Chapter 118 The Disappearance of Liu Xiaoqian

It took Wang Mengmeng several seconds to react.

Li Mengyao stood nearby and simply nodded.

Chen Yu looked at Yang Kexin. "Give her a knife."

Wang Mengmeng subconsciously caught it. As soon as the knife touched her hand, her whole body sank, and she almost failed to hold onto it.

"W-w-what... what does this mean?"

Chen Yu looked at her. "If Zhang Zixuan dares to say a single word, take this knife and sever her Achilles tendons."

Wang Mengmeng was stunned. "Huh? Sever her Achilles tendons?"

Zhang Zixuan, who was sprawled on the ground, trembled all over, but she still didn't dare to look up.

Chen Yu nodded. "Is there a problem?"

Li Mengyao quickly replied, "No problem!"

Chen Yu casually hung the chain in his hand on a pillar by the entrance and then walked into the Villa.

Zhang Wanyue, Shen Qingci, and the other girls followed behind him.

Then the door closed gently.

At the Villa entrance, only Wang Mengmeng, Li Mengyao, and the prone Zhang Zixuan remained.

The night wind blew past.

The chain swayed gently, making a faint metallic sound.

"Clink, clank, clank..."

Wang Mengmeng sat down against the doorframe, clutching the knife and staring at Zhang Zixuan.

Li Mengyao stood nearby, silent for a long time, before sitting down beside her.

The two of them sat there just like that.

Looking at the former goddess on the ground.

Wang Mengmeng suddenly whispered, "Mengyao, do you think if she really speaks, I should actually cut her?"

Li Mengyao nodded. "You must."

Wang Mengmeng cleared her throat and said to Zhang Zixuan, "Um... President Zhang, you'd better keep your mouth tightly shut. Otherwise, I'll definitely strike with one blow, and you won't be able to walk anymore!"

Zhang Zixuan, lying on the ground, shuddered.

Her Talent required language to trigger, but now, she couldn't open her mouth at all.

She felt like she really was a guard dog...

Holding the knife, Wang Mengmeng suddenly nudged Li Mengyao with her elbow.

"Mengyao, do you think Brother Chen Yu has some kind of special hobby?"

"What special hobby?"

"Like... this thing in front of us. Does he like this kind of vibe?"

"Wang Mengmeng, what are you thinking?"

"I'm just curious."

"Let me ask you, if he did, what would you do? Could you... could you really do this too!"

"Why couldn't I! As long as Brother Chen Yu likes it, what's a chain? I could even wear a tail!"

"Wang Mengmeng, do you really not know how to be ashamed, or are you just pretending?!"

"What's the use of shame? Can you eat it?"

...

...

Inside the hall of Villa Number One.

In front of Chen Yu, tea was prepared.

There were also crabs, mantis shrimp, and a plate of golden-roasted Qingjiang fish.

Deng Yuxin pushed the teacup toward him and whispered, "It's freshly brewed, a bit hot."

Chen Yu nodded, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

Zhang Wanyue sat down beside him and pointed at the plate of Qingjiang fish. "I traded for this from the Vocational College. They have Flesh-and-Spirit type Awakened, so the price isn't high."

With Wang Mengmeng gone, the living room was much quieter.

Shen Qingci leaned against a nearby armchair. Qiao Xi sat in the corner, still holding Chen Yu's blood-stained windbreaker, carefully inspecting the tears on it.

Zuo Shi stood by the window, her expression suddenly tensing...

"How could this be?"

She walked quickly to Chen Yu, her brow furrowed.

While eating the fish, Chen Yu asked, "What's wrong? Your expression isn't quite right..."

Zuo Shi took a deep breath. "Liu Xiaoqian is missing."

Chen Yu's mouth stopped for a second while eating the fish, then he continued chewing. "Oh..."

"Missing?"

Zhang Wanyue frowned. "How could a grown person just go missing?"

Zuo Shi shook her head. "Liu Ming just contacted me via private message, asking if Liu Xiaoqian was here with us. Because during the day she wanted to join our Vehicle, and after that, she never went back..."

Shen Qingci also frowned. "Why didn't they ask about this sooner?"

Zuo Shi felt somewhat helpless. "They... they didn't dare..."

"..."

"As a result, they waited until now without receiving a notification of a fleet member change. That's when they panicked and came to ask me."

Deng Yuxin also spoke up, "But she's not here with us at all?"

Yang Kexin also shook her head. "After she left, I didn't see her again."

Zuo Shi's expression became even more troubled. "I told Liu Ming that Chen Yu didn't agree to let her join at all, so they're very anxious now. But the private messages they send... Xiaoqian doesn't reply at all."

Zhang Wanyue was silent for a few seconds before offering comfort. "Don't worry too much. The safety of the Living Area is still very high. Maybe her pride was wounded, and she's just staying at some street corner by herself."

Deng Yuxin added softly, "With the Eye of Peace around, nothing bad should happen."

After she said it, even she felt the words weren't very convincing.

After all, the person sitting in front of her...

Had just killed an entire Villa's worth of people.

Yang Kexin coughed dryly. "Right, the Eye of Peace is still effective for ordinary people!"

Qiao Xi spoke calmly, "There would be a notification if a Vehicle passenger died. Since they haven't received one, it means Liu Xiaoqian is still alive; she just doesn't want to reply to private messages."

Once this was said, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

Zuo Shi clenched her fists, her voice tight. "But where could a girl be in the middle of the night? She won't even reply to my private messages, which would have been impossible before..."

She had a very good relationship with Liu Xiaoqian, so she was the most anxious.

Chen Yu picked up his teacup and took a sip.

Deep down,

He had an ominous premonition.

Excluding the possibility that a person subjectively didn't want to reply to messages,

Then,

Objectively... the means to restrict someone from replying to messages were very limited.

After all, quite a few pictures of Chen Yu killing people had circulated.

Unless extreme fear made Liu Xiaoqian simply not dare to send any information.

He narrowed his eyes. "For the time being, no one is to go out alone. When I stay in the Villa, you stay in the Villa. When I leave, you follow me."

"Okay!"

Deng Yuxin was the first to agree. She was very happy; being able to follow Chen Yu gave her a sense of security.

Zhang Wanyue, Yang Kexin, and the others also nodded.

Everyone knew Chen Yu was doing this to protect their safety, and their hearts felt warm.

A homicidal maniac outside, and a girl-protecting maniac at home.

Was there any man more charismatic than this?

In an instant, the levels of several girls in the hall all went up by one.

Deng Yuxin (Subconscious Safety Entrustment/physiological connection): Lv.19

Yang Kexin (value pact/physiological connection): Lv.16

Zhang Wanyue (trust consensus): Lv.16

Shen Qingci (physiological connection): Lv.13

Qiao Xi (physiological connection): Lv.9

Shen Qingci suddenly asked, "Then now... Mengmeng and the others are still at the Villa entrance. Is it really okay?"

"It's fine."

Chen Yu waved his hand. "I'll sleep in the hall. If anyone dares to approach Villa Number One, I will act."

Words he thought were full of security didn't trigger another level-up.

This, however, made Chen Yu feel it was a pity.

It seemed that saying these things deliberately was meaningless.