9 Female Supporting Actress 09

◎If it was Lu Jing who invited you, would you still refuse?◎

The two of them stood at the entrance. Su Yanmei turned back to look at her arm being held and sneered, "Why do you think that?"

Zhong Ran's expression was dark and difficult to discern.

"I have my own life, my own friends, and my own social circle." Su Yanmei spoke in a pleasant voice, smiling slightly. "I'm no longer the Su Yanmei who only revolved around you."

The woman's face was calm and gentle, as if she had put aside the past and was welcoming a new life. However, Zhong Ran's pupils suddenly shrank, and he gripped her arm tighter and tighter.

Su Yanmei couldn't help but frown: "Zhong Ran, it hurts, let go."

"I'm sorry." After regaining his composure, Zhong Ran lowered his eyes and reluctantly let go of her hand.

Before leaving, Su Yanmei, carrying her bag, turned back and asked again, "Are you waiting for me to have lunch?"

Zhong Ran quickly looked up, fixed his eyes on her face, and hummed.

"But I told you, I'm not sure if I'll come back." Su Yanmei said lightly, "I didn't come back, which is within the normal range of possibility, but you think I'm taking revenge on you."

"So, Zhong Ran, do you think there was something wrong with what you did back then?"

Faced with Su Yanmei's doubts, which were not really questions, the man remained silent.

The woman didn't complain about the sudden silence, but just smiled it off.

She carried her bag and walked away leisurely.

*

Life at the base is very peaceful.

As a small or medium-sized base, Shaoan Base has a powerful super S-level psychic as its leader, and also has healing abilities that can restrain the zombie virus and rescue some of the infected people in time.

There are also newly developed virus detection equipment for entry and exit to ensure the safety of residents at the base.

Naturally, more and more people with special abilities and ordinary people around will choose to join.

Su Yanmei has lived here for nearly a week and has become completely familiar with life at the base. She feels like a fish in water and lives an extremely comfortable life every day.

Lu Jing also rested at the base for a week.

During this period, he slept particularly well because he captured Su Yanmei's mental power.

During this week, Lu Jing continued to observe and contact her. Although he didn't know who she was or why she became Su Yanmei, after confirming that she posed no threat to the base, he put the matter of investigating the anomalies in Qiyun City on the agenda.

The person who was most happy to know that Lu Jing was going to lead the team out was Xu You.

She postponed her work at the research institute in advance to make time and planned to go out with Lu Jing.

The project in Fu Hanzhi's hands is progressing steadily, and he has to conduct experiments continuously, so he can't get away.

With Xu You there, Ji Xuan and Rong Xingyin naturally went along.

In addition, Lu Jing also selected three S-level psychics to follow, as well as several A-level psychics to go with him.

Zhong Ran is an S-class psychic with dual abilities, both lightning and fire. He's incredibly powerful, equivalent to a super-S-class psychic. He previously led a team of A-class and above psychics to join the Shaoan base, further strengthening it. So, despite being a recent member, he still has a significant say.

If Lu Jing goes out, he will be responsible for staying behind to ensure the safety of the entire base.

This is perfect for Zhong Ran.

During the previous week, apart from necessary work, he spent the rest of his time hanging around Su Yanmei, happily trying to please her.

Lu Jing did not suggest bringing Su Yanmei along, which surprised and delighted Xu You, who was in a good mood the whole day.

Unfortunately, this happiness only lasted until I went out the next day and it was completely over.

Lu Jing was in a separate car and was not traveling with them.

The captain of this superpower team is Ji Xuan, and the deputy captain is the S-level wood-type superpower Xiao Teng.

Before leaving, Xu You was shocked and couldn't accept it at all: "Lu Jing, it's too dangerous for you to act alone!"

She urged anxiously, "Take me with you. I have healing abilities. If you get hurt accidentally, I can also control the zombie virus!"

Lu Jing rejected her proposal.

Healing ability users are very precious. In various official large bases, their numbers are extremely rare and they are heavily guarded.

An S-class healing psychic was something that had never been heard of even in large bases.

If Xu You hadn't insisted on coming out with him, he wouldn't have brought so many S-level psychics with him.

"One of my special abilities is wind. If there is any danger, I can escape at any time by myself." Not wanting to argue over such a trivial matter, Lu Jing said concisely.

Xu You's eyes couldn't help but turn red. Her lips trembled as she wanted to ask him if he thought she was a burden, but when she saw his frown, she turned her face away, not wanting him to see her vulnerable side crying.

