Chapter 370: Feng Yuhuai's Older Brother, He Can

Feng Yuhuai raised her hand, slowly sweeping the long hair hanging by her cheek behind her ear, her eye sockets also slightly reddening.

She came to Cui Cui's side, sat down gently, turned her face to gaze at Cui Cui, and reached out to take her wrist.

Her fingers were slender and fair, her nails as smooth as fine porcelain, yet in passing they brushed Zhang Liyou's hand back, the touch cold as frost, light as drifting air, yet like a needle stabbing into Zhang Liyou's nerves.

Zhang Liyou's chin instantly tensed, her fine hairs standing on end one by one, dense goosebumps uncontrollably rising on her skin.

Her teeth clenched tight, enduring that nauseating sense of oppression, yet unable to stop the tightly clenched memories in her Nao Hai from surging forth again—beneath that human skin, those three ferocious heads, twisted and huddled together under the lamplight.

Fortunately, these past two days she had been running the 【Turtle Breath Art】 at "low power" twenty-four hours a day, indirectly controlling her heartbeat frequency and breathing changes, like a turtle hiding in its shell, trying not to reveal any flaw.

This allowed her to barely restrain the instinctive reaction of wanting to pull her hand back as if shocked.

Feng Yuhuai's gaze slowly swept over Zhang Liyou, then lingered on Cui Cui's red and swollen eye sockets, her voice low and soft:

"Cui Cui, don't fear, we will find Xiao Juan, we definitely will, but now you must calm down first."

Feng Yuhuai's voice seemed to contain some power; Cui Cui was clearly more willing to listen to Feng Yuhuai's words, her emotions soothed, calming down considerably.

Feng Yuhuai gazed into Cui Cui's eyes, explaining sincerely:

"What Liyou said is right. In the whole School, only the three of us most urgently want to find Xiao Juan, so we must not act foolishly, we must not do anything impulsive."

"Think about it—if we get caught, what will happen to Xiao Juan? She is still waiting for us."

Her words were like a reassuring pill landing in Cui Cui's heart, instantly letting her out-of-control emotions settle slightly.

Cui Cui lowered her eyelids, her tightly pursed lips relaxing a little, seeming to feel a bit ashamed of her own loss of control just now; she spoke in a low voice, her tone carrying apology and unease:

"Liyou, I'm sorry, I have no brain, I wrongly blamed you."

Zhang Liyou lowered her eyelids, forcing a smile onto her face.

Knowing the monster close at hand was very good at disguising and manipulating hearts, but seeing Feng Yuhuai's effortless gentleness and hypocrisy with her own eyes again, she still couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

"All along, everyone was deceived by Feng Yuhuai's face; Xiao Juan and Yazhi must have been lured and eaten by Feng Yuhuai just like this, and I myself was the same before, treating her as my closest sister."

Zhang Liyou felt a chill in her heart, cold sweat already on her palms, yet she still did not withdraw her hand.

She could not let Feng Yuhuai notice any abnormality, even though her Nao Hai was now stuffed full with those three heads beneath the human skin.

And Feng Yuhuai was absolutely not lying at this moment; what she said were sincere words, after all, if a roommate was truly locked up by the Patrol Bureau, she really wouldn't have the guts to go eat night snacks at the Patrol Bureau, even though her father Feng Ju was the Captain of the Patrol Bureau.

Feng Yuhuai habitually licked her lips, then changed the subject:

"Although the Patrol Bureau cannot be trusted, we still must file a case report; one more person helping us means we can find Xiao Juan sooner."

Hope instantly ignited in Cui Cui's eyes, while Zhang Liyou's heart sank soundlessly to the bottom of a Valley.

The two held their breath in unison and looked toward Feng Yuhuai.

Feng Yuhuai indeed did not disappoint them; she looked at the two, a meaningful smile on her face:

"My father is now the Captain of the Patrol Bureau; I can ask him to help us think of a way; he will surely be willing to extend a helping hand.""

Feng Yuhuai said this while gently wiping the tear stains from the corner of Cui Cui's eyes.

Zhang Liyou felt her stomach violently twitching; she watched Feng Yuhuai gently wipe Cui Cui's tears, those hands that had once slept embraced with her in the same quilt now made her think of the elegance of a carnivore licking its prey.

Alarm bells rang wildly in Zhang Liyou's Nao Hai; Feng Yuhuai's words, landing in her ears, could only be translated into one meaning—the Patrol Bureau cannot be trusted, the Captain of the Patrol Bureau is Feng Yuhuai's accomplice in eating people and her protective umbrella.

Zhang Liyou's train of thought raced, past memories flashing through her Nao Hai like a revolving lantern.

Those doubts she once could not understand, those details she had subconsciously overlooked, now seemed placed under a microscope, instantly pieced together:

"No wonder, from Yazhi's bizarre death until now, several shocking cases have occurred consecutively at the School, yet the authorities always dared to forcibly cover it up;

No wonder the Patrol Bureau's Investigation has always stalled, unable to find the killer, unable to solve the case for a long time—it turns out, from beginning to end…"

Zhang Liyou thought it over and felt terrified; the only thing she was fortunate about now was that she had not chosen to go to the School that night, nor to the Patrol Bureau.

"But if that's the case…"

Her thoughts surged, a sense of helplessness rising in her Nei Xin,

"I really can only rely on myself to deal with Feng Yuhuai. But can I really deal with her? She is too terrifying, too good at disguising… I need to find someone to help me."

"But who can I find? Who would dare believe my words?"

Suddenly, a blurry memory fragment surfaced in Zhang Liyou's Nao Hai.

She suddenly remembered that once during a chat, Feng Yuhuai seemed to have casually mentioned some things about her Jia Li.

Feng Yuhuai seemed careless at the time, mentioning she had an incompetent older brother at home, who had not been favored by their father since childhood, and was always compared to her.

Back then, Zhang Liyou thought the expression on Feng Yuhuai's face was worry and concern for her brother, like a gentle and considerate genius younger sister.

But now, after seeing Feng Yuhuai's true face, that tone was clearly filled with strong contempt and disgust.

"So, perhaps Feng Yuhuai's older brother could…"

A crazy idea flashed through Zhang Liyou's Nao Hai, but the next second she rejected it herself:

"No, no, what am I thinking? No matter how bad their relationship is, they are still biological siblings; how could they help an outsider like me deal with their own younger sister, and besides, I don't even know him…"

Zhang Liyou's thoughts fell into chaos again, like a tangled thread, the more she pulled the tighter it got, almost making her suffocate.

Just then, a strange soft sound suddenly interrupted her thinking.

She abruptly raised her head, her Line of Sight instantly locking onto Cui Cui.

Cui Cui's body had stiffened at some point, her gaze becoming unfocused, her Pupils losing focus, as if her soul had been drawn out.

Her lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she made no sound at all.

Then her body slowly fell backward, gently landing on the bed.

The movement was eerily quiet, like a Rag Doll that had lost its support…

End of Chapter