Chapter 261: Warm Fragrance and Soft Jade
"What do you want to do?" Zhang Yang looked at her with a squinting smile, puffed out his chest, and said righteously, "Rape, or drug me, that old man's what car, or that 69, if my eyes blink even once, I'm not yours... hey, don't go."
"Boring." Tang Qiqi's eyes turned cold, then she walked back into the room.
Zhang Yang only smiled and didn't follow her inside. Facing the cold night wind, he looked at the mountains opposite, then raised his head to look at the sky, the glittering stars that were rare to see in the city, and shouted toward the room, "Aren't you coming out to look at the stars?"
"Childish!"
"How is it childish? In the city, you absolutely can't see such a beautiful sight." Zhang Yang placed both hands on the railing again, his ten fingers rubbing the smooth, cold marble surface, and said lightly.
Far from the city's noise, with the cold night wind, the tranquility here made one feel a sense of peace within the soul.
"How about guessing a riddle or a brain teaser?" Seeing that Tang Qiqi still didn't respond, Zhang Yang didn't mind at all and continued his solo act.
Tang Qiqi didn't respond. Zhang Yang smiled, looked at the stars in the sky, and asked as if he were talking to himself, "By the way, the stars got pregnant, why do you think that is?"
Hearing this inside, Tang Qiqi couldn't help but laugh, saying, "You can even ask such childish questions."
"How is it childish? What do you think the answer is?"
"Boring, idiot!" Zhang Yang heard the sound of her feet kicking the bed inside. "Even my knees know it's the moon's fault."
"Alright, not bad. Here's another one. Why doesn't fireworks shoot up to hit the stars?"
"Zhang Yang, you really are childish." Tang Qiqi couldn't help getting up from the bed, slowly walking to the balcony. She lifted her head to look at the night sky, then glanced at Zhang Yang. "Fine, I'll play with you. Because the stars flash."
"Ah, pretty smart. Then, how heavy is a star?"
"Eight grams!" Tang Qiqi answered without even the slightest pause.
"Why?"
"Because it's Starbucks!" Tang Qiqi sneered.
"As expected of the riddle princess." Zhang Yang smiled. Ever since he saw Tang Qiqi's two sides, he didn't go chat with her every day without reason.
Teasing her was that simple. He used the Shadow System to go through almost all of Tang Qiqi's past and experiences. After seeing so much information about her, he was almost certain that her purpose in joining Spade Eight was purely to find out the true cause of Tang Duan's death and avenge him.
She simply didn't want to admit it.
Tang Qiqi had the potential to be a killer, but strangely, after Tang Duan adopted her, for some unknown reason—
He didn't train her in that direction. From Tang Qiqi's elementary school, middle school, high school, and overseas study background, Tang Duan clearly didn't want her to become a killer but sincerely hoped to raise her into an ordinary girl who could live a peaceful life.
One could say that, until two and a half years ago, Tang Duan's efforts were still effective.
Tang Qiqi's killer instincts had gradually been smoothed out, but after Tang Duan was unexpectedly shot dead, everything changed drastically.
Without restraint, Tang Qiqi finally released her innate killer nature. Although she didn't receive much professional training, after entering Spade Eight, she successfully took out many extremely difficult targets.
Without leaving a trace.
Even Ao Tian only speculated through deduction that those killings were Tang Qiqi's work but had no evidence to prove it.
In just two years, Tang Qiqi proved her abilities with her natural talent, becoming a highly sought-after figure in Spade Eight. Combined with her identity as the adopted daughter of its founder Tang Duan, her influence within Spade Eight grew stronger and stronger.
However, even though she had already become a very successful killer, Tang Duan's twenty years of painstaking upbringing wasn't entirely ineffective. Time had quietly carved many things an ordinary person should possess into her.
For example, Zhang Yang knew she actually had a girly side. For instance, she was a king of cold jokes in middle school, a riddle master, even served many years as publicity committee member, student council member in college, and participated in social work and volunteer service.
It was precisely these experiences that made her so complicated.
Facing someone like her, Zhang Yang didn't know what method could make her open her heart. After all, it had now been proven that she was Star Mender No.29. Whether he liked it or not, Tang Qiqi had to stay by his side.
But she was still a killer, and in fact, she was internally full of vigilance and even dissatisfaction toward him. Don't be fooled by her current seemingly harmonious appearance—who knew whether she was just loosening up, waiting for a moment to strike?
"Alright, then I'll ask a harder one. When do you most often see the sun, stars, and moon appear together?"
"No challenge… isn't it just on QQ? Come on, since you've read my data and know my past, can you please ask questions that aren't for kindergarten kids?"
"Not for kids? Oh, alright." Zhang Yang glanced at her. "Then I'll ask."
Tang Qiqi looked at him with disdain and curled her lips.
"An eternal virgin—guess a famous foreign writer."
"Uh…" Tang Qiqi froze, bit her lip, and thought for a long time. She still couldn't figure it out, then glared at Zhang Yang and couldn't help asking, "What's the answer?"
"Ha, stumped you, didn't I? If you want the answer, give me a kiss."
"Dream on!"
"Alright, then I won't force you. Guess another one."
"Tell me the previous answer first."
"Shakespeare!" Zhang Yang said with a squinting smile. He knew Tang Qiqi wouldn't take the initiative to kiss him, but he still told her the answer. This was called playing hard to get.
"Shakespeare?" Tang Qiqi repeated and glared at him. "How is that the answer?"
"Stupid, an eternal virgin means someone who hasn't seen that thing before, so of course he'd ask, 'sha shi bi ya…'"
"Pervert." Tang Qiqi was speechless.
"You're the one who said adult-level questions…"
Tang Qiqi took a deep breath. "Fine, keep going."
"Long-legged man—guess a type of food…"
"Long-legged man?" Tang Qiqi frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Intestine?"
"Wrong! It's 'dan gao,' cake!"
"You…" Tang Qiqi clenched her fists. "Boring!"
"Hehe, another one. Then long-legged woman—guess a type of makeup…"
"Hmph, trying to trick me? Isn't it lipstick… ah… bastard, I'll kill you…" Tang Qiqi said, realizing she had fallen for it, and blushed in shame. "I'm not guessing anymore."
"Fine, don't guess. Eternal virgin—guess another foreign celebrity…"
"You bastard! I said I'm not guessing…" Tang Qiqi clenched her fists and walked back into the room.
After a while, Zhang Yang followed her in. In the darkness, he faintly saw Tang Qiqi lying on her side on the bed, head resting on her elbow, back facing him.
"Sleep on the sofa." She must have heard Zhang Yang's footsteps and said coldly.
Zhang Yang looked around and frowned. "Where's the sofa?"
"No sofa, sleep on the floor yourself…" Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a warm body behind her. Zhang Yang had quietly lain down behind her.
He rested both hands behind his head, eyes staring at the dark ceiling, seemingly without guarding against her at all.
Silence filled the room. It was so quiet even a falling needle could be heard. For some reason, she didn't drive Zhang Yang off the bed again.
"Zhang Yang, do you think they'll come tonight?" After who knew how long, Tang Qiqi broke the silence.
"Who?"
"Playing dumb."
"Mm." Zhang Yang smiled.
"Mm? What does that mean? Will they come or not?"
"Who knows." Zhang Yang smiled again. "You're the one who should know this."
"I may be from Spade Eight, but usually contact between groups is rare. Sometimes even people within the same group don't know each other. How should I know how they act?"
"Then sleep. We'll deal with it if they come." Zhang Yang pulled his hands back, turned to lie on his side, back facing her, looking at the mountains outside the balcony.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
"You won't."
"Arrogant!