Chapter 1351: Conflict

He stood still.

Xia Yingluo couldn’t contain her anger anymore, so she turned and left.

Wei Lingnan grabbed her hand and stuffed a small glass bottle into her hand. “Drink it if you don’t want to die.”

“Why should I drink it if you ask me to? Who are you?” She threw the bottle out without thinking with great strength.

Seeing that the bottle was about to fall to the ground and break, Wei Lingnan grabbed it and pushed Xia Yingluo on the trunk of the ancient tree. He glared at her sinisterly. “You are looking for death.” Did she know what was in the bottle? The antidote to the rejection! He had worked hard for a long time to extract the bottle, keeping her body in mind and then sending it over all the way, but she threw it away like it was rubbish?!

Xia Yingluo met his terrifying eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.

However, all of a sudden, her anger overwhelmed her fear. “It’s you who’s looking for death! Wei Lingnan, let me warn you, you’ll get it from me if you keep harassing me!”

“What could you possibly do to me?” Wei Lingnan sneered angrily. “Sleep with me and abandon me? Kill me? Sorry, but you don’t even have the strength to break out of my control—” he said, pushing the glass bottle with one hand and grabbing her jaw with another hand. Then, he poured the bottle of antidote into her mouth. His movements were so rough that she kept coughing. He let go and she bent down and coughed for a long time.

“Beast… Beast!” Xia Yingluo coughed and scolded him.

Wei Lingnan looked down at her and sneered.

Uneasily, she gasped and straightened up and looked at him angrily. “Your goal has been achieved, you can get lost now!” The bottle of liquid forcibly poured into her surged in her stomach and she could feel its majesty. She found that he had added many things to this bottle of medicine. Besides the anti-rejection drugs, he had also added nourishment from the World Tree she was pregnant with.

There was a slight ripple in her heart. It turned out that he had noticed her plight.

However, this ripple was quickly suppressed. So what if he had noticed? Even if he sent more potions, he could never make up for those betrayals and injuries! She glared at him and said again, “Get lost!”

A storm brewed in the eyes of Wei Lingnan. “This is your attitude towards your benefactor?”

“You’re shameless for calling yourself my benefactor, Wei Lingnan. I would never have become like this today if it weren’t for meeting you!” The more she talked, the more excited she was, and the energy fluid she had just taken was unstable inside her, making her cough. She didn’t know if it was angry or wrong, but her eyes were slightly reddish. She coughed and thought, why would her Skatana Planet have died overnight if it weren’t for her? She was a sinner of the whole race. The strongest race in the universe was destroyed by her. She was really not qualified to be their Queen…

Her body bent down a little, and her pain was hard to restrain.

Wei Lingnan reached out to support her. He raised her pale face and pressed his cold lips on hers.

He didn’t know what was going on. He already had Ah Luo, but he just couldn’t endure this girl in front of him rejecting him. The thin mist in her eyes made his heart ache, and suddenly, he thought of something Ah Luo had said to him before on Skatana—

[Don’t be sad, Nan. If you’re sad, I will feel like crying. ]

How did he answer back then?

[Don’t cry, Your Royal Highness. I will never let you cry again.]

Hundreds of millions of years, the distance of hundreds of millions of years.

He hadn’t expected that he could still relive the original pain.

At this moment, he just wanted to comfort her, and he didn’t understand why. Her surprised eyes brought uneasiness and anger, overlapping with the clear eyes of the little princess in his memory. Reality and fantasy intertwined, making him unable to distinguish who the girl in front of him was.

Until she pushed him away fiercely.

“Pervert! Beast!” She wiped her lips vigorously and scolded.

Reason returned to his mind and Wei Lingnan’s expression gradually became clear. He looked at her thin body standing in the wind with the fragrance of flowers in early spring, saw her chest undulating, and her eyes so red it seemed to spit fire. He sneered softly. “Pervert? When your energy is running out and you have to kneel in front of me and beg me, you’ll know how kind I am to you now.”

He felt stupid. How could he have taken the initiative to give her medicine?

He should have made her plead him and crush all her pride and self-esteem under his feet!

“Dream on! I would rather die than beg you!” Xia Yingluo hated herself for not having weapons in her hands. Otherwise, she would have poked a few holes into this horrible pervert in front of her.

Over there, Jiang Yu ran over. “Yingluo! Are you all right?!”

The two quietened and Xia Yingluo barely calmed her breathing. She turned to Jiang Yu and said, “I’m fine, let’s go.”

Over there, the director shouted that the crew members were in place and were ready to start the next scene.

Wei Lingnan stood in place, and the pale green leaves of the ancient trees fell. As he watched her and Jiang Yu leave side by side, he reached out and gently touched his lips. There was still her sweet touch. It was strange that he would long for her, and would be jealous of her being with other men.

Was it the influence of the World Tree? Because the hope of the Skatana Planet was born in her?

No…

No.

He didn’t care about the Skatana tribe at all. If he did, he wouldn’t have launched a rebellion against the entire race. Whether there was the World Tree or not, Xia Yingluo was Xia Yingluo and he only cared about… her.

How could he explain this to Ah Luo?

How could he care about other women and betray his own queen?

On this day, Wei Lingnan stood in the wind for a long time.

The next day’s news reported in the entertainment version was mostly their photos. It showed them kissing romantically under the ancient trees on the set, with the fine sunlight sprinkling through the veins of the light green leaves, making them look beautiful.

Public opinion was boiling.

“If I remember correctly, Xia Yingluo has been in love with Wei Lingnan before? What’s going on now, are their old feelings returning? God, what would Jiang Yu do in this case, and Gu Jinxiu? What a big gossip!” The crowd screamed.

“Boohoo my God Jiang Yu, is this the rhythm of losing love?”

“There is also Gu Jinxiu. She was still showing happiness on Weibo some time ago. She said she and Wei Lingnan are planning to get married!”

“Haven’t you heard that Gu Jinxiu is a bitch? She was the mistress that wrecked their relationship and snatched Wei Lingnan from Xia Yingluo!”

“Really? Weren’t they childhood sweethearts?”

“Yeah, right! Wei Lingnan has never recognized it!”

For a time, various rumors abounded, and old gossips were turned out. The people started many lively discussions.

However, as someone in the center of the discussion, the mood wasn’t so good.

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Chapter 1352: Gu Jinxiu Being Cold-Shouldered

During the crew’s rest period, Xia Yingluo was playing with her mobile phone when her eyes suddenly widened. She looked at the news report like she had seen a ghost and threw her mobile phone out.

Tan Ying, who was walking towards her, caught it.

“They’re too much!” Xia Yingluo held out a fair finger and pointed at the mobile phone. She was so angry her words were incoherent. “They actually reported that I was sticking to Wei Lingnan! Am I like that! I was obviously forced into the kiss! I curse all his eighteen generations of ancestors!”

Tan Ying rubbed his forehead silently. It seemed like Ms. Xia was really irritated this time.

Although Xia Yingluo usually looked like a lady, she had mixed with her father and brother in the underground world since she was a child. What kind of people has she not been in contact with? If she was provoked, the vocabulary she could use to curse them was indeed enriching and could go on for three days and nights. At this time, all the curse words that could be thought of were being used to scold Wei Lingnan. She cursed all his relatives and future generations and completely forgot that she was also scolding herself.

Tan Ying waited patiently beside her, and waved away a few staff members who were watching the bustle—

When else have those staff members seen such an abusive superstar? They were beyond stunned.

After a long time, Xia Yingluo was tired of scolding. She took a breath and drank water.

Tan Ying calmly returned her mobile phone. “Do your makeup, someone is looking for you outside.”

“Who? I won’t see whoever it is!” Xia Yingluo was still angry.

“Gu Jinxiu.”

Xia Yingluo raised her head and gritted her teeth. “Why is she here?”

