"Are you crazy? Why did you trip me up?!"

"Am I in your way while I'm running here?"

Apologize to me.

Big rock:

Wenren Lei looked down at her knees. They were so badly bruised that her pants had a hole in them, but there wasn't a single scratch on her knees.

He pointed at the large rock and began to ramble on with accusations.

"Do you know that what you did will make my husband's knee hurt for half a day?"

"I'll forgive you if you apologize."

"Forget it, an apology is useless. I will never forgive you in my life."

The heavy snow fell down, quickly covering the innocent-looking boulder.

Tears lingered on Wenren Lei's eyelashes for a long time, freezing into tiny ice crystals. He blinked hard.

"No wonder," Wenren Lei murmured softly.

Before Fu Yan's evolution, he couldn't find a single wound on Fu Yan's body.

Now everything is connected. In that dark underground space, Qin Qingqing must have been bound to Fu Yan by life.

Even so, Fu Yan still killed Qin Qingqing, and the reason Wenren Lei didn't even need to guess—Qin Qingqing wanted to forcibly take him back to the research institute.

New tears welled up again. Qin Qingqing's neck was broken, so how could Fu Yan's neck not have a wound?

Fu Yan must have had his neck healed before he died, fearing that his tragic appearance would sadden people.

"Waaah... How could this happen..." Wenren Lei squatted on the ground and hugged her knees.

"I will make the whole world pay with its life..."

Before long, Wenren Lei was covered in a layer of snow. He touched his face and felt itchy, as if something was brushing against his face.

Wenren Lei stood up, spun around and looked around. The snow was a vast expanse of white, and there was no one else there but him.

He shook the snow off his body and squatted down again, pretending to be a wooden figure.

Wenren Lei knew that Fu Yan was watching her from not far away, but if she didn't ask him to come over, he would just stand there and not move.

Wenren Lei thought for a moment, then ruthlessly plucked out a few strands of her own hair: "It hurts so much, damn it."

Feeling that wasn't enough, Wenrenlei took out another bag of Spicy Prince cigarettes, tore open the packaging, and proudly declared, "I'll make you burn to death with spiciness!"

The sound of footsteps on snow came from behind. Wenren Lei glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw a figure slowly approaching her.

"Did I let you come over?!" Wenren Lei grabbed a handful of snow and threw it hard.

"ah……!"

This voice doesn't seem to belong to Fu Yan.

Wenren Lei suddenly turned her head and saw a strange man bending over, covering his forehead, with an umbrella lying at his feet.

"Holy crap." Wenren Lei was on high alert, worried that the spicy snack would be stolen. She quickly put it into her ring before standing up and walking over. "Are you alright?"

The man rubbed his forehead, straightened up, and waved his hand: "I'm fine, Yunyi."

Wenren Lei bent down, picked up the umbrella from the ground, and handed it to him: "Do you know me?"

The man took the umbrella and smiled at Wenren Lei: "Don't you remember me? I'm Lu Shen."

Wenren Lei paused, then slowly remembered this person.

When he first came to the Cloud Map Base, he and Fu Yan stayed at Grandma Li's house.

This Lu Shen is Grandma Li's grandson, and also a purification ability user that Huang Yiyun obtained from the Cataclysmic Research Institute at a huge cost.

"I remember now, Xiao Shen, it's been a long time. How has Grandma Li been lately?" Wenren Lei asked casually.

Lu Shen said, "She's in good health, she just looks forward to seeing you again every day."

Wenren Lei frowned slightly, glanced quickly at Lu Shen, and nodded slowly: "Then we should indeed go and see her."

Lu Shen looked around at the heavy snow and asked, "Why are you squatting outside all alone in this snow?"

Wenren Lei glanced at the spot where Fu Yan had been, but the man had disappeared sometime earlier.

He said, "It's stuffy in the room, I came out for some fresh air."

Lu Shen nodded and suggested, "Why don't you come to my house for a while? Grandma is still awake, and she'll be very happy to see you."

Wenren Lei's gaze sharpened as she looked at Lu Shen, but quickly softened again: "Okay."

The two walked together under the same umbrella, strolling along and chatting casually.

The streetlights in the base cast long shadows of the two people.

Wenren Lei exhaled a puff of white breath and said, "When I left last time, Grandma Li gave me a bag of pickled vegetables, which I finished in just a few days." He smacked his lips, "I didn't get enough."

Lu Shen chuckled lightly: "Then let Grandma bring you more this time."

Wenren Lei nodded gently: "Thank you."

Lu Shen said, "The flu is really bad at the base lately. When we get back, I'll make you some hot soup to stop your cough."

Wenren Lei laughed out loud, put his hands in his pockets, and swayed slowly as he walked away: "I thought you were going to cook me something to prevent a cold."

Since the two met, Wenren Lei coughed softly for the first time.

He stopped and looked at Lu Shen with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Lu Shen paused, lowered his head and chuckled softly: "I've never liked people who are too smart."

Wenren Lei raised her hand and bit her nails: "Are you saying I'm smart? Why don't you think you're the one who's incredibly stupid?"

Lu Shen turned around, his smile fading, and put away his umbrella. "Excuse me, why was I discovered so quickly?"

Wenren Lei blew on her chewed-up fingernails: "When I left, Grandma Li thought I was just playing around at the base and never packed any pickled vegetables for me."

"Moreover, Grandma Li is getting old and her mind is confused. She can't tell the difference between that bastard and Lu Shen. I'm worried that she's confused, so Lu Shen won't tell Grandma Li that the grandson in front of her was someone else."

Lu Shen shook his head regretfully: "I see."

Wenren Lei stared at him intently: "But this guy with the flaw, I'm curious, how did you know I had the flu and was coughing?"

His symptoms only started to appear after he got home.

Lu Shen folded the umbrella and tied it with the parasol: "Aren't you a smart person? Why don't you guess for yourself?"

Wenren Lei took a big step back and shrugged: "Fine, don't tell me then, I'm not really interested anyway."

Lu Shen gave a meaningful smile. Suddenly, he gripped the umbrella handle and thrust the tip of the umbrella towards Wenren Lei's heart.

Wenren Lei stood there and smiled.

Just before the tip of the umbrella was about to reach Wenren Lei, the shadow of "Lu Shen" suddenly swayed.

Fu Yan suddenly leaped out of the shadow, dodging the tip of the umbrella, raised his hand to grab "Lu Shen" by the neck, and pressed him forward hard.

Lu Shen was forced to retreat repeatedly, his back slamming heavily against the wall.

Wenren Lei slowly walked over, turned on her flashlight, and carefully examined Lu Shen's face.

Under the light, the surface of "Lu Shen"'s face revealed a scaly texture, gleaming with a cold, eerie light as the flashlight moved.

Wenren Lei raised an eyebrow: "Give me your name, and I'll give you a discount when I kill you."

Fu Yan said, "I can't kill his shadow; he's the Corpse King."

Wenren Lei coldly and violently confronted Fu Yan: "You are not allowed to talk to me."

Fu Yan chuckled softly, "Alright."

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