Chapter 168
As night fell, the moonlight was bright, and a pile of firewood in the dilapidated temple was only twinkling like tiny red stars. …
As night fell, the moonlight was bright, and a pile of firewood in the dilapidated temple was only twinkling like tiny red stars.
Xiao Yue had a severe headache and it took him a long time to open his eyes.
It was pitch black all around.
Xiao Yue couldn't help feeling confused, thinking that he had only slept for a short while, as the sky was still hazy and not yet bright.
But she quickly realized from the cold that the fire had long been extinguished, and the sky was not about to get brighter, but was getting darker.
She wouldn't have slept all day, would she?
Xiao Yue was so frightened that he quickly turned over and got up. Fortunately, although he had a headache, his limbs still had strength.
However, what she felt when she supported herself on the ground with her hands was not cold, but warm, plush texture.
Xiao Yue was stunned for a moment, then looked back in the exceptionally bright moonlight and found that the horse was lying behind her.
An incredible thought lingered in Xiao Yue's mind: Is the horse keeping her warm?
“…”
Xiao Yue was stunned for a long time, recalling what Alang said during the horse training: horses are the most spiritual animals.
Now she really experienced it.
Otherwise, in such a cold day, the fire would only have residual warmth, and Xiao Yue might not even be able to wait until he could open his eyes.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch the docile horse's head, but her mood became heavy.
Because this is not her horse, it is Chi Yi's horse.
Brother Chi...
Xiao Yue bit her lip and felt her head no longer hurt. The previous scenes resurfaced in her mind.
It wasn't that she wasn't alert, but she simply didn't expect this to happen.
My first reaction at that time: Could it be that Chi Yi was the mastermind behind this?
Apart from Jiang Yi and Xiao Nuo, no one else knew that Xiao Yue went to Koi Street. Did she just run into him by chance?
But afterwards, everything proved that Chi Yi did not act of his own will, but was "controlled" just like the coachman at the beginning, and even the group of secret guards were in the same situation.
Xiao Yue doesn't think that there is anything in this world that can happen without a medium. Even the system needs a certain amount of operating space.
——Pancakes.
That white pancake must be the thing that caused Chi Yi to lose consciousness.
Fortunately, Xiao Yue didn't eat much. Firstly, he was full, and secondly, he felt the taste was abnormally sweet.
Even so, she had been in a coma for so long.
And for those who can do all this, it seems that they don’t need to rack their brains to guess at this moment.
Luo Zhi!
Xiao Yue gritted her teeth. She was naturally angry, but she tried to remain calm at this moment.
She didn't know what Luo Zhi wanted to do. Was he going through so much trouble just to cause herself an accident?
If Xiao Yue disappears, Yue Ting's self-help will be affected, because the basis of Yue Ting's self-help is the system bound to her.
But what does Luo Zhi want Yue Ting to do by herself? Doesn't he know that the system can still work even if it is far away?
……etc.
Xiao Yue paused for a moment, remembering that when he had just woken up and was in a daze, there seemed to be a burst of intense electronic sound in his mind.
What are you talking about?
"system."
Xiao Yue shouted in her heart, but the voice that usually responded quickly had no reaction at this moment.
Her heart sank and she called out a few more times, but all she got was silence, and she clenched her hands immediately.
No wonder.
No wonder he forced himself into a coma. Does Luo know how he removed the system from her? !
Xiao Yue took a deep breath and closed his eyes to calm himself down again.
It’s okay, even if there is no system, at least the person is still alive, and he exchanged for water and food before he fell into a coma.
Xiao Yue looked down at the ground beside her, pursed her lips, took apart a self-heating pot, and poured water into it.
While the self-heating pot was cooking, Xiao Yue stirred the fire and blew on the bottom to make it burn.
The light in the dilapidated temple lit up again, and warmth gradually spread.
Xiao Yue lowered his eyes and planned his itinerary after dawn.
It is impossible to return along the same route. The only way to solve the problem is to find the source of the problem. However, since Luo Zhi can control the people around her, she can naturally control people who are closer to ambush on the road.
Xiao Yue had to rush to Qingyun City to find Fang Sanhong, as that place should not have been affected yet.
As for Flowing Cloud City...
She is missing, Luo Zhi will not do nothing. He just hopes that the sisters will not be controlled or harmed, and that Fu Xunzhou can respond in time to stabilize the situation.
Xiao Yue let out a long breath.
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night.
The crowd on West Street dispersed, and everyone closed the door and gathered in the backyard, but the atmosphere was a little frozen for a moment.
Su Xiaoxiao looked towards the door again and again, but after a long time no familiar figure came back.
If something like this happens to Yueting, everyone should react and quickly find a place to gather and discuss it.
But no one from the South Street branch came, and Hua Jinjin and Hua Cancan, who were in charge of that branch, were nowhere to be seen.
Duan Lin said in a deep voice: "At that time, my people only saw Luo Zhi put up the notice board outside the store, and then the store was closed."
He thought that Luo Zhi had asked Hua Jinjin and others to leave in advance, so he dared to be so blatant.
This news spread so quickly, Hua Jinjin and the others should have known about it, but there has been no news until now.
"Could something have happened to them and they were trapped in the store by Luo Zhi?" Su Xiaoxiao expressed her concerns.
Sun Wen also looked over, frowning.
"Impossible." Duan Lin said decisively: "With their kung fu, they shouldn't be locked up. Besides, with so many people, how could no one come here, unless..."
The more he spoke, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but look at Fu Xunzhou who remained silent.
Fu Xunzhou's face was cold, and the dim lights in the courtyard made his eyes look dim, as if a storm was brewing.