“How would I know?” Tan Ying was particularly irresponsible. “She’s wearing the latest beaded embroidered jersey, a colored diamond necklace, and carrying an Hermès custom-made bag from the Paris Spring Fashion Week. She probably put on all the most expensive and showy items in her family to provoke you.”

Regardless of what she was here for, a beautiful woman just couldn’t tolerate the provocation of others.

Especially from a love rival.

Xia Yingluo looked down at herself. She had just finished her shoot and was wearing an old, ugly sweater, and the mud on her hands and feet had not been cleaned up. Necklace? No, bag? No, the most valuable thing on her whole body was the mobile phone in her hand, and there was even a stupid long-eared rabbit pasted on it. “Tell her I’m not seeing her!” Xia Yingluo was aggressive. Gu Jinxiu was here dressed up to the nines and she didn’t want to go out and be crushed by her like that. It would be even worse if she had also brought a reporter over and took a few photos of comparison to spread around.

Tan Ying shrugged and didn’t care if she saw her. Anyway, he could think with his knees what Gu Jinxiu was here for.

He turned around and was about to send someone back to Gu Jinxiu.

“Wait!” Xia Yingluo suddenly called him. “Let her wait.”

Tan Ying’s footsteps stopped and he gave her an admiring and satirical smile. “You didn’t learn the performing skills from your mom, but you really inherited her temperament.” It was such a subtle, marvelous move to make her wait. She could wait for a minute, or an hour, god knew how long? Many people always gave small characters the cold shoulder like that. If Gu Jinxiu really waited for her, it was clear that she was a class lower than Xia Yingluo.

This move was simply an effortless victory.

Xia Yingluo was unhappy and said as she walked to the dressing room. “Uncle Tan, you’re too biased. How did I not learn my mom’s skills? I’m so good at singing.”

Tan Ying smiled. “Your mother is the Phoenix.”

Those five words killed Xia Yingluo off.

Xia Yingluo looked up to the sky without saying a word. Fine, although she sang well, she was indeed inferior to her dear mother. Who told her mother to be the Phoenix? She naturally came with a bonus…

The darling of the planet was just different.

She suddenly thought that if she carefully used the resonance frequency of the Skatana Planet and added it to her singing, would it have a different effect? Maybe it was a very different song from the Nirvana Phoenix, but it would also very intoxicating.

With this in mind, she walked into the dressing room.

While simulating the feasibility of singing in her heart, she casually changed her clothes and put on makeup.

She forgot about time, the day darkened and the night clouds slowly spread on the horizon. Tan Ying finally couldn’t stand it and knocked on her door. “Miss, let’s go if you’re done changing. Even if you’re going to leave Gu Jinxiu hanging, don’t leave me hanging. I have something to do later.”

Xia Yingluo walked out of the dressing room, only to find that the crew had begun to leave.

She asked Tan Ying, “Is Gu Jinxiu gone?”

“No, she’s still waiting for you.” Tan Ying gloated. “Those who agitate us Skyart people won’t have a good ending. The staff didn’t even move a stool for her, so she stood in the wind and waited. She’s impressive for standing for so long, many people passed by and even pointed fingers at her.”

Xia Yingluo laughed and felt her anger dissipating.

She thought back to how Tan Ying had described Gu Jinxiu as wearing a flowery show. It was definitely eye-catching and was able to turn the heads of many people.

After hearing that she was standing in the wind, Xia Yingluo was also lazy to go out. She returned to the dressing room again. “Let her in.”

She gestured like a queen summoning her subject.

Tan Ying glanced at her again with a little bit of admiration and irony. No wonder they said that vile people and women were difficult to raise, and they would stare in hatred and take revenge if offended. However, this wasn’t his business. He walked out leisurely and got people to call Gu Jinxiu over.

Gu Jinxiu was boiling in rage.

She came to the studio to find Xia Yingluo. She thought she could make a compromise with her, but she didn’t expect her to have given her the cold shoulder. She had waited the entire afternoon, three hours, and Xia Yingluo didn’t even appear! Nobody even offered a sip of water to her!

She wanted to turn away in anger but found that she couldn’t do it at all.

In this love war, she was very clear that she was the weakest one—Wei Lingnan looked at her with no affection, only responsibility. In this regard, as a woman, she was very sensitive. And that man’s look at Xia Yingluo was a mix of love, reluctance, pain, and hopelessness.

This was particularly evident in the recent scandal photos.

She wasn’t reconciled.

She was too unwilling to watch Wei Lingnan go over to Xia Yingluo.

Therefore, she had to come here and negotiate with Xia Yingluo. The dressing room was very quiet. When she walked in, she saw that Xia Yingluo was drinking a cup of tea casually. The white teacup gently swirled between her equally white fingers, and a ray of light outside the window made her look like jade.

Some women were moving even if they looked casual.

Gu Jinxiu was jealous but realized that now was not the time. She clutched her custom-made bag and cleared her throat. “Ms. Xia.”

Xia Yingluo looked up at her. “I don’t want to see you. Tell me what you want quickly.”

A very impolite order.

Gu Jinxiu was also a young lady with pride and honor. Today, she had been humiliated again and again and was faintly angry. “Ms. Xia, do you think I really wanted to see you? We agreed that if I persuade Nan not to cause trouble for you, you will no longer pester Nan. But now? I did what I promised, but did you do what you promised?

Chapter 1353: Queen’s Proof

Xia Yingluo squinted slightly.

She didn’t expect that some people could actually turn black to white. It was obviously Wei Lingnan who pestered her. Why did she become the person who clung and pestered him? Her expression stiffened. “Gu Jinxiu, pay attention to your wording. It’s your own business that you couldn’t handle him well, it’s nothing to do with me.”

Gu Jinxiu was speechless. In fact, how could she not have known who had taken the initiative?

If Xia Yingluo was willing to be with Wei Lingnan, it was easy to suffice, she could just expose her identity. But she didn’t do it. Thus, it was obviously Wei Lingnan clinging to an old love and going to her regardless.

But how was Gu Jinxiu to accept this truth?

She looked at Xia Yingluo with hatred. “Don’t quibble. Anyway, you can’t pester him anymore. Even if he comes to you, you have to steer clear of him. Xia Yingluo, look at those photos in the news. Why are you so shameless?”

“Shameless?” Xia Yingluo sneered angrily. “Gu Jinxiu, you seem to have forgotten whose favor it was that you’re still alive today. You’re just a scumbag made from experimental waste, how dare you impersonate me? If I expose you, do you believe he won’t even give you a single glance?”

Gu Jinxiu’s expression was bad. “Xia Yingluo, don’t always use your identity to overpower people. Even if you have the energy of the Skatana Planet in your body, we’re still not much different from each other. How could you consider yourself a Queen? It’s still not certain who is the Queen!”

“I am,” Xia Yingluo said lightly.

Regarding this issue, Gu Jinxiu had been hovering around it in her heart day and night lately. She had thought about it many times. At this time, she said, “Why do you say that? Because you’re pregnant with the World Tree? Sorry, that’s just because Nan was once together with you. Even if it were me, I can also conceive. Or do you think your energy is stronger than mine? But Nan’s energy is stronger than both of us. We can’t say that he is the Queen, so, the strength of the energy doesn’t matter. I was awakened earlier than you were, I’m the queen!”

Xia Yingluo chuckled. “You overestimate yourself.”

Gu Jinxiu, “What did you say?” She was very firm in her speculation. Even if she couldn’t turn her fingers into sharp claws like Xia Yingluo, that alone couldn’t prove who the Queen was. She always felt that she had a chance.

She only concealed Xia Yingluo’s awakening from Wei Lingnan to avoid side issues from arising.

But now, Xia Yingluo’s resolute smile made her panic.

Xia Yingluo looked at her lightly. “Do you want me to show you evidence?”

“What?” Gu Jinxiu had an ominous premonition in her heart.

Xia Yingluo looked at her quietly.

