61. Night 61: Threat
Xi Luo's examination was conducted a week later. He told Lu Xi that the residue in the mermaid's blood was exactly as he expected.
Lu Xi felt that everything was moving in a direction that was getting better and better, and it was going incredibly smoothly. "System, am I almost completing the task?"
As long as the mermaid's eyes are cured, Ji Qiuhu will spare no effort to send him to that position. Lu Xi believes that she has the ability to do so.
"I'm sorry, host, I can't tell you."
The system's answer remained the same, but Lu Xi remained unfazed. "I hope your next host has a temper like mine."
system:"……"
Lu Xi looked at the clear sky outside the window, and suddenly felt a little melancholy when she thought that they might have to part ways soon.
She wasn't suited to this job; she easily invested too much emotion. Although she'd done well in the past, it was still too tiring. Lu Xi hadn't told her friend Mu Nong the truth. She wanted to quit, not only to enjoy life but also to escape her job. She always took every world seriously, and it consumed her too much energy.
"System, thank you for your care over the years," Lu Xi said. "This may be the last time we work together."
"Host, do you have to resign?"
"Um."
"I've spoken to my superiors. You're a very good employee. If you stay, I can give you more rights in the future."
Lu Xi listened to the system's pleas to stay and thought it was emotionless. It seems that all these years of getting along have not been in vain.
"Thank you, you are a good system."
"Are you still resigning?"
"Um."
system:"……"
The winter in Taipei is very cold, and the streets are covered with thick snow. Although Lu Xi's body is not afraid of the cold, in order to avoid being regarded as an alien, she still wraps herself up like a dumpling.
In Taipei City's No. 1 High School, every student in the senior class is trying their best, except for those special demon students.
Suddenly, a person jumped down from the wall, which scared Lu Xi. Lu Xi looked at the school gate not far away, and then looked at the person standing in front of him. If this high school was not run by Yuanshi, his reckless behavior would be captured by the surveillance camera, and he would definitely be caught and punished by the teacher.
"Ms. Lu Xi." The merman stood in front of her.
"I'll pick you up after school."
Usually Qingyu would come to pick her up, but today she had something to do, so someone showed up before Lu Xi even reached the door.
Fortunately, no one saw it, otherwise...
The mermaid seemed to have grown taller recently. When Lu Xi looked at him so closely, she had to look up very hard, and her neck became sore.
She took two steps back calmly.
"How do your eyes feel today?"
Xi Luo gave them a big surprise. The treatment plan he developed with Yuan Mu and Xiang Chenglin really made the mermaid's eyes, which had been blind for many years, start to improve. From being pitch black at the beginning, after several months of treatment, he could already see some shadows.
In the eyes of the merman, he couldn't see the girl's appearance clearly, only a bright red mass. If she hadn't spoken, he wouldn't have been able to tell it was a person at all. "Ms. Lu Xi... are you wearing red today?"
"Yes, a red cotton jacket."
He tilted his head slightly and reached out to touch her head, which was tied with a bow. Lu Xi asked him, "What color?"
"...purple." he said.
Lu Xi shook her head. "It's blue."
He frowned, "Ask again."
"Um?"
"Ask again."
Lu Xi looked at his stubborn look and asked, "What color are my shoes?"
There was some snow foam on her shoes.
"White."
"Yes, you are right." No, the shoes are light yellow.
His brows relaxed. "That's right. Is there a reward?"
Lu Xi didn't expect him to ask for a reward. Like a little kid, she laughed and shook her head, "What reward do you want?"
He was silent for half a minute. Lu Xi knew that he was thinking about what reward he wanted, but he couldn't come up with one after thinking for a long time.
"How about taking a walk back?" Lu Xi suggested. This could be considered a reward.
The snowy road was not easy to walk on. Some places were icy and slippery. Lu Xi almost fell after walking a few steps. A hand grabbed her hand to support her, so she didn't fall. "Thank you."
The mermaid helped her up but did not let go of her hand. Their residence was not far from the high school, and before they knew it, they had reached the gate of the yard. He felt that they were going too fast, and perhaps they should move farther away.
Lu Xi shook off the snow on his body and went into the house. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and was stunned when he saw a text message from a stranger.
"What's wrong?" The mermaid noticed her abnormality.
"No problem, it's just spam."
No, this is not spam, it is a threatening text message.
Lu Xi knew that it was impossible for everything to go so smoothly. For example, this strange text message sent out a very unfriendly message.
The next day, Lu Xi avoided the mermaid and went to the place mentioned in the text message, but before leaving, she said hello to Ji Qiuhu.
"Lu Xi, long time no see."
Lu Xi had guessed who threatened her on the way, but she was still a little surprised when she saw Yuan Lingling.
"I didn't expect it to be you."
"There are so many things you can't imagine." Yuan Lingling twirled the cup in her hand. This high-end restaurant was probably cleared out, and now there was no one else except them. "Lu Xi, it must have been very hard for you to hide it. I didn't expect that Brother Sen, who is blind, could keep it a secret for so long."
