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◎Curse◎
"You shouldn't be here."
Mu and Qing looked coldly at the dark figure in front of them.
My friends are still in the store; they must be suspicious.
How can this be explained?
The black figure lowered his head, and a thin, black shadow appeared at his feet. The shadow slithered across the concrete floor like a snake until it reached Mu and Qing's feet.
“He, Qing.” Countless tiny voices emanated from the black shadow.
How did you find me?
"Just now, for a fleeting moment, I sensed a trace of your presence." The voice from within the shadowy figure didn't come out at the same time, but Mu and Qing still understood it.
Mu and Qing stepped on the slender, dark shadow that was eager to try something, and the shadow obediently retreated.
"Get out of here. Don't show your face in front of me. Don't show your face in this city."
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"Master, what's fun to do in Qingcheng?" Mu Heqing lay comfortably in the back seat, watching the boring scenery on the highway.
She is now on her way to Qingcheng. The driver was sent by Ouyang Zhu. Qingcheng and Ancheng are not particularly far apart, but it still takes four or five hours to drive there.
Mu and Qing took a nap in the car, and when they woke up, they were almost in Qingcheng.
"Qingcheng, there are quite a few exhibitions lately, including business exhibitions, technology exhibitions, art exhibitions, as well as many restaurants and clubs. What do you like?" the driver said.
Mu and Qing didn't like any of them; they didn't seem to be things she could afford, and of course, she wasn't interested in them.
After exiting the highway, a short drive later, all that came into view were skyscrapers of various shapes and sizes. Mu and Qing recognized some of the brands, while others did not, and the names of various corporations all shone brightly. She felt as if she could already hear the voice of money.
Just as Deng Qian said, money is indeed a specialty of Qingcheng.
The most eye-catching thing is the name "Guihui". It stands out among the high-rise buildings. There is no other reason than that it occupies a piece of land on its own and does not have to squeeze with other buildings.
The car entered the Guihui Group without any hindrance. Mu and Qing changed guides one after another, each one seamlessly connected with the others. Finally, she met Ouyang Zhu, who was dressed in a blue rose style, in a luxurious office.
The secretary thoughtfully closed the office door.
Ouyang Zhu lay lazily on the leather chair. Si Fei, who was originally lying on the sofa, jumped up when she saw Mu Heqing, walked to her side and took her hand.
Mu and Qing were too lazy to struggle. If Si Fei went crazy here, wouldn't she still have to appease her in the end?
The two women, hand in hand, walked to Ouyang Zhu's luxurious large desk.
"Chairman Ouyang, what are your instructions?" Mu Heqing asked politely.
Ouyang Zhu sat up straight, her blue-red lips strikingly alluring, and said, "My darling, you're being so polite. I'm not used to it."
"This is also business." Mu Heqing couldn't understand why such a large corporation would need her help with anything.
"He Qing, He Qing, come to my place first, I'll show you my painting." Si Fei hopped around like a rabbit, her fluffy hair on one side swaying like rabbit ears.
Ouyang Zhu was very generous. She waved her hand and said, "You and Sifei go and see. I'm not in a hurry. It's just that a few people have died."
How many people died?
Mu Heqing's smile faded, and he asked, "Didn't you say there was no rush?"
"They're dead. Can you bring them back to life? I just want you to see the cause of their deaths."
"I'm neither a doctor nor a forensic pathologist."
“But there’s probably no one here who knows more than you.” Ouyang Zhu said meaningfully, glancing at Si Fei.
Mu and Qing understood; it was related to "them" again. Perfect, she wanted to see what it was this time.
"Then take me to see the dead person you mentioned first."
Ouyang Zhu led Mu Heqing and Sifei out of the office, with the secretary following behind. As before, they wandered around, taking several elevators up and down, before finally stopping in front of a cold storage room.
"Chairman," the staff member operating the cold storage greeted him.
“Bring their bodies out,” Ouyang Zhu said.
The staff member hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He called for another person, and the two of them brought out three corpses.
The bodies were all lying on the trolley, their bodies frozen stiff.
"Their family actually agreed to leave the body here?" Mu Heqing asked.
Ouyang Zhu smiled, pointed to one of the corpses with her blue crystal nail polish, and said, "He was our R&D manager. Half a month ago, he went on a business trip to a small country in the southeast to investigate the raw materials for cosmetics. He died on the first night after he returned."
“This was one of his employees. He died the following night. Of course, he also went to the small country in the southeast.” Ouyang Zhu pointed to another corpse.
"The third one is the strangest. He was also in the R&D department, but he didn't go to the small country in the southeast, yet he died on the third day. My company, my building, experienced a three-day horror movie."
