281: Polite and distant

Xiao Yue used all her strength, her fist, combined with a Water Blade, smashed into the machine—

Although the machine wasn't shattered into pieces, its shape was distorted.

Along with the water vapor that seeped into the Water Blade attack, the machine that set the restriction was directly scrapped.

This was originally military equipment; it took some effort for Gu Qi, who wasn't military, to get his hands on it.

With the restriction gone, Xiao Yue summoned Little Nine and Little Lan.

The corpses were incinerated by Little Nine.

Little Lan not only continued to treat Gu Yu but also used Water Control to clean the bloodstains in the house.

The dagger was inserted too deeply into Gu Yu's back, likely having injured his internal organs.

Xiao Yue's Water Therapy could at most temporarily stop the bleeding; he still needed to go to the hospital for stitches and anti-inflammatory treatment to quickly get out of the danger period.

Soon after, people from the ambulance center arrived and carried Gu Yu onto the ambulance.

Mu Qingning hugged Gu Xiaoyang and followed them into the car.

"Xiao Yue, you—"

Before leaving, she was worried about Xiao Yue and turned back, wanting to ask her to go to the hospital with her.

"I still have some matters to handle. You go to the hospital first, I'll go later."

Xiao Yue glanced at the fragmented brain, and the scene of Chu Li giving it to her back then resurfaced in her mind.

This was the latest model at the time, and it was still very fast after so long.

If it weren't for today's farce, it probably could have been used for another two or three years without lagging.

She watched Mu Qingning get into the ambulance, then headed to Hualian Shopping Mall.

The beast corpses from the beast tide a year ago were still piled up like a small mountain in the Yu Beast Space; she would buy a brain and sell them at the same time.

The pet snacks she had bought at Damon's were almost used up, so she might as well take care of everything at once.

Because Xiao Yue had a large number of beast corpses and she expressed some urgency,

Hualian dispatched many people to work, and it took nearly two hours to process everything.

After counting everything, there were over 800 million star coins. After deducting the cost of five thousand bags of pet snacks and the brain, over 700 million remained.

She then used the remaining change to buy some wilderness survival tools and a lot of fresh ingredients.

She was thinking of going to the Snow Mountain Secret Realm after the World Championships, and she might not be able to buy the food and supplies she wanted in the Sun Never Sets.

By the time Xiao Yue came out of Hualian Shopping Mall, it was already afternoon.

She ate something quickly to fill her stomach, then rushed to the hospital.

Gu Yu was still in the operating room, and Mu Qingning was sitting outside the door, holding Gu Xiaoyang.

Her eyes were red, probably from crying on and off.

Xiao Yue sat down next to Mu Qingning, comforted her for a few moments, then opened her brain to transfer star coins to Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and He Zhichen.

Including what she had given White Gaze before, she had about 1.1 billion star coins from the last beast tide.

Without calculating precisely, she directly transferred 200 million to He Zhichen, 300 million each to Chu Li and Shui Lingyu, and 100 million to Qian Ce.

As soon as the star coins were transferred, four question marks were sent back.

She directly sent a group message, explaining that this was the profit from selling beast corpses from the last beast tide.

Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and He Zhichen said nothing, effectively agreeing.

Qian Ce, on the other hand, returned the star coins, stating that as a military officer, it was his duty to resist the beast tide.

Moreover, Dragon Country already gave him combat subsidies, so he certainly couldn't accept this portion of star coins from Xiao Yue.

Originally, with Xiao Yue's previous personality, if Qian Ce didn't want it, she wouldn't push it back and forth, but now she couldn't.

She transferred the money to Qian Ce again, with a note saying she had a favor to ask.

Only then did Qian Ce accept the money and ask her what it was.

"Colonel Qian Ce's vacation is almost over, right? I have an impertinent request—

You previously said that the military side arranged a military rank for me, so can I use some military authority, such as buying a property in the Jingdong City military district?"

Xiao Yue first tentatively asked Qian Ce if he had time to help her with this matter, even using polite language.

There was a moment of silence on his end before he replied—yes.

Qian Ce knew that Xiao Yue wanted to arrange a residence for her family. A lieutenant's rank could indeed enter the military compound, but only arranging for family members was still a bit low in rank.

That's why Xiao Yue asked him for help; he needed to help arrange it.

Since Qian Ce had agreed, she transferred another 500 million star coins and asked him to arrange the property purchase.

She also briefly explained the situation of Gu Yu, Mu Qingning, and Gu Xiaoyang.

Gu Yu would probably be hospitalized for a few days, and only after he recovered could he go to Jingdong City.