"I think you misunderstood, there's nothing wrong with his eyes.
"No problem?" She smiled. "Then why did you come?"
"I just wanted to see who was threatening him."
Yuan Lingling slammed the table and stood up, her voice rising involuntarily, "Lu Xi, I have a lot of evidence in my hands."
If she didn't have evidence, she wouldn't dare to say it.
"I've spent a long time collecting this evidence. There's absolutely no way I could be wrong. If anyone else finds out, do you know the consequences?"
"Lu Xi, think it over before you speak."
Lu Xi was silent. She was carefully considering the matter. Although the merman's eyesight had improved, his blurred vision was still a problem. If someone tested him, they would definitely find something wrong. If his blindness were exposed, it would be very detrimental to his succession plan. No one wanted a blind man to become the head of the family.
The girl in front of him had a very good timing. Shi Luo had said that mermaids recovered very quickly and it would probably take less than three months to fully recover. But now, at this critical moment...
Yuan Lingling had been observing Lu Xi and happened to see the flicker in her eyes. She sat back in her chair and said, "However, I don't want to harm Brother Sen. If he's with me, I won't disclose this information. I'll even give him the position of Patriarch."
Lu Xi was surprised. She now realized that Yuan Lingling didn't want to threaten the mermaid at all. She was just in love.
"So, what are you going to do?"
"Lu Xi, I want you to leave Beicheng."
Yuan Lingling has long been fed up with Lu Xi. On what basis does she stick to her brother Sen all the time and even live with him?
"As long as you leave Taipei, I won't expose this information." Yuan Lingling said arrogantly and with a tolerant look.
After all, she was just a little girl. No matter how jealous she was, the tricks she came up with were just like playing house. Leaving Taipei City, such a painless trick, she was the one who came up with it.
Seeing that Lu Xi didn't say anything, Yuan Lingling thought she was unwilling to agree and continued to threaten: "Don't even think about not agreeing, if..."
"Okay." Lu Xi said, "I promise you."
"Wha...oh, you agreed?"
Lu Xi agreed so readily that Yuan Lingling was a little unconvinced. She had originally thought that he would persist in pestering her. After all, although Brother Sen was blind, he was still very powerful.
The demon race has a respect for strength that is engraved in their blood.
Her suspicious eyes fell on Lu Xi, and she began to wonder if she was lying, or if she had brought a recording device and recorded her threatening words to Brother Sen, just like what was shown on TV.
Lu Xi did not lie to her, but leaving did not mean she would not come back. She was just leaving temporarily until the mermaid's eyes recovered completely. Then the threat would no longer exist and she could come back.
"Then...when will you leave..."
"You hope so." Lu Xi said with a half-smile.
"Today... No, I'll pack your bags for you, tomorrow at the latest."
Lu Xi: “…”
After coming out of the restaurant, Lu Xi began to think about how to tell the mermaid about this. He would definitely not let her leave.
So, how to coax him?
"Danger, warn the host, warn the host, danger——"
Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in Lu Xi's mind. Before Lu Xi had time to think about why, he felt a heavy blow on the back of his head. How could he describe the severity of this blow? Lu Xi felt that something might be wrong.
Because she heard the sound of her skull cracking. After a hole was opened in her head, her consciousness suddenly became blurred. She fell heavily to the ground, and her soul leaked out from the crack bit by bit.
"Who is it..." She tried hard to stay awake.
But this time, the heavy blow hit her shoulder directly, and one of her arms was directly shattered. The fragments flew and fell in front of Lu Xi's eyes. It was a bad feeling to watch herself shattered. Lu Xi struggled hard to turn over, at least to see who did it, who wanted to kill her...
"Warning, the host parasite is being damaged, warning--" the system prompt sound kept repeating in my mind.
"Goodbye, little assistant."
After the last blow, Lu Xi completely lost consciousness.
…
Returning to the system space, floating in the endless night sky, looking at the stars around her, Lu Xi knew that she was doomed. She had been too safe during this period of time, which made her relax her guard. She never thought that she would come back in this way, with her body completely shattered.
"System, is it the poacher's people?"
"Yes, host. Those are poachers who have been looking for Xiluo. They discovered you by accident. Because you caused their doctor to rebel, the poachers blamed you for everything."
That's why there was such a sneak attack.
In fact, there was no need for the system to answer. She only understood after hearing the word "little assistant". She had only been an assistant there.
"Then what should I do now?" Since the system did not directly declare the mission a failure, it meant that there was still room for maneuver.
"Host, do you still remember your original body?" the system said, "Only half of the hundred years have passed. You need to wait."
Thanks to Yuan Mu's help, she got a fake body to continue the mission, and fortunately it was that body that was destroyed.
The flow rate in the system space is different from that in the mission world. It will be much faster in the mission world, so she shouldn't have to wait too long. However, she just came out of Yuan Lingling and something happened. That guy won't take the blame...
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