Shang Duojin's eyes darted around, and he clumsily lied, "Is it wrong to just be curious?"
Shu Qingqing was too lazy to expose him. She glanced at him and then looked at the darkening sky, remembering her business.
"Oh right, we were also talking about testing Qiaoqiao and Ao Cang. It's probably about time now. Remember to pass on any news as soon as possible!"
Shang Duojin agreed, but after parting ways with Shu Qingqing, he was still a little worried. For the first time, he used his family's information network to investigate the relationship between Shu Qingqing and Si Ming, leaving the little green snake Lei Ting speechless.
At 8 p.m. sharp, Shu Qingqing received a message from Qiao Mei, telling her to get ready, as she was going to start using her in a play.
After answering Qiao Mei's video call, Shu Qingqing watched as Qiao Mei, without batting an eye, said she wanted to go shopping with her. She then chimed in, "We might have to sleep together tonight, so you'll have to sleep alone. You shouldn't mind, right?"
Qiao Mei said that the things she needed to do couldn't be finished in one night and would not be completed until noon the next day.
Ao Cang had no doubts. After Qiao Mei hung up the phone, he told her that he also had something to take care of.
"I heard that the chef at Boss Shang's house is very good, so I want to go there to learn cooking skills and cook different dishes for you. I've been at a loss for what to cook lately."
Qiao Mei always felt that Ao Cang was somewhat similar to her now, as if he was also looking for an excuse to act alone.
But remembering that Ao Cang had never lied to her, she quickly denied the speculation, saying she had no objection.
Anyway, it's perfect. If he's not home, he won't keep urging her to come back or checking on her situation, which suits her just fine.
After parting ways, each with their own thoughts, they went in different directions.
Qiao Yingying usually doesn't spend time with Lai Tan when she's not busy. She's currently staying at the Eighth Palace, preparing for a royal ball she'll be attending.
Just as I was choosing which gesture to wear, the smart bracelet vibrated.
She opened the message, read the contents, and generously transferred a lot of Star Coins, adding, "Remember not to go out alone tonight, stay home. I should be able to come see you in a couple of days, be good."
The reply came quickly: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After reading the reply, Qiao Yingying muttered, "How come they have no manners now? They don't even know how to greet people anymore."
But when she thought about the warmth she would feel when she returned to that home, she felt that this was nothing.
Little did she know that her home, which she thought was well hidden, was now being visited by an uninvited guest.
Qiao Mei looked at the villa with only one room light on, took a deep breath, released her lightning companion, probed the villa's power supply, and then cut off the power.
After confirming that no surveillance cameras would capture her, she entered the villa like a ghost and headed towards the third floor where she had previously seen light.
She knew about Qiao Yingying's adopted brother from the original book.
On the surface, he appears innocent and harmless, but in reality, he has stained his hands with countless amounts of blood for Qiao Yingying.
But in front of Qiao Yingying, he still pretended to be well-behaved, which was truly disgusting.
According to the information she found online, a girl who had previously provoked Qiao Yingying was captured and imprisoned in his villa. It is unknown whether she is still alive.
She wouldn't feel too guilty if she went after such a scumbag.
However, since he is capable of such actions, the level of danger is not low, so she needs to be careful.
The book's plot records that the sacred beast he worshipped was not a mainstream sacred beast, but it doesn't say exactly what it was.
This is rather tricky.
Upon reaching the back door of the villa, Qiao Mei did not go there first. Instead, she used the divine power that Ao Cang had shared with her to conceal herself.
Concealing her presence for too long would consume a lot of divine power, so she planned to finish the battle quickly.
After quietly climbing three flights of stairs in one breath, I didn't see anyone.
For a normal person, this is not the reaction to a sudden power outage at home.
Qiao Mei guessed that Qiao Yingying's adopted brother probably sensed that someone was plotting against him and had already found a place to hide.
But it's no use. As long as he is still human, she can use Ao Cang's divine power to track down his aura and traces.
She closed her red eyes and continued to use Ao Cang's divine power to sense the situation inside the villa.
Soon, two figures with blue shadow-like shapes appeared on the first basement level.
Judging from the silhouettes, the shadows are a man and a woman, who should be Qiao Yingying's adopted brother and the girl he imprisoned.
Having determined her location, Qiao Mei, unsure if there were any surveillance cameras in the villa that could function without constant power, didn't immediately cancel her concealment and instead headed down to the basement level.
However, there is clearly a mechanism on the basement level that needs to be activated before you can enter.
Qiao Mei patiently searched her surroundings, but couldn't see any traps behind her. Not wanting to waste too much divine power and attract Ao Cang's attention, she simply used her lightning companions to guide them underground, knocking Qiao Yingying's adopted brother and the kidnapped girl unconscious.
Once the person is dizzy, she can move more easily.
After a thorough search to ensure that no surveillance equipment was operating on the first floor, she appeared above the spot where Qiao Yingying's adopted brother was hiding. Using her water-based superpowers, she shattered the floor and brought him out.
The boy who caught her eye looked to be only eighteen years old, with a somewhat gloomy and sinister appearance that made Qiao Mei feel very uncomfortable.
As for the other girl, she had many deep wounds all over her body, large and small, and the right half of her face looked like it had been splashed with strong sulfuric acid, and it was already festering and oozing pus.
It was utterly miserable.
Qiao Mei thought she had seen a lot of shameless things in her past life, but in front of Qiao Yingying's adopted brother, she felt she hadn't seen enough.
It's terrifying that someone would want to kill a girl just because she had a conflict with her.
She first sent the girl out, placing her in a conspicuous spot where she could be noticed, and then gathered her water-type familiar's psychic power in her right palm, striking his legs fiercely.
The water-type familiar's psychic power struck her leg with the weight of a giant hammer. After the blow, Qiao Mei clearly heard the cracking sound of two bones breaking.
She knew that Qiao Yingying's adopted brother's legs were now completely ruined.
But she didn't feel guilty, simply because it was something Qiao Yingying owed her.
Ao Cang's dragon wings were almost completely corroded and unusable at the time, so her coming here to destroy the person Qiao Yingying cared about was just a form of retaliation.
If it weren't for Ao Cang, they might have even lost their lives.
In comparison, she had already shown leniency towards Qiao Yingying's adopted brother.
After doing all this, Qiao Mei ignored her adopted brother, Qiao Yingying, who had fallen into a coma, and used Ao Cang's divine power to conceal herself and leave.
On the other side, Ao Cang also successfully found where Lai Tan was staying.
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