Chapter 282: Reunion

“What is this?”

As Luo Yao sang, she saw a Waiter come in and stopped what she was doing.

“Oh, this is the wine you ordered.” The Waiter smiled.

Hearing this, Luo Yao looked around in confusion.

She hadn’t ordered these drinks herself; Luo Heng’s eyes were also puzzled, and Ye Qianlan was already somewhat drunk, swaying unsteadily, so she was even less likely to have ordered drinks.

But she didn’t see Lu Yunze in the room. ‘Could Brother Lu have gone outside to order them?’

“Ah, yes, yes, that customer ordered them.” The Waiter gave an awkward smile.

“Sigh, Brother Lu really is something else. Why go outside to order? Couldn’t he do it right here?”

Luo Yao let the Waiter set down the wine and leave, then excitedly opened the newly delivered drinks with the others.

Jiang Sui, who had been standing in the corner with another Servant, saw the strange expression on the Servant’s face as she left.

Especially after hearing Luo Yao and the others opening the bottles, the corners of this Waiter’s mouth nearly reached her ears.

The other party seemed to notice Jiang Sui’s gaze and quickly straightened her expression before opening the door, pretending nothing had happened as she left.

Jiang Sui narrowed her eyes slightly, wondering if Lu Yunze still hadn’t returned and whether something had happened to him outside.

Just as she was thinking about whether to go look for him, Luo Yao suddenly came up to her.

“Come, come. You’ve been standing here, so you must be tired. Have a drink to quench your thirst.”

“Really, thank you, Miss Luo Yao.”

The other Servant was already unbearably thirsty.

She took the cup of fine wine and drank it without delay.

Jiang Sui brought the wine to her nose and sniffed it.

There was only a pungent aroma of alcohol, with no other strange odor.

Seeing that everyone else had drunk the wine, Jiang Sui also brought it to her lips, then tilted her head back and made the motion of drinking it all in one gulp.

“Come on, let’s continue, continue.”

After finishing her drink, Luo Yao forcefully placed the wine glass on the table.

“Today, we won’t stop until one of us dies.”

“Second Miss, I’m not bragging, but you can’t beat me today.”

“Hah, such confidence. I refuse to believe it.”

After drinking, Luo Yao and Ye Qianlan got into a contest.

Luo Heng couldn’t even get a chance to go up and sing.

“Second Brother, just give it a rest. We still want to walk out of here in one piece.”

Luo Yao’s speech was already a bit slurred.

“Let me go first this time. I refuse to believe it. Even like this, we can still end in a tie.”

She went to the song selection screen, and her finger tried several times but couldn’t aim at the button.

‘How strange. Could I already be this drunk?’

In Luo Yao’s eyes, those buttons had actually learned the Shadow Clone Technique.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t press the right spot.

Thud!

Luo Yao suddenly heard the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

She turned her head and saw that Luo Heng and the others had all fallen to the floor, looking unconscious.

“Huh?”

She realized something was wrong, but Luo Yao’s vision was already blurring, and her body was swaying.

Click.

The door to the private room opened, and a person walked in.

She wore a gray-black robe, and beneath the Cloak appeared a malicious smile.

“You…”

Using the last of her strength, Luo Yao fell to the ground, her consciousness plunging into deep darkness.

“I never thought I’d run into you in a place like this.”

The person removed the Cloak, revealing a face that was none other than the long-hidden Sun Huaimeng!

Ever since the God’s Hand plan failed, Sun Huaimeng had hidden herself away and even invited experts from the Black Star Cult to help her.

But what she hadn’t expected was that Gu Lan was dead, and even the Puppeteer, who was a Bishop, had died too.

This left Sun Huaimeng both shocked and furious.

She had thought she would have no chance for revenge for the time being.

She never expected that heaven would open its eyes and give her another chance!

“Having so much fun, you must have let your guard down.”

This time Sun Huaimeng chose to act quietly, without alerting Luo Qiaoying.

That meant no reinforcements would arrive to back them up.

“The humiliation I’ve suffered all this time can finally be repaid to you now.”

Sun Huaimeng walked around Ye Qianlan and began counting the people here.

“Only five people? But I remember there should be six people here…”

“Are you looking for me?”

The voice from behind made Sun Huaimeng’s heart skip a beat. She whirled around.

Lu Yunze had entered at some point and had even closed the door to the private room.

Seeing the solemn expression on his face, Sun Huaimeng’s face turned liver-colored.

Of all people, she had missed the most critical and most deadly one.

“It’s been two or three months since we last met, hasn’t it?”

Lu Yunze didn’t rush to attack. Instead, he summoned the Heavy Sword and placed its tip on the ground.

