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"Okay, everyone, stop staring and start eating!" Long Yan smiled and waved his hand towards the next table. Upon hearing his words, the people at the next table withdrew their gazes and started eating quietly.
But even if the group's eyes were not on her, Xia Li could clearly feel the scrutiny from the next table.
That is the intuition that is accumulated only after experiencing countless PK battles.
"Come on, let's start eating." After greeting the guests over there, Long Yan went on to greet their table.
There were only three people at their table, and Xia Li didn't hesitate. She picked up her chopsticks and prepared to reach for the dish closest to her.
"Lizi, this abalone is super delicious. I highly recommend it to you!"
However, just as her hand was halfway up in the air, the dish in front of her was suddenly turned to another direction by Feixue.
Xia Li's eyes narrowed slightly, then she regained her composure.
As expected, Feixue never considered her from the beginning to the end. Even if she was reborn and had the opportunity to start all over again, even if she risked her life to accept this dinner, what changed in the end?
"Thank you," she said calmly, her chopsticks motionless. "I'm allergic to seafood."
"Ah... I'm sorry..." Perhaps she had truly remembered her seafood allergy, or perhaps she was just pretending in front of everyone, but Xia Li saw Feixue lower her head slightly, a look of guilt on her face. "I'm sorry, I forgot."
The atmosphere became extremely awkward.
Xia Li only smiled softly at this, and immediately placed her left hand on the glass turntable: "Nothing, aren't there other dishes to eat?"
After saying that, he picked up a dish next to the abalone and started eating it by himself.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, Feixue finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head slightly, and looked at Long Yan in a panic.
Long Yan glanced at her coldly and said in a deep voice, "Eat."
Although Xia Li kept her head down and seemed to be eating very seriously, she actually saw every move of Feixue and Long Yan clearly through their reflections on the glass turntable.
Ever since Long Yan said that, the only sounds in the entire private room were the sounds of dishes and chewing.
Seeing that she had almost finished eating, Feixue smiled and said, "How about the pear? Is it still to your liking?"
"Well, thank you for the hospitality of the Flame and Fury Guild and Long Yan." Xia Li did not respond directly to Feixue's words, but turned the conversation to Long Yan.
Long Yan just looked at her with a cold smile, and his bent fingers tapped on the mahogany table repeatedly, making a light but very coercive sound.
Feixue heard the sound, as if hearing some kind of warning, so she curled her lips and asked casually, "By the way, Lizi, how have you considered the matter I mentioned to you before?"
After finishing the tea, Xia Li placed the cup steadily on the table: "What's the matter?"
Her voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry a sense of pressure, causing Feixue, who was about to blurt out the answer, to pause for a moment.
"I'm just considering joining our Fiery Fury..." Feixue spoke again, but this time her voice unconsciously lowered.
"I thought I'd made myself clear," Xia Li said with a cold smile, her eyes slowly turning towards Long Yan and the parchment contract draped under Long Yan's hand. "I won't sign a contract to sell myself to anyone."
"Lizi..." Hearing her answer without hesitation, Feixue's voice was almost anxious. "Our guild is so powerful, why wouldn't you join?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Long Yan, whose face had become gloomy.
"That's enough, stop talking." Long Yan was talking to Feixue, but his cold eyes were staring at Xia Li without any concealment. "Xia Lihua, I think you may not understand enough how many people are sitting in this private room right now."
Xia Li sat steadily in her chair, smiling calmly. Her eyes revealed a powerful aura that rivaled anyone else present. "Using numbers to threaten? Is this the style of the largest guild?"
"Lizi, joining us won't do you any harm. Why can't you just agree?" Even though Long Yan had warned her not to speak, Feixue couldn't help but persuade him with red eyes. "We have combat power, potions, rare materials, and all kinds of treasures you haven't even seen in Fengyun Tianxia. Why can't you understand?"
“Is there freedom then?”
"What?!" Feixue was suddenly startled and couldn't help but sway back. If it weren't for the back of the chair, her little movement would probably have been noticed by Long Yan.
"Look, you don't even have the confidence to refute." Xia Li watched Feixue's face turn from red to ashen blue, and finally quickly turned pale.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Xia Li felt the dinner had served its purpose. Feixue was still the same Feixue, and her rebirth wouldn't change her at all. She stood up with a bang, and the chair she was sitting on moved back half a meter, making a soft scraping sound on the delicate carpet.
"Wait a minute, Lizi!" Feixue hurriedly called her, then looked towards Long Yan and whispered, "Let me talk to her alone."
"Well," Long Yan's eyes were gloomy, and he rolled out a word impatiently from his throat.
Even though she encountered such a completely unequal attitude, Xia Li saw Feixue's eyes immediately filled with joy. The latter trotted over and pulled her into the small garden outside the private room.
Xia Li pushed Feixue's hand away and said coldly, "What else do you want to talk about?"
Feixue looked into the private room guiltily. After confirming that the glass door leading to the garden was tightly closed, she leaned close to her and whispered, "Lizi, Brother Long was forced to do this."
Xia Li didn't say anything, just listened quietly.
"You should have heard of our guild's new vice president, right?" Feixue spoke to herself, perhaps too lazy to listen to Xia Li's unhurried response. "He used to be a handyman under Guild President Lieyan, on the west bank of Bo Lake. Then, somehow, he gradually won the president's favor and eventually even pushed out Brother Long."
Feixue seemed quite shocked that Long Yan was squeezed out by the west bank of Bo Lake.
That's right, Chairman Lieyan's wife died young due to illness and left no children. Looking at the entire Long family's descendants, there was only Long Yan.
