A slender man dressed in black appeared inside the doorway, a dagger in his hand. He stealthily made his way towards the room, his eyes darting around warily and ruthlessly.
The first room he saw upon entering was the second bedroom. The door was ajar, and after a quick glance, his eyes widened.
A stunningly beautiful woman, dressed in adorable pajamas, sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, eyes closed.
The man's mouth practically watered. She was so beautiful…
A surge of ecstatic joy followed.
This wasn't the person he was looking for; he might have gone to the wrong address… but this gain was no less impressive, it was pure luck!
He tiptoed inside, his eyes growing increasingly red with excitement.
Just then, the beautiful woman on the bed coldly opened her eyes.
A flash of light, and the empty room crackled with electricity.
The man felt as if he had fallen into the most terrifying nightmare, unable to move, unable to scream, unable to breathe, as if trapped in a hellish prison.
Footsteps sounded behind him, and a broom slammed viciously into the back of his head. The man instinctively clutched his head but couldn't even lift his hands, collapsing to the ground in terror.
What was going on? A paralysis spell?
The beauty looked behind him, her cold killing intent instantly transforming into a smile.
Chu Ge, broom in hand, viciously smacked the fallen man, asking anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Qiu Wuji wanted to laugh: "Who are you asking about?"
"Uh..." Chu Ge stopped, only then realizing that in front of Qiu Wuji, it was indeed thieves who should be careful... No matter how low her status had fallen, she was still a cultivator, and a split soul of a top-tier expert! "Why are you so nervous..." Qiu Wuji's smile deepened. "He just walked right through the door, making very little noise. How could you sense him coming in?"
"Well, because I wasn't asleep... I felt something was wrong as soon as I heard a sound."
Actually, it was because he was constantly watching the neighbors' movements... Qiu Wuji thought to herself, but didn't say it aloud. She was a weak, apathetic writer, still aching all over, and he rushed in with a broom in such a panic... This feeling...
She said leisurely, "Take it easy. You're so weak, and he has a dagger... Trying to catch a thief? You're courting death."
Chu Ge, his face flushed, shouted, "This is a man's business!"
"Heh..." Qiu Wuji looked him up and down for a moment, finally looking down at the thief on the ground.
Chu Ge also looked at the thief on the ground with a sour face.
The man was in tears. You finally remembered there was someone on the ground? What's wrong with this couple? Is this how a thief should be treated after being caught? I've imagined hundreds of ways to die, but I never thought of this…
Qiu Wuji was asking Chu Ge, "How do you handle thieves here? Can you kill them yourself, or do you have to hand them over to the authorities?"
The man: "?"
Chu Ge quickly replied, "Hand them over to the authorities. You can't kill them."
Qiu Wuji asked, "What if they become an idiot?"
Chu Ge: "Huh?"
Qiu Wuji said matter-of-factly, "I want to perform a soul search."
Chu Ge: "…Maybe not. Even if they become an idiot, I can't explain it." "You've just gotten yourself into trouble for nothing. Just ask."
"What if he won't tell?" Qiu Wuji said seriously, "We can try. He's so weak, I can try to find out without harming his soul. Of course, there's a certain probability, I can't guarantee it..."
Before he could finish speaking, the man, terrified, shouted, "What does the big boss want to ask? I'll tell you, I'll tell you myself!" This kind of freak who could freeze someone with a single glare—he didn't dare gamble on whether this was a bluff or not. If he really did something like the soul-searching techniques in novels and made someone an idiot, he'd rather go to jail!
Qiu Wuji looked into his eyes, the cheerful smile he had just shared with Chu Ge instantly turning icy cold: "Where did you get your wall-penetrating technique?"
The man: "..."
That's what you care about? Shouldn't you be asking me why I came here?
Seeing his hesitation, a murderous glint flashed in Qiu Wuji's eyes, and his jade-like fingers were about to press against his forehead.
The man had no doubt that this woman was truly capable of murder. He shouted, drenched in cold sweat, "This is my self-awakened innate ability... Many people are like this..." Qiu Wuji hovered her finger in front of his forehead, then looked up and met Chu Ge's gaze.
Many people are like this?
Is it really a spiritual energy resurgence? Ability awakening?
Chu Ge asked, "How many is 'many'? I've lived for almost thirty years, how come I didn't know?"
