Chapter 1 The Sun Bath

Zhou Ze closed his eyes. He couldn't sleep, but he liked the feeling of lying on the sofa by the glass window, enjoying the sunlight bathing him.

In his previous life, he was always working, operating at the surgical table, rarely able to rest. In this life, he could finally make up for it.

After listening to Zhou Ze's explanation, Bai Yingying seemed to understand, but also seemed not to. At least, she was certain that Zhou Ze had foreseen this.

That was why the boss wasn't bothered about the remaining eight million payment. No, it was probably because the boss knew that woman wouldn't have a good end, so he didn't bother trying to get it back from her; he wouldn't get it anyway.

Bai Yingying reached out and ruffled her hair, stomping her foot as she walked to the bar.

Lao Dao was eating peanuts with the monkey, one for himself, one for the monkey, both enjoying it immensely. Lao Dao had been listening when Zhou Ze and Bai Yingying were explaining things earlier, and after listening, he smiled and walked away.

"Lao Dao, let me ask you something. Did you understand what the boss was saying just now?" Bai Yingying reached out and nudged Lao Dao's shoulder.

"Huh?" Lao Dao turned his head, looking at Bai Yingying with some surprise, and then said, "Didn't the boss just explain it to you?"

"I didn't fully understand," Bai Yingying took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.

Although Lao Dao looked old, he wasn't even half her age. Bai Yingying felt that she wasn't as perceptive as he was about some things.

This was actually natural. Although Bai Yingying was two hundred years old, she had spent most of her time lying in a coffin, only talking and chatting with Madam Bai's ghost. So, in essence, she still retained the innocence of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

"Actually, this matter is very simple. It's like why Nüwa had to kill Daji. Sages, of course, must be radiant and holy. How can they have blemishes?

So, whether Daji completed her mission or not, she was destined to die. If you want to overthrow the Shang dynasty, what else can you do but harm the loyal and good people and exploit the common people?

You need to know that even though King Zhou of Shang was immoral in the Investiture of the Gods, there were still quite a few immortals and forces helping him. Jiang Ziya's fight wasn't very smooth either, so Daji was definitely the best teammate.

But, in reality, from the moment Daji was sent out, she had already been given a suspended death sentence.

That's how many rulers of ancient times treated the knives in their hands. When the rulers needed them, these knives would help them eliminate the people they didn't want to see. Once the task was completed, they would kill the rabbit and cook the hound.

Break the knife in half, and show it to the world.

Look,

the criminals have been executed by the great me, and I am still so pure and immaculate."

"Then this woman?"

"Didn't the boss say that he found some formation and half a dried snake in the house?

That must have been placed by that woman. Old Man Xu is so rich, why did he end up living in the old house? And who designed and arranged the house?

It's obvious that Old Man Xu was set up. Although he brought it upon himself and doesn't deserve sympathy, objectively speaking, someone pulled him into the trap step by step.

Even if there were no problems with the snake in the sea, it would be difficult for it to come ashore to seek revenge. Not to mention that it already had problems. So, someone must have acted as a go-between. It's certain. And who is the most suitable go-between? Only that woman."

"She's an accomplice of the snake?" Bai Yingying shook her head after speaking. "No, the boss and the snake have an agreement not to kill that woman. The snake promised that."

Lao Dao looked at Zhou Ze, who was still "dozing" over there, and said, "It's not about any snake or anything. This matter is very simple. The Sea God was unhappy with that old man. I don't know if it's because the old man did something outrageous when he became rich earlier, or if he did a lot of dirty things in the name of the Sea God. Wasn't that old man involved in maritime smuggling?

So, that woman is like Daji sent by the Sea God. I even think that the reason why that old man was so selfish to the point of being inhuman, even sacrificing his own family, might be because he was bewitched by that woman.

Or, to put it another way, the Sea God was unhappy with that snake and thought that if the snake became a demon, it might affect him. So, he set up a scheme, and tricked the snake as well. In the end, the snake didn't hesitate to sacrifice itself to come ashore to seek revenge, and the Sea God was happy to see it happen.

In short, no matter what, that woman must die. If she dies, the Sea God will still be the Sea God, continuing to maintain his greatness and holiness."

"Then, that woman is really pitiful," Bai Yingying sighed.

"There's nothing to be pitiful about. This is fate. It can't be changed. Look, the boss has already seen through it."

At this time, Zhou Ze stood up, glanced at Lao Dao and Bai Yingying, who were muttering, and went upstairs.

Pushing open the door of the bedroom, Zhou Ze walked to the window, lit a cigarette. There was a painting scroll at the window, which Lao Dao had bought back the day after that day.

