Chapter Thirty Starry Sky

  Until Zhou Yun's figure disappeared in the corridor, Xu Caiyue slowly put down the tea in her hand and said: "Shouldn't we talk about the main issue now?"

  "Didn't know little sister was visiting today, what's the matter?" Xu Xuan smiled slightly. If Zhou Yun were still here, he would definitely notice that both sisters liked to smile. It's just that when Xu Xuan smiled, people felt a sense of closeness, while when Xu Caiyue smiled, it often meant someone was about to be unlucky.

  "This time I came to join Starry Sky. The condition is that Zhou Yun and I will be together."

  Long ago, Xu Xuan received a superior order to invite Xu Caiyue to join the Starry Sky because she possessed rare supernatural abilities. Unfortunately, Xu Caiyue refused Xu Xuan's invitation on the grounds that it was uninteresting.

  "Cousin wants to join Starry Sky, and Xiaoxuan is more than welcome. However, letting Xiao Yun join would be quite inappropriate. Firstly, he's not an ability user, secondly...” Xu Xuan hesitated for a moment before continuing: “With his current strength, joining Starry Sky might put him in danger.”

  "He can do it. No explanation..." Xǔ Cǎi Yuè's simple and easy-to-understand six words made Xǔ Xuān's head ache incessantly. This matter isn't something that you can just say is okay and then it's okay, the Starry Sky Department is a very special department of the country, accepting missions that are even more dangerous than those of the Special Forces or Secret Service. What if something happens to Zhōu Yún during this time, who will take responsibility?"

  "Or would you rather reconsider, cousin? Joining 'Starry Sky' isn't just a joke, once you're in, you can't be as free as you are now. Didn't you refuse their invitation back then because of these rules?"

  Xu Xuan hoped that Xu Caiyue could join, but it would be difficult to let Zhou Yun accompany her. This doesn't mean she didn't have the ability, but rather with Zhou Yun's current strength, it was indeed not suitable for her to join 'Star Space'.

  "I'm not sure about other departments, but 'Starry Sky' is absolutely fine. As one of the top ten ability guilds in our country, with over a hundred top-level ability masters and the Xu family as its backing, even the Arbitration Council wouldn't dare to easily shake 'Starry Sky'..."

  Saying that, Xu Caiyue took a deep breath: "Everyone is smart, and my abilities should be clear to you. So just speak directly..."

  "Ah-la...... peeking at someone's inner thoughts is very impolite." Xǔ Xuān pouted and said. What she least wanted was to negotiate with her own cousin, the initiative was completely in the other party's hands, she had no way out.

  "If you doubt his ability, why don't you test him yourself? You might gain something unexpected..." Xǔ Cǎi Yuè said casually.

  "Since my cousin said so... then let's give it a try..." Xu Xuan sighed and said, "Let Xiao Jian compete with him. If Xiao Yun can hold on for three moves, I'll agree to let him join 'Star Space'. If he can't even hold on for three moves..."

  Xu Caiyue didn't wait for Xu Xuan to finish speaking, and coldly stared at her, asking: "Three moves?"

  This hostile gaze made Xuanyu feel very uncomfortable, and she didn't understand why her cousin would suddenly get angry.

  "Is it too much?" Xu Xuan asked weakly.

  "I don't accept your suggestion," said Xu Caiyue coldly.

  “…But this is already the limit…” Xu Xuan was on the verge of tears. A fortune teller had once told her that she had one nemesis and two rivals in this lifetime. One of the rivals was her archenemy, and the other...was none other than her current cousin-in-law...

  "Even if I'm your cousin, I won't let you look down on him." Xu Caiyue stood up with her hands clasped: "Within ten moves, Xiao Jian will definitely get hurt. No explanation!" And again, the powerful 'no explanation'. It's really a scholar meeting a soldier, can't reason it out.

  "Alright! Let's take Xiao Jian's injury as the standard." Previously, Xu Xuan was worried that the requirements were too low and Zhou Yun would luckily pass. If he joined Starry Sky with insufficient strength, it would only drag himself down...

