Chapter 198 Ferryman's Dungeon (Twenty-one)
“Boom!”
The tiger, who suddenly became weak, was kicked to the 18th floor and then collapsed to the ground and did not move.
“Click, click…”
A sound like iron rubbing came from the ceiling of the eighteenth floor of the pagoda. Xia Yingnuan looked up, her expression full of solemnity.
"Ah Qiu!" Xia Yingnuan sneezed.
Who is talking about me? Could it be Ning Hanqi?
Xia Yingnuan originally wanted to praise Ning Hanqi and the others for their involvement in charity work, but after receiving the original owner's memories and the system's reminder, she suddenly felt a creepy feeling.
Ning Hanqi's mother is a painter. Influenced by her mother since childhood, her painting skills are also very high.
But based on my understanding of her, she would not have the leisure and elegance to paint a portrait every month.
If you just want the original owner to pay less money...
But every time she watched the original owner painting, his expression was terribly depressed, as if he was looking at someone through her.
The last time she carried out a mission, she used her original appearance. The original owner was very similar to herself. Perhaps she was the only one who could make Ning Hanqi remember Shixia with gritted teeth?
Xia Yingnuan was quite self-aware and didn't take any chances. After all, who else in this world would dare to pluck the hairs from a tiger's head besides herself? If she was caught, that person would send her to the afterlife, right?
Magic and physical salvation!
Xia Yingnuan lay down on the bed again, feeling as comfortable as if she had entered a coffin.
Only the vest can bring her a sense of warmth.
【？】Watching helplessly as the host, who had finally regained some energy, collapsed again, the system felt that its entire life was filled with despair.
Later she had to get up from the hospital bed because the system reminded her that if she didn't move, she would have to pay for her hospital stay herself.
But she has no money.
The original owner was a very down-to-earth girl. Although she was funded by kind-hearted people, she never forgot that she had to pay the money back. So she studied hard while working, and except for necessary expenses, she returned all the money to Ning Hanqi.
“…” Looking at the three-digit savings she only had left, Xia Yingnuan felt a little overwhelmed.
The original owner's family was relatively well-off, but when her parents had an accident, all the family's money was used to rescue them. As a result, not only were they not rescued, but the money was also lost and they even ended up in debt.
She had nowhere to go in this city, so she had to go back to school and live in the dormitory. Otherwise, with her savings, she couldn't even stay in a hotel for a few days and would have to sleep under a bridge.
By the way, she has now inherited the original owner’s debt and owes Ning Hanqi nearly 300,000!
The system, floating behind Xia Yingnuan like a resentful woman, said faintly: [Host, judging by the original owner's personality, you should return to school now.]
"You're so troublesome." Xia Yingnuan looked like a child who hated school and was very reluctant to go to school.
The system doesn't even ask the host to complete the task, it just hopes that she can be good enough. The system is also said to be troublesome and just wants to find a noodle to hang itself in the hospital, hoping that it has never had this experience in the world!
"Forget it, since you are so pitiful, I will agree to it this time."
To the system's surprise, Xia Yingnuan was stunned for a moment and then agreed to its request.
[Really? Swear you didn't lie to me! The one who lied is the puppy!] The system was so excited that it wanted to record Xia Yingnuan's words as evidence.
"I never lie to children, but..." Hearing this answer, Xia Yingnuan felt her soul freeze for a moment.
"But it may not be as serious as she said. Please don't make things difficult for her."
Zhuang Meng felt like she had entered the ultra-rapid refrigeration freezer again. Every breath of hot air she exhaled brought her one step closer to death. Fortunately, Ning Hanqi's subsequent words slightly withdrew the power attached to her.
Zhuang Meng tried to find a way to cheer himself up and thought that he should take off his glasses first. That way, he would at least see a beautiful woman instead of a ghost with a miserable death, and the mental pressure would be reduced.
However, the former dungeon boss didn't seem ready to let go of the matter she had exposed. She found that Miss Xia's eyes were on her again.
"How do you know?"
