Chapter 19: Chapter 19: The Wolf Eats the Tender Young Lamb
Editor: Atlas Studios

Old Li was apparently not satisfied yet, as he reached out and gave Lu Xiao’s strong biceps a few pats, admiring, “Just look at that solid muscle, I bet you could lift someone sitting on your arm with ease!”

With the proud look on Old Li’s face, anyone who didn’t know better might think he was talking about his own arm.

However, after those words—

Wen Xian’s movements froze, and she slowly raised her head…

Lu Xiao, who had been silently dissolving a bowl of yak butter tsampa in his tea, also stiffened when his arm was patted.

With a slight frown, he glanced at Old Li patting his arm and then, as if sensing something else, his eyelids lifted slightly, looking across the room.

“…”

A subtle atmosphere suddenly permeated the air.

Wen Xian looked at him blankly, her eyes naturally captivating as if they contained pools of spring water, and now they met Lu Xiao’s gaze.

She looked at him, he looked at her, their eyes colliding inevitably at that moment…!

Lu Xiao’s figure was upright, his short hair neat and jet-black, his face sharply contoured, his eyes deep black, and his jaw firm. Even just sitting there, he exuded an imposing presence.

Especially in such a setting.

The two locked eyes, a complex and subtle aura seemingly swirling around them, making Wen Xian feel her body temperature rising bit by bit.

Spreading from every cell to the surface of her skin, steaming out.

She felt her ears burning hot.

She was the first to divert her gaze, suppressing the restless little deer in her heart, looking down, and spooning porridge into her mouth before slowly adding, “To sit or not to sit? I’m afraid I’d turn his arm into Yang Guo.”

“Ha…! Yang Guo…! Haha, you’re exaggerating, child. How could that happen, you’re making fun of our Captain Lu!”

Old Li burst out laughing at her joke.

“Really, I’m quite heavy.”

Wen Xian murmured seriously, her head still down, not daring to raise her eyes to look at him again.

“Hahaha, nonsense! With those skinny arms and legs of yours, I bet Captain Lu could easily lift two of you!”

And take a look at who Captain Lu is, the big boss who retired from the special forces unit two years ago!

Being a captain of a special forces unit means his strength is terrifying indeed.

His military rank was also very high, and if not for those incidents back then, he would never have come here.

Although he chose to come on his own, it’s still quite regrettable.

Wen Xian had no idea of Lu Xiao’s past, only casting a few more skeptical glances at his lean, resilient arms.

Little did she expect that her doubtful gaze would be caught precisely by Lu Xiao.

Amah came over with more food and specifically brought him a new plate of hand-torn mutton.

Picking up a piece of mutton and dipping it in some sauce, Lu Xiao stuffed it into his mouth.

Despite being eaten with his hands, his manner was not rough but inexplicably rugged and wildly attractive.

With his eyes and brows extremely dark, Lu Xiao’s straight nose was as unreachable as the Tianshan Mountains in the Tibetan Area.

Without uttering a word, he just stared at her, slowly chewing on a piece of mutton.

Wen Xian: “…”

Fuck…!

If he wanted to eat meat, just eat, what’s with staring at her the whole time?

It inexplicably made her feel uncomfortable all over.

As if she was as tempting and tender as that hand-torn mutton in his hand…

It made her feel so damn agitated…!