Chapter 1283: Gather before Action
Lin Qiao came out to find the two kids lying near the wall while Wu Chengyue was near the edge of the bed. There was a large space between him and the two kids, which was clearly saved for her.
She glanced at Wu Chengyue, then at the two kids, who were pretending to sleep. After that, she said, “What does this mean? Do you guys want me to sleep in the middle of the bed?”
Lying on the bed, Wu Chengyue looked at her with a smile, then patted the empty area on the bed and said, “You’re not gonna absorb any energy nucleus tonight, are you?”
“Then lie here together with you for a few days again?” Lin Qiao reminded him of what happened last time.
Wu Chengyue gave an innocent smile while saying, “Who knew something like that would happen? Didn’t you agree to sleep with me? It’s hard to avoid physical contact when two people are sharing a bed. How was that my fault?”
Lin Qiao still had a towel on her head. While drying her hair, she walked to the bedside and looked down at him, “So, it was my fault then? Cut the crap and go to the shower.”
Wu Chengyue was kicked off the bed, so he had no choice but to walk into the bathroom for a shower. Looking at the bathrobe that was prepared for him, he was a little disappointed. She had prepared him a bathrobe, so he couldn’t wrap a towel around his waist and walk out to ask her for something to wear, and also show off his perfect body shape.
Lin Qiao sat by the bedside to dry her hair. Before her hair was dried, Wu Chengyue came out of the bathroom.
“How do you think Si Kongchen will react tomorrow after he learns about tonight?” Lin Qiao remembered that Si Kongchen’s people would be taking action tonight. Barring any accidents, his troops would be destroyed completely.
Wu Chengyue thought for a moment and said, “I guess he’ll look sullen-faced tomorrow. He might also look at you with a slight intent of killing.”
“Hm, will he be too angry to even control his facial expression?” Lin Qiao tilted her head and put her hair before one of her shoulders as she kept drying it with the towel. In the meanwhile, she responded to Wu Chengyue and looked at him.
Wu Chengyue walked to her and shrugged as he raised his brows, “He doesn’t plan to let you come out of the underground realm alive this time. In his eyes, you’re dead already.”
While speaking, he walked to Lin Qiao’s side and took over the towel from her hand, then smoothly started drying her hair for her. His movements made Lin Qiao stop short. She raised her eyes silently and gave him a glance, then dropped her eyelids and let him rub her hair gently with the towel.
She didn’t need to dry her hair completely. She wasn’t a human being anyway. Unlike some humans, she wouldn’t suffer headaches after she slept with moist hair. But still, she could not get onto the bed with wet hair.
Wu Chengyue dried Wu Yueling’s hair all the time. That was why he did that for Lin Qiao so smoothly.
Lin Qiao felt a little awkward at first, but soon, she relaxed.
Her body wasn’t sensitive to pain but was to some other feelings. She felt nothing when she was drying her hair by herself, but now, as someone else was doing it for her, she felt a little comfortable. She wondered if it were a psychological effect.
He rubbed her hair in the towel gently, like how he always dried his daughter’s hair, while she was sitting there quietly, enjoying the comfort. Both of them fell into silence. Teng sneakily opened one eye to cast a glimpse at his parents, then quickly closed that eye and pretended to sleep.
“Alright, it’s good enough.” As her hair were almost dried, Lin Qiao moved her head away from Wu Chengyue’s hands, then took over the towel and stood up. She walked to the bathroom and dropped the towel before coming back out.
She got on the bed and tucked the kids in before lying down herself. Next to her, Wu Chengyue soon lay down as well. Lin Qiao was lying on one side, having her back to him. So, he didn’t hesitate to put his arm around her.
Even though he didn’t hesitate, he was a little worried actually. He was afraid that Lin Qiao might suddenly say something to stop him, or directly take his hand off herself. However, she didn’t make any sound or movement in the next two or three seconds. So, Wu Chengyue sighed with relief, then started feeling delighted.
Lin Qiao turned her head to give him a glance, and her body stayed motionless. She could clearly feel how happy he was because she allowed him to hold her. She couldn’t help but feel warm and indescribably glad too.
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The next day, a couple of hours before the underground mission started, all people arrived at Huaxia Base. After spending the whole morning to complete the last preparations, people gathered before the Southern Gate of Huaxia Base two hours before the agreed time for the mission to start.
The ones who would follow Lin Qiao to the underground realm were the ones she brought out of the base this time. She looked at the others and said, “I’ll be leading the people from All Beings Base and Sea City Base. There are twenty of us in total, including ten level-six and ten level-five. Have you guys arranged your people yet?”
Lan Lu responded to her the first. “We’re always short-handed,” he said, “So, we can only send out seven people. I hope you guys understand. Chief Lu, please look after my people during the mission, thank you!”
While speaking, he raised a hand and crooked his fingers. Following his movement, a group of people walked out of the crowd behind him along with a large, mutated dog. Among them, Lin Qiao had already met Lei Cheng, Zheng Hao, Ye Yingyue. The rest four were unfamiliar to her.
Lei Cheng was at level-seven, Zheng Hao and Ye Yingyue were at level-six, and the rest four were at level-five.
Lin Qiao gave him a faint smile and said, “I’ll surely look after them for you if I can.”
As a squad came out of Heilong Base’s troop, Du Kunsheng said with a grin, “We should all look after each other. After all, unity is strength.”
He sent out over ten people for the mission. The leader among those people was a level-seven man. He was probably new at level-seven, because his vibe wasn’t very strong. About five among that squad were at level-six, while the rest were at level-five.
Lin Qiao looked at the new level-seven man from Heilong Base, then at the few level-six ones behind him. Then, she said to Du Kunsheng with a meaningful tone, “I guess Heilong Base isn’t as weak as what Gao Haoyun made us think.”
No wonder Du Kunsheng managed to lead his people to survive that disaster caused by Mo Yan. Aside from his superpower, he clearly had some other abilities.
On hearing her words, Du Kunsheng smiled and said frankly, “It’s because he and I never really agreed with each other.”
While the other base leaders were introducing their people who would take part in the mission, Wei Haichao showed up silently and went to Si Kongchen, who had been quiet all the time, then whispered something to the latter.
From the corners of her eyes, Lin Qiao noticed that sneaky move of theirs and gave a small smile. As she expected, she found Si Kongchen wear a grim face a few seconds later, then abruptly raise his eyes to look at her.
She turned and made an eye-contact with him, making it look like an unwitting move. As a result, she saw a trace of the intent of killing flash across the man’s eyes, just as she had thought.
