Chapter 120: Unexpected Complications
Although Xuan Xia had guessed that they might have other intentions when An Qi brought Hu Yue to visit, she was still surprised when An Qi spoke up.
What matter did they have that required troubling her?
Xuan Xia’s first reaction was An Qi’s previous incident.
Could it not have been resolved yet?
Xuan Xia pondered for a moment before tentatively asking, “Is it related to your previous matter?”
Whether it was related or not should have been easy to answer, but An Qi hesitated.
Seeing her like this, Xuan Xia also fell silent.
For a moment, the room was completely quiet.
However, Xuan Xia wasn’t idle; she poured a cup of warm water for both of them.
Just as the water cup lightly clinked against the coffee table, An Qi finally spoke: “Actually, we don’t know if it’s related either.”
Another completely unsurprising answer.
Xuan Xia also sat down. “Then can I hear about it first?”
She didn’t agree outright.
Before waiting for An Qi to speak, Xuan Xia added, “Has the previous matter been resolved?”
An Qi was unsure how to explain, but upon hearing Xuan Xia’s latter sentence, she immediately nodded.
“It’s resolved.” She then said with a sigh, “Xuan Xia, you really don’t go online much.”
The previous hot search matter was also something An Qi had messaged her about first, and Xuan Xia had been clueless.
“Huh?” Xuan Xia didn’t know what this had to do with her internet usage.
An Qi said this because right before Xuan Xia trended on the black hot search, their team had already been on the hot search.
And the topic had been discussed for a full three days.
The hot search content was that their group had expelled a member.
The expelled member was named Yu Mengxin, the true mastermind behind An Qi’s incident.
Yu Mengxin’s popularity in their group was mid-tier, definitely higher than An Qi’s, but unexpectedly, Hu Yue yielding resources to her had made Yu Mengxin so jealous that she resorted to metaphysics to vent.
Not only did she bribe An Qi’s assistant to place a weather doll marked with An Qi’s birth details under An Qi’s bed in the bedroom, she did the same to Hu Yue.
If Yu Mengxin had only targeted An Qi, perhaps given the popularity gap between them, the company could have suppressed it and settled it quietly without deciding to expel a member.
But she had also targeted Hu Yue. Though Hu Yue now appeared reserved, like a delicate vine, she was truly the type who was ruthless but said little; she immediately reported it to the company boss and wouldn’t let it go without a satisfactory resolution.
Thus, after careful consideration by the company executives, they decided to expel Yu Mengxin from the team and terminate her contract.
Afterward, Hu Yue and An Qi’s assistants were also replaced.
The matter was resolved at this point, but another side issue arose.
The side issue stemmed from Hu Yue.
Despite her appearance, Hu Yue’s personality was ruthless but not talkative, with strong resolve in her heart.
Unlike An Qi, who only learned she had been cursed after meeting Xuan Xia, Hu Yue had discovered early on that someone had cursed her.
However, like An Qi, she didn’t know who did it.
But Hu Yue’s ruthlessness was here: since she knew she had been cursed, she simply sought out someone in this field to counter-curse back.
Hearing this, Xuan Xia had to look at Hu Yue again.
This girl…
However, her personality matched the life trajectory shown in her facial features.
How much she could achieve depended entirely on how ruthless she was.
Hu Yue seemed to sense it and looked up in response.
Xuan Xia hadn’t paid much attention before, but this girl’s gaze was indeed more resolute than most people’s.
Their lines of sight met, Xuan Xia smiled first, and soon Hu Yue returned a slight smile.
Xuan Xia seized the moment to ask, “So, are you facing some difficulty now?”
An Qi and Hu Yue exchanged a glance, and Hu Yue spoke up herself.
“I think I was scammed.”
Xuan Xia: ?
“Scammed? Was it the master you found later who scammed you?”
An Qi and Hu Yue nodded together.
Xuan Xia felt she needed to sort out the situation.
The consequence of encountering a fake master was simply that the person had no real ability and couldn’t achieve the desired result.
Originally, Hu Yue didn’t know who had cursed her, so she wanted to hire someone to counter-curse, but after learning who it was, did she still want to do that?
Did she want to eradicate them completely???
Xuan Xia frowned; she wouldn’t help someone do harm.
Firm in her principles of what she would and wouldn’t do, Xuan Xia considered and said, “Since you encountered a scammer, shouldn’t you report it to the police?”
“It’s not like that.” Hu Yue showed a helpless expression.
An Qi chimed in from the side, “It’s not about being scammed out of money; it’s not something the police can resolve. How to put it—that person has real ability, the ability isn’t fake, but he scammed Yueyue.”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Couldn’t understand.
Shouldn’t she speak properly?
After An Qi rambled on, she probably gave up too, and they exchanged looks with Hu Yue.
Both their expressions showed helplessness.
After a while, they seemed to have decided through eye contact, and An Qi reorganized her words.
“Xuan Xia, actually we came to ask you for an amulet.” An Qi said, “The kind you gave me before.”
“Huh???”
After beating around the bush for so long, it was just to ask her for an amulet?
Requesting an amulet wasn’t a big deal, but the problem was all that buildup, and in the end, it was just for one amulet?
Xuan Xia’s intuition told her the issue might be significant.
She originally wanted to be cautious, but now she wanted to understand the full situation.
Thinking this, Xuan Xia directly asked, “The amulet I gave you before—is it already ruined?”
An Qi nervously pursed her lips.
She knew that as soon as she mentioned the previous amulet, Xuan Xia would guess that the previous amulet was gone.
But at this point, An Qi felt there was no point in hiding it anymore.
She nodded emphatically.
She began explaining: “I gave the amulet to Yueyue to use, and it took effect that very night for her. It blocked a disaster for Yueyue.”
Blocked a disaster?
Xuan Xia looked at Hu Yue carefully again.
She didn’t look like someone who had a disaster in her fate.
“Why don’t you two discuss it again and tell me the details carefully?”
Otherwise, she worried that even if they talked until dawn tomorrow, the matter might still not be clear.
After hearing Xuan Xia’s words, they indeed exchanged eye contact again.
Seeing this, Xuan Xia simply got up and left briefly.
When she reached the open kitchen across from the living room, she finally heard faint voices.
An Qi seemed to be persuading Hu Yue.
“Didn’t we agree before coming? I really trust Xuan Xia; why don’t you just tell her directly.”
“Look, we’ve already said quite a bit.”
“And we don’t have any amulets left. Aren’t you afraid going back tonight?”
“…”
Xuan Xia leisurely picked a few fruits, simply arranged a fruit platter, and only returned with the freshly made platter once she was sure they had finished discussing.
“You haven’t eaten much dinner; have some fruit.”
“Thank you,” An Qi said.
As An Qi reached for the fruit, Hu Yue looked at Xuan Xia, ready to speak.
