NCCnovel Chapter 143 He was most likely killed by jealousy.
Chapter 143 He was most likely killed by jealousy.
Without waiting for Gu Chen, Wu Zhao went back to her hotel room first.
But as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she saw an unexpected person outside her room.
Xie Buji.
He looked somewhat disheveled, with a lingering trace of fear in his eyes.
When he saw Wu Zhao, he seemed to want to walk over, but he restrained himself from moving.
But his eyes were filled with helplessness and pleading.
Then, during their eye contact, he lowered his head like a stray dog.
Interesting. Wu Zhao slowed her pace and walked up to him.
"What a rare guest, Mr. Xie. I never expected to see you at my door." Wu Zhao's voice was soft, yet carried a hint of meaning.
Xie Buji's face was pale, and his voice was weak: "I...can we talk?"
He took out his room card, swiped it to open the door, and the light from the corridor streamed into the dark room.
"Please." Wu Zhao turned to the side, the living room faintly visible behind her.
As if something was watching him intently from behind, Xie Buji approached Wu Zhao's room almost without thinking.
Wu Zhao followed him into the house, and the door slammed shut behind them.
Immediately afterwards, Xie Buji's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground with a thud.
Her whole body trembled violently, and even her voice trembled: "You...you knew all along...that there was something wrong with her?"
His teeth were chattering, and he curled up into a ball.
Seeing his expression, Wu Zhao couldn't help but chuckle and say, "With your meager courage, you dare to follow her around like a dog?"
"If your grandfather hadn't knelt down there repeatedly to accumulate merit, you would have been dead long ago, leaving not even ashes behind."
Wu Zhao spoke coldly, the gemstone on his ring gleaming.
"Me, my grandfather?!" Xie Bujie looked up in astonishment, his eyes wide. "...You, you've met my grandfather?"
"Ha, he's about to vanish into thin air, what would I do with him?" Wu Zhao said sarcastically. "You don't think I'm telling you this for no reason, do you?"
She spoke cruelly, her expression cold: "This is your retribution, Xie Buji."
"I've said it before, don't touch what doesn't belong to you... touching my things will come at a price."
After Xie Buji's grandfather died, he was obsessed with the idea of reincarnation and refused to go through with it. When he discovered that his grandson had done something against his will, he was willing to sacrifice his own merits and kneel in the Reincarnation Hall for a long time in order to save him.
Wu Zhao had an inseparable soul link with the Yellow Springs Yin Gate, so he naturally knew everything that was happening below.
She watched coldly as Xie Buji recklessly squandered his grandfather's merits.
"No, that's not it!" Xie Buji crawled a few steps on his knees, trying to grab Wu Zhao's trouser leg. "Please, my grandfather—I'm the one who's guilty, please save my grandfather!"
Looking down at him, Wu Zhao's expression was calm, and his face appeared unusually cold when he wasn't smiling.
That arrogant gaze, that feeling of being completely out of place with everything in this world...
Xie Buji's face grew increasingly grim. He pleaded, "I... I'll tell you everything I know... Please, please don't let my grandfather..."
After taking two steps back to avoid his hand, Wu Zhao turned on the living room light.
The bright, soft lighting softened her expression somewhat.
She walked to the sofa and sat down, but did not agree to his request.
Instead, she asked, "What did you see when you went to the hospital? Shen Jiaojiao, did you see any strange people?"
She sensed a very evil aura emanating from Xie Buji, a familiar yet eerie yin energy.
Slowly turning the ring on his finger, Wu Zhao's eyes darkened.
He swallowed hard, still terrified at the thought of what he had just witnessed.
"Yes... Wu Nini and I originally took her to the hospital together. But when we got to the hospital, before we even entered, a man suddenly claimed to be from Wu Nini's family and took her away."
“I think Wu Nini is very afraid of that man… I didn’t see him sitting in the car, but his voice sounds familiar… I don’t know where I’ve heard it before.”
Wu Liufeng.
