From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 129 - 120: Someone Outside the Window

Since Ye Nan had come tonight to deliver intel under the pretext of looking for Ye Junhan, it was clear that Ye Junhan wouldn’t be around.

’So, where could he be?’

Qi Xiang and Shen Yue looked at each other, both wondering if Ye Junhan’s sudden disappearance was meant to coordinate with Ye Nan’s actions.

But Gu Xi had another theory—Ye Junhan had most likely gone to find Zhou Yi tonight.

The relationship between Zhou Yi and Li Ming couldn’t be made public, but the two definitely had private contact.

And as it happened, Ye Junhan was one of Li Ming’s men.

"Gu Xi, what are you thinking about?" Shen Yue suddenly asked, looking up.

"Nothing." Gu Xi slowly shook her head. "It’s late. Everyone should go back and rest. We can talk about it tomorrow if there’s anything."

’I need to think more about what happened tonight.’

Hearing this, Qi Xiang, wrapped in a blanket, shot a triumphant eyebrow raise at Shen Yue. ’See? Gu Xiaoxi told you to go back to sleep.’

Shen Yue didn’t want to go back.

He had a feeling that something about tonight was unusual.

Since Ye Nan chose to pass the small note this way, it meant the person monitoring her was very likely Zhou Jinyu.

’Zhou Jinyu is not easy to fool. Who knows what other tricks he has up his sleeve...’

Besides, the conditions of his small standard room were far worse than this suite.

Shen Yue got up sluggishly, his eyes darting toward Gu Xi. ’This suite has two bedrooms,’ he thought. ’You and Qi Xiang can take one, so the other one... could I...?’

Seeing this, Gu Xi stood good-naturedly at the door and waited for a moment.

Shen Yue looked at her, wanting to speak but hesitating. As a grown man, he couldn’t very well ask to stay the night in the girls’ room, so he was counting on Gu Xi to take the initiative and ask him to stay.

’Even sleeping on the floor would be fine.’

Finally, seeing that the man’s eyelids were about to cramp from all the blinking, Gu Xi thought about it very seriously and finally spoke—

"Good night?"

Shen Yue: "..." ’Seriously? Have I been batting my eyes at a blind person this whole time? You thought for that long just to say *that*?’

The next second, Qi Xiang deftly shut the suite door.

Shen Yue, shut outside the door: "..."

In the suite’s living room, Qi Xiang, wrapped in her blanket, shuffled behind Gu Xi, planning to squeeze in with her for the night.

Her intuition told her tonight’s events weren’t over yet.

Just then, Gu Xi’s hand, resting on the doorknob, paused.

She then turned back to Qi Xiang. "It’s late. Go back to sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow if there’s anything."

Qi Xiang had no choice but to stop, disappointed. She then reluctantly returned to her own room, looking back every few steps.

After Qi Xiang went into her room, Gu Xi casually cast out a Spirit Barrier. Only then did she give the door a slight push, her sharp gaze sweeping across the entire room before finally landing on the half-open window.

A night breeze swept by, making the curtains stir.

Gu Xi closed the door behind her and walked over calmly.

Outside the window, the night was deep.

Ye Junhan was completely hidden in the thick darkness, his eyes deep and somber.

Originally, he had planned to deliver the items quietly and then leave without a sound. But he never expected...

Through the half-open window, Ye Junhan looked at the girl inside. She stood before the window, the warm light spilling onto her face, as if coating her in a soft glow.

The warm lamplight and the cool moonlight intertwined before the half-open window, landing perfectly on her eyelashes, seeming to dust her long, thick lashes with flecks of starlight...

The girl looked both delicate and beautiful, appearing exceptionally gentle under the moonlight and arousing a feeling of tenderness.

However, from such a delicate and gentle young girl, Ye Junhan sensed the aura of his own kind—calmly assertive, sharp, and fierce...

It was a contradiction, yet strangely, it wasn’t off-putting. In fact... he found himself uncontrollably drawn to her.

Ye Junhan furrowed his brow imperceptibly, his hand resting on the scabbard at his waist pausing for a moment.

Separated by the window, the two faced each other in silence.

Ye Junhan seemed to be waiting for Gu Xi to ask why he was here. As long as she asked, he would hand her the items, and then...

But Gu Xi was clearly more patient than he had expected.

Through the half-open window, the girl watched him calmly.

Reason told Ye Junhan that right now, all he had to do was toss the items through the window in front of him, and he could complete his mission and leave.

Whatever the girl inside did afterward had nothing to do with him.

He was just... just here to deliver something for someone else.

And yet...

Inside the room, through the window, Gu Xi was also observing the man outside.

’Why is he here?’

’Did he come with Ye Nan? Or...’

Perhaps Gu Xi’s probing gaze was too obvious, because Ye Junhan discreetly straightened his back, his hand hanging at his side clenching slightly.

A strange feeling suddenly welled up in Gu Xi. This man had clearly snuck over in the middle of the night, yet he seemed to exude an intensely strong presence.

It was a contradiction.

There was a strange sense of dissonance.

She suddenly reached out and pulled open the curtain...

At the same time, the man outside silently tossed the items in his hand inside.

THUMP, THUMP—

Two oil-paper packages of different sizes instantly rolled to Gu Xi’s feet.

Gu Xi subconsciously looked up and out the window, only to see the young man’s silent, upright back quickly disappearing into the darkness.

But for some reason, it felt like he was fleeing in panic.

’This guy...’ Gu Xi raised an eyebrow slightly.

After a moment, she bent down to pick up the items, casually setting the larger one aside and opening the smaller one.

As she tore open the oil paper, Gu Xi looked down and was stunned by what she saw inside.

’Is this... a Heavenly Mechanism Box?’

The Heavenly Mechanism Box was so named because it was made from the skull of a very special mutated animal, a material that could block the aura of any energy.

Li Ming once joked that this thing could "deceive heavenly secrets," which was why the people on their team started calling it the Heavenly Mechanism Box.

The Heavenly Mechanism Box before her looked a bit old, very much like the one Li Ming had crafted using his special technique back then.

A theory formed in Gu Xi’s mind.

She lowered her lashes and, following the method Li Ming had once taught her from memory, spent about two minutes opening the small box.

Sure enough, lying quietly inside were two rice-grain-sized Crystal Core Fragments.

Smelling the familiar aura, the little green sprout shot out, unable to wait.

However...

SNAP—

Gu Xi decisively snapped the box shut. Ignoring the little green sprout’s wheedling protests, she placed her own spiritual imprint on the box to ensure Sproutie wouldn’t sneak a bite, then tossed it into her storage space.

The little green sprout instantly wilted.

Gu Xi reached out and poked the two young leaves on its tip, consoling it perfunctorily, ’Sweetie, we can’t touch this for now. It’s being saved for something important.’

Sproutie pitifully shrank back, while Gu Xi looked up at the larger package.

’What could be inside this one?’

For once, she didn’t use her spiritual power to find out what was inside.

Because Ye Xin had told her when she was a child that opening presents should have a sense of mystery and surprise; it would be no fun if you already knew everything beforehand.

Gu Xi thought, ’This counts as a gift, right?’

But the little green sprout didn’t understand anything about mystery or surprise. Following its master’s gaze, it shot out and swiftly got to work. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Soon, the oil paper was violently torn open, revealing a package of something golden-brown.

’Is this... walnut shortbread?’

Gu Xi raised her eyebrows in surprise.