Under the Veil of Night

(Special mention for web novel [without space between the two words] reader aistitch)

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Bang!

Mike looked at Neo's direction, wondering what happened to this young man now. They had been working in Kevin's office to help him settle the matters related to Black Street. So far, their progress was slow since there were a lot of unstable variables.

"Hey, Neo, are you alright?"

"What do you think?" Neo asked back, his voice sounded soulless.

Mike shook his head. "If you need some fresh air, you can get out of the clan's residence and take a break first. I'm sure that Boss won't mind if you go outside for a while."

"If I leave, do you think that you can finish the work?"

"I'm still here, Neo."

Turning his head, Neo could see Lou walked into the room with a stack of documents in his hand. It was clear that there was another batch of documents that Kevin would need to review again.

Lou looked at Neo with a deadpan expression. "Even if Mike is bad at handling these paperworks, I'm confident that I'm good at it. Go and have some fresh air."

"Fine."

"By the way, where's Boss?"

"He's with Kanae in their room, probably having some morning talk," Mike replied and yawned. It was still early in the morning, so he still felt sleepy. Originally, he wanted to train again but upon seeing Patrick in the training hall, he quickly changed his mind.

He didn't want to be beaten up brutally by Patrick.

Lou nodded his head, not finding it strange at all. The two of them had been together for quite some time and Ryukalin Clan members had already come to a tacit agreement to overlook anything related to Kevin and Kanae. If they wanted to spend an entire day together for a date, no one would voice their protest.

At most, they would ask them to finish their work either before or after the date.

Since both Kevin and Kanae could do their work splendidly, no one seemed to be bothered if they asked for a day off. After all, their work would still be done very quickly.

"Will they go on a date again?" Neo asked curiously.

"Why, you want to tail them again?"

"Well…"

Neo scratched his head. He did try to tail Kanae and Kevin on their previous date just a few days ago. However, he failed miserably as the two of them noticed him and even sent a message to him, telling him to do his work. He really wondered if no one would ever be able to follow them in their entire life.

As a result, he had to spend overnight working on documents that originally could be done the next day. Afterwards, he was forced to spar with Patrick, which almost sent him to his death's door because of the harsh beatings.

Lou shook his head. "If you have so much free time, why don't you search for a girlfriend yourself."

"Says the one who's always single!"

"I'm already married."

"My girlfriend hadn't returned back to the city."

Neo's mouth opened wide. Oh right… he had just remembered that Lou got married recently with another Ryukalin Clan member. He forgot her name, though.

Mike shook his head at Neo's expression. "Are you still claiming that you want to marry your laptop?"

"What? YES OF COURSE!"

Neo hugged his laptop closely to him as he shouted. They always made fun of him. Hmph! So what if he loved his laptop? It was a far better girlfriend than anyone because he could use it to play all day long. No one would ever complain even if he stayed in front of his laptop overnight.

Well, it was because he had to do his work.

Lou shook his head. "Go and get some fresh air, Single Dog."

Neo: "…"

Turning his head to look at Mike, he found that Mike was already busy sorting out the documents for Kevin to take a look later. He felt that he was betrayed by his two close friends.

Walking out of the room, he could see some ordinary members of Ryukalin Clan who had just completed their morning practice. Looking at his watch, he realized that it was time for lunch. It was then he noticed some female members were walking towards their boyfriends with towels.

Neo: "…" even the ordinary members in Ryukalin Clan are provoking me now?

Feeling disheartened, Neo decided to get some fresh air outside Ryukalin Clan. He feared that he would be stuffed with loads of dog food if he stayed here any longer. How come there were so many people who had girlfriends recently? Couldn't they just do their stuff inside and spare the single dogs like him?

"Oh, Neo, you're leaving?" The guard in front of the gate asked when he saw Neo walking out of Ryukalin Clan.

Neo nodded. "Just a walk. I need some fresh air. Don't you need to eat lunch too?"

"Oh, no worry. My girlfriend will pass it to me in five minutes, so I can eat while standing guard."

Neo: "…" girlfriend again?

The guard didn't seem to notice that Neo's eyes were burning with annoyance. If only looks could kill, he would have already killed everyone in front of him because of his anger. Why were there so many people who boasted about their girlfriends today?

Couldn't he have some peace?

Neo kicked the nearby rock in front of him as he walked down the street. There was a renovation in that place, so various construction materials were laid messily and were not taken care of properly.

He was about to turn on the street when he saw a couple kissing on the alleyway.

Neo: "…" does the Heaven hate me today?

For the first time in his life, Neo hated the word 'girlfriend' very much. He turned around in a different direction, ignoring the shameless couple who didn't seem to know their place.

Walking down the street, Neo was still thinking about what he wanted to do when he felt that he stepped on something round.

Bam!

He fell face first on the ground.