Believe

'I'll always be someone you can rely on.'

These gentle words contained firm self-belief.

She was just too lucky today.

Two outstanding men told her that they trusted her and would protect her.

Yunxuan chuckled and asked, "What if it's you? What would you do if you're the one who bullied me?"

"There will never be such a day. If that really happens, I'll kill myself for you!"

What a firm tone and confidence.

'I mean every word I said.'

Qian Shangchen swore with his life.

In the past few days, he could not see her. He had been worried and scared even if he did not know why he was feeling these emotions.

Regardless, the emotions were there.

It was probably weird to have such emotions for someone he had just met, but he could not control it.

Since she was someone he worried and cared about, it was not wrong to swear to protect and guard her with his life.

After Qian Shangchen figured this out, he felt that everything that followed was only natural.

Of course, this applied to him only.

Yunxuan knew how his kindness came to be, but a flower that grew up under constant shelter would never last long in the future.

"Thank you, but I'm sorry."

She said vaguely, but she knew that Qian Shangchen would understand what she meant.

"Why?" Qian Shangchen was a little surprised.

"Because I don't need it." Yunxuan frowned.

She had enough strength to protect herself from harm. Besides, she was not alone now. She still had two comrades who were still sleeping, Heaven-Rank Guan Mo, who was like a master and friend, and a large group of families and friends.

Two flames appeared on Qian Shangchen's skin that was as white as snow.

It looked like red roses that bloomed in the snowfield.

It seemed as if he had made up his mind, so he gritted his teeth and said domineeringly, "Qi Ye, I will protect everything related to you in the future!"

After he said that, he opened his arms and hugged Yunxuan tightly.

Yunxuan suddenly forgot how to react.

Her heart started to race. Even in a gunfight, she had never felt this way.

It was so weird!

In the past, she was a SWAT-trained sergeant and the Dark Mercenary Overlord. Everyone thought she was invincible, so no one dared tell her that he wanted to protect her.

This feeling was strange, but she did not hate it.

It was the first time he had such intimate contact with someone, so he was obviously a little shy.

Yunxuan was just about to push him away, but she did not expect him to hug her even tighter. He said domineeringly, "You can't refuse my kindness unless you don't think of me as your friend. Qi Ye, I really want to protect you. Don't say you don't need it. Everyone needs protection from someone else, and you're no exception."

Yunxuan pursed her lips and stopped struggling.

Qian Shangchen's beautiful face immediately brightened up.

"Qian Shangchen, I detest turncoats, so don't betray me!"

'We will be well as long as you don't betray me.'

Yunxuan thought to herself.

Since he wanted to be the one to protect her, she had no objections.

As long as he did not betray her, it did not matter who protected who.

Qian Shangchen let go of Yunxuan. His slender hands pressed on her shoulders, and his clear eyes were shining brightly. "Qi Ye, I won't betray you. If such a day really comes, I will only be faced with two options. One is to be killed by you, and the other is to be killed by myself."

Yunxuan raised her head. The sunlight shone on her face, making her extremely beautiful.

Qian Shangchen was stunned and could not take his eyes off her.

"It will be fine as long as there's no betrayal. Qian Shangchen, I hope we can trust each other."

Yunxuan showed him a dazzling smile that could stun anyone.

Thousands of students stood at the sports field of Water Path Spirit Arts Academy. Each class had its own teaching assistant standing in front of the students except Class Seven.

Guan Mo stood on the stage and showed a standard smile.

"In order to improve the unity and cooperation between students, we decided to hold a competition tomorrow. The competition will last for four days and three nights, and the venue will be the Black Falls Valley Forest. Each group will have fifteen members, and you can choose your groupmates. They can be someone of the same class or another class. It is up to you. The Black Falls Valley Forest is extremely dangerous. In order to ensure the safety of every student, we will give a communicator to each group. Through this communicator, you can ask the outside world for help. Take note that this communicator can only be used once, and the entire group will end up in failure after asking for help. In this competition, we will determine which group remains in the Black Falls Valley Forest for the longest time and forms the most contracts with spirit beasts. After the group comes out safely, there is one more level to pass. As long as they pass every level smoothly, they win. Do you guys understand?"

"Understood!"

The deafening reply resounded through the entire Water Path Spirit Arts Academy.

Yunxuan sat on a chair in the office while holding a pen. She kept on spinning the pen and tapped the table with the pen cap from time to time.

Suddenly, Yunxuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at the door. Then, she pretended as if nothing happened and continued to spin the pen.

'These brats actually came looking for me.'

Yunxuan kept silent as she wanted to see how long they could hold back.

"Hi, Brother Qi Ye." A coquettish voice sounded.

Yunxuan was speechless.

It was him again!

The damn Li Luan.

Li Luan rushed into Yunxuan's office at an extremely high speed. He sat on the chair opposite her and gave her a wink.

"What's the matter?" Yunxuan turned a blind eye to it and asked coldly.

"Oh my, why are you so cold, Brother Qi Ye?" Li Luan seemed to be dissatisfied with her attitude and pursed his lips.

Yunxuan gritted her teeth. "Li Luan, can you act more normally?"

Pfft!

There was an intermittent laugh outside the door.