"Humph."
Angel Leng felt a bit embarrassed when Zhang Zheng saw through her thoughts. She turned her head away proudly, her golden hair tied in a ponytail drawing a beautiful arc in the air as she did.
Zhang Zheng couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he watched Angel Leng's prideful demeanor. He still remembered the first time they met. It was Zhang Zheng's first visit to Angel City, just after getting together with Zhi Xin. As they toured the city, Angel Leng had teased him mercilessly at the training grounds. If he hadn't quickly connected with the Mind Stone and entered a sage-like state, he might have made a fool of himself.
Looking at things now, after being "trained" by Angel Yan along with the two little imps, Azhui and Moy, Zhang Zheng had grown a lot. On the other hand, Angel Leng, because of her connection with Ge Xiaolun, was no longer as haughty in front of him.
Indeed, "what goes around, comes around."
Angel Leng, feeling a bit uncomfortable under Zhang Zheng's gaze, glared at him with her beautiful eyes, and snapped, "What are you looking at? Go back to your room and look at your Zhi Xin if you want to look at someone. I've already got someone now."
Despite her harsh tone, her slightly flushed cheeks made it clear to Zhang Zheng that her words lacked any real force.
"Speaking of which, didn't you want to 'discuss life' with me back in Angel City, Leng Jie? We both have some time now. How about we find a quiet place and really discuss it?"
Zhang Zheng ignored Angel Leng's tough words. This was one of the rare occasions where he held the upper hand in their exchanges, and he decided to press his advantage.
Seeing Zhang Zheng's smug expression, Angel Leng felt a wave of annoyance. His face was just too irritating with that smug look—enough to make her want to hit him.
"Go back and 'discuss' with your Zhi Xin! I gave you a chance back in Angel City, and you didn't take it. Now you want to find me? Too late," she retorted, adopting a dismissive tone and expression.
But despite her tough stance, anyone could see that Angel Leng was feeling a bit flustered.
"Pfft."
Angel Lingxi couldn't help but giggle at Angel Leng's reaction. "Hehe, Leng Jie, I never thought I'd see you so flustered."
Lingxi's laughter broke the tension between the two. Zhang Zheng also found it amusing.
The angel sisters were so confident and brash when they didn't have a man in their lives. Even in front of him, they would tease him without hesitation. But now, after Leng Jie became the guardian angel of the Galaxy Force, she was blushing just from a simple joke.
"By the way, Lingxi, since Leng Jie has decided to become the guardian angel of the Galaxy Force, have you thought about when you'll start guarding the War God of North Star?" Zhang Zheng asked Lingxi in a seemingly serious tone.
But the two angel sisters weren't foolish—they knew Zhang Zheng was teasing Lingxi.
Still, despite knowing it was a joke, Lingxi seriously considered the question for a moment.
"Sigh, I haven't decided yet. For some reason, I feel like Liu Chuang won't be mine within a thousand years. It's really confusing," she replied matter-of-factly, without a hint of shyness, as if she were stating a simple fact.
Seeing Lingxi's response, Zhang Zheng couldn't help but facepalm.
"Damn," he thought to himself. "She's already decided that Liu Chuang is her future man, and here I am trying to tease her about it. No wonder it didn't work."
It seemed that his earlier victory in his exchange with Angel Leng had made him overconfident.
"Good morning, everyone. What are you all chatting about so happily?"
Zhi Xin came out of her room, noticing Zhang Zheng rubbing his forehead in frustration while Angel Leng glared at him with a slightly flushed face. Meanwhile, Lingxi looked confident and determined.
Seeing this, Zhi Xin couldn't help but feel that something strange had happened while she was away. Though she greeted everyone, her eyes were full of questions.
Hearing Zhi Xin's voice, Zhang Zheng immediately stood up from the sofa, walked over to her in a few steps, wrapped his arm around her waist, and gave her a deep kiss on her lips without answering her question. Then, he glanced provocatively at Angel Leng, raising an eyebrow.
"That's it. I'm done."
Angel Leng, feeling provoked by Zhang Zheng's look, jumped up instantly. But then she remembered that she was now technically a "married" woman.
"I have to be gentle. I have to be considerate and graceful," she muttered to herself, trying to calm down. But after a few moments, she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"I can't take it anymore!"
With a shout, Angel Leng rushed over to Zhang Zheng, dodging Zhi Xin in front of him, and swung her fair, slender fist at him.
It was so sudden that Zhi Xin didn't have time to react, and Lingxi was too startled to stop it. Only Zhang Zheng reacted quickly. As he saw the approaching fist, a thought flashed through his mind.
With one swift motion, Zhang Zheng grabbed Angel Leng's wrist, and before Zhi Xin and Lingxi could react, he flung her away.
Just as Angel Leng was about to hit the ground, a blue portal suddenly appeared in front of her. As soon as she flew into it, another corresponding portal opened up, with only a ten-centimeter distance between the two.
What happened next was a terrifying sight for Zhi Xin and Lingxi.
Angel Leng's body kept appearing and disappearing between the two portals, endlessly looping through them.
Zhang Zheng, sitting on the sofa with his arm around Zhi Xin, found the scene incredibly amusing.
When Angel Leng had swung her fist at him earlier, countless thoughts had raced through his mind about how to deal with her haughty attitude. Then, inspiration struck—he remembered a scene from the movie Thor: Ragnarok where the Sorcerer Supreme used a portal to make Loki fall in an endless loop for half an hour.
Zhang Zheng wasn't yet skilled enough with the Space Stone to achieve that effect, but he had found another way—by linking two portals together. The result was essentially the same.
So, Zhi Xin and Lingxi watched in awe as Angel Leng continuously looped between the two portals.
"Please, stop teasing Leng Jie, or she might really get angry," Lingxi pleaded softly, walking over to Zhang Zheng with a look of concern on her pretty face.
She then glanced at Zhi Xin, hoping she would also speak up for Angel Leng.
Zhi Xin hesitated. She knew Zhang Zheng and Angel Leng were just playing around, but as his guardian angel, she felt she should stand by him. So, she pretended not to notice Lingxi's pleading look.
Seeing this, Lingxi understood immediately—Zhi Xin was siding with her man!
"Betrayed by my sister! What should I do? Someone, please help!"
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