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Chapter 556: Even More Decisive and Ruthless, I'm Even Jealous of Myself

Once the flames had burned out, the once shiny stainless steel basin had turned completely black.

Jiang Hanying casually picked up a small stick from the ground and poked it into the small piece of charcoal at the bottom of the basin.

The next second, his eyes widened in surprise.

"He's not even dead!"

After saying that, he looked up at the calm sky.

Where's Lei?

It's already showing signs of life, why didn't you chop it when it should have been chopped?
What happened to the speed at which he split Bai Xiaoliu before?
Li Chengxiao watched as the insects at the bottom of the basin wriggled and dropped bits of debris. As more and more debris fell, the insects' body colors became more apparent.

It wasn't the white that Bai Xiaoliu revealed when Jiang Hanying cleaved him with her sword, but rather a dark red, almost black, color all over.

The size has also decreased significantly; the one in the basin is only about the size of a thumb.

"Aren't all corpse worms white? This one has mutated?"

“It’s not just mutated,” Li Chengxiao said, drawing his dagger and using the tip to lift the insect. “Half of it was ripened by Duanmu Sen using his own blood and life force, which is probably why it’s changed color. As for why the rules can’t detect it, it’s probably because Duanmu Sen’s life force has covered it up. Look at the direction the insect’s antennae are pointing.”

Jiang Hanying turned her head and looked over. "It's the hospital! It really has recognized its father?"

Li Chengxiao couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard her say that, "Could it be that you want to eat the remaining life force of Duanmu Sen so that you can become Duanmu Sen yourself?"

Jiang Hanying immediately pulled out a knife from behind her back, saying, "Dream on!"

When Li Chengxiao saw the snow-white longsword in her hand, he was momentarily stunned.

Then she handed the sword to him, and he instinctively took it.

Perhaps sensing the undisguised killing intent emanating from the sword, the worm, which had been slowly wriggling, immediately arched its body and sprang away.

But the sword energy arrived faster than it could escape.

The sword flashed briefly, and it was just a light slash!
in the hospital.

While a group of experts gathered around the hospital bed were busy trying to find the cause of Duanmu Sen's sudden fever, they heard the heart monitor next to him suddenly beep.

Everyone paused, turning to look at the instrument screen, where a smooth horizontal line indicated that the heart had stopped beating.

Duanmu Sen's body was like a rag doll, and no one stepped forward to perform CPR, for fear that it would break at the slightest touch.

One of the experts turned around and saw the elderly man with a full head of white hair standing quietly behind them. He bowed slightly and said, "Please accept my condolences."

*
When Li Jingmo received the news of Duanmu Sen's death, he was loading his luggage into the car. Upon hearing the news, he loosened his grip and almost dropped the suitcase on his foot.

"Are you sure? No, when my brother and I went to visit him this morning, he was perfectly fine, even awake. How could he suddenly be gone?"

"I'm sure that even with a group of experts by the bedside, they couldn't save him. I guess his condition suddenly and drastically deteriorated."

"Okay, I see."

After hanging up the call from the friend who brought the news, Li Jingmo walked to the side and then called Li Chengxiao.

"Brother, I just received news that Uncle Sen..."

"died."

"Hmm. Hmm? Where did you get this information? How come you're even more informed than me?"

Li Chengxiao looked at the mass of matter on the ground that had been shattered by the sword energy, and the black, pigeon-like creature that had suddenly flown in from outside and was now pecking at the mass of matter. "Would you believe me if I said that when I saw Duanmu Sen, I knew he wouldn't live much longer?"

Li Jingmo took a deep breath. "I believe you!" He paused, then continued, "And what about the condolences afterwards..."

"I won't go. I'll be very busy in the coming days."

"Me too, I'm hanging up!"

Even if they guessed that Duanmu Sen's sudden death was likely related to his younger brother, then... it must have been Duanmu Sen who did something to wrong his younger brother first!
This outcome is entirely their own fault, a consequence of their own actions!

It seems his younger brother has become more ruthless and decisive than before!

*
After cleaning up the last bit of debris, the black pigeon looked up at the two people standing in front of it, nodded in a serious manner, and then flapped its wings and flew away. Jiang Hanying rolled her eyes in the direction it flew off.

It's one thing that they didn't notice the Corpse-Hidden Worm's late arrival, but they just nodded to express their gratitude without offering any real thanks!
Bad review!

Black Pigeon: "..."

It's already made a huge concession by ignoring the appearance of its true form!

Jiang Hanying withdrew her gaze from the black pigeon that had disappeared mid-flight, and looked back at her own body, which was still being held in the hand of its cheap owner. "How long are you planning to touch it?"

Li Chengxiao tilted his head, somewhat stunned, wondering if he had misheard.

You're even jealous of yourself?

Jiang Hanying raised her chin confidently, "Is that not allowed?"

It works, but I'm not sure what to say.

Just then, the doorbell rang outside, one long ring and one short ring.

Li Chengxiao's hand suddenly felt empty, and when he looked down, he saw that Jiang Hanying had already taken her original form back.

"It should be Xiao Wu. I'll go check it out."

Seeing that he was getting serious, Jiang Hanying nodded and gave a soft "Mmm": "I'll go wash up."

First I went to the hospital, then I came back and started a fire, and now the smell on my clothes is unusually strong.

She couldn't take it anymore.

However, she didn't take a bath this time, mainly because it wasn't very interesting for her to bathe alone.

After a quick rinse, I wrapped myself in a towel and came out, not even having time to change my clothes, when my phone, which I had left on the dressing table, lit up.

After glancing at who was calling, Jiang Hanying had a premonition. Before Pei Yuan on the other end could speak, she answered, "Are we getting ready to start work?"

"Sis, you guessed right. We really do have to start work first thing tomorrow morning. I got the notice for tomorrow in advance, so I thought I'd call you via video to let you know so you can prepare."

Jiang Hanying pulled out a stool from under the dressing table, sat down, and asked while drying her hair with a towel, "So Yuan Chaoyu has also returned to work?"

Pei Yuan nodded again, "She also has some scenes tomorrow, not many, just two. I guess the director was worried that she hadn't fully recovered, so he reduced her workload."

That's quite a feat.

Jiang Hanying didn't believe that someone who had suffered a serious injury could recover in just three days.

However, if the other party insists, there's nothing more to say.

"I've just finished what I was doing. Send me a copy of the announcement so I can take a look."

"Okay, I'll send it right away." Pei Yuan replied, then paused, and asked hesitantly, "Sister, did you just get up?"

Otherwise, who would take a shower and wash their hair in the middle of the afternoon?

"How could that be? I got up at around 10 a.m."

Although it was because I was hungry and wanted to eat!

Pei Yuan thought to herself, "It's not early yet. Should I wait for you at the hotel with Yue Zhuo tomorrow morning, or should we send a car to pick you up from Mr. Que's courtyard?"

"Just wait for me at the hotel. Oh, by the way, I just wanted to let you know that I've moved and I won't be staying in hotels anymore."

Pei Yuan instinctively asked, "Where will we stay?"

"Living with the instructors."

"So you've already started living together?"

Yes, we live together.

Jiang Hanying thought this word was used very well.

Pei Yuan: She seems to have guessed why Sister Hanying got up so late!