Chapter 42: My Name Is Helen Lorena!

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"So, how long do you plan to follow me?" Li Yexing looked irritably at the girl behind him, who was leaning on a stick.

Li Yexing remembered this girl; she was the little yellow flower who had invited him to dance at the ball before. Since she had been following him, there was always a subtle low pressure emanating from Lilith, which made Li Yexing very uncomfortable.

"Come on, we're risking our lives here. What are you here for? I can't take care of you as baggage," he said.

"Please le-let m-m-me f-follow yo-you, I-I-I wo-won't cause you a-any tr-trouble!" the little yellow flower behind him said nervously.

Li Yexing felt that if this girl were a character in a web novel, her creator must be a genius. Her way of speaking was too convenient for padding out the word count.

Li Yexing rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache. If he were the heartless mercenary Li Yexing, he might just shoot the little yellow flower to death, but the laborer Li Yexing was a good person, especially after the little yellow flower said she had lost her parents. Li Yexing couldn't bear to be too harsh.

The laborer and the heartless mercenary tore at Li Yexing's mind, making his expression more and more twisted and gloomy.

"Yexing is too kind to take action," Lilith said coldly next to him. "If Yexing finds this woman annoying, Lilith can help Yexing kill her."

As she spoke, Lilith raised her gun and aimed it at the little yellow flower's head. The little yellow flower was so scared that she sat on the ground, legs trembling and tears streaming down her face.

"Forget it... I give up," Li Yexing said, holding the gun in Lilith's hand. "Let her follow us. If we get surrounded by monsters, we can leave her behind as bait to cover our escape."

After speaking, Li Yexing sighed. It was hard to imagine that he could say such outrageous things. But the little yellow flower behind him immediately stood up, looking grateful. Her waist was like a spring, bowing and thanking him incessantly.

"Don't get too happy too soon. We're mercenaries, we don't work for free," Li Yexing said, looking displeased. "This is like a bodyguard mission, right? You have to pay us afterward."

"I'll pay, I'll pay, my family is very wealthy," the little yellow flower said excitedly.

"Then follow closely, little yellow flower. We have our mission, and accompanying you to find your mother as a tadpole is just a way to earn some extra money. If you really die, it won't bother me much," said Li Yexing.

"I will follow closely! And I'm not little yellow flower. I have a name! I am... I am..." Little Yellow Flower's face quickly turned red, and she stuttered and couldn't speak.

"I'm curious. Aren't nobles supposed to have excellent bloodlines?" Li Yexing looked at Little Yellow Flower with a strange expression. "How did your dad and your mother give birth to someone like you? Are you so tongue-tied and have a disability because your family practices inbreeding to keep their bloodline pure?"

"Don't talk about my dad and mom like that! And my name is Helen Lorena! I'm the young lady of the Lorena family!" The little yellow flower said angrily.

"So you can speak like a normal person after all." Li Yexing felt somewhat relieved seeing Little Yellow Flower jumping up and down in anger. It was not exactly classy for him to take out his frustration on a mentally challenged child.

Walking down the empty hallway, Lilith looked thoughtfully at the sulking Helen behind her. She approached Li Yexing and said softly, "Yexing, you're really gentle."

"Huh? What do you mean, my dear? You're making my heart flutter," Li Yexing asked.

"That woman. She's not scared anymore. You drove away her fear with your sharp and sarcastic words," Lilith whispered. "Yexing, you're amazing."

"You're thinking too much..." Li Yexing looked at Lilith, who seemed to be jealous, and said, "I just couldn't stand her behavior."

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Ada cautiously entered the lower cargo hold. Just moments ago, the power had been restored. It seemed that Li Yexing and the strange monster girl had succeeded, but Ada still didn't dare to let her guard down. Just now, she had seen something run out of the cargo hold, causing the armed personnel stationed there to flee in panic.

The only light in the corridor at that time was the emergency light, and the dim red light was not enough for her to see clearly what had run out. Li Yexing's voice came through the communicator, but Ada didn't dare to reply. She didn't want to make any noise until the power was restored and the lights came back on.

The upper and middle decks were in the midst of a biohazard crisis, and the lower deck was crawling with B.O.W.s. This cruise ship was certainly lively. Looking at the bloodstains and infected bodies that were shot to death, as well as the huge claw marks on the wall, Ada frowned.

The situation was deteriorating further, and she needed to speed up! Ada turned on her tactical flashlight and prepared to enter the cargo hold. However, just then, she heard a familiar sound behind her, the sound of a bullet being loaded! She instinctively rolled, and a bullet hole appeared where she had been standing just moments before.

It was a silenced pistol!

Ada agilely hid behind a corner, suppressing her breathing, and pulled out a small pistol. She extended half of her head to look in the direction where the bullet had just flown, but at just that moment, two bullets flew toward her. Ada quickly retracted her head, but she still felt a warm, damp sensation on her face. She wiped it with her hand and saw blood.

In just a moment, Ada had seen the person who had fired the gun. The shooter was a... maid?

Although the details were not very clear, Ada could confirm that the maid who had just fired at her had short, dark golden hair and her maid outfit was too conspicuous. Compared to the uniforms of real English aristocratic households, her maid outfit was more like a cosplay costume.

If Ada remembered correctly, this maid seemed to be Rita, who followed the owner of this ship, Jason Parker. Because she was just a maid and always had a silent and unobtrusive demeanor, Ada had neglected to collect information about her beforehand.

With a wry smile on her face, Ada wondered if even a dog that bites people wouldn't bark. Listening to the sound of the maid's high heels getting closer, Ada tightened the gun in her hand.

"Madam, I think we can talk. You know, this ship is about to be destroyed, and we don't need to fight to the death at this dangerous moment, do we?" Ada said. She wanted to delay the time, but the other side didn't reply at all. Instead, the unique sound of the maid's high heels got closer and closer. It seemed that the other party had no intention of concealing the fact that she was approaching Ada.

Ada's face became somewhat unpleasant.

What's wrong with this maid? Is she a 'Terminator'?

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