Free Web NovelChapter 130: Chapter 130: Spiritual Power Collapse Strikes Again
That evening, Shi Lan posted an update with two pictures: one of her eating at Aunt Gao’s house, and a group photo with Aunt Gao and her family.
The few men who had long since set up special notifications for Shi Lan received the alert and eagerly clicked on the post.
Upon seeing the photo, He Hanshi’s brow furrowed imperceptibly. He replied: [Is Lanlan eating at a friend’s house?]
He zoomed in on the group photo. In the picture were four older males, an unfamiliar female with her arm linked through Shi Lan’s, and a young male standing on the other side of the unfamiliar female.
No matter how he looked at it, the picture resembled a family portrait...
He studied the young male closely, the cloud over his brow darkening.
When Mu Tangfeng opened it, he was so angry he threw the comb in his hand. "Who is this guy? He’s standing just one woman away from Lanlan."
Ye Ming’s brow was also tightly furrowed. He examined the background of the group photo and asked: [Isn’t Lanlan on Capital Star?]
The style of the house’s interior was clearly different from that of Capital Star, and there were no automatic climate control sensors visible in the room.
Jiang Xia’s pupils contracted in displeasure. Noticing the other man’s eye color was very similar to his own, he ground his teeth in frustration. "Great. She’s only been gone for two days and Lanlan already has a new flame..."
"I can’t take this! I have to get out of here, now!"
"If I wait any longer, Lanlan’s going to be snatched away by some other male."
Yan Huoshui also zoomed in to look several times. In his experience, this male was definitely single and even had designs on Lanlan. His attire had clearly been chosen with care; this wasn’t just some casual family get-together for him.
Besides, whenever a young, single male showed up at a family gathering like this, it was usually for matchmaking purposes.
He pressed his lips together, a dark look slowly filling his eyes.
"It’s time to accelerate the plan."
He said slowly.
He Hanshi was silent for a moment. "Mm."
"We’ll start with me."
Meanwhile, Shi Lan only discovered the replies to her post after she got home from dinner.
She looked at their messages and explained, [I’m back home on Yaoxing, having dinner at a relative’s house.] free𝑤ebnovel.com
On top of that, Jiang Xia had inexplicably spammed her with a bunch of crying Pallas’s cat stickers.
Confused, Shi Lan replied with a question mark.
He quickly sent back a sticker of someone bawling their eyes out, tears forming an ocean.
When Shi Lan didn’t reply after a little while, Jiang Xia sent another weak, pitiful message: [So... will you still wait for me, Lanlan? I should be able to get out soon.]
Shi Lan hadn’t known how to respond to Jiang Xia’s sticker, so she had simply gone to wash up.
After a long and tiring day of travel, all she wanted was to lie down and rest.
But an hour later, when she finally lay down in bed and saw Jiang Xia’s message, she was once again nearly overwhelmed by his flood of crying stickers.
Below them was a pile of pointless crying pictures. She scrolled up a bit and finally saw his actual text message.
Jiang Xia Little Crybaby: [Lanlan, I’ll be good. You have to wait for me, okay?]
Jiang Xia Little Crybaby: [Lanlan, you promised. You can’t go back on your word, or else if I can’t sleep, I’ll find you in your dreams.]
Jiang Xia Little Crybaby: [Waaah, why are you ignoring me, Lanlan?]
Jiang Xia Little Crybaby: [Lanlan, do you think I’m annoying?]
Jiang Xia Little Crybaby: [I’m sorry, Lanlan, please don’t ignore me...]
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’Jiang Xia Little Crybaby’ was the contact name Shi Lan had set for him on the ship last time. It seemed to suit him perfectly now. freewebnovel.cσ๓
Shi Lan shook her head helplessly. Worried he might actually be in his cell, biting on a block of ice with tears streaming down his face, she quickly reassured him, [Don’t overthink it. I wasn’t ignoring you. I just went to wash up and only saw your messages now.]
Inside Black Ming Star Prison, Jiang Xia had been on the verge of smashing down the protective door and breaking out. But seeing Shi Lan’s message, his dark mood finally cleared.
He immediately replied: [That’s great, Lanlan.]
Shi Lan smiled. Thinking about how he was always spamming her with stickers, she sent a reminder, [But be more careful next time. Don’t send so many stickers. I’m afraid I’ll accidentally miss your messages.]
If she hadn’t been free just then with time to scroll up, she would have completely missed the text he’d sandwiched between the stickers.
Seeing this message, Jiang Xia felt a pang of guilt.
Looking back on his behavior these past two days, he had indeed sent too many stickers. But they were a true reflection of his inner feelings, which was why he couldn’t control himself.
He reflected for a few seconds, quick to admit his mistake: [I’m sorry, Lanlan. I’ll be careful next time~]
As he said this, he sent another small, pleading sticker.
Shi Lan didn’t say anything else. Leaning against her headboard, she pictured Jiang Xia and couldn’t help but feel her heart soften, her patience for his antics skyrocketing.
However, she really was exhausted. After chatting with him briefly, she said goodnight and went to sleep.
When Jiang Xia heard that she had been on a ship for over ten hours and hadn’t rested all day, his heart ached for her. He immediately fell silent, not wanting to disturb her any further.
He suppressed his longing and found himself unconsciously writing her name, ’Lanlan,’ in the snow.
A moment later, worried Fang Yuan might see the marks in the morning, he quickly wiped it away.
Life in prison without Shi Lan could be described as dull. In the past, the inmates used to enjoy betting on how long the new Prison Director would last, or ganging up to give him a hard time, but now, none of that held much interest for them.
Still, they had no intention of letting Fang Yuan have an easy time, so they kept finding ways to pick at him.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan, who had his own agenda and couldn’t afford to lose his job as Prison Director, could only swallow his pride. He would occasionally say things to the inmates to provoke them.
For instance, he’d talk about their families, a subject they were most sensitive about.
Especially with Ye Ming. He would often provoke him with praise for the Second Prince, saying things like the Monarch planned to revoke the Eldest Prince’s status as heir and have the Second Prince take his place.
If their spiritual power collapses were truly severe, his words would certainly have had some effect on them.
But the Beastmen were now completely unfazed. Still, they played along with his act.
A few days later, He Hanshi—the one whose spiritual power collapse was the most severe—was the first to have it flare up.
Fang Yuan watched as his white fur became stained with bright red blood. A fanatical joy was hidden in his eyes as he feigned concern. "What should we do? Vice Admiral He is in such a serious state! Should we contact the medical team?"
Mu Tangfeng glared at him furiously. "Shut up, you hideous creature! This is all your fault! Who told you to bring up his deceased parents?"
Fang Yuan put on an innocent look. "Young Master Mu, I had no idea Vice Admiral He’s spiritual power collapse would trigger so easily."
Jiang Xia also started cursing loudly. "Shameless! You really are a sewer rat-Beastman, completely unfit for polite society."
A flash of malice showed in Fang Yuan’s eyes before he quickly concealed it. He looked pitifully at the blood-soaked He Hanshi inside the cell. "Vice Admiral He, you have to hang in there..."
Fang Yuan had never seen a Beastman with high spiritual power suffer a collapse before, so he hadn’t expected the scene to be this horrific. Gazing at the utter mess inside the cell, a flicker of glee passed beneath his lowered eyelids.
’Die. Just die.’
’It would be best if they all died.’
