Even hybrid monsters have their day

The alarm clock shattered the morning's tranquility, jolting the person in bed awake. However, because they had gone to bed so late the night before, they still felt incredibly sleepy.

A bare arm stretched out from under the covers and slapped the cheerfully ringing alarm clock, instantly silencing its disturbing sound.

After an unknown amount of time, the person on the bed suddenly sat up, grabbed the alarm clock that had already been muted, and looked at it. Good heavens, it was already 8:30!

He was about to be late for work, so he practically threw down his alarm clock, jumped out of bed, ran his fingers through his hair, and rushed into the bathroom.

Moreover, today was the day she was supposed to return to China. After he had tried countless times to persuade and appease her, she finally stopped being angry with him and agreed to return to China today.

He promised to pick her up from the airport last night. Today is Valentine's Day, and he even thought to himself that he should seize the opportunity to propose to her today and keep her firmly by his side so that he wouldn't have to worry every day that he would wake up one morning and not see her again.

The man was probably in his thirties. Beneath his thick, dark eyebrows were a pair of slender eyes that, at first glance, appeared calm and still, but upon closer inspection, revealed a shimmering light within. His features were not particularly striking, but together they created a gentle and welcoming aura.

Lu Bing was his girlfriend of seven years; they had been together since college. Although they had experienced some minor frictions and unpleasantness, nothing had ever shaken their relationship.

However, perhaps due to the legendary seven-year itch, their relationship became extremely tense in their seventh year together. Especially after an argument six months ago, their relationship nearly broke down, and the most direct result was that Lu Bing left him without a word.

He searched frantically everywhere, scouring every corner they had been together, even every place she might have gone, but he couldn't find her until she called to say she wanted to break up. Only then did he realize she had gone abroad alone.

It took him half a year to finally gain her forgiveness and get her to agree to return to China, so he absolutely cannot afford any mistakes when picking her up at the airport today.

Peng Yuxian tidied up quickly. In just a few minutes, a neat and tidy-up man appeared at the door.

As he opened the door, he suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly ran inside. When he came out again, he had a driver's license in his hand, and the name on it clearly read "Peng Yuxian".

Lu Bing's plane will arrive at the airport at 5:30. Having finally made it to the end of the workday, Peng Yuxian walked excitedly toward his car.

As soon as the car started, it shot off like it had just eaten a pack of chewing gum, speeding all the way to the airport.

Of course, this situation would never happen in his city. Firstly, the roads leading to the airport are not all wide and flat, and secondly, because of this, it is a major traffic bottleneck. During rush hour, all kinds of cars are stuck on the road, causing a great deal of traffic congestion.

By the time Peng Yuxian finally squeezed his way to the airport, it was already past six o'clock. He quickly entered the airport terminal, searching for that familiar figure. However, he found nothing at all.

I took out my phone and dialed the number that was already etched in my mind. After a few rings, a flat, mechanical female voice came through the phone: "The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

Peng Yuxian angrily flung his hand, wanting to smash the phone on the ground, but he held back. He thought that if she called later and couldn't find him, it would be even worse.

Right now, the only explanation for this situation is that he was late, and she was angry...

But he couldn't find her. He couldn't even apologize to her anymore.

Peng Yuxian stood somewhat bewildered in the airport terminal, his eyes wandering aimlessly. He regretted sleeping in a little longer, knowing he was supposed to pick someone up today. He shouldn't have drunk so much with his friends yesterday.

But he was just too happy. How could he not be happy at the thought of getting back together with Lu Bing?

He searched every floor of the airport, upstairs and downstairs, even the basement, but still couldn't find that familiar figure. Finally, he went to the information desk and asked them to broadcast a missing person notice.

However, he waited at the service desk for more than ten minutes, but no one came.

Peng Yuxian grew anxious, his mind filled with thoughts of Lu Bing, Lu Bing, Lu Bing...

It seemed as if heaven had heard his prayers. Just as he was feeling disheartened and about to go back, a red figure appeared on the road outside the airport.

"Bing'er!" Peng Yuxian called out and ran towards Lu Bing.

"Yu Xian." Lu Bing stopped when she saw Peng Yu Xian, and her originally light steps suddenly became unsure of how to take the next step.

During the past six months abroad, she had thought things through clearly. She realized that she couldn't just sever her feelings for Peng Yuxian like that, which was why she decided to come back to find him. But now that they were face to face, she suddenly felt a sense of trepidation, like returning home.