Gu Jinxiu suddenly found that her body was out of control. She walked to the makeup table step by step, picked up an eyebrow trimmer on the table, and pierced her throat a little. She was terrified and tried to control her hand, but it felt like it wasn’t hers. No matter how she wanted to put down the knife, the eyebrow trimmer moved slowly but firmly towards her throat, and finally, it punctured her skin.

The icy blade was buried in her warm veins, and red blood beads slid down her neck.

Gu Jinxiu’s eyes widened in horror, and she tried to stop Xia Yingluo, but she could only make a coughing sound.

She saw that Xia Yingluo was still standing there with an indifferent expression as if she were admiring a humble ant.

Despair spread and Gu Jinxiu deeply felt how big the energy gap between her and Xia Yingluo was. This… Was this the difference between the authentic experimental body and the backup body? She wasn’t reconciled… she wasn’t!

The movement of the eyebrow trimmer into her throat stopped.

Xia Yingluo revoked her control.

Gu Jinxiu quickly threw the eyebrow trimmer away. She stroked her bleeding throat with one hand, took a few steps backward, and looked at her fearfully.

Xia Yingluo was still smirking. The arc of her beautiful lips didn’t change a little bit. “Do you know what the Queen is? The queen’s will is the will of the whole tribe. If I want you to die, you will have to die. Believe me, Wei Lingnan can’t do this manipulation even if he has more energy now than the two of us combined… He can’t order a tribe member to even pick up the slightest straw.”

This was a queen-specific ability.

The queen’s will couldn’t be disobeyed.

Gu Jinxiu was so shocked that she looked at her inconceivably. After a long time, she said dumbly, “I don’t believe it.”

Xia Yingluo was a little irritated. This woman was too difficult. How could she still not believe her?

She heard Gu Jinxiu say, “You must be lying to me. How do I know if only the Queen has such ability, or could people with high energy be able to manipulate people with weak energy? Among the three of us, my energy is the weakest, so there’s no way of verifying the truth. You must have taken advantage of this and deliberately chosen a method that I cannot verify so that I’ll believe that you’re the Queen!”

Xia Yingluo was so vexed that she wanted to hit the wall.

Was this Gu Jinxiu smart or stupid?

By her reasoning, this logic really appeared to be so!

Xia Yingluo forced herself to calm down. Calm down…

She took a deep breath and resisted the urge to choke Gu Jinxiu. Then, she said, “If you are the Queen, how could you not know whether this ability is owned by everyone in the tribe or if it’s unique to the Queen?”

Gu Jinxiu froze for a long while, and said dryly, “That’s because my memories haven’t fully awakened, you just remember a little more than me. But that doesn’t mean you are the Queen!”

Looking at Gu Jinxiu’s desperate struggling, Xia Yingluo was really intolerable.

The evidence was already in front of her and yet she still chose to turn a blind eye to it. She couldn’t really kill her so that she stopped disturbing her life, could she? However, if Gu Jinxiu was dead, Wei Lingnan would go crazy… whether it was for Gu Jinxiu’s death, or because of her identity… She also needed Gu Jinxiu to stand in front to help cover for her.

Looking at the desperate and crazy woman in front of her, Xia Yingluo was put in a spot.

The dressing room door was opened.

A loud noise sounded.

The two women in the room turned their heads and saw the long figure of Wei Lingnan at the door, wearing shirts and trousers, covering most of the red sunset. His narrow, cold eyes swept past them gently and locked on Gu Jinxiu’s neck which was still wounded with blood. He stepped forward. “How did this happen?”

“Nan!” Gu Jinxiu was extremely wronged and flung into his arms.

Xia Yingluo suppressed her uncomfortable feeling and turned her head to the side.

Wei Lingnan’s hand lightly touched Gu Jinxiu’s wound, and a faint energy glow leaked from her fingers. Soon, her bleeding wound healed, and her skin was as smooth as before, leaving no trace.

“How were you hurt?” He asked, his voice faintly murderous.

Chapter 1354: I Will Never Forgive You

Sensing his displeasure, Gu Jinxiu recomposed herself before speaking. “It’s ok. I accidentally cut myself when I was using my eyebrow razer.”

Wei Lingnan’s expression turned colder. “An accident? Why would you use your eyebrow razer for no reason, Ah Luo? You don’t have to cover for her.” Once he walked into the dressing room, he could tell that the atmosphere between the two of them was tense. Xia Yingluo stood arrogantly while Gu Jinxiu looked a little disoriented. He was convinced that Gu Jinxiu was bullied and could not help but feel angry.

Gu Jinxiu was very touched because Wei Lingnan always defended her.

However, she had no choice but to help Xia Yingluo cover up because she could not explain why Xia Yingluo could hurt her when she was the “Queen.” “It’s really my fault…” She weakly said. “Yingluo is pregnant with the World Tree. No matter what, it’s something very important to Skatana Planet. And even if our conflict cannot be resolved I hope to be cordial with her. That’s why I looked for her… Nan, you know that topics like beauty and makeup help girls bond. I only used the razer because I was discussing eyebrow trimming with Yingluo…”

Her voice was gentle and lingered in the air. It could really melt someone’s heart.

Wei Lingnan still looked upset. “Why are you lying?”

Gu Jinxiu’s heart skipped a beat and she looked at him frantically.

Why was he so sure that she was lying?

Wei Lingnan also looked at her. “Ah Luo, you shouldn’t let yourself be wronged like that. You became angry after seeing the gossip in the news and looked for Xia Yingluo for revenge. I can understand that. You don’t have to be afraid that I would be unhappy.” There were no giveaways in Gu Jinxiu’s speech. Someone else would have believed them. But unfortunately, she was the reincarnation of Ah Luo. Ah Luo was too proud to deal with her love rivals.

Gu Jinxiu turned pale. She suddenly recalled that the queen was extremely arrogant and became speechless.

Wei Lingnan’s line of sight turned to Xia Yingluo. “You explain.”

Xia Yingluo snorted. “Why should I?” How dare he question her like a fugitive? She was not obliged to answer him!

Wei Lingnan sneered. “Ok, so you won’t talk? I’ll explain it for you. Ah Luo looked for you, you were unhappy and used the power of the World Tree to hurt her. Xia Yingluo, how evil can you be?”

She was evil?

Xia Yingluo was stunned and did not know whether to laugh or cry at his stupidity. It turned out that he thought she used the World Tree’s power to hurt Gu Jinxiu. No wonder he couldn’t tell that she was the queen after she dealt with Gu Jinxiu twice. All this time, he thought that her power came from the World Tree inside of her!

“That’s true. So what?” She challenged.

This was fine as well since her identity would be concealed.

However, the moment he heard her confession, Wei Lingnan’s face turned as gloomy as a storm. He strode forward and choked her with one hand. “I didn’t put in so much effort to give you power for you to abuse it like that!” Did she know how precious the energy of the World Tree was?! Her pathetic amount of energy was already struggling to keep her and the World Tree alive, but she wasted it elsewhere!

He glared at her fiercely, eager to crush this reckless woman.

Xia Yingluo was almost suffocated by him. She struggled weakly in vain.

She did not dare to use her own energy because it was very different from the energy of the World Tree. Once she used it in front of Wei Lingnan, he would definitely be able to see her identity. At the same time, she did not dare to use the energy of the World Tree. As Wei Lingnan said, the energy of the World Tree was too precious to be wasted elsewhere.

She could only helplessly be choked as she glared at him.

Gu Jinxiu gasped. She was afraid that something bad would happen and wanted to persuade Wei Lingnan to put Xia Yingluo down. However, when she saw Xia Yingluo’s face turn pale due to pain, she felt very satisfied. She moved her lips, but in the end, she did not say anything.

Wei Lingnan’s gloomy eyes continued to stare at Xia Yingluo. “Apologize to the queen.”

Xia Yingluo sneered. Her eyes were disdainful.

