Chapter 114 Interlude
Luo Huayi sat up, her expression darkening. "What did the PR team say?"
“We all know perfectly well that you were not involved,” Cheng Zheng said with a headache, “but the problem lies with us survivors.”
"There were very few survivors on the cruise ship, and apart from us, everyone else was a foreigner, and they were all involved in power struggles and had long been taken into custody by their respective countries' police."
“We simply cannot find any other compelling witnesses or physical evidence that can directly prove that you have no connection with these three parties.”
Cheng Zheng sighed, "Mr. Ji's identity is special, we definitely can't let him appear in the public eye..."
“Miss Xin… she’s an assassin, and given the scandals that happened between her and you because of the plot, she’s even less suitable to come forward.”
Luo Huayi frowned. "Have the PR team send me the PR plan to take a look... Also, try to find out who is behind this public opinion manipulation."
Xin Que got up and walked out with Ji Mingchuan. "Han Wei and the Eternal Life Cult behind him may be a breakthrough point. Something was off when he tried to recruit me to deal with Luo Huayi."
Luo Huayi recalled Han Wei's sudden show of goodwill in the arena and nodded, "Cheng Zheng, try to find out who wants to buy my life..."
Halfway through her sentence, Luo Huayi already had her answer in mind: "No need. Just investigate the elders of the Luo family and see who has been in contact with the Eternal Life Cult recently."
...
"Where do you plan to go after this?" Ji Mingchuan glanced at Xin Que, who was about to hail a taxi. "Now that the cruise ship incident is over, we both need to think about starting a new life, right?"
Xin Que opened the taxi door without turning her head. "The deal is over a long time ago. You are free to go wherever you want."
The taxi sped away.
Ji Mingchuan was somewhat bewildered.
After a while, he finally waved to hail a taxi.
A mother and daughter who had just come out of the parking lot were whispering to each other as they passed by him, seemingly discussing something.
"Xin Xin, are you sure Xin Que can be hooked back by that senior?"
The girl called Xinxin nodded. "She has run away from home and is not eating or living well on her own. Her father has also cut off her credit card... This should be the most vulnerable time for her."
Ji Mingchuan had a complicated expression on his face as he glanced back at the mother and daughter who had walked away.
Xin Que?
Is it a case of the same name?
still……
...
Xin Que had just returned to her rented apartment and logged back into the shady website she had been neglecting for so long.
Her ranking icon on the assassin's homepage has turned gray, and her ranking has been pushed down considerably.
Xin Que was busy beautifying her profile and posting her latest achievements when her phone suddenly rang.
“I’m not sure if they’re your family members,” Ji Mingchuan told Xin Que everything he had seen and heard. “It seems like they’re plotting against you behind your back.”
Xin Que looked at the weak red characters appearing in the air in front of her and said, "I understand."
The plot's influence on her is gradually diminishing.
The alarm sound and the glare were much weaker than before.
Especially after entering the "Hell" instance, no story prompts appeared at all.
After leaving the living hell ruled by King Chujiang, the plot reappeared for the first time after disappearing for a long time.
Xin Que silently noted down the changes in the plot.
There were no hints about the plot this time, just one sentence.
[He was repeatedly stabbed by people he once trusted.]
Xin Que's lips twitched.
The plot text quickly faded away.
While Xin Que was buying food at the night market, she was cornered at a grilled cold noodle stall by the person involved in this storyline.
"Xin Que?"
A tall, thin, handsome man looked surprised and grabbed her wrist as she reached for the grilled cold noodles.
The man wore an undershirt and a loose sweater over his shirt, loose casual pants and sneakers, and a pair of scholarly-looking glasses.
At first glance, he appears refined and easygoing, and his outstanding features would stand out in a crowd.
"It really is you, I..." The man smiled gently, as if embarrassed, and looked away shyly, not daring to meet her gaze. Only then did he realize that his action of holding the woman's wrist seemed a bit abrupt, and his face flushed slightly.
"No... I'm sorry, I was in a hurry, that's why I was so abrupt."
Xin Que "..."
This male green tea bitch is way more sophisticated than Xin Xin.
Students passing by were disturbed by the seemingly innocent and pure scene, and they kept turning back to avoid their location.
She smiled, and with that smile, she looked even more harmless than the man.
The man's cheeks twitched, and soon his face turned a deep liver color.
Xin Que used a lot of force.
It almost crushed his wrist.
"You..." The man's will wavered wildly between dedication and breaking down, and his voice cracked as he tried to speak because of the pain in his wrist.
The voice cracked.
Xin Que gripped his wrist and said with a smile, "If you dare to run into me again..."
The man felt as if his soul was being twisted into a pretzel inside his body.
How can she have such a strong grip?!
The stall owner silently tied the bag around her neck and handed it to her.
"Thank you." Xin Que let go of his hand, took his grilled cold noodles, and strode away.
Ji Mingchuan, who happened to be at the night market buying barbecue and watching the whole thing unfold: "..."
The new boss is pretty strong; this henchman barely gets any screen time.
The man rubbed his wrist, which was almost ruined, wincing in pain.
Turning his head, perhaps out of embarrassment at being caught in the act by a passerby, he caught sight of Ji Mingchuan watching the commotion from a nearby stall.
Just as he was about to speak up and demand retribution, his expression froze.
The tattoos and muscle definition visible beneath Ji Mingchuan's jacket collar and rolled-up sleeves...
They are definitely not pushovers.
The man's expression twisted for a moment, then he abruptly turned and left.
What a bad start!
"Is Xin Que crazy because no one wants her?" He muttered as he walked out, still on the phone. "She went to practice Sanda (Chinese kickboxing)?!"
"You didn't even mention that she's in such danger right now..."
The man's expression gradually softened after hearing what the person on the other end of the phone said.
He quickly reverted to his previous gentle and refined demeanor, saying, "I understand."
...
Cheng Zheng had just come out of the night market carrying his fried rice noodles when he opened the car door and got in, texting as he did so. “President Luo, I think I ran into Miss Xin.”
Luo Huayi was busy working overtime at the company with public relations, investigating the latest negative news. When she saw the photos and messages sent by Cheng Zheng, she frowned.
"Is there anyone who dares to cause her trouble?"
He recalled the scene where the bodyguard who had tried to cause trouble for Xin Que at Yu Shui Yun Jian had flown to the booth as soon as they met, and his lips twitched.
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