Quadruple split.

Chapter 2530 Boy and Girl (IV)

Game time AM13:29

The City of Freedom, Lounge, 2nd Floor, Keworth Manor Wing

"Hi, Cole."

The girl who was reading by the fireplace raised her lips slightly, and smiled without raising her head: "If I remember correctly, you should be supervising the construction progress at No. 2 Bella Street now. What's the matter? Is there any unexpected situation that needs my help?"

"It's just a warehouse, what unexpected situations could happen?"

The boy shook his head, slowly walked to the sofa in front of the girl and sat down, frowning and said, "Rather, I can't think of any reason why you asked me to go there in person to supervise the progress of the construction."

Ai Vanye, the Sun Priest who is currently the Joker's boss in the Free City and has been assigned the role of Supervisor despite not having a suit, raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Have you become a little arrogant recently, Mr. Cole Shuren? You should know that No. 2 Bella Street is an estate we just won, and its importance is self-evident. Even if it is not that important... you shouldn't be picky about the tasks I assign to you."

“I’m not bloated, and I’m not picky.”

As one of Tan Mo's most trusted lackeys, he also has no suit, but he has a sufficiently transcendent status in the "Clown Cards". Although he is dubbed the "Clown", a role with a heavy sense of humor, Cole Shuren still has a considerable status in the organization. He took a deep breath and turned to look out the window anxiously: "I just don't understand."

"I have no obligation to explain my every decision to you, Cole."

Xiao Ai lowered her eyes to look at the book on her lap that she had last turned a page of half an hour ago, and said softly, "You shouldn't let your emotions control you."

Cole, with a livid face, stood up suddenly after hearing this, his tone unable to conceal his annoyance and annoyance: "I let my emotions control me?"

"Yes."

Without looking up, Xiao Ai, whose face was a little paler than before, pursed her lips and said lightly, "I can allow you to stop supervising the construction progress of No. 2 Bella Street, but in return, you need to find a place where you can calm down and calm your emotions."

Cole clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "There is no such place."

"There are places like this everywhere if you look for them."

Xiao Ai stared at the page of the book on her lap, her tone still calm and gentle: "Now, please help me close the door from the outside. I have some serious things to think about, and I need a quiet environment."

Cole was silent for a while, but instead of leaving, he sat back down and sneered, "There is no such environment."

"..."

Xiao Ai took a deep breath, and finally forced herself to look up into the eyes of the boy in front of her, and said word by word: "Mr. Cole Shuren, as the [Supervisor], I now order you to leave this lounge."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Ai Vanye."

Cole crossed his legs and leaned lazily on the back of his chair. "I refuse to leave this lounge in my own name. We are all Mr.'s original followers. Even if you have great authority now, you can't control me."

Xiao Ai bit her lower lip lightly, her cheeks flushed with shame and anger, and she said angrily: "The master said before he left that you should listen to me!"

"Sir, what you said is that you want me to cooperate with your work unconditionally."

Cole shook his head and said calmly, "But unfortunately, you are not in working condition right now because you are controlled by your emotions. So I naturally have reason to refuse your so-called 'order'."

Xiao Ai slammed the book on her lap shut, stood up and asked angrily, "So what are you going to do now!"

"Do nothing."

Cole shrugged and said cheerfully, "If you want, we can chat together. If you're not in the mood to chat, you can continue reading. Oh, and if you have any extra books, you can lend me one to help me kill time."

The corners of Xiao Ai's mouth trembled, and finally she couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Are you... imitating the teacher?"

"Who knows."

Cole did not deny that he had borrowed a little bit of his husband's attitude towards life in order to withstand the pressure of the girl. He just calmly replied: "After being influenced by him for so long, it is inevitable that I will be influenced."

The girl put on a stern face again and said unhappily, "Don't be influenced by that kind of person!"

