Chapter 362: We are not Friends

"Food poisoning?" Long Yi looked at Xie Jun. "Are you sure?"

"Yes. That's the reason why they left early," Xie Jun said in a low voice. "We should leave too."

"Hmmm." Long Yi said. He didn't even glance at Huang Xiaoxuan, who was talking to other women as they left the hall with Xie Jun in tow.

"How about your wife?"

"She's trying to socialize. Don't inform her about this matter." Long Yi told Xie Jun as he boarded the car. After a few minutes, he finally arrived at the building where his people were staying.

"Tell me everything that you know," he said, his gaze turned towards Zhang Zhi who was on his computer.

"After eating, they left. To some people, it looked like something people like them would do. They would surely avoid talking to people. Some also think that they avoided conversations because they were warned in advance to avoid being recruited by other people. However, I was wondering why they were running towards the toilet in the hall. Some of them started running towards their building too. I sent some people, and they confirmed that some people heard those people in armor talking about a stomachache." Zhang Zhi said. "Not long after Shen Qui and Lyca left the building too. They didn't wait for the announcement. They just left. Of course, we already know that only an emergency like food poisoning could make them do that."

Long Yi squinted at the screen. It contains images of Lyca's people Below, each image was some basic information that they were able to gather. "So… every one of them were from the streets?"

"Aside from Mr. Chu, yes."

"And… all of them was poisoned?"

"We can't be sure about that. I already asked our people to watch the building. If it's food poisoning then, they would surely bring the team to the hospital, right? Or at least call a doctor. I already checked everyone in their team and surprisingly, they don't even have a doctor on their team."

"Really?" Even Xie Jun was surprised to hear this. "That's foolish. It's either they were too poor or… they are actually so confident that they won't have any injuries. How stupid."

"So… nothing yet?" Long Yi remembered that it was already about an hour since Lyca and Shen Qui left. "Did anyone left the building?"

"None."

"Do you think she had something that could save her people?" Xie Jun couldn't help but ask. Almost immediately Long Yi's face darkened. That is possible. A person who knows that Lyca is adept with poison could easily conclude that she had something that could heal her people.

"Keep watching. I will go to my room. Call me if there's anything." Long Yi didn't wait for them to respond. He walked towards his room and removed his coat. The chilly breeze coming from the window made him frown. He couldn't remember if he left the window open before leaving. Did he forget to lock it? Or…

"Close the window. I'm cold." Lyca's voice was followed by a sharp and cold metal in his neck. "You can fight, but I can assure you. I will win and you will die."

"Why the hell are you here?"

"To say, hi?" she used more force on the knife. "Look… there's blood. Are you going to close the window? Or just let me accidentally cut your throat because of the cold."

"…" That doesn't have any connection at all. In the end, he still closed the window. "Was it because of the poisoning? I didn't do it."

"I know," Lyca smiled. She walked in front of him. "You are not that stupid to use such a simple method. You know I am adept with poison. You would know that I have something that could counter a simple trick like that."

He pursed his lips and watched Lyca's small frame. Lyca was only one foot away from him and he could clearly see her long eyelashes, the perfect curved in her upper lip made him gulped. He turned his head away. "I wouldn't do something like that."

"No need to be so nervous. I know you didn't do it." Long Yi… oh Long Yi. Lyca smirked. "Why are you avoiding my eyes?"

"Don't get too close."

"Oh? I don't sense any fear?" She chuckled. Actually, she was here because she actually thought that it was Long Yi who did it. When she arrived earlier, Long Yi and Xie Jun just arrived and she heard their conversation. She was confident that the two aren't clever enough to fake an entire conversation. Moreover, they didn't know she was here.

"Can you—Can you move a bit? I am not going to fight you."

"Oh?" Lyca smiled and took a step back. "I want to know who wanted us to fight. The person who did this would have thought that I would immediately think it was you. Was it someone from the committee? Did you offend someone capable of poisoning my people and not everyone else in the party?"

"I offended a lot of people and we are already fighting, aren't we?"

Lyca snorted. "If I wanted to fight with you. You would have been dead by now." She titled her head. "Why are you so nervous? Did you do something wrong?"

"I did a lot of things! Now, can you tell me, why are you here?"

"To talk," Lyca said. "Give me some wine," she gestured, and he complied. Long Yi walked towards the small bar in his room.

"Whiskey?"

"I like everything that's hard," she sat on the couch and crossed her leg over the other. "Was it that Xu guy?"

"I don't know what you are talking about."

Lyca snorted. Of course, she didn't believe him. If her guess was right, there would be a drug test tomorrow morning before the second stage. Meaning, if her people would take normal drugs tonight they would get a positive result.

Isn't that something that would automatically kick them out of the competition?

Now, Lyca wasn't a genius. However, she knew that many people would be happy if they leave. It seems that she was so good at pissing people off. If she died, many people would hold a party. Ah, this is why she wasn't planning to die just yet.

Pissing people off is fun, alright!

She accepted the glass that Long Yi handed and drink the alcohol in one go. "Surprisingly, you didn't put some drugs on it."

"You— "

She chuckled at the uncomfortable expression on his face.

"So? Enemy?"

"I told you! I have a lot! Why are you asking me? Why don't you ask yourself? Do we have common enemies?"

"Common enemies? I am not sure." Lyca pursed her lips. She was particularly good at offending people, now she couldn't count her enemies anymore.

"Your people… how are they?"

"Dying," she answered without batting an eyelid.

"You already got the first place. I am sure a lot of companies aren't very comfortable about this. Maybe one of them wanted you to target us because of this poisoning. They wanted us to deal with each other. In that way, they will remove two of the best companies in the assembly. It's killing two birds with one stone."

"Ah? I didn't think of that before." Sarcasm laced her voice. "So smart, ah." She laughed when she saw his ears turned red. "For the first time, young master Long is not angry but actually embarrassed. Say, do you like me?"

"Who would like a woman like you?"

"True. Only geniuses would like me. Just look at my husband? He is even prettier than your wife."

"Will you die if you won't say something so annoying?"

Lyca only sneered in response.

"Why would you think it was Mr. Xu?" Long Yi asked.

"Why not him? Aren't you close with the Xu Family?"

"You— " A woman so direct is not a very pleasant woman.

"You think… the reason why you are still alive is that you are capable?" Lyca said. "The reason why you are still alive is that you are friends with the influential Xu Family."

He gnashed his teeth. Was she trying to say that without the Xu Family is nothing?

"What's with that look?" She lifted an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you don't know this? The reason why you are still up on the ladder is because of the Xu Family. Those old businessmen are not going to tell you this. After all, being too honest is dangerous."

"Then why are you telling me this?"

"Because we aren't friends?" She stood and poured herself a whiskey. "And I love pissing people off." She went back to her seat before she finished her second glass of alcohol. "You should be careful. After all, some people wanted us to destroy each other. And I am planning to give them a good show."

"You—You are planning to take revenge? I already said I didn't do it!"

She didn't answer him. Instead, she looked at the door. "Your wife is here. It wouldn't be too good if she walked in on us talking and drinking like this, right?"

Long Yi immediately turned towards the door and almost instantly, Huang Xiaoxuan barged in, crying. The cold air once again hit his skin. He looked at the now opened window and sighed.