Chapter 22
The young man, with deep features and a cold, mechanical expression, briefly calculated the pros and cons in his head. He then adjusted his glasses and nodded slightly, "Wait a moment, I need to confirm."
Hearing the answer, the red-haired Alpha closed his green eyes slightly, then kicked his long legs away boredly and sat back on the rock wall next to Shigure, like a lion in a unhappy mood.
“…Wayne.”
After hesitating for a moment, Shi Yu bit her lower lip in confusion and called him in a low voice.
Before Wayne's gaze came over, Shi Yu had already lowered her head awkwardly. After falling into the cave, she had no conditions or energy to tidy herself up. Her fair and delicate cheeks were covered with a few faint gray marks like a tabby cat, and her face looked pitiful and haggard.
The black hair on her forehead was a little messy and tangled against her face. Shi Yu felt a little itchy. While thinking about how to start the conversation, she pushed her hair behind her ear and asked in a weak voice, "Wayne, are you going to go find that... Xiu next?"
It would be better if Wayne could talk to her more. Although she thought so, the other party always looked impatient and too lazy to pay attention to others, which made Shi Yu cautious even when talking to him.
Maybe there won't be a reply? Shi Yu lowered her head dejectedly, but to her surprise, she heard Wayne's slightly hoarse reply: "Ah, yes."
Shi Yu was stunned for a moment, then felt a little happy. However, when the room for negotiation really appeared before her eyes, she didn't know what to say, and even the prepared speech disappeared completely.
What did Wayne want to do with Xiu? Shi Yu couldn't think of any other reason except fighting, uh no, competing.
—Why don't you talk to everyone about the situation before going? Xiu is terrifying, or maybe you can rest for a while, recuperate here, and then go somewhere else... Shigure wanted to continue like this, but she knew with shame that these were just fig leaves to cover up her true thoughts.
…
She wanted Wayne to stay with her for a while longer.
Shi Yu thought, so much time has passed, and they haven't seen each other for two days. Can't Wayne spend more time with her?
But she couldn't say it...! How could she say such a thing? The tips of Shi Yu's ears turned red, but she kept her mouth tightly shut, like a lobster that was steaming but refused to open its mouth.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly."
Perhaps Shi Yu's hesitant look as if he was about to say something disturbed the bad-tempered Alpha. Wayne glanced at her with the corners of his raised eyes, then lowered his blue eyes and fiddled with the gun that smelled of ammunition and chili peppers.
The young man scolded her again: "Correct those bad habits of yours and stop wasting time."
So fierce...
Shi Yu felt resentful in his heart for a moment.
She tugged at the hem of her skirt dejectedly, and in the end, she could only shake her head and say, "...No, I don't have anything to say."
Wayne ignored her, so Shi Yu, feeling a little lost, spent some time in a daze. After more than ten minutes, Loren, with fluorescent green light in his eyes, pinched one side of his glasses and lowered his sore eyes in relaxation.
He considered his words for a moment, then spoke to the other side, "The coordinates have been determined. In the central rock area, the estimated numerical value will be inaccurate due to Hugh Hoffman's actions, but—"
In order to divert her mood, Shi Yu pretended to listen to Loren's words. She held her chin and looked at Loren listlessly, her wet eyes like a lonely and aggrieved cat curled up in one place.
…
Loren calmly pushed the lens that suddenly showed a ray of reflection even though they were in a dark cave. Shigure felt as if he looked at him...?
Before Shi Yu could show a puzzled expression, as if the momentary pause was just her illusion, the next moment, the boy's magnetically calm and slightly inhuman voice rang out quickly and steadily again in the cave.
"Central rock region, (1265, 366)... This is the approximate range calculated based on the target's trajectory from the intelligence database. Within two hours, Hugh Hoffman will not deviate more than three thousand meters from this coordinate. The probability of the target leaving the central rock today is no more than thirty percent."
"Unforeseen circumstances may arise, so please proceed with caution."
After the clear and logical voice fell, Loren nodded lightly to Wayne with great restraint, then looked away and said no more.
The hot and slender fingers covered with half a black leather holster were stained with a faint smell of oil from the repeated disassembly of the gun. After listening to Loren's data indifferently, the red-haired Alpha paused for a moment and glanced to the side with his green eyes without emotion.
Shi Yu lowered his head and continued to daydream, not noticing some small abnormalities.
Using force with his fingertips and slightly bending his index finger, Wayne suddenly lowered his eyes and chuckled. At the same time that the outer shell was once again tightly fixed into the gun body, the complete alloy gun body was struck by his bent knuckles, making a dull sound.
"Redetermine."
Loren, who was tired of sorting out the invalid data in his lens due to the large amount of calculations just now, was slightly startled. For a moment, he was a little confused as to whether he was the recipient of the young master's words.
Shi Yu stayed with Loren for a while. She thought about it and realized that she didn’t seem to say what she had just thought.
Xia Feng leaned against the wall slightly wearily, and said beside him without any surprise, "Let's calculate the location for tomorrow."
