I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1001 - 920: I Knew It!

I knew it!

The open mouth was closed back by blood, and the unlucky black goat lamented twice in its heart, deeply regretting why it had come out to join the fun.

Meanwhile, Leon, who realized something was wrong, changed his expression drastically. Before the red-haired director could pounce over, he quickly bit the crucial tool that threatened her!

"I knew it!"

Grabbing the outreached palms with both of his hands, with a firm grip of twenty fingers, Leon prevented the red-haired director from grabbing the [Soaking Wine Pearl] and glared at her angrily, tongue-tied, saying:

"You never stick to the rules! Don't move! If you dare, I'll lick this with my tongue!"

Damn! He realized it!

Watching Leon teasingly act as if he was about to lift his tongue and lick the round pearl in the air, the red-haired director clicked her tongue in frustration. Meanwhile, as she sneakily manipulated her hair to crawl onto Leon, she teasingly said:

"Little Leon~ If a man is too stingy, no woman will like him~"

"Bah!"

After spitting at the red-haired director, Leon shook off the blood-red hair crawling on his shoe, continuing to wrestle with her while glaring at her fiercely, said:

"I don't need anyone to like me! Tricks won't work, if you want the pearl, you have to exchange it with that secret!"

"You've changed~"

Glancing at the blood-red hair under Leon's foot, the red-haired director sighed regretfully, then blinked pitifully, saying:

"In the past, when I was so poor that I had to borrow money from Emma, I still generously bought you drinks, but now you're treating me like this?"

"That's different!"

Already immune to the director's tactics, Leon bit down on the pearl and stuck to his words, eyes full of refusal saying:

"You can only exchange the pearl with secrets! Anyway, you must be hiding something from me! And it's most likely related to me, otherwise, there's no way you wouldn't tell!"

"When have I ever hidden anything from you?"

Facing the unyielding Leon, the red-haired director rolled her eyes, then while pushing Leon's hands towards the door, she pitifully said:

"We were so close in the past, how could I possibly hide anything from you?"

"Stay away... your hair too!"

Leaning back to avoid the pitiful expression of the red-haired director, Leon holding the pearl in his mouth, disdainfully complained: 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Nonsense! What closeness did we have?"

"You're denying it?"

Hearing this, the red-haired director was visibly shocked, sniffing as her eyes turned slightly red, she pursed her lips and said, full of grievance:

"Last time when I went to the Realm of the Dead, you used a bottle of good wine to coax me into kissing you, and not long after joining the cleanup bureau, you took advantage of me when I was drunk and carried me upstairs, holding me all night. Have you forgotten all of this?"

"?!!!"

No way? Which year was that again... wasn't this all stuff from last year?

Leon didn't expect her to bring up old matters at this time, and he suddenly felt a bit anxious.

The Realm of the Dead episode happened because you said it was your birthday, and your only wish was to have a sip of good wine, that's why it ended up that way, okay? As for holding you for a night, it was when you were drunk messing around, I explained for you few words, and then you clung to me, almost strangling my waist!

Even though there's indeed a slight benefit to me from these, the actual situation is completely different from what you said, okay? And why are you yelling so loud? If others hear these, I can't wash off even if I jump into the Underworld...

Wait?!

At this thought, Leon's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly turned around to look.

As anticipated, a woman who always appears at the critical time and place, eavesdropping secrets others least want to be revealed, just walked out of the storeroom opposite the director's office, looking at him with shock.

I knew it!

Just as Leon wanted to call her to explain the truth, he suddenly felt his hands being pulled backward forcefully, and a pleasant-smelling wind rushed at the back of his head.

Ha-ha, compete with me? Hand it over!

After successfully distracting Leon by self-exposing a scandal to summon the eavesdropper, the red-haired director triumphantly laughed, then, with a powerful pull, she aimed to snatch the pearl from Leon's mouth.

However, seeing her rapidly approaching face, Leon felt a bit flustered, and when he leaned back to dodge, his jaw relaxed, letting the oddly fragrant [Soaking Wine Pearl] slip from his teeth and into his mouth.

In the red-haired director's wide-open eyes, the Soaking Wine Pearl bounced on Leon's tongue and instantly dissolved, turning into a fragrant, clear wine that slid down his throat unimpeded, disappearing completely.

"..."

"..."

"My wine!!!"

After a heartfelt lament, the sparkle in the red-haired director's eyes dimmed instantly. Meanwhile, Leon, who had just consumed a large gulp of wine, instinctively bent over and coughed, then released the director's hands, chasing after the fleeing figure of the eavesdropper.

"Wait! Things aren't as you heard... don't run! Stop right there!"

As Leon's figure whooshed through the corridor and disappeared at the end of the first floor, the heartbroken red-haired director sighed silently and then, with a gloomy face, returned to her seat.

I didn't expect he actually got the God of Wine's pearl... Although successfully fooling people away, I feel like I lost more... Never mind, for now, I can't be bothered with the pearl, having the other thing is enough.

Pressing her hand against her faintly aching chest, barely smoothing the pain of losing the wine god's pearl, the red-haired director sighed and picked up the dip pen on the table, extracting a few strands of hair hooked on her pinky nail.

White as light... Black as abyss...

Judging by the condition of these white hairs, Nicole was right, Leon is indeed from the Eastern Three Kingdoms... or the Eastern Four Kingdoms.

Moreover, considering his nerve-wrackingly bold behavior, it's highly likely Leon is of royal lineage, inherently possessing shards of [Valor] power from the Eastern Callaven royal family lineage.

After inspecting the black and white distinct hairs in hand, confirming they matched her judgment, the red-haired director sighed deeply, then carefully wrapped the few white strands around the base of her left ring finger.

With the director's actions, her trimmed half-head of red hair quickly faded from its original crimson, turning as white as snow under the sunlight.