In a secluded corner outside the Liang family compound, Gu Manyun watched quietly.

After receiving the report from her subordinate, she instructed her driver to leave.

At the same time, she called Ye Xingchen: "The Liang family's house is on fire. It seems Liang Chenghu has already made his move."

“Very good, Liang Chenghu’s position is not legitimate, it seems that the Liang family is going to collapse.” Ye Xingchen smiled slightly: “This guy really couldn’t keep his composure.”

"It seems everything was within your calculations." Gu Manyun smiled lightly. "It's truly fitting to call you 'sir'."

"Ha, you flatter me, come back now," Ye Xingchen said with a smile.

“Yes, we’re heading back now,” Gu Manyun said. “But there’s a problem: there seems to be something unusual about Liang Chenghu.”

"What's unusual?" Ye Xingchen was taken aback.

"There's a very cold aura. I can't quite describe what it feels like, but it's just very cold, very chilling, giving people a natural sense of fear. I feel like I've seen this aura somewhere before," Gu Manyun said seriously.

"It's very cold, very chilling, and it makes people feel fear involuntarily?" Ye Xingchen's tone turned stern: "Come back quickly, this is demonic energy."

"Demon energy?" Gu Manyun was taken aback. "Demon energy is like this?"

“That’s right, if your description is correct, this is demonic energy.” Ye Xingchen said seriously, “It gives people a very cold feeling, and makes people feel inexplicably afraid. It seems that Liang Chenghu has found something to rely on again. Come back quickly, it’s not safe there.”

"Okay, I'll go back right away." Gu Manyun's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to stay here any longer. She quickly told the driver to speed up.

But just then, with a sudden "thud," a giant spike emerged from the front and pierced the driver in the cab.

The driver was instantly pierced through the skin, and the car went out of control, overturning onto the side of the road with a thud.

Gu Manyun's phone fell out of her hand, but luckily she was wearing a seatbelt and held on tightly to the seat when the car rolled over.

The car rolled several times on the ground, then flipped upside down.

Gu Manyun struggled to unbuckle her seatbelt, then desperately pushed open the door and climbed out.

Once outside, her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground. She reached out and grabbed a large tree beside her to keep from falling.

The driver had been pierced through the chest by something, leaving a huge hole in his chest, and his heart was long gone.

Gu Manyun's delicate body trembled. She knew that this was the monster Ye Xingchen had mentioned, otherwise she couldn't explain why such a strange thing had happened.

She steadied herself, pulled a pistol from her waist, and cautiously looked around while trying to find a way to escape.

Just then, a figure slowly walked out of the darkness.

"Stop!" Gu Manyun raised her hand to strike him, and she said sternly, "If you take another step forward, I'll shoot."

The other person seemed not to have heard her warning and continued walking forward at a leisurely pace.

Gu Manyun gritted her teeth and pulled the trigger without hesitation. Several shots rang out, and she emptied her pistol.

However, the other person only paused for a moment, and then continued walking forward as if they had not been hurt at all.

Gu Manyun retreated in panic, dropping her gun to the ground. She tripped and fell to the ground.

The person had already approached her, and by the light of the car's headlights, she could finally see the other person's face clearly. This person looked exactly like Cheng Qiang.

"Cheng Qiang?" Gu Manyun cried out in disbelief. She was certain that Cheng Qiang was already dead, because she had participated in the day Ye Xingchen boarded the pleasure boat. Although she did not show her face, the pleasure boat was burned to the ground, and Cheng Qiang drowned after falling into the water.

But the person in front of her was indeed Cheng Qiang, and she couldn't believe that there could be two people in the world who looked so alike.

However, she soon realized something was wrong. The dead Cheng Qiang had lost an arm, which Ye Xingchen had crippled.

The man in front of me, Cheng Qiang, had both hands completely unharmed.

More importantly, the other person's eyes were green, and she could even clearly see that the other person's pupils were actually just slits; these were definitely not human eyes.

Did this guy come back to life because he was filled with resentment after he died?

Just as she was terrified and at a loss for what to do, Cheng Qiang stopped in front of her.

He took a greedy breath of air, which was still filled with Gu Manyun's natural body fragrance.

Then he opened his eyes, stared at Gu Manyun, tilted his head, and revealed a thoughtful expression: "It's you."

“You…aren’t Cheng Qiang?” Gu Manyun mustered her courage and stood up, looking directly at the person in front of her.

“Cheng Qiang? Oh, hehe.” Hua Li laughed and slowly shook his head: “No, the Cheng Qiang you’re talking about is just the original owner of this body. I’m not him. My name is Hua Li.”

"Who exactly are you? What is your relationship with Liang Chenghu?" Gu Manyun swallowed nervously.

“Liang Chenghu and I are partners. As for who I am, you’ll find out soon enough.” A greedy look appeared on Hua Li’s face. He stared at Gu Manyun with a lewd glint in his eyes: “The first woman I saw when I woke up was you.”

"It's a pity you escaped, but I never expected we would meet again in this place and in this way. I have to say, we are quite destined to meet."

"What do you want to do?" Gu Manyun took a few steps back, her hands behind her back, and a dagger appeared in her hand.

"Haha, what can a man and a woman do together?" Hua Li laughed heartily, taking a step forward and getting closer to Gu Manyun: "Of course, they do happy things."

Gu Manyun gripped the dagger tightly in her hand and took a step back, maintaining a distance from Hua Li.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Hua Li reached out and touched Gu Manyun's face. He murmured, "You are the first woman I have seen since I woke up."

"So you are destined to be the love of my life. Let go of your guard, give your body to me, and I guarantee you will experience unprecedented pleasure."

"That's not how you pursue a woman," Gu Manyun smiled. "You're doing it the wrong way."

"Oh, is the method wrong?" Hua Li looked at Gu Manyun with some confusion: "What should I do correctly?"

“At least, I need to know who you are, right? You have to give me things I like and make me happy before we can go on a date.” Gu Manyun’s heart was in her throat. She tried her best to remain calm: “Of course, you can use a simple and crude method, but you’re destined not to find true love that way.”

“True love?” Hua Li pondered the meaning behind Gu Manyun’s words carefully, then nodded with deep empathy: “That’s right, maybe I was too impatient, I’m sorry.”