Especially when she saw him rushing towards her anxiously, she suddenly wondered if this would be the last argument between them, and whether there would be even worse arguments in the future.

Just then, someone walked up from behind her. Seeing her standing there motionless, he stopped and asked, "Bing, what's wrong?"

"Bing?" Peng Yuxian repeated his words blankly, then his gaze suddenly sharpened as he pointed at the man and asked, "Who are you?" He then turned to look at Lu Bing, "Who is he?"

The man was young, in his early twenties, tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes—very handsome. What was most infuriating was that he just stood casually next to Lu Bing, and the two looked so harmonious, as if they were a couple.

This stirred up Peng Yuxian's emotions, as if various seasonings had been spilled and mixed together, emitting a strange smell.

"he is……"

At this moment, the handsome man raised an eyebrow, looked at Peng Yuxian provocatively, and parted his thin lips to finish her sentence, "Hello, I am Qiu Pi."

"Who is he?" Peng Yuxian seemed not to have heard him at all, only staring at Lu Bing, waiting for her answer.

Lu Bing's expression became somewhat unnatural when she was with Qiu Pi, but she quickly returned to normal. "He's a friend I met abroad, and he was also returning to China, so we came back together."

"Friends? What kind of friends?"

“Just a regular friend.” Lu Bing said, walking towards Peng Yuxian and trying to take his hand, but he inadvertently dodged it. “Yuxian, what’s wrong?”

"Ordinary friends?" Peng Yuxian stared at the handbag Qiu Pi was carrying—a woman's handbag that anyone with eyes could see—and his gaze suddenly turned cold. "What kind of ordinary friend deserves this kind of special treatment?"

Lu Bing followed his gaze and realized he had misunderstood. She was about to explain when Qiu Pi spoke first.

“I met Bing abroad, and I fell in love with her at first sight. However, Bing didn’t accept me. She said she could never forget you.” Qiu Pi grew up abroad and had a very straightforward personality. Seeing Peng Yuxian questioning Lu Bing like this and staring at him with suspicion in his eyes, he explained to him.

However, this explanation sounded completely different to Peng Yuxian. He thought of how he longed for her every day in China, while she was fickle and unfaithful abroad! Although he knew in his heart that Lu Bing was not that kind of person, the thought that she had spent the entire six months of his life without his involvement made Peng Yuxian feel as if a thousand ants were gnawing at his heart.

"Ice! Ice!! Ice!!!" Peng Yuxian suddenly rushed towards Qiu Pi, throwing a punch at Qiu Pi's face. He couldn't stand the sight of that face that had been eyeing his woman.

Qiu Pi was caught off guard by Peng Yuxian's sudden attack. Although he nimbly dodged to the side, Peng Yuxian's fist still grazed his cheek, leaving a red mark on his face.

"Yu Xian, what are you doing?" Lu Bing rushed to Qiu Pi and asked him with concern, "Are you alright?"

Seeing this, Peng Yuxian's anger flared even more. He grabbed Lu Bing and threw another punch at Qiu Pi. This time, Qiu Pi was prepared. As Qiu Pi's fist came, he parried Peng Yuxian's hand with one hand and took the opportunity to attack him with the other, striking Peng Yuxian in the stomach.

"Yu Xian!" Lu Bing rushed to Peng Yu Xian, her face full of anxiety. "I have nothing to do with him, we're really just ordinary friends." She then shouted at Qiu Pi, "You can't hit him!"

Qiu Pi raised an eyebrow. Was he supposed to just stand there and get beaten up? He couldn't do that! Besides, he had no good feelings towards this man who had stolen Lu Bing's heart long ago. Even before he met him, he had already mentally beaten him up again and again.

Peng Yuxian hadn't expected his opponent to seem to have some martial arts skills. The punch almost knocked him unconscious, but it also fueled his determination. If he were to lose to him like this, how could he ever hold his head high in front of Lu Bing again?

So he flung Lu Bing aside and rushed toward Qiu Pi.

The two started fighting on the roadside.

Lu Bing lunged forward again, trying to pull them apart, but was pushed away by the two who were in the middle of a fight.

They heard a passerby gasp, followed by the screech of brakes and then the sound of something crashing to the ground. Both men turned to look and saw a driver getting out of his car in a panic and hurrying away.

Not far in front of him, Lu Bing lay in a pool of blood.

The next day

"Ring ring ring..."

The alarm clock shattered the morning's tranquility, jolting the person in bed abruptly from their dream. (To be continued.)