The man smiled obsequiously, "Of course, the total is very, very small. Most people don't know... It's normal for newly awakened abilities, like yours, to not find like-minded people at first. But ultimately, you're special, and gradually things will connect you, and then you'll start to form your own circles..."
Like this, isn't it?
Chu Ge met Qiu Wuji's gaze again before asking the question he should have asked first: "You have the ability to walk through walls, and you're using it to be a thief? Your circle is quite high-class."
"A thief?" The man hesitated, then didn't answer.
A terrifying light emanated from Qiu Wuji's fingertips.
"No, don't search my soul! I'll talk!" the man cried out in terror. "I'm here to search for an enemy. I only know she's in this area, not exactly, so I'm searching house by house..." Chu Ge squinted at him for a long time, then suddenly said, "This man is lying. Beat him up." Qiu Wuji didn't immediately understand why she judged him to be lying. Upon hearing Chu Ge's words, she instinctively conjured an empty palm and began slapping him repeatedly.
The man, his tooth knocked out and his face bruised and swollen, cried out, "Injustice! I told the truth!"
"Trying to fool me?" Chu Ge sneered. "Who goes door-to-door in the middle of the day? Shouldn't it be late at night? Not everyone takes a nap. You clearly knew the other person was either not home or sleeping at this time, which is why you chose such an unreasonable time. Your target is obviously specific, not a wide net."
The man's face changed, and Qiu Wuji was also slightly taken aback. He refrained from praising Chu Ge, and the empty hand slapped down again with great force: "You're about to die, and you still want to lie!"
Chu Ge stood to the side, hands in his pockets, watching the man scream in agony, his face covered in blood. His own cheek twitched slightly.
This female tyrant is too violent… I'm lucky I wasn't beaten to death before.
It must be because I'm too handsome that she can't bring herself to hit me.
"I'll talk, I'll talk..." The man was already crying, wailing, "I came to deal with Yueying... I followed her. The elevator stopped on this floor, but I didn't dare follow too closely..." Chu Ge's mind quickly flashed to the girl across the hall.
Nocturnal, intoxicated, with a wound on her forehead.
It's her?
"What does she do?"
"Underground boxing... She won too many and broke a taboo... And some people suspect she might take on assassin jobs; there are cases related to her." Chu Ge's lips twitched; he felt the story was a bit fantastical.
These days, there really are underground boxing matches and assassins, and one of them is a beautiful girl, living right across from him.
He and Zhang Qiren even fantasized about going to some kind of place to hire someone; if people found out, they'd probably be chopped into pieces!
Anyway, the female protagonist from the book has already appeared; even the most fantastical things don't seem so strange. Chu Ge subconsciously asked, "If there really are assassins, how come I've never heard of anyone being killed..."
He stopped halfway through his sentence.
There are countless deaths and disappearances every day, and the police don't release information on every single one. How would ordinary citizens know? Like those so-called underground boxing matches—I feel like I've only ever seen them in novels all my years.
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He looked up, meeting Qiu Wuji's gaze for the third time. Qiu Wuji seemed to know what he was thinking and whispered, "Should we go check out their circle?"
Chu Ge hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "We don't know the other party's strength, so it's best not to get involved. It's best to just pretend we don't know. Can we erase this person's memory? I'll hand him over to the police."
Qiu Wuji looked at him without speaking.
In her mind, she wasn't afraid of getting involved; on the contrary, she should actively get involved to quickly enter the extraordinary atmosphere of this world. Moreover, establishing an identity in this kind of secretive circle wouldn't be a problem; it's far more meaningful than the mundane matters of home.
But clearly, Chu Ge didn't want to abruptly disrupt this kind of life.
Previously, she wasn't in a hurry, but Chu Ge wanted things to be quick; now, Chu Ge wanted to avoid it, but she wanted things to be quick.
Because their perspectives on different events differed.
The two stared at each other for a long time, then Qiu Wuji suddenly smiled slightly: "Alright, I'll listen to you. Erasing his short-term memories shouldn't be a problem, hmm… let's stop at the moment he entered the room. Even when he's conscious, he doesn't know what happened, how he was accidentally captured…"
Chu Ge sighed, took out his phone, and wondered whether to call 110 or just call Lin Wuyang directly.
Just then, Qiu Wuji slapped the man again: "Hand over all your money and valuables. I've been trapped in this mortal world for so long, enduring the urge to rob, and yet someone comes to deliver them."
The man: "?"
Chu Ge: "…"