Shen Tian looked toward Lu Chen.

"Talking to your commander."

Rose’s expression became complicated.

"Yeah."

Shen Tian smiled faintly.

"That’s awkward."

Rose stared.

"That’s your reaction?"

"What do you want me to do?"

She opened her mouth.

Then...

Nothing.

He was right.

Rose sighed.

"I don’t know."

Shen Tian continued walking.

"Then don’t decide yet."

Rose looked toward him.

He glanced at her.

"Find facts first."

"Then decide who deserves what."

For a second...

Rose simply stared.

Then she smiled slightly.

"You’re annoyingly reasonable sometimes."

"Only sometimes?"

"Don’t ruin it."

Shen Tian smiled.

Lin Yue watched them.

Again...

That familiarity.

It was growing quickly.

Not too quickly.

But naturally.

Rose liked him.

That much was obvious.

Lin Yue wasn’t sure Rose had admitted it completely yet.

But...

Her eyes did.

The way she kept looking at Shen Tian.

The way she smiled differently around him.

The way her shoulders relaxed.

The way she actually teased him instead of threatening him.

Lin Yue’s lips curved slightly.

Then...

Shen Tian looked toward her.

"What?"

She blinked.

"What?"

"You smiled."

"No, I didn’t."

"You did."

Rose immediately joined.

"She absolutely did."

Lin Yue looked between them.

"You two are becoming annoying together."

Rose smiled proudly.

"We’ve known each other for like a day."

"That’s the concerning part."

Shen Tian laughed.

Lin Yue’s eyes remained on him a moment longer.

And...

She felt it too.

A little.

Not the same as Rose.

Not yet.

But...

Interest.

Enough that she noticed when Shen Tian smiled.

Enough that she wanted to hear what he’d say next.

Enough that...

When he looked away...

She found herself still watching.

Then she realized.

Her cheeks warmed.

She immediately looked toward the hospital doors.

Rose noticed.

Of course.

Her eyebrow rose.

Lin Yue saw.

"Don’t."

Rose grinned.

"I didn’t say anything."

"You were going to."

"Maybe."

Shen Tian looked between them.

"Should I leave?"

Both women immediately answered.

"No."

Silence.

Rose froze.

Lin Yue froze.

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

A slow smile appeared.

Both women’s faces immediately turned pink.

Rose pointed at him.

"Don’t."

He hadn’t said anything.

That somehow made it worse.

. . .

Across the street...

Lu Chen saw all of it.

Every second.

Every glance.

Every blush.

Every smile.

His fingers tightened around the flash drive.

CRACK.

Plastic fractured slightly.

He looked down.

Then...

His thoughts darkened.

[Again.]

Rose heard.

Her smile faded.

Lin Yue heard too.

[Always him.]

Both women slowly looked toward Lu Chen.

He didn’t notice.

[Qingya.]

His jaw tightened.

[Meilin.]

[Rose.]

[Yue.]

[Everywhere I go...]

[Shen Tian.]

Rose’s expression became cold.

Lin Yue’s too.

Then...

[What the hell does he even do?]

Rose almost laughed.

Shen Tian had...

Saved her.

Healed her.

Respected her boundaries.

Beaten Lu Chen repeatedly without becoming cruel.

Talked to her like a person.

Made her laugh.

Actually listened.

A lot, apparently.

Lin Yue’s thoughts were similar.

He had helped save dying patients.

Followed her medical instructions without ego.

Never once tried flirting while people were bleeding.

Then teased her only after the danger passed.

What did he do?

He behaved like someone worth liking.

Lu Chen’s thoughts continued.

[They’re acting like teenage girls.]

Rose’s eyebrow twitched.

Lin Yue’s face darkened.

Then...

[Blushing over some rich bastard.]

Rose’s hand slowly tightened around her coffee cup.

Lin Yue inhaled.

Shen Tian noticed both.

"Lu Chen?"

Rose nodded.

Lin Yue’s voice became cold.

"He’s being annoying."

Shen Tian looked across the street.

Lu Chen immediately noticed.

Their eyes met.

Shen Tian saw the anger.

The jealousy.

The crushed flash drive.

Then...

A smirk appeared.

Lu Chen’s face darkened further.

Shen Tian lifted one hand.

And waved.

Rose stared.

Then burst out laughing.

Lin Yue covered her mouth.

Lu Chen nearly crushed the entire car door.

"SHEN TIAN!"

People in the parking lot turned.

Shen Tian stopped.

Rose stopped laughing.

Barely.

Lu Chen crossed the street.

Fast.

Aggressive.

His aura leaked.

Shen Tian sighed.

"Here we go."

Rose looked toward him.

"Want me to stop him?"

Shen Tian gave her a sideways glance.

Rose froze.

Then...

She remembered.

He didn’t need protecting.

Her lips curved.

"Right."

She stepped back.

Lin Yue noticed.

Again...

Rose was learning Shen Tian’s boundaries.

And...

Shen Tian appreciated it.

That simple exchange made Lin Yue’s expression soften.

Lu Chen arrived.

His eyes went directly toward Shen Tian.

"You think this is funny?"

Shen Tian looked around.

"Which part?"

Lu Chen’s eye twitched.

"Don’t play stupid."

"I’m not playing anything."

"You stood there waving at me."

"Yes."

"Why?"

Shen Tian smiled.

"You looked upset."

Rose had to look away.

Lin Yue pressed her lips together.

Lu Chen’s expression became murderous.

"You enjoy provoking me."

"Sometimes."

"Why?"

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Because it’s easy."

Silence.

Rose’s shoulders shook.

Lu Chen noticed.

His eyes snapped toward her.

"Rose."

She looked back.

"What?"

"Stop laughing."

There.

Again.

Rose’s amusement disappeared.

"No."

Lu Chen froze.

"What?"

Rose stared directly at him.

"I said no."

"I’m not one of your soldiers right now."

"We’re outside an operation."

"If I think something is funny..."

Her eyes narrowed.

"I’ll laugh."

Lu Chen’s jaw tightened.

Shen Tian remained quiet.

Didn’t interrupt.

Didn’t defend.

Rose was handling it.

Exactly as she wanted.

Lin Yue watched Shen Tian.

Again...

That restraint.

Lu Chen looked toward Shen Tian.

Then Rose.

Then Lin Yue.

And...

His frustration exploded.

"You’ve known him for one day!"

Rose’s eyebrow rose.

"So?"

"You don’t know anything about him!"

"Neither do you."

Lu Chen froze.

Rose continued.

"You’ve spent more time challenging him than talking to him."

Ghost wasn’t there to save Lu Chen from this.

Bear wasn’t there.

Just...

Rose.

Lin Yue.

Shen Tian.

And several random bystanders pretending not to listen.

Lu Chen’s face darkened.

Lin Yue finally spoke.

"She’s right."

He looked toward her.

"Yue..."

"You don’t know him."

"You know you dislike losing to him."

"That’s different."

Lu Chen stared.

Then...

His internal voice returned.

[They’ve both been brainwashed.]

Rose’s expression became disgusted.

Lin Yue sighed.

Then...

[Women are so easily influenced.]

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