  Zhou Yun, who didn't know left from right, was like a headless fly, lost in the endless corridor. Looking at the intersection that resembled the Eight Trigrams, he deeply regretted not leaving a mark on the wall corner earlier. Now, he even forgot the direction back to the main hall, what a tragedy.

  But what's even more unfortunate is that Zhou Yun raised his foot to make a mark on the wall, but from the side, a black shadow suddenly appeared. Then, before he could understand what was happening, he was pressed heavily to the ground and had a military knife held against his throat.

  "Who sent you? What is your purpose? Speak quickly!" a cold voice came over.

  "Who are you! Bastard! Ah... easy does it...... Broken! Broken!" Zhou Yun was suddenly grabbed by someone, and he swung his hand to hit the opponent. But the other person was extremely powerful, and with a twist of his body, he locked Zhou Yun's arm at a 30-degree angle behind his back.

  "Don't move! Otherwise, it won't just be one arm that's broken. I'll ask you again, who sent you?"

  What's going on here? Is this the Brocade Guard of the Xu family? Zhou Yun was pinned to the ground with his face down, unable to see the expression of the speaker, but from the tone, he could tell that he wasn't joking.

  If he continues to struggle, his life and arm might be in danger. The knife on his neck is a famous military knife from last century, now it's out of stock in the market and being collected by enthusiasts.

  I never thought that the collectibles I had been dreaming of since childhood would appear in such a situation, it's really freaking me out...

  "What's going on? Can I even speak properly like this? Let me go first!" Zhou Yun shouted, feeling extremely wronged. He just wanted to kick the wall and leave a mark, did he need to be treated like a criminal?

  "Xiao Jian, what are you doing? Why is it so noisy?"

  Xu Zhen, Xu Xuan's father, had just finished a phone call in his study when he heard the sound of knocking at the door.

  "Commander, there are intruders." The young man who had subdued Zhou Yun immediately reported back.

  "An intruder?" Xǔ Zhèn received a call from Xǔ Fēng earlier, saying that today Xǔ Cǎi Yuè would bring her boyfriend to visit. The intention was to join "Star Space", hoping he could take care of him.

  It's likely that the intruder in Xiao Jian's mouth is the boyfriend of Xu Feng's niece.

  Xu Zhen thought for a moment and said: "You bring him in first."

  Not long ago, Xu Feng told him that his own daughter had found a boyfriend for him, and Xu was shocked to the point where he almost fell off his chair. He thought to himself that it was already a miracle that Xiaoyue could make friends with someone, and now she had actually found a childhood sweetheart boyfriend, which made it hard for him to be confident.

  "Yes." The young man responded and then pulled Zhou Yun into the study room.

  Xu Zhen silently sized up Zhou Yun, who looked dissatisfied and seemed to have nowhere to vent his anger. He thought to himself, "This kid seems even more ordinary than I imagined, and was caught by Xiao Jian so easily." Letting him join the Starry Sky might be a bit of a stretch, at most making him an outer member... it's not going to work out.

  "Are you Zhou Yun?" Xu Zhen asked aloud.

  "Huh? Do you know me, uncle?" Zhou Yun wondered. Except for Xu Xuan, the 'friend' he had just met yesterday, there was no one else familiar here. Which uncle in front of him could call out his name?

  "I am Xu Xuan's father." Xu Zhenping said calmly, then picked up the internal phone in front of him and dialed: "Tian Bo, trouble you to let Xiao Xuan and them come to the study for a while."

  "Oh! So it's Father-in-law!" The word "father" hadn't even left his mouth when Zhou Yun quickly closed it. He naively thought that now wasn't the time to call him father-in-law, at least not until adding the two words "in the future".

  "I can confirm that you are Zhou Yun, but to be on the safe side, let Xiaoxuan come down. This is a military restricted area, if there's any inconvenience, please forgive us, little friend." Xǔ Zhèn said.

  "Where! Where! Uncle, you've worked hard! This place isn't bad!" Knowing that the person in front of him was Xu Xuan's father, Zhou Yun still didn't behave like a kitten. Even when he was held tightly by someone, he had no complaints.

  But this fawning behavior didn't leave a good impression on Xu Zhen, instead it made him think that Zhou Yun was a sycophant who would do anything to curry favor...