Chapter 160: 160. Chapter 160: Oh no! Progress interrupted!

160. Chapter 160: Oh no! Progress interrupted!

"..."

Luo Xixi felt a chill drill straight from the soles of her feet into her heart, a bone-deep cold that was impossible to describe.

She did not go over, but took a deep, heavy breath and asked, "Chexi, why are you here? Where are my second brother and third brother? Where did they go?"

Hearing Luo Xixi's question, Sheng Tinglan gave a low, inscrutable chuckle, then tilted his head and said in a leisurely tone, "Xixi, actually, this thought of yours is wrong."

"What do you mean?"

Luo Xixi knitted her brows, not knowing why this guy was acting so mysterious.

Sheng Tinglan said, "Why do you think it's your second and third brothers who have disappeared? Why wouldn't you think that it is you who has disappeared?"

!!!

Once these words were spoken, Luo Xixi's heart hammered violently again. She felt as if all the blood in her body was flowing in reverse. Although she still didn't understand what Sheng Tinglan meant by this, her first reaction was to run!

Without another word, Luo Xixi turned and ran toward the outside of the private room.

However, after she crossed the threshold of the room, she found herself running back into the room again.

"This is!!!"

Seeing Sheng Tinglan appear before her eyes once more, the hairs all over Luo Xixi's body stood on end. Her heart raced, and she struggled to steady her emotions as she loudly demanded, "Gu Chexi, what on earth have you done?"

Had she encountered a ghost wall?

No matter how she ran, she couldn't get out.

But she knew very clearly that this was the handiwork of the man before her. What made Luo Xixi even more panicked was that this was definitely not an ability a normal Transmigrator could possess.

Sheng Tinglan now, like Yan Yu, also possessed magical power.

However, Luo Xixi did not believe this was given to him by Mijia.

Because there was no need for Mijia to give the ability to two different people.

Then, only one possibility remained: the Chief System hostile to Mijia had cooperated with Sheng Tinglan, and it had given him this power!

"..."

Sheng Tinglan did not answer Luo Xixi's question. He finally stood up from his chair, then strode toward Luo Xixi with his long legs, preemptively asking, "Xixi, why must you break your word?"

!!

Upon hearing this, Luo Xixi's heart skipped a beat. She realized what Sheng Tinglan was talking about, but she dared not ask. Her eyes darted away as she said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

But Sheng Tinglan clearly did not allow Luo Xixi to evade. He said, "Didn't you promise me that you wouldn't associate with Yan Yu anymore? But why have you met with him time and time again, and contacted him in private? Is there even a single word of truth left in what you say to me?"

Luo Xixi didn't know why either; she hadn't done anything wrong, yet being spoken to like this by the man made her feel like a cheating, scummy woman. A surge of anger churned in her heart. Since Sheng Tinglan already knew about her private contact with Yan Yu, she decided to just let it all out!

Luo Xixi glared indignantly at Sheng Tinglan and retorted, "It's because the demands you made were unreasonable! What right do you have to control who I associate with? Whether in this life or the last, Yan Yu has been wholeheartedly helping me, but what about you? Aside from hurting me, what else can you do? Why should I listen to you and stop seeing him just because you say so? If it weren't to complete the mission for my second brother as soon as possible and rescue Tong'er and my eldest brother, I would never have agreed to your tyrannical terms!"

"..."

Listening to Luo Xixi's words, Sheng Tinglan's deep black eyes grew even more profound. The smile on his face faded, and he said in a low voice, "But haven't I already told you that I can help you too? Why would you rather have Yan Yu help you than accept me?"

"Help me? How would you help me?"

Luo Xixi figured that since the facade was already broken, she might as well speak plainly once and for all. "This ability of yours to create a Creation Space is something you just obtained, right? And you got it from the other Chief System. You must know by now that there is a civil war within the system, and the two Chief Systems are fighting tooth and nail, yet you chose the hostile system and even obtained its power. Let me guess, why would the other side give you power? It wouldn't be because they set a condition for you to sabotage my mission, would it?"

It had to be said.

Sometimes, Luo Xixi's intuition was truly sharp.

She had actually seen through him at a glance.

Sheng Tinglan was left speechless; the facts were indeed as Luo Xixi had guessed. He pressed his lips together tightly, then said in a low voice, "That was also because you went behind my back to associate with Yan Yu first. I didn't have enough power to contend with Yan Yu, so I had to resort to this desperate measure."

"Ha!"

Hearing Sheng Tinglan's sophistry, Luo Xixi realized that although this person had awakened Self-Awareness, he was still as selfish and self-righteous as before.

She laughed in anger and said, "So your countermeasure is to cooperate with our enemy and then sabotage my mission? Sheng Tinglan, with that, how dare you still appear before me? You have always used the guise of love to constantly hurt others. As long as you can achieve your goal, there is nothing you won't do, isn't that right? Compared to you, Yan Yu has at least always been trying to find ways to help me. He has never thought of hurting me. That is the reason I chose him!"

Every word Luo Xixi said was like a blade, cruelly slicing at Sheng Tinglan's heart. His eyes turned somewhat red and bloodshot as he said, "Xixi, must you be so heartless with the words you say to me?"

Luo Xixi said with a cold, mirthless smile, "The truth is always harsh. If you can't accept it, it just means I've struck your weak spot!"

Sheng Tinglan: "!!!"

How had he never noticed before that this girl's tongue was so sharp, as if it were laced with poison?

But Sheng Tinglan still wanted to argue his case, saying, "Do you think that without me, Yehruohua wouldn't have sent someone else to deal with you? If someone had to be chosen for this position, why shouldn't I be the one to take it? At least this way, everything can remain under my control. Xixi, as long as you give up the mission, Yehruohua won't deal with you anymore. Why must you insist on going against a Chief System for the sake of a system and a paper character?"

"Heh!"

Luo Xixi felt that it was impossible to reason with Sheng Tinglan.

In fact, she knew very well that Yan Yu also didn't understand why she could go to such lengths for Tong'er and her eldest brother. At the time, he had even wanted to take her and run away, but because she insisted on staying, he was willing to stay with her and face this mess, even if he didn't understand.

But Luo Xixi didn't think Sheng Tinglan could be like Yan Yu.

"I am just willing to!"

Luo Xixi said to Sheng Tinglan, "What exactly have you done to me? Did you drag me into a different space or something? Hurry up and let me out; I still need to find my second brother, third brother, and the others!"

Sheng Tinglan wore a gloomy face and stubbornly said, "Xixi, stop worrying about it. You are nothing more than a tool for that Mijia. Even if you help him achieve his goal, Yehruohua won't let you go. Why bother putting yourself in danger for the sake of others? As long as you give up this mission, I can take you away from this world, and then we can be together without any worries."

As expected, he was still acting willfully!

"Are you incapable of understanding human speech?!"

Luo Xixi was furious and said angrily, "I don't want to leave! I like this world! I want to be with the Luo Family. If I wanted to leave, I would have already left. If you truly love me, hurry up and let me go!"

Sheng Tinglan sneered, "Let you go? And then watch you and Yan Yu be all lovey-dovey? Xixi, I'm not that magnanimous."

"!!!!"

Luo Xixi was about to go crazy with anger and said, "This has nothing to do with Yan Yu! This is the most critical moment for my mission right now. Do you really want to watch me fail my mission?!"