Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1375: Chapter 102: What’s Wrong with Girls Taking the Initiative!

The mansion not only has a magnificent bathroom—but also an equally luxurious restroom.

Through the gap at the bottom of the restroom door, one can see slightly spread calves and small pink garments slipped down to the ankles… The little butterfly monster sat on the toilet with her mouth slightly open, showing a comfortable expression.

“Miss Pianqian, did you have fun today?”

Upon hearing the maid’s voice outside the door, the little butterfly monster paused for a moment, then joyfully said, “Yes, I had a lot of fun! Everyone is together!”

“Miss Pianqian, it seems you really like everyone being together.”

“Because, when everyone is together, isn’t it better?” she pondered for a moment before responding… She then stood up, slightly leaning forward, and put on the only garment she had.

Hey—!

Then, she confidently walked out the door—as they were all girls, it seemed there was nothing to be concerned about.

The maid was quietly standing by the sink at this time… It seemed she hadn’t seen her doing any makeup touch-up. In her hands was a set of clothes.

“You Ye sister, are you going to change clothes?” the little butterfly monster couldn’t help but ask curiously.

The maid smiled and said, “This is for you to wear.”

“For me? But?”

The maid held the clothes and walked up to Luo Pianqian, first starting to dress her in the upper undergarments, “Initially, it wasn’t stated that you couldn’t put on clothes midway.”

“Eh?” The little butterfly monster paused and then tapped her forehead, “Thinking about it now, it seems so…”

Indeed, there were no instructions in this regard… But due to inertia in thought, she hadn’t thoroughly considered this aspect.

The upper undergarments were quickly put on, and the maid gently adjusted the little butterfly monster’s chest, seemingly making final adjustments, then suddenly said, “It seems you’ve grown a little since last time.”

Her face blushed suddenly, embarrassed, “I don’t know why either…”

The maid did not continue on this topic but instead dressed her in the fitted clothes, carefully arranging them… She suddenly asked, “Miss Pianqian, are you interested in staying at our shop?”

“Hmm?” The little butterfly monster abruptly raised her head, looking into the maid’s eyes, and instinctively asked, “Stay at your place?”

The maid nodded with a smile, speaking softly, “Yes, because it usually feels quite empty, and the daily work is quite busy, thinking it would be great to have someone to help… Besides, you could always be together with my master.”

With the boss… Together.

The little butterfly monster couldn’t help but show a look of yearning.

“Would you like to come?” the maid asked again.

Luo Pianqian thought for a while, then shook her head, “I guess I won’t. Actually, I’m doing well at Sister Long’s place now. Plus, if I leave, no one will be there to help at the hospital… Sister Long rarely cleans up, and sometimes the pharmacy ends up in a mess. And, she often eats junk food. Although it doesn’t affect her health, it just doesn’t feel right.”

“Is that all?” the maid couldn’t help but laugh, “If that’s the case, it can be well resolved… In exchange, we can completely provide a very usable servant for Miss Long.”

Luo Pianqian said, “Actually… If I leave, Sister Long might feel lonely by herself. So… even though I really want to go to You Ye sister’s place, I still…”

“I understand.”

The maid gently embraced her, “Such a good child, if you can always have this considerate heart, I think my master will like you even more.”

She revealed a captivated look and murmured, “Sister, you smell… so nice…”

The maid’s voice lowered, “If you clear your mind in the future, you can come find me anytime. Today’s invitation will always be valid.”

It felt like… she wanted to agree right away…

She closed her eyes, wishing she could fall asleep at this moment… be with the boss?

…

…

Long Xiruo sat alone on the sofa—due to a break during the game.

That girl Mina seemed to have disappeared at some point… Anyway, she didn’t pay much attention to this.

The true dragon of China looked towards the courtyard, seemingly lost in thought… Then, she felt something draped over her body.

She couldn’t help but pause, giving a slight shiver… Her first instinct was wondering, how did someone just get close?

But seeing it draped over her was her own clothes, she looked up in surprise—seeing that thorn in her thoughts, the sly merchant.

“I’m not going to thank you,” the true dragon of China said in an unfriendly tone.

