The Boss I Picked Up All Fell In Love With Me - Chapter 63

 

Arc 2 Part 27

That feeling of being watched appeared momentarily, then disappeared.

But Qing Luan still seemed somewhat bothered.

Suzaku originally wanted to ask Qing Luan why he was toying with him, but stopped when he saw Qing Luan's distracted expression.

It seemed that ever since his return, Qing Luan had been in low spirits.

Not knowing what to think, Suzaku's fiery temper quickly dissipated.

He shifted his belly from side to side, looking left and right, then pretended to nonchalantly look at the documents Qing Luan had put on the table.

Suzaku lacked Qing Luan's patience, and he had always been impatient with these official duties. In the tribunal, he never took care of them and always left them to Qing Luan.

"Evil energy?" Upon seeing the words on the document, his black beady eyes widened, and his bird beak opened slightly.

"Hmm," Qing Luan opened a chestnut and put it in his open mouth, "I am studying the recent movements of the evil energy. Weren't you attacked by it?"

The chestnut was a bit large, and Suzaku had to eat it in several bites. After eating, he tilted his neck back to drink some water, then nodded in agreement, "Yes! That evil energy was extremely powerful. It's the first time I've encountered such a terrifying aura!"

He quickly asked, "Were there any clues about that evil energy afterwards?"

Qing Luan knocked on his head, his expression indifferent, without saying a word.

Seeing his reaction, Suzaku naturally assumed there was no news, so he pulled his bird head back in disappointment.

Qing Luan hid the unusual look in his eyes.

In reality, there were some clues.

The evil aura that recently attempted to corrupt the Phoenix but ended up being suppressed by it is probably the same one that attacked Suzaku years ago.

After all, an aura that can threaten two divine beasts at the same time is not common.

In fact, the problem of rampant evil energy has persisted for hundreds of years.

This evil energy is actually the product of humans. Every bit of human negative emotion nourishes the evil energy, slowly making it stronger.

After accumulating over an unknown number of years, this evil energy has finally grown beyond control.

It even had the audacity to target divine beasts.

The first attempt was on Suzaku who luckily escaped, the second time it greedily reached for the Phoenix who was in seclusion!

Whenever Qing Luan thought of the scene he saw in the Phoenix's true form, he couldn't help but feel a wave of emotions.

It was his negligence that he didn't notice the invasion of the evil energy.

Although the Phoenix did not hold him responsible afterward, this incident remained a thorn in Qing Luan's heart.

The situation at that time was extremely dangerous. With even a slight mistake, the Phoenix might have been completely destroyed, leaving only a corrupted true form to suppress the Tribunal.

Thinking about this, his heart only grew more troubled, and he couldn't help but firmly stroke Suzaku's round head.

Suzaku, whose head was almost pushed into his neck: "…"

Sigh.

Today, Suzaku has also contributed a lot to the department's peace!

Qing Luan fed Suzaku for a while when he suddenly received a message from the Phoenix, asking him to come over.

Suzaku excitedly stretched his little wings: "I want to go too! I want to go too!"

He wanted to report to the Phoenix about that strange black cat!

Qing Luan pressed down on his restless bird head and put him in a plate of nuts: "Stop making a fuss, just eat your nuts."

After that, he placed a barrier in front of Suzaku that circled around the plate.

Suzaku squatted in the nut plate, pecking open a hazelnut next to his mouth: "…"

Pitiful, weak, and gluttonous.

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Phoenix still looked the same, his body covered with black marks like charms left by the evil energy. It was particularly terrifying when he did not intentionally hide them.

However, his spirit seemed to be better, perhaps because he had suppressed more of the evil energy in his body. Phoenix was no longer weary. He fully opened his eyes, and his long, black eyes were deep like dark pools, seeming to absorb all the light in the world.

He said: "I almost got killed by the evil energy that day. Do you know why I survived?"

Qing Luan looked surprised. Before he could speak, a light touch on the tip of his finger.

Countless scenes emerged one by one in Qing Luan's mind.

First is a piece of pitch-black evil energy, almost covering the sky and the sun. They probably have long been plotting, and as soon as they appeared, they aggressively took over half of Phoenix's soul.

Phoenix's desire to survive was not strong. In the chaos of consciousness, he separated a strand of soul and barely escaped from the Tribunal.

During his stupor, this strand of broken soul was attracted by a scent beneficial to him.

What attracted him was a phoenix spiritual jade. Even though it was an ordinary spiritual jade in the human world, it was given a hint of mental power after being devoutly worshipped by generations of cultivators in the Su family, and there was a connection with the Phoenix in the dark, barely considered as an idol of the Phoenix in the human world.

This connection does not show much on regular days, and the Phoenix would not care. However, at this critical moment, it seems particularly precious.

He went straight towards that scent, but due to being powerless, he was chased by evil energy halfway and had to hide in a pagoda tree.

Wood generates fire, and his broken soul in the tree reached nirvana and became an egg.

Later, he sensed the presence of the Phoenix Spiritual Jade nearby, directly absorbed the spiritual power in the jade, and was able to hatch out.

When he opened his eyes, he was met with a handsome human face illuminated by the light of a flashlight.

He had just reached nirvana at that time, his consciousness chaotic. He relied solely on instinct and stayed with the human for a long time, only returning to his original form when he was abandoned.

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Qing Luan held his head and murmured, "So that's what happened."

It was indeed dangerous.

Broken soul, spiritual jade, and pagoda tree... if there were any mistakes at any stage, the Phoenix probably wouldn't be standing before him as intact as he is now.

The Phoenix only showed him the first half of the story. He didn't reveal the part where he acted clingy and annoyingly towards humans after splitting his soul.

Therefore, in Qing Luan's heart, the Phoenix was still that dignified boss.

As for acting cute towards humans after Nirvana, it wasn't a big deal.

Just take Suzaku, for example. It didn't even undergo Nirvana, it just got injured once and turned into a young bird, acting even more childish than an actual young bird.

Qing Luan seriously said, "Why don't I find some time to thank that human in person, alright?"

Even though the other party might have done it unintentionally, he truly saved the last Phoenix in the world by accident.

As a firmly committed Phoenix fan, Qing Luan's liking towards Su Zui skyrocketed at this moment, merely out of association.

Upon hearing Qing Luan's words, alarm bells went off in the Phoenix's mind!

As he expected! 

Did he have some ideas!

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On the other side.

Su Zui and Xie Yu were planning to leave when they saw a flash of light in front of them, and a formation barrier rose up from the entrance of the Xie family property.

It was the Xie family's home-protection array.

The Xie family's patriarch slowly stood up: "Did our Xie family become a place where you can come and go as you please?"

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Author's note:

Fat.Heartbroken.Chirp: No, you can't! <(`^')>

Qing Luan: What to do if both the boss and colleague are acting silly? (｀ー´* )

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