Chapter Twenty-Four: The Sleeping Girl

  Xiao Xinming stopped for a moment, just thinking of asking who he was talking to, when the mountain that had originally stopped shaking suddenly collapsed, and rocks came crashing down. Amidst the screams and panicked cries, Leng Hua didn't say a word, but instead hugged Zhou Xiao and ran out of the mountain.

  Yan Hui looked at Xiao Xinming and coldly grabbed her collar, running out with her. The lives and deaths of others had nothing to do with him!

  Xiao Xinmeng wanted to shout at him, "Why didn't you save them?!" But she couldn't say it out loud, and could only hate her own uselessness. Just like the prophecy had said, today was the end of the Ke Lun tribe. Even taking away the fragments hadn't been able to save her people. Xiao Xinmeng could only blankly watch as her tribespeople were crushed to death by the falling rocks, watching their helpless and tear-filled eyes, watching them grow farther and farther away from her. A faint pain emerged, but even more than that was a sense of relief - she had finally left this place behind.

  A retro-style three-story building, the ground floor is made of red wooden boards, and the door is also painted with red paint. There is a warm and cozy room, with light green bedding on the bed board, and a lovely girl with a melon-shaped face lying on it, looking like she's only 15 or 16 years old.

  Ye Yuexin slowly opened her eyes, feeling a dull ache all over her body. She shook her head to clear it and asked, "Where is this?" Ye Yuexin got out of bed, but almost fell to the ground as she lost her balance. Rubbing her temples, she tried to remember, "Right, the plane crashed! Where's Xufan?" She looked around, but didn't see any sign of Xufan.

  Yè Yuè Jīn carefully observed this place, the owner of this house seemed to like flowers very much. The curtains, bed sheets, and even the carpet were all deep blue, with a layer of various flower petals scattered on top. She swayed and walked to the window, her eyes lit up in an instant, "So beautiful——" Outside, everything was filled with colorful alternating flowers, looking far away, there were trees blooming with flowers everywhere. What kind of person lived here!

  Ye Yuexin suddenly came back to her senses, slapping both palms heavily on her cheeks. "Snap out of it, this isn't the time for nostalgia."

  "Hey? Xue Jie, can you hear me?" A burst of static noise, Ye Yue's face turned heavy, the connection was lost, and she had to find Xu Fan quickly, but she didn't know how long she had been unconscious! Can't delay any longer!

  Yè Yuè Jìn opened the door, and the layout here was an attic. It was really covered with flower petals from top to bottom. This was on the first floor. Yè Yuè Jìn carefully walked up the stairs, looking into each room, but there was no one. When she reached the third floor, Yè Yuè Jìn opened a door and saw a girl lying on the bed. She looked very beautiful, with her black hair spread out over the flower petals on the bed, just like Sleeping Beauty. Who was she? Was she the one who had saved me?

  "You're awake." A magnetic voice suddenly came from behind, Ye Yue's heartstrings trembled slightly, scared to death. She turned her head around and saw a handsome man with two sword-like eyebrows, high nose bridge, and an otherworldly appearance carved like a knife, but with a lonely and desolate aura emanating from his bones. "Was it you who saved me? Thank you."

  "Leave as soon as you wake up!" The blunt eviction order didn't make Ye Xue angry, "Have you seen the man who was with me?"

  "No!" Yè Yuè Jīn frowned tightly, opening her mouth to ask "You..." but was immediately cut off by a cold voice, "Out!" The completely commanding tone made Yè Yuè Jīn not even have the courage to resist. Who was this person? How could they have such strong presence?

  Yè yuè jìn looked at the delicate girl on the bed, she actually hadn't woken up yet? Was she injured?

  Ye Yuexin walked out of the room, feeling anxious and unsure what to do. She couldn't send any messages, Xu Fan was nowhere to be found, and their plane had been destroyed. She did have some money on her, which should be enough to get to Artux. As for Xu Fan... Just as she was lost in thought, wondering what to do next, she heard the sound of the door opening and closing again.

  The woman looked up at the man walking down from upstairs, "Hey, can you tell me how you saved me?" Although this man's aura was terrifying, she had to wonder since he was able to rescue her from those people.

  "Wearing your heart on your sleeve will only get you killed faster!"

  Yè yuè jìn's heart skipped a beat for a second, she thought she had hidden it well, but didn't expect this person...

  "Can you tell me where this is?" Outside was all flowers, and she had no idea which way to go.

  "This is a Luandan dry goods store." He tossed her something. "This will come in handy someday."

  After finishing speaking, he walked out, and Ye Yuexin looked at him, this was a Nirvana.

  "Who are you, after all?" Yè Yuè asked curiously.

  Didn't hear any sound, forget it, can only follow behind, this place is so big and beautiful, just like a fairyland, all are flowers, but why is there a withered word?

  "The man you were talking about was taken away by a woman."

  Ye Yuexin followed behind him, although his pace was not fast, she had to run at a small speed to catch up. Was there an array here? They walked for a long time and were still in this sea of flowers.

