"But when I see you, I can't control my emotions. Feelings can be cultivated slowly, right? The first thing I need to do now is to possess you and make up for the regret of not getting you after I woke up."
Hua Li leaned closer to Gu Manyun, took a deep breath of her fragrance, and then revealed a greedy expression. His hand caressed Gu Manyun's face, and he pressed it against her, gently rubbing it upwards. A wisp of green mist surged into Gu Manyun's mind.
Gu Manyun's body stiffened, and her consciousness became somewhat unclear.
With a heavy heart, she bit her tongue. The intense pain brought her to a moment of clarity. Then, she mustered her courage, raised the dagger that had been hidden behind her back, and slashed it fiercely at a swollen spot on Hua Li's chest.
*Thud*... A huge object fell down, and Hua Li's pupils contracted sharply. A sharp pain in a certain part of his body made him stagger backward.
He looked down and saw blood gushing from his lower body. The intense pain contorted his face, and he let out a hysterical roar...
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gu Manyun turned around and fled for her life.
"Ah...ah..."
Hua Li roared, her voice filled with anger and resentment.
Gu Manyun... actually became his symbol as a man?
Although he had a way to regrow his lost organs, it was extremely taxing on his cultivation.
And although it can grow back, that doesn't mean it won't feel pain.
The tearing pain made him feel like he was dying. He roared, shattering everything around him. In his rage, he even forgot to chase after Gu Manyun...
Suppressing her fear, Gu Manyun ran wildly until suddenly she tripped over something soft and fell to the ground with a thud.
Turning her head, she saw a green snake lying across the road, its tongue flicking at her.
"Ah..." Gu Manyun screamed and retreated. Just then, a sharp gas whistled through the air and shattered the green snake into pieces.
A pair of strong arms pulled her into a hug, and Ye Xingchen's concerned voice came through: "Are you alright?"
After glancing at Ye Xingchen, Gu Manyun finally felt relieved. She buried her face in Ye Xingchen's arms and then fell into a deep sleep.
What followed was a full day of unconsciousness.
Gu Manyun had been running a high fever, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat. The fever had almost reached the limit that the human body could bear.
Even with Ye Xingchen's exceptional medical skills, he couldn't bring her body temperature down in a short time.
Fortunately, her body temperature gradually dropped a day later, and her emotions slowly stabilized. Seeing that she was finally alright, Ye Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
In the evening, she finally opened her eyes.
"It's alright now, how are you feeling?" Ye Xingchen held her hand, offering her some comfort.
"I... feel very heavy." Gu Manyun tried to sit up, but felt dizzy and lightheaded. After several attempts, she finally had no choice but to lie back down.
"Don't be so reckless," Ye Xingchen said. "If you encounter something unusual, you'll be lucky to escape with your life."
When the phone call ended that evening, Ye Xingchen sensed something was wrong and rushed over without a moment's delay.
Fortunately, he met Gu Manyun. Although he was possessed by some evil spirits, he was fortunately unharmed.
“I ran into Cheng Qiang.” Gu Manyun looked up at Ye Xingchen: “Alive.”
"Cheng Qiang?" Ye Xingchen frowned deeply. "He's still alive?"
“I’m sure it’s him, but it’s not him either. He told me that the original owner of this body was named Cheng Qiang.” Gu Manyun closed her eyes and rested for a moment. “Then he said he knew me, and that I was the first person he saw after he woke up.”
"Possession." Ye Xingchen immediately thought of this possibility. Cheng Qiang was dead, but his body had been possessed by something.
During the process of possession, one may inherit some of the original owner's memories, but what exactly is the thing that is being possessed?
"Possession?" Gu Manyun asked with a hint of inquiry, "What kind of thing has the ability to possess another's body? And he said he knows me."
“If a demon’s primordial spirit is not destroyed, it cannot be considered truly dead,” Ye Xingchen said. “Even if they are dead, as long as their primordial spirit escapes, they will use their demonic power to possess a person.”
"This person can be someone who has just died, or someone who is alive, healthy and in good health."
"As for saying he knows you?" Ye Xingchen frowned deeply. "Could it be it?"
"Who is it?" Gu Manyun asked nervously.
"That python that almost slept with you in the forest," Ye Xingchen said.
"Ah?" Gu Manyun was immediately terrified, her face turning pale. "Didn't you kill it? How come it's back now? What if it's it?"
"Although we killed it that day, its spirit escaped." Ye Xingchen sighed and said, "This means that its fate was not over. I didn't expect it to come back so quickly. It's really unexpected."
"What if it comes looking for me?" Gu Manyun was terrified.
"Yes." Ye Xingchen nodded.
Gu Manyun covered her head and was spotted by a snake. She felt she might as well just die; the thought alone was terrifying.
"It's alright, I'm here. It would be better if it dared to come to our door; I could just kill it." Ye Xingchen said with a smile.
"By the way, I cut off his thing. He won't be doing anything bad now, will he?" Gu Manyun asked hurriedly.
"It's no use. Snakes are naturally very resilient, and this one has magical cultivation. Even if it's cut off, it will grow back." Ye Xingchen shook his head and said.
"You need to think of something quickly." Gu Manyun felt goosebumps all over her body just thinking about this.
"Okay, I'll try my best to find a way." Ye Xingchen nodded: "You can rest assured and take a few days off."
"I didn't expect Liang Chenghu to be so lucky. He actually found another snake as a bodyguard. It seems his luck hasn't run out yet," Ye Xingchen muttered to himself.
Ye Xingchen left, leaving Jiu Li to accompany Gu Manyun, and went directly to the headquarters of the Chen Group.
Although it has caused some minor setbacks, it doesn't mean the plan has to stop. The Liang Group is in turmoil, and the Chen Group can take the opportunity to reap the benefits.
"Ye Xingchen, you, what brings you here?" Chen Qian, who was working in the office, was so happy to see Ye Xingchen that she couldn't even finish her sentence.
She quickly invited Ye Xingchen to sit down, brought him water and made him coffee, and even sent her assistant away.
"You've been quite busy these past few days, haven't you?" Looking at her deep eye bags, I knew she had been working very hard lately.
"The company needs to integrate many areas, so we're quite busy, but that's okay. As long as the overall situation is stable, the rest are just minor issues that are easy to overcome."
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