CH 404

404: Sandstorm!

What was that? Could she eat it? Feng Wu wondered.

She dared act as if she didn’t understand?! “Stop pretending. If you don’t want to share, just say so. Isn’t it just a beauty routine? What’s so amazing about that?” Yifu complained after witnessing how Feng Wu wouldn’t give Zi Cheng any face even though Zi Cheng had asked so respectfully.

Feng Wu was a really cheap person, to not share something as simple as a beauty routine.

Yifu wasn’t the only one resenting Feng Wu. Mayleen and Ailuna were also hostile towards Feng Wu because of Ming Xi. Only one of the girls showed it actively on her face though.

“Yes, why pretend? Just say you don’t want to share if you don’t want to share. No one would want your secret even it if was free anyway.” Mayleen also looked disdainfully at Feng Wu. She hadn’t intended to pay anything for it in the first place.

“Enough, Mayleen. Feng Wu probably doesn’t want to say it because it’s proprietary and part of her family’s business. We shouldn’t force her. Why don’t we do it like this. How many skin care products do you have on you Feng Wu? How about we buy all of them?”

Ailuna always tried to look rational and considerate in front of people. She had to maintain that demeanor even in front of Feng Wu.

Mayleen sneered quietly in her heart when she saw this. She pretended not to know Ailuna’s true colors.

“Alright Feng Wu, this time you can’t say no.”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Feng Wu threw them a confused look after shaking her head.

In truth, you really couldn’t blame Feng Wu, the girl never used any high-end skin care products. How could she share what she didn’t have?

This made all the girls a little angry. “What do you mean Feng Wu? We said we would pay you. Are you worried we won’t pay?” Yifu glared at Feng Wu.

“Hey, are you trying to say you won’t sell any to us?” Mayleen was angry as well.

Both Zi Cheng and Ailuna’s faces turned a smidge ugly, but they were very conscious of their image, so they wouldn’t try to force Feng Wu to sell to them if she didn’t want to sell. They would never do something so foolish to ruin their image.

Fang Li was disappointed but she wasn’t angry, however Feng Wu’s act of ignorance annoyed her enough that she chose to sit on the sidelines and not interfere. Well, truth be told, maybe she was a little ticked.

It was strange to not get tanned from daily sun exposure, but that was because Feng Wu wore White Lotus on her wrist every day. This guy came with his own cooling and UV protection assets, so of course Feng Wu wouldn’t get tanned. Unfortunately the girls didn’t know this. They were sure Feng Wu had to be using some kind of magic sunscreen item.

Because of the disagreement, the other girls isolated Feng Wu. But Feng Wu wasn’t the kind of girl to run off crying just because she was being shunned.

The girls were busy discussing skin care products and didn’t notice the dark clouds rapidly approaching in the distance. Suddenly they heard a shout.

“Everyone, hurry! Something big is coming!”

The girls got out and dressed as fast as they could.

The yell had come from one of the seven strange guys. He was sweating like crazy as he looked at the girls, waiting for them to get closer.

“Quick! Let’s Go! Something bad is approaching!” He immediately ran back to camp after warning Feng Wu.

It looked like something big was happening. Zi Cheng and the others were nervous and ran back to camp as fast as they could.

Once they got back, they saw the bad expressions on the guys’ faces. All the tents had also been packed away.

“Everyone’s back! Let’s get out of here!” Ming Xi yelled. He stepped forward and grabbed Feng Wu’s hand, then hurriedly ran off.

Caesar also grabbed Zi Cheng’s hand and ran off.

“What’s going on?!” Ailuna was completely perplexed. She was following behind several of the other guys.

“There’s a sandstorm coming! We have to get out of here fast!” Olifuman yelled back.

“Sandstorm?!” Ailuna and Mayleen were both startled, but they instantly quickened their pace.

No one dared stop. If they didn’t leave immediately and found a place to shelter, they would be buried alive.

“Whoooosh. . . ”

They were all panting as they desperately ran forward.

“This is the direction. I can feel it getting closer.” The king’s spirit and his thousands of attendees ran behind Feng Wu in a mad hurry.

“Really?!” Rui Baby was pleased. Finally, they were getting to the end!

“Senior Ming Xi, it’s just ahead.” Feng Wu gave the good news.

Ming Xi was shocked but he didn’t ask how she knew. He just nodded to let her know he heard and kept moving. They increased their speed. Everyone behind them also sped up.

A dark cloud was fast approaching the group from behind. If they didn’t find shelter soon, they would be in danger.

They were just cresting a sand dune when they got yanked into a quicksand whirlpool below it. Feng Wu and every one else only had time to let out a scream before being sucked in completely. They didn’t even have the chance to escape.

. . .

“Drip. . . ” Feng Wu heard the sounds of water as she came awake. She opened her eyes, but couldn’t see anything. She summoned a light item and immediately the space was illuminated.

White bones. . . endless white bones.

Feng Wu saw that she was lying on some bones. The guys from the team were also there not too far away from her.

Ming Xi looked around as soon as he woke up, then upon spying Feng Wu, immediately went to her side. He breathed a secret sigh of relief upon finding her safe and sound.

“We’ll talk after we wake everyone up.”

Feng Wu nodded, and together they walked around and woke everyone up. Zi Cheng and Caesar woke up on their own, third and fourth. Naturally, as the main characters of the novel, they didn’t need anyone to wake them up.