Chapter 32
A sleek Husky squatted in front of the huge mirror, its pair of blue eyes rolling around.
"Oh?"
【I? 】
“Woooooooooooo!!!”
【Why is it a dog? ! ! ! 】
Shen Qi was completely panicked and spun around frantically on the spot. The Husky in the mirror also spun in sync with him.
Tang An, who was standing aside, leaned against the door frame with his arms folded across his chest, his face expressionless.
After Shen Qi spun around for about ten high-speed circles, he finally felt dizzy, stumbled, and fell onto the carpet, letting out a low whimper of grievance and collapse.
What the hell is going on?
[I originally thought that my inability to sense spiritual energy was due to the Nine Heavens suppressing me, or at least that Gu An's doing... but now it seems that's not the case at all! This, this... this is clearly a species change!!!]
Tang An finally spoke, his voice as calm as if he were discussing the weather: "As you can see, Chi Ying has a problem with his body. This is the ninth time he's transformed into a dog. The pattern starts at 12:00 PM and lasts until 8:00 AM the next day, when he returns to human form."
He paused, his gaze locked onto those blue eyes filled with confusion.
"You said your name is Chen Qi, but the owner of this body you're in is called Chi Ying, and I'm not the stinky immortal Gu An you're talking about..."
Tang An took two steps forward and slowly squatted in front of the Husky, his eyes level with the dog's. Deep in those ink-black eyes, there was an emotion that Shen Qi could not understand at all.
"Where did Jiyoung go?"
"You said you were a dragon. You've lived for so long, so you should know something, right?"
His voice gradually became tense, with an uncontrollable urgency.
"You know where Ji Young is, right?"
The young man in front of him was clearly facing Gu An's face, but his body was trembling slightly.
When the cool hand reached out and tried to touch the Husky's head, Shen Qi shuddered violently, as if what was touching him was not a hand, but the freezing cold water in the human world.
He instinctively whimpered in resistance.
【What if this isn't the Ninth Heaven?!】
[So where exactly is this???]
My spiritual power is completely gone, and I've turned into a mute dog???
[No! I have to go back! I have to go back!!!]
Fear and the desire to escape overwhelmed everything in an instant. Shen Qi suddenly broke free from Tang An's hand, and like a cannonball, he kicked the ground with all four legs and ran towards the door of the suite.
“Shen Qi!!!!!!!”
Tang An's face suddenly changed, and he got up from the ground and chased after him.
Chi Ying booked a luxury suite on the top floor. The door was unlocked automatically by sensors, so people could go out freely, but a door card was required to come in.
So when Tang An chased to the door, the sensor door had already made a "beep" sound and slid open gracefully to both sides.
The man and the dog looked at each other briefly in the open doorway.
With Tang An's last "No——", Shen Qi rushed into the luxurious corridor with thick carpet outside without hesitation, and disappeared around a corner without looking back.
“…”
Hold.
Tang An stood stiffly at the door. He did not chase after him immediately, but gripped the cold door frame tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
About three seconds later, he turned around abruptly, strode back to the room, picked up the intercom, and spoke in a voice as cold as ice: "Hello, a husky ran out of my room..."
Ji Ying is a shareholder of this hotel. Just like he said, if there is any problem, just give him a call. I just don’t know if he thought that he would use it to find a dog when he said this.
There was a quick reply from the other end. Tang An put down the phone, picked up the clothes prepared on the bed, and walked into the bathroom.
The sound of flowing water could be heard, and hot steam filled the air.
There is only one room on this floor.
There is no way to go down except the elevator.
Tang An closed his eyes and let the hot water wash over his body.
Chi Ying...
Where have you been?
When he came out after taking a shower, wrapped in a bathrobe and drying his hair, a butler in a neat tuxedo was holding the dog's leash, with a leather muzzle next to it to prevent him from barking.
The Husky squatted dejectedly at the housekeeper's feet, his blue eyes filled with resentment.
The corner of Tang An's mouth twitched slightly, then he quickly put on a proper smile, nodded to thank the housekeeper, and handed over the generous tip that had been prepared long ago in exchange for control of the dog leash.
The butler left with a smile on his face.
As soon as the door closed, the politeness on Tang An's face disappeared instantly.
He sat down gracefully on the single sofa chair, turned his wrist, and neatly wrapped the dog leash around his wrist several times, tying a tight knot.
"Now." Tang An leaned forward slightly, staring at the dog on the ground with a sharp gaze, "Let's talk."
Shen Qi angrily dug at the restraints around his neck with his claws, indicating that they should be untied first.
Tang An remained unmoved: "I'll untie it for you after I ask you, including the one on your mouth." He paused and added, "Since you can't speak now, just nod your head."
Shen Qi fell back to the ground angrily, with an indifferent attitude of "ask ahead".
Tang An ignored his protesting gaze and began to ask:
"First, are you here because of Gu An?"
"Secondly, are you and Gu An really father and son?"
Third, in the world you came from, is everyone like you, able to fly over rooftops, walk on walls, wield swords, and attain immortality?"
"Fourth, you..."
Shen Qi couldn't help but let out a howl.
Too much, too much!!
You ask too many questions!
There was something sad in his intelligent blue eyes.
Tang An stopped and said, "Okay, let's ask these three first."
He relaxed his body and leaned back in his chair, picked up the cold water cup on the small table next to him, and took a sip slowly, looking like an examiner sitting on the Diaoyutai.
"You can think about it before answering."
Shen Qi stared at his slender neck, at the Adam's apple that rolled up and down as he swallowed, for a full three seconds before awkwardly turning his head away.
Time passed in silence.
Tang An appeared calm on the surface, but his fingertips were unconsciously digging into the soft flesh of his palm. This contradictory look of pretending to be calm yet hiding his anxiety was all seen by Shen Qi out of the corner of his eye.
