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"I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to ask for directions!" Hai Xiao Min stopped on the spot and quickly explained.

The woman frowned and turned around.

"Sister Guan?" When she was recuperating at the manor, there was an employee called Guan Xiang who took care of her. Then, for some reason, Ling Yao transferred the Guan Xiang away, and it was another person who took care of her.

"It's you …" Sister Guan also recognized Hai Xiao Min and relaxed a little. "You're back?"

"Long time no see, Sister Guan. How have you been?" Seeing an acquaintance, Hai Xiaomin couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy.

"It's pretty good." Guan Xiang smiled at her and walked over step by step. "I just called. Did you hear anything?"

She hid her hand behind her back and clenched her fingers tightly. Suddenly, her sight passed over Hai Xiaomin's shoulder and landed on her back. Her fingers loosened up again.

"Nope, I just lost my way walking in the forest. I saw someone over here and came over …" Seeing the joy in her old friend's eyes, Hai Xiaomin was keenly aware that something was wrong with Guan Xiang's expression. She seemed to be inexplicably hostile towards her.

However, in the blink of an eye, there was a smile in Guan Xiang's eyes. "There are a lot of small paths here. When I came here before, I would always get lost …" Is this a friend of yours, Miss Hai? "

Friend?

Hai Xiao Min turned his head and saw Du Qing, who had a bandage wrapped around his head and was walking up to them with light steps.

The corner of her mouth twitched. "Why are you here?"

"Walking, lost." Du Qing looked around with a sorrowful expression, as if this would make his words more persuasive. Then, his hawk-like eyes landed on Guan Xiang's body, and with an inquisitive look, he asked, "Who are you?"

Guan Xiang folded her hands in front of her abdomen. She gracefully nodded at Du Qing and smiled. "Hello, my name is Guan Xiang. I'm a staff member of the Manor."

Du Qing's gaze swept across her abdomen and noticed that there was nothing left in her hand.

"My name is Du Qing." The corners of Du Qing's mouth curled into a profound smile.

That smile looked friendly and harmless, but when Guan Xiang made contact with his eyes, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat. There was a hint of a pondering look in his eyes as if she had seen through something.

"It's almost dark, let me take you out." Guan Xiang changed the topic.

It was indeed getting late, and under the guidance of Guan Xiang, the two of them returned to the manor.

"I still have things to do. Do you two know the way back to my room?" Guan Xiang asked.

Hai Xiaomin said, "No problem, Sister Guan, you go and get busy."

Guan Xiang nodded towards the two and left. At this moment, the sky had already darkened, and the manor was lit up.

Du Qing inserted his hands into the pockets of his pants as he looked at Guan Xiang's disappearing figure. "Are you familiar with her?"

"After a few days, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I just want to ask, have you offended her before?" Du Qing scratched his nose.

Hai Xiao Min frowned, "Why do you ask?"

Du Qing narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while before asking, "What were you all doing there? I saw killing intent in that woman's eyes! "

"…" So she felt that there was something wrong with Sister Guan's expression, not an illusion?

Hai Xiao Min recalled that she had not been unhappy with the few days she had spent with Sister Guan, except for the matter of Ling Yao suddenly transferring people away. She had heard that Sister Guan had taken care of her inappropriately, so it would be reasonable if Sister Guan became angry with her because of this.

"None of your business!" She didn't need to explain these things to Du Qing. Instead, she recalled something else.

"Anyway, you should be more careful of this person." Du Qing instructed.

"Let's not talk about others first. Let's talk about you. Are you following me?" Hai Xiao Min looked at him, narrowing her beautiful eyes.

"What tracking? I'm not familiar with this place. If I want to roam around, I would have to find someone I'm familiar with to lead the way. Who would've thought …" Du Qing had a look of despise on his face, "Someone got lost too!"

"You're not allowed to change the topic!" She thought she wouldn't be able to notice the important part since she had already exposed her weaknesses. Hai Xiaomin coldly grinned, "Follow me from City H all the way to Star Manor. Speak!" What is your purpose? "

Would she believe it?

"Objective …" Du Qing's expression suddenly changed as he stared at Hai Xiao Min's pretty face. "If I told you that I fell in love with you at first sight, would you believe me?"

Hai Xiao Min froze upon hearing that.

"Hehe ~" He grinned and instantly restrained himself, "I don't believe it!"

Du Qing sighed, "If you don't believe me, just drop it. This is the first time in my life that I've fallen in love with a girl. The other party already has a husband. I admit that I'm unlucky. I'll stop talking, let's go back!"

With his hands in his pants pockets, he slouched his shoulders and led the way into the room.

Hai Xiao Min looked at his back and frowned. "Is there something wrong with this guy's head?"

When he returned to his room, just as Hai Xiaomin was about to open the door, it was opened from the inside by someone. Ling Yao's tall and handsome figure was like a mountain blocking the door.

"Where to? I can't get through to you on the phone either. " The man's voice was deep and magnetic, carrying a sense of relief when he saw the person who had returned.

Was he worried about her?

Hai Xiao Min's mood suddenly became bright and bright. She smiled and said, "I went out for a walk, but my phone seems to be broken. I didn't get any signal just now."

Ling Yao moved away and let Hai Xiao Min enter the house: "Did you go to the back of the mountain?"

"Yes." How did he guess?

"The phone's not broken. There's a signal shield on the mountain. It covers the surrounding forest." Ling Yao closed the door and explained casually after Hai Xiaomin came in.

Hai Xiao Min took out her cellphone and checked. Sure enough, the signal to return to the manor was back to normal. Wait, if there was no signal in the forest …

"Was the signal shield installed at the Manor? "What's on the back mountain?" she asked curiously.

Ling Yao walked past her and patiently explained, "There are some newly grown genetically modified plants on the back mountain, which is a key experimental research base for the company. In order to prevent any important information from leaking, there's an unwritten rule in the manor, which is to not use communication equipment when entering the back mountain."

"So that's how it is …" Hai Xiao Min revealed a face of enlightenment and changed her tone, "Then is there any signal that can't be blocked and can be used to make phone calls as usual?"

"Why do you ask?" Ling Yao lowered his eyes.

"Mm …" "I almost got lost in the forest just now. If I had, I would have been able to call you for help!" Hai Xiao Min shrugged his nose and said bitterly.

Ling Yao laughed, "Some of the satellite phones will not be blocked. I'll get someone to set one up for you."

"Alright." Hai Xiao Min smiled and nodded. In the next second, her eyes drifted away along with her thoughts. No wonder when she appeared today, Sister Guan looked flustered.

She clearly only needed to leave the forest to make a phone call using her normal phone. Why did she need a satellite phone?

Hai Xiao Min had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't know the truth of the matter yet, so she didn't want to jump to a conclusion.