Although this sentence was incoherent, Zhuang Meng understood her meaning immediately, so he immediately took off his glasses with his frozen hands and presented them to her.
"This is very expensive, and there is only this one. Please be careful with it and don't crush it." Zhuang Meng was a little afraid that Xia Yingnuan would lose control of her emotions and crush her prop into pieces.
After getting the glasses, Xia Yingnuan was silent for a moment, and soon she laughed at her self-deception in her heart. Could it be that if she didn't look, nothing would happen?
She put on her glasses decisively, and then she saw the huge difference between Ning Hanqi and Zhuang Meng.
The flame of vitality in Zhuang Meng's body is as strong as a small sun, which is the vitality that a healthy young person should have, while the flame in Ning Hanqi's body is dim, as if it will go out at any time.
Xia Yingnuan asked Zhuang Meng how to distinguish the strength of the fire and life. The owner of the prop could not give a specific standard and could only give her an analogy.
Some of the elderly people in their eighties and nineties in the square of her community have more life flames than Ning Hanqi. Those who are similar to Ning Hanqi are probably terminally ill patients in the hospital who have been diagnosed with only a few years to live. The disease is consuming their lives, and the moment the flame goes out means death. People like this won't even stop playing games.
Zhuang Meng had tried to be as tactful as possible, but Xia Yingnuan's expression became more and more terrifying.
Ning Hanqi waved his hand and asked Zhuang Meng to leave the room. "Ms. Zhuang Meng, please go back first. I will not agree to this deal."
Now even if she agreed to it, she would have to think twice. Zhuang Meng saw that Xia Yingnuan did not stop her from leaving and even returned her glasses. She took the props, made a goodbye gesture, and immediately left this place of trouble.
After the outsiders left, the two of them were finally able to have a good talk.
"Nuannuan..."
Ning Hanqi had just opened her mouth when Xia Yingnuan suddenly turned around, looking like she didn't want to talk to him anymore. But she suddenly raised her hand quickly, wiped her face and put it back, as if she was crying out of anger.
After becoming a ghost, Xia Yingnuan usually couldn't shed tears. Even if she did shed tears, they were bright red blood.
Ning Hanqi walked around to Xia Yingnuan and raised his hand to wipe away the remaining red marks from the corners of Xia Yingnuan's eyes.
"You're hiding something from me again!" She knew Ning Hanqi was definitely hiding something from her! But she didn't expect it to be such a big deal! "Tell me sooner so I can find a solution..."
Xia Yingnuan spoke a little hastily, but when she came to her senses, she thought, what else could she do?
Soul matters can be replenished with souls, but in a place like a game copy, there is nothing but death. Where can she get something to replenish her vitality?
Xia Yingnuan tried to find clues from the memories of more than a hundred years, but unfortunately, she found nothing.
There must be a way, there must be a way. The game copy was created by God, and it can reverse the fate of those who died suddenly. It's just a matter of prolonging life. Maybe there is a way...
Xia Yingnuan's mind was in a mess, and then she suddenly felt a soft touch on her lips, and then on her cheek...
This is Ning Hanqi's way of apologizing. As he kisses her, even the quills of a hedgehog will soften.
"Even so, I won't calm down." Xia Yingnuan was still a little angry that Ning Hanqi had hidden it from her.
"Then what can I do to make you calm down?" Ning Hanqi hugged her, and her soft and coquettish voice could melt people's hearts.
Can't be soft-hearted, can't be soft-hearted...
Xia Yingnuan felt that the system would deeply regret its decision.
Because there are still a lot of bad things happening in school, and Xia Yingnuan is not someone who will swallow her anger.
The original owner was very beautiful and had excellent academic performance, but she was a bit cowardly. She usually tried hard to reduce her presence, but even so, she still attracted the malice of some people.
The person who spread the rumor that she was being kept by someone at school this time was one of them.
Although the rumor has been clarified, the root of the malice still exists and the harm to the original owner will not stop.
According to the original owner's memory, Xia Yingnuan walked to the downstairs of her dormitory and was very sensitive to the unfriendly gazes from somewhere.
