One person: Activate the talisman, behold my Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon!

Qian Li shook his head frantically, his face filled with terror, denying it.

"I didn't! When did I break your figurine?!"

Upon hearing this, Liao Zhong, who was standing to the side, suddenly remembered something and spoke somewhat uncertainly.

"Mr. Ye, could that puppet over there with half its body smashed... be yours?"

Just now, when they caught up, they saw a puppet that had been smashed to pieces, and it looked exactly like a real person.

Ye Xing, with a cold face and without turning his head, replied, "That's right."

Qian Li, who was being lifted into the air, suddenly widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief, as if he had thought of something.

"That's a puppet?!"

Ye Xing turned his head and slapped Qian Li hard across the face.

This time he did not use any talismanic power.

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap echoed through the woods, making Qian Li see stars.

Ye Xing stared intently at him, questioning him through gritted teeth.

"Do you know how much damage your punch did to my figure?!"

Chapter 62 Do you want to cure her?

As soon as Ye Xing finished speaking, Qian Li, who was being lifted into the air, twitched twice.

He had already suffered excruciating pain from Ye Xing's kick that broke his ribs, and when he learned that what he had destroyed was actually a puppet, he was overwhelmed with shock and fear.

His eyes rolled back and he fainted instantly.

Ye Xing released his grip in disgust, and Qian Li slumped onto the grass like a lump of mud.

"You've already fainted?"

Ye Xing, still annoyed, kicked him with his toe. "Playing dead, huh? Get up right now, who's going to pay for my figurine? It was a custom-made one!"

Liao Zhong, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped forward.

"Mr. Ye, please calm down."

He glanced at Qian Li on the ground. "This bastard can't escape. The company can cover part of the losses caused by this arrest operation first. As for the rest, once he's brought back, I'll make him sell everything he owns to pay you back."

Ye Xing stroked his chin, pondering for a moment. Tens of thousands of yuan was still a huge sum for him right now. Just as he was thinking this,

He turned his head and looked at Chen Duo, who had remained silent the whole time.

The girl stood there quietly, like a delicate porcelain doll without any will.

Ye Xing suddenly leaned in, getting very close.

"What do you think?"

Chen Duo was clearly taken aback.

Those emerald green pupils, which had always seemed empty, suddenly contracted.

A strange feeling seemed to flash through my mind.

Ask me?

From as far back as she can remember, she worked as a Gu child in the Medicine Immortal Society, before being taken over by the company.

All she received were instructions—where to go, who to kill, and how to do it.

No one had ever asked for her opinion in such an equal, almost casual tone.

Chen Duo turned her head uncomfortably to look at Liao Zhong, who was standing a few steps away.

Seeing this, Liao Zhong quickly stepped forward half a step and stood between the two.

“Mr. Ye, this child doesn’t understand much and isn’t good at expressing himself.”

Liao Zhong rubbed his hands together, forcing a smile, "Regarding the compensation, how about we do it the way I just suggested?"

Ye Xing chuckled at Liao Zhong's protective attitude.

He shook his head, walked around Liao Zhong, and stood in front of Chen Duo again.

The voice was lowered.

"I'm asking you, you choose."

Chen Duo was even more confused.

She glanced at Ye Xing, then turned to look at Liao Zhong.

This time, Liao Zhong didn't stop him. Looking at Ye Xing's relentless attitude, he sighed helplessly and nodded slightly to Chen Duo.

With Liao Zhong's approval, Chen Duo finally opened her mouth.

"Let's do it the way Uncle Liao wants."

The voice was very soft, and carried a hint of awkwardness from not having spoken to others for a long time.

Ye Xing snapped his fingers.

"Okay, whatever you say."

Upon receiving Ye Xing's affirmative reply, Chen Duo's tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

A rare, faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth on her otherwise expressionless face.

She smiled, though very slightly, but she did smile.

Liao Zhong, who was standing next to her, froze on the spot. He looked at Chen Duo in disbelief, his eyes darting around, seemingly lost in thought.

He had been in charge of Chen Duo for so long, pouring almost all his energy into her, trying every possible way to help her integrate into normal life, yet he rarely saw her show the kind of expression that belongs to an ordinary girl.

This young man named Ye Xing accomplished it simply by asking a casual question.

Liao Zhong was puzzled, and his expression became extremely complicated.

Just then, a sudden cell phone ring broke the silence of the woods.

Ye Xing took out his phone, and the words "Lu Linglong" appeared on the screen.

He pressed the answer button.

"Ye Xing! Where the hell have you been?!"

As soon as the call connected, Lu Linglong's powerful voice boomed out, startling several birds in the trees into flapping their wings and flying away.

"Oh, Senior Sister, you missed me?" Ye Xing replied slowly.

"Pah! Who's your senior sister!"

Lu Linglong was jumping up and down on the other end of the phone, "You've already been expelled from the Baiyun Temple, stop trying to claim any connection!"

Ye Xing feigned shyness and sighed in a high-pitched voice.

"Linglong, you're making me skip the 'senior sister' title so quickly. Isn't this moving a bit too fast? I'm not mentally prepared yet."

The air fell into an eerie silence for a second.

'Surprised and confused emotions detected in Liao Zhong. Emotion value +50.'

Immediately afterwards, Lu Linglong's angry roar of shame and indignation erupted from the receiver.

"Ye Xing! You're dreaming! Have you no shame?!"

Listening to the impotent rage on the other end of the phone, Ye Xing suppressed a laugh, feeling quite pleased.

After venting her frustrations, Lu Linglong's tone softened slightly.

"Hey, let's get serious. You're now without a sect and have nowhere to go, that's really pitiful. How about joining our Lu family?"

Ye Xing raised an eyebrow.

"Why would I go to the Lu family's house? Are you going to provide meals? Are you trying to keep me as a kept man and make me a gigolo?"

"What are you thinking? You want to be a kept man? Is that something to be proud of?"

Lu Linglong said with some shame and indignation.

Ye Xing refused to listen and raised his voice.

"Hey, I don't like hearing that! Stop looking down on women who live off men; they have real skills."

After these words were spoken, silence fell on the other end of the phone.

Liao Zhong, who was bending over to put a restraint rope on Qian Li, suddenly trembled, and the tool fell to the ground with a "clatter".

Chen Duo tilted her head, seriously considering the logical relationship between "living off a woman" and "having real skills".

The entire forest fell into a long silence.

[Liao Zhong was detected to be speechless and shocked; emotion value +60]

"Ye Xing! You're going to die!"

A moment later, Lu Linglong's shrill scream came from the phone, followed by a busy tone, and the call was disconnected.

Ye Xing put his phone back in his pocket, chuckling to himself, seemingly oblivious to anything amiss.

Liao Zhong coughed twice, forcibly breaking the awkward silence.

He picked up the tools, tied the money securely, and took out his phone from his pocket.

"Um, Mr. Ye, let's exchange contact information. I'll transfer the compensation money to you when I get back."

"No problem."

Ye Xing readily scanned the code.

After adding each other as friends, Ye Xing put away his phone and handed the phone number to Chen Duo.

"Come on, let's add one too."

Liao Zhong frowned immediately, opened his mouth as if to stop her, but seeing that Chen Duo had already obediently taken out that old smartphone, he swallowed his words back.

After adding Ye Xing as a friend, Chen Duo clutched her phone tightly in her hand, looking down at the number on the screen, lost in thought.