Chu Jiang scoffed at her question, "These days, once people taste the sweetness, they will naturally become greedy. And greed can even corrupt everything, including your conscience."
There seems to be a hidden meaning in those words? Yan Qing suddenly thought of that strange invitation.
"Could it be that this invitation wasn't from you?" This person was originally her most suspected ultimate boss, but now it seems something is amiss.
Chu Jiang shook his head. "Of course not. My purpose, from beginning to end, has always been—" For some reason, the man suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Yan Qing subconsciously asked, "What are they all—?"
Chu Jiang smiled without saying a word, clearly indicating that he wouldn't tell her.
"cut!"
Yan Qing turned her head, but her mind started racing again.
If it wasn't him, could it really have been those Zhang family members outside who did it?
"You mean, these half-dead, half-alive people not only created a fake Zhang family mansion, but also used it as a base to send out a large number of invitations to lure outside adventurers to this place to die?"
Yan Qing herself didn't quite believe this speculation. Weren't they a bit too resourceful?
Even if the Zhang family's old house is easy to build, those invitations are bound by the rules of the post-apocalyptic world. How can anyone change the rules? This doesn't make sense!
She turned her gaze to Chu Jiang, hoping he would give her a reasonable explanation. However, Chu Jiang pretended to be oblivious again, clearly not intending to respond.
Moreover, she could tell that Chu Jiang didn't seem to object to the actions of the people at the Zhang family's old residence.
Since that's the case, he'll try a different approach.
"Hey—" She reached out and tapped on the table, successfully attracting someone's attention.
"I said, don't you feel uncomfortable living in such a simple cave?"
"Really—?" Chu Jiang followed her gaze, surveying the entire cave, his expression revealing an indescribable satisfaction.
"No, I think it's great. If you're willing to stay here with me, then it's not impossible for us to stay here forever."
"Pah, pah, pah—I don't want to!" Yan Qing wasn't a masochist. There wasn't even a bed here, just a bare cave. She didn't believe that this person had been living here all along.
"Qingqing, let me see your arm—" Chu Jiang suddenly said.
"Okay—wait, what? Arm?" She was a little confused. Why was she suddenly being pulled at her arm?
"Give it to me—let me see." Chu Jiang repeated, and seeing that Yan Qing was not going to cooperate, he simply took matters into his own hands.
Yan Qing was wearing a wetsuit, which is very difficult to take off. But Chu Jiang only touched her lightly, and the wetsuit on her arm tore open with a large tear, easily snapped off by someone.
"Shh-"
Chu Jiang extended his index and middle fingers and gently placed them on her wrist, then lowered his head and remained silent.
Yan Qing was dumbfounded. Was this person taking her pulse? What kind of joke was this?
She tugged at her arm, not intending to continue playing along, but the man was incredibly strong, and her arm seemed nailed to the spot, impossible to pull away.
After a long while, he finally removed his fingers.
"Didn't your parents tell you anything?" Chu Chu's brows were furrowed so tightly they were almost knotted together.
"Uh, my parents passed away a long time ago, when I was still young." Yan Qing didn't know why she answered him like that. "Anyway, my brother only said not to let me come to Xiangxi, and didn't say anything else."
Damn it!
Chu Jiang suddenly flew into a rage. From Yan Qing's angle, she could clearly see the veins on his neck. However, he had excellent self-control and quickly calmed down. But somehow, a small round disc resembling a compass appeared in his hand.
In his rage, he had crushed the disc.
He carelessly tossed the broken metal fragments on the ground. Yan Qing saw him take her hand, and the next moment, she completely lost consciousness.
——————
The moment the disc was crushed, the entire Zhang family mansion erupted in chaos.
Tonight was never a peaceful night. After Yan Qing was called away, Lingxi followed her instructions and easily found Zhang Xinxin's room.
When she slipped inside, Zhang Xinxin was carefully wiping the photo frame in her hand. Although it only contained a black and white photo, the man in it was always the person she cherished most.
In over a hundred years, she had only met this person three times. But for some reason, she just couldn't forget him.
For this reason, the ancestor had advised her many times. This person was not someone they could afford to offend. Even the ancestor and his ilk could only do something secretly when the other person was asleep.
Zhang Xinxin looked up at the increasingly bright moon in the sky, a hint of anticipation rising in her heart. There was only one day left until the Sacred Flame Festival. Would he still be awake?
Will she see him again tomorrow? She doesn't even know his name.
The only thing they knew was the earnest teachings of their ancestors, who said that all the members of the Zhang family had survived to this day because of this person.
Zhang Xinxin was somewhat worried. Although the ancestor had always kept his promise and steadily guarded the ruins of the Zhang family's old residence, he had secretly ordered people to build an identical replica of the old residence on the ground. He had even specially set up a deadly array to lure the locals in under the guise of selecting maids, and then turned them all into their prey.
She didn't know if that person would find out about these little actions, and she didn't even dare to think about it.
The old saying goes that once this person gets angry, they will all be instantly reduced to their original forms. But despite this, they still did it.
Not only that, while the other party was asleep, they even secretly used the Ice Jade to successfully steal a wisp of the other party's power of rules. And using the power of rules, they sent an invitation to all the women who were suspected of being "that lineage", intending to take the opportunity to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
The ancestors once said that as long as they could find that thing, they could completely escape this fate of being neither alive nor dead and controlled by others, successfully transform into half a strange body, and then they could walk freely in the sunlight, no longer having to stay in this dark and gloomy place.
But, is that person really that magical?
Zhang Xinxin wasn't stupid. Her younger sister, Nana, although she hadn't been with her since childhood, was clearly different from these living dead.
Nana not only possesses a real body, but she can also grow up and go to school freely outside... All of this is because she has that person's bloodline in her body.
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