However, this heartbreaking display of stubbornness only resulted in the sound of the other party driving away.

The action without any hesitation and without any delay made Xu You unable to hold back her tears. She finally covered her face and cried out loud.

Ji Xuan said with a worried look on his face: "Sister Xu..."

Xu You choked up and asked him, "Ah Xuan, you already knew this, right?"

Ji Xuan scratched his silver-blue hair, not knowing how to explain: "Brother Lu held a meeting for us last night. You were busy at the research institute. I thought you knew..."

"But Brother Lu asked us to protect you. He still cares about you."

Rong Xingyin said innocently at the right moment: "Yes, Brother Lu is very nice. He also told everyone that supplies are secondary. We must protect Sister Xu and me."

After all, an S-level space-based psychic who can empty the warehouse is equally important.

Seeing Xu You's expression changing again and again, Ji Xuan glared at Rong Xingyin fiercely, wishing he could stuff his mouth with cloth.

If you can’t speak, don’t speak!

Two modified cars were parked in the yard of the villa. The others watched each other with their eyes and noses, occasionally glancing at each other, and kept absolute silence.

After Xu You's momentary emotional outburst, she calmed down, apologized to her companions, and walked aside, wiping her tears with her back to everyone.

Rong Xingyin concealed his good mood and pretended to be puzzled, "Sister Xu, Brother Lu is going alone, so do you still want to come with us?"

What this means is that all her actions, whether or not to take them, depend on Lu Jing.

Even if Xu You thought so, he couldn't really say it.

She wiped away her tears, regained her usual gentle and tough demeanor, turned around, and said firmly, "Of course I will go. Everything comes first."

Having achieved his goal, Rong Xingyin stopped talking and got into the same car with Xu You silently.

Two modified off-road vehicles drove out of the base one after another.

Their target this time is a secluded town around Shaoan City, which is opposite to Qiyun City where the zombie mutate happened.

Perhaps because she felt resentful towards Ji Xuan for concealing the truth, Xu You did not take his car.

She and Rong Xingyin sat in the spacious second row of another car.

Along the way, Rong Xingyin tried to make her happy, and during a break, he finally made her laugh through her tears.

The people in the two cars gathered together. Ji Xuan was silent the whole time, with his soft silver-blue hair hanging down, like a pitiful little puppy.

Xu You and the others spoke softly, but didn't talk to Ji Xuan.

Whenever Ji Xuan mustered up the courage to come over and wanted to say something, Rong Xingyin would constantly glare at him: "Sister Xu, don't be angry. Ji Xuan didn't mean it."

"Maybe he wants to be with Sister Xu too much."

"Unlike me, I fell asleep at that time and didn't have time to remind Sister Xu."

"But before the meeting, I saw him knocking on Su Yanmei's door. Maybe he had something important to discuss?"

The simple and innocent tone made Xu You unconsciously think that Ji Xuan was playing tricks and wanted to be with him, so he asked Su Yanmei for help to separate her from Lu Jing.

Even though Lu Jing was not the kind of person who would act rashly based on rumors, Xu You still couldn't help but think about this possibility.

Therefore, she was even less friendly towards Ji Xuan.

It was Hua Jinghe who hired Su Yanmei not to join Lu Jing's team and create opportunities for Sister Xu. Ji Xuan was so bitter that he had no words to express his grievances.

Ji Xuan was silent throughout the entire journey.

Xu You thought he was acquiescing out of guilt.

After returning to the base and getting off the car, Xu You looked at Ji Xuan who was silent, shook his head with a sad face and said, "Xuan, I didn't expect you to do this. I'm really disappointed in you."

Ji Xuan's steps forward paused.

Rong Xingyin, who was behind him, stepped past him first and turned his head to look at him with a bright smile on his face.

The master bedroom on the second floor has a great view and comes with a small balcony.

These days, Zhong Ran has been hanging around her whenever he has time, so Su Yanmei naturally made full use of this free labor.

Therefore, the small balcony on the second floor was not only cleaned, but also placed with a bamboo lounge chair and a small round table, so that Su Yanmei could bask in the sun and drink tea at any time.

Su Yanmei made a pot of tea with her usual black tea bag. Before she lay down, she saw the scene downstairs.

Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, he could still see clearly that Ji Xuan lowered his head in shock at Xu You's words, and Rong Xingyin's obviously brisk steps.

When there was no one downstairs, Su Yanmei lay down comfortably facing the sunlight above her head and squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

Among the many male supporting roles, the one Xu You least needs to worry about is Ji Xuan.

