Chapter 347: The Third Personality

A huge copper furnace was burning with raging flames. Zhong Xiaoyu lay on thick wool. She no longer remembered how she got here. Looking around, except for the firelight of the fireplace, there was no other light source here, nor were there any windows.

Under the flickering firelight, one could see stone pillars carved from white marble standing silently.

She sat up and saw an ancient person standing respectfully by her side, and was startled.

Her exclamation carried an echo. It seemed this was a very large place. The ancient person didn't move at all. Zhong Xiaoyu soon realized that this was not a living person.

Sure enough, looking closely, this was also carved from white marble, wearing a hat and crown, bowing toward her, as if serving her. There was more than one such stone statue, with various shapes, scattered everywhere, as if ready to serve tea and water at any time.

And Zhong Xiaoyu soon realized that she was sitting on a throne. Beside the throne was a small stone table with a few glass beads on it, shining brightly under the reflection of the furnace fire.

Here was a palace without windows, deathly silent, and she was the only living person.

She carefully got off the throne and looked for an exit by the light of the furnace fire, but only saw a huge coffin appear on one side.

Zhong Xiaoyu realized that this was not an ordinary palace; it was an underground palace, the tomb of a deceased royal family.

Her exploration didn't continue for long. From a place where the furnace fire couldn't reach, a dull sound of a door opening came. It should have been a heavy stone door being opened by someone.

Footsteps came. She was too familiar with these footsteps; it was him.

Sure enough, a moment later, Xi He appeared before her. His hair and shoulders were stained with snow, and his eyebrows and eyes were still as handsome and gloomy as in her memory.

"You're awake," Xi He said, as if this were an ordinary day and this were just a daily greeting.

"This is the underground palace of Nanling," Zhong Xiaoyu's reaction was very quick.

Xi He smiled slightly: "As expected of the woman I like, you guessed it so quickly. Now this is my home. Do you like it? Ah, it's been so long since I've been alone with you. How do you like me to address you, Xiaoyu or Dr. Zhong?" He acted at a loss, as if he were a young boy who had just fallen in love.

"When we first met, you were disguised in this raw way, deceiving me," Zhong Xiaoyu said coldly. "To you, all this is just a game, and I am your ultimate prize. Now I'm here. This game of murder should end, right?"

Xi He's eyes were bright under the reflection of the furnace fire. If one didn't know his background, one would think he was an innocent person.

"This is not a game, this is my declaration of love to you. You must understand, it's just that you don't want to admit it." As he spoke, he reached out his hand to touch her shoulder, but was dodged by Zhong Xiaoyu.

The underground palace was actually very warm, and the snowflakes on Xi He's body had melted without knowing it. However, Zhong Xiaoyu couldn't stop trembling. She turned around and faced away from Xi He, not letting him see her expression.

Xi He's voice came from behind her: "You have never hated me. You know what your true face is like. From the moment we saw each other, we already knew we were the same kind of people. Your pain was all given to you by Zhong Huaiting. These dog-shit dogmas are only useful for deceiving those fools. We are an evolved species, an existence close to gods that overrides them, and we don't need to care about these at all!" He became more and more excited, stepped forward, grabbed Zhong Xiaoyu, and pulled her in front of him. "Xiaoyu, in this world, we have no one else but each other. We are one!"

However, Zhong Xiaoyu lowered her head, letting him shake her, without any reaction, as if she had lost her soul.

Xi He realized something, and his hands slowly loosened.

Zhong Xiaoyu still stood in place, her head still lowered, just like those stone statues in the underground palace, terrifyingly quiet.

Xi He's breathing became rapid due to excitement. Fearing that he would wake her up, he lowered his voice and called: "You finally appeared."

The Zhong Xiaoyu standing opposite him slowly raised her head, but this time, her expression was already different from before. Like an illusion, her pupils became exceptionally black and large, almost covering all the whites of her eyes.

Her lips turned dark purple due to lack of blood, as if all the blood had turned cold. She looked at Xi He with a sinister expression that Zhong Xiaoyu had never had before, suddenly rushed in front of him at an astonishing speed, and grabbed his throat.

Xi He didn't resist at all, letting her push and bump him until he fell back onto the throne.

"Are you not afraid that I will kill you?" Her voice was low and hoarse, different from Zhong Xiaoyu's, and completely different from Zhong Kui's clear voice.

Xi He squeezed a few words out of his throat with difficulty: "You can't bear to..." His hand resting on the throne turned when the woman wasn't paying attention. The stone statue behind her suddenly moved quickly and hit her back directly.

Stumbling, Xi He seized the opportunity and counter-controlled the woman.

Because of the failure, the woman screamed frantically, her shrill voice echoing in the underground palace like a female ghost...

Qi Fei, who came out of Jiang Tianyi's, felt a little better. After all, people need an outlet and an explanation. Although Jiang Tianyi couldn't give him an answer, it finally made him feel that the content of the file was too strange, and he still had to find Zhong Xiaoyu herself to talk.

However, Zhong Xiaoyu was missing. She was not at Guiyue Apartment.

Jiang Tianyi was the last person to see her. After coming out of Jiang Tianyi's psychological counseling room, she didn't go home, but went all the way toward Nanling and finally disappeared into the dense forest.

Everyone knew how difficult it was to find someone in that place in Nanling, let alone in such a snowy day.

Just when everyone was at their wit's end, early the next morning, Zhong Xiaoyu actually appeared at the Nancheng Police Station.

Qi Fei was the first to rush into the courtyard. Just as he was about to ask where Zhong Xiaoyu had gone, she softened and fainted into his arms the moment she saw him.

In Nancheng Hospital, Qi Fei sat beside Zhong Xiaoyu's hospital bed, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

"The doctor said her body is fine." Wu Shanqiu walked over and said, "Brother Fei, you've guarded her for a night, let me take the shift."

"No need, I have many questions to ask her, I have to wait for her to wake up," Qi Fei said stubbornly.

As he was speaking, Zhong Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the strange environment of the ward, she didn't seem surprised.

The moment she saw Qi Fei, she smiled sweetly: "It seems, I'm back."

This tone of speaking, one could tell it was Zhong Kui.

Qi Fei's mood was complex. The Zhong Kui he loved was back, but this meant Zhong Xiaoyu was hiding again, and he didn't know when she would appear again... ===== CHAPTER 348 =====