Chapter 137 Liu Xiaoqian is here

"Is this okay, Brother Yu?"

"Not crippled enough."

"Even more crippled? This should be about right, shouldn't it?"

"I can also help make it look more real."

"Uh, no thanks, I'll adjust it myself, Brother Yu..."

Confirming that Tang Jun's limping appearance looked very realistic.

Chen Yu nodded and turned to head downstairs, speaking as he walked.

"Hmm, well done."

Tang Jun continued to limp along. "Thanks for looking out for me, Brother Yu. Normal people don't get to eat lobster like this."

In fact.

Everything that was happening felt surreal to Tang Jun.

Just after leaving the room, Chen Yu...

...had actually taken the initiative to find the Polytechnic students instead of private messaging.

The general idea was to kill with a borrowed knife.

With such a generous reward and no hope of snatching the person away...

...Tang Jun naturally followed Brother Yu's plan to the letter.

Poor Lu Xiaoyu just didn't know yet what level the Vehicle she had boarded was.

The murderer's car.

Tang Jun sighed enviously.

He wanted to get on too. Following him around, he could walk tall in the Living Area without any problems.

But he also knew he didn't have that kind of luck.

But then again...

...making friends with the murderer in the Living Area meant he at least had one more trump card.

"By the way, that tactic just now wasn't bad either."

The two were about to exit the stairwell.

Chen Yu suddenly spoke up.

Tang Jun was clutching the bag of lobsters and limping behind him; he froze for a moment upon hearing this.

"You mean the trick of making people jump off the building?"

Chen Yu remained noncommittal.

Tang Jun took a few quick steps to catch up, speaking solemnly, "Brother Yu, that wasn't my idea. Please don't misunderstand."

Chen Yu frowned. "Misunderstand what?"

Tang Jun looked left and right and lowered his voice. "Whoever came up with that idea must have... tested the limits of the Eye of Peace many times. They're definitely a pervert. What normal person would think of that?"

Chen Yu was confused. "What are you trying to say? If it wasn't your idea, whose was it?"

Tang Jun acted mysterious. "Sigh, it's a long story. Recently, the Awakened over in Area A of our Polytechnic have been quite terrified..."

Chen Yu pressed further, "Why?"

Tang Jun coughed. "You might not know, Brother Yu, but several teams from the Polytechnic in Area A have been completely wiped out!"

"?"

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes. "All wiped out?"

Tang Jun swallowed hard. "Yeah, jumping off buildings. Mass suicides! All together, it must be dozens of people..."

Chen Yu realized. "So you actually learned this from those death teams in Area A?"

"Uh..."

Tang Jun coughed. "If you put it that way, it's about right. But it's obvious those teams must have offended someone to die so miserably."

Chen Yu nodded. It seemed the Living Area was even more chaotic than he had thought.

"Alright, it's time for us to part ways."

"I'll go out first. You go out an hour later. Do you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I'll do exactly as you say, Brother Yu."

Chen Yu didn't say anything else and turned to walk out of the stairwell.

The sunlight made him squint. He raised a hand to block it and walked toward the corner.

Just as he turned the corner...

...he stopped.

In the open space not far ahead, a figure was bent over, holding a shovel.

Digging into the earth, one scoop at a time.

It was Lu Xiaoyu.

She held the end of the shovel's handle, her whole body hanging off it, using her weight to press the blade into the soil.

Her movements were incredibly clumsy.

In her hands, the shovel would tilt to the left one moment and slide to the right the next.

Sister Lin and Liu Lei were lying side by side at the edge of the hole.

Chen Yu leaned against the wall and watched her. He wasn't in a hurry to talk about her getting in the car just yet.

After all, she had now become an orphan passenger, just like Yang Kexin once was.

Looking at her like this, there was no way she could drive.

She had no choice but to get into his car.

"Haah~~~"

Chen Yu let out a yawn. There was no one else around.

That group from the Polytechnic had long since vanished; even those looking for a spectacle didn't dare stay.

The entire open space was empty except for Lu Xiaoyu and the two corpses.

She was still digging.

One scoop, another, and another.

The shovel got stuck again. She tugged twice but it wouldn't budge. In her desperation, she kicked it, and after kicking it, she started crying again.

Then, she finally pulled the shovel out, but she used too much force.

She fell backward and landed right on her bottom.

This time she cried even harder, but before long, she noticed Chen Yu.

She hurriedly used her sleeve to vigorously wipe the tears from her face.

She pushed herself up from the ground, picked up the shovel again, and continued digging.

Her movements were more forceful than before, as if she were trying to prove something.

Over half an hour passed.

Finally, two shallow pits were dug.

She dragged Sister Lin in, then Liu Lei, and then bit by bit, she filled the dirt back in.

*Thud.*

*Thud.*

*Thud.*

Only then did Chen Yu walk over, and the two of them stood face to face.

"Don't you have anything you want to ask?"

After a long silence between them, Chen Yu couldn't help but ask.

Lu Xiaoyu shook her head. "No."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes. "Aren't you curious about what happened to that tall guy?"

Lu Xiaoyu shook her head again. "I'm not curious."

Chen Yu paused. "Didn't you want to kill him?"

Lu Xiaoyu wiped her tears. "I... I don't know..."

Chen Yu shrugged. "Well, I'll tell you the truth: I didn't kill him."

Chen Yu said solemnly, "He has a unique card, a Damage Reflection Card. Any damage will be reflected back onto the attacker. If I had killed him, I would have died too."

Lu Xiaoyu's eyes slowly widened.

Chen Yu continued, "I had no choice but to disable his legs first."

Lu Xiaoyu's voice trembled slightly. "Then... are you okay?"

Chen Yu was silent for two seconds.

Then...

"Hiss!"

Lu Xiaoyu looked up. "What's wrong?"

Chen Yu frowned and clutched his stomach. "It's nothing, probably some internal injuries..."

Lu Xiaoyu's face instantly turned pale. "Is it the reflection? That card?"

"You, you, you, you sit down! Sit down quickly!"

"Is it serious?! Does it hurt a lot?"

Lu Xiaoyu's eyes grew red again. "You went to find him for my sake, Chen Yu... Please, don't let anything happen to you..."

Chen Yu coughed and continued clutching his stomach. "I'm a bit better, a bit better. I might just need a bowl of hot rice to recover..."

"Rice! I have some!"

Lu Xiaoyu nodded frantically. "I have rice. Where's a pot? I haven't summoned today yet..."

Just as Chen Yu's acting bug was in full swing...

...a chat box popped up—

[Zhang Wanyue: Chen Yu! Something's wrong at the Villa! Come back quickly!]

[Shen Qingci: Chen Yu, return immediately! Liu Xiaoqian has appeared!]

[Wang Mengmeng: Brother Chen Yu!! Something big has happened!! Liu Xiaoqian!! She's appeared at our Villa entrance!]

[Qiao Xi: Sorry Chen Yu, I still can't sense Lin Yue, but... I feel she's nearby... so I've used the Shelter Generator directly...]

Chen Yu stared at his phone screen, the act on his face vanishing instantly.

Lu Xiaoyu was still standing beside him, her eyes brimming with tears.

She suddenly realized that the person who had been clutching his stomach and crying out in pain just a moment ago now seemed like a completely different person.

The smile on his face and the warmth in his eyes were gone.

"Chen Yu...?"

She called out softly.

Chen Yu ignored her, his eyes fixed on the phone screen as messages popped up one after another.