Seeing the other party seemingly wanting to approach her at this moment, Li Keyi quickly shouted, "Stop, don't come any closer! If I remember correctly, you're a deserter, aren't you? You didn't participate in yesterday's battle at all. I assume you hid using your special ability. What do you want now?"
Fang Qinghao's smile vanished from his face. He then said calmly, "Miss Li, please don't call me a deserter. In yesterday's battle, numerous sea beasts surrounded everyone. In such a situation, it's natural for everyone to fend for themselves. Do you think my actions were wrong, Miss Li?"
With Fang Qinghao saying this, Li Keyi indeed had no reason to blame him. The situation at the time was desperate. No one knew if they would be killed next. It wasn't just Fang Qinghao who wanted to escape; others were also trying to break free from the sea beasts' encirclement. It was just that most people clearly didn't have the ability to do so and could only choose to fight.
Seeing Li Keyi fall silent, Fang Qinghao continued to approach her, asking as he did, "How is Shen Feng now? Let me check if he's injured."
Li Keyi was a little worried. The items in her backpack were very valuable. If Fang Qinghao discovered them, he might kill her for her possessions. So, Li Keyi directly shouted, "Don't come any closer, or I'll attack. I'll take care of Shen Feng myself; you don't need to worry about him."
Li Keyi was concerned about her backpack's contents being stolen, so she forbade Fang Qinghao from approaching. Fang Qinghao actually stopped in his tracks and didn't come any closer. Seeing this, Li Keyi thought her threat had worked.
However, Fang Qinghao pointed into the distance and said, "Look, a ship is coming. We're saved."
Upon hearing this, Li Keyi turned her head to see if a ship had indeed appeared. But as she turned, she saw nothing. Instead, she heard gunshots from behind, "Bang bang..." The gunshots made Li Keyi feel uneasy. With gunshots coming from behind her, this must be Fang Qinghao's doing. She hadn't guarded against him firing, which was a miscalculation.
Li Keyi quickly turned her head and, without a word, directly used her bright light to shine on Fang Qinghao, attempting to disrupt his vision. Li Keyi wanted to unleash a laser attack, but the energy dissipation of lasers in the air was too severe. She could only use a laser blade for close-quarters combat.
Fang Qinghao immediately dodged behind nearby coral. However, due to the surrounding bright light, he couldn't open his eyes and was unable to move.
"Fang Qinghao, you scoundrel, to attack your comrade! I will report this to headquarters later. In short, I won't let you off." Li Keyi said sternly at this moment.
Fang Qinghao replied, "You are from the research institute, considered one of our own, so I didn't shoot you. But Shen Feng is from Yuzhou. He doesn't obey headquarters' orders, so he's not one of our own. Therefore, what I did cannot be considered killing one of our own."
Li Keyi looked down and saw three bloody holes in Shen Feng's chest and abdomen, clearly hit by bullets. Fortunately, Shen Feng was in the process of evolution, so his injuries healed quickly. The bullets caused penetrating wounds, but it was certain that Shen Feng was still alive. If his heart or liver had been hit, it would have been dire.
"You're still making excuses for your actions! Shen Feng has always been helping you. When your Ability Administration encountered a crisis in Siberia, it was Shen Feng who went to support you. Now you're attacking him; this is biting the hand that feeds you. Not to mention, last night, Shen Feng guided these people in the water. Your words now cannot explain away your ungrateful behavior!" Li Keyi continued to scold loudly.
Fang Qinghao was silent for a moment and said, "Li Keyi, it's best you don't get involved in this. This is a private matter between Shen Feng and me; it has nothing to do with anyone else. I only want to kill Shen Feng. As for you, I don't want to attack you. I'll tell you the truth now: this is the sea, this is my territory, and you are no match for me."
Li Keyi continued to speak with a cold laugh, "Then wait a day and see. After a day, you can have a one-on-one fight with Shen Feng, and I won't stop you. Now you're ambushing him while he's incapacitated. What kind of hero is that? You can even do something like taking advantage of someone's weakness. How shameless!"
Fang Qinghao was hiding behind the coral at this moment, unable to open his eyes. The strong light even dried his wet clothes. Fang Qinghao was still restraining himself because he knew how terrifying it was to use his abilities at sea. He didn't want to harm innocent people yet.
So, Fang Qinghao continued to persuade, "I really don't want to kill you. If you continue to obstruct me, I will have to be impolite. Think carefully. As for when Shen Feng wakes up, by then he will be a sixth-tier esper. I won't be his match!"
Li Keyi also knew that Fang Qinghao was not here with good intentions. He didn't seem to be after valuables but had some grievance with Shen Feng. Therefore, Li Keyi decided to stall for time. She silently cast her invisibility spell, carefully hoisted Shen Feng onto her back, and walked with a limp. The pain from her broken leg was excruciating. Her bones hadn't healed yet, and now she had to carry a grown man. The pain reached the top of her head.
"Shen Feng is a very kind person; he usually doesn't make enemies with others. The grievance you mentioned must be a misunderstanding. Why not turn enemies into friends?" Li Keyi said, while quietly retreating. At this moment, she wanted to use words to stall for time. As long as she got away from here, with her invisibility, Fang Qinghao wouldn't be able to find her.