Mu Heqing asked, "Was there an autopsy?"
Ouyang Zhu nodded: "The police also came to investigate and had a forensic autopsy performed. They said the cause of death was cardiac arrest and suspected that they died from overwork."
Did they die from overwork?
“Of course not, I implement humane management,” Ouyang Zhu said.
How did you come up with the idea for me?
Ouyang Zhu glanced at Si Fei, who blinked her big eyes.
Those who could think of her must be related to "them," but Mu and Qing had never seen the human corpses that died because of them.
This is the first time.
Mu and Qing lifted the white sheet covering the first corpse. The face was ashen, and the limbs were frozen stiff. She couldn't see anything special about it.
The same applies to the next two bodies.
Mu and Qing suppressed their discomfort and covered the white cloth back up.
She shook her head: "These people have no physical characteristics, I can't think of who they could be."
"Don't rush, Fen, show her the situation again," Ouyang Zhu said to her secretary.
The secretary opened her tablet, found a video, held it up to Mu and Qing, and pressed play.
The video shows two men sitting face-to-face in an office. One of them is the employee who went to a small southeastern country with the R&D manager; he died the next day. The man opposite him was also likely an employee of the group; Mu and Qing saw his employee badge around his neck.
The man opposite said, "Tell us again about your trip to the Southeast, so we can keep a record."
"We checked into a local hotel first, preparing to meet the local guide we had arranged to meet the next day. After meeting, we went to a rainforest. The main purpose of our trip was to explore the plants in the rainforest. On the first day, we just familiarized ourselves with the rainforest environment, and then we returned to the hotel. For the remaining days, we collected samples. After collecting enough samples, we returned to China."
"Did anything else happen in between?"
"No, collecting samples was very tiring. My manager and I have only stayed in the hotel and the rainforest these past few days. We haven't been anywhere else. After returning to China, we also had medical checkups and disease tests, and there were no problems."
"Is there anything strange? We're just chatting from now on, so feel free to say whatever comes to mind."
The man thought for a moment and said, "By the way, the area is close to the rainforest, so there are a lot of mosquitoes. The manager and I brought a lot of insect repellent, but it didn't work. We had to ask the guide for help. The guide gave us a local insect repellent cream, and it really worked. At that time, the local guide told us something very strange, but we just listened to it."
"What's strange?"
"The local guide said that there is a golden bug here, almost as white as gold. If you see this bug, you should pretend you don't see it. You must not use mosquito repellent or any other means to deal with it, otherwise the bug will hold a grudge and its owner will curse you on behalf of his pet."
"A very bizarre story."
“Yes, neither the manager nor I believed it, but the guide also said that after being cursed, you will suddenly die one day. After that, the curse will turn into worms, which will grow inside your body and then return to their owner.”
The man opposite him clearly didn't believe it either. He stood up, just about to end the conversation, when his phone rang. He answered the call, sat down again, and asked a question.
Have you ever seen this golden-looking insect?
"No, I haven't seen any. But the manager hates bugs. He covered himself in mosquito repellent cream and sprayed mosquito repellent everywhere those days. It can't really be because of that, that's too far-fetched."
The video has ended.
Mu and Qing remained silent, staring blankly at the three corpses before them.
Ouyang Zhu said, "Because of Consort Si, I quite believe this story. But after they died, the autopsies didn't find any insects. Moreover, even those who didn't go to the Southeast died, so I'm a little suspicious. Honey, what do you think?"
Mu and Qing asked a question unrelated to the current events: "How much of my past with her did Sifei tell you?"
Ouyang Zhu smiled enigmatically: "She said that you and she were very close in high school, and that a lot of bad people ruined your relationship. I asked what kind of bad people they were, and she talked about a lot of things. At first, I thought she was joking, like how someone's shadow could move at will, or how someone could crack a wall with a single punch. Later, I realized that what she said was all true."
"She didn't tell you about the bugs?"
"She only talks to me about her magical world when you're mentioned. Otherwise, it's all about our world, and we never talk about bugs."
Sifei stood next to Mu and Qing, staring at them intently, completely oblivious to what was happening.
She grasped Mu Heqing's hand, shook it, and tried to lead her away from this place.
Mu Heqing remained unmoved and said to Ouyang Zhu, "Were autopsies performed on all three of them after they died? There was nothing inside their bodies?"
"Yes, there was nothing there, and they all died from the same cause of death, so I put them in this abandoned cold storage."
"We're too far from the southeast."
"What's the meaning?"
Mu Heqing said, "When the insect grows up, it will look for its master. If it cannot find its master, it will become a curse on someone else again."
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