[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-love-life-begins-in-new-eliad":3,"chapter-love-life-begins-in-new-eliad-love-life-begins-in-new-eliad-chapter-73":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Love Life Begins in New Eliad",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2330160,4557,"Chapter 73: Qingyi","love-life-begins-in-new-eliad-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>Run away? What nonsense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given his current situation, the worst he’d get is a few years in jail—after all, no one died, so it’s barely attempted murder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention whether he could even escape under these three’s noses—if he got caught again, that’d be the best case. Who knows if they’d shoot him on the spot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pedestrian A dragged Pedestrian B all the way to the back of the police car, opened the door himself, shoved his junior inside, then got in and shut the door behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyi stood beside the front passenger door, watching Zhu Yuan still chatting happily by the roadside; she scowled and shouted loudly: “Zhu Yuan, how much longer are you going to chat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright! Coming right away!\" Zhu Yuan turned back at Qingyi’s call, then smiled faintly at Ye Qingfeng, \"Qingfeng, would you mind coming to the police station to sit down? After giving your statement, how about trying my work lunch? Then we can rehearse for tomorrow afternoon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course~ It’s my honor~!” Ye Qingfeng added a soft inflection, speaking in an overly polite tone, “Then today I’m counting on you, Zhu Yuan~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha! You talk so strangely, Qingfeng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yuan chuckled softly, her eyes narrowing as she covered her mouth, her voice laced with amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, don’t keep Qingyi waiting—officers first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingfeng made a gallant gesture, inviting her to go ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gesture made Zhu Yuan burst into bell-like laughter; as he wished, she stepped forward first, and as she passed him, she suddenly raised her hand and lightly punched his chest, “Stop being silly, let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, ma’am!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingfeng grinned and saluted Zhu Yuan, then followed her toward the police car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Qingyi saw the two still smiling at each other in the distance; her face darkened involuntarily as she clenched her fists. Just as she was about to explode, she saw them walking toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furious... and humiliated!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyi let out a barely audible huff, opened the door, and sat down in the front passenger seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingfeng, sit in the back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yuan walked up to the police car, opened the door, glanced inside, then turned to Ye Qingfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh... I get carsick. Can I sit up front?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingfeng’s good mood vanished instantly; he looked at Zhu Yuan with hopeful, embarrassed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course you can!” Zhu Yuan silently noted this down, then leaned into the car to look at Qingyi in the front seat, asking politely, “Qingyi, would you mind switching to the back? Qingfeng gets carsick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyi took a deep breath, silently unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the door, and stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could have refused—but Zhu Yuan’s words were perfectly reasonable, and she didn’t care much about such things anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Qingyi was older than Ye Qingfeng, and as a police officer, she should show deference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why did she feel strangely irritated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, even if Zhu Yuan had left her stranded on the street, she’d just shrug and walk back to the police station at her own pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she stepped out, she saw Ye Qingfeng already waiting there, looking at her with an apologetic expression; her irritation deepened. She turned her head away without a word, opened the back door, and sat inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spacious backseat instantly grew cramped; Pedestrian A, sitting in the middle, squeezed himself as far away from Qingyi as possible, leaving a palm’s width between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she didn’t know why... this Officer Qingyi seemed to be in a bad mood. Better not provoke her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qingfeng, completely ignored by Qingyi, sat in the seat she had always taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also sensed her bad mood—and felt it was somehow tied to him. Since they met, she hadn’t said a single word to her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one possible explanation! He remembered what the love-struck uncle in prison had said!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you’re around two girls and one suddenly starts sulking, ask yourself: have you been ignoring her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she’s emotionally unbalanced—she’s jealous!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So... Qingyi is jealous because she saw me chatting happily with Zhu Yuan and didn’t talk to her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhu Yuan started the police car, Ye Qingfeng instantly felt nauseous; he shut his eyes and slumped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the sky fell... wait till we get out of the car...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ye Qingfeng closed his eyes and his breathing steadied, Zhu Yuan noticed immediately and gently eased off the accelerator, driving smoothly and steadily toward the police station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qingyi sat motionless, arms crossed, back straight, one leg crossed over the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the rearview mirror, Ye Qingfeng’s peaceful sleeping face was clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his fine bangs were eyelashes longer than hers; his facial contours were sharp yet softened by gentleness, his nose high and noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His slightly pale complexion gave him a frail, delicate air—a sight that made any woman instinctively want to care for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Qingyi, usually indifferent to men, felt her furrowed brows slowly relax, a barely perceptible smile tugging at her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So at least his carsickness isn’t fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Fun fact: Qingyi is not a natural human. Her personality and consciousness were modeled after ancient cultural texts from the old civilization, forming an artificial persona; her body is a bio-engineered intelligent construct, commonly called a Yu Ou.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(But Qingyi does not know this.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Think of it as an AI with a soul, built from recorded data of a specific woman from antiquity.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(The author previously hinted that the world of Qu Jie Ling is profoundly dark—essentially a post-zombie-virus world, where the virus is the Hollow.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timeline runs: Old Capital — Old Aelidu — New Aelidu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The author suspects that everything happening now might merely be digital data, and the only remaining humans could be Ling or Zhe, along with mechanical entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ling or Zhe dies, Fairy endlessly replays events experienced by her master (just a theory—feel free to discuss).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many foreshadowings have been planted; like Genshin Impact, the final goal was clear from the start, yet the current characters are deeply lost. Everyone who’s played miHoYo games knows—they’ll suddenly stab you with a plot twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Also, the author isn’t a plot-driven person, so later chapters will focus mostly on original stories: romance, daily life, and avoid all the messy stuff.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But writing original plots is mentally exhausting... hehe (rubbing hands suggestively)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(?????)(?????)(?????)\u003C\u002Fp>",1064,"2026-06-20T20:13:17.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3d878d748040c96f02e374e0254429be2baba102c63a2dbfc0f09ae20c76aa31","love-life-begins-in-new-eliad-chapter-74","love-life-begins-in-new-eliad-chapter-72",280,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flove-life-begins-in-new-eliad-cover.jpg"]