Chapter 146: Chapter 146

Chapter 146 - Sister-in-Law is Just a Precious Young Miss

On this day, Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai came to Lin Fan's front door again and knocked lightly.

A moment later, the door opened. An Yao stood at the entrance, looking at Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai with wariness and confusion. Official source ıs novel⸺fire.net

Seeing the unfamiliar An Yao, Zhou Yan was taken aback. He looked around the hallway and then looked up to confirm the apartment number.

This is the right place! How is it that every time I don't come for a while, a different person opens the door?

“Um, we're here to see Lin Fan.”

“You're here to see the De— Lin Fan?”

Hearing this, An Yao gradually recalled the identities of Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai.

When she was secretly observing the Demon Sovereign's home, she had often seen these two mortals coming and going, so they seemed to be his friends.

And one of them was the person whose phone and wallet she had robbed in the underground parking garage.

“Yes. Is he home?” Zhou Yan asked with a polite smile.

“He's not. He's dead!”

An Yao replied irritably and then slammed the door shut.

Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai stood dazedly at the door, looking at each other in bewilderment.

It had only been a few days since their last visit, and Lin Fan was... gone, just like that?!

Just as Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai were still in a daze, a girl's pained cry came from inside, and then the door opened again.

“Yanzi, Ah Zhai, come on in.”

Lin Fan pushed the door open. Beside him, An Yao was crouching on the ground, clutching her head and groaning.

For so casually saying someone was dead, he had, without a second word, given her a 'sugar-fried chestnut' on the head as punishment.

Hateful Demon Sovereign!

An Yao rubbed the large bump on her head, glaring at Lin Fan through gritted teeth, her small face full of resentment and dissatisfaction.

“Lin Fan, you're alive?!”

Seeing Lin Fan suddenly appear at the door, Zhou Yan was shocked.

What happened to him being dead?

Lin Fan shot him an irritated look.

“I was never dead. Don't listen to her nonsense.”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the apartment together, greeting Long Yue, who was sitting on the sofa:

“You're here. Have a seat.”

Long Yue gestured for the two of them to sit wherever they liked with a beaming smile, then turned her head to An Yao and instructed:

“An Yao, help me get the cherries I bought yesterday from the fridge.”

An Yao reluctantly nodded in agreement and went to get the cherries from the fridge to wash them in the kitchen.

Although she was unwilling to serve the Demon Sovereign's friends, it was, after all, Her Majesty's command, so she had no choice but to comply.

“Sister-in-law, is she your family's maid?”

Zhou Yan asked curiously, pointing at An Yao washing cherries in the kitchen.

Long Yue said with a sheepish smile.

As the personal handmaiden who had followed her since childhood, calling her a family servant shouldn't be a problem.

Zhou Yan showed an 'I-knew-it' expression and triumphantly nudged Lu Zhai beside him.

“See, what did I tell you? Sister-in-law must be the precious young miss of some great family, and you didn't believe me.”

Lu Zhai didn't hurry to refute him. Instead, he glanced at Long Yue, then at An Yao, and said faintly:

“It's not like only precious young misses can have maids in their family.”

“If sister-in-law were some 'Empress,' it would also be very normal to have a personal handmaiden by her side, wouldn't it.”

The moment he said this, both Lin Fan's and Long Yue's hearts skipped a beat. They stared nervously at Lu Zhai, who had just spoken so casually, and the atmosphere in the room instantly froze.

This guy's intuition is a little too sharp!

“You're saying those weird things again.”

Zhou Yan glanced at Lu Zhai speechlessly, breaking the tense atmosphere.

“Come on, be a little more realistic, will you? Although sister-in-law is indeed as beautiful as a fairy, how could there really be fairies in this world?”

“You don't really believe that sister-in-law is some kind of Empress, do you?”

As he spoke, Zhou Yan couldn't help but laugh.

Lu Zhai was silent, his expression pensive.

Similarly, neither Lin Fan nor Long Yue could manage a smile.

Seeing that Lu Zhai still seemed unconvinced, Zhou Yan continued:

“Alright, let me ask you. Have you ever seen an Empress who cooks for herself, buys her own groceries, and works as a virtual streamer?”

“Sister-in-law is just the precious young miss of some great family, that's all. Right, sister-in-law?”

With that, Zhou Yan looked to Long Yue for confirmation.

Long Yue nodded solemnly without a moment's hesitation.

“See? Sister-in-law admitted it herself.”

Having gotten an affirmative answer, Zhou Yan once again turned back to look at Lu Zhai.

“…Alright. Maybe I was overthinking it.”

Lu Zhai also felt that what he said seemed to make sense.

If sister-in-law really were some Empress from the Immortal Realm, logically she probably wouldn't be cooking and buying groceries for herself, or working as a virtual streamer to earn money. She could solve everything with a single spell. How could she possibly need to do everything herself…

“By the way, is there something you two came for today?”

Lin Fan quickly took the opportunity to change the subject.

“It's nothing much. The police just called me over again, so I thought I'd stop by to see you and sister-in-law,” Zhou Yan said.

“The police called you?”

Lin Fan was secretly alarmed and furtively glanced at An Yao in the kitchen.

“Is there any progress in the case?”

Zhou Yan shook his head helplessly.

“The police said the culprit is very cunning and has completely vanished recently, and hasn't committed any more crimes.”

“It's highly likely they realized the police were after them and have already fled. They probably won't be able to catch them for the time being.”

Hearing this, the great stone hanging in Long Yue's heart was set down, and she subconsciously blurted out:

Zhou Yan and Lu Zhai heard this and looked up at Long Yue with confusion.

Long Yue snapped back to her senses, realized she had let it slip, and quickly corrected herself:

“I mean… to just let her get away like that, what a pity!”

“Exactly! I was just completely unprepared before, that's why they were able to ambush me!”

“If I run into them again, I'll definitely use the grappling techniques I just learned to take them down in one go!”

“I'll let them know who they can rob and who they can't!”

Zhou Yan said indignantly, gesticulating wildly as if demonstrating the moves.

“Sir, have some cherries~”

An Yao placed the washed cherries in front of Zhou Yan, the corners of her mouth twitching in a sneer.

His words, to her ears, sounded like a three-year-old baby standing in front of her, saying in a childish voice that he was going to beat her up...

Zhou Yan gave a casual thanks, picked up a cherry and popped it in his mouth, and then happened to turn his head and see An Yao standing beside Long Yue.

An Yao noticed his gaze and once again gave him a meaningful, teasing smile.

Zhou Yan's face flushed, and he quickly looked away, muttering to himself:

Why does this woman keep smiling at me? Don't tell me she's taken a fancy to me?

It seems my handsome looks are finally starting to have an effect!

It's just that for some reason, he always feels like he's seen this woman somewhere before. He has a sense of déjà vu…