The slender fingertips massaged the throbbing temples. The young Alpha closed her eyes and whispered softly, "It seems nothing. It turns out some people need rest more than me."
Shigure: ...Eh, is that so?
After hearing what Xia Feng said, Shi Yu was no longer stunned. He immediately realized that Wayne might have stayed here for another day because she was injured... and she actually needed Xia Feng's reminder to realize this.
Shi Yu couldn't help but blush. She was so caught up in her own thoughts that she didn't even pay attention to Wayne's abnormality.
"Are you hurt anywhere? Wayne."
Feeling guilty, Shi Yu leaned forward and tried to rub against Wayne's side to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved her butt a little with difficulty, she saw the boy's bare arms bulge with clear and powerful muscle lines in an instant. Wayne stretched out his long arms and pressed down Shi Yu's restless head with an expressionless face. Shi Yu was immediately shut out.
The girl's eyes were moist, and she looked up at him eagerly despite the weight on her head, and called out softly, "Wayne."
Wayne: “…”
"Your legs don't hurt anymore?" The red-haired Alpha tutted softly, looking away as if he was too lazy to meet her gaze. "Sit back down."
It took Shi Yu a moment to pull Wayne's hand away. She rubbed her hair a few times in frustration, mumbling something to herself. Xia Feng raised her eyes slightly, as if thinking about something. Even as an Alpha with highly sensitive senses, she couldn't make out some of the faintest sounds at this distance.
A hint of sleepiness appeared in his cold eyes, and Xia Feng suddenly lost interest in watching the interaction between the two.
Xia Feng: "You guys are welcome to do as you please. I'm going to rest."
Xia Feng gently pressed the saber that was placed in the leather at the side of his leg with his fingers, slightly closed his delicate eyelashes, and leaned back against the rock wall to rest, looking a little tired.
The cave fell into a brief silence. A short while later, Xia Feng, who was taking a quiet nap, suddenly turned over. As if she remembered something, she calmly reminded her companion beside her, "I almost forgot, Loren, remember to locate yourself."
Loren: “…”
Actually, there is no need to remind him.
Loren habitually adjusted the lenses that were firmly fixed under his deep brow bone. He was silent for a moment, then replied calmly, "...I understand."
Loren was not surprised that Xia Feng would speak up for Wayne. He reasonably believed that it was most likely because of the defeat in the encounter with Xiu yesterday that Xia Feng, who had never had much emotional ups and downs, also had some ideas and interest in "revenge".
What's more, the Alpha of the Clement family is a thug who came to his door.
Loren was thinking and paying some attention to the opposite side. In the corner of his eye, he silently saw Beta's heartless and conflicted movements as she prepared to move closer to Wayne - Loren was now nearly twenty meters away from her, and a few hours ago, Beta was alone and pitifully accompanying Xia Feng and him.
Shigure:?
The girl scratched her hair and made a confused "eh" sound. The feeling of being watched returned silently. She tried to stick her head out from Wayne's tall figure and look around, but she found nothing...
At seven o'clock in the evening (when Lorenyou received the intelligence), Shi Yu finally saw Simon wake up with worry. The gray-haired boy had his golden eyes slightly narrowed. He was tied up opposite him with a low pressure on his body. He said nothing, and his face was so gloomy that it was a little scary.
Shi Yu hesitantly tugged at Wayne's arm, and before Wayne impatiently pushed her head back, she whispered, "...Simon? Are you okay?"
Even though she was threatened by him before, he didn't really hurt anyone. Shi Yu felt that Simon had helped her a lot after all, so it was okay for him to show some concern for her, right... ?
Her voice suddenly echoed in the silent cave. Shi Yu was stunned for a moment and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Because just before she spoke, even Loren and Xia Feng had hardly talked to each other. Everyone seemed to have their own things to do. When she spoke, not only Xia Feng and Loren looked over, but even Wayne glanced at her indifferently.
Shi Yu's fur puffed up, he smiled awkwardly, and then put his hand away politely.
The tall and sickly torso was forced to be tied tightly to another disgusting Alpha. Hearing the sound, Simon's pupils slightly erected, and he gave Shi Yu a cold look as if giving alms.
He had long been accustomed to situations where he thought a situation was a sure thing but suddenly turned into a dead end. However, in Simon's case, the self-esteem of an Alpha was pitifully thin. He did not feel ashamed of the humiliating situation he was in. He could even laugh at himself coldly in his heart after failing.
But the useless Beta became arrogant after finding a backer, and even said such hypocritical words to himself -
...What is she bragging about? Has she forgotten what happened before? She thinks that just because she's won the favor of one or two Alphas, she can't do anything to them anymore.
The young man looked directly at Shi Yu, and the corners of his cold, hard, and thin lips curled up sarcastically for a moment under his mask.
"Thanks to you." He took a deep, heavy breath. Shi Yu vaguely heard Simon's frustrated and hoarse sneer. "Are you happy that you're not dead yet?"
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