"Uh……"

Although he wanted to question his companion's seemingly disrespectful remarks to the gentleman, Cole hesitated for a moment, subconsciously fully certain of the disrespectful content, and finally switched back to his own style, saying dryly: "I'm not leaving."

Xiao Ai pressed the book heavily on the small round table in front of her and gritted her teeth: "Men who cling to you are the worst."

"Said it right."

Cole gave a pale smile and nodded slightly, "I just recently discovered that I am such a bad person."

"you……"

Xiao Ai did not immediately catch the extra information in the other party's words. She just turned around and walked towards the door angrily, saying without looking back: "If you don't leave, I will leave!"

"Don't leave."

The lousy boy behind her said so.

"..."

So the girl who had just grasped the door handle paused.

"Don't leave."

Cole Shulen did not look at the other person, but stared at the carpet in front of him and repeated it in a slightly trembling voice.

"it is good."

After a brief silence, Xiao Ai took a deep breath, turned around and sat back on the sofa opposite Cole, reopened the obscure fairy tale that she hadn't read a word of in the past few days, but now seemed to be able to immerse herself in it easily, and smiled, "Then I won't leave."

Cole suddenly looked up at the girl and was about to say something, but he found that her eyes had become a little red for some reason.

Then he understood.

What the other party just said, "I'm not leaving", meant that at this moment, she decided not to leave this lounge and go somewhere else to find "quietness".

In other words, this does not conflict with her decision to leave the Free City early tomorrow morning.

As for the meaning hidden behind this tenderness, it is that I hope I will no longer try to retain her in any form.

【…】

Cole Shuren didn't think he was a smart man. Compared with his husband and Xiao Ai, he always found it difficult to have such a 'smart' or even 'artistic' conversation with others. However, at this moment, no matter how reluctant he was, he immediately understood the thousands of words in the girl's 'OK'.

Cole wanted to tell the other party loudly that he wanted more than just a moment of stay, but in the end he couldn't utter a word.

Because he had no right to keep her. Because the saddest person, the one who made the biggest sacrifice, and the one who least wanted Ai Fanye to leave was probably the girl sitting opposite him, immersed in a fairy tale with a peaceful smile on her face.

She has already achieved this level.

Even the most painful decision, she had considerately made it for herself early on.

To keep him would be too offensive.

It would be impolite to speak again.

only……

Snapped!

Cole slapped his cheek hard, interrupting a certain disease that was growing wildly in his mind.

Then--

"Oh haha~"

Accompanied by an interested tone particle, the two of them realized at the same time that there was an extra person in the lounge without them knowing when.

"gentlemen!"

"gentlemen!"

Cole Shulen and Ai Fanye stood up immediately and turned to the French window opposite the fireplace.

What they saw was not the 'Mr.' they were familiar with, but an extremely petite figure.

"gentlemen?"

The woman, who was even smaller than Xiao Ai, wore the navy blue robe of the Kishua Spirit Advent Tower, had long orange hair that reached her waist, and round-framed glasses. She smiled playfully and asked with interest, "Does my voice sound that similar to that scumbag's?"

"..."

Cole and Xiao Ai looked at each other, then stood up at the same time, bowed to the woman in front of them in unison, and said respectfully in unison: "Meet 'Ace'."

Obviously, this woman, whose voice and tone were nothing like Tan Mo's but who had successfully created some illusion for the two of them, was the 'big shot' who was expected to arrive here in two hours, another trump card of the Joker, the four-eyed dead-faced person named Futaba mentioned by some people.

"Change the name. I don't like the way you call me like a variety show guest."

Futaba, who had teleported herself directly into the lounge through space magic, waved her hand lazily, summoning a large number of soft velvet cushions out of thin air, sat on them and said casually: "Since you like to call him 'Mr.', just call me 'Ms.'"

"Yes, ma'am."

In front of this lady who was regarded as a thorn in the side of the gentleman but also received the highest praise from him, Xiao Ai and Cole did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and immediately changed their words.

