Ark Girls Want to Push Me Down

she said to herself.

I want to calm my anxious heart.

Chen hadn't seen the task force until now. In the evening, she was so anxious that her wound was about to open. Fortunately, she received the news of the triumphant return of the team not long ago, so she could calm down a bit. She worked so hard just to be able to Set aside a little time in the middle of the night to welcome the return of the mud boat with a smile.

One in the morning...two in the morning...three in the morning...

Chen's work at hand was finally reduced, but she still didn't wait for the person who made her worry to the point of fidgeting.

"Old Chen, I'm back..."

"Star Bear!!"

Seeing his best friend returning, Chen jumped up from his seat at once.

"How are you? Are you seriously injured?"

Seeing that Xingxiong was covered with bandages, Chen asked with some distress.

"I'm not seriously injured, but you also understand that as long as I don't die, I can recover quickly."

Xingxiong reluctantly cheered up and squeezed out a bleak smile, trying to give Chen a little comfort.

"What about the others? I heard you brought them all back. It's amazing."

"Well, there are minor and serious injuries, but none of them are life-threatening."

Xingxiong's voice became smaller and smaller, and she turned her head away, not daring to look directly into Chen's eyes.

"You know what I want to ask, Star Bear."

Seeing that the other party has been avoiding the key points, Chen, who was so anxious, took two steps closer to Xingxiong:

"Where's the mud boat? Where is he? Is he seriously injured?"

"..."

"Why don't you speak?"

Chen, who was dazed by the urgency, didn't even notice Xingxiong's strangeness, and now she was only thinking about getting the news that the mud boat was safe.

"Xingxiong, when did you learn to sell your way? It's not like you."

"I see. It must be the mud boat that made a fool of myself during the mission. You are embarrassed to say it."

"We are so familiar with each other, what stupid thing did that idiot do? Let's hear it?"

"List……"

Xingxiong couldn't help interrupting Chen's speech.

She had never seen Chen speak so much, and she could hear the trembling in Chen's voice when he smirked.

Xingxiong knows that Chen is deceiving himself

"The mud boat... was taken away by the integration movement... life and death are unknown."

It is not easy to say this sentence completely. As soon as the words fell, Xingxiong bit his trembling lips tightly.

"you……"

Chen stared at Xingxiong and saw that the other party was avoiding his sight, so he stepped on the table, held Xingxiong's horns with his hands, and pulled her face in front of him:

"Look me in the eyes and you say it again.

56. The taste of loss

"The mud boat was taken away by the integration movement, and his life and death are unknown... I didn't protect him well."

The bad news again couldn't change anything, probably because Xingxiong was a little guilty, and when he looked into Chen's eyes, he couldn't help but blame himself.

"you!"

Chen's expression was mixed, and his heart was messed up. His pale lips opened and closed several times, and the words he wanted to say were swallowed back into his mouth countless times.

She wanted to blame Xingxiong, blame the other party for not protecting the mud boat, blame the other party for not fulfilling her promise at the time, and blame her for betraying her trust.

Back then, Xingxiong and Chen fought side by side. In order to save her old friend, the girl from the ghost clan used her body to help Chen withstood the collapse of the ruins. She didn't know how many bones were broken and how much flesh was rotted away. The big shield has blocked many fatal attacks for Chen.

Chen has long sworn that no matter what Xingxiong becomes or does, she will regard him as her best friend.

Those words of reproach...

How could she say it.

"hateful!"

The annoyance that couldn't be vented continued to ferment in Chen's heart. The unbearable bad news and the dull pain from the wound made Chen stumble and sit on the chair.

"Sorry……"

Xingxiong is still apologizing. The heroic she used to have no interest in apology, because she never did anything wrong to others, but this time...

She failed.

Not only did it fail to protect the mud boat...

He also fell into the tenderness of the other party's innermost heart, resulting in untimely feelings.