Chapter 113 Impossible!
She stared incredulously at the man who had revealed Josie's whereabouts.
Xu Linchuan could no longer hear anything else; all his attention was focused on Chen Peng's last words.
"She lives with a man named Feng Ye."
These words were like a red-hot steel knife, stabbing deeply into Xu Linchuan's heart.
It instantly destroyed his newly formed ecstasy!
"Impossible!" Xu Linchuan stumbled back two steps before barely managing to regain his balance.
His eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and the supernatural energy around him surged wildly and uncontrollably. Metal blades appeared from time to time and flew past everyone present.
They were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly.
Like a raging lion, he grabbed Chen Peng, who had just gotten up, and pulled him up again, his bloodshot eyes fixed on him, his voice distorted by extreme anger and pain:
"You're lying to me! Xixi would never be with another man!"
Overwhelmed by fear and the suffocating feeling on his neck, Chen Peng nearly broke down, crying out in despair, "Help!"
Gradually, his pupils began to roll, and Xu Linchuan loosened his grip slightly.
"Speak! Tell me everything you know."
Chen Peng was breathing heavily. He had suffered such a great loss, all because of Qiao Xi.
What terrible things did he do to deserve this bad luck when he met her?!
With a quick glance, he realized that if he wasn't having an easy time, he wouldn't let Josh have an easy time either.
This man is like a madman; it would be good to let him teach Josie a lesson.
"I'm not kidding you! It's true! Many people in the safe zone know that Qiao Xi and Feng Ye live together and are a couple."
Xu Linchuan stood still, his chest heaving violently, the light in his eyes flickering uncertainly.
Pain, anger, disbelief, and a utterly betrayed despair intertwined on his face, creating a terrifying storm.
His Xixi... really... is with another man?
This realization caused him more unbearable pain than any zombie's claws.
Seeing that he was losing control of his emotions, Chen Peng's eyes darted around, a subtle glint of calculation flashing across them.
"You have no idea how popular she is in that safe zone! With that face, which high-level ability user in the safe zone isn't completely infatuated with her? Even our high-ranking Minister Lu, and his precious son Lu Yuyang, are said to have fallen for her. He's head over heels for her and goes to see her every other day! This woman is incredibly cunning!"
"shut up!"
Xu Linchuan let out a beast-like growl, his eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on his forehead, and his body trembled violently with extreme anger and disbelief.
"Xi Xi..." Xu Linchuan murmured her name in anguish, then turned and walked out of the shopping center.
He wanted to see for himself whether the Josie in the safe zone was really his Josie.
He skipped over the evolved zombies on the ground, forgetting even to dig out their crystal cores, and turned to stumble and rush toward the safe zone that Chen Peng had pointed out.
"You guys follow them," Zhou Ye said, then stayed behind to extract the crystal core.
We sped along, kicking up clouds of dust.
The setting sun, like molten gold, pressed heavily on the horizon, turning the desolate ruins and the towering, stained walls of the distant safe zone into a tragic, blood-red hue.
Xu Linchuan wished he could rush straight into the safe zone; he wanted to know if his Xixi was inside.
But at this time, there was still a long queue in front of us.
After finally managing to get through the checkpoint with the group and enter the city, he quickly stepped past the people in front of him and walked inside.
Xu Linchuan's face showed a complex expression of both urgency and hope.
The relatively neat brick and stone buildings, narrow streets, and crowded crowds create a completely different world from the outside.
Xu Linchuan had no time to pay attention to this "bustling" scene. Like a restless, trapped beast, he grabbed at everyone who seemed capable of providing information: "Excuse me, do you know a girl named Qiao Xi? She's very pretty! About this tall..."
He gestured urgently, his voice trembling with anxiety.
The person he was holding impatiently shook him off, saying, "I don't know him."
Undeterred, he turned to the lazy staff member registering his information and repeated what he had just said.
"Never heard of it. There are tens of thousands of people in our safe zone. If you're looking for someone, ask around in a few different places."
So Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan, along with Su Qianqian, followed behind him, stopping all sorts of people to ask about Qiao Xixiang's whereabouts.
However, the responses were mostly blank head shakes or impatient shooing away.
"Get out of the way!"
Only an old man, missing a front tooth, who was lying at the foot of the city wall, heard them searching for someone nearby.
"I do know a girl who's often seen with Xie Jue. I wonder if she's the one you're looking for?"
"And who is Xie Jue?"
This name sounds like a man's name.
At the end of the day, Feng Ye, Young Master Lu, Xie Jue...
Xu Linchuan even began to doubt whether the Qiao Xi they were talking about was actually his girlfriend.
"He's in the tent area, but I don't know exactly where he's staying."
Xu Linchuan and his group immediately asked for directions to the tent area, and then hurried over there.
The low, dilapidated tents were crammed together, and sewage flowed through the narrow passageways that could only allow one person to pass at a time, emitting a pungent smell of rotting food, excrement, and cheap alcohol.
Suppressed coughs, drunkards' ramblings, and muffled sobs from the corners formed the incessant background noise here.
Xu Linchuan stumbled through the chaos, his steps uneven, with Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan following closely behind, accompanied by Su Qianqian.
Looking at her surroundings, Su Qianqian thought about how Qiao Xi had ended up here, and how living like this was true torture.
If she really has many suitors... will Xu Linchuan still want her?
At that moment, she suddenly felt no fear.
Xu Linchuan approached a man sitting outside a tent and asked, "Excuse me, do you know Xie Jue?"
The other person glanced at him but didn't even respond.
Xu Linchuan had no choice but to endure the unpleasant smell and continue walking in.
They walked and asked around, but no one knew who Xie Jue was.
Unbeknownst to them, in the shadows outside the tents, a slender figure, like a lone wolf blending into the night, leaned silently against a thick wooden stake supporting the tents.
Xie Jue tilted his head slightly, observing them carefully.
After a long while, he emerged from the shadows.
A smile instantly appeared on that blank face—a perfectly timed smile, tinged with a touch of shrewdness and warmth.
He went to greet Xu Linchuan and the others.
"You're looking for Xie Jue? Perhaps I can help you."
Xie Jue's voice drew the attention of several people in their group.
"You know him?" Xu Linchuan immediately walked towards him. "Then do you know Qiao Xi?"
Xie Jue's smile froze for a moment.
So...they were looking for me because of my sister?
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