Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

Lu Tiannan couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

"Brother, what should I do? You said you wouldn't do anything without profit. Don't you think I have any value to you?"

Xi Mingzhu's gaze was cold. Useful? Of course, he was. But Lu Tiannan wasn't a dog; he was a wolf cub, ready to pounce and kill. Who would dare use him?

Seeing that Shen Yi remained silent, Lu Tiannan lazily continued, "It seems she has some use."

"Brother, I'm hurt. That vampire bit me. I'll die if I don't drink blood... Brother, you won't let me die here, will you?"

Before Xi Mingzhu could speak, Lu Tiannan suddenly grabbed his wrist and pinned him against the wall.

"Brother~" she said in a sweet, coquettish tone, just like when she first met him and pretended to be pitiful.

"Use me, and I'll be a good girl, okay?" Lu Tiannan's breath brushed against his ear, warm and itchy.

Xi Mingzhu could still feel the stinging pain in her neck, and said coolly, "I dare not use a wolf cub that could bite at any time."

Lu Tiannan chuckled softly upon hearing this, his expression both mischievous and endearing.

"I'm so interested in my brother, why would I bite him?"

Xi Mingzhu raised his leg and kicked Lu Tiannan's groin with his knee.

Lu Tiannan raised an eyebrow, dodged, and released the hand that was holding the other person.

There was no anger on her face, only a gentle smile.

"What are you doing, brother? It will be very troublesome if you hurt yourself here."

Xi Mingzhu flexed his wrists, pointing to the teeth marks on his neck.

"You don't acknowledge it?"

Lu Tiannan belatedly exclaimed "Ah!"

"I admit it, I bit him. That bite was punishment for making me worry, since he scared me."

Lu Tiannan stared intently at Xi Mingzhu, his gaze burning and blatant, filled with a desire to explore and possess.

Having lost something and then regained it makes one realize its true value.

"I will be good. If you're worried, you can find a chain to tie me up."

Lu Tiannan took a step closer and chuckled as he saw Shen Yi about to kick him again.

"Be a good puppy to your older brother, and in return, you'll get some blood to drink. That's not too much to ask, is it?"

Their words were full of ambiguous provocations, yet neither of them showed any sign of being moved by the other's feelings.

Xi Mingzhu glanced coldly at Lu Tiannan's face and silently sorted out her thoughts.

The bloodstains on Lu Tiannan's body were not entirely his. Both the vampire and the receptionist died at Lu Tiannan's hands, so most of the bloodstains on the other person should have come from those two.

Lu Tiannan's thirst for blood wasn't an act; it was an instinct born from being assimilated by vampires.

As for why he didn't drink the blood of the receptionist but instead bit himself, Xi Mingzhu really couldn't figure out what Lu Tiannan was thinking.

This guy is such a drama queen. He killed the receptionist, so the room key was left unattended. Now that he has the room key, why isn't he going to the fourth floor to wait and leave the instance? Why is he coming back?

Oh right, Lu Tiannan thought he was dead, and he was thirsting for blood just now. He originally came here to drink blood... No wonder he bit at the neck right away.

They don't even spare the dead, really...

Having figured all this out, Xi Mingzhu said coldly, "We can leave now, can't we?"

“Ah…too smart isn’t fun.” Lu Tiannan’s disappointed tone confirmed Xi Mingzhu’s judgment.

"You came back just to drink my blood? Do you hate me that much? You even go after my corpse."

Lu Tiannan was stunned, then clutched his stomach and chuckled softly.

"Wait, brother... this is love, not hate. I despise everyone else except for your blood, this is liking you."

Xi Mingzhu was very unhappy about being bitten; she could have just left, but instead, she went through the trouble of biting herself.

Fear of punishment? What a lame excuse.

"Your affection is really hard to accept."

"Does it hurt a lot? Then bite back." As Lu Tiannan spoke, he moved closer to Shen Yi, bent his knees, tilted his head, and exposed his neck.

His most vulnerable parts were exposed to others, leaving him at their mercy. Xi Mingzhu didn't know if Lu Tiannan was just too good at acting or if he genuinely had no defenses.

Or perhaps the other party simply doesn't take him seriously, and he subconsciously feels that he is no match for them.

Lu Tiannan didn't get a bite back from Shen Yi, so he winked at her in confusion, "Aren't you going to bite?"

Xi Mingzhu had no interest in biting people; he wasn't a dog.

Lu Tiannan didn't think that way, and instead found his own reasons and straightened up.

"Ah! I forgot my brother is a germaphobe. I'll bite him when we get back. He's got a lot of blood on him from the fight, so it's really hard to bring myself to bite him."

0561 remained silent. It remembered that the villain in the original plot wasn't like this. How did things go so wrong and it couldn't be brought back?!

Lu Tiannan handed the room key with the number 4 written on it to Shen Yi, "Brother, do you want to go home?"

Xi Mingzhu pursed his lips and looked into the empty room.

"Wait for them."

Since we agreed to cooperate, we shouldn't go back on our word.

Moreover, Gu Junbo is directly connected to the timeline he needs to survive, and is someone whose interests are tied to his own, so he is worth waiting for.

Lu Tiannan sighed sourly, "My brother is so good to them."

“I gave the room key that I worked so hard to get to my brother without a second thought. They did nothing, yet my brother still worried about them.”

Xi Mingzhu lifted his eyelids to look at Lu Tiannan, his brows twitching slightly as he held the room card between his fingers.

"I thought this was compensation for you biting me."

Lu Tiannan stroked his chin with interest, "Ha... You can bite again if there's compensation?"

Xi Mingzhu really didn't understand what was wrong with Lu Tiannan, but she still went along with what he was saying.

"If you can offer something that satisfies me, I'll consider it."

Lu Tiannan's smile deepened. "I will try my best to satisfy my brother."

Gu Junbai and his two companions were being dragged to an open space by three little devils to play games.

The first game was hopscotch. Despite being the youngest, Feng Tianlan was actually worse at it than Zhang Rong.

The three kids tried to turn on each other several times, but Gu Junbai subdued them with force.

Seeing that Gu Junbai could easily defeat these three brats, Feng Tianlan asked curiously, "Brother Gu, wouldn't it be easier to get out if we just killed them?"

Zhang Rong scratched his head. "Xiao Feng, didn't you realize they didn't intend to kill us?"

"Huh?" Feng Tianlan had been threatened by these three little devils countless times. Every time they pounced on him, he would scream in fright. How could he possibly see through their tricks?

Gu Junbo, holding one of the little boys, said, "Well, there has to be a limit to how long we play games. We can't stay here and play with you forever."

"Eagle catches chicks! We'll let you go when we're done playing."

The little girl was unhappy. "You promised to play drop the handkerchief with me!"

"I want to play hide-and-seek!"

The three little devils wanted to play three games, and none of them would give in to the others.

They argued and argued for a long time but still couldn't make up their minds.

Feng Tianlan was still a little afraid of the three kids. "Shall we each play with one of you?"

"How can two people play? Brother, you're an idiot," the little girl said mercilessly.

Feng Tianlan awkwardly shut up, while Zhang Rong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Finally, Gu Junbo grabbed the three kids and forced them to play: "Rock, paper, scissors. Whoever wins gets to play. Only for ten minutes."

The three little devils looked at each other and then started playing rock-paper-scissors.

In the end, the little girl won, so the six of them prepared to drop the handkerchief.