Chapter 245 - What It Meant To Be In This Position (1)
Narissa decided to do everyone a favor and ask the question that all of them had been waiting for.
"Hey, I\'m asking—nothing\'s wrong with open relationships. But for someone like you, I think you still want it to be exclusive right? You know how royalty have their harems? Although it\'s more of a political move than just sexy time, too."
"An exclusive harem… I think that\'s a given, is it not?" Li Yang asked.
"The traditional one—medieval? But I can see why you\'d still want it to be like that." Narissa rubbed her chin. "Although that one has got to have hierarchy within the group—or in your people\'s method of Imperial Concubines, there\'s the Main Consort and then the Royal Concubines."
"How the heck do you know all of these?" Taiga raised a brow at the Mermaid.
Narissa shrugged. "Asian Dramas? After a tough day at work—what else do you expect me to do? I veg out a lot.. Mermaid or not, the people here can actually be pretty workaholic. Competitive market and all that."
"Taiga just kills monsters and she gets paid for it," Taiga said.
"Lucky you." Narissa sighed and then looked back at Li Yang. "So, Mister International… Interspecies? Eh, let\'s just call you Mister World—you know what, forget it. What are your plans now? Chase after that girl and then another? Don\'t forget about us too."
"Yes, I\'m aware of that," Li Yang said. "Although to what exactly \'not forgetting\' pertains to—we\'ll probably need a longer discussion for that. A schedule most likely—check where our calendars align."
"Good enough for me. What about you, Taiga?"
Taiga crossed her arms. "Erm, Taiga just wants Bossman to do… whatever he wants? Taiga\'s sounding like Ying Yue He, but if Bossman wants to have boba with Bo Lifen then that\'s fine too."
"Oh you poor thing." Narissa placed a hand over her chest. "You\'re bound for more adjustments?"
"What?"
Narissa waved her off. "Nothing. But it\'s all clear. We don\'t get all of his time—but that\'s a given." She looked at Li Yang and cleared her throat. "At most, I\'ll probably see you once a month—maybe an entire week if I don\'t have any schedules or engagement with work. But I suppose you\'ll like that over an overly clingy woman?"
"Hey!" Taiga frowned.
"I didn\'t mention any names, you\'re the one who got offended." Narissa rolled her eyes.
Li Yang nodded and stood up. He glanced over towards the other end of the building and saw that Bo Lifen was still around with her friend. He gave his two companions a nod. "Alright, thank you. Now that it\'s all settled, then it seems like I\'ll excuse myself for now."
"Wait, you\'re going already?" Taiga straightened up and gave him a look. It was a small whine and pout that made her cute, despite them just settling this.
"Don\'t tell us that you don\'t have a home or anything?" Narissa threw a look at Taiga. She threw him one last look and then winked. "Go get \'em tiger."
"Taiga\'s the tiger!"
Li Yang shook his head and then made his way to the other end of the building. With one concentration of qi in his feet, the man bursted from Narissa\'s balcony to the current one where Bo Lifen was staying.
Bo Lifen looked up from her strawberry slushie in surprise. "Yang?"
"Oh, he finally came over." A young woman who seemed to be at least ten years her junior said. She looked up to him and waved. "Please take care of my elder sister for the night, you\'re doing the world a favor. Goodbye."
Without waiting for another word, the young woman leapt off and once again caused another small shaking as she landed. Bo Lifen rubbed her forehead and gave him an apologetic look.
"Sorry about that, forget what Ning Bi said. I\'m surprised you came over here… weren\'t you with your uh, friends?"
"You sent the server earlier and said something about boba tea?"
Bo Lifen\'s eyes widened. "Oh, I didn\'t mean like right now—right now. Did you excuse yourself from them because of me?"
"They don\'t mind it. Since I\'ve just returned, I\'m making it a point to meet up with all the people I\'ve last been in contact with."
She pushed her drink away back to the table and stood up. Bo Lifen looked him in the eye and smiled slightly. "Well, if I\'m the next on your list—let\'s do it right now. It\'s the least I could do to welcome your return."
"That would be much appreciated."
"I never knew that you had a sweet tooth." Bo Lifen stepped towards the ledge of the balcony and looked down. They were approximately four storeys high right now and while it took her some effort to go up, Bo Lifen was now contemplating how to get down in one swoop.
Li Yang didn\'t say anything, noticing her expression.
"There\'s not a lot that I know about you either." Li Yang said. He placed his hands into his pocket and looked down. "Well, there\'s still a lot I don\'t know in general—like this place. I didn\'t know it existed."
"I think it\'s supposed to be a temporary refuge for all of the world travelers from various species and races. People who I didn\'t even know exist are here… and most tend to be fantastical on their own. People like us need to train how to get down without injury—but some random winged humanoid person just goes down."
"Really?" Li Yang raised a brow.
"We were people watching earlier." Bo Lifen cleared her throat. "It\'s not every time you see those Vampires with logical reasoning in their heads compared to our local Jiangshi, you know?"
"I did not know."
"Well it\'s not that important—let\'s just get out of here, shall we?" She gave him a sideway smile.
"Would you mind if I try to carry you?" Li Yang asked.
"Huh?" Bo Lifen blinked at him.
"I\'ve been training while I was gone… and there\'s something I\'d like to try." Li Yang offered his hand. "If you don\'t mind."
Bo Lifen stared at him but then shrugged. She placed her hand in his and looked at him closely. "I was curious as to why you were gone—but it must have been your training arc, huh?"