Chapter 66: Chen Chen
Gu Lin’s expression changed completely. She glared at Ni Mengxue as though she were looking at a mortal enemy.
"You’re lying! My Jiao Ji would never trick me! I saw him with my own eyes! His body was lying in front of me. I cried and begged him to wake up, but he never did!"
The moment she finished speaking, Gu Lin lunged toward Ni Mengxue. Ni Mengxue didn’t panic. She immediately raised her leg and kicked her hard in the abdomen.
Bang! Gu Lin was forced several steps backward. However, she quickly steadied herself.
Ni Mengxue’s eyes flickered with surprise. Gu Lin was an ability user for sure. And judging from the force she had just endured, her physical strength was considerably greater than Ni Mengxue’s.
The kick had barely injured her. Ni Mengxue had initially thought that someone as scheming as Gu Lin would never possess a particularly powerful ability.
Clearly, she had judged the book by its cover. Gu Lin clenched her teeth. "Ni Mengxue! Give me back my Jiao Ji, or give me your life!"
Ni Mengxue chuckled. "Sure. I’ll give your Jiao Ji back to you."
Gu Lin froze. Ni Mengxue pointed toward the south.
"Go to the southern district. You know the last cluster of shanty houses there, right? Third house on the left. Your precious Jiao Ji is living there."
Gu Lin’s pupils contracted.
"If you hurry, you might even catch him in the act. After all, the Jiao Ji you were hugging and crying about was a cold puppet."
When Ni Mengxue had investigated Jiao Ji, she happened to know about his future plan too. He had attracted the attention of a wealthy woman who promised to love and marry only him.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Gu Lin’s expression twisted. "Ni Mengxue, are you deliberately trying to anger me?"
"Not at all."
Ni Mengxue shrugged. "When I said he’s alive, I wasn’t lying."
She calmly continued, "The story about him losing a kidney and needing an organ transplant was also complete bullshit."
Gu Lin’s face became pale.
"I even checked his medical records myself."
With a wave of Ni Mengxue’s hand, several sheets of paper appeared in her palm.
Gu Lin stared at them and her eyes widened."You..."
She pointed at Ni Mengxue. "You have a spatial ability?"
Ni Mengxue smiled proudly. "What can I say? I’m God’s favorite child."
With that, she slapped the documents directly onto Gu Lin’s face.
Smack! The papers fluttered down. Gu Lin hurriedly picked them up. Her eyes moved across the medical report.
For several seconds, she remained completely still. Then her hands began trembling. "This... this must be fake."
Her voice became increasingly hysterical. "You’re trying to frame my Jiao Ji!"
She looked up at Ni Mengxue. "Even after letting him die, you still won’t leave him alone! You want to destroy his reputation too!"
Ni Mengxue stared at her in silence. After a moment, she sighed. "I never thought you would be such a romantic fool."
Gu Lin froze.
"Look at the date."
Ni Mengxue pointed toward the report. "This examination was conducted long before Jiao Ji’s supposed death."
She folded her arms.
"At that time, I didn’t even know he was planning to fake his death. So tell me, why would I create a fake medical report about something I didn’t even know was going to happen?"
Of course that was a lie. She knew about it and hid it in advance to stab Gu Lin in the heart at the critical moment.
Gu Lin’s eyes widened. Ni Mengxue continued calmly.
"If you don’t believe me, go to the testing center and ask them yourself. They’ll be able to verify when the examination was conducted."
She turned away. "Anyway, I don’t have time to waste with you."
"No..."
Gu Lin clenched her fists. "No, that’s impossible."
Her entire world was beginning to collapse. Jiao Ji. The man she had loved from the bottom of her heart. The man for whom she had abandoned her other husbands.
The man whose slightest tear had been enough to make her punish anyone she believed had hurt him.
She had ruined her own job for him. She had abused Lu Yucai because he had told her to. She had destroyed relationships because she believed he genuinely loved her.
And now, she was informed, he had been lying to her from the beginning. Gu Lin’s face became frighteningly pale.
Without saying another word, she mechanically turned around and began walking toward the southern district.
Ni Mengxue watched her retreating figure. "Mm. You’re probably going to die soon anyway."
Her expression remained indifferent. "But I suppose there’s no harm in confirming it, right?"
She calmly walked toward the nearby guard station and took out several medium-grade zombie crystals. The guard immediately stared at them in surprise.
Ni Mengxue placed them on the table. "Take these."
The guard calmly looked at her. "Why? You have already given me a leveling potion before for no reason, and now these?"
"I want you to run an errand for me. Please ensure that Gu Lin is dead. You can come to Fair Shadow Land and inform me."
The guard frowned. "Fair Shadow Land? What base is that? I’ve never heard of it."
Ni Mengxue smiled. "You’ll know in two or three months."
She turned toward the RV. "If you survive, come visit. If you don’t... tell your colleagues about it before you die."
The guard was stunned, then his eyes sparkled. He quickly nodded. "I understand."
Ni Mengxue got into the RV and drove away. The guard watched until the vehicle disappeared from sight.
His name was Chen Chen. And there was something about him that almost nobody in the base knew. His ability was psychic.
Unlike psychic ability users who could attack minds directly, Chen Chen specialised in sensing and gathering information.
He could hear conversations taking place throughout large portions of the base. Because his ability wasn’t particularly useful in direct combat, everyone assumed he was an ordinary guard.