Chapter 160 : Chapter 160
Chapter 160
"Tch." Yuan Lan let out a low chuckle, teasing Lin Changqing, "Even if Little Xuechao and I said that, you don't have to be so agitated, do you?"
Bai Xuechao also put on a puzzled and uncomprehending expression as he looked at Lin Changqing, "What's wrong?"
"No, I, I, just now, I felt..." Lin Changqing looked at the two of them with suspicion and uncertainty, then lowered his head to scan the ground back and forth. He even lifted his foot and touched his ankle with his hand, continuing, "Someone touched my ankle... no, maybe it wasn't a person. I felt like it had no temperature, I don't know what it was..."
Yuan Lan excitedly moved closer, like a spectator who had come to watch the fun, "Really?"
"Really! Why would I lie to you!" Seeing Yuan Lan's sparkling eyes, as if he had discovered a new species, Lin Changqing was on the verge of going crazy. "Boss, can you not be so excited? I was the one who was touched and scared just now! Could you please consider the feelings of me, the victim!"
Damn it, they were turning him into the straight man.
Yuan Lan sighed, "Alright."
A vein throbbed on Lin Changqing's forehead. If this were a manga, a "crossroads" symbol would already be hanging on his forehead.
The Apocalypse Society didn't seem to have a rule against hitting the boss, did it?
Just then, Bai Xuechao raised his hand to cover Yuan Lan's mouth and dragged him backward. Yuan Lan didn't resist, the upper half of his face that was visible showed smiling eyes as he stepped back with Bai Xuechao's force.
Bai Xuechao looked at Lin Changqing, his expression very serious, and asked in a sincere tone, "Are you sure it had no temperature?"
This attitude made Lin Changqing feel much more comfortable.
Lin Changqing nodded solemnly, "I'm sure."
The material of the suit pants he was wearing today was relatively thin, and high-level special ability users had keen senses. If a person had touched him, he should have been able to feel their temperature.
Lin Changqing scratched his hair, carefully recalling the sensation from just now, a conflicted look in his eyes, "It felt like there were a few, very skinny, long and thin, like hand bones...?"
He hesitated towards the end, starting to suspect if he had felt it wrong.
In fact, Lin Changqing's feeling was very accurate.
Bai Xuechao had just seen with his own eyes that Yuan Lan had quickly woven the puppet threads into the shape of human hand bones, even replicating the knuckles and the carpal bones at the base of the palm. This undoubtedly required delicate manipulation, a difficulty no less than carving flowers on tofu with a single needle.
After these two instances, Bai Xuechao had fully seen how flexible Yuan Lan's control over the puppet threads was, and both times, Lin Changqing had not noticed.
After hearing Lin Changqing's words, Yuan Lan's golden eyes blinked, "I didn't see anything appear near you just now."
"That's why I'm scared!" Lin Changqing finished speaking and looked around suspiciously again.
Bai Xuechao pretended to analyze the situation seriously for him, "If your feeling isn't wrong, and it was a hand bone with no temperature, then it's definitely not human, at least not a living one. But there's a problem. There are three of us here, and this thing only touched you. Could it be that it has some connection with you?"
After hearing Bai Xuechao's words, Lin Changqing's face was about to turn green.
He asked, trembling, "Not... living?"
"That's right, no temperature, and it's a hand bone." Bai Xuechao tilted his head to look at the terrified Lin Changqing and asked him in return, "Could that still be a living person?"
Yuan Lan said with a grin, "Could it be a ghost~!"
"Ahhh!" Lin Changqing screamed and took a step forward, wanting to hide behind Yuan Lan.
But just as he reached Yuan Lan, he suddenly stopped. Perhaps he felt that Yuan Lan was unreliable and would push him out to watch the show if they encountered a ghost. He turned around and pounced behind Bai Xuechao instead.
Yuan Lan asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Did it touch you again?"
Lin Changqing huddled behind Bai Xuechao, his hands on Bai Xuechao's shoulders. The two were of similar height, so Bai Xuechao's slender body couldn't cover him at all.
He peeked his head out from behind Bai Xuechao, "No."
"Then why did you react so strongly, hahaha..." Yuan Lan laughed as he spoke, with a hint of mockery.
Lin Changqing: My fists are clenched.
Just then, Bai Xuechao said, "It might not necessarily be a ghost."
Lin Changqing's expression showed a hint of relief.
He thought, See, isn't there still a good person here? Only the boss is a beast.
But just as he relaxed a little, he heard Bai Xuechao say to him in a deadpan tone, "Lin Changqing, have you heard of the Slender Man? It's three meters tall or even taller, with a very thin and long body, and its fingers are definitely long and thin. It's a legendary monster. Maybe that's what touched you."
Lin Changqing was already numb, "..."
Bai Xuechao, you're a beast too!
He felt that he wouldn't dare to sleep alone tonight. It seemed he had to find Yuan Lan—no, that guy was sleeping with Bai Xuechao. Then he could only go find Lin Lang or Mortar!
Both Lin Lang and Mortar were very timid. Although it was a bit mean to say so, as long as someone was scared with him, he wouldn't be as scared.
At this moment, Yuan Lan suddenly reached out and patted Lin Changqing's shoulder, his smile gentle, "Don't be afraid."
Lin Changqing looked at Yuan Lan, somewhat in disbelief.
Did the sun rise from the west? Yuan Lan is actually comforting me instead of watching the show? Huh??
Yuan Lan said with a smile, "The Slender Man is an urban horror legend from Country Y. It doesn't exist in our Xia Country. No matter what touched you, it couldn't have been it."
Lin Changqing's face instantly turned pale, his lips trembling.
Seeing his expression, Yuan Lan showed a perfectly timed look of surprise, with a hint of curiosity, "What's wrong?"
