Chapter 210: Volume 1 Chapter 210: Mermaid? Merperson? (27)

Volume 1_Chapter 210: Mermaid? Merperson? (27)

Time passed quickly; in the blink of an eye the semester was about to end, and Jiang Zhi had lived with the merperson for half a year, while his corruption value also had only ten points left, and she would soon complete her mission and leave.

She could choose to stay or leave, but the merperson's lifespan is endless; as a human, Jiang Zhi is merely a passerby in his eternal life.

Perhaps after she leaves, the merperson will be sad for a while, but as time passes, he will gradually stop thinking of her, return to the sea, and live his own life.

Ajin didn't know what he had seen on TV; these days he often went out alone, returning dusty and weary, carrying her secrets on his back.

Jiang Zhi was busy with her school's pre-graduation academic tasks, and she simply had no time to look after him.

That day, after finishing all her classes at school, Jiang Zhi picked up her bag and was about to leave the classroom when Chen Qi Bai, who hadn't appeared in a long time, blocked her way.

"Zhizhi, I have something very important to tell you."

Jiang Zhi recalled that before leaving that morning, Ajin had especially urged her to come home early, saying he also had something to tell her.

She was anxious to go home and didn't want to get overly entangled with the male lead, Chen Qi Bai, so she immediately refused: "Sorry, Senior Chen, we're not close, and besides, I have my own business to attend to."

Chen Qi Bai wasn't in a hurry, speaking calmly: "Then, don't you want to know about the merperson?"

This sentence left Jiang Zhi stunned; she looked at him in disbelief, thinking it was an auditory hallucination—how could he know about the merperson? Could it just be a coincidence?

Chen Qi Bai: "You can choose to leave now, or..."

He paused for a few seconds, his dark eyes behind the lenses deep and calm: "Let's find a place to talk about this properly."

Finally, Jiang Zhi followed him into the car, silent the whole way, arriving at an upscale, elegant restaurant where they opened a private room; she sat down, and to one side was a tranquil, lush bamboo grove whose fresh, cool fragrance could soothe emotions.

Chen Qi Bai sat opposite her, took out a stack of documents from his bag, and handed them to her.

Jiang Zhi remained motionless, not lifting a finger.

"What is this?"

Chen Qi Bai adjusted his glasses: "This is what I've found over this period; you can take a look."

Jiang Zhi lifted her water cup, took a sip, and roughly guessed the information on those documents.

The male lead has extremely high intelligence, able to uncover Ajin's identity, which didn't surprise her. But what exactly made him suspicious?

She had clearly tried her best to avoid them meeting.

But the male lead's feelings for her were unexpected; otherwise he wouldn't have thought to investigate Ajin's identity.

"Senior Chen, what exactly do you want to say?" she asked.

Chen Qi Bai got straight to the point: "The man by your side is actually a merperson, do you know?"

Jiang Zhi's expression showed no surprise: "I know."

Chen Qi Bai added: "Merpeople are by nature brutal; are you aware of that?"

Jiang Zhi replied indifferently: "So what?"

Chen Qi Bai didn't expect her to show no fear or panic; she was clearly devoted to the merperson.

This made him extremely jealous, jealous that a monster could win her affection.

But upon recalling the information from that ancient book, he suddenly understood: "You've been bewitched by it."

Merpeople possess the ability to bewitch hearts and minds; humans they fixate on gradually lose their sanity, eventually becoming their partners.

With Zhizhi's intelligent nature, how could she like a merperson? She must have been bewitched by it.

Jiang Zhi didn't want to stay any longer, saying: "Senior Chen, please don't look for me again."

Having said that, she rose to leave.

From behind came Chen Qi Bai's deep voice.

"Only if it disappears from this world will you not be bewitched by it."

Jiang Zhi turned back; the black-haired youth's narrow eyes behind his glasses flashed with cold killing intent.

"Zhizhi, so you may hate and resent me now, but I won't blame you." He curled the corner of his thin lips, a hint of madness in his expression.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhi stepped back a few steps and noticed a row of tall, burly bodyguards standing at the private room's door.

The entire restaurant was surrounded; she couldn't fly away even if she had wings.

The youth brought her here not just to discuss these matters; most importantly, to restrict her movements, while elsewhere he sent people to her residence to kill the merperson.

"Chen Qi Bai!" she exclaimed, frowning, calling him by his full name, showing how angry and anxious she was.

Chen Qi Bai held the transparent cup in his hand, walked leisurely to her, a faint shadow reflected on his lenses covering his eyes, his voice low and pleasant like rich wine:

"When merpeople come onto land, their fish tails turn into human legs; unless they encounter water, it's hard to tell they are merpeople.

"But once their legs touch the ground, their heaven-defying abilities diminish to less than one-tenth of what they were; as Xiao Chang said, their legs are a fatal weakness—if injured, they won't heal, and they will slowly die from excessive blood loss."

As her face grew paler, the youth drew nearer, the pathological love in the depths of his eyes fully exposed: "Zhizhi, once it dies, you will wake up, and then you will thank me."

Jiang Zhi looked at the madman before her and could faintly see Yun Jin's shadow.

"Another clone?" she asked 777.

777 replied weakly: "Hmm."

There are still many clones; in one world, this perverted villain always splits into several bodies, self-attacking, creating his own asura battlefield.

"Really strong." she said irritably.

No wonder the male lead ended up like this.

From the start, Chen Qi Bai wasn't the original novel's Chen Qi Bai but a clone of Yun Jin.

This explains everything.

Now the male lead has sent people to kill the villain, and her mission will directly fail.

And all of this is caused by that bastard Yun Jin.

Every time she's about to finish her mission, he shows up to meddle!

Jiang Zhi can't wait to meet his true self, not a clone but his actual body.

Even if she dies, she will drag him down with her.

"Brother Seven, I might not be able to go to the next world." She felt somewhat desperate, looking at the male lead Chen Qi Bai whose Hatred Value was already full, a chill ran down her spine.

777 said firmly, "There's still a chance! Host, Chen Qi Bai is not your opponent."

After saying that, it realized its words violated the rules, and hurriedly whispered, "As long as you don't harm the male lead, Host, you won't be judged as breaking character."

Jiang Zhi understood.

She took the opportunity as the youth approached, lowered her eyes and trembled, "Chen…Chen senior, I…I seem to have regained consciousness."

Hearing her voice, Chen Qi Bai's face lit up with joy, he reached out to hug her when suddenly a pain shot through the back of his neck.

Immediately afterward, his vision went dark, his pupils constricted, he stared at her in shock, his body slowly sank until he collapsed motionless on the ground.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhi had no time for anything else, using Chen Qi Bai's phone she sent a diversion message to the bodyguard guarding outside.

She originally intended to let the person who was sent to kill A Ting go, but she didn't expect that Chen Qi Bai still had a trick up his sleeve; the orders he gave those assassins were death orders, impossible to change or withdraw.