Rebirth of the Heavenly Empress
chapter-219

Chapter 219: Close Shave

After Yu Shijin spoke, he retrieved his jacket and walked outside at a leisurely pace.

“Boss.” The chief detective stood outside and looked into the house with deep eyes—more accurately, at that man in black inside the house.

“You don’t have to care about that person inside. My grandpa will take care of it.” Yu Shijin tugged at his jacket and spoke rather softly.

His smile was very cold.

The chief detective instinctively looked at Yu Shijin.

His face was enveloped by the darkness—only his cold and handsome side view, his lonely aura, and that blurry expression could be seen.

Additionally, he could sense those cold and dark eyes glancing over.

The chief detective had never felt such sharpness from that gaze.

Before he could react, Yu Shijin disappeared into the dark of the night.

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Su Huiqing was serious when she said about leveling up her skills.

Right now, she was holding a bunch of purple sun herb as well as a few bunches of precious herbs that Chi Yue had ordered people to hunt for—although they couldn’t be compared to purple sun herb, they were still priceless on the black market.

Not far away outside the potion laboratory, a young man held onto some stuff in his hand.

His phone got through. “Are you sure that it’s Su Huiqing?”

Su Huiqing was the person inside the potion laboratory. Although she appeared slightly aloof, there wasn’t any bad blood between them.

“Yes, it’s her. You can just place the potion into the test tube beside her hand. We’ve already controlled the surveillance in the potion laboratory—no one will find out.” The voice on the other side seemed slightly gentle, yet somehow emitted coldness. “Don’t worry, after this is done, we’ll definitely try out best to save your brother.”

After this voice.

The man grabbed his phone tightly as his face turned mysterious—for his brother, regardless that a life was involved.

He was convinced.

He looked down at the potion powder in his hand. “Sorry, you can only blame it on your foul fate…”

Inside the potion laboratory.

Su Huiqing worked skillfully to refine the herbs. If someone was beside her right now, he would definitely be shocked at her overly adept movements.

Just as she was about to proceed with mixing, her phone suddenly beeped.

She put down the test tube in her hand and her finger that was pressing on the phone paused slightly.

It was a private number.

Su Huiqing narrowed her eyes, reached out, swiped the phone, and answered it as her eyes deepened.

On the other end of the call was a recording.

After some electrostatic noise was a conversation between two people.

The volume wasn’t loud, but she could hear very clearly.

“Are you sure that she’s in the International Battlefield?” This voice was obviously processed, such that others couldn’t tell his original voice.

“There’s no mistake about it. She asked me to look for some herbs.”

Su Huiqing’s figure almost shook.

How could she not tell that the following voice was Chi Qing’s?

She wasn’t looking good at all.

“You’re under her—how can I trust if the information you provide is true?”

“After a period of time, she will marry Song San—aren’t you guys afraid of their combined capabilities? I’m the one she trusts the most—now, you guys have no choice but to believe me.” Chi Qing’s voice sounded very calm.

“Okay, I promise you…”

The recording ended there to a muffled robotic voice. “You probably don’t know that everyone is betraying you on purpose, including your most trusted subordinate.”

At this point, Su Huiqing lowered her eyes slightly.

However, her hand resting on the table curled up into a tight fist.

Despite having bloodshot eyes, she was very clear that all the more she needed to remain calm.

She really needed to cool down.

She clenched her fist so tightly that it almost bled. She even wondered if the call just now was an illusion.

The calmer she got, the darker her eyes turned.

The surrounding aura was even colder.

She knew that this call was made with ill intentions, but it was truly Chi Qing’s voice.

Su Huiqing felt that she couldn’t even think properly and shut her eyes briefly.

She always thought that even if the whole world betrayed her, Chi Qing wouldn’t—the two of them had been through life and death for so many years and had backed each other up countless times!

Betrayal…

The 800 suicide warriors then…

She even told Chi Qing about her rebirth…

He trampled on her trust just like this?!

Su Huiqing’s eyes were bloodshot and her aura was even colder than when Chi Qing doubted her previously.

She supported her hand on the table.

Her eyes were slightly blurry.

The guy saw her current state and knew that this was an opportunity. He immediately poured the potion powder into the test tube beside her hand.

Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed him.

He suddenly looked up at Su Huiqing.

Su Huiqing only grabbed his wrist with eyes as dark as ever and said in a cool manner, “Who sent you here?”

The next second.

With a loud crash, the entire building ignited in flames.