Chapter 102 Gu Nanqian

Ning Meng thought it’d be simple.

But the weasel didn’t even respond, it merely nested there without moving and occasionally snorted twice, just not looking back at her.

In all likelihood, it had been provoked by her.

Ning Meng reached out to stroke its soft fur then looked up at Shi Qi, and asked, “What does it eat every day?”

Shi Qi closed the book he was reading and looked down at it, “You’ll have to ask it yourself.”

Hearing his voice, the weasel finally moved a little and twisted its body, barking at Ning Meng a few times.

Naturally, Ning Meng couldn’t understand what it was trying to say.

The system explained to her on the side, “It’s saying that the food it eats is all vegetarian. This is also for better cultivation, otherwise it would have already kicked the bucket long ago.”

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Ning Meng had been paying attention to this matter as of late. Ever since the system said it was done by a zombie, her intuition told her that this was probably done by Shi Shanxing who had  escaped.

Back in the cave, Shi Shanxing had run off. Even though he was said to be afraid of the sun, accidents may have occurred, perhaps he had found a safe place and was lying there in wait to attack others at night.

A zombie would only get stronger if they drink blood. Now that three people had died, and another had entered the hospital, she was certain that he was not the same as he was back in the cave.

The new case was about another victim being bitten on his night stroll. By the time he was discovered, his whole person was almost sucked dry, and he was quickly rushed to the hospital.

His injuries were far more serious than the previous three people to the point where while he was being sent to the hospital, he almost couldn’t be saved by blood transfusion. Now, the hospital had issued a critical illness notice, and was waiting for his family members to come.

His case could be said to be hopeless.

Ning Meng was still reading the news when her phone vibrated again the next moment.

Another news article was posted again, notifying that the person who was bitten and rushed to the hospital had passed away just a few minutes ago.

She looked at this for a long time, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Shi Qi standing behind her, looking at her mobile phone screen, evident that he had seen the content of the news.

Before Ning Meng could even utter a word, Shi Qi spoke up, “You don’t need to care about this matter.”

His voice revealed a hint of solemnity, “Don’t go out for the next few days.”

Even though the Shi Residence was the safest place, he still couldn’t help but worry. The fact that the matter with Li Xia happened meant it could happen once again.

He would never allow such a thing to happen a second time.

Ning Meng said, “This savage…is it the zombie?”

She thought of reminding him, lest Shi Qi didn’t know yet, but she didn’t expect Shi Qi to stare at her all of a sudden, “How did you know they’re the culprit?”

Ning Meng was taken aback and quickly explained, “Look at the description on it, it looks too much like what a zombie would do, how could a savage do this?”

This reason sounded quite appropriate.

Savage bites were generally messy, completely unlike the past two incidents that happened where three people were bitten on the neck, losing much blood.

At present, rumors on the Internet were all saying that this was done by a vampire, otherwise, why would the bites only be seen on the neck and blood was even being sucked out.

If it weren’t because she confirmed that vampires did not exist, Ning Meng would have also believed it to be the case.

After she had uttered her piece, the room suddenly became quiet.

The weasel was circling around her feet. Feeling the weird atmosphere, it slowly came to a stop, not daring to move.

There was a deep light in Shi Qi’s bright green eyes.

Ning Meng turned her face away, breaking eye-contact with him.

With Shi Qi’s wit, it would’ve been easy to tell whether she was telling the truth or not. Moreover, she had no talent for lying.

However, no one could see the existence of the system aside from her, which was considered good.

Shi Qi licked his lips and suddenly asked, “Last time in the cave…Where did the glutinous rice come from?”

Ning Meng abruptly froze when she heard these words.

She has forgotten about this episode.

The system had created it out of thin air because it was a critical moment at the time, and now that she thought about it, she really didn’t pay attention to whether anyone next to her had seen that scene.

“He saw it? He saw it?”

The panicked voice of the system rang in Ning Meng’s mind, repeating this sentence, like an audio recorder, “What should I do? What should I do…”

Ning Meng cast a surreptitious glance at Shi Qi with the corner of her eyes and upon seeing his dark face, she felt a foreboding premonition arising in her heart, feeling that it was going to be a bit hard slipping past his defenses.

However, upon having second thoughts, Shi Qi couldn’t see the system anyway, so it didn’t matter if she didn’t admit it.

Thinking of this, Ning Meng pinched the palm of her hand, and replied, “What do you mean? I brought that little glutinous rice myself…”

Shi Qi said flatly, “Oh?”

Ning Meng began to grow anxious again with his rising tone and smiled awkwardly, nodding continuously, “Yes, yes, you just didn’t pay attention.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to say it.” Shi Qi had no intention of pushing her any further, instead, he stepped forward and approached her, saying, “There will come a day where I will make you say it yourself.”

By then, he’ll learn the reason.

Ning Meng: “…” She was not going to say it but she was going to see how he was going to make her say it herself.

Before she could give him a reply, a knock sounded on the door outside.

A voice immediately followed after, “Young Master Qi, Mr. Liang is here.”

Shi Qi stood up straight, his expression turning expressionless and he said warmly, “Go back first and take it back with you. If you have any problems, come directly.”

Ning Meng nodded blankly, turned around and walked out. The weasel followed her from behind, wagging its tail.

The moment she pushed the door open, she saw a strange man outside who looked to be about forty years old yet still looked very energetic.

But the gloom between his eyebrows appeared to have stayed stuck there for a long time..

This was probably Mr. Liang, who was mentioned by the servants just now… Ning Meng looked at him, thinking that he was a strange one.

Feeling a little nervous, she silently gave way to him.

The man glanced at her and greeted with a smile, “Madam.”

After he finished speaking, before Ning Meng could answer him, he turned around and entered the room, closing the door behind him.

Ning Meng stood there and didn’t leave.

She always felt that this man was unusual, and didn’t know what his purpose for visiting was. He didn’t look like a good person. What relationship did he have with Shi Qi to make him kick her out of the room? Could there be a secret they were trying to hide?

Thinking of this, Ning Meng leaned on the door and stuck her face close to eavesdrop.

She couldn’t hear very clearly across the door, only managing to catch the second half of the man’s words, “…Gu Nanqian is very ill, I am afraid she’ll die in less than three days.”

Gu Nanqian?

Ning Meng was alarmed. It had been a long time since she last heard the name. She still remembered that Gu Nanqian went crazy all of a sudden in the swimming pool and only recalled her being thrown aside by Shi Qi.

She reckoned that Gu Nanqian at present assumed she was dead and wouldn’t come back in a new body, otherwise, she would make another appearance.

Just as Ning Meng was still engrossed in her thoughts, she heard Shi Qi’s cold voice ring out, “Then let her die.”