After Having Everything Taken Away, She Returns As A God

Chapter 1101: Qingqing’s Suspicion (2)

She stood up, holding a box of pastries, and leisurely walked toward the man sitting under the umbrella. Taking a seat across from him, she said, “Here, eat some, replenish your energy.”

The girl propped her chin on her hand, her fox-like eyes bright as stars, as though flames flickered within them, softly tugging at one’s heartstrings.

Yu Xiheng lowered his lashes, his voice slow and measured. “Why the sudden kindness?”

“I’m not up to anything,” Si Fuqing said seriously. “You don’t even like sweets, but I went all the way to town just to buy these. If you don’t eat them, I’ll give them to someone else.”

As she tightened her grip on the box and was about to lift it, another hand pressed down on hers.

His hand was equally striking—long, slender fingers, fingertips pale and smooth, with clear and refined joints, reminiscent of jade.

“Once something is given, it can’t be taken back,” Yu Xiheng said with a faint smile. “A lady shouldn’t be unreasonable.”

His words carried an ancient elegance, but they sounded perfectly natural, adding an air of noble charm to his demeanor.

Si Fuqing rubbed her ear. “You’re clearly misunderstanding me with malicious intent.”

He admitted his mistake without a moment’s hesitation. “My fault.”

Facing such a face, Si Fuqing found it impossible to stay angry.

She glanced at his hand and suddenly said, “Brother Nine, I need a favor.”

Yu Xiheng paused and turned his head.

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Her fox-like eyes gleamed even brighter, and in the dark pupils, his reflection was clearly visible.

He had never been able to refuse her when she looked at him like this.

With a soft sigh in his heart, Yu Xiheng relented. “Mhmm.”

“Will you shoot the new commercial for East Moon with me?” Si Fuqing clasped her hands together. “You won’t even need to show your face, just your hands and your figure will do.”

Next month, an international fashion show would be held in Glenn.

It was also East Moon’s best opportunity to break into the international market, a perfect stage to showcase the Great Xia Empire’s traditional style.

To focus on this, she had even turned down a job that Gu Wenzhu offered her, fully devoting herself to designing several sets of Xia-style clothing, both for men and women.

Initially, Si Fuqing had planned to save money by modeling the clothes herself. However, she was quickly advised against it.

The reason was that in several of East Moon’s previous international advertisements, her beauty had distracted viewers so much that they didn’t pay attention to the clothes.

Models were supposed to enhance the clothing, but in Si Fuqing’s case, the clothes only enhanced her.

Reluctantly, she had hired a few models.

Saving money would now have to happen during the ad shoot.

“Alright,” Yu Xiheng’s brow arched slightly. “Have you decided on my payment?”

Si Fuqing’s expression turned wary. “I don’t have any money!”

“I don’t want money. Just remember this favor,” Yu Xiheng said, picking up a pastry with a smile. “Remember how much you owe me, and you’ll pay it back later.”

Si Fuqing’s expression finally relaxed. “No problem.”

As long as he wasn’t asking for money, anything else was fine.

**

Meanwhile.

Thousands of miles from North State, in the domain of the evolved beings.

The ground was littered with fragments of machinery, stained with a few pools of fresh blood.

It was clear that an intense battle had taken place here.

Xie Yu exhaled slowly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze growing colder and more vicious.

Leaning against the wall, his expression remained impassive as he used his teeth to bite down on a bandage, wrapping it slowly around his firm chest where the blade had pierced his body.

The bandage soaked through almost instantly, blood continuing to seep out, the sight of it startling.

Xie Yu’s breathing was labored, nearing gasps, but he controlled himself, making no sound, his figure completely hidden in the shadows.

Voices overlapped in the streets.

“Where is he? How could he have escaped?”

“His combat power is really strong. He even managed to destroy the machines.”

These machines were specifically designed by the Intercontinental Research Institute to combat evolved beings.

Though they had only brought defective models, they were usually more than enough to deal with ordinary evolved beings.

Yet Xie Yu had dismantled them effortlessly.

“There’s blood. He must be seriously injured. Keep chasing! He can’t have gone far. We must capture him and bring him back to Miss!”

Several evolved beings exchanged glances, then followed the scent of blood.

In the shadows, Xie Yu’s expression remained cold and emotionless.

He closed his eyes, feeling the power within him starting to surge out of control, veins bulging on his arms.

As the night deepened, footsteps approached.

Xie Yu was still conscious but unable to move, only able to hear the sounds around him.

There were many of them, at least five or more.

On the street.

“Miss, these are machine fragments,” the chief guard’s expression shifted. “Could the Vengeance Organization have infiltrated? We should leave here quickly.”

In Yunxi was not a combat-type evolved being. If they encountered the Vengeance Organization, things would go badly.

As the top healing evolved being, In Yunxi was a prime target on the Vengeance Organization’s assassination list.

“It’s not them,” Yin Yunxi shook her head. “These are defective models, only capable of dealing with Class A evolved beings. The Vengeance Organization wouldn’t use them. Besides, we’re too close to the Evolved Beings Alliance. They wouldn’t dare. This is likely just a fight between evolved beings.”

The chief guard let out a sigh of relief, but his steps suddenly halted.

“Miss, there’s someone over there.” He was surprised. “It looks like their powers are running wild. If we don’t treat him soon, he might die. Should we help him?”

Judging by the level of power going out of control, the person was at least a Class B or higher evolved being.

No wonder he had been able to dismantle the defective machines like that.

In Yunxi turned her head for a glance, her eyes narrowing as she found Xie Yu’s appearance vaguely familiar.

Although his face was smeared with blood, it did little to hide his exquisite and striking features.

However, he was neither part of the upper echelon of the Evolved Beings Alliance nor from any of the three evolved beings families.

She was in a hurry to reach the Evolved Beings Alliance to inquire about a new drug. There was no time to save a stranger.

Besides, even though the machines were defective, the family that could mobilize them was not a small one.

There was no need for her to offend another family for the sake of someone she didn’t know.

In Yunxi said indifferently, “Let’s go.”