Chapter 154 What's the Rush

Mofei Weihao frowned as he looked at the crowd in front of him. "With so many people here, what if something goes wrong?"

Xuan Xuan connected with him via mental energy, swept the surroundings with her psychic sense, and conveniently located Mofei Weihan's position. "You guys go contact him first. I can protect myself."

Mofei Weihao still shook his head. Xuan Xuan glanced at him and directly cast a spatial lock, temporarily freezing Mofei Weihao in place. How had she never noticed that Mofei Weihao could be such a fussbudget?

Mofei Weihao's footsteps came to an abrupt halt. With the dense crowd and a few people intentionally maneuvering around, Xuan Xuan and Mofei Weihao were separated by a large distance almost instantly. Lou Yitong stood beside Mofei Weihao, feeling hesitant, but knowing Xuan Xuan had told her to follow Mofei Weihao, she stayed by his side.

Xuan Xuan's figure vanished into the sea of people almost in the blink of an eye. The moment he regained control of his body, Mofei Weihao wanted to rush after her, but he could no longer find her trace. Fortunately, their mental connection was still active. Glancing at Lou Yitong beside him, he frowned and said, "Let's go find Mofei Weihan first."

Lou Yitong stood obediently behind Mofei Weihao. Xuan Xuan had previously shared Mofei Weihan's location with them, so Mofei Weihao and Lou Yitong reached him without much trouble. Mofei Weihan was still strolling leisurely.

This sight made Mofei Weihao flare up with anger. "You certainly aren't in any rush."

"Huh? Rush for what?" Mofei Weihan had no idea why his older brother was angry. With so many people around, panicking wouldn't change anything anyway.

Mofei Weihao gritted his teeth. "Where is Xuan Xuan?"

"Xuan Xuan?" Mofei Weihan was stunned, suddenly realizing that Xuan Xuan was not with Mofei Weihao. "Isn't she with you?"

"Someone separated the two of us, and Xuan Xuan was abducted," Mofei Weihao said.

Mofei Weihan jumped as if his tail had been set on fire. "Then why aren't we looking for her? Hurry, let's find Third Uncle and tell Grandfather!"

Seeing that Mofei Weihao didn't move, Mofei Weihan jumped around in anxiety. "Hurry! Why aren't you looking?"

Xuan Xuan wasn't in any immediate danger, but Mofei Weihao still wanted to give him a good scare. He hummed twice to punish his brother for strolling lazily without a care. "Xuan Xuan went with them of her own accord; she has everything under control."

"You call that being abducted?" Mofei Weihao asked through clenched teeth. Although he usually listened to his brother in everything, how could anyone joke about such a matter? This concerned Xuan Xuan's safety.

Mofei Weihao argued, "If Xuan Xuan's strength weren't sufficient, what would you call it if not being abducted? And you're still walking leisurely in the back."

"Let's go find Xuan Xuan first," Lou Yitong said weakly from the side.

Only then did Mofei Weihao nod. Xuan Xuan was much more important; he could slowly discipline Mofei Weihan's bad habits later. Mofei Weihan followed behind with a dark expression.

"Where are you off to?"

Mofei Weihao and Mofei Weihan looked over, their expressions turning cold simultaneously. "What are you doing here?"

"What? I figured you might be somewhat concerned about matters regarding your mother." The person who approached was none other than Bai Ruchen. Bai Ruchen knew that getting anyone else to delay the Mofei brothers might be difficult, but for the two of them, this matter was of paramount importance.

Standing nearby, Lou Yitong saw the expressions of both Mofei Weihao and Mofei Weihan turn immensely complicated in an instant. She didn't know much about the Mofei family's affairs, but she could instantly tell there was a problem, so she simply remained quietly at their side.

Mofei Weihao said nothing, merely staring at Bai Ruchen. There was no reason for him to bring this up out of the blue.

A subtle flash crossed his eyes. Was it Bai Ruchen who had arranged for them to be separated from Xuan Xuan and had her abducted?

