Chapter 155 : Chapter 155
155. The Resolve of a Hero
For someone like this, he had to use a heavy punch!
Yi Ning clenched her fists tightly, pursed her lips, and glared at Lu Zheng with all her might.
Look at her, trying to glare him down!
After glaring, Yi Ning shouted loudly and lunged at Lu Zheng’s legs, wrapping her arms and legs around him to keep him from leaving.
In a fit of anger, Yi Ning got angry once.
To mess with Yi Ning—that was like kicking cotton!
But what could she really do?
Miss Yi Ning was nothing more than a pitiful, weak, helpless, and soon-to-be-overtime-working humble evil scientist.
And to avoid working for free for her cold-blooded, heartless boss—the streetlamp ornament—she would have to shamelessly beg Lu Zheng again.
Damn it!
That damned mutt Lu Zheng!
In her mind, Yi Ning furiously punched Lu Zheng’s dog face a few times. But on the surface, she still fawned over him desperately, hoping she wouldn’t have to work overtime.
Endure!
Persist!
Once she completed today’s quota, she would personally write a divorce letter and deliver it to the Hero Association, divorcing that scoundrel Lu Zheng!
Yi Ning silently cheered herself on.
Meanwhile, Lu Zheng, trapped by Yi Ning’s relentless clinging, already had dead fish eyes.
He looked helplessly at Yi Ning, clinging to his leg like an octopus, his voice heavy with frustration.
“How many times has this happened already? Can’t you change your method? Stop tormenting my right leg, okay? If you really can’t help yourself, at least switch to the other leg.”
Faced with Lu Zheng’s exasperation, Yi Ning gave a crooked smile.
“As the saying goes: ‘A mountain doesn’t need to be tall—if there’s a deity, it’s renowned; water doesn’t need to be deep—if there’s a dragon, it has spirit.’”
“So?”
“Tricks don’t need to be new—if they work, they’re good enough.”
Yi Ning tightened her grip on his leg, her mischievous grin turning ferocious.
“Hum hum hum hum…”
“If you don’t agree to my request, never mind climbing mountains of blades or diving into seas of fire—down to the eighteenth level of hell itself, I’ll cling to you, kou ya!”
“Hahahahahahaha!”
Watching Lu Zheng’s face grow stiff, Yi Ning burst into wild laughter.
So he dared refuse to drink a toast when it was offered! She had coaxed him so kindly, yet he still didn’t know what was good for him!
Now, Lu Zheng no longer faced the usual good-natured Yi Ning, but Yi Ning (Blackened)!
Lu Zheng stared stiffly at her for a few seconds, then sighed. Raising his head, he walked toward the door, carrying Yi Ning wrapped around his leg.
What?
How could he still move, even when trapped in her binding technique?!
Yi Ning was shocked.
She raised her head and, instead of continuing her verbal assault, asked a seemingly unrelated question:
“Did you drive here today?”
Unlike Yi Ning, Lu Zheng wasn’t petty. Even while shackled by her cheap antics, he still answered honestly.
“No.”
“So you’re walking back?”
“…Pretty much…”
Hearing this, Yi Ning burst into laughter again.
“Foolish Lu Zheng! You dare defy me? I’ll make you beg for life and cry for death!”
“So what if you carry me with you? The moment you walk into a crowded place, I’ll point at your head and loudly expose your identity! I’ll spread rumors that you toyed with me until I was broken and ruined, and now you plan to throw me away!”
“Wakakakaka!!”
To be fair, as a distinguished graduate of Evil University, Yi Ning’s acting in threats wasn’t bad at all. Her tone and expression were suitably vile.
But unfortunately, her current position wasn’t ideal.
She was wrapped completely around his leg.
Her body bounced up and down as Lu Zheng walked, her waist-length ponytail flying through the air.
The effect was… nothing but cute. Not a shred of menace.
Thankfully, as the one being threatened, Lu Zheng humored her mood and didn’t leave her to solo-roleplay.
He pulled out a die and shook it in front of her, smugly showing he could teleport back to the Hero Association with his power without encountering any onlookers.
And besides…
“My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror—everything I do is for justice!”
“My colleagues know my character well. They’d never believe your words alone!”
Lu Zheng planted one hand on his hip, the other pointing straight at Yi Ning.
It was clear—he had confidence in his comrades.
“Hmph!”
Though panic flickered in her heart, Yi Ning refused to show any weakness.
She raised her chin arrogantly and pressed on.
“I don’t believe your colleagues would…”
Halfway through her line, Yi Ning suddenly remembered Miss Qiu Yu, whom they had bumped into at the hotel entrance. She vaguely recalled that girl had misunderstood her relationship with Lu Zheng…
Her eyes darted, a scheme forming.
“It’s just a matter of changing the rumor~”
“For ordinary strangers, I use one rumor. For people who know you well, I use another. This is a required course for all members of an evil organization!”
Clearing her throat, she smirked at Lu Zheng proudly.
“When we arrive at your Hero Association, I’ll climb off your leg, then lovingly place my hand on my belly, and tell them you’ve already fallen under my charms—that you and I have shared a night of passion!”
“They wouldn’t beli—”
But then Lu Zheng remembered the personalities of his two colleagues, plus some recent incidents…
And a chill ran through him.
He couldn’t deny it.
To Qiu Yu and the others, this wasn’t entirely impossible.
From that cheek kiss during their first meal together, to the encounter at the hotel entrance…
Such intimate acts.
If he tried to explain it all as Yi Ning’s scheme, he would only look like a faithless scumbag.
And Yi Ning wasn’t done.
“Jie jie jie jie!”
Her grin turned more sinister: “And not only that—I’ll have your colleagues contact your parents. Then in front of all your aunts and uncles, I’ll proclaim how brutish you are in bed! I’ll make sure you die a total social death!”
The more she said, the more excited she grew, finishing with the classic villainous laughter.
Please, anything but that!
Deep inside, Lu Zheng covered his face and let out a strangled scream.
Confronted with Yi Ning’s self-destructive truck of an attack, he quickly raised a doubt.
If this blew up, it wouldn’t just be him—Yi Ning too would be dragged down by the rumors.
“Are you telling me there’s no one in this world you care about?”
“Jie jie jie! Such rare things—I don’t have any, kou ya!”
“If you don’t give in to me, I’ll drag you down with me!”
Lu Zheng bled in his heart.
Facing such terrifying assault, what would he do?
He… he actually…
He actually didn’t retreat!
Clenching his teeth, Lu Zheng ignored Yi Ning’s threats and kept walking toward the door.
So he really was going to blow up together with Yi Ning?!
“Is there truly no one in this world you care about?”
“Petty gossip—if you have resolve, you can endure it!”
This time, it was Yi Ning who asked the question in disbelief.
She couldn’t imagine it—faced with such a barrage of social-death threats, Lu Zheng still refused to yield!
Could it be that he never blushed at malicious gossip?
What a terrifying warrior.
He dared undergo training as brutal as having every delivery for a year arrive in transparent Amazon packaging!
And to Yi Ning’s shock, Lu Zheng had only one answer!
“Leaving my post irresponsibly, unaware while the people I protect suffer harm… how could that be worthy of a hero?”
“This is—the resolve of a hero!”