CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: HOW CAN SHE STILL BE ALIVE?

Bright lights and extravagant parties.

A body with oily shine, moving with the rhythm, with only a hand-sized piece of fabric covering the sole part left exposed.

Shi Jue wore a pair of night vision sunglasses, following three or four meters behind Ruan Li.

The blue and purple atmosphere lights flickered and swayed, casting a mysterious excitement, as men and women swayed their bodies on the dance floor.

Shi Jue frowned tightly, looking disdainful, "Don’t touch me!" He pushed away a female who pounced on him, patting the skin touched on his arm as if he had a cleanliness obsession, looking extremely disgusted.

The female cursed, "Coming to a nightclub! Who are you pretending for? Unfaithful husband with no sense of duty!"

Shi Jue didn’t care what she said, his eyes were fixed on Ruan Li’s figure, unwilling to look away even for a moment.

When a shameless male beastman tried to hassle Ruan Li, he boldly stepped forward, pulling those shameless beastmen and coldly left a sentence: "Try touching my female?"

Most beastmen came seeking thrills, not trouble, but there were always those male beastmen who acted recklessly relying on their family’s influence.

Qu Yi was a single aristocratic beastman, 23 this year, who used some means to bypass the Star Network’s matching with females.

Today, he and his cronies came to Night Bar like they usually did. His friends had found partners while he alone sat at the bar, with carefully styled yellow-highlighted mid-length hair, holding a glass between his fingers, his eyes melancholic as he scanned the dancing men and women, until his gaze landed on Ruan Li in a pink dress.

His gaze lingered, the glass in his hand gently swaying, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes.

In this place of debauchery and chaos.

A simple long dress, waist-length hair, a plain yet delicate face that seemed like a pure elf inadvertently trespassing into hell in the blue-purple atmosphere lights.

He raised his hand to gulp down the red wine, purposefully walking towards her.

As for that oddly beastman wearing sunglasses, he automatically assumed him to be a bodyguard.

"Beautiful lady, may I have the chance to get to know you?" Qu Yi blocked in front of Ruan Li, slightly lowering his head to look at the petite female in front of him.

"Sorry, I have things to do, please let me pass." Ruan Li said without even raising her head.

"Coming here, aside from drinking, is to find someone, maybe I can help you." Qu Yi wouldn’t let the chance slip by easily, he’d been watching Ruan Li at the bar for a while; she seemed to be looking for someone.

Ruan Li finally looked up, a hint of urgency on her white face: "Do you know the way to room 1004 in the D lounge?"

She hadn’t seen a server anywhere. Apart from the obvious large dance floor, she hadn’t found any lounges.

Qu Yi was briefly surprised, his smile widening.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly innocent little female was rather daring in secret.

"I can take you there."

Ruan Li followed behind him, weaving through twists and turns to a hidden door.

Behind the door was splendor and grandeur.

"This is the lounge area, without someone leading the way, it’s easy to get lost the first time here.

By the way, I’m Qu Yi, 23, single male beastman, can we exchange Smart Brain contacts?" Qu Yi raised an eyebrow slightly, his smile gentle, eyes revealing the charm a male greatly wanted to display.

Ruan Li was thinking about how to find an excuse to politely refuse this person who had just helped her.

She was suddenly pulled into a warm and solid embrace.

Her chest vibrated slightly.

"She is my Female Head and won’t casually add strange male beastmen’s contacts."

Shi Jue said with a cold face, his tone unfriendly to the one with unclear intentions before him.

Qu Yi shrugged, "Alright, but if one day your Beast Husband angers you, you can come find me again.

I don’t mind~"

The words "I don’t mind" made Shi Jue unable to resist, "There won’t be such a day!"

If Ruan Li hadn’t held him back, telling him not to make a big scene, he would have definitely shown that shameless beastman why the moon was so round tonight.

"Alright, Shi Jue, didn’t we agree that you would just follow behind me? Why did you suddenly come over?" Ruan Li pulled at the fabric on his chest, initially worried about a conflict between him and the unknown beastman, now she whispered softly, leaning against his chest.

Shi Jue felt a warm breath on his cheek, blinked quickly, and explained: "I saw you were in danger, so I came to the rescue."

Ruan Li didn’t dwell on the topic, gently patting Shi Jue on the shoulder, "I was already thinking of rejecting him earlier on, once I enter the lounge, just follow what we previously discussed."

Shi Jue’s eyes showed disagreement, "Ruan Li, that message clearly has issues, could it be a scam?"

Ruan Li leaned close to his ear, whispering: "Don’t worry, I already know what to do, if you sense something’s wrong, just rush in directly."

Shi Jue hesitated but eventually nodded.

Ruan Li stood on her tiptoes, ruffling his curly golden hair, "I know you’re worried about me, I absolutely have everything under control."

The naturally curly golden hair was pressed down and looked a bit funny against his handsome face.

Shi Jue was almost distracted beyond measure by her soothing actions.

He blushed and snapped back to himself as Ruan Li was already heading towards the door.

The room door opened.

The blue-purple light blurred the features, but Ruan Li recognized the person immediately.

Exactly as she thought.

Ruan Jiao, now the most likely heir of the Ruan Family.

At this moment, she was nestled on the sofa, holding a cigar between her fingers, blowing smoke, her expression one of enjoyment.

The moment the door opened, harsh light shot inside.

Ruan Jiao furrowed her brows, seeing the person standing backlit at the door.

"Tsk, you came so slowly, seems like you don’t care much for your mother’s situation." Ruan Jiao sneered maliciously, wearing a black leather miniskirt, her smoky makeup making her look like a different person from the day before in the shopping mall.

"What have you done to her?" Ruan Li steadied herself calmly.

Ruan Jiao narrowed her eyes, very much disdainful of her calm and unaffected demeanor, gesturing for her to come closer.

"You’re not surprised to see me at all, haven’t seen each other for so long, don’t you miss me? My dear sister." Her voice was drawn out, like Satan swallowing the fruit of desire, hissing with a long snake tongue.

"We just met yesterday, nothing to miss."

Seeing her pure face just reminded Ruan Jiao of the disgraceful things from the day before.

As a proud female, lowering herself to appease the prince, only for him to, in front of everyone, embarrass her upon seeing Ruan Li!

It was simply unbearable for Ruan Jiao!

Moreover... how could she still be alive?