Zhou Ze closed his eyes. He could not fall asleep, but he liked the feeling of lying on the sofa against the glass window and enjoying the sunlight on his body.
In his previous life, he had always been working at the operating table all the time. It was difficult for him to stop. In this life, he could make up for it.
After hearing Zhou Ze's explanation, Bai Yingying seemed to understand, but at the same time, she seemed to not understand. However, at least one thing was certain. Zhou Ze had already predicted this.
Because of this, the boss would not be bothered by the remaining eight million yuan. No, it should be because the boss knew that the woman would not have a good ending, so he could not be bothered to ask the woman for it. He could not get it even if he wanted it.
Bai Yingying rubbed her hair and stomped her feet to the bar counter.
The old Daoist was eating peanuts with the monkey. He had one for the monkey, and the man and the monkey were eating with relish. When Zhou Ze and Bai Yingying were explaining, the old Daoist was also listening at the side. After listening, he smiled and walked away.
"Old Daoist, let me ask you a question. Do you understand what the boss said just now?" Bai Yingying reached out and pushed the old Daoist's shoulder.
"What?"
The old Daoist turned his head and looked at Bai Yingying in surprise. Then he said, "Didn't the boss explain it to you just now?"
"I don't fully understand." Bai Yingying took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.
Although the old Daoist looked very old, he was not even half her age. Bai Yingying felt that she could not see through some things as clearly as him.
This was actually natural. Although Bai Yingying was 200 years old, she spent most of her time lying in a coffin and only chatting with Madam Bai's ghost. Therefore, in essence, she still maintained the innocence of a 16 or 17 year old girl.
"Actually, this matter is very simple. Just like why Nuwa wanted to kill Daji, a saint naturally has to be glorious and holy. How can there be a stain?
Therefore, regardless of whether Daji completed the mission or not, she was actually destined to die. If she wanted the Shang Dynasty to be destroyed, what else could she do but harm the loyal and good people?
One had to know that in the Investiture of the Gods, even if King Zhou was tyrannical, there were still many immortals and forces helping him. Jiang Ziya did not fight very smoothly, so Daji was definitely the best teammate.
However, in reality, from the moment Daji was sent out, she had already been sentenced to death with a reprieve.
In ancient times, many high-ranking people treated the knives in their hands like this. When the high-ranking people needed them, these knives would help them get rid of the people they didn't want to see. After the task was completed, the cunning rabbit would be cooked.
Break the knife and show it to the world.
Look.
The sinners have already been executed by the great me, but I am still as pure and spotless as ever. "
"What about this woman?"
"Boss, didn't you say that you found an array in the house and that half of a snake?
Then it must have been placed there by that woman. The old man was so rich, so why did he end up living in the house on the other side of the ancestral home?
Who was responsible for the design and layout of the house?
It was obvious that the old man had been tricked. Although he had only himself to blame and did not deserve sympathy, someone had dragged him into a trap step by step.
"Even if there was nothing wrong with the snake in the sea, it would be difficult for it to come to land for revenge, not to mention that there was already something wrong with it." Therefore, someone must have pulled the strings. Then, who is pulling the strings? Only that woman is the most suitable. "
"She's that snake's helper?"
Bai Yingying shook her head after saying that. "No, the boss had an agreement with that snake not to kill that woman. That snake agreed back then."
The old priest looked at Zhou Ze, who was still "Sleeping", and said, "It's not a snake. It's very simple. The Sea God doesn't like that old man. I don't know if it's because the old man did something evil when he was rich a few years ago, or if he did a lot of dirty things in the name of the Sea God. Isn't that old man in the sea smuggling business?
"Therefore, that woman is like Daji sent by the Sea God. In fact, this penniless priest feels that the reason why that old man is so selfish that no one can understand. He can even grit his teeth and sacrifice his entire family. It might be because he was bewitched by that woman.
"Or, there was another possibility. The Sea God was unhappy with that snake and felt that if that snake became a spirit, it might affect him, so he made a trap for that snake. In the end, that snake did not hesitate to die to take revenge on land. The Sea God was also 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. He will continue to maintain his greatness and holiness."
"Then, that woman is really pitiful." Bai Yingying sighed.
"There's nothing pitiful about it. This is life. It can't be changed. Look, the boss has already gotten over it."
Zhou Ze stood up at this moment. He glanced at the old priest and Bai Yingying, who were muttering, and walked upstairs.