Bai Xuechao felt that it was a bit awkward to turn his head to look at Lin Changqing, so he pushed his hands away, wanting to move a step to the side.
Lin Changqing quickly hugged his arm, "Don't go, don't go! I beg you not to leave me! I only feel safe when you're here!"
Bai Xuechao: "..."
What you're saying is quite ambiguous.
"Guess where I went today?" Lin Changqing revealed a tired and miserable smile.
Looking at this reaction, was there any need to guess?
Bai Xuechao said, "Country Y."
After he said that, he glanced at Yuan Lan, who still had a smile on his face.
He genuinely didn't know that Lin Changqing had gone to Country Y; mentioning the Slender Man was purely a coincidence. But Yuan Lan definitely knew where Lin Changqing had gone today. He was deliberately following his lead to scare Lin Changqing. When it came to malicious intentions, Yuan Lan was the more malicious one.
Yuan Lan seemed to sense Bai Xuechao's gaze and looked over at him, even winking playfully.
Lin Changqing was completely unaware of the small interactions between the two of them.
He was in sorrow. He looked up at the ceiling and let out a long sigh, then began to ramble, "Yeah... I went to find Mortar just now. Is this what they call being haunted by a ghost in legends? But I've already teleported back from Country Y, and it's still following me? This is cross-border, isn't it? Can this thing even cross borders? Or did it teleport back with me..."
Bai Xuechao thought to himself, there are no ghosts in this world.
If there were ghosts, I would have seen that person long ago.
Bai Xuechao's thick, long eyelashes fluttered. He turned his head to look at Lin Changqing, who was still hugging his arm tightly, and continued to talk nonsense with a deadpan attitude, "Generally speaking, it must be because you did something to provoke it that it's following you, right?"
Yuan Lan followed up after Bai Xuechao, "What did you do?"
"Sigh, wasn't there a problem with the business in Country Y?" Lin Changqing looked at Yuan Lan.
Of course, Yuan Lan was aware of this matter. He nodded and said, "I had Mortar handle it yesterday."
"I know, but I'm not happy about it." Lin Changqing said with some frustration, "He exploited the loophole in my special ability, benefiting from both sides, and even caused us to suffer losses. How could I tolerate that? Yesterday, I told Mortar that I wanted to handle it personally, and Mortar agreed."
Yuan Lan didn't show any dissatisfaction with their private exchange of tasks and asked him, "And then?"
"It's a long story. I just went there." Lin Changqing seemed to recall some unbearable scene. He rested his forehead on Bai Xuechao's shoulder, took a deep breath, and quickly said, "When I went, it was only 9 PM in Country Y, right? That idiot Alex was already in bed. I mean, really in bed. When I got there, I happened to see him making love with a blonde woman, oblivious to the world."
"I was about to leave to give them privacy, but then I thought, why should I? I'm here to deal with him. I was about to pull the trigger when, holy moly, I saw the woman's face. It didn't seem to be his wife, so I froze for a moment. But I only froze for two or three seconds. As a result, in just those few seconds, his younger brother Smith rushed in. He saw him and opened fire without a second word. Alex... he and his mistress were rolling around frantically on the bed."
"Alex kept shouting that he had the wrong person. His younger brother seemed to calm down. Alex saw his chance and quickly pulled out. Then his younger brother took a closer look, and oh my god, it wasn't his wife, it was his wife's younger sister. They started talking. At this point, I was a bit numb. I was thinking that if they didn't leave soon, I would just deal with all of them. But then I saw someone else rush in again."
"Stop," Bai Xuechao couldn't help but interrupt. "Is your recap this long?"
Yuan Lan was amused by his choice of words, "Recap, hahaha!"
Bai Xuechao looked at him, "Is it very funny?"
Yuan Lan made a surrendering gesture to him.
"Ah, I don't want to talk for so long either, but everyone who appeared is very important," Lin Changqing said. "I'm almost done, I'm already more than halfway through!"
Bai Xuechao could only say, "Please."
Lin Changqing continued at a rapid pace in one breath, "The second time someone rushed in was Smith's wife. That woman is a heroic woman. She opened fire as soon as she came in, just like Smith, truly a couple. Alex and his younger brother were crawling all over the floor, shouting that it was a misunderstanding, not a cheating threesome."
Bai Xuechao was about to lose his composure hearing this.
He could still hear Lin Changqing speaking, "Then the four of them started chatting. I was hiding outside, feeling like I had been aiming my gun for half a year. The key was that my position wasn't good, by the side window. If someone suddenly looked at the window, I would have been discovered. I was thinking, maybe I should just kill them openly. I was about to pull the trigger when, holy moly, someone else came again."
Bai Xuechao said, "This time it was Alex's wife, right?"
"Yes, yes!" Lin Changqing had a "you totally get it" expression. "Alex's wife is a drug lord's daughter. She's as ruthless as they come. She opened fire as soon as she entered the door."
Bai Xuechao said with a numb face, "And then the four of them crawled all over the floor, shouting it was a misunderstanding, not a foursome?"
"Not quite. Smith is a brother-betrayer. He held up his hands and shouted that his brother was the one with the mistress, and it had nothing to do with him, but the mistress couldn't die because she was his wife's sister." Lin Changqing sighed. "Alex's wife is ruthless, full of a rebellious streak. She shot and killed Smith's wife's younger sister with one shot. Smith's wife, seeing her sister die, also opened fire on Alex's wife. Then they started fighting. The bullets were flying everywhere. They were masters of tracing the human body. I almost got hit."
Bai Xuechao asked, "And then?"
"I had no choice but to intervene." Lin Changqing sighed again. "I killed them all."
Bai Xuechao: "..."
You're the real Living King of Hell.