The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 237 - 236 Trivial News

Chapter 237: Chapter 236 Trivial News

Qu Tong received her gold card and several auction items. Without the need for any special greetings, all procedures had already been completed in advance, and even the financial details were clearly itemized.

Old Yuan stared at the gold card in Qu Tong’s hand, his eyes filled with envy.

In a heart-stopping move, Qu Tong counted the balance on her gold card in front of Old Yuan and then transferred all the Star Coins into her account.

After finishing, she hooked up a wicked smile, "I will return to Capital Star tomorrow. You can go back to Luyi Star on your own, or not. Just remember to make some money early to cover the living expenses."

"Also, treating your wounds isn’t free either, huh. Lying in a medical pod costs at least 500,000 for one time. Our relationship is not bad, so I’ll charge you 1,000,000."

Old Yuan: "..."

Turning around, Qu Tong left through the VIP channel, leaving Old Yuan so annoyed that he scowled and huffed.

"Ungrateful little...!"

"When it rains, it pours; ah, such a hard life!"

It’s better to go back and stay comfortably in the young girl’s house.

Qu Tong went to the hotel recommended by Yu Yao to rest, hence she was unaware that everyone who had left tonight returned because the Planetary Shield was activated.

Qu Tong slept comfortably through the night and, upon waking up, saw many unread messages.

Since she had to return to Capital Star before dark, Qu Tong was not in a hurry to read them, planning to reply slowly after boarding the spacecraft.

After washing up and stepping outside, she was surprised to see Yuting waiting there.

Yuting also looked over due to the commotion.

Qu Tong collected her emotions and greeted him with a tilt of her head and a light smile, "Admiral, good morning."

This unintentional display of affection and informality left Yuting slightly taken aback.

Qu Tong didn’t care whether Yuting responded or not and raised an eyebrow to ask, "Are you waiting for me?"

Yuting’s expression remained cool and solemn as he nodded, "Yes."

Qu Tong flashed a bewitching smile and leaned against the door, "Waiting for what?"

"Wen Zong is dead," Yuting said concisely.

Qu Tong paused, dead?

"Who did it?" Qu Tong looked towards Yuting.

"We don’t know yet, so I am here to invite Miss Jun Li to return with us."

Qu Tong: "..."

"Miss Jun Li, don’t misunderstand. The Grand Princess of the Kasa Empire and the Chief Prosecutor were assassinated, and Wen Zong died at the same time. The issue is significant and has alarmed the military of the Kasa Empire. The Palace Commander has instructed us to escort you back."

Yuting explained the entire situation very clearly.

As clever as Qu Tong was, she quickly understood the stake of things.

Regardless of whether Wen Zong’s death had anything to do with the incident in the Kasa Empire, even if there was a slight suspicion, the people from the Kasa Empire would not let go of the opportunity to bring back a Senior Alchemist for credit.

Having thought of something, Qu Tong nodded and followed Yuting downstairs.

As expected, the hotel was being guarded.

Since Yuting had come alone, it was Feng Haoran who had brought people to wait downstairs.

Yuting stepped forward to negotiate with the officers of the Kasa Empire and then audaciously left the hotel with Qu Tong.

Qu Tong hesitated but still asked Yuting, "How are the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Princess of the Kasa Empire doing?"

Yuting glanced at Qu Tong and said gravely, "The Seventh Prince has returned to the country, and the Ninth Princess left the auction midway to return to Capital Star."

Upon hearing that Rong Yueqing was safe, Qu Tong felt relieved.

As for Rong Chengjue, as long as he wasn’t dead, she would eventually demand compensation from him.

A few high-ranking officials from the Canaan Empire were accompanying them.

Because of her special identity, both Yuting and Feng Lin had received instructions from Gong Yun.

After arranging for the others, Feng Lin extended an invitation to Qu Tong, "There is room in my spacecraft. Miss Jun Li, would you like to join us and return first?"

Qu Tong subconsciously looked towards Yuting beside her.

Si Yuting had very little expression and responded with, "I also need to return to Capital Star."

Qu Tong then naturally thanked Feng Lin for his kindness and chose to travel with Si Yuting.

As Si Yuting had matters to deal with, Qu Tong waited beside the aircraft.

She checked her messages, which were all from Old Yuan, Yu Yao, Mi Qiu, and other people concerned about her, and Qu Tong replied to each one.

There was also one from Xu An, stating that they couldn’t reach her on Fei Wenxing and were worried something had happened to her, urging her to send a message back or those two might do something crazy.

Qu Tong changed her light computer, opened the contact list, and sure enough, Fei Wenxing and Cheng Yao, because of the incident with Wen Zong, had become very worried upon finding they couldn’t get through to her.

Seeing that Fei Wenxing alone had sent over 99+ messages, she felt somewhat of a headache, and replied in the small group: "I am fine, will return to the school tonight."

Then, without looking at the replies in the group, she went online to see how the news about Wen Zong had unfolded.

Someone had taken a photo of her in the hall having a conflict with Wen Zong and had exposed her identity.

But the corridor surveillance footage handed over by the auction provided her with a solid alibi, proving she wasn’t present at the scene.

At the same time, netizens had keenly discovered another matter.

[Shocking! Miss Jun Li was actually the high-status guest on the fourth floor! Across the three empires, there aren’t more than a handful who can go up there.]

[What’s so surprising about that? Miss Jun Li is the disciple of Elder Yuan, the chief appraiser at the auction, it’s perfectly normal for her to be able to go up there.]

[Do you think it could be room 4002 or 4009?]

[I think it’s highly possible.]

[I concur.]

[Concurred +1.]

[Concurred +2.]

...

[Concurred +10086]

[There’s only one truth, sogasu~]

[No wonder she was exclusively targeting Lan Yuanhui, I’m dying of laughter, it seems everything was premeditated.]

[Indeed, there is no love or hate without reason in this world.]

[If it’s room 4009, then Miss Jun Li is way too rich.]

[Another sleepless night out of jealousy.]

Someone even stealthily took a photo of Lan Yuanhui and his companion blackening their faces and closing the window, then posted it online with a teasing comment:

[Guess why Big Master Lan and Young Master Lan are not smiling, is it because they were born averse to smiling?]

Beneath it, a slew of comedians were heckling, giving everyone quite a laugh.

However, partway through, the entire post had already been removed...

Qu Tong could only continue to swipe through other content.

While doing so, a notification popped up: "You have one unread message from SUS."

With a ding-dong sound, Qu Tong’s heart skipped a beat as well.

Earlier, for convenience in receiving messages from Xu An, she had enabled sound notifications, and later, to make it easier for Si Yuting to see, she had disabled privacy mode, so the screen projection was public.

Qu Tong had already noticed a deep, inscrutable gaze falling upon her.

Si Yuting had finished his business and come back, stopping right beside her.

Qu Tong feigned composure and swiped away the message.

Si Yuting’s low and unfathomable voice then followed, "Not going to check it?"

"It’s an unimportant message, no need to look." she replied.

"Is that so?" he asked.

His equivocal words made Qu Tong feel her hairs stand on end.

Qu Tong looked back at him, positioning her demeanor just right, and countered, "Admiral, you have a myriad of matters to attend to every day, why does it seem like you are very interested in my messages?"

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