I.A.B.I.W.A.O.D. [ON HIATUS]

Chapter 8

Chapter 8: The contradiction deepens

Chi Xin nodded at Xiao Li and left with the hero in his daze. This child, with how young he was, seemed a little dumb.

Cao Qing stood there and looked at their backs bitterly, resentment overflowing his eyes. Xiao Li reluctantly watched Chi Xin leave, turned to the man who was still holding his waist and leaning on the table, and couldn't help but ask with some confusion: "Aren't you leaving?"

Xiao Li wasn't old, perhaps 18 or 19 years old. Once he took off the camo uniform and put on an ordinary t-shirt, he looked even younger. He had an innocent expression and his question sounded very genuine. Cao Qing's face became stiff; he straightened up despite the pain and limped away.

Xiao Li put away his immature expression and snorted.

Chi Xin followed the protagonist group to a room. There were many of them that weren't inhabited in the base, which had been abandoned after the outbreak. Jing Xiubai opened one at random; it seemed that the original owner had been a basketball lover and the entire room was decorated in famous players' posters. Chi Xin walked over to take a look, touching the furniture with the tip of her fingers. Everything was so real.

Jing Xiubai's voice sounded behind her: "You just followed us like that, aren't you afraid of what I will do to you?" His tone was cold, "After all, after what you did, you can't have a clear conscience."

Chi Xin turned around and looked at the three protagonists. They all had different expressions and she picked the easiest answer: "I'm not afraid."

She then added: "Watch what you say, there... are girls."

Right now, the hero and the heroine's feelings were not clear and as she thought about it, she swallowed the word "your" in her sentence.

Yu Xiang laughed: "Chi Xin, ah, you are so confusing now."

Yu Xiang was the least hostile of the three. Not only was he more tolerant towards her because she had saved him in the past, but after she had saved the entire base, his negative thoughts had been forgotten.

Chi Xin might have been confusing but her meaning was self-explanatory. Jing Xiubai choked for a second and his indifferent expression faded. He pushed back his glasses and said, a little helpless: "I just think you are no longer unreasonable."

It was Chi Xin's turn to be perplexed: if you don't mean it, why say such misleading words!
Once the atmosphere eased, Jiang Congyun pursed her lips and whispered: "Nothing else matters but that pendant is very important to me. Chi Xin, can you give it back to me?"

After her words fell, the barely-there joy in the room disappeared instantly. The pendant was what Jiang Congyun cared the most about and the real thorn between Chi Xin and the protagonist group. Yu Xiang stopped smiling and Jing Xiubai's eyes became serious once more; all three of them stared at Chi Xin.

But Chi Xin was also helpless. She had studied the space during these past three days but the jade pendant had melted in her body and she hadn't found a way to give it back.

Jiang Congyun watched her stay silent and said: "This is an heirloom left to me by my father. It has nothing to do with the space it contains, I just want it back and I can give you better quality jade, okay?" The heroine's temper was so good that she did not get angry and patiently tried to persuade Chi Xin.

Yu Xiang also added: "If you like jade, when we get to Base A in the future, I will ask my dad to get a bunch of them for you. Maybe there will even be a space in one of them, so you can return the pendant to Congyun."