Xingzi's voice reached An Xi's ears with pinpoint accuracy.
Following the voice, An Xi saw Xingzi standing beside Chu Sheng, laughing mercilessly, unable to hide the grin on her face.
An Xi couldn't help clenching her fists.
Her fists tightened. Oh, they were ready.
At the sight of her, A Xin, who had been talking to Fang Hong, immediately stopped. She looked at An Xi, then at Xingzi, clearly eager to watch the drama unfold.
She wasn't the only one. Zhu Qing, who had already suffered at An Xi's hands, reacted the same way, though he only dared watch An Xi out of the corner of his eye.
An Xi took a deep breath and walked toward Xingzi, the golden light in her eyes growing brighter and brighter.
She crossed the thirty or forty meters in an instant, appearing right beside Xingzi. An inscrutable smile spread across her face as she draped an arm around Xingzi's shoulders.
"We need to have a good talk."
With that, An Xi forcibly dragged her off to one side.
Chu Sheng watched the two of them, fell silent for a moment, then turned straight to Captain Hui.
No one else could interfere in matters between An Xi and Xingzi. A Xin might have been able to talk An Xi down, but judging by her expression, she clearly had no intention of doing so.
Aside from A Xin, he was the only one whose words carried any weight. In some respects, he might even have been more effective at persuading An Xi than A Xin was, but it wouldn't have been appropriate for him to take either woman's side.
In the end, he decided to pretend he hadn't seen anything.
An Xi dragged Xingzi somewhere fairly far away, screened off by a huge slab of