Seeing Xu Lingyue in a girlish demeanor, Ye Xuan couldn't help but smile. He stopped teasing her and turned to enter the rest area.

Because calculating the time, the punishment effects on Du Xingming and the others should have reached its peak by now.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked in, all three were unconscious, genuinely passed out from the pain!

After all, the pain caused by acupoint manipulation far exceeds the range an ordinary person can endure, unless one undergoes special training with a strong enough will. Otherwise, it's hard to withstand such extreme pain.

Ye Xuan woke each of them up in turn, and once they regained consciousness, he left them, turning to Xu Lingyue and saying, "I'm going back to the cabin. Do you want to come with me?"

Xu Lingyue thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "No, I'm not going over there. The plane is about to land soon, and I need to prepare for work."

"Alright then, if anything comes up, contact me. I'm off now."

Ye Xuan waved his hand, greeted them, and left.

Watching Ye Xuan's departing figure, Xu Lingyue pursed her lips, her gaze falling upon Du Xingming on the ground.

At this moment, he continued to lie there, not getting up. Having endured such hellish torment, he was entirely drained of energy, though he couldn't muster the strength to rise!

Xu Lingyue hesitated for a moment, took out a tissue from her person, crouched down, and wiped the sweat off his forehead, saying, "Du Xingming, don't do things like this anymore that make me angry, you know? The more you do, the more I dislike you! Do more good things, and maybe girls will like you."

Originally, Du Xingming was disoriented, staring blankly at the ceiling. Upon hearing these words, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Yueyue, if I start doing good deeds now, will you like me?"

Du Xingming asked with a face full of hope.

"Although I won't like you, I won't hate you like I do now," Xu Lingyue replied.

Du Xingming fell silent and then gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "Yueyue, tell me, have you fallen for that man?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Lingyue was stunned, instinctively wanting to deny it, but when she opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a word.

It felt as though something was blocking her throat!

"I... I haven't fallen for him! We just met, how could it progress so quickly? Don't talk nonsense."

Xu Lingyue denied it, but her words implied that if they spend enough time together, she might develop feelings.

However, Du Xingming didn't pick up on this, feeling somewhat uplifted, but then suddenly thought of something and his mood dropped again, asking, "If you don't like him, then why were you acting that way with him just now?"

"Du Xingming, are you out of your mind? I... I acted that way because I lost a bet with him, not for any reason you think! Anyway, my affairs are none of your business, take care of yourself instead! And I warn you, if you bother me again, I won't forgive you."

Xu Lingyue threatened him with a sentence, no longer wanting to continue the conversation, and rose to leave.

Watching Xu Lingyue leave, Du Xingming's face shifted, feeling the distance between him and Xu Lingyue growing further and further.

If she truly likes Ye Xuan, the chance of her liking him would be almost zero...

Thinking of Ye Xuan, Du Xingming felt a wave of fear. This was a tormenting demon with terrifying means!

After the painful torment he underwent earlier, he never wanted to see this demon again in his lifetime. Just the thought brought chills to his heart. He could only pray within that Ye Xuan wouldn't appear beside Xu Lingyue, otherwise, he would have to give up pursuing Xu Lingyue.

On the other side.

Xu Lingyue left the rest area and returned to her workplace.

Upon her return, all the other flight attendants quickly gathered around, including Li Wan, the chief purser.

"Xiaoyue, are you okay?"

"Xiaoyue, did Du Xingming do anything to you?"

"Xiaoyue..."

Everyone was asking non-stop, but their words brimmed with concern.

Earlier, when Xu Lingyue brought Ye Xuan to the rest area, they all knew, and they were aware when Du Xingming barged in with his bodyguards. They were worried about Xu Lingyue's safety in their hearts. If not for Du Xingming placating the sky marshals and stopping them from going in, the ladies would have rushed in from the start.

"I'm fine."

Xu Lingyue shook her head, looking at the reactions of the ladies before her, feeling somewhat complicated.

She didn't understand why these people showed no reaction earlier when things were going wrong. Was it too indifferent, or were they compelled by authority to comply?

After all, with Du Xingming's capabilities, he could completely restrict the crew's actions! Facing this pressure, disobedience might result in losing their jobs, and nobody would likely risk their career to stand against Du Xingming for her!

So the best choice was compliance.

But even with this understanding, accepting it was difficult; her heart found it hard to accept! If it hadn't been for Ye Xuan's strong combat power, she would have been beaten black and blue by Du Xingming and his men, while the crew showed no reaction whatsoever, allowing Du Xingming to act recklessly.

And in fact, Li Wan and the others were quite helpless too. When Du Xingming came in forcefully with bodyguards, they were no match, so they sought the sky marshals.

But when the sky marshals arrived, they didn't intervene; instead, they were persuaded by Du Xingming and turned against them, prohibiting their entry into the rest area!

With no choice, the ladies had to wait outside.

Unbeknownst to the real situation, the more Xu Lingyue thought about it, the angrier she became, and her attitude towards Li Wan and the others cooled considerably, her responses became perfunctory.

If this knot wasn't resolved, their relations would surely be affected in the future!

Originally, she took the job of a flight attendant merely out of interest, so even if she stopped working here, she wouldn't care. If she were to work in an environment lacking empathy, she wouldn't be able to stand it.

If that were truly the case, she'd rather leave the position than continue here.

So, facing the ladies' questions, Xu Lingyue casually replied a few sentences and went about her tasks.

At that moment, Ye Xuan also returned to his seat. This little storm had no impact on him, and he quickly tossed it behind.

However, on his way back, he happened to see the sky marshal bribed by Du Xingming, and conveniently left some troubling handiwork on him.

It's likely that this guy would suffer physically for the coming half-month.

Of course, these matters to Ye Xuan were petty; he did it merely as casual punishment.

Currently, his focus was on reaching Haogang quickly to resolve the issue with Lin Zifeng, and afterward—well—naturally to pursue the cute little Yueyue sister... uh, no! How could he say "pursue"? He meant to help little Yueyue sister.

Even though he won the bet, he still wanted to check on Xu Lingyue's family's sick member, at least to offer some assistance.

After all, this could be viewed as helping others out of kindness, and they were friends now; knowingly ignoring trouble without helping, he wouldn't feel right about it!

Moreover, he had taken her first kiss; considering the value of the kiss, he was definitely going to help.

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