Chapter 2365: Surprise Troops (24)

Li Ruanyu's face was full of shock.

Shangguan Ting spoke with self-righteous conviction.

As if she really had made some substantial progress with Zhao Chi.

Li Ruanyu whipped her head around.

Staring at Zhao Chi: "You just slept with her!?"

Zhao Chi said: "Where would I? How could I? I only rescued her. Don't listen to her, don't go imagining things."

Zhao Chi said to Shangguan Ting: "Shangguan Ting, my relationship with Li Ruanyu has long been extremely close, and I have no relationship with you at all. Don't talk nonsense!"

Li Ruanyu's face had already turned red with anger.

Now hearing Zhao Chi defend her so directly, her mood immediately improved a great deal.

"Extremely close?" Shangguan Ting said, looking at Li Ruanyu with playful mockery: "Then why didn't you admit it just now?"

Li Ruanyu said angrily: "What does our relationship have to do with you? Do I need to admit anything to you? Let me tell you, I won't let Zhao Chi have you. Don't even think about it!"

Shangguan Ting laughed: "Ha, what a joke! Once Zhao Chi is with you, he can't have other women? Is it that unfree?"

Li Ruanyu said: "I didn't say that! Anyone else is fine, but not you!"

Shangguan Ting snorted: "Even if I can be very useful to Zhao Chi, a great help, you'll still stop it?"

Li Ruanyu was taken aback.

Then said: "You... you not causing trouble would already be impressive, and you can still help him?"

Shangguan Ting said coldly: "Although I do act a bit impulsively, I weigh things carefully before doing anything. I'm not some brainless idiot. Otherwise, how could our Phantom Squadron be this strong? You can't possibly fail to see my abilities, can you?"

Li Ruanyu frowned: "... Ability doesn't represent everything. Character is what comes first."

"Character?" Shangguan Ting snorted coldly.

Then immediately continued: "Character in what way? There's never been a single man swarming around me. Unlike you, parading yourself every day, flaunting your charms to attract men. I don't even know how many men you've been involved with behind the scenes."

Li Ruanyu said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense in front of Zhao Chi. I've never enticed anyone else. I avoid those people whenever I can, but they all come to me under the pretext of work, so I can only communicate normally. I've always kept things strictly business, never had any private dealings behind the scenes."

Shangguan Ting snorted: "Oh, you're all squadron commanders, so why do they all come to you and not to me?"

Li Ruanyu said coldly: "That's something you should ask yourself. You've made your own relationships so terrible, and now you still have the nerve to talk? Still have the nerve to be proud?"

Shangguan Ting said: "That's a virtue. It means I have plenty of my own time. Later, if I marry Zhao Chi, all that time can be spent on our little family!"

Li Ruanyu laughed out of sheer anger.

She stepped forward, glaring viciously at Shangguan Ting:

"Have you no shame? Marry Zhao Chi? A little family? Go dream on! Zhao Chi won't want you!!"

Shangguan Ting was completely unyielding.

She snorted coldly: "Hmph, that's not necessarily true. Just you wait! Stop hugging that broken chest of yours, back off a bit!"

Li Ruanyu said coldly: "Broken chest? That's exactly Zhao Chi's favorite. You complain it's broken, but you don't even have one? Where's yours? Let me see where your broken chest is?"

Shangguan Ting's expression darkened.

After a pause of one second, she said to Zhao Chi: "It doesn't matter, I have other things... absolutely no worse than hers!"

Li Ruanyu blocked in front of Zhao Chi: "Don't talk to Zhao Chi!"

"What's it to you? I'll talk! Not only will I talk, I'll touch him too!"

Shangguan Ting tried to lunge at Zhao Chi.

"Don't you dare!!"

"I will!!"

"Stop!! Stop stop stop stop!" Zhao Chi shouted loudly to stop them.

He stood between the two women.

Then said: "It's so urgent right now, how can you two still be arguing? Are you really squadron commanders? Don't you know what's important and what can wait?"

Li Ruanyu's chest heaved, clearly furious.

But she still softened her tone before saying to Zhao Chi: "Don't worry, I'm keeping track of the time. Besides, the troops need to rest and recover. I haven't wasted any time, it's fine."

Shangguan Ting was also so angry she kept snorting.

Seeing Li Ruanyu speak, she also said to Zhao Chi: "Zhao Chi, don't worry. The fighting won't be delayed. I know what I'm doing. You don't need to worry."

Li Ruanyu stared at Shangguan Ting.

It looked like she wanted to say more, but held back.

Shangguan Ting also stared at Li Ruanyu, likewise saying nothing.

Although the two of them had had a quarrel, Zhao Chi was amazed to discover that neither of them had actually made a move?

Not even any shoving.

Logically, after arguing so fiercely, ordinary women should have started grabbing hair and tearing clothes by now, right?

Combat-type women would have already grabbed their weapons.

But the two of them had actually stayed in a state of arguing the whole time, without making a single move.

And it didn't look like they intended to make a move either?

This really was beyond Zhao Chi's expectations.

This was of course for the best.

In any case, arguing wouldn't reduce combat effectiveness, so it was definitely better than fighting.

And before they started arguing... it seemed they had already finished discussing the plan?

They really hadn't delayed the fighting at all...

And the reasons had all been stated very thoroughly.