Healing S-Class Beasts Made Me the Empire's Treasure
Chapter 214 - 193: Don’t Bully the Little Rabbit
Su Xingye subconsciously wanted to ask more.
But for some reason, Jun Lin Yuan gave Su Xingye an almost imperceptible shake of his head.
’Lanlan was just found. Forget it.’
’Besides, she and Qi Jingshen won’t have any chance to meet again anyway.’
"Alright."
Jun Lin Yuan agreed.
"The few of us will do our best to investigate, but it happened eighteen years ago. It won’t be easy."
"Qi Jingshen has probably investigated it himself, too."
"Mm."
Yu Lan nodded, understanding the situation. "I know."
After a moment of thought, she still offered a reminder:
"Perhaps you could start the investigation with the Royal Family."
"You might be able to find some information more quickly that way."
If Belina really had ordered the murder of Qi Jingshen’s entire family, then Yu Lan’s feelings about what he was doing now were complicated, to say the least.
’I hope there can be a turn for the better.’
Yu Lan hoped.
Even though the possibility was extremely slim.
"By the way, where are Shen Zueran and Yu Wenzhou? What are they doing now?"
Yu Lan had wanted to ask ever since she first noticed they weren’t there.
But each of the men’s emotions needed soothing more than the last, and it wasn’t until this moment that Yu Lan finally had a chance to bring it up.
Her voice held a hint of probing:
"Are they injured?"
The Second Legion had swaggered off and declared their rebellion.
With something so explosive shaking the entire interstellar community, someone was bound to try and fish in troubled waters.
Given how much these men cared for her, Yu Lan knew that as long as they still had a leg to stand on, they would have forced themselves to come see her.
Not seeing them now, a sense of foreboding washed over Yu Lan.
And as she asked, a rare look of awkwardness passed over the faces of the men before her.
Huo Zhanting raised a fist to his lips and cleared his throat before speaking:
"Shen Zueran was suddenly tied up with an exceptionally important research experiment, so he stayed on Central Star."
"As for Yu Wenzhou..."
Huo Zhanting trailed off.
But Yu Lan already understood.
’These guys have very clearly ostracized Yu Wenzhou.’
He might be a top interstellar superstar adored by millions, but under the iron fist of Huo Zhanting and the others, he had no choice but to yield.
It wasn’t that Huo Zhanting and the others were intentionally targeting him; it was mainly because they still didn’t know his background.
What if they brought him along and he secretly leaked information, hindering their search for Yu Lan?
But now that Yu Lan had asked, a rare hint of embarrassment still appeared on Huo Zhanting’s face.
"Don’t worry. Besides not letting him on the Starship, we haven’t restricted him in any other way."
Not only had they not restricted him, they had secretly assigned people to watch him 24/7, trying to catch him slipping up.
The more chaotic things became, the easier it was for someone to expose themselves.
But it was very strange.
The people monitoring him on Central Star had reported back these past few days that there was nothing unusual about Yu Wenzhou.
His life was a straight line between two points. He would go to the Star Port early in the morning to wait for them to return with Yu Lan, and he wouldn’t go back to his villa until nearly dawn.
But the man’s health was truly poor. Even through photos, Huo Zhanting could see his complexion growing paler and paler.
As if he were suffering from some serious illness.
’What a coincidence!?’
’Doesn’t that mean he’ll be able to make Yu Lan’s heart ache for him again once we’re back on Central Star?’
In fact, they didn’t even have to wait until they got back to Central Star.
Understanding the hidden meaning in Huo Zhanting’s words, Yu Lan couldn’t help but sigh.
She wanted to say something, but Huo Zhanting and the others had also paid a great price to find her.
They all stood before her, offering up their bare, sincere hearts.
No matter which one of them was wronged, she couldn’t bear it.
In the end, she only said:
"Don’t bully the little rabbit anymore."
"Okay?"
’Little rabbit.’
’Hmph!’
