Chapter 67: Killed
They were wrong. Chen Chen had already memorized the RV’s license number. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
’Fair Shallow Land... Perhaps I should remember that name.’
He closed his eyes and soon located Gu Lin. She had already reached the southern district. The shanty houses there were packed tightly together.
The roads were narrow, muddy, and filled with garbage. She finally stopped before the third house on the left.
Her hands trembled as she slowly raised her hand. She was about to knock, but then she froze when she heard a familiar voice coming from inside.
"That fool Gu Lin is still crying over me."
Gu Lin’s breathing stopped. Jiao Ji, it was unmistakably his voice.
He was alive. Her fingers curled around the door. She didn’t make a sound. Inside, Jiao Ji continued casually,
"Once she completely takes care of Ni Mengxue, I’ll deal with Lu Yucai."
Another voice suddenly sounded. It was a woman’s voice, soft and seductive. "Jiao Ji, why are you so obsessed with taking Lu Yucai’s kidney?"
There was a moment of silence. Then Jiao Ji’s voice became cold.
"That bastard. He was supposed to remain a worthless worm beneath my feet. But look at him now. He’s living better than I am. I can’t tolerate it. As for that stupid bitch, she has lost her job, and I love seeing her clutch my clone and cry."
"Ayye~ Our little Jiao is so feisty I love it!"
Gu Lin’s face slowly turned bloodless. The hand she had placed against the door began shaking violently.
She had sacrificed everything for this man. She had thought he genuinely loved her.
She had even blamed herself for failing to save him when she saw his cold body. Thinking back, the texture of the body was indeed strange... how stupid...
How stupid she was not to even reason that the reason he wanted Lu Yucai’s kidney wasn’t that he needed it to survive. It was simply because he couldn’t stand seeing someone he once looked down upon living a better life.
Gu Lin’s eyes slowly turned bloodshot. She kicked the door open.
The shabby wooden door slammed against the wall. The scene inside immediately entered her eyes.
A woman was completely naked, sitting on Jiao Ji’s naked body. Sweat was dripping down their faces, and it couldn’t be any clearer what they were doing.
For a few seconds, Gu Lin simply stared. Then her expression twisted with fury. "You..."
Her voice trembled. The woman barely had time to react before Gu Lin rushed forward. Her fist struck the woman’s body with terrifying force.
The woman was sent flying across the room and crashed heavily against the wall. Gu Lin’s strength was astonishing.
She was a strength-type ability user, so there was no doubt that the woman was most likely dead...
Jiao Ji hurriedly grabbed his clothes and covered himself. His face was pale. "Gu... Gu Lin? What are you doing here... no... the scene isn’t what it looks like!"
Gu Lin looked at him. For a moment, her expression was strangely calm. Then she laughed. "You really are my Jiao Ji. No..."
She shook her head. "I can’t continue like this anymore. I sacrificed so much."
She clenched her fists. "So much... I ruined my life for you. And you..."
Jiao Ji’s expression changed. "Gu Lin, listen to me..."
"You should die."
Gu Lin suddenly pulled a knife from her pants. Jiao Ji’s pupils contracted. He immediately tried to move aside. But it was too late.
The blade plunged directly into his chest. Jiao Ji’s body stiffened. He looked down at the knife embedded in his chest before slowly looking back at Gu Lin.
Disbelief filled his face. He couldn’t understand it. How could the woman who had loved him so deeply... how could the woman who had sacrificed everything for him... actually kill him?
Gu Lin stared at him, and then she began to laugh hysterically. One moment she cried and the next moment she sobbed.
"It’s over."
She pulled the knife from his chest. "It’s finally over."
Her shoulders trembled. "I should go now."
She turned around. But before she could take another step, her entire body suddenly convulsed. Her muscles tightened violently.
"Ah..."
Gu Lin’s eyes widened. She collapsed onto the ground. Her body continued twitching as white foam began spilling from her mouth.
Chen Chen silently watched the scene and narrowed his eyes. "So that’s it..."
He had already suspected something was wrong with Jiao Ji.
If his guess was correct, Jiao Ji had probably used a special ability or some kind of Gu worm.
Gu worms were extremely rare in the apocalypse. Certain varieties could connect two people’s lives.
The host could remain alive even if the other person died. But if the host died, the person connected to him would also die.
’What a poisonous bastard.’
Chen Chen shook his head. ’He actually implanted something into Gu Lin so that even if she eventually killed him, she would die with him.’
It was the kind of insurance a truly twisted person would prepare. Chen Chen was about to withdraw his consciousness.
Then he noticed something strange. Gu Lin’s body suddenly stopped moving. For nearly a minute, there was no movement at all.
Then, Gu Lin’s finger twitched. Her body moved again, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Chen Chen’s expression changed. "Interesting."
Gu Lin slowly sat up. She looked around in confusion, as though she had just woken from a deep sleep.
She touched her face. Then she looked at Jiao Ji’s corpse.
There was no grief, anger, or sadness, just confusion.
Chen Chen rubbed his chin. "Now this is worth mentioning."
He had never seen anything like it. Gu Lin slowly stood up and dusted off her clothes.
She was about to leave, then she stopped. She turned around. Her eyes fell on Jiao Ji’s corpse. Without saying anything, she walked back.
She reached into the air. Chen Chen’s eyes suddenly widened. A knife appeared in her hand.
"What?"
He immediately focused his psychic ability. ’She took that knife out of nowhere?’