When I walked into the dormitory, there were two people inside. They both just glanced at Xia Yingnuan and then turned their heads silently to do their own things without saying a word.
Xia Yingnuan took a look at the original owner's bookcase. All the books were gone, and it was also dirty because someone had splashed red oil or something on it.
Xia Yingnuan smelled it carefully and it smelled like the red oil in a certain red oil noodle shop.
"Was it Zhang Qi who did it?" Xia Yingnuan asked in a very soft voice, as if she was afraid of scaring her two roommates.
"Yuzhen...you'd better move out of school as soon as possible." One of the roommates stuffed a whole pack of tissues into Xia Yingnuan's hands, then quickly sat back in his seat.
Because someone in this school had announced that if anyone was found to be in cahoots with Guo Yuzhen, that person would be treated the same as Guo Yuzhen, so even the original owner's roommate didn't dare to talk to her.
Guo Yuzhen was the original owner's name, and Zhang Qi was the rich girl who led the bullying of the original owner in school. Because the boy she liked confessed to the original owner, Zhang Qi was jealous to the point of being twisted.
Alas, she wanted to complain at the beginning. The background of this domineering CEO Tom Su was exactly like the fancy novels sold at the stall next to her elementary school. There were so many weird things.
What a good girl the original owner was. Although she was unfortunate, she tried hard to live and repay the kindness she received, but she was ruined by some people.
[Host! That Zhang Qi is walking this way, what should we do?!]
It seems that the malicious gaze just now did come from Zhang Qi.
"Do you want to go out for a while? She will be here soon, and I'm afraid she will implicate you." Xia Yingnuan rolled up her sleeves, her voice still gentle, and there was no sign that this was the prelude to a storm.
The two roommates looked at each other. There was no need to say who Xia Yingnuan was talking about. After all, she was a classmate who lived together. It was a bit hard for them to bear to see their roommate being bullied.
"Run quickly and go to the library first. When Zhang Qi comes, I will tell her that you went to the teaching building." The library and the teaching building are on the east and west sides of the dormitory building respectively. As long as Xia Yingnuan runs fast, she will not be caught.
Xia Yingnuan smiled and took out her cell phone to take a look.
Zhang Qi kicked open the dormitory door and taunted with extraordinary arrogance, "Hey, are you back from serving that old man? He's been in the hospital for so many days, could it be that the old man has some kind of fetish?"
The other two people in the dormitory immediately lowered their heads and pretended not to see anything.
Xia Yingnuan looked at the spoiled girl in designer clothes, raised a polite smile, pointed at her desk and asked, "Did you make this?"
Zhang Qi felt that Guo Yuzhen was a little strange today, but her IQ prevented her from thinking too deeply. She said arrogantly, "Yes! What's wrong with what I did? I want to make every woman who gets close to Brother Han suffer a fate worse than death!"
Eh...it's Korean geigei, yue!
"So it was you who pushed me down the stairs and scratched my leg with your car?" Xia Yingnuan pressed the record button.
The roommates who heard it all gasped.
"Yes, I did it!" Zhang Qi admitted without hesitation, "But what can you do? My father is the chairman of Lintian Group! If you still want to survive in this city, you'd better lick my shoes obediently, otherwise... what are you going to do?"
[Host, what are you doing?! Calm down! Your character! Your character can't be ruined!]
"It's nothing, I just thank you for your cooperation." Xia Yingnuan put away her phone and suddenly approached Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi was startled and subconsciously took a half step back. After realizing his embarrassing behavior, he immediately took two steps forward, and then...
She suddenly felt a strong force pulling her forward above her head. The next second, her face was pressed against the table and covered with disgusting red oil. The door was slammed shut and bolted.
Before the passers-by could realize what was happening, they suddenly heard shrill screams coming from inside.
"Fuck, is Zhang Qi crazy? Should we call the police? What if someone dies? Just for a man, is it worth it?" Passerby A took out his cell phone and wanted to call the police.
"Let's find a counselor first. If something really happens and the police come, we'll be dead!" Passerby B reacted faster and called the counselor.
