After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

"Please..." Only by getting close could one make out Director Cao's voice amidst the heavy, agonizing howls, "Please...please..."

As he struggled, he bumped into Gu Xiaomei's leg. Gu Xiaomei lost her balance, causing the plate to overturn and the stew pot to tip over, splashing Director Cao with bright red blood. Amidst the mess of dishes and cups, the man, still clutching at Tang Li's feet, gasped for breath, his dying struggle barely contained: "No, no... please, please..."

Tang Li raised an eyebrow: "Not what?"

"No! It's not human flesh soup, sir!" A male ghost, who bore a striking resemblance to Director Cao, lunged at Tang Li's legs, scooping up a pool of crimson liquid despite his filth. "Sir, look, this isn't human blood. It's just vegetable soup stained with plant roots! The blond-haired man's remains were swallowed by the elevator long ago. How could we possibly offend you with flesh from someone who's been dead for a week!"

Tang Li didn't smell any blood, which relieved her slightly, but she didn't let go. She tilted her head, her mood improving slightly, and a sinister pleasure, like a cat teasing a mouse, appeared on her face.

She asked, "Which is more offensive, preparing disgusting food for me or fooling me?"

The eerie creature cried, its ugly face looking up as it pleaded, "Sir, we didn't mean to offend you, sir. My brother... my brother was just following the headmaster's orders. We just wanted to confirm if you were the eerie creature, my brother just wanted to know if you had any injuries on your hands..."

"Are you injured?"

Tang Li finally let go. Director Cao no longer had the strength to struggle or wail, and collapsed to the ground like a lump of minced meat.

She slowly and methodically unwrapped the bandages, round and round, until everyone could see that her hand was clean, fair, and unharmed.

The dust has settled. But no one dares to say a word, no one dares to breathe a sigh of relief.

Because every time the bandage was untied, Tang Li would wrap it around Director Cao's neck; the more it was untied, the tighter it would wrap.

Tang Li's hands were clean and tidy, and she patted Director Cao's head affectionately, as if petting a domestic animal. Those same hands, gripping the ends of the bandage, suddenly tightened.

Director Cao, who had been motionless like a lump of dead flesh, suddenly stirred, the bandages digging deep into his neck squeezing out the last breath from his chest. Director Cao's head was facing Tang Li, so all the strange beings could see his face.

The creature, on the verge of death, struggled out a hideous and grotesque form, its three eyes filled with agony, and its two mouths uttering hoarse sounds.

He tried his best to uncover the secrets beneath the bandages, until the bandages turned into a noose around his neck.

"My lord! My lord!" Director Cao's younger brother pleaded desperately, "Please, please, my brother doesn't deserve to die! My lord!"

Tang Li chuckled and looked around at the strange surroundings, lowering her head wherever she saw something.

She asked the spider, "Should I forgive him?"

The spider grinned. "He offended the adults; he deserves to die."

She asked Gu Xiaomei, "Should I forgive him?"

Gu Xiaomei looked at her with an almost godlike gaze, and said with fear but determination, "He offended the adults, he deserves to die."

Amidst the strange objects, a pair of yearning eyes remained, fixed intently on her—it was Jerry, the doctor who had treated her earlier. Tang Li gave a slight chuckle, her gaze sweeping past him without asking any questions.

The last gaze fell on Dean Lei Hong.

The man and the eerie gazed at each other. Tang Li's eyes were like sharp swords, while Lei Hong's eyes were like dark wells. Lei Hong knew that Tang Li was retaliating against his probing, and also openly challenging his authority: So what if it's your hospital? So what if it's your subsidiary? Your employees are now completely devoted to me!

But he's just a local bully.

Lei Hong's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but he didn't lose his composure. At this point, he had no doubt about Tang Li's "mysterious upper-level" identity, but so what if a new management boss had parachuted in? Was he supposed to just hand over all the power he had painstakingly built up?

Even if a powerful dragon comes, he will still fight it.

—Besides, as Liu Dan from HR reported, Tang Li might not necessarily choose Gu Xiaoying.

Isn't Gu Xiaoying's blood on her hands?

Tang Li's fingers rubbed together, and the dean's robe billowed incessantly even without wind.

Humanity has not yet figured out the truth about the copy, and she still has many questions to ask Jiang Hui, Qiu Wanting, and Gu Xiaoying.

The strange creature hadn't even obtained the dungeon yet, and he still needed to use Tang Li's influence to drive out the original dungeon boss.

Amidst the undercurrents, they both knew perfectly well that it wasn't time for a fight to the death.

So Tang Li asked with a smile, "Dean, should I forgive him?"

Lei Hong stood up, the head of the hospital calmly indicating that he was conceding defeat in this round, and said in an elegant and dignified manner: "Director Cao has offended you, sir, and deserves to die, but he is not worth dirtying your hands... Please hand him over to me, sir, and I will give you an explanation."

Sacrifice a pawn to save the chariot.

Tang Li smiled, and the next second, the bandage slipped off Director Cao's neck, which she rolled up and put back into her pocket.

No one knew that a piece of paper, folded into a small piece, was wrapped in the bandage. It was originally hidden in Tang Li's palm, but later pressed tightly against Director Cao's neck.

There were words on the paper: Hello, newcomer Tang Li, welcome to the bizarre world.

This is a book, the colorful medical brochure. Tang Li hasn't forgotten that it clearly states on the book, "The Weird One cannot actively touch, ask for, or steal this book."

This is a perk the book offers to newcomers, and it's also the only weapon Tang Li can use to protect herself in her haste.

In the toilet stall, amidst the knocking of the female ghost in charge of personnel, Tang Li thought maliciously, what would happen if the ghost really came into contact with this "book"?

The sound of rinsing water masked the tearing of the pages, and then the bandages covered the folded pages.

Tang Li knew this was a trap. Her bandaged hand was a deliberate flaw she had created. She wanted all the strange people to focus their attention on this one thing, so that they would ignore the other parts of her body that didn't seem strange.

But when they paid a heavy price and finally tracked her down, they found that her hand was unharmed. The strange creature, having gone down a dead end, would not turn back and would only be convinced that she was the "strange master".

As for Director Cao's intense reaction after coming into contact with the book, it was an unexpected delight.

Tang Li originally did not intend to kill Director Cao. She had not yet made up her mind to do so, and she could not afford to antagonize the dean for the time being.

She also wanted to get clues about that person from him.

Inside the private room, Spider and Gu Xiaomei, who had been completely won over by Tang Li, stood proudly upright, staring at her with even more fervent gazes.

What a kind adult.

Meanwhile, the other weirdos in the Dean's camp finally relaxed, with several of them even collapsing to the ground, their legs giving way.

Director Cao's younger brother knelt beside him, weeping bitterly, and hugged his brother tightly, pleading, "Quick! Save my brother!"

A hand wearing a white glove patted his shoulder, and a familiar, reliable, and calm voice rang out: "Xiao Cao, let me take a look."

It was the dean. Director Cao's younger brother, filled with gratitude, stepped aside, pleading, "Dean, please save my brother...my brother!"

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