Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 575: A Fraud

When Yan Yu was dragged into the bedroom by Lin Ning and Su Yunjin, his initial reaction was shock, anger, and rage!
Goodness me, it's always been the boss who pulls the secretary into the room, when did it become the two secretaries' turn to drag the boss? This is a crime that is unforgivable!
But on second thought, these two girls weren't the type to be so unrestrained. Lin Ning, for example, was a typical successor to traditional female virtues. For her, actively confessing her feelings to a boy was like trampling on heaven's law. Yun Jin was also a model of knowledge and good manners. She had politely rejected countless advances from the opposite sex during her school days.

So, what made two serious girls lose their minds?
Of course it’s my brother’s most powerful charm that has nowhere to go!

Thinking of this, Yan Yu's anger subsided. After all, tracing back to the source of this matter, it was all due to his own charm, which made the team members completely irresistible. If it were any other girl, it would probably be the same.

Forget it, I forgive you!

Arriving in Lin Ning's room, Su Yunjin picked up the kettle beside him and asked:

"Is the water here from today or yesterday?"

"I just made it this afternoon." Lin Ning said, "Would you like some tea?"

"Hmm." Su Yunjin asked, "Ningning, what kind of tea do you have?"

"I have plenty of tea here... Captain, you're not allowed to leave!" Lin Ning was about to show off her tea reserves when she suddenly saw Yan Yu quietly moving towards the door. She immediately rushed over and grabbed him, dragging him to the side of the cushion. Then she pressed down on his shoulders and forced him to sit down.

Seeing her nervous look, Yan Yu was also a little amused and said with a wave of his hand:

"Okay, okay, I won't leave. I'll see what tricks you want to play."

"You should tell the truth!" Lin Ning said angrily. She took out a large tin box from the drawer and handed it to Su Yunjin, saying, "You choose."

Su Yunjin took three paper cups, took out the tea leaves and brewed them, then placed them in front of the three people and said with a smile:

"Captain, you can speak now. If your mouth is dry, you can have some tea."

It turns out that they were trying to prevent me from leaving midway under the pretext of being "thirsty"! Yan Yu immediately understood and pretended to be stupid and asked:

"What do you want to hear?"

"Of course it's about you and Zhou Hongyu!" "Of course it's everything that happened after your trip." Lin Ning and Su Yunjin said in unison.

The two girls then looked at each other for a moment, and Lin Ning spread her hands and said:

"Yunjin, you ask first."

"Captain, you said you were going to visit Lingyun's home this time, right?" Su Yunjin said with a smile, "What happened there? And how did you find Captain Zhou later? We're both very curious."

"It's not something that needs to be concealed." Yan Yu said that he had a clear conscience, "It's mainly because Lingyun's father wants to see me."

"Oh?" Su Yunjin asked in surprise, "But Lingyun said that her mother wanted to talk to you."

"Really?" Yan Yu immediately laughed, "That's strange, why would she say that? I'll call her over and ask..."

He pretended to pick up the phone, and Su Yunjin quickly said:
"Forget it, I must have remembered it wrongly. Captain, please continue."

Haha, you dare to cheat me, Yunjin, you little clever ghost. These tricks are left over from my brother in the previous life, okay?

Yan Yu laughed in his heart and said:
"After arriving at the Chen family, her father came to talk to me in the study. He mainly said that a very powerful ascetic had appeared in Tianzhu and was difficult to deal with, so he asked me what to do."

"Chen Lingyun's father is the governor of Jianghai. He has all kinds of think tanks. Why does he need to ask for your opinion specifically?" Lin Ning expressed deep doubts about this.

"But unless this kind of information is revealed from above, the captain has no way to get it." Su Yunjin thought thoughtfully.

"That guy's name is Yishena. I can tell you the details, but you must keep it confidential and not tell anyone else." Yan Yu shared the relevant information about Yishena with Lin Ning and Su Yunjin.

After hearing his detailed account, the two girls half believed it. They only heard Su Yunjin ask:
"Yeah, I talked to Chen Lingyun's father about some business, and then what? Didn't you stay the night?"

"After dinner, they wanted to let me stay overnight..." Yan Yu hadn't finished speaking when Lin Ning suddenly interrupted:

"Are you going to live in separate rooms, or do you share one?"

"Nonsense, do you even need to ask?" Yan Yu said disdainfully, "Chen Lingyun's house is so big, how could it possibly be short of guest rooms? Do you remember that she chose Jinling Villa herself?"

Lin Ning immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but Su Yunjin smiled and asked:

"Captain, don't avoid Ningning's question. Do you two live together or sleep separately?"

"I didn't sleep," Yan Yu replied. "After dinner, I received a message from Li Weiguo saying that Zhou Hongyu was abroad collecting elite Ding Fire elements of the acquired Five Elements, but suddenly lost contact. He asked me to go and confirm what happened."

"Why not look for the Fire Phoenix Team?" Lin Ning was puzzled. "Isn't Zhou Hongyu the captain of the Fire Phoenix Team?"

