From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 54 - 51: Tracing Back to the Source, and... I’m Really Not a Pervert
But Ye Junhan wasn’t the only one with such sharp perception.
The instant the young man looked over, Gu Xi raised her eyes to look back.
As it happened, Wei Heng’s camera turned toward Gu Xi, and their gazes met in silence, separated by the lens.
In that moment, an intangible aura radiated outward, causing Da Hong, who was off to the side, to instantly straighten his neck.
Just then, Gu Xi saw in the distance, through the camera, several armed Special Service Team members standing on either side, escorting Ye Nan and a middle-aged man in a white lab coat. They were approaching Ye Junhan from afar.
Ye Junhan was clearly busy, and Wei Heng was at a loss for words. Besides, the environment on Ye Junhan’s end was chaotic, so it obviously wasn’t a good time to talk...
So, the video call ended in less than a minute.
After Wei Heng turned off his personal terminal, he fell silent for a moment before looking up at Gu Xi.
"Finished?" Gu Xi’s gaze shifted away from Da Hong. After a moment of thought, she asked Wei Heng, "Who was that person who came to see Ye Junhan just now? He looked a little familiar..."
Wei Heng instinctively thought she was referring to Ye Nan, but he quickly realized that Gu Xi already knew Ye Nan. So, she was asking about...
"...You mean Mr. Zhou?"
Wei Heng frowned at Gu Xi. "How would you know him?"
Gu Xi shook her head. "I don’t know him. He just looks familiar..."
’I must have seen him before but don’t remember it clearly. Probably just one of those strangers you cross paths with once by chance.’
"He’s the head of external relations for the Abnormal Ability Research Institute, Zhou Jinyu."
After speaking, Wei Heng frowned and added, "This Mr. Zhou might not look like much among the leadership at the Abnormal Ability Research Institute, but he’s actually incredibly capable!"
"For years, all intelligence exchanges between the Abnormal Ability Research Institute and the outside world have been in his hands."
"Oh, right, some people also say he and Mr. Ye were an item back in the day, and that he’s very likely the biological father of the young lady, Ye Nan..."
Wei Heng was probably just too nervous, or maybe it was simply out of habit, but he started rambling and veered off onto the path of gossip.
Fortunately, Gu Xi was calm enough to pinpoint the crucial part of his statement. "Ye Xin—I mean, Mr. Ye—she’s not married?"
"No..." Wei Heng looked at Gu Xi in surprise. "Why are you asking?" In his mind, Gu Xi wasn’t the gossipy type.
"No reason, just asking." Gu Xi lowered her gaze, glancing at Da Hong, who was on the ground protecting a pair of small hens, and abruptly changed the subject. "Are you ready?"
As she spoke, a small green sprout shot out from her fingertip, instantly growing and wrapping around Wei Heng’s ankle.
Wei Heng froze, instinctively clamping both hands over his rear. "Gu Xiaoxi, can we, uh, can we try a different method?"
Gu Xi: "...Hm?" ’Wait, what’s with the butt-grabbing?’
When she followed Wei Heng’s gaze and saw Da Hong over there... Gu Xi instantly understood.
"..." She looked up at him and explained seriously, "You don’t have to be nervous. Da Hong’s situation was different from yours..."
’Back then, I chose to start with Da Hong’s chicken butt because I was still hung up on the chicken manure issue and thought, why not trace it back to the source?’
’As for Wei Heng... she wasn’t a pervert.’
’She wasn’t interested in men’s butts, either.’
When Wei Heng realized what he had just done, he was a bit embarrassed.
He sheepishly let go of his hands.
It wasn’t his fault. The ghastly sight of Da Hong a few days ago had simply left too deep an impression on him.
Wei Heng lowered his head, slightly abashed.
As he watched the small green sprout travel up his thigh, bypass his rear, and climb to his waist, Wei Heng breathed a sigh of relief. "That’s good..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the small green sprout suddenly and slickly burrowed into his navel. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Wei Heng was startled for a second.
But he quickly discovered it didn’t hurt. Instead, a pure form of energy was being injected into his body.
Immediately after, Wei Heng sensed his own superpower rapidly disappearing...
The sensation was strange. Wei Heng instinctively looked up at Gu Xi.
Gu Xi sent out another vine, forcibly dragging the reluctant Da Hong over, and even took a moment to comfort Wei Heng. "Don’t be afraid..."
Wei Heng was about to say, ’I’m not afraid. If even Da Hong could endure it, I definitely can too...’ when a sharp, intense pain suddenly shot through his mind.
Something had bored into his Superpower Core!
The Superpower Core is the most important part of a person with superpowers. It is the source of their abilities and also their most vulnerable point.
The moment Gu Xi’s power entered Wei Heng’s Superpower Core, it was met with fierce resistance...
