Ye Junhan agreed.
As soon as the call ended, Qi Xiang quietly peeked over, trying to read sothing from the man’s face.
However... aside from his cold indifference, she couldn’t make out a thing.
Rembering the arrangents she had just overheard from Zhou Jinyu’s call, Qi Xiang’s eyes glinted. "Mr. Ye..."
But unexpectedly, the mont she leaned in, Ye Junhan flicked his wrist. A curved blade of light shot out, slicing right past the ends of her hair.
A few strands of long hair drifted down on the wind. Qi Xiang instantly sucked in a sharp breath, then shrank back with a deadpan expression and a cold snort.
’It’s one thing for this man to be completely clueless about romance, but to be so cold and vicious is sothing else!’
Qi Xiang was certain that if she hadn’t retreated quickly and decisively enough, the force of that scimitar’s swing would have cut off more than just her hair!
Her heart still pounding with fear, Qi Xiang raised a hand to touch her face.
’How could Ye Junhan bring himself to strike at a face as beautiful, charming, and utterly stunning as this?’
’Is that sothing a man should do?’
At that mont, Qi Xiang deeply suspected that this incredibly handso and cold man before her might not even be a man at all.
’Could he be...?’
Her gaze must have been too obvious, because Ye Junhan lifted his eyes and glanced over at her impassively.
Qi Xiang: ’Tch, as if I actually want to talk to you. If it weren’t for Gu Xiaoxi...’
Just then, the personal terminal on her wrist vibrated slightly.
Qi Xiang grunted softly, turned away with a blank face, and began collecting samples on the spot.
Ye Junhan sheathed his scimitar with a reverse grip, his gaze landing on Qi Xiang’s wrist as his brow furrowed slightly.
Nearby, Zhao Qingxiao, who was on guard duty, had his Spirit Barrier extended to its maximum and naturally noticed the scene.
He glanced discreetly at Qi Xiang before walking over to Ye Junhan, frowning slightly. "Captain, are you worried she’ll send that data to Dr. Qi?"
Ye Junhan retracted his gaze, his expression unreadable. "She won’t."
After discovering Qi Xiang secretly recording a video, Ye Junhan’s mind had inexplicably drifted to that young girl nad Gu Xi...
’It wouldn’t be for Dr. Qi. It could only be for her.’
Zhao Qingxiao raised an eyebrow slightly. ’Since when did the Captain trust Qi Xiang so much? Don’t tell ... a stone is finally cracking? The Captain is finally showing so interest? He’s actually going to fall for soone?’
Ye Junhan had no idea what his team mber was imagining. His eyes fell on the other man’s exceptionally pale face as he said coolly, "You keep an eye on her. I’m going to check the vicinity."
Zhao Qingxiao watched his captain’s retreating back and sighed. ’Everyone says the Captain is cold and aloof, but he’s not actually *that* cold...’
anwhile, under Yang Chi’s cover, Wei Heng avoided everyone and found Lu Shiliu.
He had just pushed the door open when he saw Lu Shiliu cradling a small hen in both hands, his head lowered as if he were taking deep breaths of it.
It was an incredibly bizarre scene.
Wei Heng paused, feeling inexplicably conflicted, unsure whether he should continue inside or just quietly leave.
"Wei Heng?" Lu Shiliu, likely aware that his actions were a bit suggestive, released the hen, cleared his throat a few tis, and nonchalantly stood up to walk over. "What brings you here?"
"Gu Xi might have left sothing behind in the NX1984 Area ruins, and it needs to be recovered as soon as possible," Wei Heng said, getting straight to the point. "But I’m being watched."
This afternoon, Mr. Zhou, the director of South City Base’s ard forces departnt, had suddenly co to see him, claiming to be visiting on behalf of the organization.
After a long exchange of pleasantries, Mr. Zhou suddenly brought up the NX1984 Area ruins. The implication, reading between the lines, was that he was probing whether the recovery of his powers was related to the NX1984 Area.
Wei Heng knew he couldn’t hide his physical condition for long. After all, he had just undergone a full examination at Camp No. 9527 a while ago.
Wei Heng was already prepared for this.
After all, so data just can’t be faked.
But from the sound of Mr. Zhou’s words, he had clearly misunderstood sothing.
Combining this with the news Gu Xi had sent earlier—that soone in the Southwest Region was using Crystal Core Fragnts from powered individuals to create artificial ones... and that the NX1984 Area had experienced a mass malignant transformation of mutant plants, suspected to be caused by the detonation of a large number of Crystal Cores...
