Jiang Cheng suddenly turned, his face covered in bumps startling Yang Lingxue.
"Your face, are you really Jiang Cheng?" Yang Lingxue asked, her voice trembling as she tidied Shen Lan Ni's clothes, all while discreetly calling Ye Lan.
Jiang Cheng shrugged, his voice deep. "Do you have to be so surprised? Of course, I'm Jiang Cheng, but not the weak, unbearable Jiang Cheng anymore!"
He stalked towards Yang Lingxue, his steps so bizarre that Yang Lingxue, a fan of binge-watching, thought a zombie had escaped its enclosure!
"What do you want?"
"It seems Miss Yang also has a rather close relationship with that bastard Ren Yuan Hao," Jiang Cheng deliberately slowed his pace, walking forward with his head down. "Tsk, I only intended to deal with that bitch Shen Lan Ni tonight, but I didn't expect a bonus. Although you're not my type, I'll reluctantly take you as well!"
Yang Lingxue was terrified. This fear suddenly reminded her of her college days with Shen Lan Ni.
Back then, she was much like she was now, with a somewhat erratic mind, sometimes as quiet as a dove, other times as active as a startled rabbit, attracting the admiration of many boys. She clearly remembered one time when a roommate tricked her into going out, claiming they were going to a night market. It turned out a young master from a major conglomerate had paid her roommates to design an outing for her.
A dinner itself wouldn't have been anything, but that young master was a thoroughly degenerate scoundrel. After two drinks, her vision became increasingly blurred. She wasn't someone who couldn't handle alcohol, and in her muddled state, she understood what was happening.
But by the time she realized, it was too late. She watched her roommates leave one by one, her limp body being supported by the so-called young master as they took a shortcut, intending to find a hotel.
By chance, they encountered Shen Lan Ni, that 'violent girl'. After a thorough lesson, the young master fled with a face full of bruises and swelling, like a beaten dog.
From then on, their relationship had been ironclad. Though they bickered verbally, their hearts were always connected. Now, with Shen Lan Ni nearly insulted, as her close friend, she would not back down even if it meant death!
"Don't come any closer!"
Yang Lingxue gripped the dagger tightly, looking somewhat like a cornered cat.
"What's wrong with girls playing, that they have to play with knives?"
Jiang Cheng grunted, and in a flash, he was in front of Yang Lingxue. He struck her wrist bone with his palm. The knife flew from her hand, hitting the ground with a sound that was strangely pleasing. Yang Lingxue, however, became like a flimsy pendulum, crashing directly into the luxurious office desk, her head immediately bleeding from the impact!
"I already told you, knives aren't for women to play with. Don't you understand yet?"
Jiang Cheng gnashed his teeth, his tone flippant, yet his face showed no emotion. But Yang Lingxue knew clearly, he was smiling!
"Don't forget, behind me is an immense power. If you're not afraid of death, then come and try!"
Having reached this point, Yang Lingxue had no other recourse but to invoke her family background to intimidate this man.
"When I'm already like this, what else do I have to fear?"
Before Jiang Cheng finished speaking, he instantly flashed over like a phantom, grabbed Yang Lingxue's throat, and pressed her firmly onto the desk.
"Cough, cough~"
At this moment, Yang Lingxue was like a helpless kitten, desperately trying to pry Jiang Cheng's hand off her throat. But no matter how hard she strained, the force choking her did not lessen. Her body, deprived of oxygen, grew softer, and her vision began to blur...
"Ren Yuan Hao, you promised I would repay you with even more brutal means!"
Jiang Cheng looked at the two softly unconscious women, his tongue curling upwards like a frog's, emitting strange croaking sounds from his throat.
At the same time, Ye Lan, listening to their conversation on the other end of the phone, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. Just as she was about to get up and call the police, a muffled, dry voice came from the phone.
"Hello, I'm guessing you're that so-called e-sports goddess, Ye Lan, right? Don't try to call the police, otherwise, I can't guarantee these two women's lives!"
"What exactly do you want?"
"I don't want anything. All of this is just to repay that bastard Ren Yuan Hao!" Da Feng Novel Network.
Jiang Cheng hung up the phone, and Ye Lan, by hacking into the XX Building terminal, quickly connected to the areas equipped with cameras.
Unfortunately, apart from one near the entrance on the ninth floor, no other areas had cameras installed.
In the footage, Jiang Cheng was sitting at the luxurious desk, smoking, with no sign of Yang Lingxue or Shen Lan Ni. Ye Lan was anxious, but Ren Yuan Hao still showed no signs of waking up.
In reality, Ren Yuan Hao had been in a daze. Although he couldn't hear Ye Lan's conversation, he vaguely felt something was very wrong.
The scene before him was bizarre, completely filled with a large expanse of blood. The air was thick with the pungent smell of gore. The surrounding scenery seemed as if viewed through a layer of glass. A shadowy figure in a seated position appeared to be behind that glass, but no matter how he struggled, his legs remained unable to move forward.
"Hey, System Miss, what the hell is going on?"
This was Ren Yuan Hao's hundredth attempt to connect to the system, but as always, they had all failed.
"Didn't you promise that as long as I'm well, it would be a sunny day, and you'd never leave? Damn it, it's over. Did I suddenly contract a terminal illness and kick the bucket?"
Ren Yuan Hao felt a sense of desolation, and a sound like chanting monks intermittently echoed in his ears.
"Damn it, can you bastards over there shut up? It's so noisy!"
Ren Yuan Hao roared at the blurry figure in the distance in his daze. The moment he did this, a very faint female voice finally appeared in his mind.
"Host has been afflicted with a hex, and the system is desperately resisting."
"What? I've really been hexed? What's going on?"
"Time is of the essence. The system cannot operate normally right now. I can only remind you, you must fiercely resist that person's incantations. The stronger your counter-attack, the more the other party will suffer!"
"But I can't move at all right now, how can I resist?"
Ren Yuan Hao attempted to break free from the invisible restraints again, but the rising blood mist only bound him tighter.
"Think about it, if your few girlfriends were enduring humiliation from others for your sake right now, what would you do?"
"I think you've misunderstood something. Those people are not my girlfriends, nor are they suffering any humiliation. Do you think Shen Lan Ni is a pushover?"