Chapter 521

Chapter 521 Daughter of Zeus!

After saying that, without paying any further attention to Danielle Sharp sitting dazed in the bathtub, Su Rui stood up and strode away.

　　A beautiful woman holding a rabbit was waiting at the door. When she saw Su Rui come out, she was momentarily taken aback and said, “My lord, you… finished so quickly?”

　　Su Rui understood what the rabbit demon meant and said casually, “This kind of thing only takes a few minutes for me.”

　　”I see.” The rabbit demon gave Su Rui a long, deep look, feeling a little sad as she wondered whether she should introduce him to a decent men’s health doctor she knew.

　　My lord was imposing and commanding in so many ways — so why was he so lacking in endurance at a moment like this?

　　Not having caught the rabbit demon’s meaningful gaze at all, Su Rui shook his head. “You don’t need to stand guard here anymore. Everyone’s been working hard for so many days in a row — take tonight to relax.”

　　…………

　　It was a long time before Danielle Sharp snapped out of her sobbing state. When she looked down at her ten fingers stained red, she couldn’t help feeling a little puzzled.

　　Soon, she recalled what Su Rui had whispered in her ear — keep thinking about killing me, and you’re just a little b*tch.

　　Thinking about this, the fury in Danielle Sharp’s eyes erupted once again. She slapped the surface of the water in anger, sending splashes flying everywhere.

　　”That bastard, he’s absolutely infuriating! Just because you call me a b*tch doesn’t make me one. Why should I listen to you?”

　　As she kept cursing, Danielle Sharp looked at her fingers again. It seemed like Su Rui had grabbed all ten of her fingers and pressed her fingerprints onto that “settlement agreement”?

　　”Damn him! Damn him!”

　　After cursing a couple more times, she touched her lips, as if she had just remembered an even more horrifying fact.

　　Because it seemed like Su Rui had already taken her first kiss!

　　That bastard — had he really done something like that while she was distracted!

　　Thinking about how the very person she most wanted to kill had done this to her, and that she had even clung to him and cried her heart out, Danielle Sharp felt like banging her head against a wall.

　　Was there anything more humiliating in this world?

　　She had been chased to the ends of the earth by him in utter misery, and on top of that, he had stolen her first kiss! She was falling apart!

　　Danielle Sharp vented her rage for a while, then accepted that reality could no longer be changed and decided not to dwell on it any further. She stripped off her completely soaked and dirty clothes, stood under the shower and scrubbed every inch of her body with extreme care, while at the same time drawing a fresh tub of clean water.

　　After confirming that she had washed every corner of her body at least three times, Danielle Sharp scrubbed her lips vigorously more than a dozen times before finally feeling at ease. She let out a long breath, sank her whole body into the warm water, and began to relax in both body and mind.

　　Her nerves had been strung tight for days on end, and she had barely slept a few hours in total. The moment she finally let herself unwind, a wave of exhaustion surged up and washed over her all at once.

　　Leaning back in the soft massage bathtub, Danielle Sharp’s head tilted to one side, and she fell into a deep sleep.

　　…………

　　At this moment, Su Rui was leaning against the hallway wall, holding a bag of bread and hot porridge, talking on the phone.

　　”Calling me this late — don’t you know I’m already asleep?” Su Rui let out a yawn, his voice thick with drowsiness.

　　”It’s daytime here.” A voice full of authority and anger came from the other end of the line.

　　Just from the voice alone, one could tell that this caller must have held a position of power for a long time — otherwise it would be impossible to develop such a presence.

　　”Can you at least consider other people’s feelings?” Su Rui said with irritation. “You may not need sleep, but the rest of us do!”

　　”Is my daughter with you?” The other party’s tone was full of accusation.

　　”Your daughter? Isn’t your rebellious little darling still at the Palace of Hades? If you want to find her, shouldn’t you be contacting that bastard Hades?”

　　”Apollo, don’t play dumb with me. My daughter has been in Huaxia for a long time now. Hand her over.” The man on the other end of the line was already letting anger seep into his words, because he couldn’t help thinking of the video showing Su Rui and Danielle Sharp looking so intimate together at the barbecue stall. Every father who sees his daughter with a boyfriend feels deeply unsettled — let alone when the boyfriend is someone like Apollo, who had never gotten along with him from the very start!

　　”Old Zeus, there’s no point talking like that. It’s not like I’m deliberately keeping your daughter here. The fact that she traveled all the way to Huaxia to find me is naturally a matter of mutual willingness and affection — why force anything?”

　　”How many times have I told you — don’t call me Old Zeus. My name is Zeus!”

　　Zeus, of all people!

　　This was the one figure in the entire Western dark world who stood above even the Twelve Gods!

　　His power was so immense that the world revered him as the “God King”!

　　Danielle Sharp was actually the daughter of Zeus, the “God King”!

　　Her identity had always been shrouded in mystery, an enigma to many — but no one had expected that she had such an incredibly formidable father!

　　This was also the reason Su Rui had no desire to make a true enemy of Danielle Sharp. Using her was one thing, but there was absolutely no need to fight to the death!

　　Su Rui smiled cheekily. “Sure thing, Old Zeus.”

