Chapter 140 : Chapter 140
140. You Lose, Lose, Lose, and in the End It’s Still Lose, Lose, Lose
Recently, Miss Qiu Yu’s mood has been incredibly gloomy.
As the D-City branch director of the Hero Association and a veteran hero who had retired from the front lines of battling the Evil Organization with outstanding achievements, Miss Qiu Yu was practically untouchable in D-City, and even in A-City where the Hero Association’s headquarters was located, her name carried weight.
At the same time, she had the company of a childhood friend she trusted and had a considerable fondness for.
Though their progress was slow due to her own personality, as the childhood friend, Miss Qiu Yu was very confident about her dear childhood sweetheart.
That guy led a disciplined life, and apart from relatives, the only women around him were herself and their support, Ye Qin.
Plus, with his focus on his hero career, he had no intention of dating, so his future was likely to involve a family-arranged blind date.
As one of the only two single women he knew, and his childhood friend, who else could possibly be his blind date?
It could only be her, Miss Qiu Yu!
She had basically been waiting for the day when their parents would arrange a meeting, allowing her to naturally step into marriage with her childhood sweetheart.
She had even thought of names for their future children and the plot they would share when buried together.
Now, some kids might ask: If her future was so secure, why would she feel gloomy?
Because a wild card had appeared out of nowhere.
Just a few days ago, the city’s only Evil Organization member—Dr. Alien—had been turned into a pink-haired cute girl by her own evil invention.
At first, Miss Qiu Yu didn't care about this disaster at all.
Even when her best friend sounded the alarm, she didn’t take it seriously.
An archenemy who used to be a man, no matter how you looked at it, was not a threat, right?
They weren’t even on the same track.
That was until the night Dr. Alien transformed, when she saw her dear childhood friend having dinner with that pink-haired girl.
If it had only been dinner, it would have been fine. She could hypnotize herself into believing it was just two men drinking together out of boredom, nothing special.
But at the end of that dinner, Yi Ning had kissed Lu Zheng on the cheek in front of her.
That was outright provocation.
Miss Qiu Yu was so angry her head nearly exploded.
That pink-haired fox!
How dare she?!
Even she herself... even she had only dared to poke Lu Zheng’s cheek under the guise of joking, but that fox—
Dared to actually kiss him!
They had only known each other for a few days!
That pink-haired fox had only been a girl for a few hours!
This...
This was simply...
This was simply too much!!!
What was she supposed to do now?
Yi Ning had spent less time with Lu Zheng than she had! No, it wasn’t even about time spent together!
Every time she thought about it, Miss Qiu Yu would fall into deep despair.
It was because of this that she made up her mind.
She would change herself and launch a victorious offensive toward Lu Zheng.
But old habits die hard, and her awkward personality was impossible to control.
For example, just today, while she was helping bandage Lu Zheng’s wounds—
It should have been the perfect opportunity to comfort Lu Zheng and build favor, but without thinking, she had blurted out that Lu Zheng’s brain must be broken! (cry)
Clearly, her own brain was the one that was broken! (cry)
She even managed to lose when she had a dragon flying right to her face. (cry)
Afterward, she buried her head in her pillow and howled in frustration on her bed for half an hour before finally calming down only because she was hungry, setting up the Hero Association’s defenses before going out to grab a bite alone.
Wandering around the food street truly was a good way to improve her mood.
Especially at a snack street.
Filling your stomach was a magical process; even a bad mood would gradually improve as your empty belly filled up.
Miss Qiu Yu walked the food street in a depressed daze, eating and wandering, wandering and eating.
By the time she reached the end of the street, her stomach and her mood were both pleasantly satisfied.
“Hm hm hm~”
Miss Qiu Yu hummed a little tune as she happily munched on a chicken leg, walking back toward the Hero Association.
Every so often, couples holding hands would pass by, some whispering intimately, some entering nearby hotels, delivering a heavy blow to the still-single and emotionally defeated Miss Qiu Yu.
Looking at the couples around her, then at the nearby hotels, she felt half envious, half jealous.
She shouldn’t have taken this route.
Because there were many couple-dating spots nearby, the street was lined with hotels for those wanting to take their intimacy to the next level.
The bright neon signs made it clear that these hotels weren’t exactly “decent.”
In short, they were love hotels!
Miss Qiu Yu, biting the chicken bone, lowered her head and quickened her pace to get away from this heartbreaking street.
But as she neared the entrance of what looked like the fanciest hotel, her peripheral vision caught a familiar figure.
That... was Lu Zheng, wasn’t it?
Miss Qiu Yu froze, her heart leaping into her throat.
It was a bit far, and she could only see two blurry figures, so she wasn’t completely sure.
But then she thought: Who would Lu Zheng possibly have to go to a love hotel with?
So she put down her worries, shaking her head, thinking she must really be obsessed with Lu Zheng to be seeing him everywhere, and continued walking toward the hotel entrance.
After all, the Hero Association was in this direction.
And right in front of that love hotel entrance, Lu Zheng and Yi Ning were shoving each other, neither daring to step inside first.
“What are you standing here for? If you’re scared, call me ‘Daddy’ and kowtow ten times, and I’ll let you leave.”
Yi Ning was the first to strike.
She had agreed to come to the hotel precisely to watch Lu Zheng break down and admit he was a coward, so she naturally jumped at the chance to kick him while he was down.
“You’re standing here too! I’m way more generous than you; if you just say ‘I was wrong, Lord Lu Zheng,’ I’ll let you go home.”
Now that they were already at the hotel entrance, there was no way Lu Zheng would back down so easily.
He thumbed over his shoulder and fired back.
His conditions were much more lenient than Yi Ning’s.
After all, he wasn’t that invested, only coming along for pride’s sake, and the sooner this ended, the happier he would be.
Unfortunately, Yi Ning, who had long-held grudges, would never back down first.
She pointed at the hotel sign and gave Lu Zheng a smug, taunting smile.
“I’m just admiring the hotel’s sign design, thinking about how to use it for my Evil Base in the future.”
“And you? You’re not too scared to go in, are you?”
Yi Ning covered her mouth, displaying her trademark smug smile.
“Oh no, oh no, is D-City’s top hero too scared to even enter a hotel? If someone were committing a crime inside, would you just sit at the door crying, ‘I’m sorry, I’m too scared to go in!’?”
Lu Zheng had taken so many of Yi Ning’s taunts today that his resistance had leveled up.
He looked at the hotel entrance, pointed at a potted plant, and fired back confidently:
“Stop spouting nonsense. I’m just admiring this potted plant to see if I should get some for the Hero Association entrance. If you call me ‘Daddy,’ I’ll give you a few pots for your Evil Base, seeing as we’re family... father-daughter and all.”
And so, the two of them kept shoving each other at the hotel entrance, neither willing to be the first to step in.
And as they shoved each other, Miss Qiu Yu arrived at the entrance, seeing everything.
Oh my god, isn’t that Lu Zheng?!
Oh my god, isn’t that the pink-haired fox?!
Why are they standing in front of a love hotel together?!
Crack.
The chicken bone in Miss Qiu Yu’s mouth shattered.
“What the hell are you two doing?!”
An overwhelming killing intent erupted from behind Lu Zheng and Yi Ning.