Lao Dao had spent a lot of effort to find the same Sea God portrait, after all, there were very few families hanging it.

Zhou Ze reached out and unfolded the scroll,

looked at the painting for a long time,

finally,

he took out a lighter, lit a corner of the painting, and placed it on the anti-theft window on the windowsill, watching it slowly burn to ashes.

"What are you feeling sentimental about?"

The little loli's voice came from behind Zhou Ze.

"Don't you know how to knock before entering?" Zhou Ze said with some dissatisfaction.

Biu!

The little loli's figure appeared outside the door, and then knocked.

"Knock knock knock..."

"Come in."

Biu!

The little loli's figure appeared in the room again.

"Whose portrait are you burning?" the little loli asked.

"It's none of your business."

"Okay, I don't care. I'm here because I received information from that stupid zombie."

"I'm talking about tomorrow."

"But he will go to Shanghai tonight, and then take a plane back to Japan at ten o'clock tonight," the little loli reminded.

"Why didn't you notify me about this before?"

"I just found out about his booked ticket information," the little loli looked like she was very fast.

"Then where is he now?"

"One of the three hiding places, he used to rotate them one day at a time, but today, I'm not sure if he will continue to follow the pattern.

However, I think it's more likely that he's in one of those locations."

"Why?"

"Because when I was tracking him, I found that in the house at that location, I could always sense another incredible aura, although it was very weak and insignificant, it had some special characteristics compared to the other two places.

Since he's preparing to return to Japan, he must want to take something back with him, like his most successful research results?"

After the little loli finished speaking, she took two steps back and said to Zhou Ze:

"Anyway, it's up to you to decide."

"Call Yingying, you and I will go to that place together."

"Okay."

Zhou Ze changed into a black hoodie and walked downstairs, while calling out to Bai Yingying. Bai Yingying immediately followed and got into the car without even asking what they were going to do.

After Bai Yingying got into the car, she found the little loli sitting next to her. This time, the little loli was obviously only bringing her soul body, and not her physical body.

"Stupid zombie, you won't even know when you're sold," the little loli taunted.

"You're jealous of me."

"Who would be so stupid as to be jealous of you?"

"You're just jealous of me."

"I won't be jealous of you!"

"You're still jealous of me."

The little loli stopped talking, she felt that continuing to argue about this topic was too stupid.

Zhou Ze took out his phone and said to the little loli, "Give me the address."

The little loli gave the address. After Zhou Ze successfully located it, he started the car. He hadn't driven far when a call came in.

Zhou Ze wanted to hang up directly, but when he saw that it was Xu Qinglang, he answered it directly.

"Hello, how is it over there?"

"How many people are there in Old Man Xu's family?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"Answer me."

Zhou Ze closed his eyes, recalled for a moment, and said, "Including Old Man Xu, there are twenty-four."

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And in the emergency room of the affiliated hospital, Xu Qinglang sat alone on the chair in the corridor, he hung his head, looking at the tiles on the ground.

Finally, the doctor came out, and the police also came over.

Probably because he burned paper money, he avoided a lot of twists and turns and troubles. The doctor and the police didn't come to ask Xu Qinglang about the woman's death. Of course, Xu Qinglang himself had no suspicion in this matter, because the woman had left a suicide note selfie on her social media before committing suicide.

This suicide was a certainty.

Watching the nurse push out the stretcher, which was covered with a white sheet, Xu Qinglang stood up and walked to the stretcher, saying:

"I want to see her again."

The two nurses looked at each other, mistakenly thinking that Xu Qinglang and this woman who committed suicide by poisoning were a couple. After hesitating for a while, they nodded.

Xu Qinglang lifted the sheet, looking at the woman's plain face, she was still so beautiful.

Xu Qinglang had seen her charm and romance in bed,

but now, she was cold.

He couldn't say he was sad, nor could he say he was too sad, just a little bit of loss and regret.

Xu Qinglang grabbed the woman's wrist, looking at the scars on her wrist, his fingers gently stroking over them, counting them one by one. These scars should have been added one by one, starting from the past two months.

She seemed to have been preparing all along, and was also doing the final countdown.

Xu Qinglang raised his head, walked to the corridor window, opened the window, letting the wind blow in.

He felt that he shouldn't be sad about anything, nor was it worth feeling sorry for the woman lying there, but people are such emotional animals.

What she had done, what she had done to others, what her identity was, etc.,

but she had slept with me, so he would instinctively feel a sense of goodwill and closeness.

Heaving a sigh,

Xu Qinglang subconsciously took out a cigarette, but remembering that this was a hospital, he put it back.

He had just counted,

on the woman's wrist,

there were,

twenty-four scars.