I need an explanation, but not now. The most important thing at present is to unite against the external threat.
I raised an eyebrow and softly uttered a few words, "It's none of your business. I like it."
After saying that, ignoring the other person's collapsing expression, I turned to look at the guy beside me. "It's okay. If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to."
A Bai and Xu Yang wore expressions as if they were watching a super sweet romance.
"Oh my god! This is such excessive public display of affection," they chimed in with each other. It gave an immediate impression that I was the one torturing them. I simply ignored these two.
I rolled my eyes and turned around to play with the thing in my hand.
The thing in my hand was a dark green jade stone. I had been looking at it for a while. I didn't know when or who had put it in my bag.
I looked at the guy beside me and stuffed the thing into his hand.
"What is this?"
Yan Yan frowned and examined the stone. Suddenly, his expression changed. He exerted a little force with his fingers.
"What's wrong?"
I didn't quite understand his reaction. Without saying a word, Yan Yan stared at the thing with a sinister look in his eyes and said, "It's the thing I told you about before."
"What?"
I recalled what Yan Yan had told me before and immediately understood something. So that's how it was. But how did it end up here?
He had told me before that there were many things the principal wanted underground.
As long as we got those things, we could temporarily take shelter in this school, and he would protect us.
The prerequisite was that we could obtain that thing. Now, we hadn't even started looking, and it was already taken care of?
Playing with the thing in my hand, I looked at Yan Yan. "So do you think I should keep this or not?"
Xu Yang beside me moved his lips as if he had some other opinions, but he finally held back.
Xu Yang muttered in a low voice, "Are you crazy?"
His appearance made me feel a bit amused but also a bit headache - inducing at the same time.
Staring at my fingertips, I gently tapped the table with them. Finally, I told the truth, "Don't you think there has been a pair of eyes watching me all the way?"
"You mean that old man? That bounty hunter just now was really quite powerful. His skill is to make you involuntarily follow his ideas. But with all due respect, you don't need to worry too much. Although the old man's ability is powerful, it can be countered with just a bit of glutinous rice powder. That's probably why he doesn't meet the standard of a top - level hunter."
Although I didn't understand these professional terms of theirs, I could still grasp the general meaning.
Basically, that old man wouldn't pose a great threat to us. Although I was relieved, it wasn't enough to dispel my real concerns.
"What else are you worried about?"
Yan Yan seemed to have a sixth sense and immediately saw my real concern.
I sighed and didn't say a word. If the other side was really that powerful and had their eyes on me, I thought of the girl I saw in the landlady's shop. What if we had been watched all the way?
"It's okay. As long as we get underground, whatever they want to do, they won't succeed," Yan Yan comforted me after seeing my concern. "The place we're going to is indeed a place where people will be in great danger and too busy to take care of themselves. By then, they won't care about you."
I stared at Yan Yan's cold - smiling face and felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Really? You don't have to be so serious about it."
"Hey, wait a minute."
Someone reached out and grabbed me. My movements were stiff, but I still obediently let A Bai pull me over.
A Bai stared into my eyes. "Has anyone given you something recently?"
A sense of uneasiness flashed through my mind. I thought of what Yan Yan had told me before, that my hallucinations might be related to some kind of drug.
"I don't know. I don't think so."
A Bai's second personality was very friendly to me. It seemed quite nice.
He reached into the bag beside him, took out something, and pricked my arm twice. A few drops of black fresh blood oozed out.
A Bai gently touched my blood with his fingertip and smelled it. Immediately, his expression changed, looking extremely serious.
A Bai told me seriously that I had not only been drugged but also with something quite serious.
I was shocked. I quickly stepped forward and looked at the mark on his finger.
A Bai patted me with a smile. "What are you thinking? There are no obvious symptoms for now. You just need to be a bit more docile. Don't provoke others you shouldn't."
God knows how I managed to offend someone again!
"Don't worry. It's okay. It's not a big problem. It's not your fault."
I wanted to complain in my heart but held it back. I could only sigh, look at A Bai, and for the first time, ask, "Are you sure it's okay?"
"Don't worry. You're being too protective of him. If the original owner of this body saw this, he'd probably be extremely jealous."
Although he said so, there was no sign of concern on his face. Instead, he looked relaxed.
It seemed that the more you liked someone and cared about them, the more you would lose. Somehow, this thought suddenly flashed through my mind.
In the past, A Bai was in a vulnerable position. Now, the second personality didn't like him. Although he wasn't invincible here, he didn't feel bad at all.
I looked at Yan Yan's various expressions. Xu Yang patted me on the shoulder. "What are you thinking so intently? Is it because he's so handsome that you've suddenly fallen for him? This makes things difficult for us."
Xu Yang was being talkative again. I rolled my eyes at him and didn't say a word. I just looked at Yan Yan with a probing look in my eyes and asked, "What's your take on today's incident? Is the person who sent us there from your tribe?"
I knew how powerful the people in their tribe were. So I should be worried. But even so, it was okay. I was just a bit concerned.
If Yan Yan was captured, god knows what would happen to him.
Xu Yang was a bit unhappy. "I'm also quite pitiful, okay? I don't see you worrying about me."
I looked at this drama king beside me. "It's not impossible to worry about you, but can you at least show some signs of being scared? You don't look scared at all. Don't try to deceive me just because I'm not well - read."
"Don't worry. It's okay. They can't do much to me."
With just a few short sentences, Yan Yan completely put an end to my thoughts.
This guy walked over with a cold and hard expression. His movements were as sharp as the wind. I couldn't help but clap for him while watching from the side.