Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Although it was winter, Huoyue's office was as warm as spring.

Huo Yue was wearing a beige tight-fitting miniskirt and was brewing tea on a long tea table next to her desk.

She already had big eyes, thick lips, a plump figure, and dark skin, and the white short skirt wrapped and set off her, making her visually very striking. At this moment, she happened to be bending over to pour water into the teapot, her neckline facing the office door, releasing infinite spring light.

Zhong Chenmu stood there in a daze, his throat unconsciously feeling dry, and he didn't know where to look.

At this time, Huo Yue raised his head and looked straight at Zhong Chenmu: "Captain Zhong, you are here. Please sit down. I will make you some tea."

But the person did not straighten up, and still faced his chest towards him.

Zhong Chenmu could only look aside and replied in a panic, "Captain Huoyue, good morning... I'm in trouble."

"Don't call me Captain Huoyue, call me sister..." Huoyue smiled charmingly and said, "I said that when we were at Leyou Pavilion."

"Oh... then... Sister Huoyue, actually... there's no need to bother you with making tea. I won't be sitting for long. I'm here now to... accept the surrender."

Zhong Chenmu directly stated his purpose, but quickly added, "Of course, this 'surrender' will be the way we agreed upon. We'll keep it simple, without any surrender ceremony."

Huo Yue then stood up, shook her half-long black curly hair, and said, "Surrender... There's no rush. Have some tea and let's chat. After we're done, I'll surrender and everything will be left to you. You can do whatever you want to me. I'm very resilient."

"..."

Zhong Chenmu felt his cheeks burning and didn't know how to continue.

"Hahahaha..." Seeing Zhong Chenmu's embarrassed look, Huo Yue burst into laughter.

Then, she stepped forward and said seriously, "Captain Zhong, don't take it personally. I just thought you were cute and it was just a little joke."

Zhong Chenmu let out a long sigh and said, "Oh...nothing. How about we go through the process?"

Huo Yue turned around, bent down again, picked up the teapot, poured half a cup of tea into the teacup, and then deliberately maintained this posture with his back to Zhong Chenmu.

Zhong Chenmu's eyes were originally following Huo Yue, but the moment he saw her perfect curves from behind, he felt his blood rushing to his head and he quickly turned his head away.

Huo Yue smiled slightly, then turned around and handed the teacup to Zhong Chenmu: "Please have some tea. Sit down. After you finish this cup, we will proceed with the procedure."

"Great!" Zhong Chenmu felt relieved and sat down on the chair next to him.

Huoyue sat down on the chair opposite him and crossed his legs.

The skirt was short to begin with, and when she crossed her legs, her plump legs were shown off to the fullest.

Zhong Chenmu felt that he shouldn't have brought his glasses here today.

While he was distracted, he only heard Huo Yue say, "You can surrender, but I have one condition."

Zhong Chenmu then looked at Huo Yue, only to see her staring at him with a faint smile.

"Conditions? But this arrangement was not in the original plan." He asked in confusion.

Huoyue said, "I know there isn't one, but I've thought about it a long time ago. If I don't bring it up now, I'm afraid I won't have another chance later."

"Then... tell me about it."

Zhong Chenmu had a bad feeling.

Huoyue's eyes suddenly turned resentful: "My husband hasn't been by my side for several months. Think about it, I'm at the best age for a woman. What should I do without a man to accompany me?"

Zhong Chenmu stammered in response, "So...we should complete the surrender process as quickly as possible and enter Taibai Star as soon as possible so that we can find your husband..."

Huo Yue shook her head. "That's just a possibility... If I stay in Wuming City and don't go out, there's no chance of seeing my husband again. If I go out and reach Taibai Star, will I definitely see him? I don't think so. The universe is so big, how do you know he's definitely on Taibai Star? What if he's not there? Don't I have to keep going out? If so, by the time I find him, I'll be old and ugly..."

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes and his body trembled slightly.

Zhong Chenmu had never dealt with such a situation before. He didn't know whether he should go up to her and comfort her. He could only say dryly, "But, a possibility is always better than nothing, isn't it?"

"No... I remember someone famous saying, 'Despair is as vain as hope.' Both hope and despair are vain."

"So...what do you want to do?"

Hearing this question, Huo Yue suddenly stopped sobbing and stared straight at Zhong Chenmu: "My condition is this: if we still can't find my husband after entering Taibai Star, you must be my husband!"

"..."

Zhong Chenmu just felt dizzy.

What kind of condition is this!?

"Do you agree or not... If you do, we'll proceed immediately. I'll call a general meeting of all members, complete a full vote, and then announce my surrender to your Jigsaw Team."

Zhong Chenmu looked at Huo Yue with an incredible look. He felt that Huo Yue was not joking this time.

So, he cautiously suggested, "I... am still too young, oh no, too young, not even of legal marriage age... Otherwise, we have Old Man Liu and Guo Ling in our team. You could consider them. However, Old Man Liu is already widowed, so that's not a problem. But Guo Ling's wife is just missing. Unless he can't find his wife either, I think he's in big trouble."

"..."

Huo Yue thought for a moment and said, "If you, as the captain, can make the decision for them, we can change the conditions to this. However, forget about Old Man Liu. I don't think he's strong enough to handle it. Guo Ling, on the other hand... is pretty good and can meet my requirements."

Zhong Chenmu thought to himself: "Who cares! Just agree first!"

So, he gritted his teeth and replied, "Deal!"

Huoyue smiled, stood up, and poured himself half a cup of tea from the tea table beside him. Then he returned to his seat and raised his glass to Zhong Chenmu, saying, "Captain Zhong, it's a pleasure to work with you. I'll leave Team Huoyue to you, and so will I."

"..."

Zhong Chenmu could only bite the bullet and raise his glass to clink it with hers. "Welcome Captain Huoyue to the Jigsaw Team. Let's head down quickly."

"Alright! You sit in my office for a while and rest. I'll call everyone for a meeting right now. The advantage of being stationed in Linjiang Tower is that our personnel are more concentrated. I will rush to the City God Temple to formally surrender within today."

Huo Yue did not delay any longer. She put down her teacup, grabbed a furry beige long coat from the coat rack at the door, wrapped it around her perfect figure, and walked out quickly.