  The scene around her suddenly changed, and she returned to the place where the plane had crashed. The traces were all clear. "Thank you..." Yexue turned around to say thank you, but that person was already gone. "Forget it, just a brief encounter. But who took Xu Fan away? Was this plane accident caused by Shen Xiao?"

  The man suddenly appeared in the small room, leaning forward to touch the girl's cheek, gently looking at her as she slept, and softly said: "Yi, you can wake up soon."

  Xu Fan was shot twice, "Night Moon Qin! Night Moon Qin!" The man was covered in sweat, his eyes wide open as he suddenly sat up, "Hoooo..." Xu Fan looked at the bandaged wound on his body, it seemed someone had saved him.

  "Awake?" Xu Fan was startled when he saw that person, and it turned out to be her!

  "Why did you save me? Or is there some kind of conspiracy?" Xu Fan coldly stared at this woman.

  The woman raised an eyebrow and smiled unintentionally. "You don't have to be so tense, I saved you just because I wanted you to take me to see Ge Yu Feng."

  Xu Fan wouldn't be swayed by her appearance, "Cold Jade, no matter what you're planning, I won't let this explosive danger factor follow me around!"

  "Don't say it's that serious, this time the organization originally wanted to kill you all, didn't expect someone attacked you before we made a move, if not for me, you'd be dead already!"

  Xu Fan furrowed his brow and asked: "Where's Ye Yuexin?"

  Leng Yu shrugged and said casually: "I didn't expect her to still be using this name, she was taken away by a very powerful man, so I had no choice but to save you!"

  Xu Fan heard that Ye Yuejin was taken away, and in a burst of excitement, he wanted to get out of bed, but the wound hurt again, and he sat back down.

  Leng Yu coldly smiled and said: "You want to die, I won't stop you. Do you know where she is? Instead of going to find her, it's better to complete your task."

  Xu Fan's sharp eyes shot onto her face, "What is your purpose?" How did she know? Or was she just guessing randomly?

  "Hmph, you want to make some noise? The organization knows everything clearly." Leng Yu thought to herself, they have no idea where Ye Qi Xue and the others are. This time it's an order from the organization. Ye Qi Xue, I'm really looking forward to meeting you! Leng Yu's eyes turned cold and ruthless.

  Xu Fan's heart became even more vigilant. This woman was not a good person, what she said was right. Now they should recover first and then go to Artux. If Ye Yuechen woke up, she would definitely go there too!

  "How long was I unconscious?"

  "It's just two days." She said and then she left.

  Xu Fan said in a low voice: "Two days, today is already March 6th, can't delay any longer."

  Xu Fan stood up, put on his clothes and walked out of the house. He would wait for an opportunity to shake off Leng Yu again. Last time, Ge Yufeng had caught her but didn't expect her to escape. This time, he wanted to catch her but didn't have the ability, so he could only think of a way not to let her follow him. Mu Shu and others attached great importance to this matter. The Black Tongue Key must not fall into their hands! He hoped that Ye Yuexin would take the lead and find the Black Tongue Key first.

  Yueyue was worried about how to leave, with no money to spend. The place where she fell should not be far from Artux. This side is surrounded by big mountains. "No one will come here either," she said, just as a man drove up in a sports car, humming a tune. When the people in the car saw a beautiful girl in such a remote mountain, their eyes lit up and they stopped the car.

  "Hey, what are you doing here all alone?" The tone was unmistakably that of a playboy who was used to flirting with respectable women.

  "I came with friends, but we got separated and ended up here. Can you take me to Artux?"

  "Oh, okay, I'm going to Urumqi anyway, might as well take you along."

  "Hmm" The man hummed a tune in his mouth and asked casually: "Are you hurt?"

  "How did you know?"

  The man whistled and said, "Didn't you notice there's still blood on your body?"

  Ye Yuexin was stunned for a long time, her clothes hadn't been changed, the big and small tears on her clothes, it was just that man who had applied medicine to her, the temperature on her face rose sharply, oh no, this is terrible!

  The man raised an eyebrow and continued to tease: "However, how did you get this wound?"

  "Oh, it's a scratch from a falling rock on the mountain."

  "My name is Ma Houping, what's yours?"

  "You don't need to know."

  Ma Houping's head kept shaking, thinking that she was a strange girl, looking like she was only in her teens.

  Not long after, Ma Houping started chatting again, "Do you know that a strange light appeared in the Heavenly Pool of Urumqi? Maybe there's something at the bottom of the lake. Aren't you curious?"

  Ye Yuexin felt a moment of doubt in her heart, possibly related to the crystal shards, but she didn't reveal any strange expressions on her face.

  "What are you doing in Artux? You should be in school at your age." Yè Yuè Jīn frowned impatiently, and Mǎ Hù Píng shut his mouth just in time.

  Ye Yuexin gazed out the window at the fleeting scenery, unable to stay in one place. Unlike Mu Shujian, who had parents and family, Ye Yuexin was alone, an orphan since childhood. After escaping from the organization, she had nowhere to go. The only place she could stay was by Qi Xue's side, helping her sister escape the organization permanently and live a peaceful life. The most painful ones were not Ye Yuexin and Zhou Xiao, who had no home to return to, but Qi Xue, who had a family yet had to endure.