Chapter 108: There is No Me in Her Heart
“He’s still waiting?”
“Yes, Sister Cang Hui.”
With a sharp, tinted short haircut and wearing a black trench coat, Cang Hui walked quickly toward the back of the auction venue.
From a distance, she saw Cang Lin standing there like a statue. However, his back was no longer as straight as it had been at the start; his figure appeared somewhat lonely.
Her grey eyes immediately darkened. She strode toward Cang Lin, her voice crisp and efficient:
“Cang Lin, stop waiting. The people from Gougou Paradise have already returned your jacket and card.”
Seeing that the figure didn’t move, a surge of nameless fire rose in Cang Hui’s heart.
This brother of hers—she had watched him grow up. He had brilliant talent and a smooth path, a favored child of heaven raised amidst applause and respect, the most outstanding child of the Ao’an Family.
How could such a proud person spend an entire day waiting here for one person?
She had never seen him like this.
She spoke in a low, reprimanding voice:
“The Ao’an Family never produces weaklings. To be obsessed with feelings is the weakest of the weak!”
In the Ao’an Family, even the women were all Shaobing. The pride in their blood and dragon lineage did not allow for even a hint of cowardice.
The figure finally made a move.
He let out a low, deep sneer. Cang Hui breathed a sigh of relief.
In the next second, she saw his reddened eyes as he turned around. His usually arrogant eyes were filled with exhaustion and bloodshot.
With one look, she could no longer say a word of blame.
What kind of girl was she… to make him like this?
Before she could ask, an ice truck passed by on the street, the engine making a noisy sound. Halfway through, the truck’s container suddenly broke, spilling ice and water everywhere.
She quickly dodged, but Cang Lin didn’t move. The ice water drenched him completely.
Cang Hui stepped forward anxiously:
“Why didn’t you dodge!”
Water dripped from his hair, which had been soaked by the ice water. The gaze he turned to her was devoid of light:
“Sister… there is not half of me in her heart.”
…
Three days later.
A-73 Xingqiu, X-K Alliance.
“Commander Shen, look! Guide Chi Wan is back!”
Shen Yu, in the crowd, turned to look. Behind the towering Alliance defense walls, high-intensity floodlights that worked 24/7 swept across the area in beams of strong light. Behind the patches of light, the latest batch of returning personnel emerged from the spacecraft station.
At the end of the crowd, that flash of silver was extremely eye-catching.
The smile on the youth’s lips immediately became like the sun breaking through the clouds. His phoenix eyes, containing the stars, strode toward her.
But halfway there, he saw a quite familiar man following closely behind Chi Wan. The man’s features were faint, his robes like drifting clouds. He held two pieces of jade in his hands, his modest and gentle appearance carrying a hint of distant coolness amidst his elegance.
But the eyes he fixed on Chi Wan were so focused that he couldn’t hide the deep affection within them.
“I’m very busy. I don’t have time to look after you.”
Chi Wan muttered, her pace never stopping.
Over the past few days, this Chi Che had become so close with her “placeholder” dad that they were practically sworn brothers. It was said that Chi Che had helped Chi Yuzhou solve two difficult problems in the business world that had been giving him a major headache.
For this return trip, he had even booked a cabin in advance, and it just happened to be the same one as hers. She couldn’t shake him off.
“I know, Master.”
His voice was filled with a smile, clear and crisp.
Chi Wan’s eyes widened instantly. She stood on her tiptoes and quickly covered his lips, glaring at him as she hissed:
“Don’t call me ‘Master’ ever again!”
This was the Alliance.
The way she warned him was indescribably cute. The palm over his lips carried her unique fragrance. Chi Che blinked his lowered eyes and just looked at her deeply. His gaze was too hot, so Chi Wan withdrew her hand and walked forward with her head down.
I’ve really been entangled by a male demon.
Sixteen and the others, who were keeping a distance of several dozen meters behind, looked at the sky, the ground, the dust, and the mist—anywhere but at their Young Master.
Don’t look. Never again.
“Guide Chi Wan.”
The smile on Shen Yu’s face had mostly faded. He stood to her right and walked forward with her, his gaze sweeping to her side:
“And this is?”
Before Chi Wan could speak, Chi Che said in a low voice:
“I am her Nanchong.”
Chi Wan choked on her own saliva and began to cough.
Shen Yu’s pace faltered slightly. He had been there on the day of the auction, but the Shen Family always valued martial arts over commerce; he simply couldn’t compete with those guys involved in business stocks.
But in the end, he had heard that the top auction item was won by Shi Ye.
He felt disgruntled, and the gaze he fixed on Chi Wan’s profile was a bit spiteful:
“What are the requirements for Guide Chi Wan to find a Nanchong?”
Chi Wan walked as fast as the wind, pretending not to hear.
But after a few steps, another familiar figure appeared ahead.
Qi Ye blocked her path directly, his eyes looking at Chi Che with extreme coldness:
“This Mr. Chi is not qualified to enter the interior of the Alliance.”
These words were clearly targeted.
Sixteen and the others stopped advancing upon seeing this.
Their Master hadn’t given an order, so they wouldn’t meddle in anything without permission.
With people on her left, right, and in front, Chi Wan stopped.
When she was with Chi Che, she didn’t have many worries in her heart. But as for Qi Ye and Shen Yu, she truly didn’t trust them now.
How could she dare to trust people who might one day point their blades at her?
But for Chi Che, she didn’t have much of a biased heart either. When she wanted to leave in the future, she wanted to leave alone, not relying on anyone.
“As Miss Chi’s Nanchong, do I not have the qualification?”
Chi Che just lazily glanced at the two of them, a smile on the corners of his mouth.
In the galaxy, “human pets” were no different from regular pets or robots. They were the private property of their masters and could accompany them anywhere.
Qi Ye looked at Chi Che: “Even so, for a human pet to enter the Alliance, they need at least an interstellar-certified pet permit and to go through the relevant procedures.”
He spoke each word clearly and logically.
Qi Ye knew very well that there was absolutely no pet permit between Chi Wan and Chi Che. Processing an interstellar pet permit would take at least five days.
Being so aggressive was just to cut off his path into the Alliance.
Chi Che coughed lightly and looked down at Chi Wan:
“Is that really so?”
His complexion had been sickly over the past few days, and his lips didn’t have much color. Looking at her this way made one feel a bit sorry for him.
But those were the rules. She spoke the truth: “Yes.”
“Please leave the Alliance.”
Qi Ye’s grim words were full of the intent to drive him away.
Chi Wan stopped participating and bypassed Qi Ye, walking straight toward the Alliance.
Before she had gone a few steps, the sound of Chi Che’s coughing came from behind. That weak voice was raspy, and even the cough sounded muffled.
After coughing, his voice carried a raspy smile:
“Then I shall camp outside the Alliance. If Miss Chi thinks of me, she can just come and take a look at me.”
Chi Wan’s footsteps paused.
In her mind, she thought of the auction item Chi Che had gifted her and the effort and money he had spent on her father.
She suddenly felt that her current behavior of abandoning him was quite heartless.
She took a deep breath, turned around, walked back, and grabbed Chi Che’s hand:
“Let’s go. We’re getting the permit!”
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