"Java is under the jurisdiction of the Wizard King," Yan Yu replied. "The Fire Phoenix team has deployed its entire force, making a huge display. The Lu Kingdom is not prepared to face the wizard coalition again, so they hope to keep the situation under wraps."

"Besides, the other members of the Fire Phoenix Team also need to practice," Su Yunjin analyzed. "If we delay it too long, it will easily delay our practice."

"It was also meant to be a favor to the Pingxi Army," Yan Yu said. "Anyway, I arrived in Bogor City the next morning. After reviewing the relevant intelligence, I went directly to the Thousand Buddha Temple. Sure enough, I saw a blazing red lotus fire burning around the temple. Zhou Hongyu was trapped in the temple, like a beggar chicken wrapped in mud and lotus leaves."

"Captain, please be more serious when you're telling your story!" Lin Ning grumbled, "Don't use beggar's chicken to describe a girl!"

"Don't worry about these details." Yan Yu said lightly, "I killed all the sorcerers around the temple and rescued Zhou Hongyu. When I left the Thousand Buddha Temple, I met an old monk who practiced Red Lotus Zen. He used a Red Lotus bowl to stop us."

He concealed the matter of the Red Lotus Demonic Sound and only said that he and Zhou Hongyu were covered by the bowl, and burning red lotuses fell from the sky. At that time, Zhou Hongyu had just escaped from the fire attack and was seriously injured. So he used his super swordsmanship to dodge the siege of many red lotuses, how he seduced them to explode with each other, and how he used the power of the explosion to accelerate and sneak attack the old monk Red Lotus, and finally killed him by surprise - Lin Ning and Su Yunjin were very nervous after hearing this.

Lin Ning even had a vague sense of guilt, thinking that the captain's trip here was full of life and death, full of dangers, and he finally completed the mission and came back alive, but I only knew how to question whether he had any ambiguous relationship with Captain Zhou... I deserve to die!

Su Yunjin was not as kind-hearted as her. She thought for a moment and then asked:

"Then Lingyun said that after Zhou Hongyu came back, he started to care about you, Captain. What's going on?"

"Alas." Yan Yu sighed pretentiously, spreading his hands and saying, "It's a hero saving a beautiful woman, everyone can understand that. It's normal for you to fall in love with me, right?"

"So Captain Zhou likes you?" Su Yunjin was a little shocked.

"I don't know about that." Yan Yu immediately said seriously, "From what I heard from Zhang Huaide, I felt that Zhou Hongyu seemed to like me a little, but who knows whether what Zhang Huaide said is true or not? Maybe he is just too sensitive."

"Captain, don't you know?" Su Yunjin asked doubtfully.

"I really don't know." Yan Yu looked innocent.

"Do you want to send a message to ask Zhang Huaide?" Lin Ning whispered to Su Yunjin.

"Okay, you go find Zhang Huaide, and I'll ask Tang Xiaolian." Su Yunjin responded.

These two girls are not actually very familiar with the Fire Phoenix Team, but they are not completely unfamiliar with them either, so it is okay to ask them questions in private chat.

Yan Yu calmly picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked casually:

"Ningning, why haven't you decorated your room yet?"

"It's just a temporary stay anyway, so there's no need to decorate it specially." Lin Ning said without raising her head.

She was too lazy to continue arguing with the captain, so she quickly typed the message on her phone and sent it to Zhang Huaide.

On the Fire Phoenix Team's side, in order to celebrate Zhou Hongyu's safe return, everyone went to a familiar hot pot restaurant again - the owner was a fan of the Fire Phoenix Team, and usually reserved a private room for them and kept it empty, and filled it up directly for the sake of confidentiality.

It's just that the atmosphere is slightly different from usual.

Although Zhou Hongyu's words "You are very familiar with Yan Yu" were understood by everyone as dissatisfaction with Team Yan, two people were still uneasy.

The first was Tang Xiaolian. As a fellow girl, she was keenly aware that Captain Zhou's words didn't seem to harbor any ill will towards Captain Yan, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what emotion that was.

The second was Qin Meng. Everyone had long known that he secretly admired the captain. Now, the captain remained stern towards him, obsessed with the captain of the neighboring team—even if the perception was negative, it still made him feel a little depressed and distressed.

In the final analysis, I'm still not strong enough! If I had the strength of Team Yan, the captain would definitely look at me with new eyes, right?

"Speaking of which," Meng Qingxi ate a few slices of tripe and suddenly asked, "Captain Zhou, we're all relieved to see you're okay. So, what exactly did you and Captain Yan encounter in Java?"

When he asked this, everyone who was picking up food immediately put down their chopsticks, those who were pouring wine immediately pushed away the bottles, and all pricked up their ears to listen.

Zhou Hongyu pondered for a moment and replied:

"There's nothing much to say. I was ambushed by the enemy and almost got trapped there. Later, Yan Yu came and rescued me."

Zhang Huaide narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that if it were the usual Captain Zhou, he would probably just say "There's nothing much to say" and stop there. Why would he say so much more afterwards?
If you don’t want to say something, don’t say it. This is Zhou Hongyu’s unique style.