Two energies collided, each attempting to devour the other.
The violent conflict made Wei Heng break out in a cold sweat. He instinctively clutched his head and squatted on the ground in agony, his face so pale with pain that he couldn’t utter a single word.
Gu Xi’s power was incredibly domineering and could have forcibly devoured the strange energy inside him, but Wei Heng’s Superpower Core was already on the verge of shattering and clearly couldn’t withstand such an impact.
The situation was dire.
But fortunately, Gu Xi had come prepared.
The other end of the small green sprout had already burrowed into Da Hong’s body.
Using her own power as a bridge and Da Hong’s body as a conduit, Gu Xi finally managed to temporarily suppress the activity of the strange energy within Wei Heng...
As the resistance gradually weakened, Gu Xi began to carefully cleanse Wei Heng’s Superpower Core.
It was delicate work.
One wrong move, and Wei Heng would be finished for good.
Fortunately, Gu Xi’s control over her power had long since reached a state of perfection...
Time passed, bit by bit, and the night slowly faded.
Dawn would eventually arrive.
「When a sliver of dawn appeared in the east,」 in the small courtyard, Qi Xiang yawned. "What time is it? Who’s making breakfast this morning?"
She had been eating fruit all night, so she wasn’t hungry. But the two who went into the woods had been busy all night; who knew how much energy they had expended? They would definitely need something hot to eat when they got back...
It wasn’t that Qi Xiang was unwilling to step into the kitchen; she was just a certified kitchen disaster.
Hearing this, Shen Yue subconsciously looked down at the apron in his hands, a flash of disbelief in his eyes. Wei Heng had shoved the apron at him last night, and he had actually been holding it all this time?
Shen Yue frowned slightly. ’Could it be that, deep down, I also dream of being a chef?’
"They’re back!"
Just as Shen Yue was lost in self-doubt, Qin Yi—the sweet young girl who had grown impatient waiting in the courtyard and had run to the hillside in the middle of the night to keep watch—dashed back like a gust of wind.
The three waiting in the courtyard simultaneously stood up and looked past her, but they didn’t see anyone.
"Where are they?" Qi Xiang turned her head and asked. "Didn’t you say they were back?"
Shen Yue and Qin Shi also looked up at her in unison.
"Well..." Qin Yi faltered under the three pairs of exceptionally serious gazes. "I was just in a hurry to get back and deliver the news..."
The three of them: "..."
"Oh, you." Qin Shi sighed and poked her sister, then hurried after Shen Yue and Qi Xiang to head toward the back mountain.
Qin Yi pouted aggrievedly, then suddenly smiled, turned, and strode to catch up.
"Wait for me!"
They had just crested a small hill when they saw a pale and unsteady Wei Heng, carrying two half-grown hens, drifting toward home...
"Are you okay?"
They rushed over to meet him. Getting a closer look, they saw that although Wei Heng’s face was pale and he looked utterly exhausted, his eyes were bright and full of spirit—astonishingly so!
’This means... it worked?!’
Shen Yue and the others exchanged a look, seeing the same excitement—and shock—in each other’s eyes.
"Where’s Gu Xi?"
"What happened to the chickens in your hands?"
Qi Xiang and Qin Yi asked at the same time.
The two small hens Wei Heng was carrying had clearly been dead for some time.
He sighed with a mournful expression. "These two chickens... they gave so much for me. So, I’ve decided..."
"We’ll have chicken giblets with sweet potato noodles for breakfast." Wei Heng looked up at the group and announced.
Everyone: "..."
However, at the thought of fragrant chicken giblets mixed with noodles, Qi Xiang and the others couldn’t help but swallow, muttering under their breath, "Well, that’s not a bad idea..."
Just then, Shen Yue cleared his throat, covering his mouth with a fist. "Ahem, let’s get back to business. Why are you the only one back? Where’s Gu Xi?"
"Right, and where’s Da Hong?" Qi Xiang quickly added from the side.
She and Da Hong shared a deep, revolutionary friendship!
Seeing this, the Qin sisters beside them also managed to tear their eyes away from the two chickens and look up at Wei Heng.
As for how Gu Xi had healed Wei Heng, that was her secret, and they wouldn’t ask.
But that didn’t stop them from being concerned.
Wei Heng glanced at Shen Yue with a complicated expression. "Gu Xi said that now that my problem is solved, it’s time to solve yours. But your situation is different from mine, so she needs to think it over. That’s why she took Da Hong for a walk in the mountains..."
Shen Yue was stunned. "Gu Xi... she..."
But when the man, his mind a swirl of complex emotions, looked up, Wei Heng shoved the two chickens into his arms. "Alright, hurry back and boil some water to pluck these. Gu Xi is expecting chicken soup for lunch when she gets back."
Shen Yue: "..."