“Apologize!” Wei Lingnan demanded. The furniture in the dressing room was shaken due to the energy fluctuations caused by his anger. Bottles toppled to the floor and shattered into pieces.

However, Xia Yingluo continued to laugh coldly.

Apologize? What a joke! She was the noble Queen of Skatana and the Phoenix’s daughter. How could she lower herself?!

Wei Lingnan’s iron grip almost suffocated her to death, but she did not give in.

Wei Lingnan was irritable. “Do you think I won’t dare to kill you?” He felt that he was already giving in to her too much. The punishment for offending the queen was death. Wanting a small apology from her was already pardoning her. What exactly did she want?

“No…” She spat out clearly even though she was suffering.

She wanted to see if that man would really strangle her to death. If she was really killed by him, he would find out her identity and realize that he had just killed his queen. Wouldn’t that be interesting?

A taunting smile appeared on her lips, but she also felt a little sorrowful.

She remembered that hundreds of millions of years ago, many of the most ruthless people spoke of Wei Lingnan’s cruelty, but she never felt that and always spoke up for him whenever she could… However, now, she finally realized how cruel he was.

His gentle side was only reserved for that girl called Ah Luo, right?

Unfortunately, she was no longer the Ah Luo in his heart.

Perhaps, he never liked her and only… an illusion.

Her thoughts gradually became a little fuzzy and she felt dizzy.

Wei Lingnan stared at her with beast-like eyes. Slowly, he let go of her.

He did not really want to suffocate her to death. In fact, even though he was furious, he controlled himself at the critical point because he did not want to hurt the seed of the World Tree in her belly. If the seed sensed that her life was threatened, it would release energy for self-preservation, just like the last time in Gu Jinxiu’s bedroom. That really consumed a lot of energy, and if it were not replenished in time, the World Tree and her would be in all kinds of danger. This was another reason why he was angry. How could she waste the energy of the World Tree like that?!

Once Xia Yingluo was let go, she panted helplessly on the soft ground. Slowly, she crawled back up again.

“Wei Lingnan.” Her voice was hoarse and light. “I will never forgive you.”

These words were like feathers that landed on his heart. For some reason, they felt really heavy.

Chapter 1355: Jiang Yu, the Male God

Xia Yingluo resisted the physical discomfort. Her face was pale and she slowly walked out.

She brushed past Wei Lingnan and her hair brushed past his shoulder. He could smell the faint scent on her. It was very special, perhaps because she was impregnated with the World Tree, which reminded him of his distant hometown. He almost reached out and held her, but he restrained himself and watched as she silently left the dressing room.

Xia Yingluo was solitary and walked step by step into the sinking twilight.

The crew had been setting the scene for the past few days. There was a sparkling lake not far away, and a long wooden plank road extended along the lake.

She walked aimlessly along the boardwalk, and the sound of the water slammed against the shore. She crouched down in the dusk, curled up and hugged herself, and made a sorrowful sound like that of an injured beast. Only here, at this moment, when she was alone, did she dare to let the sadness break. The scene of Wei Lingnan protecting Gu Jinxiu in front of her resurfaced in her mind. Even if she told herself not to think about it, it was useless. She clearly remembered how tenderly he cared for her and how he touched her neck, full of affection…

She used to love him so much and regarded him as life.

She never thought that he would turn against her.

“Nan…” she said with a sobbing sound. Thinking of back on the Skatana Planet, he had said that he would protect her for a lifetime. Come to think of it, maybe they were bounded by the Guardian identity since a long time ago, and he couldn’t change it at all.

Now, on Earth, he didn’t want her anymore since there were other women to choose from.

She buried her head in her arm, and her thin shoulders shuddered. She was so sad she was about to die.

She didn’t know how much time passed, but she felt a warmth coming from her shoulders as if there was a piece of clothing on her. She stopped sobbing, raised her head, and saw someone on the boardwalk. His handsome appearance was pleasant in the sunset.

It was Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu squatted down and looked at her, his voice soft. “Why are you crying here alone?”

His voice made her nose sore, and she was about to cry again. She quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and said fiercely, “I’m not crying!” She was the Queen of the Skatana Planet.

Jiang Yu smiled, however, and said with affection and intolerance, “Why are you pretending in front of me. Your acting skill is horrible.”

Her tears flowed indiscriminately. “How could say my acting is bad!” She buried her head in her arms again and began to cry.

Jiang Yu looked at her distressedly and half-knelt on the old wooden boardwalk. He reached out to embrace her. Her body stiffened and she wanted to get rid of his arms but didn’t break away. His gentle voice rang again. “Sorry, I shouldn’t laugh at your poor acting.”

She wept even harder as if he had helped her find an excuse for her to let go.

Her thin body trembled lightly in his arms, and it took a long time for her cry to fade away.

He stroked her long hair until she cried enough, and then said, “Let’s go, it’s going to be dark soon. Let me take you home.”

Only now did she remember how much time had passed. She looked up at him, her eyes swollen like walnuts.

“Why are you here?” she asked with a hoarse voice.

Jiang Yu said, “When I ended work, I heard that Gu Jinxiu came to you. I wasn’t assured, so I was waiting nearby. I saw you coming out alone looking so depressed. I was afraid something would happen, so I came to see you.”

So, he didn’t see Wei Lingnan?

Xia Yingluo was stunned and understood that the man always appeared and disappeared rapidly, so it was normal that Jiang Yu didn’t see him.

She whispered, “Thank you for staying with me.”

Jiang Yu smiled softly. “What a silly thing to say. We’re friends.” He reached out to her.

With the last rays of the setting sun, his palms were dry and warm, and he stood in front of her like a trustworthy mountain. She looked at his hand for a long time, and slowly put out her hand, which he held firmly.

He pulled her up and brought her to walk along the path of the boardwalk.

The sound of the water waves patted behind them quietly.

The crew had already finished work and the staff was gone. Only Tan Ying, her assistant and several assistants around him were still in the temporary shed. They drank cold water while glancing in the direction of the lake from time to time.

Seeing the two returning hand in hand, everyone stood up and greeted them.

Tan Ying’s eyes flashed unnoticeably at their hands. “Do you still know to come back?”

Xia Yingluo tried to pull out her hand away, but Jiang Yu held it tighter. With a smile, he said to the crowd, “Let’s go, I’ll send you home.”

Tan Ying raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xia Yingluo. He saw that she had no objection, so he also said, “Let’s go.” He turned around and left. He was taking care of this missy because of Li Lei’s order, and he also understood that Li Lei wanted to match her with Jiang Yu. Since Jiang Yu offered to send her back, outsiders shouldn’t destroy the good atmosphere. In particular, she saw tears in the corners of Xia Yingluo’s eyes. He didn’t know what conflicts she had with Gu Jinxiu, and what sadness was caused, but in any case, it was a good time for Jiang Yu to take advantage of the situation.

Tan Ying got into his car wisely.

Jiang Yu’s assistants also dispersed, and soon, the set really became empty.

“Let’s go,” Jiang Yu said to Xia Yingluo. “My car is parked not far ahead, I’ll take you there.”

Xia Yingluo answered gently and walked with him.

The two didn’t speak and walked quietly for a while. Jiang Yu was tall and had big strides, but he was very attentive to Xia Yingluo’s steps and walked slowly. Out of the set, a luxurious Lamborghini was parked in the shadow of a street lamp. Jiang Yu said to Xia Yingluo, “Wait here, I’ll get the car over.”

Xia Yingluo responded, and she stood there and waited.

The night wind blew across her placket.

She didn’t expect an unforeseen event to accept here!

Suddenly, a mineral water bottle flew over and hit her severely. She was caught off guard and yelped when it hit her. Looking up, she saw a stout girl sticking her head out of the bushes not far away and shouting at her, “Bitch! Shameless! You dare to cheat on my Jiang Yu, the male God!”

After shouting, she ran away without waiting for her response.

