What are you trying to do?!

Ignoring her screams, Tu Hengchuan reached out and snatched the phone from her hand.

After seeing the call duration displayed for two seconds, I subconsciously pressed the hang-up button.

The original owner got up and tried to snatch it, but he grabbed her shoulder and pressed her down.

"Stop with this nonsense, or I won't mind..."

After Tu Hengchuan finished speaking, his gaze lingered on her legs and feet, the implication quite clear.

The original owner swallowed hard, feeling a bit scared, and then stayed put, not daring to move again.

Seeing that she had behaved, Tu Hengchuan turned off her phone and slammed the car door shut again.

On the other side, Xu Yichen's expression was rather unpleasant. He had already told her not to call him unless it was absolutely necessary, but he still answered the call when he saw it.

Unexpectedly, I heard her scream just two seconds after the call connected.

Is she in danger?

Xu Yichen was a little worried. Although he wasn't sure who the person on the other side was, the screams ringing in his ears were undeniable.

Xu Yichen returned her call with a stern face.

But after just one ring, it showed that the phone was already switched off.

Could we really be in some kind of danger?

But thinking back to how Pingping had staged similar dramas to get his attention before, he realized that she had done it many times.

He was suddenly unsure of what to do.

"What's wrong? Did Pingping call you again?"

Song Yifei noticed that something was wrong with his mood and looked over with some concern.

Xu Yichen nodded and said, "But she hung up after only two seconds of the call connecting. It sounded like she was screaming on the other end."

"What!"

Song Yifei's eyes widened suddenly, and she walked over quickly: "Have you encountered any danger? Call them right away and check on them."

Xu Yichen shook his head, somewhat helplessly: "I just called, but I couldn't get through. Their phone is off."

The thought that the people over there might have met with misfortune caused Song Yifei's mind to go blank for a moment.

Xu Yichen gestured for her not to worry, saying it might just be a prank on the other end of the phone.

Although he said it like that, the slight trembling of his hand holding the phone betrayed his inner emotions.

Song Yifei nodded, watching Xu Yichen start making a call to see if he could find the person on the other end based on the phone's IP address.

She suddenly remembered telling Yun Qi about that strange phone number, and thought that having more people help would increase the chances of finding the person. Without hesitation, she took out her phone and started sending messages to Yun Qi.

On the other side, Tu Hengchuan looked at the original owner who was huddled in the back seat, wiping away tears of fear, and said with a headache, "Don't cry."

He doesn't know why, but even though it's the same face, he feels heartache when Pingping cries in front of him and wants to hold her in his arms to comfort her. But once he knows that she is not his Pingping, even though it is the same face, he only feels annoyed.

Su Ping looked at Tu Hengchuan's eyes on the screen, and her heart couldn't help but tremble.

She was genuinely afraid that if he got upset, he might throw the original owner out of the car and do something utterly inhuman. If that happened, she wouldn't be able to reduce their dark side, and she'd be trapped in this godforsaken place forever.

Thinking about the "darkening value," Su Ping suddenly realized something.

It seems that ever since he faked his death, the Calabash Brothers haven't reported to him the exact amount of his corruption level.

It only says that the "darkening value" has skyrocketed, but it seems it has never said exactly how much it has increased.

To verify her thoughts, Su Ping lowered her eyes and began to call upon the Calabash Brothers.

[Huluwa, help me check the current corruption level of the three of them.]

[...]

As expected, we did not hear the voice of the Calabash Brothers.

But she was certain that the Calabash Brothers had definitely heard her, but were just pretending to be dead and not wanting to respond.

Sensing her thoughts, the Calabash Brothers had no choice but to respond.

[Host, I don't know why this is happening, but I really can't see their specific corruption values ​​anymore.]

Su Ping laughed. What do you mean by "the specific value can't be seen"?

So now she's basically opening blind boxes, trying to lower their "darkening" level based on her gut feeling.

[Host, please give us some time. Once this bug is fixed, the story will return to normal.]

The reason they are bound to the task host is because they have an obsession in their hearts. If this obsession wavers, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Calabash Brothers didn't care about anything else; all they wanted to do right now was to stabilize Su Ping.

Before Su Ping could speak, Tu Hengchuan had already parked his car downstairs on the electronic display screen.

Then, with a stern face, he opened the back door and pulled the original owner, who was curled up in a ball, out of the car.

"You want her back, don't you? Can you please leave me alone?"

The original owner couldn't resist him, so she could only plead in a low voice as he dragged her along.

Tu Hengchuan automatically ignored her voice and walked forward without looking to the side.

The original owner had no choice but to rely on the kindness of strangers on the street, not knowing how she had offended such a lunatic.

However, after looking around, she didn't see anyone else. Tu Hengchuan noticed her intention, stopped, and stared at her coldly.

"I advise you not to make those pointless struggles, otherwise you'll be the one who suffers in the end."

Perhaps because he had played villains before, Tu Hengchuan's expression at this moment was indeed somewhat frightening.

After Tu Hengchuan finished speaking, before she could react, he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into his embrace.

From an outsider's perspective, it looks like a couple embracing.

But only the original owner knew what position his hand was in when it was placed on his neck.

It seemed that if he didn't cooperate, that hand would grab his neck in the next second and twist it off without hesitation.

The original owner felt a chill run down her spine and was forced to freeze and walk with him toward the elevator.

As the elevator doors opened, the original owner saw that there was someone standing inside.

Sensing Tu Hengchuan's warning gaze, she dared not be too presumptuous and could only secretly cast pleading glances at him.

However, the person was wearing headphones and listening to music. When he saw the elevator doors open, he didn't pay much attention to the two of them. When Tu Hengchuan stepped aside to let him pass, he even politely nodded to thank him.

As she watched him pass by, the original owner closed her eyes in despair. Was she really going to be taken back to that room and have her body taken over by someone else again today?

Just a second before the elevator doors closed, the man who had already stepped out of the elevator suddenly turned around with some confusion and quickly walked over to stop the elevator.

"etc!"

The original owner's heart was in her throat as she felt Tu Hengchuan's hand on her neck gradually tighten.

She didn't dare to breathe deeply for fear of touching his cool fingertips.

The man's scrutinizing gaze fell on Tu Hengchuan's face.