Qiao Ruoyun went back to her room to change her clothes and wash up.
She is a dual-elemental ability user of water and wood. Water makes it easy for her to stay clean at all times, but she can't stand the dirt on her body after going out.
After she came out, she went straight to the place where Mu Zijin was being held.
This used to be the factory office. Almost everything usable has been moved away. Except for a cabinet embedded in the wall, it's completely empty.
Hui Zi and another person were guarding the door. When they saw Qiao Ruoyun approaching, they bowed respectfully to her.
"Seventh Sister."
Qiao Ruoyun nodded. "Is he inside?"
Hui Zi responded and then whispered, "Yes, Seventh Sister, Third Brother just came by."
Qiao Ruoyun knew he couldn't possibly remain silent, but she didn't take it to heart.
"Ignore them. If they want to come, just let them in. Bring in a chair."
With that, Qiao Ruoyun pushed open the door and went inside.
"Okay, right away!"
Hui Zi immediately moved a wooden chair with a backrest into the house from the side, placed it inside, then went out again, closed the door behind him, and continued to stand guard outside.
Even though the office had windows and it was daytime, it was still somewhat dim. Mu Zijin was casually tossed on the floor. He struggled to sit up, trying not to look so disheveled.
Upon seeing Qiao Ruoyun enter, he made a series of excited whimpering sounds.
Qiao Ruoyun sat down, crossed her legs, looked at him coldly, and asked in a cold voice:
Where is Fu Xihan?
As she asked the question, a vine as thick as a finger stretched out from her palm, like a nimble tentacle, and tore off the black tape stuck to Mu Zijin's mouth.
Without any hesitation, he yanked it, causing Mu Zijin to instinctively gasp and hiss in pain, feeling a burning sensation around his mouth.
He greeted Qiao Ruoyun 'enthusiastically' as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Qiao Ruoyun, are you sick?!"
Qiao Ruoyun's eyes remained completely expressionless; she looked at Mu Zijin as if he were a corpse.
"I'll ask you one more time, where is Fu Xihan?"
Mu Zijin was utterly speechless and said irritably:
"I was trying to find him too. We lost contact a long time ago. How was I supposed to know? Didn't everyone say he was dead? Why are you trying to find him? What are you doing, arranging this for me?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Ruoyun frowned slightly, shortened the long vine in her hand into a short whip, and lashed out at Mu Zijin without any hesitation.
"So, is he dead?"
She struck ruthlessly, but her tone remained calm and soft, as if she were asking Mu Zijin if he had eaten.
Suddenly struck by the whip, Mu Zijin instinctively screamed, "Ah!"
As he leaned back to create distance, he looked at Qiao Ruoyun in disbelief, "You dare hit me?!"
From childhood to adulthood, no one except his parents has ever dared to treat him like this!
Qiao Ruoyun had no patience for his spoiled young master behavior and lashed out with her whip again.
*Smack!*
"You're tied up here, do you think I'd dare hit you?"
Mu Zijin tried to dodge, but the whip was Qiao Ruoyun's wood-type ability, which allowed her to control and adjust its length, leaving him nowhere to escape.
A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle, so Mu Zijin restrained his temper and tried to communicate with Qiao Ruoyun properly.
“I received news a month ago that Fu Xihan had died in Haishi.”
After saying this, seeing that Qiao Ruoyun stopped whipping him, he tentatively asked:
"You're looking for him...?"
The rumors about this woman and Fu Xihan before the apocalypse were all over the place. As far as he knew, Fu Xihan had spent a lot of money on this woman.
Although Fu Xihan did not acknowledge their relationship in front of him, it is not necessarily that Fu Xihan deliberately concealed it.
Just as Mu Zijin was thinking that Qiao Ruoyun might be looking for Fu Xihan because he had cheated on her, or something like that.
Qiao Ruoyun's expression turned cold at a visible speed.
The previous chill was more like indifference towards strangers, but now it's like the dead of winter, throwing someone into a deep, frozen pool, a chill that seeps into their very being.
He realized that he was just dragged into this mess; this woman had a deep grudge against Fu Xihan!
Mu Zijin, being sensible, changed his approach.
"If you want to find him, you can probably only try your luck in a pile of zombies. More likely, he won't even have a chance to become a zombie."
Hearing this, Qiao Ruoyun's mood clearly improved.
Qiao Ruoyun knew that the Fu family had been dealt with by the higher-ups, but she still couldn't find Fu Xihan's whereabouts. Hearing Mu Zijin say this, she believed it to a large extent.
How did he die?
When talking about the cause of his brother's death, Mu Zijin became more serious and said earnestly:
"The news coming from the base is that she was killed in Haishi by a foreign mercenary group and Li Xin'er, but I haven't been able to find out the specifics."
Hearing the familiar name, Qiao Ruoyun was quite surprised, "Li Xin'er?"
Is it the Li Xin'er she knows?
Mu Zijin saw through her thoughts, "Yes, it's the one you're thinking of, the one in your entertainment industry."
He didn't understand how this matter involved Li Xin'er, and his father said that Li Xin'er's identity was not simple. How was it not simple?
Qiao Ruoyun poked Mu Zijin's shoulder with a vine and asked threateningly:
Are you telling the truth?
Mu Zijin shook the ropes binding him. "You're all tied up, what am I supposed to do to comfort you?"
It's a good thing he doesn't have any special abilities, otherwise he wouldn't be feeling so frustrated...
Just thinking about how he ended up in a woman's hands and was treated like this... like this... made him want to find a block of tofu and smash his head against it. It was too humiliating!
Qiao Ruoyun suddenly burst out laughing. She tilted her head back and laughed exaggeratedly, bending forward and backward.
"Hahaha, serves you right!"
"Good riddance! What a pity she didn't fall into my hands..."
Seeing that she seemed somewhat deranged, Mu Zijin couldn't help but shrink back again.
Is this woman crazy?
The next second, Qiao Ruoyun quickly suppressed her smile, and the rattan whip in her hand cracked on the ground.
"Since that's the case, there's no point in keeping you around. You weren't exactly a saint either, and you probably took advantage of quite a few girls, right?"
Mu Zijin's fox-like eyes widened slightly. "What the hell?"
As Qiao Ruoyun stood up, her killing intent was all too obvious.
Mu Zijin panicked, fearing that she might suddenly become unreasonable and kill him.
"You...you should talk this out. I've never wronged anyone. All those women were consensual. Besides...I...I didn't do anything to them."
In all honesty, although he changed women frequently, he would at most hug them or hold their hands, but he never kissed them, let alone mistreat them!
"Oh."
Qiao Ruoyun gave a mocking smile. "Do you think I believe that?"
Seeing the vines about to wrap around his neck, Mu Zijin panicked, struggling against the ropes binding him while shouting.
"Really! I'm not lying to you! You can't wrong me!"
Ahhh! He's going to die! How did this woman turn from an innocent little flower into a tyrannical beast?!
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