Boss Luo said casually, “No need to mind, though this was a game, it wasn’t said that one couldn’t put on clothes. At this moment, I think You Ye will probably help Miss Pianqian dress too.”

The true dragon of China paused, then opened her mouth wide… Such an approach!!

Boss Luo couldn’t help but chuckle.

The true dragon of China rolled her eyes and said with annoyance, “Is it that funny?”

Luo Qiu shook his head and gently said, “Just think that Miss Long is truly a very upright person… More than anyone, you adhere to the rules. Although always in a losing state, you haven’t used any abilities… not even a trace of judgment beyond the ordinary, memory skills, etc., you haven’t used at all. Simply, you play this game like an ordinary person.”

The true dragon snorted discontentedly, “Aren’t you all the same?”

Boss Luo blinked and said, “Miss Long didn’t notice.”

“Notice what?”

Boss Luo smiled and said, “All the cards were marked by You Ye… The deck was prepared by her, and each card had a different scented perfume. So from the beginning, all the game was under her control.”

Damn!!!

The true dragon of China’s forehead veins jumped slightly… This scheming woman!!! Really wicked!

I knew it!!

The true dragon of China couldn’t help but tremble… It was on the brink of madness.

“But even so, Miss Long endured, always following the rules.” Boss Luo smiled, “Although it seems silly, it makes one genuinely like this… kindness.”

Thump thump—!

Slight warmth.

…

She couldn’t help but take a deep breath, then met eyes with Luo Qiu, “Are you… always like this, always, always somehow, just good to others… to others.”

Boss Luo slowly sat down, like her, looking out the window, initially not speaking, as if lost in thought… The true dragon of China frowned, just watching his profile.

It was like, for the first time, observing his profile up close… When was it, that she met him for the first time?

It seems like a long time has passed…

“I actually…”

Luo Qiu looked down at his hands, “Not long ago, I didn’t even know how to interact with people, or rather, I had lost the ability to connect with others, just confining myself to a very small world… Later, after learning to talk to people again, I began to wonder if I was kind to others, would others also be kind to me.”

Long Xiruo opened her mouth slightly, “Why… are you suddenly saying this.”

“To respond to Miss Long’s question.”

Boss Luo turned back to look into her eyes, “Miss Long should understand my work’s essence. I always, can’t help but want to get close to you, even now… Undoubtedly, I want to have you.”

Have…

Her heart raced suddenly, and she widened her gaze.

At the same time, her heart felt blocked and uneasy… She couldn’t help but say, with complex emotions, “Have me… my soul?”

—Don’t answer affirmatively… Don’t.

—Though it should be known from the outset… but refused to think so…

—Don’t answer affirmatively…

“Yes.”

It was… a definite answer.

—Hold back…

…

The true dragon’s gaze darkened instantly, then spoke slowly with a voice she didn’t know if it was strong or fragile, “Finally… showing your true colors?”

Boss Luo said candidly, “Every meeting, every closeness, makes me want to hold it up by hand. It’s just too beautiful, like it could bring me everlasting color… Miss Long, are you familiar with color blindness?”

She turned her head, pursing her lips and said, “Who doesn’t know…”

“When they put on the special glasses, when the colors restored to normal in front of them for the first time.” Luo Qiu still looked at her, “That’s the moment I saw you.”

“Thank you so much.” Long Xiruo felt even more suffocated, “…Such high praise.”

“So, sometimes, I choose to leave.” Boss Luo looked out the window again, “Because I always feel that one day, there will be a moment when I can’t completely control this impulse.”

It always felt like he was looking into the distance… very far away, looking at something else.

“Why are you telling me… these things.”

Luo Qiu thought for a moment and said, “I thought if Miss Long understood my thoughts better, then perhaps you wouldn’t be too troubled by some of my words and actions. I’m just… bringing some intentionality.”

She looked at him, and he looked at her.

Her lips moved slightly, and a tear slipped clumsily from the corner of her right eye… ultimately, she couldn’t hold it back.

——It hurts so much… First time feeling this kind of pain.

