Chapter 585: with translation of chapter title

Lv Shuting, I'm really not worthy of you looking up to me?

Such a question, born of embarrassment turned to hatred, is no longer just a matter of getting heated emotionally. Essentially, it's just Lin Dongfan casually teasing, while Lv Shuting took it seriously.

The red wine in the cup can no longer extinguish Lv Shuting's anger.

At this moment, she is like a queen who has just been pressed to the ground and rubbed, her self‑esteem severely wounded! The eyes that were once rippling like spring water now burn with invisible fury!

Lin Dongfan's playboy smile also vanished completely in an instant.

In its place came a near‑cold calm.

He didn't directly answer Lv Shuting's question; instead he pushed the phone screen forward again, making the search warrant stamped with a bright red electronic seal clearer: "General Manager Lu, now is not the time to discuss whether you're worth my glance. Before the law, everyone is equal—please cooperate with our search."

Lin Dongfan's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable authority, instantly pulling the atmosphere from its ambiguous mood back into cold reality.

"You! ……"

Lv Shuting trembled with anger, pointing at Lin Dongfan.

She issued a hysterical command: "What you just said to me was purely to toy with me? I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words—say it again!"

"Uh……"

Lv Shuting, who considers herself a strong woman, indeed has extremely strong self‑esteem.

Perhaps what truly causes her mindset to collapse isn't the Lü family's fate of being searched, but Lin Dongfan's sudden braking attitude, which makes her doubt she isn't appreciated, and her self‑esteem can't hold up.

This is like telling a woman who feels good about herself: "Your family is about to run into terrible luck!"

She might not lose her temper.

But if we told her, "I have zero interest in your family's airfield," she would surely explode on the spot—whether she starts a fight right away or not, even if she's usually well‑mannered.

As a qualified playboy, Lin Dongfan naturally understands Lv Shuting's psychological gap.

But Lin Dongfan had no intention of clarifying the facts, thinking: "Even if I'm a lecher who can't sit still, I'll hold back today! I'm not really going out without underwear."

In the workplace, flirting is forbidden!

"Hmm!"

"I can do it!"

Lin Dongfan acted like a proper gentleman, avoiding Lv Shuting's question.

He turned and ordered Peng Tianhua and the others: "Old Peng, stop staring—get moving; focus the search on Lv Yizhi's study."

"Understood."

Peng Tianhua turned and waved at the prosecutors behind him: "Get to work." The prosecutors immediately put on spotless, fingerprint‑free gloves and began searching the Lü residence.

The Lü family's study.

"As for doing oxygen‑deprived exercise with Lv Shuting, Director Lin, do you want to or not? You've got me confused."

"I'd say he doesn't want to—how could Director Lin possibly make such a low‑level mistake?"

"Then why did he flirt with Lv Shuting?"

"I know this: it's definitely because the search warrant hadn't arrived yet, and Director Lin, to ease the embarrassment of being driven out, sacrificed his dignity and played a delaying tactic."

"Or maybe Xiao Zhang gets it—he explained it well."

"Section Chief Peng, honestly, if it were you and you had the chance to do oxygen‑deprived exercise with Lv Shuting, could you hold yourself back? Speak frankly—we brothers won't tell anyone."

"What nonsense are you thinking? Get to work."

Gossip filled the study; Peng Tianhua gave an order, and they adopted a stance of righteous vigor.

He had already, in spirit, done the oxygen‑deprived exercise with Lv Shuting earlier, but he could never possibly confess his restless feelings foolishly—after all, he still needs to keep face.

The Lü family's living room.

Unable to stop what was happening before her, Lv Shuting stared resentfully at the back of Lin Dongfan's head; the faint affection and fantasy she had just felt for him now burst like a bubble.

Lv Shuting saw Lin Dongfan with his hands behind his back, appreciating the wall's calligraphy like a leisurely traveler.

Lv Shuting wished she could blast a bullet into the back of his head.

Too bad she had no gun.

Lin Dongfan, however, seemed to have eyes in the back of his head; he slowly turned, gazing calmly at her: "General Manager Lu, you said you envy the smoky street‑food vibe of others eating barbecue. Too bad, the path you've chosen dooms you to never enjoy that simple life. That's probably the price of choosing luxury."

"I think I might actually be interested in hearing you lecture on life philosophy."

Lv Shuting's lingering hatred was hard to dispel.

She turned and glanced toward the study, but saw no one coming out.

She took advantage of the fact that the living room had no idle people.

She simply steeled herself, like a domineering female CEO, stepped forward and hooked her arm around Lin Dongfan's neck, saying, "I really am not worth your glance?!"

Her obsession ran deep, as if her sense of superiority allowed no doubt.

At this moment.

Her eyes and Lin Dongfan's were only five centimeters apart; moving her red lips forward just an inch would be enough to block his mouth.

Lin Dongfan could also clearly smell the red wine emanating from her mouth.

He followed the usual playboy rhythm.

At this very moment, with this situation and scene, Lin Dongfan need only reverse‑hug her slim waist, then rotate his body 110 degrees, and he could easily throw her onto the large sofa.

But Lin Dongfan unexpectedly pushed her away.

In an instant, Lv Shuting's angry expression flared up again, and the hatred in her words grew much stronger: "Do you know what price someone who toys with my feelings must pay?!"

"After your father's trial, if you can come out completely innocent, I welcome you to conquer me." Lin Dongfan added lightly: "Now, please respect my professional integrity."

"Professional integrity?"

Lv Shuting almost laughed in anger, sneering: "You're talking about this now? Then why did you shamelessly ask me earlier whether I'm interested in sparring with you in oxygen‑deprived exercise?"

"Just now you wanted to kick me out, so of course I had to coax you."

In the midst of chatting and laughing, Lin Dongfan again seized the opportunity to probe: "Frankly speaking, you possess so much wealth—can it all really withstand investigation? If you were implicated, even if I had a hundred guts, I still wouldn't dare to do the Technique: Oxygen-Deprived Exercise with you. After all, I'm not an ancient founding hero who holds an iron certificate of immunity from death, and I'm also afraid of death."

Answer me first—do I deserve for you to look up to me?

This is Lv Shuting's third time pressing this question; Lin Dongfan is also exasperated—damn it, he won't compliment me unless I praise him, and only then will he know how to write the character for 'refreshing'.

Fine...

As the saying goes—Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life! If emotions aren't in place, how will we give birth in the future? After all, bearing children is a physical labor.

Lin Dongfan gazed into her eyes, which were angry with a hint of resentment: "I think any normal man, seeing a woman of your temperament, would have some thoughts. You certainly deserve my respect, but first you need to lay out your problem clearly, my damn balls?"

What did you say?

When Lv Shuting heard the last four words, her expression went blank.

Lin Dongfan calmly explained: "Chinglish, clear? Understood?"

I only know you're a scumbag.

Lv Shuting furrowed her brows in hatred; at this moment she also felt confused, unable to understand what had come over her. Upon first meeting this guy Lin Dongfan, she was actually flirted with by this jerk to the point of agitation, nearly losing her sanity.

Soon after.

A police officer walked out of the study, holding a micro USB drive in an evidence bag, and excitedly reported to Lin Dongfan: "Director Lin, we found it."