Chapter 94: The Sour Smell of Love

“Ram?!” Wu Qingsong exclaimed in surprise.

“What’s wrong?” Ram’s voice came from the direction of the sofa, but she was invisible.

Wu Qingsong cautiously approached, and only when he got within two meters of the sofa did the scene before him suddenly twist. Then, Ram’s figure abruptly materialized in that spot.

Wu Qingsong stood there, astonished. He stepped back, and Ram’s figure once again vanished.

“What happened?” Ram asked again.

“I can’t explain it, but when I stand outside this area, I suddenly can’t see you.”

Ram uttered a surprised “Ah,” and at that moment, for some unknown reason, she reappeared before Wu Qingsong.

Was it invisibility? Or something else?

“What did you do just now?” Wu Qingsong asked urgently.

“I didn’t do anything,” Ram was confused by his reaction.

“Something definitely happened,” Wu Qingsong insisted. “What were you thinking? Or did you say something?”

“This is just…” Ram said, sounding frustrated.

“Wu?” Liuli’s voice suddenly rang out again.

“You go out first,” Ram hastily said, then quickly pushed Wu Qingsong out of the room.

“Meow~ Wu? How come I couldn’t see you just now?” Liuli asked in surprise.

“Well, um, I heard your voice but by the time I came out you already left,” Wu Qingsong explained.

At that moment, he realized that there was no need for him and Ram to panic. They hadn’t done anything disgraceful. Moreover, they had spent many late nights discussing matters in that room before, and everyone was accustomed to it. Acting all secretive like this only seemed to suggest that something significant had happened.

“It’s story time!” Liuli’s tail began to wag incessantly, and Wu Qingsong patted her head as they walked to her bedroom.

“Have you washed your face?”

“Meow~ I hate getting wet~”

“Just a wipe with a towel, what’s the big deal? I’ve never seen a cat who dislikes being clean so much.”

“I’m not a cat!”

As their voices gradually faded away, Ram quietly opened the door. Like Wu Qingsong, only after she had pushed him out did she realize that her actions were a clear giveaway. But still, he had dared to…

Ram touched her lips, feeling increasingly conflicted.

The next morning, when the two met in the canteen set up by the mercenary group, Ram appeared perfectly normal. Wu Qingsong found her behavior a bit inscrutable.

“Ram?” 

He got a bowl of porridge and a bread roll, sitting across from her as usual. Ram glared at him irritably but didn’t respond.

Her demeanor seemed similar to her usual temperamental episodes, yet there seemed to be something more this time.

After a while, Harold joined them, and the three began discussing and arranging the day’s activities. Wu Qingsong was somewhat distracted when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his foot.

“Ouch~”

“What’s wrong?” Ram asked first, giving him a covert glare.

“I hit my tooth with a stone,” Wu Qingsong said helplessly.

“A stone?” Harold looked doubtfully at his bowl.

“It must be a coincidence,” Wu Qingsong added. “Where were we in our discussion?”

Despite this, Wu QingSong found it hard to focus on work for the rest of the morning. Fortunately, the routine tasks of the mercenary troop could be handled by Harold, the first deputy leader, and specific operations by Angus, the second deputy leader. Ram was in charge of production, and she had recently taken over the sales responsibilities as well.

Standing in the corridor outside his office, Wu Qingsong leaned on the railing, watching the houndmen train below, his mind completely elsewhere.

What exactly was Ram’s ability? Had she discovered anything about it after he left?

But what concerned him more was what Ram really thought. She hadn’t resisted the kiss, and he had awakened her latent ability. Did this mean something had started to develop between them?

A horseperson approached him for a signature, so he returned to his office. After signing the documents, he casually asked, “Did you see Miss Ram on your way up?”

“Sir, she should be in the warehouse inspecting the finished products that are ready for sale.”

“Okay,” Wu Qingsong nodded. “Tell her I need to see her when you go back down.”

However, Ram didn’t show up all morning. It was only during lunch in the canteen that Wu Qingsong finally saw her, sitting with Ling and Liuli.

“Wu! Over here!” Liuli waved at him excitedly. Wu Qingsong reluctantly made his way over.

“Sister Ram taught us how to make armor today,” Liuli said with enthusiasm.

Wu Qingsong glanced at Ram, wondering about her intentions. “That’s great.”

“Sister Ram said she could make armor for me. Not for me now, but for that other me,” Liuli said pretending to be mysterious.

Was she bribed so easily? Liuli, you naive girl.

Wu Qingsong sighed helplessly, while Ram was intimately chatting with Liuli and Ling, leaving him out in the cold.

Wu Qingsong felt somewhat stifled. Ling seemed to sense something, cautiously glancing at them, but Ram diverted her attention with a new topic. Thus, Wu Qingsong had no choice but to stew in his frustration for the entire afternoon, until the day’s work was all done. Only then did he corner her in Ram’s office and lock the door from inside.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Ram asked, visibly tense at his actions.

“What am I doing? I should be asking you what you’ve been doing all day. Do you all enjoy avoiding people this much?”

His words only caused Ram to bite her lip, and then she warned, “Please leave, or else I…”

But Wu Qingsong suddenly stepped forward, cupping her face in his hands, and kissed her passionately.

Ram struggled fiercely, hitting Wu Qingsong’s head with whatever she had in her hand. But after a few seconds, she ceased resisting and awkwardly began to respond to his kiss.

“Why are you deliberately avoiding me?”

“What do you think? You heartless flirt! You said you liked Ni… mmm…”

“I do like all of you. You, Nina, and Ling. Isn’t it common here for men to have several wives?”

“How dare you be so shameless and bold! Also, stop…”

“Then how would you punish me?” Wu Qingsong asked, kissing her again. “You clearly like me. You know, the fundamental reason your powers can be awakened by me is because of this affection. Regardless of what you say, it has already betrayed your feelings. Ram, no matter what you do, I won’t let go.”

“You… you scoundrel,” Ram couldn’t even form a complete sentence. “You’re such a rogue!”

Finally, she surrendered to the futility of resistance and became wholly lost in Wu Qingsong’s embrace and kisses.