For some reason, Shen Qi felt a sense of evil interest in his heart.
He remembered the anxious look on Gu An's face when he was a child and was often teased by him.
Shen Qi grinned, revealing a standard smile, his white teeth shining in the light.
Tang An happened to look up and saw: "...How stupid."
The air froze instantly.
Shen Qi's smile froze on his dog face.
But what made him even more nervous was the indescribable, almost coquettish ending tone that inadvertently appeared in Tang An's voice when he said this?
It feels like a feather scratching my heart, it's itchy.
He didn't understand this strange throbbing, so he could only subconsciously raise his paw and gently rub the palm of Tang An's hand, which he had not yet fully retracted.
The original intention is to tell the other party that you can answer.
As a result, Tang An seemed to be scalded by something, and he quickly retracted his hand. He even grabbed the empty glass on the table in a panic and pretended to drink water to cover up his loss of composure.
His heart was beating like a drum, and a suspicious blush crept up his ears.
What's going on?
For a moment, Tang An wondered if he had cheated on his wife.
Otherwise, why would my heart beat faster when I saw an unknown guy who was not Ji Ying.
The thought gave him a shudder.
Tang An put down his cup and coughed lightly: "Then let's start with the first question."
Shen Qi blinked his blue eyes and looked at him in confusion.
Tang An coughed violently again when he was looked at by him, and felt his throat burning: "The first question, cough cough...your answer..."
Shen Qi recalled and nodded.
Come to think of it, if that brat Gu An hadn't led his men to raid my Hantan lair, would I have ended up like this?!
Thinking of this, he nodded vigorously again angrily, nodding his head like pounding garlic, as if he wanted to press Gu An's head into the ground.
Tang An took in his reaction and raised his second finger: "The second question is about your relationship."
Shen Qi nodded reluctantly, his ears drooping dejectedly.
If I had known this would happen, I should have just left it alone and let that kid Gu An fend for himself.
When I was little, I would follow him around and call him "Daddy" in a baby voice. But when I grew up and found that he looked not old, I felt uncomfortable and refused to call him that anymore.
The kid is useless when he grows up.
Tang An: "The third one."
Shen Qi was still immersed in the sadness that was beyond his control. He raised his paw listlessly as a nod.
After these three questions, combined with the previous fragments of bizarre dreams, Tang An's heart was in turmoil.
If Shen Qi and Gu An really had this kind of relationship, then the terrifying figure in the dream who turned Gu An into a human pig, leaving only empty eye sockets, and those eyes that were like the resentful ghost that never dissipated in the depths of the frozen snowfield...
A chill instantly ran up my spine to my head.
Tang An subconsciously moved his body back.
The chaos that happened during the day almost diluted the fear left by the nightmare that night.
He rubbed his sore temples.
If all this is true...
How did the cruel Shen Qi in the dream come to reality?
Or was it that I hadn't woken up at all? Chi Ying's disappearance, Shen Qi's appearance, was all this just a nightmare?!
The more Tang An thought about it, the more his head hurt, as if countless steel needles were stirring inside his skull. Finally, he staggered to his feet and tried to walk towards the bed.
I need to wake up soon.
Wake up soon.
wake up.
With a heavy thud, Tang An's eyes went dark as he fell heavily to the floor just three steps away from the bed.
What arrived before the pain was the darkness that completely devoured consciousness.
He only felt his heartbeat getting faster and louder, like dense drumbeats hitting his eardrums.
"clatter."
"clatter."
"clatter."
Heavy footsteps came closer, accompanied by the harsh scraping of iron chains across the ground, the sound of water in between, and the strong, sickening smell of blood and rust.
Tang An's consciousness was still struggling to wake up in the darkness, but he was horrified to find that his body was moving in one direction uncontrollably.
The vision gradually became clear.
A figure appeared in front.
It turned out that it wasn't the other person who came over.
Instead, he was walking towards that person.
“Crash…”
His footsteps suddenly stopped as he stepped into the cold water. Tang An's consciousness completely returned at this moment. He saw clearly the man who was chained to the wet stone wall by heavy iron chains.
Chi, Ying?!
The face that he had been thinking about day and night but was covered with dirt and scars instantly pierced Tang An's heart, and he almost instinctively wanted to rush over.
What’s wrong with you?!
Why are you so thin?!
The injuries on your body...
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch the haggard face.
But the next second, the other person's tightly closed eyelids suddenly opened, and in those eyes that were once full of love, there was only overwhelming hatred and undisguised disgust.
"Get out! Don't touch me!!!"
Tang An was struck by lightning, his fingers froze in mid-air, and his body instinctively took a step back and hit the cold stone wall.
"Chiying?" His voice was dry.
Tang An was responded with an icy sneer.
Drops of water dripped from the young man's messy hair, making a clear dripping sound in the dead silence.
The young man imprisoned by chains raised his lips in an extremely sarcastic arc: "What Chi Ying?"
He struggled, and the chains rattled.
If his hands were free, Tang An had no doubt that he would immediately pounce on him and strangle his neck.
"I am Shen Qi——"
The young man's bloodshot eyes burned with deep hatred.
"My high and mighty Immortal Lord Qinglian."
As he spoke, he began to laugh. His shoulder blades, which were so thin that they were almost protruding, trembled wildly with his violent laughter, as if they would pierce the thin layer of flesh at any time.
no……
Chi Ying?
Tang An stood there in a daze.
But why do I think he is Ji Ying?
Tang An felt as if his heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.
According to the routines in movies and TV dramas.
If Shen Qi really came to reality, then the man with Shen Qi's face now would most likely...
He didn't dare to think about it any further, as a bloody taste spread from his throat.
no.
This person definitely cannot be Ji Young!!!
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