Chapter 345: Refusal

The next second, Leng Xiaoyu let out a cold snort and cut in:

“Enough. There’s no way I’m agreeing to this! You should just go back to where you came from!”

“Lukasi!”

The gray-haired girl slapped the table.

The room door swung open.

The black-haired lady Lukasi walked in from outside.

She stepped aside slightly and made a “please” gesture.

Lin Zhen was silent for a moment. He shook his head, didn’t try to argue, and stood up.

He didn’t know what connection Leng Xiaoyu had with the Dark Swamp.

But he could see the determination in her eyes.

In this situation.

No matter what he said, she probably wouldn’t agree, right?

In that case, it was better to head to the crab wall early and think of a way to get past it.

But although Lin Zhen understood this clearly, the others around him didn’t all share his observational skills.

Especially Aili.

Her beloved sister had been taken. This matter itself was something she had pushed for, and it was about whether she could rescue her sister.

For this, they had already wasted a morning when time was tight.

They had finally seen a glimmer of success—were they really going to give up just like that?

She didn’t want that!

So when she saw Lin Zhen not saying a word, not even trying again, looking ready to give up and leave, she immediately became frantic.

“Doctor Xiaoyu!”

Aili lowered her head toward the girl behind the desk, her voice trembling:

“Please, help us. The person who was taken… is my sister! I will do anything to save her!”

As her words fell.

“I’ll do anything you ask.”

Tears as big as beans kept streaming from the corners of her eyes, carrying a heavy weight of emotion, drop after drop hitting the floor.

Drip, drip…

The yellow-haired girl’s shoulders trembled slightly, her head bowed low.

Before the gray-haired girl could speak, another voice suddenly rang out.

Tiezhen also lowered his head abruptly.

“Please, help us!”

And this time, after his words, two more voices sounded.

“Please, help us!”

“Please, help us!”

Zijiu, and Lin Zhen, who had originally been thinking of other ways, also lowered their heads one after another.

Silence.

Only the sound of teardrops falling was clearly audible.

Looking at these four people, each of whom could be called a favored child of heaven, humbly begging for her help.

The gray-haired girl’s eyes were complex, with a trace of relief and emotion in the depths of her pupils that no one could detect.

Her right hand under the table, unconsciously, her fingertips trembled slightly.

How wonderful…

Such sincere emotions…

She should have been a member of this team too…

If only…

If only…

“So touching!”

“Running into a max-level succubus in the beginner village—the main cast is totally hooked.”

“Who wouldn’t be infatuated with Xiao Xi from the first few episodes?”

“Xiao Xi in the early episodes is super, super cute.”

The barrage flashing in the upper right corner was like a thunderclap in her ears, snapping Leng Xiaoyu out of her daze instantly.

She was still in front of the camera now…

How could she let her mind wander?

The relief and emotion deep in Leng Xiaoyu’s eyes instantly receded. With a complex expression, she said:

“I admit your bond is deep. I’m moved.”

“But—”

She shook her head.

“You should give up. No matter how you beg, use emotional tactics, or even hold a knife to my throat, I won’t help you cross the crab wall.”

“I, Leng Xiaoyu, would rather die here, jump from here, than help you.”

“Emma, it smells so good.”

“Wait, Leng Xiaoyu is so unwilling to let people into the Dark Swamp—is this damn place her doing?”

“Is that so?”

Aili let out a bitter laugh at Leng Xiaoyu’s words.

Just as expected…

Just like countless times before, it failed again.

“But I promise you.”

Leng Xiaoyu seemed to realize she had been too harsh earlier.

She suddenly changed the subject, her tone softening a bit, no longer so stiff.

“You guys just stay put in Luoding City for a while.”

“I’ll contact the Pursuit Team and have them bring Chatosi here first after capturing him, so you can interrogate him for the information you need. Until then, don’t run around.”

After saying that, she couldn’t help muttering under her breath:

“That should be enough, right? Don’t make things too hard for me.”

“Doctor Xiaoyu, we are very grateful for your help.”

Lin Zhen thanked her sincerely, then gently shook his head.

“But there’s no time left.”

“No time left for what?”

Leng Xiaoyu asked in confusion.

No time left for what…

Naturally, it was because the Saints’ hand society was coming!

Although the nano detectors deployed on the outer orbit hadn’t been triggered, Lin Zhen could already vaguely feel them getting closer.

This involved the Saints’ hand society, so Lin Zhen couldn’t answer Leng Xiaoyu’s question.

Thus.

He could only silently bow again in thanks, then lead the others out of the room, down the stairs, and out of the clinic.

“They’ve left.”

Lukasi stood outside the door, watching through the corridor window until Lin Zhen and the others were out of the clinic, then walked back into the room.

She skillfully walked to the desk, stacked the plates that had been eaten clean, picked them up, and was about to leave.

Leng Xiaoyu, with her mouth stuffed full, suddenly looked up and said indistinctly:

“Lukasi, do you think… what I did was right?”

“Doctor Xiaoyu.”

Lukasi put down the plates and turned around.

She took a handkerchief from her pocket, gently and carefully wiped the grease from the girl’s mouth, and said at the same time:

“As long as it’s something you do, it’s always right. You were born with the kindest heart.”

“Stopping them from going to that damn place to die is absolutely the right thing to do.”

After wiping carefully, Lukasi put down the handkerchief, held Leng Xiaoyu’s delicate cheeks in both hands, looked left and right, nodded in satisfaction, and let go, saying:

“There.”

“Mm.”

The girl’s face was full of enjoyment, her eyes curved into arcs.

Leng Xiaoyu opened her eyes and paused.

Suddenly, she bent down and took out two palm-sized crabs from a hidden compartment under the desk.

These two crabs, one red and one white, were as still as dead things.

On each side of the crab pincers was a seashell the size of an ear.

Leng Xiaoyu first reached for the red crab, but hesitated and shifted to the white one.

Lukasi’s eyebrow twitched, and she suddenly said quietly:

“Doctor Xiaoyu, there’s something you might want to know…”

“What?”

Leng Xiaoyu paused in her movement.

“The fanatics of the Dawn Church have come to Luoding City again. It’s probably best not to contact the church right now.”

Hearing this, Leng Xiaoyu, who had just picked up the seashell, jerked back as if shocked, throwing the seashell back.

She looked up and stammered:

“When? Why are they coming? Didn’t we already give them…”