She was drenched with water and tried to rub it off. Jiang Yu heard the movement, so he ran over and asked incessantly, “What’s wrong? Are you all right?”

She shook her head. “It’s okay, it’s just your little fan.” What could she say about such a thing? She couldn’t really hold it against them and splash them back with a bottle of mineral water, could she?

Chapter 1356: Bathroom

Jiang Yu felt guilty. He pulled her into the car, found a box of napkins and gave it to her. “Wipe with this.”

He rolled the windows up, afraid that she would catch a cold.

Xia Yingluo used a pack of napkins to wipe off the water stains on her body. She didn’t know what was added in the water, but it was sticky. Her hair was knotted, and her skin was very uncomfortable. She told Jiang Yu, “Find a hotel for me to go to. I’ll take care of it and go home.”

She didn’t want to go back like this and worry her family.

Jiang Yu glanced at her sideways. “Hotel? You and I are both stars, how could you open a room without your agent?” She would probably cause a huge stampede if she walked into the hotel lobby. “How about you come to my house first, I’ll buy you a set of new clothes.”

Xia Yingluo didn’t want to bother him too much and hesitated a little.

Jiang Yu seemed to read her mind and said, “It’s because of me that my fans messed with you. It’s normal for me to take responsibility.” That fan was probably angry that she was with him and yet still messed around with other men outside, and was even photographed kissing Wei Lingnan. Even if it wasn’t her fault, she still couldn’t explain it to the fan.

She looked up, and in the quiet car, the dim light of street lights streamed in.

She looked at Jiang Yu and asked softly, “Why are you so good to me?”

“I like you.” Jiang Yu replied softly while driving, “so I want to take care of you.”

Her eyelashes drooped and a faint shadow swept under her eyelids. “You don’t have to do this,” she said, “You know we’re just acting. Those scandals aren’t true.”

Jiang Yu said, “It’s okay, I’m willing to accompany you. I don’t need you to return anything.”

Being with her and guarding her made him very happy. Even if he knew there was another person in her heart, so what? Feelings were like a marathon race. Looking at the current situation, Wei Lingnan would be out sooner or later, and he was going to accompany her until the end.

He drove the Lamborghini steadily towards his apartment.

He had several properties in this city and had taken Xia Yingluo to a hidden high-end apartment with a quiet environment and no paparazzi. The two got out of the underground garage and quickly got on the elevator. They entered the apartment on the twenty-seventh floor.

Jiang Yu turned on the light.

Warm and bright light flooded the room.

Although he lived alone, it was very clean here. In the middle was a set of soft and large leather sofas. The floor was covered with fluffy mats.

Xia Yingluo said, “I didn’t know you were such a homely person.”

He chuckled. “Sit anywhere, take a rest. I’ll fill the bathtub for you.”

She quickly said, “How could I trouble you, let me do it myself. Where is the guest room?”

He didn’t want to force her, so he pointed her in the direction of the guest room and took out a set of men’s bathrobes. He said a little apologetically, “I usually have no guests here, so I didn’t prepare any guests’ clothes. I only have my own. But it’s very clean. If you don’t mind, you can wear it first. I’ll get my assistant to bring a set of female clothing here.”

She didn’t mind now that she was outside.

During Xia Yingluo’s bloody battle in her previous life, all the clothes on her body had been cut off and worn out. She was raised without any strictness and had mixed around with people of all trades all her life, so she wasn’t as coquettish as other girls. She took Jiang Yu’s bathrobe, thanked him, and walked into the bathroom in her room.

Jiang Yu looked at her back and smiled softly. He called and asked his assistant to send women’s clothing.

The bathroom was warm.

Xia Yingluo took off her sticky clothes and dipped her beautiful and slender body into the bathtub. These days, maybe because she was impregnated with the World Tree, she had lost a lot of weight. Her skin was pale and was even a faint unhealthy blue. Her ribs and veins were clear and looked a little shocking.

She frowned and slowly washed herself with water, wondering if the speed of replenishing energy would fasten.

In the palm of her hand, the gold-green mark hadn’t changed. Even if Wei Lingnan had filled her with so much energy last time, it was just to keep her from exhaustion. It hadn’t grown at all. Xia Yingluo knew that the World Tree would need more energy to grow in the later stages, but she didn’t know how she was going to obtain the energy then.

She frowned while thinking about the problem. Suddenly, a figure appeared in the reflection of the white tiles across her.

“Who are you?!” She was startled and turned suddenly.

In the steamy bathroom, a man was wearing a white and clean shirt. He was slender and elegant, and his pair of calm eyes were staring at her quietly. It was Wei Lingnan.

Xia Yingluo’s heart thumped like a drum. How did this person come in silently?!

She looked at him alertly, remembering that she was undressed. She quickly grabbed Jiang Yu’s bathrobe to cover her body.

Wei Lingnan grabbed her hand and took the bathrobe away, throwing it away like trash.

“What are you doing?!” she cried angrily. He held her wrists with the force of copper casting.

She struggled hard but still couldn’t break free. She glared at him, her eyes almost spitting fire.

The shower sprinkled mist-like water vapor in the air and fell on the two people’s brows. Wei Lingnan looked down at her, with a touch of irony in his eyes. “Why, you’re so clingy in front of me, but in the blink of an eye, you’re hooking up with another man?”

His voice was harsh, and she froze in anger. “Who clung to you!”

“If you didn’t, why did you fight with Ah Luo?” His eyes darkened.

Xia Yingluo remembered what happened in the studio’s dressing room during the day. She was furious and said with a sneer, “The vixen came to me for trouble. She should be bullied if she deserves it. Wei Lingnan, don’t overestimate yourself. Even if all the men on Earth… No, even if all men in the universe die, I won’t cling onto you!”

His expression hardened. He raised his hand and threw her against the bathroom wall.

She slid down the misty tile, naked. Her naked body slammed against the edge of the bathtub, and it hurt so much she thought her waist was broken. For a while, she couldn’t get up. Then, she felt her hair being pulled, and she was forced to raise her head to face his face close up.

“You’re looking for death.” He spat word by word.

He didn’t know where the irritability in his heart came from, but when he heard that she wouldn’t want him even if all men in the universe were dead…

The anger he felt almost devoured him.

But she was so pained that her sight was distorted. She gritted her teeth and sneered. “You’re the one looking for death. Wei Lingnan, you already have Gu Jinxiu, what are you doing behind her back? Who am I, you have already found your Queen, why did you come to provoke me?”

At first, she only wanted to rebuke him, but she gradually became aggrieved and her nose began to sour again.

Chapter 1357: Bloody Energy

The irritability in Wei Lingnan’s heart almost exploded. Her voice was reprimanding and he was unable to answer.

Yeah, he already had Ah Luo, but why couldn’t he stop finding her? He froze and pressed down the chaotic thoughts in his heart. He used his teeth to bite on his left wrist and tore a wound onto it. His other hand tightened on Xia Yingluo’s hair, forcing her head to rise even higher. Then he put his injured wrist to her mouth and poured the blood into her like a waterfall.

She was choked several times and coughed. The bloody smell and his fierce eyes made her breathless.

She shook her head in vain, trying to break free of his control. The water in the bathtub splashed and wet their bodies.

He put his wrist to her mouth again, and almost shoved it into her mouth. His voice was violent. “If you don’t want to die, drink it. You wasted so much energy attacking Ah Luo, do you know you wouldn’t be able to keep your life nor the World Tree?”

She looked at him through the mist of steam and blood, and then realized what he was doing.

It was probably because he thought that she had lost too much energy, so he had traced her here to supplement her. It was too late to make a new potion, so he just bit his wrist and fed her his blood. She was a little frightened. Under the cruel and brutal appearance of the man, a delicate heart was hidden. He even cared about her life and death. It made her feel… unbearably forlorn.

Wei Lingnan saw that she was stupefied and grew impatient. He grabbed her long hair and poured blood from his wrist in her.