After the God’s Hand plan, Lu Yunze thought Sun Huaimeng would make a comeback soon.

He hadn’t expected to see her again only after so long.

And as luck would have it, it was at this moment, interrupting their entertainment time.

After her expression changed several times, Sun Huaimeng simply took off her robe.

Underneath, she wore only a tight outfit that allowed easy movement.

Her Secret Art was the same as always: Beast Transformation to enhance her physical abilities.

Compared with those flashy types, it seemed utterly plain.

Lu Yunze noticed that she had previously had a conspicuous Cat Tail behind her, but now there was nothing there.

He remembered that when he had seen the Hidden One before, she had also had a Cat Tail… Could it be?

“I never thought your tail could be removed by someone. So it was detachable after all?”

Lu Yunze’s joke made Sun Huaimeng’s face turn red. Not the red of embarrassment, but the red of boiling anger.

“I’m going to tear you apart right now!”

As soon as Sun Huaimeng finished speaking, she pounced at Lu Yunze, still just as fast.

If it were Lu Yunze from two months ago, he might not have been able to react.

But over such a long time, Lu Yunze’s strength had not remained stagnant.

Now he could clearly see Sun Huaimeng’s movements and dodged sideways from her incoming claws.

Sun Huaimeng, who had overshot, paused and froze for a moment.

She immediately turned and launched another attack.

Then, when Lu Yunze repeated his old trick, her other hand also shot out, stabbing straight at his chest.

‘I refuse to believe you can dodge twice!’

The corners of Sun Huaimeng’s mouth had just curved up, and the next second they froze.

She watched with her own eyes as her claws tore open Lu Yunze’s clothes, only to be blocked by the black armor underneath.

The sharp claws shattered, and even the fingers gripping them bent and deformed.

The intense pain constantly warned her: this man was extremely dangerous.

Bang!

Lu Yunze’s fist arrived a step later, landing directly on her face and sending Sun Huaimeng flying with force.

“That felt good!”

Lu Yunze let out a light breath, not noticing that behind him another pair of eyes was also watching the battlefield.

It really did feel good.

Jiang Sui, hiding behind the Sofa, quietly poked out her head, showing only the part above her eyes.

When she saw Lu Yunze punch Sun Huaimeng flying, she almost cheered.

She knew the wine was problematic, so she only held it in her mouth.

When the others collapsed, she pretended to be drugged too.

After quietly spitting out the poisoned wine, she also quietly used a bit of Poisonous Potion on herself, completely clearing the last bit of dizziness.

She never expected it to be Sun Huaimeng.

Jiang Sui regretted that she couldn’t directly act right now.

Otherwise, she would also go up and give her a punch.

But with Lu Yunze here, it was fine for him to act on Jiang Sui’s behalf.

She could just enjoy the show.

The punched-away Sun Huaimeng crashed into the large screen in the private room, shattering the glass screen, and then fell to the ground.

She pounded the ground hard. When she saw Lu Yunze approaching, a fleeting look of panic appeared on her face.

‘It had only been two short months since they last met. Had the gap in their strength really reached this level?’

Sun Huaimeng hurriedly got up, grabbed Luo Yao, who was lying on the ground, and placed the intact claws of her other hand against her neck.

“Don’t come closer! Do you believe I’ll kill the person you care about most right now?”

“……”

Lu Yunze actually stopped in his tracks.

Seeing this, Sun Huaimeng thought there was a chance and revealed an arrogant smile.

“So you can be afraid after all, for this woman.”

“You’re wrong.”

Lu Yunze spoke calmly.

“Luo Yao doesn’t count as the woman I care about most, and I’m not afraid either.”

Sun Huaimeng was stunned, then her vicious expression deepened a bit. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill her?”

“I’m not afraid, because you can’t kill her at all.”

As Lu Yunze said this, he blocked the direction of the private room’s main door, keeping Sun Huaimeng’s attention entirely on himself.

Someone had already slipped in silently. Then, the instant Lu Yunze finished speaking, that person jumped out from behind him.

Bang!

With a gunshot, Sun Huaimeng let out a scream, clutched her shoulder, and fell to the ground.

“Just in the nick of time!”

The Executive Department Commissioner—Lü Ziyi, who had also fallen to the ground—revealed a confident smile.

“This way, Luo Yao owes me a favor.”

‘There are more helpers?’

Sun Huaimeng’s expression became incredibly ferocious. Looking at the two of them, she was too angry to speak.

Lu Yunze clapped his hands, while Lü Ziyi spun the gun in her hand.

Their gazes fell on him(her) together, like two big cats cornering her, a Little Cat with nowhere to escape.