Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1045 - 187

"Oh."

Li Zhiyuan responded simply, perhaps feeling it was a bit too dismissive, added:

"Wish you success."

He didn't definitively agree to reaccept and protect Zhao Yi, although there's an implicit understanding between them, since they still need to go to the "feast" together.

So, if Zhao Yi can evade his pursuers and return here, he would open the Array to let Zhao Yi in.

Yet, the attack at the doorstep is also part of the pursuit; failure to step into the gap of the paving stone in front of him means the escape hasn't ended.

Zhao Yi surely understands this.

Moreover, things haven't reached such a grave level.

Li Zhiyuan knows that killing Zhao Yi and seizing the jade isn't the girl's true intention.

If she truly wanted to do that, she should quietly keep hiding, waiting to give a thunderous strike when Zhao Yi returns, without the need to appear in front of him and introduce uncertainty. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Two small stools were placed at the front door, and Li Zhiyuan picked up one and tossed it outside.

A Yuan, beneath the girl, reached out to catch the stool.

Li Zhiyuan walked inside, took two bottles of soda from the counter, opened the caps with a bottle opener, and then walked back out.

At this moment, the girl slid off A Yuan, and they stood outside of the paving stone gap; underfoot was a dirt road, yet when the girl landed, it didn't kick up much dust. Most importantly, his ears didn't hear any sound.

Li Zhiyuan doesn't think she's practiced martial arts; the Yu Family couldn't be so shortsighted. Most likely, she has some sort of special trait.

Such a trait is hard for him to replicate, or rather, he can't accept its cost, hence it's not worth referencing.

Li Zhiyuan tossed over the bottle of soda in his hand, still caught by A Yuan, who smelled it before handing it to the lady already seated on the stool.

Yu Miaomiao took the soda and drank it straight from the mouth, "Gulp, gulp."

"Burp!"

She let out a loud burp and then flipped the bottle mouth upside down, signaling she finished it.

Then, seeing Li Zhiyuan seated across from her, pulled out a straw and slipped it in, taking a sip before resting the soda bottle on his knee.

Yu Miaomiao opened her mouth, revealing two overly long canine teeth.

"Hey, you really don't care about him anymore?"

"Why should I care about him?"

"At least he played along with your act."

"He received his performance fee."

"How boring, I thought you two were very close."

"It's alright."

"Actually, I could not kill him."

"Thank you on his behalf."

"But I need both of you to agree to one request of mine."

"He's him, I'm me."

"I believe he's willing to be represented by you, at least in this matter."

"Alright, I'll agree to your request on his behalf."

Yu Miaomiao shut her mouth, pursing her lips, and Li Zhiyuan could hear the grinding of her teeth inside.

"The third piece of broken jade is with you, right?"

Li Zhiyuan lifted the soda, biting the straw, sipping lightly.

"You're indeed impressive, able to suppress the corpse energy for so long."

Li Zhiyuan continued with small sips.

"In other words, there was a period when you had two pieces of broken jade in your hands and were suppressing both.

Do you know that by doing that, it caused there to be no broken jade on the market for those days, forcing me to prematurely throw out the piece I held to attract them to start struggling and fighting?"

Li Zhiyuan kept sipping lightly.

"Do you realize that if not enough people die, the feast can't start?"

Li Zhiyuan spat out the straw, raised the soda bottle to check how much was left.

She's embellishing herself.

If she had the same ability to continue sealing broken jade like him, she should at least compete with him in seal endurance.

The reason she threw out the broken jade in her hand was that she knew she couldn't keep it sealed anymore.

If three pieces of broken jade with corpse energy erupted simultaneously in the market, she should be confident enough to defend one, showing enough strength to make others dare not contest the other two pieces.

Yet when only one piece is on the market, she wouldn't dare to become the target of everyone.

All of this is because Li Zhiyuan endured the nuisance to buy time for his partner's recovery by forcibly patching up the second piece of broken jade for a while.

In fact, besides perishing in Jianghu alongside Xu Yijin midway.

After arriving in Lijiang, most of the time, Li Zhiyuan lived quietly in this guesthouse.

But the bloody storm outside was mostly because of him.

"Hey!"

Yu Miaomiao was very angry.

Li Zhiyuan didn't respond, just focused on sipping his soda.

She finally realized the young man's intent in offering her soda, while she naively treated it like alcohol and downed it.

Li Zhiyuan was waiting, waiting for her to reveal her true purpose, even though he'd already guessed it.

"When the banquet starts, I want you both to listen to me!"

Li Zhiyuan continued sipping his soda.

The girl had ample confidence, meaning she could spare Zhao Yi and go seize another piece of broken jade.

That piece of broken jade—she can throw it out, and she can also reclaim it.

She's focused on the next phase, which involves managing the group at the table.

Today's appearance was aimed at preemptively organizing the team for the table; she wants to be the leader.

Li Zhiyuan had guessed her intention, but he hadn't expected her to use such a straightforward, brutish approach.

Following her logic, she starts by wielding the threat stick, then waits for him to panic before guiding him to acknowledge her real demands step by step.

Is she training a dog here?

Unfortunately, he didn't play according to her plan, making her seem like the frantic one now.