Apocalypse: Reborn with a Soul Sync Farming Space System-Chapter 99 Weak and Manipulative (Bonus)

Ling Xuan continued walking, pretending she was no longer curious about his intel. Her mind wandered to the day he fainted and she had to do a resuscitation to revive him. She immediately closed her eyes as if to remove the thought from her mind.

In as much as she hated what she did, she could clearly see her act of grace was not wasted. Her eyes wandered back to him, with a mere look one would think he might die from merely walking, but she had come to realise he was more useful than she had thought, and not only that, he was more dangerous than he actually looked.

"Where are we heading?" Chris asked. He could definitely feel her suspicious gaze on him now and then. And he knew she must be thinking about his network, but the last thing he wanted from her was her growing suspicion. He didn’t want her to drift further away from him.

"We? The question should be where am I heading?" Ling Xuan quickly corrected.

Chris folded his hands behind his back. "Where are you going?" He said in defeat.

"I’m not obligated to let you know where I’m going." She replied, turning to meet his gaze.

The moment their eyes met, it was like that of a lion and a tiger, both checking themselves out to know who the predator really was and who was the prey.

Chris held her gaze, determined not to give in this time like the last time. He wasn’t familiar with this version of Laurel, and that meant he wouldn’t go easy on her. His soft side was reserved only for the caring Laurel he knew.

"Don’t you know it is rude to look at a woman’s eyes like that?" Ling Xuan asked, testing his resolve.

"Woman? Are we playing the gender game now? What happened to being fierce and not trying to use the underhand method?" Chris replied, his brooding gaze piercing through hers.

Ling Xuan’s expression didn’t give anything away, whether she was pleased by his response or not.

"You are right, there is no point in using the underhand method. Do you really think you are my match?" Ling Xuan said, taking a step closer to him.

"Laurel, what are you talking about? Match?... Could it be you have taken an interest in me? Don’t tell me you are trying to take another husband? Or could it be you want to divorce Mr. Wayne?" Chris asked, trying to get under her skin.

He wanted to know what she was thinking, how she thinks, what she could overlook, and what she could not. Her temper, her value and most importantly, where her feelings lie.

If Ling Xuan was angry, she didn’t show it. "You clearly know what I’m talking about..." She took another step closer again. The space between them was so thin, their eyes trying to pull each other into their depths. "I only care about power... as for being my husband," her gaze turned stern. "You are not worthy."

"Is that so?" Chris said slowly as if he was weighing the weight of his words. "Then, why did you let your lips touch mine?"

A dangerous glint flashed through Ling Xuan’s eyes, her hands clenched slightly by her side. She gave him a death glare before turning to walk away. All her life, the kind of people she hated the most were the manipulative ones, and everything she hated in a man was Chris, weak and manipulative.

"So I won." Chris’ voice echoed from behind her.

Ling Xuan’s steps faltered but she didn’t stop to entertain him any longer.

Walking behind her, Chris grew more intrigued by their brief show off, and his fingers inched to unravel the mystery around her.

Ling Xuan stopped walking when she sighted a tractor parked by the roadside, without thinking twice she entered inside and started the tractor with a single turn of the key, and the engine immediately rumbled to life.

Chris stopped at the side of the tractor, hoping she would give him a life, however, Ling Xuan turned her head towards him, casting him a cold look before stepping on the gas.

"Laurel!" Chris shouted but all he could see was behind the tractor and the smoke coming out of the combustion. He closed his eyes, tilting his head towards the sky, anyone in his shoes would have been angry at her behaviour but a soft laugh rumbled from his throat. ’It seems someone doesn’t know how to handle a tease.’ He thought to himself.

Ling Xuan drove the tractor towards the entrance gate of the outer wall. When she stepped down from the tractor, the soldiers immediately saluted in respect.

"Commander." They greeted in unison.

Ling Xuan gave them a curt nod, before climbing the tower in the middle. The surface of the wall was wide enough for three people to walk at the same time, Ling Xuan stood over the wall, the block railings in front of her were high to her chest, it was a simple defence against attacks and the soldiers could easily take cover behind it.

Her gaze scanned the vast land before her. The once lively forest had been reduced to nothing but ashes, she couldn’t see clearly because of the red mist.

"Here," a voice rang behind her.

And her fingers immediately clenched into a fist in irritation, she hated the fact that she could already know him from his voice. She turned around, without bothering to conceal the annoyance in her eyes.

And behold, she was right again. Chris stood before her, handing her a pair of binoculars. "Here, you’ll need it." He said with a blank face.

"How did you get here so fast? And how did you know I was coming here?" Ling Xuan asked, collecting the binoculars from him in a way that her fingers wouldn’t touch his.

"Did you forget I’m the leader of the security sector? I was heading this way naturally, and I took a ride here, since someone refused to give me one." He said, sounding as magnanimous as he could.

But Ling Xuan understood the underlying meaning behind his words... he thought of her as a fickle person.

She cleared her throat, turning towards the vast land. Bringing the binoculars to her eyes, Ling Xuan’s chest tightened at the thought that the infected might already be roaming around the perimeter of their wall.