She uttered a vague scream in pain. All the sorrows and lingering fantasies turned to ashes, and subconsciously, she bit his wrist fiercely, as if biting an endless foe, anxious to tear away a piece of meat.

The sharp pain pierced his flesh, and he frowned but didn’t move.

In the misty water, the girl who was forced to lie half-up was pale, and her skinny face was spotted with blood. Her lips were soaked with blood, and her two small rows of teeth had long disappeared in the blood. She bit him bitterly, with hatred and a sort of despair in her eyes. She bit him so hard and so desolately.

His heart twitched a bit and was more intense than the severe pain on his wrist. He looked at her expressionlessly, slowly letting go of the hand that grasped her hair.

But she didn’t let him go. She slid down the edge of the bathtub, holding his arms in both hands, hanging her weight on it as if she were holding a life-saving piece of driftwood. The water showered her body and flowed down her face. Her teeth still bit fiercely onto his wrists, deeply embedding into it, as if she wouldn’t let go even if the world ended. The blood slipped down her lips and teeth, smudging her fair and clean body as if she was covered with a gorgeous wedding dress. She half-knelt and half-lied, biting him desperately. Her tears permeated, and her weeping cry was drowned in the continuous sound of water from the shower, becoming inaudible.

But he heard it.

He knelt down and embraced her with his still-moving hand.

Her soft body was stuck on his stout white shirt, and the water mixed with blood stained him as well.

He had lost too much blood and his skin became a little blue, but he let her bite him and didn’t push her away. It wasn’t until she was tired of biting him and crying did she let go of him weakly. He found that the tooth marks on his wrist were so deep, it was as if she had torn out a piece of meat.

In the water mist, he held up her face and wiped the tears in the corners of her eyes with his slightly rough fingertips.

She tilted her head and stubbornly said, “What are you doing, I didn’t cry.”

He didn’t like her disobedience and wanted to put in a few harsh words, but he looked at her messy appearance and swallowed the hurtful words he was about to say. “Why can’t you get along with yourself.” He sighed. “Ah Luo was upset and came to find trouble with you, you should just give in to her. You can now peacefully care for your World Tree thanks to her.”

“Thanks to her?” Xia Yingluo looked up. Her voice was sharp and she looked bleak. “In your eyes, should I always bow down to her?”

Wei Lingnan frowned slightly. “She is the Queen.”

She pushed him away, pulling her body off his chest and reaching for the cold bathtub wall. “Go.”

“Yingluo!” He frowned again, inadvertently calling out her name. This was the first time he called her Yingluo after finding out that the Queen was Gu Jinxiu. It wasn’t the normal Xia Yingluo, nor the unfamiliar Ms. Xia, but a natural-sounding Yingluo, as if he had called her a thousand times in his dreams.

Her heart trembled and she turned her face fiercely. “Go!”

So what if he stayed? Would he continue to persuade her not to disobey Gu Jinxiu? Even if she understood that he was obstructing her because of her “queen” status, she still couldn’t stand it. Since when did he wrong her because of others?

Wei Lingnan looked at her.

Her body was still very thin. She had just drunk so much blood, but the energy conversion rate wasn’t high. At this time, her skin was still pale, and her cyan blood vessels could still be seen under her translucent complexion. He was worried, how could such a weak body give birth to the World Tree? But it was useless to be concerned now. He stared at her for a long time and saw that she wasn’t willing to bother with him anymore, so he slowly got up and left.

He only remembered something when he was halfway gone—

He seemed to have forgotten something?

When he first came here, in addition to giving her emergency energy, he also planned to grill her for her crimes. How could she just offend the Queen? She had to pay for it! However, after seeing how frail and desolate she was, all thoughts of punishment were left behind.

Wei Lingnan frowned even more. What happened to him?

He went back to the underground base with a troubled heart.

There was a light in the base’s secret rest area, and Gu Jinxiu stood in a brightly lit area waiting for him.

“Where have you been?” When she saw him coming back, she forced herself to speak calmly, but her trembling voice exposed her inner agitation.

Wei Lingnan paused. He didn’t expect Gu Jinxiu to be here so late. Wasn’t she resting already? Looking at her interrogative attitude, he could probably guess what she was awake for. However, his long-term loyalty to the Queen prevented him from concealing it from her. “I went to see Xia Yingluo and I gave her some energy.”

“You gave her energy?” Gu Jinxiu’s voice shook even more, be it from rage or agitation. “Look at your state! Did you feed her your blood directly? Why don’t you worry more about yourself? What if you can’t hold it after losing so much blood?”

She walked towards him, her smoky-blue knitted embroidered dress spreading out like moonlight. She looked up and reached out to stroke his slightly sunken cheek. “Nan, I won’t let you lose your life for that woman!”

Chapter 1358: Loyal to You

She looked anxious and impatient in the silent spacious room.

He gently pulled her hand away. “You can rest assured, I…” He wanted to say that he wouldn’t fight for Xia Yingluo, but he quickly changed his tune and said, “I know what to do.”

“Nan!” Gu Jinxiu’s voice sharpened.

“It’s getting late, why don’t you go to rest?” He changed the subject.

Gu Jinxiu suddenly exploded. “Why are you so urgent to change the topic at the mention of that woman? What on earth are you thinking that you don’t want me to know! Wei Lingnan, don’t forget that I am your Queen!”

“Ah Luo!” Wei Lingnan frowned slightly. He had used teleportation to find Xia Yingluo just now and had fed her so much blood, so he was incredibly weak and needed to rest. But Gu Jinxiu’s fuss now made him feel anxious.

Gu Jinxiu grabbed his hand. “Nan, how did you get the wound on your wrist? She bit it?” Under the cold white light, the wound on his wrist was obvious and it didn’t heal automatically like before. It was exposed in an extremely sloppy posture, and even his bone could be seen faintly. Gu Jinxiu was shocked. “Why did she bite you so hard… why didn’t your wound heal automatically?”

Wei Lingnan pulled his hand away from her, covering his wrist without any trace. “I spent too much energy and I need to replenish it.” Because Xia Yingluo bit too hard and the energy loss was more than expected, there was no way to heal automatically. However, Wei Lingnan was now grateful to Xia Yingluo for doing this, because then he could have an excuse to rest and not have to face the suspicious Ah Luo.

He was relieved because he remembered how good Ah Luo had been billions of years ago—

Whenever he was seriously injured and needed energy, she would rush him to recuperate.

Even when she became a Queen and didn’t look at him kindly, once she found that he was in a bad situation, he would be forced to draw back from any task to give him the opportunity to be alone to replenish his energy.

He was ready to give her a kiss and then step back.

However, Gu Jinxiu grabbed his hand again. “Do you think you can just find an excuse to go? Why did she bite you, and why did you get bitten by her for nothing? Nan, I agreed to let her give birth to the World Tree, but that doesn’t mean that I agree with you behaving like this! If you hurt yourself for her again, I would rather kill the World Tree!”

“Shut up!” Wei Lingnan suddenly exploded.

Gu Jinxiu was frightened by his sudden anger. She couldn’t help but let go of his hand and take two steps back.

Wei Lingnan’s eyes seemed to spit out flames, and like some horrible beast entering the fighting ring, he just stared at Gu Jinxiu for a long while, then slowly regained his composure. “Sorry, I was… confused,” he said dumbly. He didn’t understand why he had suddenly gotten angry at Jinxiu. But the moment he heard her say that she wanted to kill the World Tree, something boiled deep in his blood, shouting loudly and making him anxious to strangle the woman in front of him, even if she was the Queen!

He was startled by his murderous moment. How could this be? How could he be murderous to Ah Luo?

He stepped forward, wanting to explain himself.

Gu Jinxiu stepped back in shock, looking pale.

These days, he had been so kind to her, so thoughtful and obedient, so much so that she had forgotten how proud and powerful he was. He could easily kill someone with just the lift of a finger.

