64: Chapter 64 I'm going to bite you to death today!!

Su Qing pushed open the door and threw her black canvas bag onto the entryway cabinet with extreme violence, sighing as she changed her shoes.

This half-day had been more exciting than the entire past year.

From pitting her wits against Su Yun to seeing the secrets of this world at the reservoir, her nerves had been stretched tight.

Now that she was home, she could finally catch her breath.

She shuffled into the living room.

On the sofa, Su Yun was holding a cup of warm water, watching her with a calm gaze.

Su Qing's footsteps faltered; her previously relaxed body instantly tensed up, and alarm bells rang in her head.

That humiliating, unequal treaty!

Su Yun put down the water cup.

The bottom of the glass tapped against the coffee table, making a soft sound.

"It is 3:40 PM now," Su Yun leaned back against the sofa. "You need to help Mom wash the dishes after dinner. For a late-night snack, I want the grilled cold noodles from the street corner, with two sausages."

Su Qing walked over, gritting her teeth, and plopped onto the single sofa next to him. "Got it!"

"Anything else?" Su Yun asked nonchalantly.

Su Qing played dumb. "What else? Isn't it just those two things?"

Su Yun pulled the square-folded 'Letter of Understanding' from his pocket and dangled it between his fingertips.

The sound of the paper rubbing together was jarringly loud in the quiet living room.

Su Qing stared at that piece of paper, feeling as if her dignity had been ruthlessly trampled underfoot.

She glanced at the closed door of her parents' bedroom, then toward the bathroom.

"There are no outsiders at home, do you really have to do this now?" Su Qing protested in a low voice.

"It's precisely because there are no outsiders that I'm calling you out," Su Yun slowly unfolded the paper a bit. "Do you want me to go to the balcony, grab a megaphone, and shout it to the neighbors?"

Su Qing's breathing quickened. She imagined that scene, took a deep breath, and gripped the hem of her shirt tightly.

"Good brother." Her voice was tiny, and she spoke extremely fast.

"Didn't hear you clearly." Su Yun pointed to his ear.

Su Qing stood up abruptly, clenched her fists, and shouted at the top of her lungs at Su Yun, "Good! Brother! Are you satisfied now?!"

"Click." The bathroom doorknob turned. The door opened.

Su Jianguo had just walked out from inside and heard that sentence perfectly clearly.

One of his feet was still on the threshold, and he froze completely.

The air in the living room turned instantly silent.

Su Yun and Su Qing both turned their heads toward the bathroom at the same time.

Su Jianguo's eyes widened, his shocked gaze sweeping back and forth between the siblings.

He knew his daughter's temperament all too well; never mind bowing her head and submissively calling him "Good brother," it was rare enough for her to even call him "brother" calmly on a normal day.

Had the sun risen from the west today?

However, being the smart man he was, a "most reasonable" guess flashed through his mind.

Su Jianguo's expression darkened instantly. He glared at Su Qing with hostility and let out a cold snort. "Trying to curry favor without cause... Xiao Qing, be honest with me, did you fail your math test again today? Are you trying to beg your brother to help you keep it from your mother and me?"

Su Qing's pent-up grievances instantly got stuck in her throat, and a row of bold "??????" slowly floated above her head.

She rolled her eyes speechlessly and couldn't help but retort, "Dad, can you please use some logic? Schools don't have exams every single day! Besides, because of the special situation today, the entire Linhai City is on holiday, so where would I even go to take an exam?"

Upon hearing this, Su Jianguo's brows furrowed tightly.

His youngest daughter was usually like a hedgehog; her submissive behavior today definitely meant something fishy was going on.

His eagle-sharp gaze carefully scanned Su Qing, finally fixing on her forehead.

Although a night had passed, a bruise that was almost fading still remained there.

Not only that, but the shape and position of the bump, and even the way Su Qing subconsciously covered her head...

Su Jianguo's mind buzzed, and a truly absurd image suddenly flashed through it.

Last night at the quarry, in his rage, it seemed he had slapped the short assassin "Dark Blade," who had tried to throw his precious son to his death, straight into the ground.

And the bump that had swollen up on that little shorty's head back then seemed, appeared, perhaps... to be exactly the same as the one his own daughter was sporting on her forehead right now?!

Hiss—Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Su Jianguo quickly shook this preposterous and treasonous thought out of his mind.

How could his own silly daughter, who only knew how to make a fuss, be the "Dark Blade" who could jump around under the noses of S-rank powerhouses?

"So that's it!" To hide his inner absurdity, Su Jianguo's face darkened instantly as he pointed at her and shouted, "You were fighting with others outside again, weren't you?!"

Su Qing subconsciously covered her forehead and hurriedly defended herself. "I didn't! Stop guessing!"

"You didn't?" Su Jianguo widened his eyes. "Then what's that bump on your head? Can you trip and hit your head like that just by walking?"

Just then, Su Yun, who had been watching the show from the sofa, slowly put down his water cup.

He pulled out a tissue, wiped his hands with extreme elegance, and then put on the appearance of a "doting older brother," adding insult to injury with a manipulative, "tea-scented" tone.

