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Chapter 158: Chapter 158 Enemies Meet
If this had come from Yan Xiao, Han Jiaojiao knew for sure that he would have been making sarcastic remarks, but since it was Lu Changyuan speaking, she knew...Lu Changyuan was...truly curious...
"Their teeth fall out quickly." Han Jiaojiao gently brushed a couple of times, and indeed a few small, white teeth dropped out. She caught them in the palm of her hand, and handed them to Lu Changyuan to see, "Dozens fall out every day, just like our hair, constantly falling out and growing back, so they probably don’t get the chance to develop cavities."
Lu Changyuan picked up a tooth and peered at it closely, its tip was incredibly sharp and slightly translucent. Aside from some faint odor from the Alien Species, there were no other smells left on it.
After brushing one thoroughly, Han Jiaojiao grabbed another and continued brushing; her movements were practiced—she would dunk the vine in the water and brush up, down, left, and right twice to finish one, quickly cleaning all twelve of Xiaodou’s tendrils.
After she had finished brushing, she sniffed vigorously to reassure herself, only relaxing when certain the foul odor was gone, and prepared to brush the second one—
Xiaodou extended a few tendrils and hugged Han Jiaojiao’s lower leg. She turned around, embraced it, and comfortingly patted its head, saying, "Okay, we’re clean now, we can hug."
"Gugu..."
Han Yi took out two more brushes from the car, and Han Jiaojiao let Cotton Candy and Xiaogua spread their tendrils. Lu Changyuan and Han Yi also joined the toothbrushing crew, scrubbing along with Han Jiaojiao.
As soon as Yan Xiao returned, he saw countless tendrils held up high, parted to reveal long, crimson slits filled with dense, fine teeth!
His scalp tingled, and he turned and ran back to the tree where he had previously thrown up, leaning against its trunk as he vomited once more.
At that moment, Han Yi stood up, a frown creasing his brow as he looked into the distance.
The three Space-Time Beasts, having had their teeth brushed, were now seeking cuddles. Han Jiaojiao was hugging one while she looked at Han Yi, asking, "Brother, what’s wrong?"
"Someone’s coming. Jiaojiao, let’s get them into the car first."
Upon hearing this, Han Jiaojiao immediately picked up Cotton Candy and ran towards the vehicle, with Xiaogua and Xiaodou closely following her onboard.
Before long, the vague outline of two vehicles appeared at the end of the road.
Lu Changyuan picked up a gun from the seat, lazily leaning against the vehicle and asked, "Are they headed our way?"
Yan Xiao also returned, warily watching the vehicles as they gradually approached.
"About ten people in the car, all Ability users, probably from the base," Han Yi said.
Soon, they could see clearly the vehicles approaching—two military-green jeeps.
A cloud of dust rose as the jeeps came to a halt. Qin Nanyi and a few researchers got out of the vehicles, followed by Qin Wenhao and his subordinates.
Inside the car, Han Jiaojiao caught sight of that familiar yet unfamiliar face and found herself holding her breath.
—Qin, Wen, Hao!
Clenching her fists tightly, she struggled to calm the emotional upheaval within her, controlling her emotions.
By now, Qin Nanyi had already approached with a smile, telling Han Yi, "I heard your people took on the task of clearing the roadblocks. I figured it would be no problem, and since we were on our way to install new monitoring equipment, we hurried over. The sooner we get the equipment set up, the sooner we’ll get research data."
Han Yi nodded slightly, "We’ve cleared the roadblocks, you guys can go ahead."
Qin Wenhao, upon noticing their HUMVEE SUV, was drawn to it and began inspecting the vehicle. He asked, "Nice car, is it for sale?" 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
"Not for sale!" Han Jiaojiao slammed open the door, stepped out next to Han Yi, her expression cold.
Qin Wenhao hadn’t expected someone to be in the car. His eyes lit up at the sight of Han Jiaojiao, and he said with a leering smile, "Yo, quite fierce, aren’t you?"
The people behind Qin Wenhao began to laugh as well.