Gu Jinxiu’s lips trembled slightly. “You… you tried to kill me?”

“I didn’t!” Wei Lingnan explained quickly, “Sorry, Ah Luo, I was just… just…”

He closed his eyes and sorted out his chaotic thoughts. “I just… when you talked about killing the World Tree… Ah Luo, the World Tree is the most important thing to our Skatana tribe, have you forgotten? The tribe would do anything to protect it, so that was why I got agitated. Sorry, I really didn’t mean to target you.”

Gu Jinxiu bit her lip deeply, wondering whether she should believe what he said.

In her memory, of course, she also understood the importance of the World Tree. However, in the past, all the World Trees of the Skatana Planet were born by the queen. Today, the world tree and the “Queen” were opposites of different parties. So what would Wei Lingnan choose?

“If, I mean if,” Gu Jinxiu looked at him and asked carefully, “one day you have to choose between me and the World Tree, which one would you choose…” Actually, she wanted to ask, if he had to choose between her and Xia Yingluo, who would Wei Lingnan choose? However, she didn’t dare to ask this question and was afraid to hear an unfortunate answer.

Wei Lingnan was silent. Once, when Xia Yingluo was just pregnant, he had thought about giving up the seed of the World Tree. But now, with the passage of time, he now eagerly awaited its birth.

Gu Jinxiu urged. “Nan.”

Wei Lingnan looked at her, not knowing how to answer. The Skatana people had never faced such a complex and difficult question, and there was no standard answer to choose from. Unexpectedly, Xia Yingluo’s delicate pale face reappeared in his mind. If she were here… if the awakened queen was her, would she ask him such a difficult question too?

The Queen’s mission was to protect the World Tree.

No matter how cruel, the Queen would never make someone choose between herself and the World Tree.

He was a little disappointed in Gu Jinxiu, but still secretly excused her. After so many years in the barren days, she had just awakened and it wasn’t easy to accept her identity as the Queen of Skatana, so she couldn’t really be to blame.

“I am loyal to you,” he said.

He didn’t answer her questions directly, disappointing her. The word “loyal to you” further aroused Gu Jinxiu’s deep uneasiness. This was the tone of a subordinate to his superior and official affairs. He never spoke to her in such a tone before, but it was as if something had changed unknowingly. Such a change scared her.

She didn’t dare to force him any more, so she said softly, “You’re tired. I’ll accompany you to take a good rest.”

She stepped forward slowly, trying to hold him.

Her warm fingers rested on his injured wrist, and he moved slightly, wanting to get rid of her, but he held back. How could he make Ah Luo sad? She was his queen, she was everything to him, including his billions of years of longing and dreams…

All contradictions were his fault.

After that day, he controlled himself and stopped looking for Xia Yingluo.

But still, he couldn’t help keeping an eye on her secretly. He watched her drink a bit more blood. Her spirit was better than before, but after a few days, her complexion slowly faded. Even the reporters of the visiting group noticed that something was wrong, and they reported—Xia Yingluo is extremely serious in filming, and her professionalism is admirable.

But he knew. How was it caused by filming?

It was the seed of the World Tree in her belly, drawing her vitality all the time.

Chapter 1359: All-Kill

She gradually became physically exhausted.

Jiang Yu was very worried. “Yingluo, how’s your body? If you can’t hold it in, just find a stuntman. There’s no need to ruin yourself for a show.” In the industry, using a stuntman wasn’t uncommon. Nude substitutions and even text substitutions had emerged endlessly.

Xia Yingluo wanted to insist on filming the show, but also knew that her situation was really bad, and it was easy for something to go wrong if she kept going.

After much thought, she adopted Jiang Yu’s suggestion and handed over a few scenes that didn’t require too much acting skills but consumed a lot of physical energy to a stuntman. Despite this, she didn’t give up the control of quality and insisted on being present on every scene to point out the mistakes of the stuntman. The stuntman had little experience and was far less skilled than Xia Yingluo on the battlefield. Xia Yingluo carefully instructed her and finally tuned her decently. The female actor called Yu Minglan said, “Thank you, Ms. Xia. I have benefited a lot from your advice. Even in the future, it’ll be a very practical skill.”

Xia Yingluo smiled and praised her for working hard.

She was a famous and popular star but was still so humble. Thus, she earned unanimous favor from the crew.

“Star Wars Era” was an all-kill once released.

Xia Yingluo consumed a lot of energy. Her body wasn’t as good as before, and she needed to replenish it.

Li Lei was anxious. He replaced the rehearsal of his own company’s movie and arranged Xia Yingluo’s movie to the front, and hurried the premiere. At the premiere, Xia Yingluo wore a light pink tulle princess skirt. She had on rosy makeup, adding a touch of color to her thin and pale cheeks. She stood on the stage with a pair of beautiful touching eyes, and countless flashes of the cameras aimed at her. Even one smile and one glance were beautiful. Jiang Yu stood beside her, his tall and handsome figure even more slender and beautiful. The golden boy and girl made many people scream. Jiang Yu looked at her affectionately, and even a blind man could see that he had a deep affection for her.

“Jiang Yu! Jiang Yu!”

“Xia Yingluo! Xia Yingluo!”

Fans who managed to get tickets through various channels were very excited and shouted their names. “Together! Together! God Jiang Yu and Goddess Yingluo must be happy!” Even though the media revealed Xia Yingluo and Wei Lingnan’s intimate photos a few days ago, but under Skyart’s public relations, most fans were still firmly on the side of Jiang Yu and Xia Yingluo.

Jiang Yu was personable and smiled to pay tribute to the fans.

Xia Yingluo quietly held his hand.

In the entertainment industry, it was nothing new for male stars and female stars to have dating scandals. Even if there was nothing between the two, to promote hype, the teams on both sides often signaled them to appear in pairs. Although Xia Yingluo understood that Jiang Yu was really interested in her, she also knew that people like Jiang Yu who had been in the entertainment industry for many years definitely understood what it was to put on a show because work needed it. He would definitely take out his professional spirit and wouldn’t take it too seriously.

The two stood side by side, and a lot of photos were taken by the media and fans.

The lighting at the scene was dazzling.

She felt a little uncomfortable with the fantastic grand party.

Jiang Yu noticed that she was looking down and asked her, “What’s wrong? Do you want to rest?”

“No,” she said softly, giving him a reassuring smile. She involuntarily looked in one direction. It was strange that she always felt like someone was staring at her in the dark. However, no suspicious person could be found in that direction.

The premiere was a success.

Everyone who had watched the film—whether it was a colleague, a professional film critic, or an ordinary audience—all gave the film a very high rating. <A New Era in the History of Science Fiction Movies>, <Green is born out of blue, but beats blue — The Excellent Acting of the Phoenix Daughter>, <Epistic Masterpiece>, <The Birth of the Next Star in the Film Industry…> Various article titles and hot posts discussed the film and Xia Yingluo. Her relationship with Jiang Yu was also a topic that everyone talked about.

Her popularity improved a lot, and the energy it brought alleviated Xia Yingluo’s symptoms.

She was no longer as weak as before but still needed recuperation.

Xia Ling came to see her to ask how she was doing.

She said to her mother, “Mom, you don’t have to worry too much. Although the World Tree hasn’t grown much, the weakening momentum has stopped. When the film is released on a large scale next week, it’ll definitely collect more energy.”

Xia Ling nodded. “Let Skyart arrange more activities for you and hit the iron while it’s hot.”

“Mom, I know,” Xia Yingluo said.

Xia Ling gently held her hand. Her little baby daughter made her very distressed by encountering so many difficult situations. She said, “Jiang Yu is good to you. You should go out with him more often. Gossip is a quick way to increase popularity, at least to maintain the current popularity of the scandal.”

She was slightly surprised.

In recent days, she had always cooperated with Jiang Yu’s hype. In all fairness, he was a good partner. He knew his limits and also took very good care of her. It would be a huge blessing if she really became his girlfriend.

