Chapter 275 - 270: Bad News
Jiang Li listened to Luo Jingheng’s words, her face showing a momentary blankness.
She wondered why he would thank her.
Luo Jingheng looked at Jiang Li’s current appearance and frowned slightly. They hadn’t seen each other for only a short while, so how had she changed this much?
His gaze shifted to the space beside her, settling on Kun Sha, whose Spiritual Body was becoming increasingly transparent.
"His soul is about to dissipate entirely," Luo Jingheng noted.
Jiang Li looked at Luo Jingheng in astonishment. He could see him? Had he always been able to see him?
She turned to look at Kun Sha, hatred plain on her face. Her resentment was so deep that she felt having his soul scattered was a mercy for him.
"I can help you," Luo Jingheng offered again.
Jiang Li led him into the living room. As soon as he entered, Luo Jingheng saw Song Shujing hurrying over. Her face was clouded with an ominous darkness, exuding an aura of death.
Luo Jingheng sighed silently.
That evening, with Wu Ming’s assistance, Luo Jingheng banished Kun Sha’s soul.
"What about them?" Jiang Li pointed at the spirit of the little kid and the others.
Luo Jingheng glanced at them and shook his head at her. "Their worldly obsessions are too deep. I can’t send them away."
Kun Sha had wanted to leave a long time ago, but Jiang Li had forcefully kept him bound to her side. However, these spirits were different. They still had their own unfinished business, so they could not be guided to the afterlife.
Jiang Li nodded, only half-understanding. "Alright, thank you. How did you find the time to visit?"
A smile played on Luo Jingheng’s lips. "Because of you, Luo Heng was arrested. I came to thank you, and to help you resolve some troubles along the way."
"Luo Heng was arrested?"
Jiang Li thought of the people she had left behind when she departed. She hadn’t expected them to act so quickly.
Luo Jingheng nodded. With the right timing, everything fell into place smoothly.
"Has He Shaohui been caught?" she asked.
"He Shaohui returned with Kun Sha, but they parted ways after arriving. Now that Kun Sha’s situation has been exposed, He Shaohui is hiding well. You need to be extra careful."
"I will. Thank you."
Luo Jingheng looked at Jiang Li and Song Shujing, recalling the information he had uncovered. "He Shaohui is a lunatic."
Jiang Li nodded in agreement. Anyone who could develop that kind of drug couldn’t possibly be a normal person.
"I also found out some information from Luo Heng. Back then, after they took you away, you were injected with a drug."
Jiang Li’s head spun.
"You only remember being trafficked by Jiang Dewang at the age of seven, but the incident actually happened when you were five. I suspect the drug caused you to lose all your memories from before you were seven." Luo Jingheng looked at her with utmost seriousness. "Your body has already produced antibodies. The drug Kun Sha injected you with didn’t work. Jiang Li, do you know what this means?"
At Luo Jingheng’s words, Jiang Li’s eyes slowly shifted, and she let out a bitter chuckle.
She knew exactly what it meant. It meant she would once again become a highly sought-after prize for both sides.
"Why are you telling me all this?" Jiang Li looked at Luo Jingheng suspiciously, wondering what his true motive was.
Luo Jingheng met her gaze. "Aren’t we friends?"
Jiang Li looked away and lowered her head. She wasn’t suited for making friends.
"Regardless of your motives, thank you for coming to tell me this. I will be very careful."
Hearing her distant tone, Luo Jingheng sighed softly. "By the way, I’ll be living right across the hall from now on. If you ever need help, feel free to bother me anytime. I promised Wu Tong that I would take good care of Wu Ming for her."
"Huh? This involves me?" Wu Ming, who had been listening with great concern, suddenly heard her own name.
Luo Jingheng stood up and looked at her with a gentle gaze. "My heart belongs to Wu Tong."
In other words, it was also hers. Wu Tong owed her life to Wu Ming.
Only then did Jiang Li realize why Luo Jingheng didn’t look the same as he used to. So that was the reason.
Thinking of Wu Tong, a complex expression flashed through Wu Ming’s eyes.
"Heh heh heh, well, thank you then."
Luo Jingheng left Jiang Li’s place and returned to his own home.
As soon as he was gone, Jiang Li collapsed onto the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling. Why did it feel like the whole world wanted her dead?
She hadn’t felt the drug’s effects last time and had assumed the credit belonged entirely to Xiao Ji’s healing. She hadn’t expected there to be this underlying biological factor.
"Jiang Li, don’t be afraid. It’s okay, you still have us," Wu Ming comforted her. If it were her in that situation, she would have probably gone mad a long time ago. Jiang Li was already incredibly strong.
Jiang Li smiled and nodded, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes. If they wanted to use her as a test subject, she would simply have to eliminate them first. Since she was their target, they would inevitably show themselves.
Right now, the most urgent matter was Song Shujing. After spending time together, Jiang Li noticed that Song Shujing’s condition fluctuated wildly—sometimes she could remember everything, and sometimes she couldn’t remember anything at all. Watching her, Jiang Li would occasionally space out, wondering if she herself would end up like that in the future.
One day, Jiang Li took a trip to the police station.
She was only halfway through a conversation when she received a frantic phone call from Wu Ming.
"Hello, Jiang Li? Aunt Shujing is missing! She went out all by herself!"