Looking at the past and present, both in China and abroad, the probability of a family business being inherited by a blood relative is much greater than the probability of it being handed over to an outsider, so the fact that Long Yan is the heir to the Long Group is an established fact that almost everyone tacitly accepts.
But such an unshakable fact was completely shattered after President Lieyan removed Long Yan from his position and promoted Bohu Xi'an instead!
"So, Lizi, do you understand? Brother Long is in a very dangerous situation now!" Feixue looked at Xia Li with her watery eyes, trying to gain some understanding from her.
"He's in danger, what does it have to do with me?" However, Xia Li just asked back coldly.
She didn't understand why a person could be so devoted to a cold-blooded and ineffective man. Was it money? Or supreme power and status?
But what does all this have to do with them? Can they achieve all this by simply pleasing each other, enduring each other, and making everything in their lives revolve around each other?
"Flying snow," Xia Li sighed softly in her heart, and her expression became slightly calmer.
"So you agreed, right?!" Feixue's heart sank when she heard Xia Li say "it's none of her business." But the next moment, she saw that her expression was no longer stern. Without waiting for Xia Li to finish her words, her originally dim eyes suddenly lit up. "I knew it, Lizi! You will definitely think of me!"
Feixue interrupted her just as she was about to speak. Xia Li frowned and stared at the person in front of her silently.
Countless complex emotions fluctuated and flowed in her eyes.
Feixue, don't you understand? You have to fight for what you want on your own, instead of relying on men blindly. No matter how outstanding this man is in your eyes, you must never lose yourself.
However, she still didn't say this.
Because now it seems that there is no possibility of any communication between the two of them.
A huge, unbridgeable gap has since separated the two of them.
"Feixue, we are no longer on the same path."
Xia Li, who was invited to the dinner with the last glimmer of hope for redemption, now just wanted to put a complete end to this friendship.
"Lizi, what did you say?" Feixue opened her eyes in shock, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. "Lizi, didn't you understand what I meant? I said that Brother Long's position is not secure now. He urgently needs talents like you to strengthen his strength. Otherwise, President Lieyan might really kick him out of the Long family!"
"Kick Long Yan out of the Long family, and then you will lose everything you want?" Xia Li raised her eyebrows and her tone returned to coldness.
She is such a person. Once all possibilities are lost, she will never hesitate to expose the other party directly with plain words.
"How dare you look at me like that!" Feixue was so irritated by her words that her eyes widened. "We grew up together. It's okay if others don't understand me, but how can you say that to me?"
Because she spoke in a hurry, her chest rose and fell even more rapidly than before.
However, facing Feixue's excitement and rebuttal, Xia Li remained calm: "Did I say something wrong? You go on your sunny path. When have I ever said 'no'? Now I just want to cross my own single-plank bridge. What right do you have to stop me?"
"What qualifications do you have? Hahaha!" Feixue laughed angrily. "Xia Li, the fact that I've contacted you time and time again, including having you over and over again, proves that I still consider you my best friend! I've painstakingly done so much for your own good, hasn't it?! It's you who's so stubborn and doesn't understand my good intentions! How dare you turn against me now!"
What a good person who bites back at others, and at the same time puts the hat of being ungrateful on her. Xia Li looks at Feixue's expression which keeps losing control because she can't achieve her goal, and she just feels ironic and funny.
If it weren't for all the bad things that happened in her previous life, perhaps today, at this moment, standing in the garden, she would really be moved by the other person's "kindness". However, there are not so many ifs in this world, and all that exists are just bloody lessons.
"Feixue," Xia Li just looked at her steadily, raising her chin slightly.
They are actually about the same height and look at each other at eye level.
But for some reason, at this moment Feixue felt a tremendous pressure bursting out from her eyes, making the hairs on her body stand on end.
"You are not me, so you will never have the right to say that you are doing this for my own good." Xia Li said word by word with a burning gaze.
She chose her own path, and whether she wins or loses in the future, she will bear all the consequences by herself. No one else can interfere in her life.
"Lizi, you've changed...!" Feixue was suppressed by her aura, unable to fight back. Even so, she insisted on expressing her dissatisfaction and anger. "You've become cold and treacherous! You don't consider my feelings as a friend at all, don't understand how difficult it is for me to live in the midst of the raging fire, and you keep embarrassing me in front of everyone! Xia Li, you are truly cold-blooded to the core!"
Cold-blooded? Xia Li asked herself. No, she didn't feel that way at all.
"If being cold-blooded can get me what I want, I don't mind being cold-blooded all the time."
When saying this, Xia Li almost got close to Feixue's ear. Every sound that came out of her mouth seemed to contain ice chips, pouring coldly into Feixue's ears, making Feixue shiver violently.
Feixue stood there in a daze, her whole body cold and stiff.
What happened? Xia Li was clearly not like this before. Before entering the game, the two of them, who grew up together in the slums, were considered the best sisters by others!
As long as she cried a little, Xia Li would give her whatever she had. Sometimes, if crying didn't work, she would just throw a tantrum. In the end, if it was something she wanted, the other party would definitely agree to it.
But what was going on now? Why had she said all sorts of soft and harsh words, yet he remained completely indifferent? He no longer put her first, as he had before, but only considered himself. Where were the sisters they'd promised to be? Where were the friends they'd promised to be forever?
The more Feixue thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and the angrier she became. She had done so much for the other party, yet he was still so cold-blooded and heartless!
"In that case, Xia Li, don't even think about walking out of here alive today."
She had tried both soft and hard tactics, but all she received in return was a complete lack of appreciation. Feixue stood still, took a deep breath, and suddenly a cunning look appeared on her face: "Oh, I forgot to remind you, Brother Long has long discovered that the adventure scrolls in your warehouse are fake. How about you guess what he will do to you next?"
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