Chapter 170 He Zhao has been imprisoned for over half a month, and in the blink of an eye, it's almost Qingming Festival from March...
He Zhao has been imprisoned for more than half a month. In the blink of an eye, it's almost Qingming Festival from March. Everyone else is eagerly discussing going to sweep tombs and go on spring outings for Qingming, but He Zhao and Qiao Yanyu are like a poor couple forced to live apart, and even seeing each other is a luxury.
Before the plan was finalized and evidence was found to prove He Zhao's innocence, Jiu Qing forbade Qiao Yanyu from seeing him.
But afterwards, Qiao Yanyu dared not see him. She ran around desperately, her mind entirely focused on He Zhao. She was afraid that if she saw He Zhao, she would succumb to temptation, and that the last breath she was holding onto would be soothed by seeing him, causing her to lose all her strength.
She was even more afraid of seeing He Zhao suffering inside, and wanted to get her out as soon as possible so she wouldn't have to stay there. But reason told Qiao Yanyu that letting He Zhao stay there temporarily was the best solution, and that was indeed the case. Although the cell was underground, and dust was falling from it due to the aftershocks of the explosion, it had at least withstood the blast; the ceiling was intact, with only a few cracks, and hadn't collapsed completely.
If it were Qiao Yanyu's family, the consequences would be completely different.
Even in upscale residential areas, bomb protection wasn't considered during construction. If this kind of bombing continues, not only her house, but the entire building will likely be on the verge of collapse, a situation many times worse than it is now.
Qiao Yanyu truly hadn't expected the Red Wedding Dress to cause such a mess. It just goes to show that the Tonghuan Society was even more shameless than Qiao Yanyu had imagined. Moreover, she hadn't expected that while the Red Wedding Dress was clearly determined to have He Zhao, she didn't care about He Zhao's life at all.
The possibility of harming He Zhao was something Red Wedding Dress didn't care about at all. Whether He Zhao lost an arm or a leg or died, as long as it was He Zhao, that was enough. In fact, Red Wedding Dress might even prefer a dead He Zhao.
Once transformed into a ghost, it can use the secret methods of the Tonghuan Society to chatter incessantly in He Zhao's mind every day. Even if He Zhao doesn't hate, it will still catalyze him into becoming a ghost. After becoming a ghost, he will experience a period of confusion, during which time the Red Wedding Dress will have an opportunity to brainwash He Zhao every day.
As for the unfavorable factor of the earthbound spirit, Qiao Yanyu guessed that there was a way to avoid it and that it could directly take He Zhao away.
What a piece of trash! They want to exploit people, but they won't even leave them a chance to live.
Thinking of this, Qiao Yanyu felt a chill of fear and hugged He Zhao even tighter. Hearing Qiao Yanyu say she missed her, He Zhao's heart softened. It was impossible for her not to miss Qiao Yanyu; she missed her so much that her heart ached.
After so many days of longing, He Zhao could no longer hide it after Qiao Yanyu said those words. She tightly gripped the back of Qiao Yanyu's clothes and buried her head in his chest.
Qiao Yanyu's embrace was warm, and the sound of his heartbeat was exceptionally strong, giving He Zhao an indescribable sense of security. She hadn't expected that Qiao Yanyu, knowing there was a bomb, would rush in to protect her.
For someone like He Zhao, who even in a relationship would think of himself and never make excuses for his selfishness, Qiao Yanyu's behavior was truly remarkable.
He Zhao felt that it would be difficult for him to do such a thing. Because before Qiao Yanyu rushed in, she had no idea whether she would be alright, and she completely protected him in her arms. Even if a rock fell, it would definitely hit Qiao Yanyu first.
How could He Zhao not dare to touch someone who was so devoted to him?
But this didn't seem like a good time for sentimentality. In the gloomy room, the voice of the woman in the red wedding dress abruptly rang out: "The Countermeasures Bureau's cells are of very good quality. Although they're underground, they haven't collapsed; in fact, they're still functional. It must have cost a lot of money to achieve this level of quality. I'm truly envious; official organizations with funding from above are indeed different."
“We spent a lot of money on those outposts on our rural homesteads, but if we used a bomb, they would be blown up in one go. And you guys blew them up not long after we bought them, oh dear, oh dear…”
As it spoke, He Zhao realized something was wrong, because Qiao Yanyu didn't seem to have heard what it was saying. The explosion had indeed affected Qiao Yanyu. Even though He Zhao was so well protected by Qiao Yanyu, when he heard the voice of the woman in the red wedding dress, his head felt throbbed and his ears felt a little uncomfortable.
Moreover, Qiao Yanyu made absolutely no attempt to protect her ears.
He Zhao frowned. She saw Xiao Hei crawl in from outside. She was stunned for a moment. She had imagined what it would be like to meet Qiao Yanyu again, but she never dreamed that her beloved would one day come to see her riding a big black dog.
However, the big black dog just came in, and now is the time to use the dog.