“Don’t you think it’s very cruel, these words…” She took a deep breath and averted her gaze, “…such words.”

Luo Qiu took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

The true dragon of China suddenly waved her hand in dismissal, “I don’t need your hypocritical things… After all, it’s just because you want to obtain my… soul, that’s why you’re good to me, isn’t it.”

Looking at the handkerchief knocked to the ground, Boss Luo got up and picked it up, lowering his head, muttering, “It has always been this way…”

No pain, no resentment, just standing quietly… like an empty shell.

Looking at him like this… such an ending look, the true dragon of China felt suffocated as if choking.

She seemed to sense something, trembling as she said, “You… you actually don’t have a… heart.”

“Perhaps.” Luo Qiu sighed slowly, “Since roughly this time last year after becoming the Club Owner, such a thing… seemed to have disappeared. But originally, it’s hard for us to define the existence of what’s called a heart… all thoughts are just mental activities.”

Luo Qiu returned to his quiet demeanor, smiling as he said, “I think now all my reactions, actions should just be expressions of handling and judgment of the situation under rational analysis… It’s probably just that I think it’s better to do so and then do it, rather than subconsciously just doing it… really despicable, yes.”

Like thousands, tens of thousands of sharp swords piercing through the heart…

He seemed to be engulfed by something, and in an instant, she seemed to see an endless darkness relentlessly eroding his slightly frail body.

It’s as if a pair of hands were embracing him from behind… dragging him into a void door.

Piercing pain, piercing pain, piercing pain, piercing pain.

The true dragon of China trembled as she said, “You… Why are you confessing these things to me… is it also the so-called rational belief?”

“It could be, or maybe not.”

Luo Qiu shook his head, “There are times when people find it difficult to identify the specific meaning of their actions, even acting without much thought. I think what I’m doing now probably also falls into this category… As certain things of a person, I have always hoped to retain them. But… Perhaps what I’m doing now is just the result of rational thinking, and it even makes me feel that I still retain some human characteristics, so I explain this to you and then further believe that resisting might actually have an effect… an illusion.”

——Against what are you resisting?

With a slow breath, Boss Luo smiled at this moment, “It seems like we talked about some pointless things… However, I think Miss Long should be very clear about my intentions now, so in future interactions, you should think more carefully about whether to continue the transaction with me… There will be some level of vigilance, I suppose.”

The true dragon of China lowered her head at this moment, saying nothing.

Boss Luo silently looked at her.

“If this is all the so-called simulated response under the control of rationality…” She suddenly raised her head, “Isn’t it very contradictory? If what you want is my soul, then just keep being good to me, disturb me… even make me… fall in love with you, wouldn’t that be enough? It would be easy to achieve, right? After all… isn’t that the way it is? From the start… you’ve played with me in the palm of your hand.”

“I have never intended to play with you.” Luo Qiu shook his head.

“That’s why I said it’s abnormal!”

The true dragon of China suddenly rushed to Luo Qiu’s face, staring intensely into his eyes, “If you want to maximize benefits, why not just keep… keep deceiving! Maybe I don’t need these truths at all!”

“In the end, those aren’t real.” Luo Qiu said calmly.

The pain of being unable to breathe…

——Are you… crying, beneath this calm exterior… is that lost heart of yours, in its hiding place, crying.

From the young man before her, she felt an indescribable sense of sorrow… though it was fleeting.

Long Xiruo suddenly reached out and grabbed Boss Luo’s collar—but this intrusion was instantly judged by the defense mechanism as having dangerous intent.

Thousands of chains shot out in an instant, wrapping tightly around the true dragon’s hands of China… even burning her hands.

Yet the True Dragon’s power erupted crazily at this moment — like a moth to a flame, she endured the terrible pain and forcefully grabbed Luo Qiu’s collar, pulling him closer to her.

Like a stamp, she placed her lips upon his… In an instant behind Boss Luo, it was as if a door was about to open.

The chains frantically tightened… strangling her neck, binding her body.

Watching this scene… perhaps the next moment, even the body of China’s true dragon would be torn apart by the chains…

Luo Qiu instinctively waved his hand… The door that was about to open quietly closed again, as if unwillingly, faintly transmitting a hint of terrifying sound, but ultimately slowly retreated.