He actually came to Moon City? Wu Zhao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
It seems they knew someone important was coming to the hospital, so they came ahead of time to pick up their sister?
Seeing that Wu Zhao didn't ask about Wu Nini, Xie Buji continued, "After Wu Nini left, I was the only one left. After I paid the hospital fees, I went to contact Jiao... uh, Shen Jiaojiao's agent."
"When I finished the call and was about to go to the ward to be with her... I heard other people's voices in the ward."
At this point, Xie Buji's face turned pale and then green. He said, "I couldn't tell if the person's voice was male or female, but their conversation with Shen Jiaojiao made me think... it should be a woman."
“Shen Jiaojiao called her the White Saint Envoy. I was standing at the door and all I heard her say was that she was very angry and asked why—” Xie Bujie’s voice became guilty. He glanced at Wu Zhao carefully before continuing, “Why didn’t the curse take your life?”
He still remembers Shen Jiaojiao's expression when she said those words.
Her face was contorted with rage and hatred, her beautiful features twisted in a grotesque manner.
It looked exceptionally terrifying and chilled him to the bone.
He looked as if he were under some kind of spell.
At that moment, he suddenly realized that the delicate and beautiful Shen Jiaojiao in his heart was all a lie...
Immediately afterwards, he saw the strange cloaked figure extend a hand from under the pillow, trying to control the crazed Shen Jiaojiao.
"That, that was actually a skeletal hand!" Xie Bujie exclaimed in shock, gripping the blanket hanging from the sofa tightly. "I heard the White Envoy say that the curse is still there, but it's only been suppressed for now. When the time comes, Shen Jiaojiao's wish will naturally be fulfilled."
"White bones and the White Saint Envoy...?" Wu Zhao nodded. "Did you examine that skeletal hand closely? Was there anything special about it?"
Xie Buji shook his head. "I was so scared that I turned around and left immediately... and I ran into my manager as soon as I left. He almost found out that I was eavesdropping outside."
"You really think you're hiding well?" Wu Zhao sneered. "I told you, if it weren't for your grandfather, you would have been dead long ago. You've seen that skeletal hand; do you really think an ordinary person like you wouldn't be discovered by a sorcerer?"
She stood up, walked over to him, and grabbed his collar.
A wisp of dark, yin energy drifted out from Xie Buji's neck, followed by a crisp sound in his ear.
It looks like something has broken on the ground.
The red string that had been hanging around his neck for years suddenly broke, and a safety buckle slipped off his body.
That is……
"The safety amulet that my grandfather gave me?"
Wu Zhao let go of the object and looked at the safety buckle covered in cracks.
"Without it, you wouldn't be able to come back."
The skeletal figure possessed terrifying power; had it not been for the protection of the merit and spiritual energy within the safety buckle, Xie Buji would have been discovered immediately.
First it was finger bones, then bone flutes, and now even skeletal hands have appeared.
Is it possible...
The finger bone and bone flute were both made from this person.
Who would turn their own bones into a yin organ...? That's just too unbelievable!
Wu Zhao pressed the ring on his hand. "You can go now. Considering you brought me some useful information... I can let it go since you took my things."
"Then my grandfather—"
Before Xie Bujie, who was holding the peace amulet, could even smile, he heard Wu Zhao say, "Don't be too greedy, Mr. Xie."
"It's time for you to go."
Wu Zhao turned around and walked to the French windows, his intention to see the guest out was very clear.
Xie Buji's expression instantly became listless, and he stood dejectedly by the door, unwilling to leave just like that.
He gripped the doorknob and gritted his teeth. "If you can save my grandfather, I'll do anything! Even—" Now go and get your grandmother's inheritance back!
Before he could finish speaking, the door was pushed open from the outside.
The man standing outside was tall and handsome, with an expressionless face.
His indifferent gaze swept across his face before turning to Wu Zhao, who was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window.
Gu Chen's voice was filled with doubt and a barely suppressed emotion, "Zhao Zhao, how come every time I open the door, there's a different...surprise?"