Of course, this does not mean that they are so in awe of Futaba. The reason why they are so humble is mainly because they are worried that this "lady" will catch them and put the gentleman at a disadvantage in the game. In addition, since the appearance of this "ace" itself represents absolute control over the "clown", this boy and girl who are core members of the organization will naturally go against this "top leader".

dong dong dong-

At this moment, there was a knock on the door from outside. However, before Cole and Xiao Ai could respond, Futaba said calmly, "Didn't you see it all? Wait outside for a while."

"Well, ma'am..."

Xiao Ai didn't turn around to look at the door, but asked Shuangye softly: "Who's outside the door?"

"The only baggage I brought this time is the Ten of Clubs."

Futaba smiled and asked, "As for her specific information, you, the [Manager], should know it, right?"

"Ms. Ivy Lehman, the daughter of the current head of the Lehman family, is skilled in using various family magic eyes."

Xiao Ai nodded slightly and answered without hesitation: "I remember that when she was first recruited into the organization by you, the suit she was given was the 6 of Clubs, but after the probation period, the King of Hearts finally gave her the cadre-level 10 of Clubs. It can be seen that Miss Lehman is an extremely outstanding talent."

"Oh, let's just take it as it is."

Futaba smiled noncommittally, then looked Xiao Ai up and down, and said in a leisurely tone: "So, you are the operator who has been here all this time, responsible for handling various matters [Supervisor]? Tsk tsk, you are too young, you look like a child laborer no matter how you look at it."

Having been baptized by Mo Tan's confusing remarks for a long time, Xiao Ai was not upset by his remarks. Instead, she said modestly, "I just helped everyone with some trivial matters when the master was away. I didn't achieve anything worthy of praise."

[You are being too modest...]

Cole next to him sighed in his heart. After all, in his eyes, [Joker] has entered a period of rapid development under Xiao Ai's leadership. Not only has it reached a high degree of cooperation with the [Sect of Wealth] under the surface, it has also wiped out the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group] that was originally a member of the Bella Street Sub-district Committee, and completely took the voting rights into its own hands. The whole process was neat and decisive. Even if there was help from the Ace of Hearts [Witch] during this period, it was still a perfect answer.

Not only that, Xiao Ai has also greatly consolidated the relationship between [Harlequin] and [Wanderer Hostel] during this period, and completely turned the Keyvos family into a community of interests for [Harlequin], so that even if the love-brained Countess Leisa Keyvos encounters an accident one day, her family will still be a staunch ally of their own charity organization.

In addition to these, Xiao Ai also did a lot more, some of which even made the Queen of Hearts feel that they were extremely strategic and forward-looking, so her so-called "not achieving anything worthy of praise" was completely an outrageous modesty in Cole's view.

however--

"really."

Futaba nodded, crossed her arms and said, "Your work is indeed low-level, and it is also true that you have no outstanding achievements, but after all, your age is there, and it is good enough to achieve this level. If the idiot next to you with eyes full of dissatisfaction came, I am afraid that within two days, our charity organization will be banned."

Cole was startled and said quickly, "Ma'am, I didn't..."

"Shut up, kid, I don't have time to talk to you."

Futaba glanced at Cole calmly, and then turned to look at Xiao Ai after the latter shut up obediently: "But then again, although your performance is indeed average, you still have good plasticity. Do you want to consider staying and being my assistant?"

Xiao Ai was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and said in a gentle but firm tone: "Please allow me to refuse, ma'am."

"If you're afraid that I'm going to steal some bitch's girlfriend, don't worry. I'm very busy and not as idle as he is. What's more, I don't even have any balls."

Futaba raised her hand and made a testicle shape in the air, then sneered.

"But if you're leaving because of another child worker and want to make sure it's out of sight and out of mind, then go ahead."

"..."

"What's the answer?"

"Thank you for your understanding, ma'am."

Chapter 2521: The End