Her fingertips trembled so much she could barely hold the earring.
This was her last trump card, a backup quantum computer hidden in her ear.
The instant the light screen illuminated, the glaring scarlet text appeared before our eyes like fresh blood:
[Bounty Target: Ai Qingyan from the Affiliated Academy]
[Bounty: One million Star Coins (50% already prepaid)]
[Status: Task in progress]
Crimson drops of blood fell from the bruised palm, spreading into a hideous flower on the light screen.
Ai Qingyan then realized that her teeth had already bitten her lower lip until it was bloody and raw, and the taste of rust spread in her mouth.
Bai Wei!
She actually wanted to kill me!
She suddenly burst into a nervous laugh, her blood-stained fingernails scraping across the light screen with a piercing sound.
The fear of impending death transformed into a frenzied will to survive, boiling and burning in the veins.
"You want me dead?!"
"It's not that easy..."
A hoarse voice, mixed with blood and foam, echoed in the empty alley.
"It's here!!!"
A loud bang made Ai Qingyan quickly stand up and continue her escape.
Ultimately, hiding everywhere, Ai Qingyan huddled in a corner of the cargo hold of the black market smuggling spaceship, trembling all over.
"ha……"
"Is this my fate after being reborn?"
"That would be better... better to be locked up by that lunatic..."
She suddenly laughed hysterically, tears mixed with mascara leaving black streaks on her face.
The footsteps outside the cargo hold came and went, and she held her breath. She survived three days safely.
During the three days she was being hunted, she survived by stealing nutrient solutions from the spaceship. She was expelled from the academy, and all the men who used to fawn over her blocked her.
The person inside the computer looked terribly haggard; their meticulously maintained long hair was greasy and stuck to their face, and their expensive dress was wrinkled and covered in stains.
But it's okay, she still has one last trump card.
“Helan Yuan…”
"Didn't he love me to the point of madness in our past life?"
She stared at the location of the legion's base that she had found on her personal computer, a twisted smile tugging at her chapped lips.
The researcher who was obsessed with her in her memory, the madman who imprisoned her in a canary cage on his private planet—how pathetic that she has to take the initiative to go after him in this life.
But she's desperate now, what other options do she have?
Bai Wei's bounty is still on her head; if she doesn't go to find He Lanyuan, she'll have no choice but to continue hiding.
I have no choice but to go find him.
*
At the security checkpoint of the First Legion's base, Ai Qingyan, barely maintaining her composure, stood up straight, chin held high, and said to the guard, "Go and announce that I need to see a research fellow at the base named He Lanyuan."
"Our First Legion does not have a researcher named Helan Yuan."
The guard glanced at the bracelet, then at her disheveled appearance, and spoke in a businesslike tone.
"How could there not be?! Don't you understand?? I... that's a researcher named He Lan!"
She raised her voice, then suddenly remembered that Helan Yuan's alias in the First Legion was Helan.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Suspected illegal activity!"
The guard's communicator suddenly rang.
Before Ai Qingyan could react, she was suddenly tackled to the ground by a group of mechanical guards, her cheek slamming against the rough ground.
"Let me go!!!"
"You are the ones who are illegally using violence against the people!!"
"Do you know who I am?! I'm Helan Yuan's fiancée!!!"
"I'm a family member of your First Legion!! Let me go!!! Ugh!!"
She screamed and struggled, but was eventually gagged due to noise pollution.
"Upon investigation, the suspect is found to have attempted murder by hiring someone, is related to a space pirate leader, and conspired with him to plan a terrorist attack on the Interstellar Academy. He is now being imprisoned for multiple crimes!"
The mechanical guard broadcast the announcement in a cold, impersonal manner.
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