I Attacked Because I was Afraid of Death

IABIWAOD-CHAPTER 14

Arc I: Novice village

Chapter 14: Practice marksmanship

For a few minutes, only the sound of the car, the ragged breathing of the men, and the subtle tremble of nerves were heard.
"We... came out alive?" Yu Pengcheng asked in a trance, his voice shaking.
"Yes, we made it out alive." Yu Xiang slapped his thigh abruptly and shouted, "Who assigned us this broken mission? I think I have a few words to tell them."
Jing Xiubai didn't complain but his lips were drawn in a straight line. From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Chi Xin: "How are you?"
Hearing him ask her this question, the mood in the car suddenly calmed down.
"Sister Chi, thank you for saving us this time." Yu Pengcheng's reverence was no longer enough to be contained on his face and he clenched his uninjured fist, "You really, really..."
His brain was drawing a blank, unable to find the words to describe her.
"Sister Chi, I also recognize you as Sister Chi!" Chen Xing laughed weakly but his voice was full of gratitude and fear of having almost died, "Thank you."
Rong Feng held his ribs in silence but both of his eyes were riveted on Chi Xin and never moved.

"Sister Chi." Yu Xiang followed somewhat seriously, "There is something I want to say but I am too embarrassed to do so here."
"You're not going to confess, are you? Then we don't agree!" Chen Xing joked.
"Even if I do, you can't answer for her!" Yu Xiang glared at him in dissatisfaction and smiled again as he faced Chi Xin, "Right?"
Chi Xin was lying on the back of her seat, watching them, and she rolled her eyes when she heard him: "Speak fast."
"Ah." Yu Xiang's handsome face was a little red and he closed his eyes before getting serious, "You have already saved me several times and I can't say I will pay you back with my life anymore. Just one word and I'm all yours."
After his determined words, silence fell in the car. The men had all spent some time with Yu Xiang and while they all knew he was somehow carefree and spoiled, he had always respected women and stayed away from them. Except for Jiang Congyun, he had no female friend and the original Chi Xin had only relied on her "life-saving grace" to get in contact with him. Now that he was saying that to her...
Jing Xiubai kept looking towards the road but instinctively wanted to hear her answer.
Chi Xin blinked, taking a few seconds to make sense of his words.
"Oh." She finally said, "When I move in the future, you have to remember to come help. You don't have to buy me dinner or anything like that."

As soon as she answered, the slightly solemn atmosphere in the car immediately relaxed.
"Young master Xiang, it seems like you are not so invincible." Chen Xing grinned.
Rong Feng's sharp gaze retracted and Yu Pengcheng breathed a sigh of relief. Even Jing Xiubai loosened his hands that were holding the steering wheel tightly.
Yu Xiang looked at Chi Xin with a complicated expression but decided to keep his thoughts to himself. She obviously had a portable space on her, did she really need help to move? Chi Xin smiled, ignored him, and looked back at the road.

The space was not hers and sooner or later, she would find a way to return it to the heroine. In this apocalyptic world, it would be nice to have someone carry things for her and it was good to find a volunteer in advance. She was so full of thoughts on how to survive this cruel world, she did not carefully consider what deeper meaning Yu Xiang's words had. To put it simply, even if she heard something, she would only choose to ignore it. The relationship between her and these plot characters was like a cold partnership; she needed to rely on them to walk the plot and nothing more.

After a while, Chi Xin turned back around and said: "Yu Xiang."
The man, who was quarreling back and forth with the wounded in the back, immediately sat upright: "Yes!"
"Do you really value this saving grace?" She asked.
Yu Xiang was stunned for a second and, thinking she had changed her mind, he nodded vigorously: "Of course! If an honorable man doesn't even repay the kindness of saving his life, what great things can he do!"
He swore to the sky he would be willing to do anything for her and she just had to tell him. However, Chi Xin only indifferently hummed and turned her head again, lost in thoughts.
The second male lead valued saving lives and she made a note in her heart. The original Chi Xin had let him misunderstand what had happened, it looked like she needed to find a way to make things clear as soon as possible. She couldn't lie to them as her body had, after all, she still had the arrogance of the daughter of the Chi family.