He Zhao didn't know where Xiao Hei was, but she had a mouth, and she could give orders directly. Even though Xiao Hei hadn't stopped Jiu Qing from taking her away, He Zhao still believed that Xiao Hei would obey her. Xiao Hei didn't stop Jiu Qing only because Jiu Qing had an investigation order from above, and as a member of the Countermeasures Bureau, Xiao Hei certainly couldn't disobey.
But now, He Zhao is facing a red wedding dress, and under these circumstances, He Zhao's orders will definitely be effective.
"Little Black, go! Swallow this ghost that can't speak human language!"
"Awoo!"
With a howl, Little Black transformed from a tiny puppy back into its original form, becoming an enormous and majestic dog, even shaking the bedsheets on its back so badly they flew apart. If it weren't for Qiao Yanyu's puppets protecting it, the broken pieces of wood would probably have hit He Zhao.
The spirited little black dog darted out, opening its enormous, blood-red maw to bite down on the red wedding dress. Seeing its imposing manner, He Zhao was certain it would be no problem; it would easily take down the red wedding dress.
But who could have imagined that the Red Wedding Dress was truly extraordinary? Just as fast as Little Black pounced, it was swiftly driven back. It was embedded directly in the wall behind He Zhao and her companion, whimpering pitifully.
The woman in the red wedding dress still wore a smile; the situation was indeed entirely under her control.
Xiao Hei was no match for it, and Qiao Yanyu, in her dedication to protecting He Zhao, suffered temporary deafness. Moreover, due to the explosion, her temporary deafness not only meant she couldn't hear anything, but her head, like He Zhao's, was also throbbing and very uncomfortable, giving her a concussion-like feeling, and she didn't know when she might vomit.
With both of their combat abilities weakened, the remaining ordinary person, He Zhao, is no match for the woman in the red wedding dress.
However, since He Zhao hadn't died directly but was standing there perfectly fine, the woman in the red wedding dress tried to persuade him to go with her willingly. That was just her nature; otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to the mud ghosts and the others to try and convince them.
Rather than using brute force to make someone join her side, the woman in red wedding dress prefers to use her seemingly very persuasive words to make them willingly join the Tonghuan Society.
Then the woman in the red wedding dress spoke.
“He Zhao, you are an extremely capable person. Although I don’t know what methods you used, the rice you made not only tasted good to ghosts, but also allowed them to walk freely in the human world and even quickly regain their memories from their previous lives. You have no idea how valuable you are.”
"Instead of huddling in a corner, running a small stall under the surveillance of the Countermeasures Bureau, why not join us, join the Joyful Gathering, and make a greater contribution to the ghosts of this world? Since you can make food that even ghosts can taste, you must also have compassion for ghosts, right? So why not maximize your role? Sooner or later, the era of humans and ghosts living in harmony will come, just like you and your regular customers."
The woman in the red wedding dress had bright eyes and didn't look like a ghost at all.
Many ghosts have numb, dull eyes, devoid of any emotion. Only those who have spent a lot of time with He Zhao have eyes that sparkle with life, as if they are still alive. The eyes of the woman in the red wedding dress, however, are exceptionally bright, filled with dreams.
But what the woman in the red wedding dress said had no effect on He Zhao at all. She hadn't come to cook because she wanted to. The system had forcibly brought her here; if it weren't for the system, she'd probably still be holed up at home playing games.
Besides, she was never a person with lofty ambitions. She used to have no dreams, just drifting through life day by day; now she only has one small dream, which is to live happily every day with Qiao Yanyu.
Compared to such a simple and unpretentious dream, the seemingly overly grand dream of the red wedding dress seemed a little... comical to He Zhao.
He Zhao's expression was somewhat strange. Between politely refusing the red wedding dress and giving her a good scolding, she decisively chose the latter. Only by doing so could she quell the resentment in her heart.
If it weren't for the red wedding dress, she wouldn't have been locked up for so long and separated from Qiao Yanyu, and Qiao Yanyu wouldn't be temporarily deaf and looking so painful now. So He Zhao didn't hold back and started attacking the red wedding dress: "What's wrong with you that you have to do this kind of nonsense? Who said I didn't want to set up a stall? You're slandering me. There's nothing wrong with setting up a stall. I just like setting up a stall."
"And what you mean by humans and ghosts living in harmony? Are you out of your mind? The best way is for the two not to interfere with each other. Ghosts should just obediently either disappear on their own or be reincarnated. Why are you playing the game of being a vengeful ghost for a hundred years? Are you crazy?"
"And you, what are you doing, not being a decent human being? You bought that red wedding dress yourself, right? You're going to die wearing a red wedding dress? Have you been reading too many novels and actually think that wearing red will turn you into some kind of vengeful ghost? Besides, you were the leader of an organization, and the red wedding dress you wore when you died wasn't even a custom-made one, it was just a mass-produced online version that only cost ten thousand yuan. Even after all that, you still have the nerve to recruit people into your lousy organization."
"What's the point of going in? To starve with you? You can't even afford to support the members, so I think you should just stop recruiting. People in e-commerce know to rent super luxury cars, but your organization only knows how to collect junk all day long, and even your base is a rural homestead."
"It would be better to disband as soon as possible."
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