Chapter 134 Between Life and Death
"President Luo, as you instructed, I led my men to search the old house thoroughly, but we couldn't find Ji Mingchuan." Cheng Zheng walked into the villa and saw Luo Huayi sitting next to Xin Que, lost in thought.
Luo Huayi snapped out of her daze, "Ask around and ask around..."
Seeing that Luo Huayi was distracted, Cheng Zheng did not continue to mention Ji Mingchuan's matter. "The most famous one in the circle is that Master Zhen, but he has long since gone into seclusion and is no longer seeing anyone."
"Although his son still performed in his place, when I went to invite him, I heard that the Zhen family had also encountered some trouble. It seems that Mr. Zhen was possessed by an evil spirit and is now staying at home."
Luo Huayi was still thinking about the execution platform that Luo Wenyong had mentioned.
If, as he says, Xin Que is to be reborn and tortured on the execution platform, then Luo Huayi must find a way to make Xin Que avoid this point.
He had a terrible headache.
What methods do these people use to manipulate their lives and deaths at will?
Luo Huayi looked at the woman lying quietly on the sofa beside her.
The blood on her face had been wiped clean, and apart from the bullet hole, she looked no different from someone still alive.
Luo Huayi choked up.
“Go find other masters,” he stood up. “There are so many people in the feng shui world, I don’t believe that only the Zhen family has real skills.”
Cheng Zheng remained noncommittal.
"I'll go ask our partners in the neighboring city if they know any masters." After thinking it over, Luo Hua still didn't dare to leave Xin Que alone, but he couldn't carry the corpse around in public, so he could only leave it at the villa and have someone take care of it for the time being.
"Cheng Zheng, you and the security personnel stay at the villa to take care of her. If anyone tries to come and take Xin Que away..."
Luo Huayi didn't finish his sentence, but Cheng Zheng saw the ruthlessness in his eyes and understood.
After his superior left, Cheng Zheng walked toward the bedroom where Xin Que was temporarily housed.
The woman lay on the bed, still in that lifeless posture.
After greeting the bodyguards standing guard at the door, Cheng Zheng turned and walked into the bedroom, closing the door behind him.
"What's going on?" Cheng Zheng stared at the bullet hole between Xin Que's eyebrows, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
What kind of enemy did she encounter this time that cost her her life?
Once he was sure the surroundings were safe, Cheng Zheng reached out and slowly pulled back the thin blanket covering the woman, revealing her neck.
When Cheng Zheng gently pressed his fingertips against the woman's neck, he saw her stiff eyes flicker slightly.
Cheng Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It can also respond.
He pulled the blanket back up for the woman.
When Luo Huayi returned to the villa with her entourage, Cheng Zheng was sitting by Xin Que's bedside, handling work.
“Mr. Jia,” Luo Huayi said humbly, leading the elderly man with gray hair and beard into the bedroom, “the one who had the accident is my friend…”
The old man nodded, his pupils showing an eerie stiffness; he was blind.
But it's as if he has eyes in his feet. Even without a cane, he can still walk upstairs like a normal person, and his steps are even quite steady.
Upon hearing the noise at the door, Cheng Zheng immediately stood up to greet them.
The elderly man sat down on the edge of the bed without anyone helping him.
“He’s not dead,” he concluded casually, “but his soul is gone; he’s just an empty shell.”
Cheng Zheng stood behind Luo Huayi, his gaze towards the old man now filled with a hint of inquiry.
For some reason, Luo Huayi's eyes lit up, "Can you find a way to rescue them? Money is not a problem..."
The old man lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, his lips opening and closing as if he were muttering something incoherently.
...
"Tick-tock".
It's the sound of water hitting the surface.
Xin Que was surrounded by bizarre and dazzling lights. After a long while, she could barely make out the water surface reflecting the light.
I felt like I was floating in some kind of liquid.
My head is throbbing with pain.
My vision was completely blurred.
He was also unable to move his limbs.
"..."
There seemed to be some people beyond the water's surface; their voices were indistinct, and it was unclear what they were discussing.
Pushed and swayed by the current, Xin Que finally saw a glimpse of her current form.
No physical entity?
It was just a blurry mass, indistinguishable in human form...
There were many shadowy figures on the water. Xin Que tried to see who those people were, but a sharp pain suddenly shot through her neck.
Then, she suddenly fell backward.
Before she could see what was behind her, a pair of hands reached out from the darkness and slammed her to the ground.
Xin Que touched the wooden floor that she could actually feel, and subconsciously opened her eyes.
She is now lying in the study of the Luo family's old house.
The hands that had been restraining her from behind were gone.
Xin Que struggled to her feet and realized that there was something wrong with this space as well.
It wasn't the issue of those statues compressing or twisting heaven and earth, but rather the overall furnishings of the study. They seemed normal, yet they exuded an eeriness.
Xin Que looked at the boundary of the space where darkness replaced the walls. Whose work was this?
The man slowly emerged from the shadows and stood in front of Xin Que.
When Xin Que saw the dangling bracelet in his hand, her expression gradually darkened. "Are you the administrator of this level of hell?"
Mr. Zhen glanced at her, making no attempt to hide his feelings, “You guessed right… I am the Five Senses King who manages the fourth level of prison.”
"Before I throw you into the next level of hell... I have a few questions I need to confirm with you."
The floor suddenly started shaking.
Xin Que steadied herself and looked at Mr. Zhen, who remained calm and composed.
The entire room seemed to be lifted up into the air, gradually becoming suspended.
A loud bang suddenly came from above Xin Que's head. She immediately looked up and saw the huge scale beam and weights, only to find that the entire room was on the scale pan.
Mr. Zhen looked coldly at Xin Que, "Let me see just how many heinous crimes this repeat offender has committed."
The simple, rustic furnishings in the study have changed quietly.
The antiques on the display shelves have been replaced with various firearms and weapons that Xin Que is very familiar with; the books and ornaments on the bookshelves have been replaced with various bloodstained relics.
Xin Que barely remembers most of them; she can only recognize a few items related to cruise ships.
Is this a reckoning for the people she killed after she went to prison?
With each change of furnishings, the weight on the scale above would slide back one inch.
"What's the use?" Xin Que laughed and pointed to his neck. "Since you have my data, you should know that I don't care about the so-called evil deeds you talk about."
"Go back and tell your master that he will never get what he wants in this lifetime."
Even as the shackles slammed down on Xin Que, the smile on her face remained unchanged.
Unexpectedly, some members of the Huo family escaped and survived...
But it's okay.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
"I mean what I say." She stared into the void, as if trying to see through the darkness to tell those outside.
...
"Awake?" Luo Huayi leaned closer, her eyes sparkling.
Xin Que focused her gaze and realized that she was lying in a bedroom with a somewhat familiar decor.
“It was at my house.” Luo Huayi reached out to touch her forehead, then withdrew her hand. “You… were unconscious for ten whole days.”
Xin Que sat up. "Where is Luo Wenyong?"
Luo Huayi seemed a little taken aback. "Aren't you even a little curious about what happened to you?"
“The story of Luo Wenyong has been altered,” Luo Huayi explained, “as if he never returned to China.”
Xin Que rolled out of bed and saw that Luo Huayi looked like she had lost her soul, with dark circles under her eyes and a listless expression. She frowned and asked, "What happened to you? Did you take drugs?"
Luo Huayi “…”
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