They all thought that Zhang Qi was bullying others, so they told the instructor the same thing.
The counselor ran over with great effort and tried to persuade the person inside to open the door. She thought that it would take a long time to persuade Zhang Qi because of his bad temper, but she didn't expect that the door would be opened before she even said a few words.
The first person to come out was Xia Yingnuan, who they thought was being bullied. However, she looked fine, except that her cuffs were a little messy. She straightened her clothes as she walked out and did not look like she was being bullied at all.
"Hello, instructor." Xia Yingnuan greeted her with a smile, "Have you eaten?"
“Eat…eat the devil!”
So what was that wailing sound?
When the instructor looked inside, he was immediately overwhelmed.
The once arrogant and domineering daughter of heaven was now crying inside with her hair disheveled, and there were some red oil stains on her face and hair. The other two students seemed to be frightened and had not reacted yet.
The instructor was stunned for about five seconds, and the entire floor could hear her hysterical roar: "Come to my office!"
When had the little princess Zhang Qi ever suffered such an injustice? On the way, she called her father to complain and asked her father to ask the school to expel Xia Yingnuan.
The system finally came back to its senses from the shock, and it wailed to keep up with Xia Yingnuan, who was as steady as an old dog.
[Host!!! Based on my analysis of this world, you really could be expelled for this! Even if it was the original owner who was bullied first!] This world is so unreasonable, otherwise there wouldn't be such a truly bloody love story between the hero and heroine!
The counselor couldn't afford to offend Zhang Qi, after all, her husband worked under Zhang Qi's father. But now she didn't dare to do anything to Xia Yingnuan, because after the car accident, a big shot left his contact information for this student.
"Why did you hit someone?" The instructor asked Zhang Qi to wash his face first, then looked at Xia Yingnuan and asked deliberately.
"I didn't hit anyone, instructor. You can take her to get a medical check-up. Don't worry, Zhang Qi definitely didn't lose a single hair." Xia Yingnuan smiled sweetly, looking particularly harmless.
To be honest, the original owner was so well-behaved and cowardly that the instructor couldn't help but believe what he said.
So she asked in confusion: "Then how did she become like that?!"
"Oh, it was Zhang Qi who made my desk dirty. She felt a little embarrassed, so she used her face to wipe it clean for me." Xia Yingnuan seemed a little "embarrassed".
"...I'll contact your parents now!"
Parents? The original owner's parents, grandparents, and grandparents are all gone, and the school doesn't have the contact information of other relatives. How can the counselor contact them?
"Isn't this bad?" How rude is it to disturb a deceased person?
The instructor glared at her, and finally actually took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
Xia Yingnuan found a chair and sat down. There were no ghosts in this world, and she didn't know who the instructor was looking for...
The waiting time was a bit long, and Xia Yingnuan asked the instructor for the mineral water on her table without any hesitation, which made the instructor glare at her.
Zhang Qi came back after washing his face. As soon as he entered the room, he wanted to tear Xia Yingnuan apart with his hands. Fortunately, the instructor reacted quickly and helped Zhang Qinuan sit down.
Half an hour later, there was a knock on the office door and the counselor hurriedly opened the door to greet them.
Someone really came?
Xia Yingnuan stretched her head to take a look at the person who came in, then spat out a mouthful of water, all over Zhang Qi's skirt.
"She's anxious, huh? This is the first time I've seen a ghost so concerned about a human. It's truly rare." The dungeon boss's sinister laughter echoed through the space. "I've decided. I'm going to tear your soul into pieces, leaving only the last wisp to threaten her."
"Although the last wisp of soul is useless and will dissipate soon, do you think she will surrender?" The copy boss directly told Ning Hanqi about his sinister plan. It just wanted the other party to experience the feeling of helplessness and despair, and see if this human can still remain calm!
Otherwise, even if I kill her directly, I will still feel angry!
As it wished, Ning Hanqi's expression turned cold.
Before the dungeon boss had the chance to experience the feeling of venting his anger, he heard the human sneer.
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