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Chapter 439 - 435 Jealousy Arises

Chapter 439: Chapter 435 Jealousy Arises

Ling Chen took the glass and looked at the pills Zhu Xiaozhu had handed him, jokingly said, "You’re a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, why have you switched to Western medicine?"

"Although traditional Chinese medicine can treat the root cause, it takes a longer time. You have a martial arts competition tomorrow, of course, you need fast-acting Western medicine. You know medicine too, don’t you understand this?"

"I’m just an amateur compared to you." Ling Chen replied with a smile, then popped the pills into his mouth and washed them down with the boiled water in his glass. After swallowing the pills, Ling Chen smacked his lips, feeling the boiled water surprisingly sweet, as if it were well water, and couldn’t help but drink a few more sips, quickly finishing the cup.

Seeing Ling Chen drink the entire cup of water, a faint smile appeared on Zhu Xiaozhu’s delicate face.

"What are you smiling about?" Ling Chen noticed the smile on her face and asked.

"Nothing." Zhu Xiaozhu took the glass from him and advised, "Get some rest, I won’t disturb you anymore."

"You’re leaving so soon?"

Zhu Xiaozhu nodded gently, her beautiful eyes showing a hint of reluctance. She really wanted to stay, but remembering her promise to Shi Su, she had to leave.

"I’ll be going then."

Watching Zhu Xiaozhu leave, Ling Chen couldn’t help but feel she looked rather troubled, as if she was deliberately avoiding him.

...

The next day.

Early in the morning, Ling Chen woke up from his sleep. Looking at the time, it was only 6:30. He originally wanted to sleep in more, but the noise outside woke him up.

"Why is it so noisy this early in the morning?" Ling Chen rubbed his sleepy eyes, got out of bed to wash up, and then jogged around in his bedroom to check on the recovery of his waist injury.

He was pleased to find that the pain in his waist had greatly reduced. Although it was still slightly painful, it didn’t affect him much. After a night’s rest, he didn’t expect to recover so quickly; it seemed his physical condition was quite good.

Just then, Xia Yue walked in. Seeing Ling Chen exercising, her expression changed immediately, and she ran over to stop him, "Your injury hasn’t healed yet, what are you jumping around for? Get back to bed."

Ling Chen smiled and said, "Sister Five, don’t worry, my waist feels a lot better." After that, without waiting for Xia Yue to speak, Ling Chen changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Sister Five, what’s happening outside? It’s so noisy."

"They discovered a fishing boat and are preparing to carry out a rescue."

"Really?" Ling Chen immediately became interested and suggested, "Sister Five, let’s go outside and breathe some fresh air."

"Hey! Your injury..." Before she could finish, Ling Chen had already quickly left the room.

Once on deck, he saw many people gathered at the edge of the ship, with Qiu Yong and others too. Ling Chen was about to go over and greet them, but at that moment, a man and a woman suddenly appeared in his line of sight, causing his face to instantly stiffen.

Not far away, Han Yu and Zhu Xiaozhu were walking side by side, the man’s face beaming with joy, looking very happy. In contrast, Zhu Xiaozhu wore a strange expression on her face, looking like she wanted to smile but couldn’t.

Of course, if it had just been this, Ling Chen wouldn’t have cared too much. What mattered was that Han Yu was also holding Zhu Xiaozhu’s hand. Thinking about how long he had known Zhu Xiaozhu and that he had never held her hand, jealousy churned inside him.

At this moment, the approaching Han Yu and Zhu Xiaozhu seemed to feel Ling Chen’s gaze and both looked over.

As their six eyes met, Han Yu smirked and lifted his head, his handsome face showing a smug smile, swaying the hand he held with Zhu Xiaozhu back and forth, as if to flaunt to Ling Chen.

But Ling Chen didn’t even glance at him directly, his eyes were always fixated on Zhu Xiaozhu, as complex emotions flashed through his eyes.

Zhu Xiaozhu was biting her thin lips, her head lowered, looking at her toes, somewhat afraid to meet Ling Chen’s gaze.

As they walked past in front of him, Ling Chen opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word, he didn’t even know what to say.

No matter how Zhu Xiaozhu chose, it was her freedom, after all, he was just a friend, an outsider, with no right to interfere in her private affairs.

"Ling Cheng."

Hearing Yuan Yun’s voice, Ling Chen gathered his emotions and stepped toward everyone.

Standing by the ship’s rail, Ling Chen looked into the distance and saw a fishing boat on the sapphire sea. The fishing boat had sustained serious damage, the deck was in disarray, and several crew members lay on it, weak and waiting for rescue.

Soon, the luxurious cruise ship dispatched two motorboats, rescuing all the crew members from the fishing boat.

Watching the rescue team escort the crew into the infirmary, Ling Chen asked, "Big Brother, what happened to that fishing boat?"

"I’m not very sure either, but I heard from others that the fishing boat encountered a storm, which damaged the hull and made it unable to sail. It has been drifting on the sea for many days."

"Well, their luck isn’t bad, running into us."

The appearance of the fishing boat was just a minor incident; the cruise ship had specialized rescue personnel, and the crew members would be properly accommodated.

Meanwhile, in the control room of the luxurious cruise ship, Zhou Qi was communicating with several staff members.

"Have you figured it out?"

"We’ve confirmed it. The fishing boat is registered in Haiyang City. It went out to sea half a month ago with fourteen crew members on board, no issues." As he spoke, the staff member handed a document to Zhou Qi, saying, "These are the identities of those crew members, I’ve confirmed with the rescue team."

"That’s good. Once their condition stabilizes, arrange a helicopter to take them away."

"Understood."

By eight o’clock in the morning, everyone had gradually arrived at the venue.

When everyone had assembled, Zhou Qi stepped up to the ring and announced that the martial arts competition would continue.

This morning’s contest would be between Xiao Wan and Lin Dong, with the winner competing against Ling Chen in the afternoon for a spot to advance.

A martial arts contest doesn’t take much time, but considering Ling Chen’s injuries had not fully recovered and to give the morning’s winner more time to rest and prepare, Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion adjusted the contest to one session per half day. In this respect, Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion was quite humane.

Sitting in the seats, Ling Chen’s gaze was fixed on Lin Dong in the ring. He had already witnessed Xiao Wan’s capabilities, only this Lin Dong he did not understand. As someone who might become his opponent, he needed to figure him out.

However, when he saw the weapon Lin Dong was using, he instantly lost interest in the contest.

Lin Dong’s weapon was a whip, which perfectly countered Xiao Wan’s tactics. Unless something unexpected happened, there wouldn’t be much suspense in this contest.

Meanwhile, people in the venue began to leave one after another. For a contest lacking suspense, everyone was less interested. Rather than wasting time here, they preferred to go outside and enjoy the sun.

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