Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Abducted

“Fox Ear, you harm females so wantonly. Aren’t you afraid of implicating your own family?”

Fox Ear cackled, the sound utterly bizarre.

“Then go right ahead and throw them all in prison. When they’re all dead, I’ll even send you a grand gift～”

“Alright, enough chitchat. Goodbye, little kitty～～”

With those words, both Fox Ear and Jiang Qin, who were standing before Shi Lichuan, vanished into the darkness.

A black leopard materialized, a golden moon emblazoned on its forehead.

Seeing his target vanish, Gu Tianyou cursed, “Damn fox. He’s too alert.”

His beast form was also a master of the darkness, able to conceal itself completely in the ruined, lightless bar.

The moment the attack began, he had shifted into his beast form, preparing to leap onto the stage and protect Jiang Qin.

However, the enemy seemed to know the males present very well, having assigned two S-level males and one A-level male to intercept the three of them.

Although the three enemy males were no match for them, they had successfully delayed him.

By the time he arrived, the young female was already a hostage, leaving Shi Lichuan unable to make a move.

A Bone Armor Bear was at a great disadvantage against a Shadow Fox.

After all, one was massive and cumbersome, while the other was a natural-born stealth artist.

So, from the shadows, he had signaled Shi Lichuan to stall Fox Ear.

But just as he was about to get close, the damned fox sensed him and fled.

His attack had missed. Finding a Shadow Fox in the dead of night would be incredibly difficult, even though his target was carrying a female and couldn’t get away easily.

But since they dared to abduct her, they were obviously well-prepared.

The black leopard could only curse inwardly as he followed the lingering scent of the fox.

Shi Lichuan’s beast form wasn’t fast enough, so after leaving the bar, he could only get in a Flying Car and begin searching from the air.

Seeing that their comrade had succeeded, the surviving males responsible for the diversion seized the opportunity to retreat, leaving only the corpses of many of their own.

The enemy had lost over a thousand men in the attack.

All of them had infiltrated the bar by posing as patrons.

You Wei’s eyes were red with fury. Even though he had hired extra security, he still hadn’t managed to stop those madmen.

If something truly happened to Jiang Qin, his conscience would never be clear for the rest of his life.

At this thought, he immediately contacted that person. “Father, please help me.”

“What are you offering in exchange for my help?”

You Wei lowered his head and said calmly, “If you help me this one time, I am willing to accept your arrangements for me from now on.”

“What is it?”

“The Giant Crocodile Star Thief Group abducted a soothing master from my bar. They shouldn’t have left Blue Star yet. Please, help me lock down Blue Star for a day, dispatch men to intercept them, and bring the female back safely.”

The person on the other end of the line was silent, seemingly weighing his options.

“Do you like her?”

You Wei shook his head. “No, she just came of age. In terms of age, she could call me Dad. I just look after her as a junior.”

“Heh, a junior with no genetic connection…”

“As much as I want you to be obedient, do you have any idea of the consequences of locking down a second-class planet for a full day?”

“But if it’s you, you should be able to do it, shouldn’t you?”

The old man on the other end calmly agreed. “Naturally. So, You Wei, do you finally understand how important power is?”

You Wei didn’t want to answer the question, just as he could never see eye-to-eye with his father.

The man on the other end didn’t seem to mind his silence.

“I’ll contact Ming Xiu now and have him go to you. You have one day to rescue the female. Beyond that time, I can’t continue the lockdown of Blue Star.”

“Thank you, Father.”

After hanging up on his Light Computer, You Wei pushed aside his complicated feelings. With no time to overthink things, he rushed to evacuate the affected patrons.

Apologies had to be made, and compensation had to be paid.

Zhu Yongkang had already led the security team out to search, and Ba Zi and Kui Wen had also split up to look for her.

Wen Xueli hadn’t come to the bar today.

You Wei had his own sources of information, so he knew full well that she had been “invited” to the Main Star as a guest early that morning.

Perhaps that was why, even now, no officials had come looking for Jiang Qin.

After all, things weren’t so peaceful within the Federation; the factional struggles were quite intense.

Furthermore, with Jiang Qin trending all over the web—and someone fanning the flames from behind the scenes—her situation was impossible to conceal.

It was inevitable that some would consider sacrificing one to save the other.

After all, back then, it was Wen Xueli’s Spiritual Body that had emerged first, and she was a B-level female.

Only afterward did Jiang Qin’s Spiritual Body emerge to interact with it.

It was hard to explain who had first activated this new deep soothing method, or who had led and who had followed.

Perhaps Wen Xueli herself loved music, and by immersing her whole being in the beautiful song, she had achieved that level of spiritual euphoria?

And perhaps it was because of her high spiritual power that she then caused Jiang Qin’s Spiritual Body to resonate in turn.

The main issue was that all eyes were on Jiang Qin.

The Federation couldn’t easily do anything to her, but there was one advantage to this: she could be used as the public-facing piece on the board.

Meanwhile, Wen Xueli, who wasn’t under such intense scrutiny, was much easier to quietly whisk away.

In truth, You Wei knew that some people had likely already abandoned Jiang Qin. After all, her spiritual power was low and her background was poor.

When there was a choice, and a choice had to be made…

’But it doesn’t matter. She still has me, her boss. I said I would protect her, and I absolutely will!’

***

Jiang Qin was no longer being held by the throat; instead, she was slung over the fox’s shoulder.

She couldn’t see a thing; her world was utter darkness.

Fox Ear had applied medicine to the wound on her neck, presumably to keep her blood from dripping onto the ground and leaving a trail for trackers.

This continued for a long time. Just as she was about to pass out from being jostled, Fox Ear finally stopped.

Light finally flooded her vision.

Before her stood a man with roguishly handsome features and wavy, golden-blond hair.

He reached out, removed the device on her mouth—which resembled a pet’s muzzle—and reminded her with a smile, “The silencer’s off, little cutie. You can start screaming your little heart out now～～”

Jiang Qin: …

“Hm? Why aren’t you saying anything? Scared speechless?”

An unnaturally pale hand forcefully pinched her cheeks, prying them apart. “Ahh～ Open your mouth and let your big brother have a look.”

Jiang Qin pressed her lips together, desperately wanting to swear at him.

But she had never been a naive girl, so she knew better than to provoke someone who was clearly unhinged.

So, she moved her lips and whispered, “Not mute yet.”

Only then did Fox Ear release her, satisfied. “As long as you’re not mute. It would be a real pity if I could never again hear my little cutie’s lovely voice～～”

Jiang Qin didn’t reply. Looking as if she were scared witless, she curled up in a corner.

In reality, however, she was secretly observing her surroundings out of the corner of her eye.

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