"Young Master!"
At this time, Lu Ran's anxious voice sounded, and her figure gently fell from the eaves above her head into the yard. Seeing the man looking up at her, she immediately calmed down.
"I've gone to the South Street branch to investigate. Jinjin, Cancan and other sisters have become very similar to the driver in the dungeon, like..."
"Controlled?" Fu Xunzhou asked, but his tone was full of cold certainty.
Lu Ran could hardly hide his emotions: "They didn't respond to the signal I gave them. Their eyes were blank and their movements were stiff. They only obeyed Yu Luozhi!"
As she finished speaking, the yard fell into dead silence.
Everyone was wondering, how could such a strange thing really happen?
Only Duan Lin frowned, noticing Fu Xunzhou's absent-mindedness.
"Sir?"
Fu Xunzhou did not respond, but his breathing quickened uncontrollably.
He suddenly thought that what Luo Zhi possessed was so strange that it was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Since he could control the people in a store, was it possible for him to control the people around Xiao Yue...
Even Xiao Yue himself?
A murderous look appeared in Fu Xunzhou's eyes. When he came to his senses, he saw Duan Lin's worried look.
"Sir, did you hear what A Ran said?"
"...What." The murderous intent in Fu Xunzhou's eyes had not faded, and he forced himself to calm down.
Su Xiaoxiao and Sun Wen looked at each other, wondering why his aura suddenly became so scary.
Lu Ran could only say it again: "Sir, there is something wrong with Luo Zhi. I wanted to go to the backyard to investigate, but it seemed like I was blocked by an invisible force and couldn't move forward even half a step."
This is even more terrifying than being able to control people. Doesn't it mean that as long as Luo Zhi stays in the store, no one can do anything to him?
Fu Xunzhou looked gloomy, and after a while he said, "In another quarter of an hour."
Others may be confused when hearing this, but we are all family members and understand what this means.
A quarter of an hour later, it was the time when Xiao Yue would take the initiative to contact them through the megaphone every night.
Su Xiaoxiao and Sun Wen felt a little relieved and a little impatient.
Shancheng and Liuyuncheng are far away from each other, fortunately there is still this way to communicate, otherwise things might never turn around.
Xiao Yue is the store owner, and she has to know everything. Let her come back quickly to take charge of the situation!
As time passed little by little, quarter of an hour later, everyone stood in front of the store's megaphone.
It was quiet all around, with only the sound of breathing coming and going.
Another half a quarter of an hour passed, and there was still no sound from the megaphone on the replica transmitter, as if it had suddenly malfunctioned.
"Could it be..." Sun Wen wanted to say something, but changed her words with difficulty: "Madam Xiao will be late today?"
Definitely not.
They all knew that Xiao Yue used a megaphone, especially for the nightly summary and discussion, and he was never late.
Duan Lin swallowed and understood why the young master suddenly acted like that.
Based on the experiences of everyone at the South Street branch, we have some guesses about Xiao Yue's situation, but it is still uncertain.
But now...
Lu Ran also reacted and looked at Fu Xunzhou with Duan Lin.
The man was standing at the back due to his height advantage. The moonlight lengthened his shadow, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.
The next second, everyone saw him turning around and leaving.
"Young Master!" Duan Lin stepped forward to stop him: "Where are you going?"
Fu Xunzhou did not stop: "Go back home."
He also has a megaphone. Maybe Xiao Yue contacted everyone, but it can't be used in the store. Maybe it can be used at his place.
Everyone looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief, and followed.
A moment later, at the City Lord's Mansion.
Fu Xunzhou found the megaphone in the study, held it in his hand and stood quietly in the yard waiting.
But just like the main store on West Street, no sound came through the megaphone.
Now even the most dull-witted person understood that Xiao Yue might have encountered something unexpected when Yueting Buffet raised its prices.
Fu Xunzhou's hands gradually clenched, and his eyes were filled with red bloodshot at some point.
Another quarter of an hour passed, or perhaps less than that, and he suddenly strode out.
"Master!" Lu Ran hurriedly stepped forward to block him: "You can't leave!"
"Get out of the way." Fu Xunzhou's voice was calm, but everyone could still hear the depression in it.
Lu Ran gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, you know what Madam Xiao cares about most. Now that she is not in the city, only you can take charge of the situation and prevent that person from doing evil!"
"What if something happens to her?"
Fu Xunzhou's condition is somewhat like when he was still in the capital. He was a cold and emotionless person to begin with, and his mood was even more erratic due to the torture of anorexia.
Until he met Xiao Yue, he became the gentle man she described.
In fact, it is not.
Lu Ran suppressed his fear and insisted, "Your Highness, please believe Madam Xiao. You said she is not an ordinary woman. If she encounters difficulties, she will definitely find a way to escape and will never sit and wait for death! Your subordinates will also set out to look for her immediately, so you can rest assured!"
But if Fu Xunzhou left, it would be equivalent to giving up the reputation of the Liuyun City South Street branch.
He is the city lord, and only his words can keep customers as they did tonight.
All the mistakes can only be blamed on Luo Zhi. It was he who suddenly attacked and even manipulated the original sisters to work for him. With them around, even the words of Su Xiaoxiao and Sun Wen from the main store on West Street would be of little use.
It will only be used by Luo Zhi as the fact that Yueting and Zibao have long been at odds and are no longer on the same page, and raising the price is what Xiao Yue really wants.
Now only Fu Xunzhou, the lord of Liuyun City, can make the situation less dire.
But how could Fu Xunzhou not know all this?
He knew, but he was more afraid that something might happen to Xiao Yue.
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