When this matter was brought up, Fang Qinghao roared, "You clearly know nothing, which is why I'm telling you not to meddle. Do you think Shen Feng is such a good person? He's just a hypocrite who puts on a pious facade. He's done quite a few bad things. Not to mention killing people, as espers have all shed blood, haven't they? Let me tell you one of Shen Feng's dark secrets: he abandoned his wife!"
Li Keyi's eyes widened with suspicion. She thought, "Doesn't Shen Feng have two wives? One of them has already been frozen. Where did abandoning his wife come from? Could he be talking about the incident in Japan? But only Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi know about the incident in Japan. He couldn't possibly be defending those Japanese girls, could he?"
"Don't make up such nonsense. Shen Feng couldn't possibly be like that. How could he abandon his wife? Even in his own home, he raises children who aren't his own. The situation you're describing simply wouldn't happen with Shen Feng. Please stop slandering Shen Feng." Li Keyi absolutely did not believe Fang Qinghao's accusations.
Hearing Li Keyi defending Shen Feng so much, Fang Qinghao, who had heard earlier that Li Keyi had a good impression of Shen Feng, became furious. He immediately said, "Why are you ignorant women like this, not understanding anything and all defending Shen Feng? Let me be blunt: Shen Feng got a woman pregnant and then shirked his responsibility, leaving without a word. Years have passed, and he hasn't cared at all, causing this woman to live in loneliness every day. Her name is Yu Renshu, and she's now in Rongcheng raising their child. Do you still think Shen Feng is a perfect person?"
As soon as he said this, Li Keyi fell silent. Speaking of Yu Renshu, she had heard of her. Because a few years ago, Yu Renshu had already figured out how to produce evolution bases. Her research capabilities were undeniable. If this were true, wouldn't it mean Shen Feng had indeed abandoned his wife and child?
Unable to bear the strong light, Fang Qinghao covered his eyes with his sleeve and said angrily, "I can't stand it anymore. What's so worth clinging to about a heartless person like Shen Feng? He didn't visit her even once in three years, completely heartless. Yet, she still can't forget him, still staring blankly at his photos every day. Today, I will avenge Yu Renshu. I will kill this ungrateful wretch Shen Feng."
Li Keyi, hearing this, felt that Fang Qinghao seemed to have a story too. She then began to question, "So, you like Yu Renshu?"
Based on what Fang Qinghao had just said, he shouldn't have had much of a role in this matter. But now Fang Qinghao was calling it a private matter between him and Shen Feng. Coupled with Fang Qinghao's description of Yu Renshu earlier, Li Keyi concluded that Fang Qinghao definitely liked Yu Renshu. Otherwise, Shen Feng had no connection to him, and it wouldn't be Fang Qinghao's place to act.
Fang Qinghao's hidden feelings were exposed. After a moment of silence, he actually admitted it, "That's right, I like Yu Renshu. So what? Speaking of which, I have no reason to explain so much to you. It's enough that I kill Shen Feng."
After saying this, Fang Qinghao summoned a sheet of seawater to block the direct light and then walked out from behind the coral, intending to continue his attack. But when he turned around, he realized Li Keyi and Shen Feng had disappeared. It was then that Fang Qinghao remembered Li Keyi could use invisibility.
"Li Keyi, you bitch, you actually tricked me at this moment. How shameless!" Fang Qinghao was furious upon seeing Li Keyi and Shen Feng disappear from their spot. He then summoned seawater to form a giant wave, a wave tens of meters high, which continuously crashed against the surroundings of the ring-shaped island.
In reality, Fang Qinghao's intense hostility towards Shen Feng was due to jealousy. The first time he saw Yu Renshu was outside the laboratory in Rongcheng. At that time, zombies had caused chaos in the city. It was Yu Renshu who stepped forward to protect the surrounding residents. It was then that Fang Qinghao developed feelings of admiration for Yu Renshu.
Later, even after discovering that Yu Renshu was pregnant, Fang Qinghao did not show any aversion. He still wanted to move Yu Renshu with his sincere heart. However, Yu Renshu's attitude towards Fang Qinghao was very clear: she remained neither servile nor overbearing.
Fang Qinghao thought that sincerity would move Yu Renshu, as there's a saying that sincerity can move mountains and stones. As long as he treated Yu Renshu wholeheartedly, she would eventually be moved. However, things did not go as expected. Even now, Yu Renshu's attitude towards Fang Qinghao remained the same; there was no intimacy, only distance.
Even two years ago, when Fang Qinghao returned to Rongcheng from the sea and brought the news of Shen Feng's death, Yu Renshu cried for a long time. She didn't smile for a month. Seeing this, Fang Qinghao understood that as long as Shen Feng was alive in this world, Yu Renshu would never open her heart to him.
Driven by jealousy, Fang Qinghao began to resent Shen Feng. He believed that Shen Feng's existence was hindering his happiness.
And now, Fang Qinghao was going to kill Shen Feng. Then, Yu Renshu would have no hope left, and she would finally see him, who had always been by her side. His actions were merely killing an ungrateful wretch. What was the problem with that? As long as no one else knew, who could condemn him?