The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 542 - 506: D Continent Has Become Strange

Qiao Yuxian didn’t sleep all night.

She got up early, had breakfast, and chatted briefly with Meng Yan.

Then she returned to her room.

Once in her room, she sent a message to Liu Zhou, asking him or Yuan Wei to pick her up.

Then she started packing.

While having breakfast, she received a message from Gu Yanjing.

The signal was poor again on his end.

He told her that he could only return in the afternoon.

Qiao Yuxian said okay.

Then she waited for his reply.

The signal probably only allowed him to send that one message.

After receiving the message, Qiao Yuxian thought it over and decided to go out and hide for a while.

At least until the wound healed.

Even if it leaves a scar, it would be better than having an open wound.

The wound looked too frightening.

A scar might be more acceptable to people.

So she decided to go out and avoid the situation for a few days.

Once her things were packed, she sent a message to Gu Yanjing.

[Hubby, there’s something on Yao Mountain Island, I need to go there. Let’s meet in the country, keep in touch.]

After sending the message, Qiao Yuxian carried her suitcase out of the room with her right hand.

She bumped into Meng Yan outside.

Meng Yan was startled: "What’s going on..."

"There’s a bit of a situation on Yao Mountain Island, I need to go back," Qiao Yuxian said. "I’ve already spoken to Gu Yanjing. When he returns, tell him again."

"Huh?" Meng Yan was still a bit perplexed.

Qiao Yuxian carried her suitcase and walked outside.

Meng Yan hurriedly took it from her, paused, and tentatively asked again: "Mr. Gu knows?"

"I told him, but due to poor signal on his end, he probably hasn’t seen it yet." Qiao Yuxian didn’t mind him asking again, as among this group, Meng Yan was the most terrified of Gu Yanjing. He was careful in everything he did. "The situation is urgent, so I won’t wait for him to return. You must tell him again, don’t let him worry."

"Alright," Meng Yan replied, and then offered, "I’ll go get the car to send you off."

"No need," Qiao Yuxian said, "I’ve asked Liu Zhou to pick me up, he’ll be at the door soon."

Meng Yan acknowledged with a nod.

Qiao Yuxian added, "You must tell Gu Yanjing not to worry. It’s just a bit urgent with the Yao Mountain Island matter, but it’s easily resolved."

"Okay."

...

Liu Zhou drove Qiao Yuxian to the airport.

But Qiao Yuxian didn’t go to Yao Mountain Island.

Instead, she returned to her home country, to Yue City.

Apart from Yao Mountain Island, Gu Yanjing could certainly reach her immediately at any other location.

But Yao Mountain Island was different.

Yao Mountain Island was the one place Qiao Yuxian hadn’t allowed Gu Yanjing to visit.

With Gu Yanjing’s nature, if it wasn’t urgent, he would have certainly gone with her permission.

But Yao Mountain Island was too far away.

She didn’t want to endure the long flight of over ten hours.

Plus, Yan Ting was still there, and she didn’t want to face him in her injured state.

Especially if word of her injury reached there, it would certainly complicate matters.

This hassle could potentially affect Gu Yanjing.

So she simply returned to Yue City.

In Yue City, there were only Uncle Quan and Aunt Zhao, who upon seeing her wound, would be concerned but definitely wouldn’t probe further.

It’s been half a year since she last returned.

She’s going back to check on things.

In less than five hours, Qiao Yuxian arrived at Yue City.

Uncle Quan drove to pick her up.

At the Qiao Mansion, she chatted briefly with Uncle Quan and Aunt Zhao before heading to the West Courtyard’s Buddhist Hall.

She stayed in the Buddhist Hall for over an hour before coming out.

Then she returned to her own room.

Aunt Zhao had already tidied up the room and changed the bedsheets.

Qiao Yuxian stood at the entrance of the room, glanced around, then entered the room to find the medicine box.

The medicine box still contained some medication.

But some were already expired.

She threw the expired ones into the trash.

Qiao Yuxian took cotton swabs and bandages, intending to change the dressing on her arm wound.

The medicine was brought from D Continent, prescribed by the hospital.

Possibly due to the flight, the wound had oozed a bit of blood.

Qiao Yuxian unwrapped the bandage and tossed it into the trash.

Then she disinfected it simply, applied the medicine, and re-wrapped it with bandages.

Her movements were very practiced, even though operating with one hand was inconvenient.

For someone who would normally make a fuss over a scratch, she didn’t even frown.

Her face was calm, as if she was used to such things.

Once bandaged, she lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep.

She slept until her phone alarm went off.

She’d set the alarm for a flight to Yao Mountain Island.

When she woke, it was already dark.

The lights in the room were off, shrouding it in darkness.

She lay at the end of the bed, looking at the ceiling.

After about ten minutes, she sent a message to Gu Yanjing.

Gu Yanjing replied quickly.

She chatted with Gu Yanjing for over half an hour.

Qiao Yuxian went to eat, returned, and chatted with Gu Yanjing again, falling asleep while chatting.

She slept soundly once her head hit the pillow.

Things were stirring up over in D Continent.

In Gu Yanjing’s study.

Gu Yanjing sat behind the desk.

Lu Mengyi, Lu Muyao, and Shang Chen sat on the sofa in the study.

The four of them were silent.

They had just received the news.

Gu Zhengyu was currently in the hospital, having undergone nearly ten hours of resuscitation.

He had just been moved from the operating room to the Intensive Care Unit, and he was still not out of danger.

The news they received was that Gu Zhengyu’s men and those from the underground arena clashed over a piece of land.

Gu Zhengyu was beaten into this condition.

The long silence in the study was broken when Lu Muyao said, "If it really was over a piece of land, why was Gu Zhengyu beaten so brutally? Others don’t seem to have any major issues. It appears to be targeted at Gu Zhengyu."

Lu Mengyi looked at Gu Yanjing.

Gu Yanjing sat behind the desk, his right hand spinning the phone on the table.

There was no change in his expression.

Not at all.

As if the matter had nothing to do with him.

As if he was casually hearing reports about yesterday’s events in D Continent after dinner.

He spun the phone, occasionally turning it on to check for messages.

Qiao Yuxian had fallen asleep during their chat.

He figured she was asleep.

But feared she might wake suddenly and send a message.

So he kept checking periodically.

Lu Muyao glanced at Gu Yanjing but couldn’t see any clues, then said, "D Continent has been quite eerie lately. Wen Mingcheng was just hospitalized recently, we don’t even know who assaulted him, and now Gu Zhengyu has been beaten like this."

Gu Yanjing looked at him.

Lu Mengyi also looked at him.

Lu Muyao continued, "And that potion, why is there not a single piece of information? It’s said to appear here, yet there’s no trace at all?"

No one spoke.

Because no one could provide an answer.

They were here to investigate the potion.

Lu Mengyi and the others had been here longer.

Yet, they hadn’t discovered anything.

Instead, since arriving, a multitude of issues arose.

The silence in the study continued to spread.

Suddenly, there were two knocks on the door.

They all looked towards the entrance.

Meng Yan pushed the door open.

He seemed urgent, and even bumped into the door as he entered.

The sound was loud.

The four quietly watched him bump into the door.

Meng Yan, seemingly unphased by pain, directly headed towards Gu Yanjing.

So anxious that his breathing was uneven.

"Mr. Gu, the Hacker Alliance was attacked last night..."