying that Laiboli and Yishabeier had an unusual relationship. It was completely unnecessary to mention, but Luka said it anyway.

Laiboli immediately sensed his intention, sneered, and said, "If we're talking about growing up together, Yishabeier and Luka also grew up together, which is why she is so devoted to him."

"I have no relationship with her."

"If there's no relationship, why does she repeatedly trouble Sui Sui? Who is it all because of?"

Luka and Laiboli looked at each other, eyes like knives. Qiao Suisui, caught in the middle, suddenly felt the surrounding temperature drop, as if it were freezing.

"Um... I can actually go back by myself..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the two say in unison—

"I'll take you."

"I'll accompany you back."

The two men refused to give in, both looking at Qiao Suisui, waiting for her to make a decision.

She closed her eyes, then simply gave up.

"I've agreed to mate with Lan Ze."

A sudden bomb that made Luka and Laiboli's brains buzz.

Sensing the man's grip on her wrist tighten slightly, Qiao Suisui looked up at Luka, seeing him bowing his head slightly, his bangs covering his eyes, making it impossible to see what he was thinking. She looked at Laiboli again, seeing that he had no expression, his look calm.

Both were eerily silent after hearing this. After a long while, it was Qiao Suisui who spoke first.

"I've agreed with Lan Ze that we will move out after mating, and as for him... he will find another place." She briefly summarized the content of her conversation with Lan Ze just now.

After listening, Laiboli nodded, unusually saying nothing.

Luka stared at her fixedly, seemingly wanting to ask something, but swallowed it back.

Qiao Suisui had spoken proactively so they wouldn't worry blindly. Seeing their reactions now, her goal clearly hadn't been achieved. However, she wouldn't dwell too much on this matter, because no matter what attitude Laiboli and Luka had, mating with Lan Ze was something she would definitely do; it concerned her survival interests.

Although she lived cautiously before transmigrating, she never backed down on major issues; this was engraved in her bones. Call her cold or selfish, Qiao Suisui always believed that living well for oneself was the most important thing.

Therefore, for the time that followed, even though she saw Luka's dejection, she didn't take the initiative to ask again.

Laiboli left after sending her to the entrance of her sleeping quarters, which surprised Qiao Suisui. Because if it were in the past, it would be absolutely impossible for him to let Luka be alone with her, let alone how clingy he had been recently, wishing to follow her 24 hours a day. Why would he leave now without even entering her room?

She looked at Laiboli's departing back and pondered, not knowing that this expression was seen by Luka, who thought she was reluctant to see Laiboli leave, and the pain in his heart deepened a few points.

The two entered the door, and Qiao Suisui took off her shoes. Although her shoes were all carefully selected by Laiboli, with soft, comfortable soles and good-looking designs, perhaps because of her pregnancy, she got tired easily after standing for a while.

While looking down to change her shoes, she asked naturally, "Luka, are you not going back to the Military Department today?"

Who knew that as soon as she stepped barefoot on the carpet, she was pulled into a hard embrace.

The man's tall body hugged her from behind, remaining silent for a long time.

"Luka?"

"I know I'm not qualified to ask this..." He felt his throat was stuffed with ten thousand pounds of cotton, blocking him from speaking, yet he had many things he wanted to say, "Sui Sui, do you like him?"

"Who?"

He wanted to say Laiboli, but immediately remembered that both of them were surnamed Laiboli, so he said, "Lan Ze, or Ashi..."

The person in his arms was silent. In just a few breaths, Luka felt it was incomparably slow.

He didn't dare to look into her eyes, didn't dare to hear her answer, and even less dared to make demands of her.

He wanted to say, don't mate with Lan Ze, don't like Laiboli, but the next second he deeply hated his own possessiveness.

She is the only female...

Even if it wasn't Lan Ze or Ashi, there would be others in the future. From the day he rescued her from that huge birdcage, Luka knew she wouldn't belong solely to any one male.

"Luka, I..."

Qiao Suisui was about to answer, but her chin was suddenly pinched by him, and then a warm, soft pair of lips blocked her.

He twisted and entangled on her lips, just to avoid hearing that answer.

"Don't say it, I beg you."

(End of chapter)