owlsbooks Chapter 391 - 376: Soft and Delicate
Chapter 391 - 376: Soft and Delicate
Wei Heng glanced at the number, then looked up at Qi Xiang.
Qi Xiang pretended not to understand what he meant, blinking innocently. "What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and answer it."
Wei Heng: "..."
The call connected.
Soon, Ye Junhan appeared on the light screen. Qi Xiang glanced over and thought, ’Haven’t Wei Heng and Ye Junhan been contacting each other a little too frequently lately?’
She looked up at Wei Heng, her gaze a reminder: ’Don’t forget you’re part of our Farming Team now. You have nothing to do with the Special Service Team anymore, so watch where your loyalties lie.’
Wei Heng: "..."
On the other side, Ye Junhan also saw Qi Xiang standing next to Wei Heng. He gave her a cold glance before his eyes moved away, focusing directly on Wei Heng. "Tang You went to the farm?"
Qi Xiang was long used to Ye Junhan’s demeanor and didn’t care. However, hearing him mention Tang You, her interest was immediately piqued. She suddenly cut in, "Mr. Ye, you’re certainly well-informed."
It takes several hours to drive from A City Base to Farm 0101. Tang You had come by helicopter today, and the news had reached Ye Junhan in less than an hour.
It was obvious he had spies in City A’s administration building.
Qi Xiang suddenly recalled the public’s impression of Ye Junhan—taciturn, not one for words, but an expert at charging into battle and getting the job done.
Of course, the most common story circulating in the military was how he could complete missions without batting an eye, even after suffering severe injuries multiple times.
—To this day, Ye Junhan’s mission completion rate was one hundred percent.
He was a legend among the new generation of soldiers.
But in other aspects... at least, Qi Xiang had never heard anyone describe Ye Junhan as a cunning strategist.
But thinking back on Ye Junhan’s behavior throughout their journey... he was a total hothead.
’Sure enough, how could someone who managed to reach his position in the apocalypse, commanding the respect of all the military experts in the Special Service Team, be some simple-minded brute who only knew how to fight?’
It was just that his Combat Power was so high that people subconsciously overlooked his other qualities.
’But...’ Qi Xiang looked up at the man on the light screen again. ’Is it really just people subconsciously overlooking it? Or... is someone intentionally making sure people only see one side of him?’
Qi Xiang’s eyes shifted, her expression thoughtful.
"Miss Qi." From the other side of the screen, Ye Junhan suddenly looked up at her.
Qi Xiang arched a brow slightly. "What can I do for you, Mr. Ye?"
Ye Junhan recalled the news he had just received that morning, his expression cold. "Tang You went to find Gu Xi? I’m worried. Could I trouble you to go check on them?"
Qi Xiang lazily arched an eyebrow, thinking, ’With Gu Xi’s Combat Power, are you worried about her, or are you worried about Tang You?’
’Don’t you just want to talk to Wei Heng alone and want to get rid of me? You could’ve just said so. Why bother with such a lame excuse?’
"Fine, I’ll go check." Qi Xiang glanced at him, clapped her hands, and said casually, "I don’t know what’s going on, but I have a feeling Gu Xi hasn’t been in a good mood the last couple of days. If Mr. Tang is over there now, I hope he doesn’t end up in the line of fire..."
"Thank you," Ye Junhan said flatly.
"Tsk." Before leaving, Qi Xiang gave Ye Junhan a meaningful look. ’I’m going to see my best friend. What’s an outsider like you thanking me for?’
Ye Junhan: "..."
...
At that moment, Gu Xi wasn’t in a sickroom but had gone with Tang You to the temporary camp in the planting area.
Seeing Gu Xi appear as usual, a subtle undercurrent rippled through the crowd, and many people began to inquire about her condition, both openly and covertly.
Someone even stepped forward and asked her directly, "Miss Gu, I heard there’s a problem with your superpower?"
Gu Xi looked up at the person who had suddenly appeared to block her path, her expression indifferent. "Who did you hear that from?"
Last night, Mr. Zhou had only accidentally let it slip that a few of them had gone to the infirmary; he hadn’t said anything else—they had to proceed step by step, didn’t they?
’So how was this person so certain... that it was *her* superpower that had a problem?’
Just as the man was growing alarmed by Gu Xi’s attitude, she spoke again. "There are a total of 39 superpower users helping out at the farm right now, but I don’t recall you being one of them."
Gu Xi’s gaze fell on his hands. "A Wood Element user?"
It was phrased as a question, but her tone was certain.
The man’s expression changed slightly. He had always thought no one knew he was hiding his identity, but he never expected that this Gu Xi had known he was a superpower user all along.
"Miss Gu, I..." Cold sweat beaded on the man’s forehead. He felt guilty to begin with, and now that Gu Xi had exposed him, he had no idea what fate awaited him.
He had heard that this Miss Gu was ruthless.
But Gu Xi seemed to have no intention of making things difficult for him. She just gave him an indifferent glance and led Tang You toward the other side of the planting area.
Tang You, however, did turn back midway to give the man a long, hard look.
When Qi Xiang found her, Tang You had already left. Gu Xi was sitting quietly on a ridge between the fields, her back to Qi Xiang.
She took a few steps forward and was about to call out a greeting when she noticed that a patch on Gu Xi’s back seemed to be wet.
But Gu Xi was wearing a black shirt today, so it wasn’t very obvious.
But with Gu Xi’s power, it definitely wasn’t sweat from the heat, and there was no smell of blood in the air...
No, that wasn’t right. Qi Xiang twitched her nose slightly. She caught a very faint, almost imperceptible scent in the air. It was similar to the smell given off by the surrounding mutant plants, but with a slight difference.
But there were no signs of a fight nearby.
Of course, even if there had been, Qi Xiang wasn’t worried, given Gu Xi’s power.
But after a moment’s thought, she couldn’t help but ask, "Gu Xi, just now... did something...?"
Gu Xi turned to look at her and shook her head slightly. "It’s nothing. I was just running a little experiment."
Qi Xiang didn’t press her about the experiment. She just sat down lazily beside her and tilted her head to look at her face. "Is that so? I noticed your back is wet..."
She didn’t finish the sentence.
Gu Xi hadn’t noticed her back was wet. She never paid much attention to such trivial matters, so she was a bit surprised to hear Qi Xiang mention it.
Qi Xiang sighed and handed her a handkerchief. "Here, dry it off. We girls should pay a little more attention to these things. We might be young and our bodies can take it now, but when we get older, we’ll pay the price."
Qi Xiang patted her on the shoulder. "Gu Xiaoxi, you’re not alone anymore. You have to take care of your body."
Wearing wet clothes is really bad for a girl’s health.
Qi Xiang was just rambling casually, but her words made Gu Xi suddenly realize something.
’My body... it feels different than before, doesn’t it?’
Previously, releasing that amount of superpower energy wouldn’t have made even a low-level user break a sweat, let alone her. But now...
Gu Xi reached back and felt her shirt. It was soaked through.
She looked down at her hands. They were slender and fair, her skin soft and snowy, without a single callus.
’It’s like I’ve inexplicably become... delicate and soft?’
Gu Xi frowned slightly.
This must be the change brought on by the second Superpower Seed. But this change... how to put it? It wasn’t that she disliked it; after all, what girl doesn’t want to be beautiful?
It was just... a little awkward.