　　Zeus let out a cold breath and chose not to dwell on the matter any further, instead saying, “I’m warning you — don’t have any improper thoughts about my daughter. Otherwise I will personally come and destroy your Temple of the Sun!”

　　”Don’t threaten me like that every time, Old Zeus. We’re at least half-friends, aren’t we?” Su Rui said with a grin. “There’s one thing I have to make clear — I have never had any improper thoughts about your daughter. A woman who’s rebellious, violent, and full of herself is not my type at all. The problem is, she’s the one who has feelings for me. And you know, in the Western dark world, my dashing charm is quite well known…”

　　If there was anyone in this world who could give Zeus a headache, it was only two people — one was Danielle Sharp, and the other was Su Rui.

　　Danielle Sharp had been spoiled since childhood, had an extremely strong will of her own, and was rebellious beyond measure. Yet Zeus adored this daughter of his and had never been willing to go against her wishes, so he had no choice but to let his precious girl run wild in the dark world — until Danielle Sharp chose to temporarily join the Palace of Hades, which finally gave Zeus a slight sense of relief… because Hades was an extremely steady and composed person, and Danielle Sharp shouldn’t be in any danger by his side.

　　Su Rui, on the other hand, gave Zeus an even bigger headache — the trouble he caused had long since far surpassed that of Danielle Sharp!

　　What had he just said about his daughter? Violent and rebellious? And full of herself?

　　Hearing those words, Zeus was absolutely fuming with rage. The calm composure he normally maintained without effort was completely impossible to hold onto now!

　　”Rest assured, Danielle is doing very well in Huaxia. I haven’t let her suffer in the slightest.” Su Rui said with a smile.

　　This guy was truly speaking against his own conscience. Danielle Sharp had nearly been done in by him, and he still had the nerve to say she hadn’t suffered!

　　If Zeus had seen everything Danielle Sharp had been through these past few days, he would probably have flown into a rage on the spot and led his entire forces to Huaxia to tear Su Rui apart!

　　”Good, as long as she hasn’t suffered. If you dare make her unhappy, you know the consequences!” Hearing Su Rui say this, Zeus felt somewhat reassured — after all, in that video circulating throughout the West, Danielle Sharp and Su Rui had appeared quite close at the barbecue stall.

　　Su Rui chuckled to himself, knowing that continuing this topic would lead nowhere good, and immediately changed the subject. “When are you planning to come pick your daughter up?”

　　”Take good care of her and respect her wishes in all things. But I’m warning you — do not cross the line with Danielle. Remember what I said.”

　　With that, Zeus hung up the phone.

　　Throughout the entire call, he had been nothing like the all-powerful figure who stood above everyone else — instead, he had become nothing more than a father anxious and flustered at the sight of his daughter falling for someone.

　　”Truly no manners at all. With a father like that, it’s no wonder the daughter turned out the same way.”

　　Su Rui curled his lip. It was a good thing Zeus didn’t know that Danielle Sharp’s first kiss had been taken from her in such a bizarre turn of events — otherwise, who knew how furiously he would have exploded!

　　Cross the line with her? As if he had lost his mind!

　　Su Rui had no intention of deepening his relationship with Danielle Sharp, but the rift between them still needed some mending.

　　Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone running to a convenience store in the middle of the night to buy hot porridge and bread.

　　With that “settlement agreement” in hand, Su Rui no longer had to worry about Danielle Sharp calling for his head.

　　Still, at this moment, Su Rui suddenly muttered to himself, “It seems that even the seemingly invincible Emperor Zeus has quite a few weaknesses.”

　　…………

　　He swiped his card to open the door and tiptoed inside, scanning the room — but there was no sign of Danielle Sharp.

　　Noticing that the light in the bathroom was still on, Su Rui shook his head and thought to himself: this woman really does have a cleanliness obsession. He had been gone for nearly two hours, and she still wasn’t done with her bath?

　　He walked to the bathroom door, coughed twice, knocked, and said, “I know you haven’t been able to eat properly for so many days. Hurry up and come out when you’re done — eat while it’s still hot.”

　　There was complete silence from inside the bathroom.

　　Su Rui pressed his ear against the door — he couldn’t even hear the sound of the shower running.

　　”Could something have gone wrong?”

　　The thought made Su Rui’s brow furrow. This was bad.

　　He had never wanted things to go south with Danielle Sharp — there was no deep grudge between them. The reason he had sent Jin Taeju and the divine guards to chase her into such a sorry state was simply to use the opportunity to root out the Palace of Hades’ undercover operatives in Huaxia!

　　If Danielle Sharp had actually ended up dead, Zeus’s fury would probably be enough to wipe out the entire Temple of the Sun!

　　Without time to think any further, Su Rui tried pushing the door open… it wasn’t locked at all — it was still the way he had casually pulled it shut when he left.

　　Danielle Sharp was leaning against the wall of the massage bathtub, sleeping soundly. Her wet hair hung down loosely, her delicate face still dotted with water droplets, her long lashes swaying gently.

　　Su Rui reached out to check her breathing, then let out a long sigh of relief. “Good — she’s not dead.”

　　Then, as his gaze drifted downward and he took in the scene inside the bathtub, he lost control for just a moment and nearly slipped and fell to the floor.