Pushing open the bedroom door, Zhou Ze walked to the window and lit a cigarette. On the windowsill, there was a painting scroll. This was the painting that Zhou Ze had asked the old priest to buy the day after that day.
The old priest had spent a lot of effort to find the same painting of the Sea God. After all, there were too few people who hung him at home.
Zhou Ze reached out and unrolled the painting,
He looked at the painting for a long time,
Finally..,
He took out a lighter and lit a corner of the painting paper. Then, he placed it on the anti-theft window on the windowsill and watched it slowly burn into ashes.
"What are you sad about?"
The Little Loli's voice came from behind Zhou Ze.
"Don't you know to knock before entering?" Zhou Ze said with some dissatisfaction.
biu！
The Little Loli's figure appeared outside the door and knocked on it.
Dong, dong, dong …
"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."
"Alright, I don't care. I'm here because I received a message from that stupid zombie."
"I'm talking about tomorrow."
"But he will go to Shanghai tonight and then return to Japan on the plane at 10 pm," the Little Loli reminded.
"Why didn't you inform me about this before?"
"I just found out about the plane ticket he booked." The Little Loli looked as if she was already very fast.
"Then where is he now?"
"One of the three hiding places. In the past, he would take turns day by day, 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 the three hiding places. "
"Why?"
"Because when I was following him, I found that I could always sense another unimaginable aura in the house at that location. Although it was very weak and not worth mentioning, it was somewhat special from the other two places.
"Since he's preparing to return to Japan, I think he wants to bring something back, such as his most successful research results?"
After the Little Loli finished speaking, she took two steps back and said to Zhou Ze,
"Anyway, you decide."
"Call Yingying. You'll go to that place with me."
"Okay."
Zhou Ze changed into a black hoodie and walked down the stairs. At the same time, he called out to Bai Yingying. Bai Yingying immediately followed him and got into the car. She did not even ask what he was going to do.
When Bai Yingying got into the car, she realized that the Little Loli was sitting next to her. The Little Loli had obviously only brought her soul with her this time and not her physical body.
"Stupid zombie, you won't even know when you'll be sold," the Little Loli mocked.
"You're jealous of me."
"Who would be stupid enough 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 it was too stupid to continue arguing on this topic.
Zhou Ze took out his phone and said to the Little Loli, "Give me the address."
The Little Loli gave him the address. After Zhou Ze successfully located it, he started the car. Not long after he drove out, a call came in.
Zhou Ze wanted to hang up, but when he saw that it was Xu Qinglang, he picked it up.
"Hello, how's your place?"
"How many people are there in the old man's house?"
"Why are you asking this?"
"Answer me."
Zhou Ze closed his eyes and recalled for a moment. He said, "Including the old man, there are twenty-four."
…
In the emergency room of the affiliated hospital, Xu Qinglang sat alone on a bench in the corridor. He lowered his head and looked at the tiles on the ground.
Finally, the doctor came out, and the police came over.
The doctor and the police did not ask Xu Qinglang about the woman's death. Of course, Xu Qinglang was not a suspect in this matter, because the woman had left a suicide note and a selfie on her social media before she committed suicide.
The suicide was a sure thing.
Xu Qinglang stood up and walked to the front of the stretcher as he watched the nurse push it out. There was a white sheet on it.
He walked to the stretcher and said, "I want to see her again."
The two nurses looked at each other and mistakenly thought that Xu Qinglang and the woman who committed suicide were lovers. After hesitating for a moment, they nodded.
Xu Qinglang lifted the sheet and looked at the woman's plain face. She was still as beautiful as ever.
Xu Qinglang had seen her flirtatious and romantic in bed.
But now, she was already dead.
He was not sad, nor was he very sad. He just felt a little disappointed and sad.
Xu Qinglang grabbed the woman's wrist and looked at the scars on her wrist. His fingers gently rubbed them and counted them one by one. These scars should have been cut one by one in the past two months.
She seemed to have been preparing and doing the final countdown.
Xu Qinglang raised his head and walked to the window in the corridor. He pushed the window open and let the wind in.
He felt that he should not be sad about anything, and it was not worth pitying the woman lying there. But humans were such emotional animals.
What she had done, what she had done to others, what her identity was, and so on.
But she had slept with me, and she would instinctively have a good impression and a sense of closeness.
He let out a long sigh.
Xu Qinglang subconsciously took out a cigarette. Thinking that this was a hospital, he put it back.
He had counted it just now.
On the woman's wrist.
Yes.