’I’m a little lion/leopard/fox/whatever...’
’What’s so great about a little rabbit?’
Hearing Yu Lan’s request, the group of men had all sorts of thoughts, but none of them showed it on their faces.
They nodded repeatedly in agreement:
"Of course, of course. We’ll listen to whatever Lanlan says."
’Anyway, once we find some dirt on Yu Wenzhou, we’ll have plenty of ways to deal with him.’
In fact, from the very moment Yu Lan disappeared, their suspicions had fallen on Yu Wenzhou.
After all, when that guard appeared and called Yu Lan away, she had been with Yu Wenzhou.
The First Legion had many interrogation methods that could extract information without causing physical injury.
After trying them one by one on Yu Wenzhou and still failing to get any leads from him, Huo Zhanting had no choice but to give up.
But now, hearing Yu Lan suddenly mention Yu Wenzhou, he belatedly remembered this, and his heart skipped a beat.
’Damn it!’
’What if Yu Wenzhou tells Yu Lan what happened?’
’Every single one of us here was involved; none of us are innocent.’
Li Yucheng and the others secretly exchanged glances, a flicker of anxiety in their eyes.
’We beat up her favorite love rival while she was gone, and now she’s about to come home. The rival is definitely going to snitch. What do we do? Seeking answers online! Urgent!!!’
Yu Lan was completely oblivious to the anxiety gripping the men’s hearts.
Now that she was suddenly back among familiar faces, the tension she had been holding onto finally melted away.
A wave of exhaustion belatedly washed over her.
"I’m sleepy. I’m going to rest now."
"Okay, Lanlan, you get some rest. We’ll wake you when we get to Central Star."
Even though they desperately wanted to stay by her side.
The men still reluctantly filed out of the room.
"What are we going to do about Yu Wenzhou?"
Pei Shiyi was the first to ask.
Secretly ostracizing him and openly taking him in for interrogation were two completely different things.
The former would, at most, make Yu Lan feel helpless; the latter was likely to make her furious.
They knew how much Yu Lan despised bullies who used their power to oppress others.
But at the time, Yu Lan had been suddenly abducted, and as the last person to be with her, their suspicion of Yu Wenzhou wasn’t entirely baseless.
Sheng Yiqing suggested:
"Should we contact our people on Central Star now and have them warn him in advance?"
"If he dares to leak this, we’ll..."
"Hah!"
Li Yucheng cut Sheng Yiqing off before he could finish.
"You’d better pray Yu Wenzhou doesn’t deliberately show up in front of Lanlan covered in injuries. If he does, who do you think she’ll believe—him or us?"
"And as for your ’warning’? Are you really not afraid he’ll plant a camera in his room beforehand and record the entire threat? We’d be completely finished then."
’Is Yu Wenzhou an idiot?’
Everyone had seen how mentally resilient the man was during the interrogation.
’How could he not have a backup plan?’
’Better to do nothing than to make a move.’
’At worst, we’ll just have to get on our knees and apologize to Lanlan.’
’Kneeling for your own woman isn’t embarrassing.’
Despite thinking this, a flicker of irritation still crossed Li Yucheng’s brow.
Meanwhile,
on Central Star...
...Yu Wenzhou, the man on everyone’s mind, was lying in bed.
For a rare change, he hadn’t gotten up early to rush to the Star Port to wait. Huo Zhanting and the others refused to share any information with him, so all he could do was wait.
Wait for the Starship to land, wait for Yu Lan to return.
He was used to waiting, anyway.
Only today...
A bitter smile touched Yu Wenzhou’s lips.
’So, I’m already too weak to get up and leave the house.’
The sun was shining brightly outside, and through the glass window, he could see kingfishers flying by from time to time.
’I can’t accept this!’
’I haven’t even had a last chance to see Lanlan.’
Yu Wenzhou’s hand reached forward, full of unwillingness, as if trying to grasp something from the void. But in the end, it caught nothing, and fell heavily back onto the bed.