Chapter 154 Why Has Everything Changed?
"XiXi! Come with me!"
Xu Linchuan shouted hoarsely, and the flames, carrying a violent aura, swept towards Chen Han.
Josie's pupils contracted!
She wasn't worried about herself, but rather that Shen Han might get hurt by Gu Yuan and Zhou Ye while distracted.
Without the slightest hesitation, Josie vanished instantly.
The next moment, an inconspicuous piece of gravel appeared behind Xu Linchuan!
Just as Xu Linchuan unleashed his full power to activate the flames, the rubble suddenly returned to human form.
Josie's eyes were icy, and the dagger in her hand gleamed with a cold light as she stabbed towards Xu Linchuan's back with lightning speed.
Xu Linchuan was, after all, a third-tier ability user. The moment the dagger was about to strike his body, a strong sense of danger made him suddenly turn to the side.
Pfft!
The dagger missed his heart but instead pierced his left shoulder blade.
A clear sound of flesh being torn apart rang out, and blood instantly stained his clothes.
Xu Linchuan's body trembled violently. He turned around abruptly, and when he saw Qiao Xi holding a dagger and with eyes as cold as frost, the madness in his eyes vanished instantly, leaving only boundless shock and deep-seated pain.
“Xixi…” His voice trembled, filled with disbelief and hurt, “You… hurt me for him?”
His eyes, like those of a loyal dog abandoned by its owner, were filled with a sense of heartbreak.
Josie drew her dagger, spraying a spray of blood.
She took a step back, standing beside Shen Han, looking at him expressionlessly, her voice colder than the winter wind: "Why can't I hurt you for him? He's my man, what are you to me?"
These words, like a poisoned ice pick, precisely pierced Xu Linchuan's last defenses.
"What did you say? You and him..." Xu Linchuan's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembling, as if he couldn't understand the meaning of those words.
“That’s right,” Josie said, meeting his broken gaze, each word clear and cruel, “I’m with him. Not just him, but Xu Linchuan, after you, I had already…”
"puff!"
Before Qiao Xi could finish speaking, Xu Linchuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood splattered on the cold ground was a shocking sight!
He swayed, his vision blurred, not from the wound on his shoulder, but from the excruciating pain in his heart that felt like it was being ripped apart.
He stared intently at Josie, his eyes filled with despair and madness, still struggling to get closer to her.
Shen Han stepped in front of Qiao Xi, his body shrouded in black mist, like a monstrous beast from the abyss ready to devour its prey. His voice was icy and chilling: "Xi Xi doesn't want to see you. Take another step forward, and I'll take your life."
The brief exchange had left Gu Yuan and Zhou Ye both shaken by the strange and powerful dark abilities that Shen Han displayed.
They knew that even though all three of them were at the third level, their chances of winning against such a rare and extremely powerful ability were slim, not to mention that Xu Linchuan was mentally broken and had no will to fight.
Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan quickly grabbed Xu Linchuan, who was almost collapsing, and held him up from both sides.
"Linchuan! Enough! Qiao Xi has been so cruel to you, don't you understand? Just pretend... just pretend she died in a pile of zombies, let's go!" Zhou Ye's voice was filled with anger and helplessness.
"Leave? I won't leave!" Xu Linchuan roared like a dying beast, tears mixed with blood streaming down his face. "Xixi, we were so good together! You love me, don't you? Come with me, okay? I've already lost Su Qianqian. I won't believe a word she says anymore. From now on, I'll only believe you. I'll believe whatever you say! Let's start over..."
His voice was filled with humble pleading, and his eyes were so fragile they seemed ready to shatter at any moment.
Josie was his first love, the girl he fell passionately in love with the very first time he was in love.
Their time together was so wonderful; they rarely even argued during college.
He had thought a lot about their future. If the apocalypse hadn't come, they would probably be married by now and have several beautiful and lovely children.
He will be a good father and husband, and will always love them.
But why has everything changed in just a few months?
In his desperate yet hopeful gaze, Josie's eyes remained unmoved, only a cold, lifeless stillness.
She didn't even glance at Xu Linchuan again, but simply raised her hand and gently took Shen Han's arm, her voice calm and even: "Shen Han, let's go."
It was as if the bloody confrontation just now was merely an insignificant interlude.
Chen Han glanced coldly at the dejected Xu Linchuan and the resentful Gu Yuan and Zhou Ye, then put his arm around Qiao Xi and turned to leave.
“Xixi…”
Xu Linchuan raised his hand, wanting to stop him.
However, Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan held them back.
"Let me go! Xixi is leaving me! Let me go!" Xu Linchuan struggled frantically.
No matter what he did, Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan did not let go.
"Josie is not the same Josie anymore, Linchuan, let go!"
Xu Linchuan watched helplessly as Qiao Xi, arm in arm with another man, resolutely and completely walked out of his sight, step by step.
Her silhouette, bathed in the late autumn sunlight, appeared so distant and so cold, like an invisible blade that severed and took away the last glimmer of light and hope in his life.
The light in his eyes was completely extinguished, leaving only endless emptiness and ashes.
Seeing Xu Linchuan's distraught state, and recalling his previous attempts to please and pursue Qiao Xi, Gu Yuan felt a surge of shame and indignation at being fooled. He spat fiercely in the direction where Qiao Xi had disappeared.
He cursed, "Damn it! Josie's a slut! I knew she'd left all that way; she'd already found a stronger superhuman to back her up. She's been playing us for fools! Brother Chuan, a woman like that, so fickle and promiscuous, isn't worth it!"
He tried to use anger to mask the embarrassment of being abandoned as well.
Xu Linchuan seemed not to hear anything, but stared intently in the direction where Qiao Xi disappeared, his body trembling slightly, as if he had lost all support.
Josie didn't want to cause trouble for the base, so she used her powers to take a long detour before returning.
"Miss Qiao, you're back."
Xie Jue was the highest-ranking officer in the stronghold, and Fu Jinxing held the highest position; both of them were friendly towards Qiao Xi.
Therefore, everyone else also respected Josie very much.
"Has lunch not been served yet?"
"We've already eaten, Miss Qiao, you should go and eat now."
After greeting the people she knew, Qiao Xi and Shen Han quickly walked into the base.
The two of them managed to get a share of food last and found a seat by the window to eat.
Even in the apocalypse, there still needs to be a safe haven that people can trust.
These past few days, Josh had been on edge while out and about, but now, as the last rays of the setting sun fell, she felt a sense of contentment.
"Miss Qiao, you're back? Professor Fu asked us to inform everyone to go to the conference room after dinner."
"Okay, let's finish eating right away and then head over."
The assistant then left to inform others.
Inside the conference room, the cold incandescent light shone on the long central table, illuminating Fu Jinxing's sharply defined face, which now appeared cold and stern.
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