But for what reason?

His mental connection with Xuan Xuan remained open, and knowing there was no trouble on her end, he hesitated. Over there... seemed to be Zhan Yu?

Although he didn't know why, Xuan Xuan and Zhan Yu were very familiar with each other, and Zhan Yu took exceptionally good care of her. His eyes shifted slightly, and he asked, "What about my mother?"

Mofei Weihan grabbed Mofei Weihao's sleeve. "We'll investigate ourselves. Don't ask him."

Looking at the two nearly identical brothers in front of him, Bai Ruchen curved the corner of his lips. "Some things are simply not within your reach to investigate."

The events of that year had been sealed by the Bai family; even the Mofei family knew nothing about it, let alone these two kids.

"Even if we can't find out, we don't need to ask you. You harbor malicious intentions," Mofei Weihan said. He refused to believe this person would suddenly be so kind as to help them.

Bai Ruchen wasn't worried that the two in front of him wouldn't take the bait. "If you're unwilling, I'll be leaving."

Seeing Mofei Weihan arguing with Bai Ruchen, Mofei Weihao subtly moved his communicator. He glanced at Zhan Yu, who was not far away and lowering his head to check his own communicator, and finally let out a sigh of relief. Given the relationship between Zhan Yu and Xuan Xuan, the moment Zhan Yu discovered something was wrong with her, he would undoubtedly rush to help. More importantly, the combined efforts of him and Mofei Weihan might not even equal half of Zhan Yu's capability.

Sure enough, the moment Zhan Yu looked down at his communicator, his expression changed, and he vanished rapidly from the crowd.

Only then did Mofei Weihao look back at Bai Ruchen. Seeing the man's play-hard-to-get tactic, Mofei Weihao sneered inwardly while keeping his face calm. "What do you want to say?"

"What about Xuan Xuan?" Mofei Weihan asked quietly.

Mofei Weihao waved a hand dismissively, acting as if he didn't care at all. "What is there to fear inside the school?"

Mofei Weihan panicked. He was the one who had just claimed Xuan Xuan was abducted—how could he not be anxious?

Could it be that Mofei Weihao failed to see Bai Ruchen was intentionally stalling for time?

Just as Mofei Weihan was about to speak again, Lou Yitong gently tugged at his sleeve. As an onlooker, Lou Yitong knew Mofei Weihao was not the type to be so careless and fall for a trap, and she had noticed Mofei Weihao using his communicator just a moment ago.

Mofei Weihan frowned as he looked at Lou Yitong behind him. Seeing her blink slightly, he didn't quite understand, but he refrained from speaking hastily.

Mofei Weihao looked at Bai Ruchen and asked, "What is it you want to tell us?"

"We can't very well talk about it right here, can we?" Seeing the two take the bait, Bai Ruchen smiled. The two were still too naive, but since he needed to stall them, he naturally had to drag it out a bit longer, leading the two off to the side.

Mofei Weihao followed calmly, and Lou Yitong walked quietly behind them. Mofei Weihan didn't understand what Mofei Weihao was up to, but he followed with a heavy frown.

As for Xuan Xuan, the moment she left Mofei Weihao's side, a few people had intentionally squeezed her toward the edge. Once the surrounding crowd thinned out, they unceremoniously forced her to the artificial lake not far from the martial arts arena. Normally this place was bustling with people, but because it was the period of the Freshman Tournament, the area was completely deserted.

Xuan Xuan swept a glance around and felt a slight wave of surprise. It actually turned out to be her.

"You invited me here for something?" Xuan Xuan asked.

Knowing that Xuan Xuan had already discovered her, Xuan Gu didn't bother hiding anymore. She stepped directly out from behind a tree, glaring at the few people standing beside Xuan Xuan.

One of them whispered defensively, "She was very cooperative. To avoid drawing the attention of the surrounding crowd, we didn't rough her up and brought her straight here."

