Chapter 189 A Peach Blossom
The girl's gaze swept back and forth between Lu Yuyang's handsome figure and Qiao Xi, who was being tightly embraced by him and wearing a comical monkey mask, several times. Finally, she pouted in disappointment, reluctantly said "Oh," and turned away, sullenly blending into the crowd.
As Qiao Xi watched the girl's departing figure, she deliberately poked Lu Yuyang's lean waist through his clothes with her fingertips, her tone tinged with a hint of mockery: "Such a beautiful little peach blossom that offered itself to you, are you really willing to cut it off so decisively?"
Lu Yuyang reacted quickly, grabbing her mischievous fingers and holding them tightly in his warm hand, as if afraid she would run away.
He lowered his head, his gaze fixed intently on her through the mask, his voice low and earnest, "What's there to be reluctant about? No matter how good she is, she's not you."
A simple sentence, like a feather gently brushing against the tip of the heart.
Josie's lips involuntarily curved upwards beneath the mask; she was indeed pleased by his words.
She shook the hand he was holding and asked the question that had been bothering her: "I was all bundled up, how did you recognize me at a glance?"
Lu Yuyang chuckled softly, his chest trembling slightly, and gently stroked her fingers: "You can spot me accurately in a crowd, how could I not recognize you?"
He paused, his voice brimming with obvious pleasure, "Seeing you sitting there, even wearing a Monkey King mask, makes you stand out from everyone else around you."
It was clear that he was genuinely very happy to meet her here.
A strong urge surged within him, and Lu Yuyang longed to immediately pull the person into his arms tightly and be intimate with them to ease the longing he had felt for so long.
But glancing at the diverse crowd around him, and the obviously hostile stares, he forced himself to suppress the thought and tried to keep his voice steady: "Xixi, it's too crowded and dangerous here. Let's go outside first?"
Josie shook her head and lowered her voice: "Not yet. I didn't come alone, Shen Han came with me. We came here to exchange for a batch of urgently needed crystal cores."
"Crystal cores?" Upon hearing this, Lu Yuyang replied almost without hesitation in a low voice, "I have a lot of these. If you came for this, then you don't need to go through the trouble of exchanging them with others. I'll give you all the ones I have."
He spoke casually and naturally, as if he were offering something ordinary, not a strategic resource that everyone would fight over in the apocalypse.
The fat man and the others, who were standing not far away pretending to be wooden stakes, tried their best to keep their expressions blank, but their ears were perked up, and they heard their boss's words clearly.
The group sighed inwardly: Sure enough! They knew it! The moment their boss met Miss Josie, he would throw all reason and plans to the back of his mind.
They came out this time with the important mission of exchanging some of the crystal cores for the precision instruments and special medicinal materials that the base urgently needs.
If they give all of this to Miss Josie, how will they explain it when they get back?
Upon hearing this, Josie felt a warm current flow through her heart, but she still firmly shook her head and refused: "No. Your safe zone is quite large, supporting so many ability users, and the number of crystal cores consumed every day is astronomical. You keep these for yourself, we have a way..."
Before Lu Yuyang could continue to persuade them, a series of noisy and domineering footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the passage behind him, interrupting their conversation.
A group of more than ten people walked in, mostly strong and arrogant men, with only two women in the group.
They emanated strong energy fluctuations, had sharp eyes, and moved with a murderous aura, clearly indicating that they were a group of experienced and high-ranking superhumans.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The leader, a thin man with a pointed face and a sharp build, shouted rudely, his eyes sweeping across the passageway.
The positions where Qiao Xi and Lu Yuyang were standing did not actually block the way completely. Lu Yuyang was facing sideways to Qiao Xi, with half of his body slightly occupying the edge of the passageway, which did not affect other people's normal passage at all.
Lu Yuyang frowned in displeasure, but did not move his feet. He simply said in a cold voice, "The road is so wide, I am not blocking your way."
The weasel-faced man, not expecting anyone to dare talk back, paused for a moment, then laughed sarcastically, looking Lu Yuyang up and down: "Oh? So, you're not going to give in?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fat man and Lu Yuyang's other men, who had been scattered around, immediately and silently moved closer and stood beside Lu Yuyang.
The two sides were immediately locked in a tense standoff in the narrow passage!
"What? Want to fight?" The lean man was clearly someone who would pick a fight for no reason. Seeing this, he was not afraid at all, but became even more excited, his eyes sweeping provocatively over Lu Yuyang's relatively small group.
The opposing force is numerous and powerful, but their overall strength is unclear.
Not wanting to cause any trouble in the black market, Josie tugged at Lu Yuyang's sleeve, took a half-step forward, and said to the lean man, "Alright, you can go now."
She tried to smooth things over.
But when the man heard her clear female voice and saw that she seemed to be giving in, he became even more relentless and took advantage of the situation: "You're only saying you'll give in now? Too late! I don't want to pass by you today."
As he spoke, he suddenly reached out without warning, his five fingers forming a claw, and grabbed at the monkey mask on Josie's face. His movements were swift and rude!
This sudden and offensive act has completely crossed the line!
Almost at the same instant the other party made their move, the temperature in the air plummeted.
A sharp, blue-tinged ice spike materialized out of thin air, moving with lightning speed and pinpointing precisely to the throat of the lean man!
The icy cold air instantly sent shivers down his spine, raising goosebumps on his neck.
The man froze, cold sweat pouring down his face.
He didn't even see how the other party made the move; the cold and powerful energy fluctuations contained in the ice spike made his liver and gallbladder tremble.
This is actually a fourth-tier ice-type ability user!
"Wang Er! Come back!"
The middle-aged man, who had been observing the group with a cool and collected demeanor, finally spoke, his voice carrying an unquestionable command.
The lean man known as Wang Er's face turned pale and then red. Although he was extremely unwilling, under the dual pressure of the deadly ice spike and his boss's order, he could only grit his teeth and move backward very slowly, trying to escape the ice spike's locking range.
Just as he was about to retreat back to his own side, a hint of resentment flashed in Wang Er's eyes, as if he wanted to utter a harsh word.
However, at that very moment when his mind relaxed slightly,
"Pfft!"
A soft, yet teeth-grinding sound of a sharp object piercing flesh rang out.
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