My Perfect Female CEO-Chapter 1023: Murderous Intent Suddenly Arises

Ye Fan steadily secured Lu Xiangxiang on his back, his hands tightly pressed against Lu Xiangxiang’s hips.

Lu Xiangxiang struggled for a while, to no effect.

"You’re so annoying, who told you to carry me? I have legs and can walk myself. Carrying me without my consent, that’s unethical." Lu Xiangxiang scolded, tears streaming down.

"Well, I cherish you too. If it weren’t for our deep friendship, I wouldn’t have carried you." Ye Fan said calmly.

"Everyone else is persevering, am I the only special one?" Lu Xiangxiang complained unhappily, yet her heart felt extremely happy.

"I traveled thousands of miles from Ba Country just to rescue you. If Zhang Lu hadn’t told me you were captured by the drug dealers, I wouldn’t have come to this godforsaken place to suffer. If someone else were the hostage, even if the king of heaven begged me, I might not come. You should feel grateful." Ye Fan said calmly, "You are one of my few friends and a close friend of Mengyao. Naturally, you’re special. I wouldn’t care if others died, but I can’t watch you get into trouble."

This statement made everyone around feel uncomfortable.

"You’re our leader. From the tone of this, our safety isn’t even a fraction of this lady’s. Where’s the organizational discipline? Is this what they call ’love’s paradise is a hero’s grave’?" Qin Yi muttered oddly.

"The instructor seems to have a good relationship with this woman? But who exactly is this woman? Mengyao’s close friend? The instructor’s friend? Who is she?" Chi Qinyuan was full of doubts.

Chi Qinyuan and Qin Yi exchanged confused glances, both seeing bewilderment in each other’s eyes. They only knew Lu Xiangxiang’s name as one of the seven hostages, but nothing more.

Since they reunited with Ye Fan, they noticed the close relationship between Ye Fan and Lu Xiangxiang. To their understanding, Ye Fan had saved Lu Xiangxiang, and Lu Xiangxiang was very close to Ye Fan, even initiating friendliness. It seemed Lu Xiangxiang was clinging to Ye Fan.

Unexpectedly, their conversation suggested a deep personal connection?

If they had known this earlier, the men from the Longyin Team, like Qin Yi, would have shown goodwill, eager to carry Lu Xiangxiang. Navigating the jungle is tough enough alone; carrying someone would be exhausting, but taking turns would make it manageable. They even considered carrying Lu Xiangxiang, but had no such thoughts about Gao Mingyuan and the other six men.

Now that Lu Xiangxiang was on Ye Fan’s back, even if Qin Yi and the others had the guts, they wouldn’t dare think of carrying her.

"Why don’t we get such treatment? Even if no one carries us, a simple stretcher would do." Gao Mingyuan and the others were jealous.

Six big men looked enviously at Lu Xiangxiang on Ye Fan’s back, then aimed their hopeful gazes at Qin Yi and the other warriors, only to be ignored; no one paid much attention.

"Comparisons can be infuriating! We’re so unfortunate. We went through the same ordeal as Lu Xiangxiang, but the treatment is worlds apart." Gao Mingyuan’s six men muttered, half-laughing, half-crying.

On Ye Fan’s back, Lu Xiangxiang’s tears of emotion had already flowed uncontrollably, covering her face.

"You came specifically to save me?" Lu Xiangxiang asked, rubbing her face against Ye Fan’s back, wiping her tears.

"Of course. No one else has that privilege." Ye Fan replied confidently.

"I knew you were a bit capable, but I didn’t expect you to be this great. Your martial skills are extraordinary, even surpassing heroes in martial arts novels." Lu Xiangxiang said between sobs, speaking intermittently.

"Of course. If I weren’t so capable, how could I protect Mengyao?" Ye Fan said confidently.

He tried to keep talking with Lu Xiangxiang, also as a way to help her vent.

"Let me warn you, you can carry me, but put me down when you can’t carry on. It’s uphill and through thorny jungles. It’s hard enough alone. If you tire yourself out carrying me, it’ll be my responsibility." Lu Xiangxiang said seriously.

"Alright." Ye Fan agreed and stressed, "But one thing: stop crying. Your crying is unpleasant."

"Mind your own business. I’ll naturally stop crying when I don’t want to. I want to cry now, so let me cry for a while." Lu Xiangxiang said unreasonably, her arms crossed around Ye Fan’s neck. She tilted her head, resting on Ye Fan’s back, and soon fell asleep.

Lu Xiangxiang’s nerves had been tightly strung with fear and anxiety. Now, after a brief vent and finding a comfortable resting spot, she contentedly took a nap on Ye Fan’s back.

The journey continued forward.

Qin Yi hesitated several times, thinking of taking over carrying Lu Xiangxiang from Ye Fan but ultimately didn’t dare to act.

Chi Qinyuan stepped forward and quietly said, "Instructor, let me carry Miss Lu for a while. You take a break."

"No need." Ye Fan replied decisively.

Chi Qinyuan was at a loss for words and could only remain silent. Since the instructor spoke so firmly, she could only abandon her good intentions.

Gao Mingyuan and the group’s pace was slow, so Chi Qinyuan and Qin Yi’s group also slowed down, advancing at Gao Mingyuan and the others’ fastest pace. They naturally had to conserve their strength, just in case they encountered drug dealers and needed to fight. If they exhausted themselves while carrying a person, an attack from drug dealers could be fatal.

Therefore, they naturally couldn’t carry Gao Mingyuan and the others.

Gao Mingyuan walked beside Ye Fan, glanced at the sleeping Lu Xiangxiang, and sighed, "Divine Doctor Ye, you’ve worked hard. It’s really tough on our junior sister. I have thick skin and can endure, but our junior sister’s body is weak. After such a struggle, she’s physically and mentally exhausted. If she didn’t trust Divine Doctor Ye, she would probably still be stubborn now, barely able to relax her nerves. Until she couldn’t hold on and fainted, she wouldn’t have given in. Now it’s different. If she really fainted, it would be dangerous."

Lu Xiangxiang and Gao Mingyuan shared a mentor, being the only two personal disciples of Han Guoqing, the director of Dongfang City’s First Hospital.

"Hang in there and go slower if you need to. The surrounding warriors are scouting the situation to prevent drug dealers from ambushing. We’ll be safe once we reach the designated location." Ye Fan advised.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Ye." Gao Mingyuan said gratefully, teary-eyed.

Upon reaching the designated location, two helicopters roared in, slowly descending toward a flat grassy area.

Suddenly, there was a whistling sound.

From the surrounding dense forest, rockets launched, attacking the helicopters.

The drug dealers had finally caught up.