Xuan Xuan almost laughed; these few individuals were truly quite endearing. It seemed she could afford to go easy on them later when she made her move. Raising an eyebrow at Xuan Gu, she had initially thought it would be the Bai family, the Ai family, or someone coveting mecha modification technology with a death wish.

Never had she expected it to be Xuan Gu. The corners of her lips curved up. "Well?"

Seeing that Xuan Xuan remained unconcerned even after falling into her hands, Xuan Gu sneered, "Without the protection of the Mofei family, what do you have left? What gives you the right to be so confident?"

Xuan Xuan let out a bored yawn. She had thought there might be something interesting going on, only to find it was just Xuan Gu being so tedious. Besides, there was no logical reason for Xuan Gu to suddenly target her.

She cast a sideways glance at Xuan Gu, appearing thoroughly dismissive. As for the Mofei family's protection, Xuan Xuan truly didn't need it right now; she was fully capable of guaranteeing her own safety, especially in front of someone like Xuan Gu.

"If I still have the Mofei family, what do you have?" Xuan Xuan asked.

Xuan Gu let out a cold hum. "And what about now?"

Xuan Xuan smiled. Xuan Gu still lived under the delusion that she controlled everything; Xuan Gu's overconfidence was something Xuan Xuan could never match.

"What on earth crossed your mind to make you want to kidnap me?" Xuan Xuan glanced at the people surrounding them.

"You think I didn't know you had already made a deal with people from the First Federal Military Academy and claimed you built that mecha yourself?" Xuan Gu still refused to believe that Xuan Xuan was the creator of the mecha, preferring to believe that the Mofei family had bribed people from the First Federal Military Academy.

Xuan Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly. It seemed there were dissidents within the First Federal Military Academy who had leaked the news and let Xuan Gu find out. Still, why did Xuan Gu think it was fake?

On second thought, there was no reason Xuan Gu should know unless it was the Bai family?

Why would the Bai family be foolish enough to pull such a stunt at the First Federal Military Academy?

Pondering the Zerg parasite inside Xuan Gu's body, Xuan Xuan asked, "Didn't Bai Ruchen come?"

Xuan Gu didn't answer. "I really have no idea how you can remain this calm."

"You don't have the capability to do anything to me." Naturally, Xuan Xuan was calm.

What Xuan Gu hated most was this detached attitude from Xuan Xuan, as if looking down on her. Clearly, she was the genius everyone should adore, while Mofei Xuanxuan was nothing more than a good-for-nothing who could barely stand on her own by relying on her family.

If she had the support of the Mofei family, she certainly wouldn't be like Mofei Xuanxuan, needing a special recommendation quota just to enter the First Federal Military Academy.

Back then, she had already lived in the Mofei family estate, even if it wasn't the Capital's branch.

Pity that Mofei Xuanxuan had survived and thrived, while she had been sent back to the Xuan family.

However, she would now use her own ability to trample Mofei Xuanxuan beneath her feet. Now that Xuan Xuan was in her hands, she could be molded or shattered however she pleased. "You think the people from the Mofei family will have time to rescue you?"

Xuan Xuan's mental energy remained constantly linked to the two Mofei brothers, so she wasn't worried about them running into any real trouble; at worst, they would just be delayed.

Xuan Gu looked at Xuan Xuan before her, a trace of murderous intent flashing in her eyes. Even so, she held back; Bai Ruchen still had use for Xuan Xuan, so she couldn't act rashly—though she didn't believe Mofei Xuanxuan possessed any real utility.

The corners of Xuan Gu's mouth curled into a cold smile, unwilling to waste any more breath. "Still not going to make a move?"

Xuan Xuan smiled. "What's the rush? Are you afraid my dad and the others are going to show up?"

What Xuan Gu had just mentioned should refer to more than just Mofei Weihao and his brother.

"Hmph." Xuan Gu snorted. "If you're only starting to worry now, it's too late."

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