However, the seemingly comfortable date wasn’t as good as it looked.

Somehow, she still felt that someone was staring at her, and that feeling was especially evident when she was dating Jiang Yu.

She didn’t know who that person was, but after guessing and speculating, the only person able to follow her for so long without being discovered by her bodyguards…

There was only Wei Lingnan.

Wei Lingnan.

The thought of this name made her heart ache.

Since the last time she said goodbye in the bathroom and bit him fiercely, he had never appeared again. She wondered if he was angry?

Obviously, she didn’t want to be harassed by him. But when he really didn’t come, she felt lost.

Xia Ling called her. “Yingluo, Yingluo?”

She regained her senses. “I know, Mom. I’m going out for afternoon tea with Jiang Yu tomorrow. We’ve arranged a photographer to follow us, so you can rest assured.” She set aside the thought of Wei Lingnan. No matter what, improving her popularity as much as possible was the priority.

The next day, she wore a soft light-colored dress and softened her makeup, which covered up her somewhat weak complexion.

Jiang Yu took her to a high-end business district in the city to drink tea. The two sat in an outdoor cafe, wearing ordinary clothes and sunglasses. A thin silk scarf was tied around her fair neck, slightly covering her chin.

After drinking tea halfway, she said she wanted to go see the cherry blossoms not far away.

Jiang Yu said, “I’ll go with you.”

Chapter 1360: Cherry Blossoms

Xia Yingluo smiled sweetly and followed him downstairs. They took a stroll in the quiet cherry blossom forest.

The pale pink cherry blossoms fluttered and the wind blew like a gorgeous and huge rain. She glanced up and looked at the beautiful elves flying in the air, then he reached out her hand and touched the light and soft petals.

Another gust of wind blew.

The scarf around her neck slipped and drifted away.

She exclaimed in a soft voice. “Oh! How will I go out later…” The little scarf wasn’t only for decoration but was also for disguise. Although she had already worn sunglasses, she was still very charming in appearance. And standing together with Jiang Yu, who was also outstanding and eye-catching, she was worried that she would be recognized. It was better to have a scarf for more disguise.

Jiang Yu also understood her concerns. Seeing that the silk scarf floated farther and farther away and disappeared in the blue sky, he said, “It’s all right, I’ll buy you another one.” Next to the cherry blossom forest was a large commercial area with high-end clothing. There were many shops and it wouldn’t be long.

Xia Yingluo wanted to tell him not to bother, but she thought that the risk of exposition was too great. Thus, she said, “Okay.”

Jiang Yu turned around.

Xia Yingluo stayed alone in the cherry blossom forest, and the falling cherry blossoms rained on her soft hair and rounded shoulders. These days, she always tired easily. When she saw a chair for pedestrians to rest under a tree, she walked over and sat down. The chair was a rattan chair and was very comfortable to sit on. She closed her eyes slightly and gradually got tired in the fragrance of the flowers and wind.

She had a dream.

She dreamt of the dark purple mysterious Skatana Planet. She was still an ignorant little princess, and her guardian, the man named Nan, was half-knelt down and holding her hand. He was dealing with the wounds made by the Zerg on her.

At that time, the sky was full of stars, and there were fireflies everywhere.

The fireflies on the Skatana Planet were different from that on Earth, but they both held beautiful legends. Legend had it that they were all transformed from the soul of a soldier after death… She wondered, after the big explosion that destroyed the entire tribe, did those who died all become fireflies?

Sakura petals fell on her delicate white cheeks.

Faintly, there was a noise. “Get up! Who are you? How dare you sit in Ms. Pei’s seat!”

Someone dragged her arm and it hurt. She was pulled from the chair with a strong force. The fighting habit developed in her previous life made her instinctively want to react, but now her body was too weak to complete any action at all. She fell hard and bit her lips, causing a trace of blood to leak out. Xia Yingluo became sober. She raised her head and saw a few people surrounding her in the dim light behind her sunglasses, casting scornful looks at her. The person at the front was Pei Yan.

Why was she here?

New hatred rushed into her heart, and Xia Yingluo got up from the ground and said with her voice cold, “Who touched me?”

“Me, why?” A young man in a t-shirt told her proudly. “Not happy? You can’t even see how lowly you are, you even dare to sit in the chair prepared for Ms. Pei. Ms. Pei was kind and doesn’t want to fuss over it with you, so you can get lost!”

Xia Yingluo found out that this group of people also brought a small tea table of the same style as that rattan chair and had tea in their hands. Did they prepare all these for Pei Yan? Was Pei Yan going to drink tea here and admire the flowers?

She was right. Pei Yan sneered dismissively. “If you don’t have money, don’t copy others and admire the flowers here.”

This was one of the most prosperous business districts in the city. However, the beautiful cherry blossom forest was empty, which didn’t make sense, so wasn’t it obvious that it had been reserved? Didn’t this reckless woman know how to use her brain?

A sense of intelligence and superiority rose in Pei Yan, and she was even more scornful to Xia Yingluo.

But Xia Yingluo wasn’t afraid of her. “It’s not certain who has to get lost.” Today, if it had been someone else, she might have given up, but how could she give way to Pei Yan? Furthermore, this Pei Yan had come forward to make her fall!

She was wearing sunglasses, so Pei Yan didn’t recognize her for a moment. She only felt that this aggressive girl was strangely familiar, and it was a kind of nasty familiarity. Pei Yan didn’t think much and said to some of her followers, “Kick her out.”

“Who dares to touch me?” Xia Yingluo became angry and said coldly to the followers, “Try it if you want to die!”

Although she was slender, she was so murderous when she spoke that they were shocked and stopped instinctively.

Pei Yan was furious and scolded them. “Kick her out! Are you all stupid?!”

She looked at Xia Yingluo angrily again. “Do you know who I am? Haven’t you heard of the Imperial Entertainment’s Pei family? Get lost as soon as possible, or you won’t have a place to cry later!”

Her followers all reacted and yelled, “Did you hear that? This is the young lady of the Imperial Entertainment’s Pei family. Why, are you scared? You’re not even fit to carry Ms. Pei’s shoes!” Although they said this, they were still frightened by Xia Yingluo’s arrogant momentum just now and didn’t dare to really catch her.

“The Pei family’s face will be thrown by you.” Xia Yingluo laughed. “If Uncle Pei knew how arrogant you are in front of me, can you guess, will he remove your brother from the heirs’ list because he thinks you’re too shameful?”

Pei Yan’s heart had an ominous premonition, and the nasty familiarity deepened again. She looked at Xia Yingluo and asked, “Who are you?”

Xia Yingluo slowly took off her sunglasses.

In the eyes of everyone, it was an exquisite and delicate face. It was a little pale and her face was thinly applied with pink powder.

The few people around Pei Yan sucked in their breaths unknowingly. This girl… was so beautiful! Under the cherry blossom rain, she was like a fairy. Her bright and stunning eyes were instantly distinguished from Pei Yan’s, and under her ethereal beauty, Pei Yan instantly looked plain and normal!

Pei Yan looked like she just saw a ghost. “Xia… Xia Yingluo!”

Xia Yingluo smiled lightly. “Pei Yan, don’t you know that you’ll die faster if you’re so stupid? How exactly do stupid minds like you live to this day? Are you still planning to use the Pei family to suppress me?”

Pei Yan choked at her words.

In this city, even in many parts of the world, the Pei family could trample on anyone. But only in front of the Li family they couldn’t! Even three-year-olds knew that the Pei and Li families were at loggerheads. Imperial Entertainment’s Chairman Pei Ziheng lost to Big Boss Li in terms of love twenty years ago, so how could the Li family possibly give face to the Pei family?

And, what was worse, as Xia Yingluo said—

If Pei Ziheng found that the younger generation threw their face in front of the Li family, she was afraid he would directly peel her skin!