Ding-dong.
Early in the morning, Zhou Yan arrived at Lin Fan's door and rang the doorbell.
Overnight, he had suddenly received a message from Lin Fan, asking him to come over to meet today if he had time, as he had a favor to ask.
And so, he had specifically rushed over early in the morning.
Click.
The door opened. Longyue, with her hair down, rubbed her still-sleepy eyes and looked at the person at the door with a confused expression.
Seeing the beautiful Longyue wearing cute pajamas, Zhou Yan couldn't help but be dazzled.
He thought he had seen many beautiful women and believed his heart was immune to them, but looking at the figure in front of him, he couldn't help but be instantly stunned by her beauty.
This woman was too elegant and ethereal!
She was like a fairy…
"Who are you looking for?" Longyue asked.
Zhou Yan snapped back to his senses, immediately gave an awkward smile, and bowed his head to apologize.
"I'm sorry, I seem to have the wrong address…"
With that, Zhou Yan turned and continued up the stairs, scratching the back of his head as he muttered to himself:
"Have I not been here for so long that I've even gone to the wrong house for Lin Fan?"
He had been to Lin Fan's place many times and could find it with his eyes closed. Today was truly strange…
After taking a few steps, he felt something wasn't right again and quickly stopped, turning back to look at the room number he had just knocked on.
"That's not right! 520… this is the right room!"
Zhou Yan's expression showed his surprise. He returned to the doorway to examine it carefully and repeatedly.
After more careful verification, he was a thousand percent sure that he hadn't come to the wrong place. This was Lin Fan's home!
But why was the one who opened the door a woman…?
"Who was that at the door?"
"I don't know, seemed like someone with the wrong address."
"Wrong address…"
Zhou Yan pressed his ear against the door and faintly heard the conversation inside. The man's voice sounded very much like Lin Fan's. After hesitating for a moment, he rang the doorbell again.
Ding-dong.
Click.
The door opened again. This time, it was Lin Fan who opened it.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Lin Fan immediately stepped aside to welcome him in.
"Yan Zi, I was just thinking that person couldn't be you. And here you come. Quick, come in."
Zhou Yan stepped inside and immediately saw Longyue sitting at the dining table, eating a fried egg.
Longyue had an entire fried egg in her mouth.
She blinked her clear, bright eyes, her whole being looking slightly bewildered and cute.
"Lin Fan, who is this woman…?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.
"Her? She's my friend."
"Her name is Lin Longyue," Lin Fan said, stepping forward to introduce her.
Longyue swallowed the fried egg in one gulp and gave Zhou Yan a polite nod.
"Hello."
"Hello, my name is Zhou Yan."
Zhou Yan smiled politely, then his gaze sharpened. He wrapped an arm around Lin Fan's shoulder and quickly pulled him into a corner.
"Lin Fan! Tell me the truth, what is she to you!"
"Just an ordinary friend…"
Zhou Yan's eyes narrowed, with an expression on his face that said, "You think I'd believe that?" He then glanced around the living room and peeped into the bedroom.
He wouldn't have known if he didn't look, but once he did, he was shocked.
On the 1.8-meter-wide bed, there were clearly two pillows!
"Brother, you're telling me you two live under the same roof, eat together, sleep in the same bed, she's wearing your pajamas, and you're just 'ordinary friends'?"
As he spoke, Zhou Yan deliberately emphasized the word 'ordinary,' with a "are you kidding me" expression on his face.
Lin Fan was awkwardly silent, unsure of how to explain for a moment.
Indeed, to an outsider, they lived together, ate together, and slept together; it was hard not to associate them as a couple. But the problem was, they really weren't like that right now…
His relationship with the Empress was extremely complicated; it was truly not easy to clearly explain.
Seeing Lin Fan's silence, Zhou Yan took it as a tacit admission. He pulled him closer, his heart filled with both happiness for him and a whole lot of jealousy.
"You scoundrel! It turns out you betrayed the revolution and secretly kept a beauty in a golden house behind my back! That's outrageous! We promised to be single together!"
"But I can understand, it's all the sister-in-law's fault for being too charming…"
"For a sister-in-law as beautiful as this, damn, you're truly blessed!"
"She's really not…"
Lin Fan tried to weakly explain.
However, Zhou Yan didn't believe him at all. A bright smile appeared on his face as he turned around and greeted Longyue again enthusiastically:
"Hello, sister-in-law~"
Snap!
Longyue, who was happily eating, heard this and was instantly so angered that she snapped the chopsticks in her hands. Her cheeks slightly trembled as she turned around, showing a terrifying murderous glint in her eyes.
"What did you just call this Empress?"
She truly didn't understand why so many people mistakenly thought she was the Demon Sovereign's woman.
Even this guy, upon first meeting! Actually called her sister-in-law!
What part of her looked like the Demon Sovereign's woman!
"Uh… sister-in-law?"
Zhou Yan was stunned and cautiously repeated his words. He then turned to look at Lin Fan with a blank expression and asked in a low voice:
"Why does the sister-in-law suddenly look so scary? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. She's probably on her period, so she's in a bad mood."
It was difficult for Lin Fan to explain, so he simply made up a random excuse.
He had no choice. He couldn't possibly tell Zhou Yan, "You called her sister-in-law, and now she wants to kill you," right…
As Lin Fan and Zhou Yan spoke in low voices, they didn't realize that every single word of their conversation had reached Longyue's ears.
Longyue slowly stood up and walked straight toward the kitchen.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan enthusiastically said:
"Sister-in-law, do you need to grab something? Do you want me to help?"
As soon as his voice fell, Longyue's murderous intent intensified. Her whole body slightly trembled with anger, and her hand grasped the handle of a kitchen knife.
Seeing this scene, Lin Fan quickly leaped into the kitchen and grabbed her knife-wielding hand from behind.
"Calm down! Calm down, Empress!"
"Killing someone here has legal responsibilities! Once you kill him, we won't be able to stay here anymore!"
"Let go! Let the Empress kill him! This human dared to insult the Empress again and again!"
"Don't worry, the Empress will clean up perfectly. No one will know!"
Longyue struggled desperately to break free from Lin Fan's grip. This desperate urge clearly showed that her mind was completely consumed by rage.
"That's not the point, okay!"
Lin Fan felt desperate. He had no choice but to wrap one arm around her waist and use the other hand to restrain the kitchen knife she held.
Both to prevent her from causing a major disaster and to save his buddy's life, he absolutely couldn't let her move…
The two were engaged in a silent struggle over the kitchen knife in the kitchen. However, what Zhou Yan saw from his angle was a loving scene where Lin Fan was hugging Longyue from behind, holding her hands to cut vegetables together.
"Sigh, I never expected this kid Lin Fan to be so good at wooing women now~"
Zhou Yan rubbed the tip of his nose, a contented smile on his face.
This kid deliberately called him over, only to make out with his girlfriend in the morning without any regard for the atmosphere. Was he deliberately intending to flaunt their love in front of me?
Just be honest~
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