novelden Chapter 522 - 289: The West State Boss’s Gift and the Return Gift (Part 2)
Chapter 522 - 289: The West State Boss’s Gift and the Return Gift (Part 2)
The dial was finished, and the phone was brought to the ear.
A polite mechanical voice came from the other side.
[Your phone has outstanding charges...]
Guan Yue Ling bit her lip, tears of urgency welling up, why the hell today, of all days, so unlucky!
Suddenly, in the corner of her eye, she saw on Lan Fangfang’s table a sealed cup of eight-treasure porridge, breakfast Lan Fangfang had bought earlier, still unopened.
She smiled, quickly took the cup of porridge, climbed back onto the bed, and gave it to her sister.
Boom boom boom...
Outside the dorm window, thunder rumbled, clouds covered the sky, electrical snakes wandered in the sky, it looked like it was going to rain.
The porridge had no straw, so she climbed on the bed, tore open the seal directly, and handed it to her weak sister.
There was a big red date in the porridge!
Just perfect for replenishing qi and blood for her sister!
She saw her sister slightly rise up, take the porridge, like a thirsty fish, opening her mouth wide to drink.
She was completely unaware that the big red date was undercooked, soft outside and hard inside, and even bigger than her sister’s throat.
If her sister is too weak, too hungry, too eager, she could choke on the big red date...
...
Dark World.
In the meeting room, on the ground lay a corpse with a slit throat, a large pool of blood spreading on the shiny floor tiles.
Beside it sat a man with a broken arm, his clothes tied tightly around his wound.
"She... she... I don’t know when she followed us.
"We were about to hand over the seeds, and she suddenly appeared, and cut Old Zhang with one sword, snatching the seeds!
"If she hadn’t wanted to steal the seeds, and if I hadn’t dodged quickly, my lost limb wouldn’t be just an arm, but my throat instead..."
The man sweated, his heart filled with lingering fear.
"But she was definitely severely injured too! My fist slammed into her chest, collapsed her ribs, and reached her heart!
"She’s close to dying!"
Beside him, the King of Darkness sat there, his obese body like a mountain of flesh, his face shadowy as a mountain.
"Damn it, this ghost woman!
"Master He, are you confident? Can you curse her to death?"
On the opposite side of the conference table, a gaunt, white-haired young man sat with his eyes tightly closed, his left hand gripping a lock of blood-stained hair, his right hand moving vaguely in the air as if manipulating something.
He did not respond to the King of Darkness, only slightly trembling, sweat appearing on his forehead.
Guan Yuexi is certainly strong, but her old injuries haven’t healed, and she acquired new ones, her fate is like duckweed in the wind, drifting without roots. Cursing her to death is not difficult!
However, judging by the lines of cause and effect, she seems to have entered West State?
Master He, while manipulating the unseen lines of cause and effect, felt his heartbeat quicken.
Faster, faster!
The West State Boss is human, not a god, as long as he acts quickly, he can soon cut off all of Guan Yuexi’s causes and effects, and soon curse her to death!
...
Swish...
Another autumn rain fell from the sky in West State.
Cold air blew from the balcony window into the dormitory, stirring Guan Yue Ling’s bed curtain, and blew into the curtains, causing the severely injured and dying Guan Yuexi to shiver.
With this shiver, some of the soft cup of eight-treasure porridge in her hand spilled onto the bed.
Inside the cup, a plump white wiggling rice grain was revealed... a maggot!
"Ugh..."
Guan Yuexi couldn’t help but retch.
Guan Yue Ling pursed her lips.
How did maggots get into this porridge?
She took the porridge back, no longer letting her sister drink it.
But what should she give her sister to drink?
Crack!
The dormitory door was opened.
Lan Fangfang’s cheerful voice came through.
"Guan Yue Ling, why did you leave so early?
"The seafood clay pot porridge from that barbecue stall is a must-try!
"We packed some for you, come taste it quickly."
Guan Yue Ling quickly poked her head out of the bed curtains.
"Thanks, Fangfang, pass it to me, I’ll eat in bed."
The dormitory resounded with the cheerful chattering of several classmates.
Inside the bed curtains, Guan Yue Ling exhaled slightly in relief.
Guan Yuexi ate the warm seafood porridge, her complexion seemed a bit better.
But her Spiritual Sense had already been triggered, perceiving that just now, it seemed she had walked before the Ghost Gate!
Someone wants to harm her, someone wants to save her.
She knows who wants to harm her.
What about the person who wants to save her?
At this moment, she and Guan Yue Ling noticed that, unknowingly, a heavy black cloak had appeared on her body.