Qian Ce calculated that this would mean overdrawing a few days of his vacation.

When he learned that Xiao Yue's father was injured and he also had to help arrange property in Jingdong, he was more concerned that no one could ensure her family's safety.

Xiao Yue rubbed the brain's screen and dialed Shui Lingyu's voice call.

"Senior, I have something else to trouble you with—"

She explained how Gu Yu was set up by Gu Qi and his intention to kill their entire family, then asked Shui Lingyu for two things.

One was to dispose of this property in Hechuan, and the other was to trouble him to send people to protect Gu Yu and Mu Qingning.

She knew these were minor matters for Shui Lingyu, but Xiao Yue always didn't want to owe Shui Lingyu too much.

She still remembered them pretending to be engaged in front of Xiao Hongjun.

If she owed Shui Lingyu too much, would it make him misunderstand her and want to turn the pretense into reality?

"Okay, these are minor matters.

Hmm? Xiao Yue, why are you at the hospital? Are you injured?"

After only a few words, Shui Lingyu discovered she was at the hospital.

Xiao Yue's new brain had a positioning function, and their conversation had already shown her location.

"Ah?"

She hadn't paid attention to the new brain's functions. This feature could actually be blocked, but she had just activated it and hadn't set up many functions yet.

"This is—"

Before Xiao Yue could explain, the call was already disconnected.

Soon after, Chu Li and Shui Lingyu both appeared at the entrance of the hospital operating room.

She told them the whole story, not expecting to be targeted by Gu Qi as soon as she returned home.

Shui Lingyu expressed understanding, lowering his head to consider personnel deployment arrangements.

Chu Li, on the other hand, asked somewhat aggrievedly why Xiao Yue didn't come to him for help.

"Most of your subordinates are in Qingyu. Monitoring and controlling the Gu Family is fine, but what I'm more anxious about now is ensuring my parents' safety!

Of course, it's the same now that you know; I'll trouble you with Qingyu!"

After Xiao Yue finished speaking, Chu Li felt somewhat relieved.

As long as she wasn't trying to draw a clear line between them.

"I'll stay at the hospital tonight. Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Kyoto together. I'll trouble you with booking the tickets!"

"Booking tickets is a small matter. Can you stop saying 'trouble' and 'request' so much?

You went to Damon, and you've become estranged from us!"

Chu Li complained verbally, but his hands were already checking Albatross flights, and once he found them, he arranged for his subordinates to take care of it.

They stayed with Xiao Yue at the hospital for a while. Before leaving, Xiao Yue avoided Mu Qingning and explained to Chu Li and Shui Lingyu.

After the World Championships, she would go to the Nevis Snow Mountain Secret Realm with Charlie.

She initially wanted to bring Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan, but given the situation at Nanya School, they might not be given leave.

Xiao Yue had a total of five keys in her hand, and two more spots—

She could only confirm Chu Li and Shui Lingyu for now; as for the other two, she would decide later!

When she returned to Mu Qingning's side, a private single room had already been opened.

"Mom, you take Xiao Yang back to the ward to sleep for a bit. I'll watch over him here."

After a day of exhaustion, Mu Qingning was both sleepy and tired. She didn't refuse, nodded, and returned to the ward to rest.

"System, how is the original host doing?"

Xiao Yue sat down and only then remembered to ask about the original host's condition.

"Ding—Host, the original host fell into a coma again because her Mental Power instantly erupted and was absorbed.

The ruins are also in a saturated state due to absorbing too much Mental Power at once and will temporarily not absorb your Mental Power anymore."

"Temporarily? How long is temporarily? Can you estimate?"

"Ding—The system estimates 80-90 days—"

Xiao Yue calculated that it took about seven or eight days for her Mental Power to be absorbed to the point of losing control of her body.

This time, the original host was stimulated, and her Mental Power could exceed hers by more than ten times?

Indeed, human potential is limitless!

While she was still sighing, the operating room door opened, and Gu Yu was pushed out by doctors and nurses and sent back to the ward.

Xiao Yue naturally followed them back.

The anesthesia wore off only in the middle of the night, and Gu Yu only regained some consciousness in the latter half of the night.

Mu Qingning watched Gu Yu's anti-inflammatory medicine drip, drip, drip...

Her tears also flowed uncontrollably—

After a long while, Mu Qingning wiped away her tears, shifted her gaze to the sleeping Gu Xiaoyang and the feigning-sleep Xiao Yue, and slowly spoke.

"Gu Yu, let's get a divorce.