Chapter 976 A Goddess From Heaven

Hiding behind the rock with Steven, Carla's ears pricked up the moment she heard the sound of footsteps getting closer.

"Mrs. An! My lady!"

When she heard them calling out to her, Carla instinctively wanted to respond, but before she could even say anything, Steven stopped her at once.

"…… Be quiet. Lucia and her sister, Lori, have also been looking for you everywhere. We cannot let them see us before we are absolutely sure that they are our people,"

Steven said in a low voice as he covered her mouth with his hand.

They heard the footsteps getting closer and closer to where they were.

Carla felt her heart leap. Meanwhile, Steven pulled her even closer into his arms as they both listened carefully to the voices within earshot.

"It looks like she's not here. Do you think it's possible that she's already dead and her body has been taken away or eaten by wolves?"

"I truly hope you're right, but if that's the case, then there should be some blood around, and I don't see any sign of blood here." We can cut our mission short without being punished by Lucia and Lori if we take back a stone with blood on it."

"Let's check elsewhere. Let's go around this boulder and have a look."

Upon hearing what they said, Carla couldn't help but feel both angry and afraid. 'Damn! Lori really wants me dead, ' she thought.

Carla was so agitated that she accidentally kicked a stone under her feet and made a slight noise.

"What was that? Is someone there?"

Upon hearing the sound, the people who were just about to leave immediately stopped in their tracks and said, "Everyone, gather here and search around! We should check to see if she is nearby!"

As they heard the footsteps getting closer and closer to their hiding place, Steven frowned and shot a quick glance at Carla in his arms.

"Callie, don't move. I'll go out and distract them."

The Yu Clan was mainly led by women, so the people that were sent out to search for Carla were also mostly women.

Carla grabbed his hand at once and shook her head. The last thing she wanted was for him to risk his life for her.

Not missing the fact that Carla was worried about him, Steven smiled and whispered, "So you don't want me to leave, huh? Good, that means I still hold a special place in your heart."

Carla did not know how to respond, thinking, ' What was he talking about?'

"Callie..."

Then, without another word, he stood up, picked up his backpack, and walked out.

Carla could only look at his back as he left without hesitation. She couldn't gauge how sad she was feeling right then, but she really didn't have much time to be sentimental at the moment. All she could do was listen to the sounds on the other side of her hiding place and hold her breath.

"Are you here for me? I was so tired that I fell asleep. Were you sent by Arthur?"

As soon as they caught sight of Steven, the attention

up pregnant.

But the women of Yu Sea City seemed like they were not afraid at all.

"If the women of Yu Sea City didn't want kids, they can just eat a kind of herb which works as a birth control all year round. That particular herb prevents them from getting pregnant, but the side effect is that their bodies get fatter and their skin gets darker the more they take it,"

Steven said while sitting up and patting the dust off his knees. He had been in the city for a long time, so he had heard about that herb.

"Really? They say that men are animals that think with their reproductive organs, and because of this, they can just close their eyes when doing it. I thought you men didn't care whether the women were beautiful or not,"

Carla joked as she extended her hand out to him to help him get up.

Steven raised his head to look at her with a smile. "What I want is sex with someone I love. If not, then I'd rather not have sex for the rest of my life."

Carla, who was just about to pull him up suddenly felt uncomfortable under his gaze.

"Don't look at me like that."

Steven managed to stand up on his feet, then he grimaced and smiled bitterly. If his guess was right, his body was bruised all over because he had fallen too many times.

"Callie, whether men think about it or not is one thing and whether they do it or not is another. I admit I have thought about it more than once..."

"Hmm!"

As soon as Carla heard what he said, he was kicked by her where it hurt the most. All he could do was muffle his scream of pain with his hand while grimacing and smiling at her. "Kick me as much as you like. If you won't give me a chance, I won't have any reason to launch it. It will be useless to keep it!"

Carla glared at him. He was getting naughtier and naughtier.

Then, at that moment, they suddenly heard more noises ahead of them.

"Madam! Madam!

"Mr. Su! Where are you?"

It was Carol.