"What a beautiful cloak."
Guan Yue Ling’s gaze was drawn in, unable to resist praising it.
This cloak, who knows what it’s made of, was black, shiny, thick, and soft.
On the cloak, verdant and delicate vine silk crawled around.
On the vine silk, colorful and bright flowers bloomed.
...
In the office of the Dark World.
The King of Darkness and the one-armed man, both looked nervous, watching Master He as he cast the spell.
Seeing Master He open his eyes, they hurriedly asked, "So, was it successful?"
Master He wiped the sweat from his forehead, expressionless, looked at the air on the left, reached out and seemed to grasp something, then suddenly understood.
"I know how Master Turtle died."
As his words fell, he sat there stiffly, his face vacant, bleeding from his seven orifices, his face dyed red, and he had already breathed his last!
...
At some point, the dorm room became completely quiet.
Lan Fangfang lay on the table, asleep.
Li Qiuling was leaning back in the chair, asleep.
Guan Yue Ling was leaning at the bedhead, also asleep.
Clatter, clatter...
The sound of autumn rain came from outside the window.
Guan Yuexi touched the thick cloak draped over her, feeling its soft, smooth, and warm texture, and suddenly tears flowed.
She looked at the flowers on the cloak, seeing one in particular, a vibrant red. It was this flower that emitted an enchanting fragrance...
The fragrance entered her nostrils, driving away the bloody taste in her mouth and nose;
The fragrance entered her throat, relieving the pain of swallowing;
The fragrance entered her chest, helping to repair her ribs and nourish her heart.
"Cough, cough..."
She covered her mouth with her hand, catching the blood clots and froth she coughed up.
"Was this borrowed to me, or is it a gift?"
Then from the cloak’s shoulder, a green flower bud suddenly bloomed at a speed visible to the naked eye, taking the shape of a big mouth, and spoke.
"A house that accumulates good deeds will have more blessings;
"Good deeds will always have an echo;
"My boss said!
"The road is slippery in the gloomy sky, and the autumn rain and wind are chilly!
"This garment is yours!"
Guan Yuexi wiped her tears, smiled with a grin.
"Alright.
"I won’t take it for free, I have a return gift."
She pulled out a dry seed from her pocket, spreading it open in her palm.
"I’ve had my eye on this for a long time, tracked it across a thousand miles, and snatched it from a trade scene in the Dark World.
"This...possibly has something to do with the Ghost Messenger roaming the skies.
"But it might also have nothing to do with it, I can’t be sure, it’s hard to say.
"Give it to the boss!"
The Big Mouth Flower came over, "whoosh," taking the seed into its mouth, and swallowed it.
The Big Mouth Flower started to reverse grow, shrinking and gathering back into the previous green bud, returning to the cloak’s shoulder position.
Guan Yuexi felt much better physically, sat up, and took another sip of seafood porridge.
She touched the cloak, looking at the vine silk and flowers on it.
"Really nice, really beautiful."
She mentally added the second half of the sentence...only a pity it could speak, which was slightly eerie.
She confirmed that the others in the dorm were sleeping soundly, then shook her sister Guan Yue Ling awake: "Quick, wake up, it’s fine now!"
Guan Yue Ling woke up groggily.
"Sister, what happened? Are you feeling better?
"Where did this cloak come from, it’s so pretty, why not let me have it?"
Guan Yuexi rolled her eyes.
"What do you want it for?
"Stop talking nonsense.
"Quickly, get a set of your clothes from inside out for your sister.
"All my clothes are torn, stained with blood, and I have nothing to wear.
"I’ll first take a shower in your dorm bathroom, when I’m done washing, find me some clothes, and throw out my ruined clothes."
Guan Yue Ling tugged at the corner of her mouth.
She ended up not getting her cloak, and now she had to give away a set of clothes?
Just then, Guan Yue Ling’s phone screen lit up.
[Dear user of the Earthmoving Plan, you have successfully recharged your account with 200...]
"Huh? Someone recharged my phone bill?"
Ring, ring, ring...
Shortly after, a call came through, she looked at her sister, got confirmation, and answered it, only to hear Teacher Chen Wenquan’s voice.
"Hello? Guan Yue Ling? Your phone service was cut off?
"You shouldn’t let your phone get cut off!
"What if there’s danger? We’ve helped you recharge your phone bill.
"Have you thought it through? Is it your decision to take a break from school, or to stay and continue your studies?"
Guan Yue Ling looked at her sister, who then typed two lines on her phone.
[Stay here, continue your studies, don’t leave]
[This is the safest place]