And by a strange coincidence, he had not only been to the NX1984 Area before, but had also found Gu Xi there.
Almost instantly, Wei Heng realized this was an opportunity.
An opportunity to mislead others and draw their attention away from Gu Xi.
Wei Heng knew in his heart that no matter what secrets Gu Xi held, he absolutely could not let anyone connect his recovery to her.
He had been agonizing over this for a long ti, but now, his chance had co.
Faced with Mr. Zhou’s probing, Wei Heng had been deliberately noncommittal.
After Mr. Zhou left, he had sought out Lu Shiliu.
Lu Shiliu didn’t ask what the item was. He just gave him a deep look and nodded. "Alright. I’ll set out after dark."
...
That night, Gu Xi waited until midnight before she finally received a ssage from Qi Xiang.
Miss Qi: [Gu Xiaoxi, that pervert Ye Junhan is suspicious of . What do I do?]
Gu Xi raised an eyebrow. She didn’t know Ye Junhan well, but Qi Xiang... ’With her luck, things couldn’t be that bad, could they?’
After a mont’s thought, she replied with a "?".
Soon, her personal terminal began to vibrate continuously.
Gu Xi opened it to see that Qi Xiang had sent several ssages in a row:
Miss Qi: [Gu Xiaoxi, for your sake, I almost got my face ruined this ti!]
Miss Qi: [Ye Junhan is an absolute monster! There were so many mutant plants, and he cut them all down by himself!]
Miss Qi: [He’s insanely strong, but also insanely cold!]
Miss Qi: [He’s a total iceberg! It’s bad enough he ignored my peerless beauty and chopped off my hair!]
Miss Qi: [But then he even had that pervert Zhao Qingxiao watch !]
Miss Qi: [I hate Spiritual Elent users the most!]
Miss Qi: [The thing you wanted...]
Miss Qi: [Classified. Confiscated according to law.]
Gu Xi raised an eyebrow, keenly sensing that the last ssage couldn’t have been sent by Qi Xiang. Thinking of Qi Xiang’s attitude toward that man, Gu Xi couldn’t help but chuckle as her fingers moved.
She paused for a second after realizing what she had sent.
「On the other side.」
The man standing next to Qi Xiang stared at the latest reply on the screen, his brow furrowing slightly.
Gu Xi: [Just a tool?]
’Just a tool? What does that an?’
Qi Xiang, of course, also saw the three words and was deeply impressed with Gu Xi. She was probably the first person who dared to speak to Ye Junhan like that.
’So impressive.’
’Truly impressive.’
Ye Junhan’s gaze lingered on those three words for a long ti before his fingers finally moved, impassively typing a line: [This is Ye Junhan.]
Gu Xi froze for a mont, then her fingers stirred: [Oh.]
’Oh?’
Ye Junhan stared at the word, his brow knitting unconsciously.
He inexplicably felt that Gu Xi’s reply was... rather perfunctory.
At that mont, Ye Junhan suddenly wanted to know what on earth Qi Xiang had said to the girl to make her adopt this attitude toward him.
But Ye Junhan didn’t ask anything, rely giving Qi Xiang a cold, distant glance.
Qi Xiang was perceptive enough to take the hint. She proactively deleted the data she had fild during the day, then turned the Light Screen to the man, her eyes full of charm. "Mr. Ye, would you like to inspect it yourself?"
Ye Junhan indifferently withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.
Perhaps Gu Xi’s "Just a tool?" had given Qi Xiang a huge boost of courage, because she suddenly smiled.
"Really? No need?" She raised an eyebrow, looking at the man who was as cold and handso as jade in the moonlight. "Does Mr. Ye trust that much? Aren’t you afraid I’ll make a backup copy and secretly send it to my adoptive father?"
Ye Junhan’s steps faltered. "You won’t."
Qi Xiang froze for a second, then raised a hand to sweep her long hair back, letting out a sudden, soft scoff.
Nearby, Zhao Qingxiao inexplicably felt that sothing was off with the captain’s mood. But upon closer inspection, the captain’s expression was the sa as always—calm, cold, and distant, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
Zhao Qingxiao: "..."
He subconsciously glanced back at Qi Xiang’s personal terminal, suddenly very curious about the identity of the person who had just been talking to the captain.
’Who could possibly cause even a faint ripple in the emotions of their ever-reserved captain...?’
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