Qin Nanyi’s face wore a slight smile as she spoke in gentle tones, "This is Ayi’s sister, Han Jiaojiao, Wenhao, don’t scare her, she’s still young."
Qin Wenhao’s gaze lingered on Han Jiaojiao’s chest, his expression playful, "Heh, not that young anymore."
Han Yi’s face suddenly turned dark.
"Wenhao!" Qin Nanyi hurriedly interjected before Han Yi could get angry, "Ayi, don’t be mad, Wenhao always talks like this, he loves to joke, don’t take it to heart..."
Han Yi stared at Qin Wenhao with a menacing look, silent, his expression turning frighteningly grim.
A powerful aura pressed down on the scene, causing everyone’s face to change, with cold sweat breaking out.
Qin Wenhao frowned, put away the playful look on his face, and scoffed, "Psychic Type? Pretty impressive. How about you come with me to Yunan, I’ll give you an official title, how does that sound?"
Han Yi’s face remained dark, with a trace of scorn appearing on his face.
Qin Nanyi, struggling to hold back her discomfort, reached out to pull Qin Wenhao. She had achieved her goal for the day and did not want any more complications.
"Wenhao, it’s getting late, the equipment installation still needs over an hour..."
"Enough, stop nagging!" Qin Wenhao had little patience for Qin Nanyi, but after all, they were cousins, and it would not do to have a falling out in front of others. He shook his hair and got in the car.
"Ayi, we’re going now..." Qin Nanyi’s posture was very humble, her tone gentle and soft.
Han Yi retracted his spiritual power and looked at her coldly, "Qin Nanyi, what I said to you last time was no joke."
Qin Nanyi’s face immediately turned ugly. Of course, she hadn’t forgotten that time in the hospital when she felt suffocating, close to death as Han Yi’s spiritual power choked her throat...
Qin Nanyi felt a bitter sweetness in her heart. — He cares about his sister that much, huh. In his heart, I probably couldn’t even compare to a single hair on Han Jiaojiao’s head...
"We were just passing by... we’ll leave now." Qin Nanyi, holding back the tears in her eyes, said no more and turned to get in the car.
The jeep brushed past the car of Han Yi’s group. Qin Wenhao suddenly looked back, his gaze meeting Han Yi’s, his eyes playful.
"Brother..." Han Jiaojiao grabbed Han Yi’s arm, feeling uneasy as she watched Qin Wenhao’s retreating figure.
In her previous life, her brother had died at the hands of Qin Wenhao... after overusing his Ability, he and Qin Wenhao perished together in the underground lair of an Alien Species.
The uneasiness in her heart grew bit by bit, and Han Jiaojiao couldn’t help but hold Han Yi tighter, fearing she would lose him once again.
She could wait no longer. She had to kill Qin Wenhao! Only if Qin Wenhao and Qin Nanyi were both dead, she would be able to rest easy!
But, she hadn’t yet tested her Ability on anyone; it wasn’t foolproof... There were always bodyguards and Superpower Users around these two, and if she was exposed, it would bring endless trouble to her brother. She needed to think things through carefully...
— Inside the car, Qin Nanyi whispered, "Wenhao, you really shouldn’t have done that just now, Ayi has a bad temper and hates it when someone watches his sister like that..."
Qin Wenhao, impatient, dug at his ear, uninterested in her rambling.
In truth, Han Jiaojiao wasn’t his type. She wasn’t fiery enough, too young, and too tender. However, it was exactly this tenderness that had snagged a bit of his interest. These days, finding pretty girls in the base wasn’t easy, with those who had some looks being either sun-burnt till their skin was coarse and dark, or starved till they were skin and bones. Someone as fair and delicate as Han Jiaojiao was truly rare.
He thought of Han Jiaojiao’s fierce little face, and the fullness of her chest, wondering what it would be like if her clothes were stripped off... what kind of beautiful scene that would be...
In his ear, Qin Nanyi continued in a soft voice, "... you must never lay a hand on his sister, you can have anyone you want in the base, but not her. The Qin Family and the Han Family are old family friends. Ayi is already displeased with me, worsening the relationship would be bad..."
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