Chapter 53: Sir, you haven't paid the bill yet!

  Han Ruoyue's demeanor remained calm, but a chill ran down Ling Fei's spine; "Now that you know, aren't you afraid I'll silence you?" In the elegant surroundings, a bone-chilling aura spread, which wasn't Han Ruoyue's ability, but rather the fleeting killing intent from Ling Fei.

  Han Ru's eyes flickered with a hint of surprise, her killing intent spreading outwards. She could also do it, but to control the killing intent so precisely and have its range cover the entire coffee shop was truly terrifying.

  The cold air seemed to solidify the killing intent that had been stirred up, causing Lin Feng's heart to beat slightly faster. "Don't be nervous, your identity is no longer a secret, and you should know that the Lin family asked me to protect Lin Wanxiang. Some things are bound to be known to me, and besides, what happened at the Huatian Building was quite a big deal." As she spoke, Han Ruoye's palm turned slightly, and a visible cold air surrounded her hand; "Now, we're talking on an equal footing, you should have guessed that if I can know your identity, then I should also be able to know your physical condition. That's right, I know you're currently no different from a useless person, but I've decided to talk to you fairly anyway. This is my sincerity, isn't it?" After she finished speaking, the cold air swirling around Han Ruoye's palm suddenly dispersed, and a gust of cold wind blew out, making Lin Feng blink his dry eyes.

  "Alright, Teacher Han. Sometimes, a woman being too clever isn't necessarily a good thing." Ling Fei gave Han Ruoye a slightly meaningful glance, picked up his coffee and gazed at the frost forming on it "Iced coffee, not bad."

  After finishing speaking, Ling Fei lightly sipped a mouthful of coffee.

  "Speak, what do you want me to do? I admit that now you and I are not on the same level, you can completely control me, threaten my friends to help you find your brother, but you didn't do so." Ling Fei paused for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Han Ruoye's face, which was enough to make countless men fall for her.

  "You should be grateful for your choice." Between the words, a strong confidence and an unintentionally revealed air of looking down on the world made Han Yue's eyes become dazed, but it was soon covered up by her.

  "It's possible, now we should talk." Han Ruoyue didn't want to delve too deeply into this topic, her body leaned back, leaning against the sofa backrest, her slender figure forming a perfect curve, but Ling Fei didn't have the heart to look; "Since she already knows my identity, what's the point of playing fair and square with me, how interesting." After thinking for a moment, Ling Fei nodded.

  "I must remind you in advance, no matter what chips you put out, I will not let Qinsang help you find your brother. You don't need to think about this anymore." Ling Fei came straight to the point and said it was dead, he wanted to eliminate the last bit of luck in Han Ruyue's heart, no matter what, even if Qinsang was willing, Ling Fei would not let Qinsang waste his life using the Great Prophecy Technique again.

  "It would be great if he could upgrade his Esper level." Ling Fei sighed regretfully in his heart.

  "Why? Could it be... could it be..." Han Ruoye obviously hadn't expected Ling Fei to lay his cards on the table, and seemed somewhat agitated, leaning forward a few inches, staring straight into Ling Fei's eyes.

  Ling Fei gently shook his head, a hint of reluctance flashing in his eyes, but his tone was firm; "If you really are holding onto the idea that I'll help persuade Qin Shuang for you, then give up now. As an ability user, I think you should know that the more heaven-defying the ability is, the more severe the punishment will be. For your brother's sake, sacrificing my friend? I absolutely won't help."

  After finishing speaking, Ling Fei wrapped his arms around himself and leaned back on the sofa, narrowing his eyes; "If you don't have anything else to say, can I leave now?"

  "Wait, let's talk again. Yes, money, I can give you money." Han Ruoyue panicked when she heard that Ling Fei was leaving and spoke impulsively.

  Ling Fei had just stood up halfway when he suddenly stopped, looked at Han Ruoye for a moment, and slowly sat back down.

  "How much can you give?" Ling Fei looked at Han Ruyue with a playful expression, his hands propping up his chin.

  "One million? Is it enough? If not, I can add more. Shares, I can give you six percent of the Lin family's shares. Isn't that enough?" Han Ruyue asked Ling Fei with a tone close to pleading.

  Ling Fei slowly stood up and looked down at Han Ruoye. Although Han Ruoye felt uncomfortable in her heart, she couldn't open her mouth to scold him.

