[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-552":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: My Cheat Skill Is Myself",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315807,4528,"Chapter 552: Xu Xiang","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-552",552,"\u003Cp>“Jiege, I’m not doubting you—it’s just that all this is too unbelievable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan clasped his head in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie gave an understanding hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he not been a transmigrator with extraordinary power, and had someone suddenly appeared before him\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>claiming immortality and gods were real, he too would have instinctively doubted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of proof would make you believe?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao grew impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had told him everything she knew, yet Zhang Chulan still refused to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unless you can produce absolute evidence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan mustered his courage and met Feng Baobao’s gaze, refusing to back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t have any evidence right now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao spoke with deep dejection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even she herself was confused about immortality—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she didn’t know how she’d gained it, so how could she possibly produce proof?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baobei-jie, even if you can’t produce evidence, we have a witness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie reminded her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao’s eyes lit up: “You mean Gouwa?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone could serve as the strongest witness to Feng Baobao’s immortality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was unquestionably Xu Xiang, who had known her since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll call Gouwa right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao hurried off to make the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiege, who’s Gouwa?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie glanced at Zhang Chulan: “Gouwa is his nickname; his real name is Xu Xiang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu… Xu Xiang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan stared, speechless, his voice stammering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name Xu Xiang might mean little elsewhere,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but among employees of the North China Region of Nadtong, everyone knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who had never met him had surely heard his name,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because the head of the North China Region—the director—was Xu Xiang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Xu Xiang isn’t Director Xu, is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Director Xu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie gave a definitive answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overall director of Nadtong was Director Zhao Fangxu; beneath him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each regional director could also be called *Director, and Xu Xiang was known as Director Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan felt like he’d died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, what kind of matter could possibly involve someone of Director Xu’s stature?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap. Tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao stepped into the room from another chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done. Gouwa told us to go meet him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao gave an OK sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s head to the location.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie nodded; the golden figure dissolved into a streak of light and vanished into the night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiege…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan stared at where Zhang Jie had disappeared, his hand dropping uselessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The qi forming the golden figure had come from him—he was now utterly drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Feng Baobao was the “killer” who had slain his grandfather; though from Zhang Jie’s attitude and the current situation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao hadn’t acted with intent, still, without power to protect himself, he felt profoundly unsafe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Feng Baobao suddenly decided to kill him to silence him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t he then become fish on a chopping block, at her mercy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao, already at the door and moving with decisive energy, turned and glared at Zhang Chulan’s sluggish pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan, forced to bow his head under someone else’s roof, hurried after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiege!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to convenient transportation, even at night, Zhang Jie and the others quickly gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Jie standing casually at the intersection, hands in his pockets, dressed in casual wear,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan—who had been trailing behind Feng Baobao, head bowed like a frightened quail—suddenly felt rescued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>darting three steps to hide beside Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene nearly made Zhang Jie laugh:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baobei-jie isn’t a flood or a beast—do you think she’ll eat you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You never know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan muttered under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baobao’s thinking was unlike anyone else’s—he dared not entrust his safety to someone like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie shook his head and led Zhang Chulan and the others toward their destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he stopped before a building dozens of stories tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hospital?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiege, weren’t we supposed to meet Director Xu? Why are we here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up at the large red cross above the entrance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan was utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xu is recuperating inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie replied offhandedly, then walked into the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder I never saw Director Xu—it makes sense now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed it was because his rank was too low to warrant an audience with Director Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it seemed Director Xu was unwell, constantly recuperating in the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the elevator, Zhang Jie and the others reached a floor painted white,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>filled with the scent of disinfectant, unmistakably hospital-like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ajie, Chulan, Baobao—you’re here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San had been waiting in the corridor for some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“San-ge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie gave a slight nod in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiege.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan’s greeting was far more formal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Baobei-jie, she had reverted to her usual blank, expressionless state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San, clearly accustomed to Feng Baobao’s demeanor, gave a slight nod and turned to walk inside:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father is waiting for you inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San pushed open the door to a hospital room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie and the others entered one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lights from various medical devices flickered in the room; a gaunt, emaciated figure lay there,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elderly man lay quietly on the hospital bed, surrounded by all manner of instruments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when Zhang Jie and the others entered did he slowly open his gray-black eyes, already dim with the approach of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the conclusion any person would reach upon seeing this dying old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing beside the bed was a man radiating a reckless, unyielding aura—it was Xu Si.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a lifelong smoker, he still had a cigarette between his lips, though it was unlit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Xu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jie bowed his head slightly in greeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan quickly offered his greetings as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah Jie, you’ve gone to so much trouble to come see this old wreck of a man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Xiang’s lifeless eyes lingered for a moment on Zhang Jie,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then turned to Zhang Chulan: “You must be Chulan? Truly an impressive young man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xu, you flatter me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chulan smiled shyly at the compliment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough… cough… cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only a few pleasantries, Xu Xiang seemed to have expended all his strength, beginning to cough violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu San and Xu Si rushed forward, seized his hands, and gently transmitted True Qi through the Laogong acupoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough… cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the nourishment of Xu San and Xu Si’s True Qi, Xu Xiang’s violent coughing subsided, and a faint hue of color returned to his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“San’er and Si’er have already told me about your arrival.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With renewed strength, Xu Xiang fixed his gaze on Zhang Chulan:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baobao is indeed an immortal who never ages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, his gaze shifted slightly toward Zhang Jie, and he sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never imagined you could deduce the truth of her immortality merely from sensing her True Qi—truly, the younger generation is awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring indeed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth of her immortality is truly awe-inspiring, truly awe-inspiring!\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-06-20T14:22:37.780Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e968e1c435682aa0bf53fdce494d48bb7484c7af5584cd475c2f9369bc3bb0c1","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-553","simultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-chapter-551",601,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-my-cheat-skill-is-m-cover.jpg"]