When Ji Xuan was still an ordinary person, he was bitten on the arm by a zombie and Xu You rescued him in time.

It was also Xu You who gave him the crystal core, asking him to try to see if he could awaken his superpowers.

With the grace of saving his life and awakening his superpowers, Xu You is simply a white moonlight with full buffs and built-in filters in Ji Xuan's mind.

So even though Xu You is close to him, he doesn't have to spend much effort to maintain this relationship.

She could release all her negative emotions on him.

Just like what Zhong Ran did to his original body.

People who are cared for are always unscrupulous and don't know how to cherish.

Su Yanmei didn't care about other people's love, hate, and grudges.

Thinking of the large amount of crystal cores she was about to obtain, she squinted her eyes comfortably and sipped her tea leisurely.

Unfortunately, before I could even take two sips of tea, there was a knock on the door.

Probably able to guess who it was, Su Yanmei lazily got up and went to open the door.

The dusty young man stood outside the door, holding a large bag of transparent crystal cores, among which there was a conspicuous light blue crystal core.

"All the crystal cores I got this time, except for the ones I used, are here."

He looked unwell, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, like an abandoned puppy, but he still forced himself to be strong and handed over the crystal core.

"Oh, thank you."

Su Yanmei took it. She had no intention of comforting anyone, she just wanted to thank them politely.

But the young man in front of him was obviously in better spirits. He touched the back of his head, and the woman's soft voice of thanks went straight into his ears, making the sides of his ears red.

He looked away, trying to dispel the feeling of handing over his salary to his wife, and his voice became awkward and stiff: "It's okay, I promised you."

"I, I'll leave first!"

Su Yanmei watched him leave with a smile.

Under such gentle gaze, Ji Xuan couldn't help but walk faster, his face flushed, and even forgot the sadness of being misunderstood by Xu You just now.

*

The special ability team stayed outside for four days. When they came back, Lu Jing had not returned to the base yet.

During these days of being out, Rong Xingyin accompanied Xu You. Compared with before, their relationship was closer.

In contrast, the relationship between Ji Xuan and Xu You dropped to freezing point.

Lu Jing is not around, Fu Hanzhi is busy with research institute matters, Ji Xuan is misunderstood by Xu You, and Zhong Ran has already started to revolve around Su Yanmei.

There was no competitor in the entire villa, and Rong Xingyin was in high spirits.

Especially when Xu You agreed to go to the movies with him, this feeling of joy almost reached its peak.

Rong Xingyin took advantage of Xu You's rest time and bought two movie tickets for the drive-in cinema, waiting for the time to go on a date with her.

Before this, Rong Xingyin had asked her out many times under various pretexts, but was rejected by Xu You every time.

This time, probably because she was really hurt by Lu Jing, Xu You agreed to go to the movies with Rong Xingyin to relax.

Unfortunately, not long after dinner, people from the research institute came hurriedly, and then Xu You changed his clothes and prepared to leave.

"Sister Xu!" Rong Xingyin stood in front of her door and stopped her first.

Xu You showed an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, Ah Xing, I have something urgent to do at the institute. Let's watch the movie next time."

Perhaps because hope was within reach, Rong Xingyin threw aside his usual obedience and stubbornly asked, "When is the next time?"

Xu You was pressed and felt a little unhappy. He lowered his voice and said, "Axing, stop making trouble! The institute really has an urgent matter!"

Unexpectedly, Rong Xingyin suddenly looked at her straight in the eyes and smiled: "If it was Lu Jing who invited you today, would you still refuse?"

Xu You was stunned, with obvious hesitation on his face.

Without waiting for her answer, Rong Xingyin lowered his brows and automatically made way for her. Under the light, the smile on the boy's face looked particularly cold and eerie.

Xu You didn't think any more about it, and didn't even look at him. Seeing the obstacle in front of him was cleared, he hurriedly followed the researcher away.

The movie ticket in my pocket was crumpled into a ball.

At this moment, Rong Xingyin suddenly felt that no matter how much he did, it would be in vain and he would never get any response or preferential treatment.

Even a living person like him is not as good as Lu Jing, who hurt her not long ago and was not present at all.

Rong Xingyin stood alone by the wall, smiling with his lips pulled, his delicate eyebrows and eyes filled with gloom, his skin an unhealthy pale, making him look like a man-eating evil spirit.

Endless anger arose in the boy's heart.

Until he heard the sound of someone coming downstairs and caught a glimpse of Su Yanmei going to the refrigerator to get some juice, his cold and sinister eyes suddenly flashed.