Although the captain now still looks cold on the outside, he seems to be more humane on the inside. This is a good thing for the Fire Phoenix Team, but if the reason is not clear, if something bad happens in the future, I am afraid that I may not be able to unravel it and find a way to deal with it.

Is it true, as Chen Lingyun said, that it was because she fell in love with Yan Yu that she developed the motivation for self-improvement?

He raised his glass calmly and whispered to Meng Qingxi:

"Keep asking."

Meng Qingxi was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled.

Deputy Captain Zhang, I didn't expect you to be so fond of gossip...

With the support of the deputy captain, Lao Meng immediately plucked up his courage and said with a smile:

"Isn't that a hero saving a beautiful woman? Captain, please don't commit yourself to us, otherwise our Fire Phoenix Team will be inferior to the Zhenhai Team when we meet them in the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around changed color.

Lao Meng, stop trying to get yourself killed. Can you play this kind of joke on the captain?

Zhou Hongyu looked at him with indifferent and cold eyes, and Meng Qingxi trembled immediately. His original spirit was gone, and the hand holding the wine glass began to tremble.

He was about to slide down and apologize when he heard Zhou Hongyu lower his eyelids and said:
"will not."

No? What? Everyone was stunned.

Only Zhang Huaide understood immediately that it meant that she would not give herself to him.

But this answer was even stranger. Based on her previous hatred and obsession with Yan Yu, shouldn't she have jumped up immediately after hearing this?

In other words, it has completely changed.

He lowered his head silently, about to think, when he suddenly saw a message from Lin Ning, asking him, "Zhou Hongyu was trapped in Java this time and was rescued by Yan Yu single-handedly. Do you know the whole process?"

Zhang Huaide adjusted his glasses and replied:
"I'm not sure, maybe you can ask Yan Yu."

He remained silent, while Tang Xiaolian, also typing, began to test the waters with Su Yunjin.

"Why do you ask? Yunjin, did Captain Yan say something?"

"The captain didn't say anything," Su Yunjin replied. "Lingyun said that Deputy Captain Zhang sent her a message, suspecting Captain Zhou might have developed feelings for our captain and wanted to confirm it. But our captain couldn't explain it clearly."

Tang Xiaolian was immediately shocked. What? Captain Zhou and Captain Yan really promised each other their lives?!
Her expression changed so dramatically, and everyone was looking at each other in confusion, so soon everyone turned their eyes over.

Tang Xiaolian immediately collected her thoughts, put away her phone as if nothing had happened, and laughed:

"It's okay. Yunjin is chatting with me. They seem to be questioning Captain Yan as well."

Zhou Hongyu frowned slightly. She could keep it a secret, but there was no guarantee Yan Yu would brag about it and say she and him were kissing and hugging...

Thinking of this, she felt somewhat irritated and dissatisfied, and asked Tang Xiaolian:

"So what did he say?"

"Uh." Tang Xiaolian answered subconsciously, "Captain Yan couldn't explain it clearly, so Yunjin came to ask me."

Zhou Hongyu heaved a sigh of relief and explained calmly:
"The situation was quite dangerous this time, and I was injured. I immediately began treatment after returning to Jinling Prefecture. Forget about offering your life for me. In such a critical situation, I had to do everything I could to save my life."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

If it was a minor injury, the correct approach would be to return to Shuzhong Prefecture and have the Pingxi Army arrange for a medical team. Captain Zhou stayed in Jinling Prefecture after arriving, indicating that her injuries could not be delayed and that the battle had indeed been extremely intense.

In other words, perhaps it was the suspension bridge effect under high pressure, and the fact that they had shared life and death, that created some affection, that led to some improvement in the relationship between Team Zhou and Team Yan?
"In that case, let me toast the captain first to celebrate his safe return!" Meng Qingxi stood up and said to smooth things over.

So everyone toasted Zhou Hongyu again, only Tang Xiaolian was still shocked. She thought to herself, if things are really that simple, why do you still care about what Team Yan says?

It was as if, as if he was worried about what Captain Yan might say...

Tang Xiaolian suddenly had an idea and sent a message to Yan Yu, deciding to take advantage of the information asymmetry between the two sides and trick him first:

"Captain Yan! Captain Zhou is about to reveal the truth, so just tell the truth!"

"Did something happen between you and our Captain Zhou when you were the hero saving the beauty this time?"

"Why else would she get nervous the moment you're mentioned?"

In Lin Ning's room, Yan Yu was still bitterly and righteously scolding the two girls:

"Ask, ask, ask, that's all you know! What results did you get from asking them? I've already said that Captain Zhou and I are innocent. We're just comrades-in-arms. But you insist on thinking about it as a romantic affair. Do you think I'm some kind of lecher? You're not satisfied until something happens between us to save a girl?"

His phone screen suddenly lit up, and a message from Tang Xiaolian popped up, followed by another one.

Su Yunjin and Lin Ning were just getting scolded when they suddenly saw the text on their phones and their expressions changed again.

Yan Yu:………………

(End of this chapter)