You Beat Fang Xing

Yiqing's help wasn't particularly wholehearted.

He merely "covered" Snake Woman's eyes, then quietly waited for her to break free of the state she was in.

When it came down to it, this was the system's problem. His relationship with the system was only worth this much—and he expected something in return for helping.

If it had really been Yu Xing's problem, he wouldn't have stayed so uninvolved. That had happened plenty of times before, hadn't it?

Yiqing knew Yu Xing had always thought he and the system had something going on. That was true... but he and the system had always worked together, trading favors for benefits. Their accounts were always settled clearly.

His relationships with Yu Xing and with certain interesting blue-haired humans in the Broken Mirror Squad, on the other hand, came from the heart.

The system knew his attitude, too. That was why it had told Yu Xing Yiqing could only stall for one minute.

As for Yiqing himself, he simply floated there, calmly watching Yu Xing out of the corner of his eye as he slipped off to one side. Compared to Snake Woman, Yu Xing was much more interesting to him.

He wanted to explore everything about Yu Xing, whether it was his past, present, or future.

For example, what was Yu Xing thinking right now?

Would he feel uneasy about sending a signal to someone he didn't trust enough? Or did he actually trust that man surnamed Hua, and was only saying otherwise?

As he watched, the branches forming the sphere slowly scattered.

Yu Xing straightened up, his hands now empty.

He turned and raised an eyebrow. "You're staring pretty obviously. Am I that good-looking?"

Never mind the intense feeling of being watched.

This entire space was filled with Yu Xing's branches. Each one