Chapter 143

Several suspects, upon seeing the police, panicked instantly, shouting their innocence, but after being scolded by the police, they instantly became obedient.

Several people's faces turned deathly pale; they all had criminal cases on their records, knowing that once they went in this time, they were done for.

Several people originally thought they were just dealing with a little girl, never expecting to implicate themselves, but the situation has already developed to this point; even if they regretted it now, it would be too late.

"What's going on?" Bai Xinya looked at Su Ruo, still shaken, obviously frightened by today's events.

"They're probably related to the gang that kidnapped An'an earlier."

Su Ruo didn't mention Feng Xiran's matter; the Feng family is powerful, so some things still need her to investigate herself.

Bai Xinya jumped in fright; she didn't expect that after so long, those people would still not let it go.

Nowadays, they dare to hurt people in broad daylight—this is utterly lawless.

Zhou Feng hurried to comfort her, saying, "Don't worry; they've already been startled, so they definitely won't dare do anything again—I'll send people to protect you."

Bai Xinya knew her husband always acted steadily, so she relaxed a little.

At the same time, as the seal on Su Ruo's body was lifted, the black-robed person in the dark secret chamber immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Daoist, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Mengyun jumped in fright and hurried over to support him.

Yet the black-robed person shoved her away forcefully; at that moment, his eyes were filled with resentment and unwillingness: "Why? Why? I was just one step away, just one step from success—why did it still fail?"

As the black-robed person moved, the hat on his robe fell off, revealing a face burned and hideously terrifying.

On that scar-covered face, it seemed as if worms were wriggling slowly in the blood vessels; seeing this, Bai Xinya let out a piercing shriek and fainted outright.

Li Zhaodi came home from work; after hearing about this, she was also worried, repeatedly confirming that Su Ruo was unharmed before she could relax.

That night, An'an insisted on sleeping with Su Ruo; Su Ruo knew she must have been frightened today, so she didn't refuse.

When everyone had fallen asleep, Su Ruo lay in bed thinking about the day's events, her eyes filled with an icy intensity that wouldn't dissipate; she dared not imagine what she would become if An'an weren't there today.

Su Ruo didn't sleep all night; after waking the next day, she returned to school. Bai Xinya was uneasy and insisted on accompanying Zhou Feng to send her back.

She also said she would come pick her up during future holidays; Su Ruo felt her concern, filling her heart with warm warmth.

But after seeing Bai Xinya and the others off, as she turned around, her expression instantly turned cold.

Su Ruo headed toward the dormitory, but she didn't expect that before she could go look for Feng Xiran, Feng Xiran would come find her first.

As soon as Su Ruo entered the dormitory, she immediately felt a bone-chilling cold.

Feng Xiran stood in the dormitory; although it was midsummer, she wore a thick outfit, her face as pale as a ghost.

Since there was no one else in the dormitory, Su Ruo got straight to the point: "Was yesterday's incident your doing?"

Feng Xiran sneered, "I don't understand what you're saying, and you claim I did this—do you have any evidence?" After all that had happened, Feng Xiran no longer bothered pretending; she had realized that acting weak and pitiful got her nowhere.

"I have no evidence now, but some things don't need evidence."

Feng Xiran sneered, "What do you want to do, kill me? You don't dare. Su Ruo, don't think inheriting Jishi Hall makes you formidable—I'm not afraid of you."

Su Ruo's expression grew colder; she had never relied on Jishi Hall.

As the two were still talking, the sisters Jixiang Ruyi pushed the door open and entered; seeing Su Ruo and the others in the dormitory, they were slightly surprised, then promptly handed over the pastries they were holding.

Su Ruo smiled and declined; she returned to her bed, but upon lying down, she instantly felt a sinister chill that made her back go cold.

"System," Su Ruo called out immediately; 001 also sensed something was wrong at once and scanned her surroundings.

Under Su Ruo's bed they discovered a Grievance Spirit Talisman drawn in blood; this talisman script can attract grudge energy within a radius of a hundred li. If Su Ruo, unaware, slept long-term on this bed, she would suffer from serious illness at best, death at worst.

001 said angrily, "Using such a vicious method to harm people—it's utterly malicious."

001 was about to destroy the Grievance Spirit Talisman right away, but Su Ruo stopped it.

Since the other side has already employed such a vicious method, letting them go like this would be far too lenient.

Su Ruo also wanted to see what else these people intended to do.

As Su Ruo had anticipated, that night, after everyone had fallen asleep, a black worm was released from a bottle by Feng Xiran.

It slowly crawled toward Su Ruo's bed; Feng Xiran watched, the corner of her lips curling into a cold arc.

This worm is a poisonous insect from Miaojiang; the wound it inflicts looks no different from a ordinary mosquito bite.

However, the person bitten will have their kidneys gradually fail throughout the body, eventually leading to skin ulceration and death.

Merely thinking of this, Feng Xiran could no longer restrain her inner excitement.

But she didn't realize that Su Ruo had already opened her eyes the moment she made a move.

001 had already relayed all of her actions to Su Ruo.

At that moment, the black worm was slowly crawling toward her own bed; Su Ruo reached out and seized it in her hand.

Listening to 001's description of the worm, then looking at it, Su Ruo's eyes were filled with endless coldness.

She never expected Feng Xiran would resort to such a vicious method to harm someone.

Since she enjoys harming others so much, let her reap what she sows!

Su Ruo directly had the system isolate the dormitory into a separate space; whatever she did inside would remain unknown and undiscovered from outside.

Then she had the system replicate a hundred Miaojiang Gu Worms; since Feng Xiran liked using gu worms to harm people, let her experience what it's like to be bitten by them.

After doing all that, Su Ruo pulled back the curtain and got out of bed; at that moment, Feng Xiran's sinister expression had not yet faded.

Upon seeing Su Ruo actually get out of bed, she was instantly shocked and disbelieving, her eyes full of incredulity: "How could Su Ruo be unharmed? How could she be fine?"

At that moment, Su Ruo produced the worm she had pinched in her hand.

"Feng Xiran, do you think a tiny worm like this can harm me?"

Feng Xiran's heart panicked even more; she wanted to flee, but found her body completely unable to move.

She shouted for help, but no matter how she screamed, the others in the dormitory seemed unable to hear at all, continuing to sleep soundly.

Feng Xiran saw Su Ruo holding the worm and slowly approaching her; recalling what the black-robed person had told her, fear immediately spread through her heart.

But Feng Xiran at this moment still didn't realize that the misfortune awaiting her had only just begun.