  "I don't want to say too much nonsense either. Sometimes, money isn't everything. There are many things that can't be bought with money." Ling Fei's hands were propped on the table, his body slowly leaning forward, almost touching Han Ruoye's face, which had a mix of three parts fear, three parts unwillingness, three parts hope and one part thin anger, their noses only a few centimeters apart.

  Four eyes met, and both saw determination in each other's gaze.

  "Isn't there... isn't there any room for negotiation?" Han Ruoye thought to make a last-ditch effort, fearlessly staring into Ling Fei's eyes, the two of them breathing in sync, the atmosphere extremely ambiguous.

  "No more, goodbye, Teacher Han." Ling Fei curled his lips into a smile, no longer looking at her, and turned to leave.

  Just as Ling Fei had walked a few steps away, Han Ruoyue received a phone call and immediately shouted to stop him; "Teacher Ling, wait."

  Ling Fei stood still, scanning the surrounding area where the startled customers were staring, rubbed his nose and could only turn back to the table.

  "What's wrong?" Ling Fei lowered his voice and asked in confusion.

  "Something's happened at one of your students' homes." Han Ruoyue's mouth curled up into a pleased smile, and Ling Fei looked confused; "What are you smiling about? Which student? What happened?"

  "Zhang Qiaona, she couldn't get in touch with you, so she called Wan Shi. Wan Shi seemed to know that you and I were together, so she transferred the call to me. According to Wan Shi, Zhang Qiaona sounded very anxious." Han Ruyue smiled meaningfully and spoke slowly, causing Ling Fei's heart to fluctuate up and down.

  "I'm asking you, what's going on? What happened to Qiaona? Where is she? What's wrong? You'd better explain clearly!" Ling Fei could no longer maintain his calm demeanor and hastily pulled Han Ruyue, causing the latter to angrily open his hand.

  "Don't move." Han Ruoye seemed to regain her usual calm demeanor, humming softly as she rubbed her wrist.

  Want to know? Alright, you owe me one. Han Ruoye smiled slyly and shook her finger at Ling Fei.

  "Let's go, hurry up." Ling Fei pulled Han Ruyue up and turned around to leave.

  As soon as the two ran out of the cafe, a waiter followed closely behind; "Sir, you haven't paid the bill yet, hey!"

  ……

  The two of them left and headed straight for the forest as cold as the moon had said.

  Outside the forest was a long river that was neither wide nor narrow. The car stopped at an open space by the river, and Ling Fei hastily paid the fare, opened the door and got out of the car. Han Ruyue followed closely behind, took a look at Ling Fei's anxious face, and smiled slightly; "It doesn't show, but you still care about your students very much."

  Ling Fei furrowed his brow, not saying a word, but his clenched fists betrayed the unease and impatience in his heart at that moment.

  The taxi sped away quickly. Ling Fei turned his head and glanced at Han Ruoye; "Where?"

  Before the words had fallen, a violent explosion sound came, Ling Fei suddenly turned his head and found that the smoke was rising in the forest, and he rushed to run there.

  Cold as the moon naturally follows closely behind.

  Two people rushed into the woods, the smell of smoke in the air grew thicker and heavier, it was clear that they were getting closer to the explosion site. Suddenly, Ling Fei's feet stopped abruptly, violently kicking up a cloud of dust, turning around and knocking Han Ru down.

  Han Ru Yue let out a sharp cry, and the two of them had already rolled to the ground.

  Ling Fei hastily stood up, hiding Han Ruoye behind him. He gazed solemnly ahead, and as his eyes swept forward, a blurry ripple slowly spread out, causing the tree bark to turn white and the leaves to stop swaying wherever it reached.

  Everything turned into a pale world with endless white.

  Ling Fei's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he didn't bother to look at Han Yu who had just stood up. His hands condensed into a large piece of blue ice frost, as cold as the moon. He was thinking, thinking about how to escape. With his current abilities, wanting to fight against an ability user would be suicidal behavior.

  But just as Han Ruoye and Ling Fei were cautiously facing that eerie white, the white world dispersed like a tide of water, as if it had never appeared.

  Ling Fei stared blankly at the forest in front of him, which had returned to normal. He hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and said to Han Ruoyue, "You can still leave now."

  But Han Ruoyue answered him with action, her body leaning forward as she rushed into the forest.

  Ling Fei let out a bitter laugh and followed closely behind her.