The chains strangling the true dragon also loosened bit by bit, then disappeared into the air.

She pushed Luo Qiu away at this moment, touched her neck, bent over, and panted painfully in big gulps.

“Miss Long, what are you doing?” Luo Qiu remained silent for a while before frowning and asking, “You should know, approaching me without explanation is very dangerous.”

“Don’t worry, at this level, I won’t die!” She raised her head, staring intently… Yet the True Dragon’s power in her body had already been drained to the bottom.

Clearly, it was just such a brief resistance, already…

But… this is not the time to dwell on these.

She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and said: “Since you think it’s not real… then let’s make it real!”

“Miss Long?”

“Didn’t you just say you just recently became the store owner?” She walked towards Luo Qiu again, “Did your heart disappear from that moment too?”

Luo Qiu fell silent.

Long Xiruo once more reached towards Luo Qiu… This time there were no obstacles, seemingly restricted by Boss Luo to absolute defense.

Her palm pressed directly against Luo Qiu’s heart… As if to feel whether there was really no heartbeat here. “I know a hundred years ago the Unhuman Domain had a great war with you… That store owner wasn’t you! Which means you do have a way to replace the store owner! What’s wrong with no heart! Find it back, isn’t that enough!?”

“Find it back…” Luo Qiu laughed bitterly.

She didn’t know the efforts this young man in front of her had made, nor did she intend to think… Now she only possessed an imposing and unyielding determination,

——It’s irrelevant!

——Don’t want to care anymore…

“Listen up! I, Long Xiruo, have fallen for a man for the first time in my life, don’t think I’ll let go so easily! It’s the first time in these thousands of years I’ve been moved like this, you think you can just say a few nice words and hand me a good person card to dismiss me?!”

“Miss Long, I don’t mean this.”

“Shut up! I’m not finished!!” The true dragon of China furiously declared, “Luo, you hear me clearly! I don’t care what kind of lousy store owner you are, or what lies behind you… I swear I will liberate you from its grasp… I will surely claim you as my man, make you cook for me every day!! If you have the ability, then take my soul before I succeed!! Otherwise, you will obediently be my man!!”

Apparently a super dominating declaration.

Boss Luo couldn’t help but slightly open his mouth, seemingly… it wasn’t supposed to evolve this way?

He paused, then shook his head lightly and said: “I don’t intend to have a romantic relationship with you.”

“Is it because of that scheming maid?”

Luo Qiu was a little stunned… Isn’t it?

It’s just not meant to be…

The true dragon of China already seemed resigned, “You think I’m not comparable? But how do you know that your liking her isn’t influenced by this broken store? Nothing counts now! When you free yourself from its shackles, I want to see if you are still indispensable to that scheming maid! Anyway, I have plenty of time, I can wait! A thousand years, two thousand years, ten thousand years, I can afford to!!”

——Already overwhelmed… It’s as if my heart is about to burst.

At this moment, the brain of China’s true dragon felt like it was exploding, she stomped her foot hard, “What’s wrong with a woman taking the initiative!!”

Luo Qiu couldn’t help frowning and said: “Have you really thought things through? Perhaps, all my previous words and actions were merely rational thoughts aimed at provoking your sympathy, causing your heartache, thereby guiding you to make such a decision… ultimately falling into my hands.”

“There are so many unnecessary words!” China’s true dragon glared, “Everything has to be carefully considered, I’ve lived this long, and I’m well past the age for scheming… If you want to be human again, then don’t overthink, just do it!! It’s because of you all who overthink every single matter, pretending to understand worldly affairs, even though life’s not even halfway over, yet acting as if you’ve seen through the secular world, using the world as an excuse, making yourself seem like an enlightened old monk, that’s why this world has become complicated! You’re just a self-righteous brat… People of ancient times, they didn’t have so many scruples! Aren’t you tired of living like this?!”

Luo Qiu seemed to want to say something, finally smiled, and softly said: “Miss Long… why don’t you put on clothes first.”

——Feel like dying…