Xie Langhuan stirred her coffee, gazing at the ripples in the cup, and said, "I signed the papers to leave the Xie family yesterday."
Hu Tiantian paused, her hand holding the spoon still: "Your dad agreed?"
Xie Langhuan chuckled: "My stepmother's influence is there. After the incident where I was poisoned by the Fourth Prince in the palace, they accepted the generous compensation from the royal family and, fearing that my reputation would suffer in the future, they were even more willing to agree."
Hu Tiantian was so angry she laughed: "We're in interstellar space now, and there's still this phrase 'a girl has a bad reputation,' and she still has to call herself 'Mom' in public!"
Tao Yao: "What about your brother's attitude?"
Xie Langhuan: "It was an agreement that my brother had a lawyer ask me to sign."
Both of them had the same attitude towards the family property, so they had nothing to say to each other.
Hu Tiantian reached out and held Xie Langhuan's hand: "Don't be afraid."
Tao Yao reached out and grasped her hand from the other side: "Yes, don't be afraid."
Xie Langhuan grabbed her two best friends' hands and said, "Of course I'm not afraid."
The three looked at each other and burst into laughter.
As these people were enacting a scene in the corner where best friends are irreplaceable, a loud "boom" suddenly erupted from an open space not far away, as something exploded.
Uncle Zhang reacted extremely quickly.
He stepped forward and gathered all the metal on the side, instantly erecting a barrier in front of the three: "Miss, be careful, hide behind us, or you'll get caught in the blast."
Tao Yao immediately stood up and activated her special ability array to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.
Xie Langhuan was not much slower either; green vines wove a net, blocking the way in front of the three of them.
The waiting area was filled with smoke, and screams of surprise rang out from many people.
Sirens immediately went off, and all the security robots converged on the explosion site.
Many people, fearing another accident, turned and ran into the corner.
The three of them sat in a corner area, where many people came to hide.
Feng Feng and He Liang stood to the left and right of the three men respectively, in a guarded posture.
Meanwhile, the two kept repeating, "To avoid accidental injury, please keep a distance of more than one meter from us. Otherwise, we will treat you all as having malicious intent."
"Please keep a distance of one meter and do not get too close!"
This is how trained bodyguards operate; many people know the rules of conduct for these elite bodyguards and will not deliberately approach such a wary person.
Otherwise, if you get accidentally injured, you might have to apologize to the other party.
But there are always differences.
A middle-aged couple came running over, screaming and clutching their heads. The woman was moving very fast, seemingly a speed-based ability user.
She screamed loudly and clearly, clutching her head, and rushed towards He Liang like a headless fly.
He Liang repeated what he had just said, but the woman did not stop. As she got closer and closer, he was about to make a move when the woman quickly pulled out a particle gun the size of a lipstick and aimed it at He Liang.
"Watch out!" Feng Feng raised his hand, and the woman was instantly immobilized.
Unfortunately, before the woman could say "be careful," the particle gun had already been fired. Luckily, Uncle Zhang had already made his move; a piece of all-black metal instantly opened up, like a black cloth, directly enveloping and absorbing the light from the particle gun.
The black metal rag fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Phew!" Uncle Zhang let out a long breath.
He had just exhaled when the man behind him darted over like a rat.
This time, He Liang didn't wait for anyone to get close. He threw the person away forcefully from two meters away, sending them flying through the air.
"ah--!"
The man was like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground, probably with several broken ribs.
He Liang and Uncle Zhang exchanged a gesture, then leaped over and dragged the man with broken bones and the woman who was frozen in place back.
He stepped on the man and pulled out a rope from his spatial storage to tie the two of them up.
Even though the two were under control, Tao Yao and the others remained on guard and did not relax.
Who knows if an even more dangerous person might appear next?
Xie Langhuan bent down to pick up the black rag that had been hit by the particle gun, and handed it to Uncle Zhang: "Uncle Zhang, thank you for what you did earlier."
If it weren't for Uncle Zhang's special metal deployment, He Liang—or perhaps not He Liang, but she might have been the target—would have already been shot.
"It's my pleasure, Miss Xie, please don't mention it." Uncle Zhang took the metal, which transformed back into a safety amulet, and hung it around his neck again. "Ladies, please be careful."
The three people then surrounded the three people inside the circle even more closely.
The three members of the group, including Tao Yao, all possessed auxiliary abilities and had average combat power. At this moment, they disregarded the regulations of the terminal and all pulled out particle guns.
Those who witnessed the entire process became even more frightened, adopting defensive postures or activating their special abilities to face the unknown fear.
Even after the explosive devices were removed by the security robot and the lobby was reported to have returned to normal, Uncle Zhang and his two companions still dared not completely relax.
Feng Feng has already interrogated the couple on the ground.
The answer given was that the couple was too afraid. His wife was so frightened that she experienced hallucinations and saw He Liang as if he were a monster, which is why she took out the contraband particle gun.
Shu Yan and Liao Zifei arrived in a hurry with Xia Xia, Ahao, Chen Xing, and Ruan Wu.
To be precise, Shu Yan was the first to arrive.
Everyone watched in astonishment as a man who seemed to be able to fly descended directly from the sky.
Everyone felt they were hallucinating, because the alliance had never announced that anyone had awakened the ability to fly.
Mom, come quick! There's a fairy flying around in the terminal!
Before the security team took the couple away, Shu Yan disregarded the regulations and didn't care whether he would turn them into idiots.
He directly invaded their minds with his mental energy, scanning through their memories and consciousness.
After a full fifteen minutes, the truth they uncovered turned out to be exactly what the two had said: it was simply because they were too afraid.
A short while later, the security robot ruthlessly took the two away.
Liao Zifei, who arrived later, saw that Shu Yan was still deep in thought and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Didn't you already use your mental power to check? Don't you believe the results of your own investigation?"
Shu Yan frowned: "This is too strange."
There are too many coincidences and chance occurrences; too many coincidences are no longer coincidences. Besides, he doesn't really believe in coincidences anyway.
Liao Zifei didn't think there was any need to make such a fuss: "You saw it yourself, that middle-aged woman has a habit of using that kind of stuff, so it's not surprising that she hallucinated in fear. Accidents are always inevitable in this world."
Shu Yan said seriously, "Every time you and I leave, Yao Yao always encounters some kind of accident, big or small. I think you should stay away from us, at least 50 meters away."
Liao Zifei: "..."
Damn it! Let's break up!
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