Chapter 14

1

Situ Liyao looked around the cafe suspiciously, making sure there weren't any relevant people nearby. She let out a sigh of relief. Being an idol singer wasn't easy. Before I entered the park, posters of her performing in the park were everywhere. I never imagined that she would be this mischievous. It felt like being in a idol drama. Or maybe Situ Liyao herself liked watching idol dramas, which is why she ended up doing something like escaping to play even though she was supposed to be performing.

"You like playing so much, you better hurry up. Your performance is in a few hours," I said.

She glanced at me and smirked. "Coming alone?"

By saying that, Situ Liyao meant that Qin Yang, a guy like me, couldn't possibly come to the amusement park alone.

"It's none of your business how many of us come. You have no say in it," I replied.

"Alright then, accompany me," Situ Liyao tossed her hat to me and walked a few steps ahead. Her long hair floated in the spring breeze.

Wow, it felt like I was in an idol drama. I could almost confirm that she had watched too many idol dramas. Rich girl or superstar escapes and meets a handsome guy, and they happily play around, marking the beginning of a love story. It's a staple of idol dramas.

"You always say that I'm the biggest enemy of your Situ family, but aren't you contradicting yourself by being with me like this?" I asked.

Situ Liyao seemed a bit embarrassed and whispered, "Last time, Situ Nanfu was nearby. If I didn't say that, he would have snitched to my father."

"Oh~~~ I see. No wonder. I always thought you talked a lot about enemies and such, but I couldn't feel any deep hatred in your heart. You're good at acting, big star."

"I know that the medicine my brother, Situ Ming, takes to forcefully enhance his magic power is a poison. The reason his Divine Fire mutated is probably because of long-term usage," Situ Liyao recalled how Situ Ming's magic power skyrocketed after taking that medicine, but his face would turn pale and lifeless afterwards.

"I really want to know who gave you guys that medicine."

Situ Liyao pondered for a while before telling me, "At first, I thought it was given to us by the Forest Lord, but later I realized that ever since the Empire started clearing out the spies from major families and the Divine Realm, that medicine hasn't appeared anymore."

"Something from the Divine Realm? That's absurd!"

"A reasonable suspicion."

"Yeah, even the Curse Dagger was made by the Divine Realm. Who knows how much of their moral principles are left."

Situ Liyao checked the time.

"Hurry up, we don't have much time."

"Wait, I haven't said I'm going yet. I'm still waiting for someone."

"I know, Qin Yang. I know who you are, but you guys have a whole day. I only have an hour. Let me borrow it from her."

Qiong was still in line, so it might be a good deed to accompany her for a while!

Situ Liyao pulled me along and we played a few attractions together.

"Well, time is almost up. Xiao Qiong should be coming back soon, right?"

"I know. This guy seems to have no sense of time. He's so lazy!"

"If Xiao Qiong finds you, I could imagine a violent and bloody scene."

"Xiao Qiong should be arriving soon," Situ Liyao suddenly said, holding a bag of fish jerky and enticing the roadside skeleton cat while looking back at me.

"What are you so fascinated by?"

"I was thinking... do skeletons eat fish jerky?"

"Really?"

The skeleton cat lifted its bony paw and slowly reached for the fish jerky.

"And where did you get the fish jerky?"

"I'm not telling you."

"I'm going to buy drinks, what do you want?"

"Just water, I don't want anything else before the performance."

So you still remember that you have a performance? I really want to ask you to go back quickly, but since you're willing to come out and play, there's no need to stop you, so... "Squeak!" A red electric current flashed through the crowd, so fast that human eyes could barely perceive its frequency.

Two tall figures were thrown into a secluded grove. These people, dressed formally and looking around in all directions, were clearly here to find Situ Liyao.

"Who are you, and what have you done to them!"

Several more similarly dressed people appeared behind me. They had immediately located this place after two of their comrades went missing, quite efficient.

"Just tell the organizers that your big star will return on time, just calm down."

"I'm asking who you are." The grove was dense with trees, with poor lighting, and my back was turned to them, so they couldn't see who I was.

"No need to be so persistent..."

A blood-red lightning flashed under my feet, spreading out. Wherever it passed, everything became pitch black, devoid of any signs of life. The appearance of the blood thunder instantly terrified them, overwhelming the fear brought by the terrifying theme park. Whoever they encountered, they were undoubtedly struck to their souls.

"Don't worry, although it will make you bleed from seven orifices, you won't die. Just go back and pass on the message." I quickly appeared behind the only person who hadn't fallen down, my right hand's five fingers already clutching his throat, while my left hand snapped its fingers in front of him, each snap accompanied by a spark of electricity.

2

I emerged from the grove, quickly bought two bottles of water, and instinctively felt that it was about time. I needed to hurry and explain to Situ Liyao, it would be best to leave as soon as possible!

"Water..."

Now, I had never felt so strongly that I had made a wrong decision! When I ran back to the original spot, Situ Liyao was still playing with the skeleton cat, but not with the fish jerky. She had already picked it up and was holding it in her arms.

However, the scariest part was that Xiao Qiong was already standing in front of her. The two of them stared at each other for a long time, no scent of gunpowder, just a few sounds of electric currents, seemingly becoming stronger and stronger with each passing moment.

"Qin Yang, who is your water for?"

"Haha, no one, it's for myself. When I met a friend and was chatting, I got thirsty, so why not give it to Qing?" I handed the water to Xiang Qiong, my laughter seemed a bit awkward.

Xiao Qiong raised her left eyebrow and said, "Give the other bottle to her."

"She is a guest."

"Miss Situ is supposed to perform, does she have time to chat with our Qin Yang?"

"She said she wanted to take me out to play!" Situ Liyao gave me a pitiful, innocent look. This time, it was clearly her who was enticing me. With that look of yours, Qing will definitely misunderstand your intentions in the next second.

"You even said you wanted to have a private date with me, but here you are, flirting with another girl while your girlfriend is still here. I'll give you two options: one, I go back and tell Lilith Hanya and the others, and you explain how you can arrange a private date with just me and then flirt with another; two, eat my bullet!"

"Wait, you just used live ammunition once, and now you want to use two more rounds!" Situ Liyao looked at Xiao Qiong as she skillfully loaded two bullets into her "Thunderclap" and casually leaned against me.

"Hey, Miss Situ, you'd better leave quickly!" I took a step back and whispered.

"And now you're whispering!" Xiao Qiong raised her magic gun, and two layers of magic formations suddenly appeared in front of the barrel. It seemed like the safety was off.

"Why don't we all play together?" Situ Liyao poked his head out from behind me and winked.

"Stay calm!"

Suddenly, an alarm went off in the amusement park. It was clear that Xiao Qiong's act of pulling out the magic gun in public had alerted the park security!

"Come on, while the security hasn't arrived yet, let's shoot and then leave immediately!" If this gets out, those people at the academy will say my reputation is bad again!