Chapter 421 - Mo Chou (59) (1/2)

No change appeared in Jiang Li's expression as he lied.

In reality, the envoys arrived, but he beat them up and forced them to return the souls into the bodies. Naturally, his ghost king aura posed no threat to him, especially since he was by himself. He had to bluff his way by simulating the air he used to have when he was still a deity. Only after that did those guys listen to him.

These all happened before he took a trip to see the village.

He remembered that the excuse he used to convince them was that in the book of the dead, the names of those people were not originally fated to die yet. He had spent precious hundred points to know this much information, and he thought it was a smart expenditure, at least better than draining points in asking the system to snatch souls from the envoys.

”Really a detestable a***ole!” Gu Mochou did not care anymore if the other party was that severely autistic guy. She pounded her fists again on the mirror's surface, madly hoping to transmit the blow to the ghost king.

”Fan Zheng's people are yet to know about this.” Zhan Rong muttered after nodding. Finally, she distanced herself from the glass window. ”If they knew, they would surely not wait for time to pass to wash their reputation clean. So this is what you wanted to show me?”

Doubt flashed across the girl's pretty face. It returned to normal after a minute, but when her gaze flickered to her pet ghost, there were many thoughts running wild in her head.

The girl was someone who usually doesn't think too much about stuff since most of the time, her photographic memory was enough to deal with the problems. However, whenever she used her brain extensively, many things would just be brought to light and scrutinized.

She looked down and called out softly. ”Jiang Li.”

”Yes.”

Zhan Rong's face was emotionless, her voice like a winter breeze. ”Can you tell who you really are?”

From within the ward, as he checked the patients one by one, the ghost king floated back to the hallway upon hearing her question. While phasing through the glass window, he tilted his head and said, ”I guess, I qualify as a judge.”

”I see…” She closed her eyes briefly and nodded.

After that, the girl turned around and walked towards the elevator. There were no more things she had to concern herself with here. Or rather, from the beginning, she was not supposed to have even the littlest connection with those people.

Zhan Rong met a few schoolmates in the hospital, people she only knew by faces. They were visiting Gu Mochou. That villainess was hugely popular at school. But when Zhan Rong was on that floor, she merely passed by the villainess' private room. Towards the person who kidnapped her, Zhan Rong was already great compassionate not to sue her or barge in to kill her with a pillow.

A dozen minutes passed and she reached the parking lot. The answer given to her earlier did not satisfy her. When all pieces of evidence pointed in him being a certain person, it was really annoying for her that he dodged that question.

So when there were no more eyes to pry on her, she looked at Jiang Li and frankly asked him.

”So after everything you said to me, why you are so concerned about Gu Mochou?”

Jiang Li asked back. ”Well, why shouldn't I?”

Two pairs of eyes cast an intense stare at him. Jiang Li was like a gentleman as he put the seatbelt on the girl at the driver's seat.

The ghost smiled, seemingly unaware that he was treading dangerously upon Zhan Rong's thin thread of patience. The woman was already aware that she was used. Even the missions about confronting traffickers and syndicate members were somehow related to Gu Mochou. How couldn't she be resentful?

Thankfully, Jiang Li could guess her thoughts somewhat.

He finally clarified, or rather, BS his way to explain the truth. He did so by introducing it with a lie.