"Dad, don't be angry with Xiao Qing. She's at that rebellious age," Su Yun said with a gentle tone and an extremely innocent look. "Is it possible that she bumped it while fighting someone yesterday? Look, although the bump is big and round, isn't it almost healed? Let's not blame her."

Su Qing stiffened, glaring at Su Yun in disbelief, her back teeth nearly shattering. "!!!"

"Su Yun! You bastard!"

Su Qing was so angry she was about to explode on the spot.

Su Jianguo finally realized what was going on and snorted coldly. "Very well! No wonder you were acting so suspicious when you came home yesterday, always covering your head and refusing to take off your hat. So you were out fighting and acting tough yesterday!"

He pointed at Su Qing's nose, scolding her with a feeling of disappointment.

"Look at you, acting like a tomboy all day long, running around outside and causing trouble! As soon as classes resume tomorrow, I'm going to your school to ask your teacher for a clear explanation!"

Su Qing was pushed to the point of jumping up and down, but she was extremely clever. With a roll of her eyes, she instantly caught a blind spot on Su Jianguo and decisively chose to shift the fire.

She had just noticed that her father today was strangely, inexplicably full of vitality.

Usually, he had a habit of hunching his back when walking, his left hand would constantly pound his sore lower back, and his complexion had that sallow, yellow look left by years of hard labor.

But now, all those signs of aging were gone.

Su Jianguo stood with his back and waist straight, and that old, washed-out undershirt was now stretched tight by the rock-hard, bulging chest and abdominal muscles beneath it. Because of his sudden movements earlier, the sound of fabric straining to its breaking point could even be heard faintly at the collar.

His complexion was so ruddy it looked like it could drip blood, his eyes were as bright as two searchlights, and his entire being radiated the kind of vigorous vitality seen only in extremely high-level Awakened, filled with so much spiritual energy he was about to burst.

Even more absurdly, the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had been forcibly smoothed out by replenished collagen, and his looming inverted-triangle, muscular silhouette made him look like a hot-blooded youth who had just finished a crazy workout at the gym!

"Dad, stop worrying about who I fought with for a second!" Su Qing widened her eyes, looking Su Jianguo up and down as if he were a new species, and loudly interrupted him. "What's up with you today? Your back isn't hunched, your waist doesn't ache, you're glowing, and your clothes are about to burst... Did you secretly take some miracle tonic? How do you look like you're reverting to your youth and turning into a muscular hunk?!"

Once these words were out, Su Jianguo's "stern father" Aura instantly vanished into thin air.

The matter of going to the school to settle scores with the teacher was immediately thrown to the back of his mind.

Thinking about how he had just absorbed that bottle of "Bai Cang's Special Life Essence" of extremely complicated origin in the bathroom, and even secretly called that top-tier wanted criminal brother in his heart, Su Jianguo's weathered old face flushed a rare red.

"N-nonsense! What are you talking about!"

"I just washed my face and woke myself up a bit. I'm usually just too tired. I exercised my muscles and bones in the park this afternoon, so my complexion naturally improved."

"Can exercising your muscles and bones really exercise the wrinkles off your face?" Su Yun leaned against the sofa cushion, calmly exposing his lie. "Dad, don't hide it. You clearly just took a bite of a miracle elixir."

Su Jianguo's heart skipped a beat, and he nearly bit his tongue off.

He turned his head sharply, his tiger-like eyes glaring fiercely at Su Yun, his eyes full of frantic warning: You brat! Shut up! That was forced down my throat by you! If you dare to spill the details, I'm not done with you today!

However, Su Qing, whose attention had been diverted, didn't notice her father's murderous glare at all.

Upon hearing the words "miracle elixir," her eyes instantly lit up like two high-wattage lightbulbs.

"Miracle elixir?! Really?!" Su Qing darted to Su Jianguo's side like a kitten protecting its food, pulling on his absurdly muscular arm with an expectant face, shaking it. "Dad! What kind of miracle elixir has such a good effect? Are there any left? Give me one too!"

Su Yun picked up his cup, slowly blew on the steam on the surface of the water, and with an extremely innocent look, sighed and shook his head. His affected posture was enough to make a living person die of anger:

"Xiao Qing, why do you want to eat a miracle elixir? Is it to erase the evidence of your fighting on your forehead, so you can keep hiding it from Mom and Dad?"

He paused, and a smile that was extremely punchable yet harmless appeared on his lips. "But Brother advises you to save your energy. Even if the bump on your forehead can easily disappear with medicine, Dad's memory of going to school to settle scores with the teacher tomorrow won't disappear so easily. You'd better study hard."

This sentence was like a precision-guided missile; in a light and breezy manner, it instantly pierced through Su Qing's last line of psychological defense.

"Su Yun!!! I'll kill you, you damn green tea bitch!!!"

Su Qing completely broke down, her pent-up shame, anger, and grievances exploding instantly. In stark contrast to the composed Su Yun on the sofa, she now looked like a wild beast, baring fangs and brandishing claws as she pounced directly toward that punchable face.

"I'm going to bite you to death today!!!"