Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 844 - 837: Don’t Know How to Title This

Chapter 844: Chapter 837: Don’t Know How to Title This

"I’ve been through what you’re going through, so I understand how you feel right now. But we’ve grown up, can’t we be a little more mature? You always say that I become like a headless fly once it involves my own problems, but aren’t you the same?"

Cheng Ziang still bowed his head, silent, unsure if he was listening. Luo’er sighed deeply, then walked over to him, lowered his head, and spoke in a soothing tone, "Honestly, I don’t want to surveil you, I am reluctant to. If you have any problems, we will all help you, Wang Xu will too. So I am begging you, can you please behave yourself?"

"Sorry..." After a long silence, Cheng Ziang finally spoke in a low voice.

Relieved by his response, Luo’er relaxed and leaned against the wall, looking at him with a pitying gaze.

"Sorry, I did overreact a bit," Cheng Ziang whispered, "Just like you said, once it involves me, even I find it hard to stay calm. Thank you, Luo’er. I always used to strategize for you, but when it comes down to myself, I can barely handle it."

"I don’t mean to whitewash headquarters, what they’ve done cannot be cleansed, I just hope you can view this critically, and not let subjective thinking get in the way," Luo’er said.

"I know, I know," Cheng Ziang bit his lip, nodding continuously, "It’s like, our very birth is a sin, to deny everything about headquarters is to deny our own existence. Although I’m reluctant, but..."

"Go have a good talk with Mr. Yalunte," Luo’er sighed, "Wang Xu and I will help you with this, don’t worry about it being reported to the top brass at headquarters."

"Thanks," Cheng Ziang nodded and said gratefully.

"Don’t mention it," Luo’er spoke and turned to open the door. Before leaving, he couldn’t help but look back and say, "Helping you is actually helping myself."

As Luo’er stepped out of the room, he immediately noticed unusual gazes. Scanning the area, he saw Tangmo hiding around the corner of the corridor, looking at him gloomily. Seeing her, Luo’er scratched his head sheepishly and walked towards her.

Approaching Tangmo, Luo’er coughed lightly to clear his throat, but before he could speak, Tangmo preemptively asked, "Is it about Cheng Ziang and Yalunte?"

"You already know?" Luo’er was startled and asked in surprise.

"Did you think you could hide it from me?" Tangmo huffed, hands on her hips, seeming angry at being underestimated.

"I’m sorry, I didn’t think to explain it to you," Luo’er said, lowering his head.

"That’s more like it," Tangmo muttered, glancing at Cheng Ziang as he walked out of the room and quickly pulled Luo’er by the collar to the corner. After stealing another glance at Cheng Ziang, she turned her gaze back to Luo’er and continued, "The two of them, have they already...?"

"Yeah," Luo’er nodded, answering truthfully, "Ziang already had a rough idea during his time at the Magic Academy."

"What about headquarters?" Tangmo asked, frowning.

"Headquarters..." Luo’er took a breath, unsure where to begin.

"Don’t tell me headquarters doesn’t know about this," Tangmo said.

"Wang Xu told me to keep an eye on Ziang, to prevent him from acting rashly, and he’s not planning to report it to the higher-ups," Luo’er replied honestly.

"Could you bear to surveil him?" Tangmo asked while sneaking another peek down the hallway, where Cheng Ziang had disappeared.

"Of course not, you are all my team members, why would I, as the Captain, need to surveil you?" Luo’er said earnestly.

Hearing his words, Tangmo’s eyes rolled, and she hooked her arm around Luo’er’s neck, squinting up at him as she asked, "So, in your eyes, am I just a team member too?"

"Just tell me what you want to hear," Luo’er said with a wry smile, faced with Tangmo’s persistence.

"That cheesy stuff," Tangmo said with a merry smile.

"I can’t say those kinds of things, get that out of your head," Luo’er said, looking away.

Facing Luo’er’s firm stance, Tangmo sighed with a touch of regret, then rested her head against his chest, feeling the familiar warmth of his presence. After a moment, as if struck by a thought, she asked, "Luo’er, after this mission, we might not get to adventure again, have you thought about what you want to do?"

"I..." To be honest, Tangmo’s question caught Luo’er off guard, leaving him stunned and speechless. After a long silence, he finally said slowly, "I might continue with my studies, after all, we only have high school diplomas so far."

"And then?" Tangmo lifted her head and asked him.

"Then... I might become a teacher at the academy, use that position to enter the inner circle of the headquarters’ decision-making layer," Luo’er said.

"When will you be able to climb to the top?" Tangmo said with some emotion.

"Right now, I don’t have any good ideas; I don’t want to ascend through those relationships. Indeed, over the years, I’ve indeed utilized many connections, but I don’t want people to gossip about my backbone in my career," Luo’er spoke earnestly.

"Our Luo’er is certainly principled." Tangmo’s fair little face revealed a flowery smile, and she stretched out her hand to pinch Luo’er’s cheek, the smooth sensation making it somewhat difficult for her to let go.

"Stop messing around..." Luo’er reached out and caught her little hand.

"Luo’er, carry me back," Tangmo said coquettishly.

"That’s not possible," Luo’er shook his head firmly.

"Why not?"

"This is a corridor, a public place; we need to consider the influence," Luo’er explained helplessly.

"Then carry me on your back," Tangmo lowered her demands.

"That’s not possible either," Luo’er shook his head again in refusal.

"Why not?"

"Mind the influence!" Luo’er reminded again.

"Ahhhh!!!" Clearly, Tangmo was getting frustrated as she said through gritted teeth, "Then you don’t touch me in private either, what exactly do you want?"

"Heh..." Facing Tangmo’s persistence, Luo’er couldn’t help but give a bitter smile and shook his head, "Why are you always obsessed with these things?"

"Love needs room to grow naturally!" Tangmo argued righteously.

"But your reaction is kind of... desperate," Luo’er said hesitantly.

"What’s grabbed is one’s own, promises are nothing," Tangmo stated matter-of-factly.

"You really haven’t changed at all..." Luo’er shook his head helplessly.

"I..." Upon hearing his words, Tangmo was taken aback and once again remembered how she had hurt Luo’er in the past; her originally bright eyes quickly dimmed, and her little head drooped dispiritedly.

"It’s all in the past." Luo’er reached out to catch her drooping hand and intertwined his fingers with hers. Feeling the warmth of Luo’er’s palm, Tangmo felt so moved she almost cried.

"Then you, you walk me back," Tangmo said with her head down, struggling to hold back the surge of emotions in her heart.

"Let’s go." Luo’er nodded and walked ahead, holding her hand.

"Luo’er..." As they walked, Tangmo called out softly.

"What’s up?" Luo’er turned his head back, asking softly.

"I apologize for what I did to you before, and in the future, no, there won’t be a ’in the future,’ I won’t hurt you again. Absolutely, absolutely not!" Tangmo said with her head bowed.

"Haven’t you said that before?" Luo’er said with a smile.

"No, this time I’m saying it to you, from the bottom of my heart," Tangmo said nervously, "I’m beginning to understand a principle, liking is possessing, but love is letting go. The way I treated you, how I hurt you, might have been simply because, I just liked you... Now, now it’s different..."

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