What evil intentions could an evil god possibly have?

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The music ended, but the crowd did not disperse; the sunken ship remained.

The shores of White Horse Lake were brightly lit. The Special Affairs Bureau cordoned off the scene and began salvaging the remains of flesh and blood, attempting to find some useful information.

Gu Yuqiu and Lin Mushi returned to the hotel, where all the waiters had disappeared, leaving only ordinary employees of the Special Affairs Bureau.

For example, Zhong Chongshan's female secretary.

She pushed the wheelchair, gesturing for the two to a place to talk. After quietly asking what they would like to drink, she got up and left, leaving room for conversation.

Zhong Chongshan glanced at Gu Yuqiu, then looked at Lin Mushi and said, "Tell me what you saw and heard after entering the Fool's Ship. Submit a report by the day after tomorrow at the latest."

This incident tonight was far too significant; dozens of superhumans died directly, and in the end, even a fifth-tier individual made a move.

From any perspective, this matter ranks among the top three most serious cases involving superhumans in New Chu in the past three months.

Given such a situation, how could he dare to let Gu Yuqiu leave directly and let Lin Mushi use a report to cover it up?

Gu Yuqiu remained silent.

Lin Mushi knew this wasn't the time to lose her temper; she had to give a clear explanation, otherwise, if Zhong Chongshan made the wrong judgment, it would be her responsibility.

The problem is that this process clearly involves Gu Yuqiu's secrets. What should she do?

Seeing the two remain silent, Zhong Chongshan nodded in confusion, wondering what they were doing.

"First of all, it's like this..."

Lin Mushi spoke softly, recounting the details of her entry into the dream, including the news that Cha Shao had mentioned.

When Zhong Chongshan heard that the reason the Night King met with them was because Gu Yuqiu was too beautiful, he was silent for a while, and then asked the most crucial question.

Why did the Ship of Fools disintegrate? What force destroyed it so completely?

"This one……"

Lin Mushi tilted her head slightly to look at him, and said with a helpless expression, "I don't know either."

She was telling the truth, because she really didn't know what had happened at the time, even though she had overheard Cha Shao and Gu Yuqiu's conversation.

But the force that caused the Fool's Ship to perish was far beyond her comprehension; she couldn't even describe it. How could she possibly describe it?

Zhong Chongshan was not surprised and said, "Just give me any example."

Lin Mushi thought about it carefully, then pointed to Gu Yuqiu, who was resting with her eyes closed, and said sincerely, "Just like her face."

Gu Yuqiu opened her eyes and looked at her.

Zhong Chongshan's gaze swept back and forth between the two faces. Suddenly, he felt a headache coming on and asked in a deep voice, "What does this mean? Can you be a little more straightforward? Don't make it sound like we're guessing a riddle, okay?"

Is that so hard to understand?

Lin Mushi looked at him strangely, sighed, and explained, "Just like her face, no matter what words or idioms you use to describe it, even if it's just an image, like 'ten miles of spring breeze,' you might think it's true at the time, but afterwards you'll always feel that you're wrong and that the description isn't appropriate."

Zhong Chongshan wondered what kind of nonsense this was.

But when he looked at Gu Yuqiu's face and thought about the Night King and the Church of the Sleeping Demons' decision, he felt that this description made sense and was not nonsense.

Gu Yuqiu is someone who gets better looking the more you look at her.

Perhaps only by spending every day and night together can one become accustomed to her, like Lin Mushi?

However, if the power that destroyed the Fool's Ship could truly be compared to her beauty, how terrifyingly powerful it must be.

Just as he was pondering this question and unaware that his thoughts were becoming increasingly strange, there was a knock on the door.

Zhong Chongshan snapped out of his daze and responded.

The female secretary opened the door, served coffee, and said in a low voice, "Miss Su wants to see Lin Mushi."

Zhong Chongshan nodded without hesitation.

He preferred to have a detailed talk with Gu Yuqiu than with Lin Mushi, because the latter was clearly more powerful and could see more of the truth.

Unable to find a reason to refuse, Lin Mushi could only leave with her female secretary and go to another room.

The room was dark; the lights were off.

Su Yan stood by the window, quietly gazing at Baima Lake not far away, and said softly, "Think about why I wanted to see you?"

Lin Mushi walked up to her and casually said, "You're not my boss, why should I cooperate with you?"

"Oh, then I'll change the subject."

Su Yan turned her head and looked at her profile, asking, "Why are you angry with Gu Yuqiu?"

Lin Mushi mocked, "I never knew you were such a gossip. You not only care about other people's privacy, but you also don't let go of their relationships."

Su Yan suddenly laughed, her laughter was very crisp and clear, and it kept echoing in the room, gradually becoming jarring.

"I think..."

She said with emotion, "Gu Yuqiu said something to you that made you extremely angry, to the point that you even wanted to hit her, but unfortunately you couldn't beat her."

Lin Mushi slowly turned around, looked into her eyes, and said expressionlessly, "Then take a guess?"

Su Yan smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant."

Then her smile faded, and she said something.

"You think you're worthy of my affection?"

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Mushi deliberately sighed, shook her head, and said, "Sorry, you guessed wrong."

Su Yan wasn't angry or furious; she just felt a little lost.

Lin Mushi, unaware of what she was thinking, raised an eyebrow slightly and repeated the sentence.

"What she told me was, 'If I were to fall in love with you now, it would only prove that I'm blind.'"

Su Yan was stunned.

She looked into Lin Mushi's eyes, a rare look of bewilderment on her face, and wondered, "What's the difference between what you said and what I said?"

Chapter 57: Loneliness is a normal part of life

Su Yan looked away, no longer meeting Lin Mushi's gaze, and went to fiddle with the coffee machine.

—Now she just feels that this guy surnamed Lin is really problematic sometimes. She doesn't know if he's an idiot or cute, so why should she care?

Lin Mushi glanced at the coffee in her hand, thinking that if she drank it, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, and asked, "Do you want this cup that I haven't tried before?"

Earlier, when the female secretary pushed open the door and delivered a message to Zhong Chongshan, she also brought three cups of coffee.

She took it with her when she left, but she wasn't really thinking about it and didn't drink it until now, when she remembered that she was still holding a cup of coffee.

Su Yan suddenly sighed and said with emotion, "You really are quite adorable."

The cuteness in her words was probably the same as what Gu Yuqiu often kept on her lips—they were both idiots?

As she spoke, she continued fiddling with the unused coffee machine, clearly not intending to agree.

The room became quiet.

Lin Mushi had been living with Gu Yuqiu these past few days and had long been used to this quiet environment, but she didn't want to spend time with Su Yan like this.

"so what?"

She sat down on the side of the recliner, looked at Su Yan and said, "You specifically asked me to come here just to gossip and ask me such a strange question?"

Su Yan paused, then asked, "Are you serious?"

Lin Mushi nodded without hesitation.

Su Yan gave up on the coffee machine, which she still couldn't use, turned to face her, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember what she said to you in the coffee shop when we first met?"

The "she" in her words naturally refers to Gu Yuqiu.

As for their first meeting, it seems like a long time ago now, but for Lin Mushi, it was just last night, and the memory is still very clear.

She still didn't understand what Su Yan was trying to say, and said with a hint of sarcasm, "You really shouldn't be so much like Gu Yuqiu, both of you like making others guess."

Su Yan remained silent for a long time, probably feeling a certain despair towards Lin Mushi.

"I told you to come here..."

She softened her voice and said, "It's so that you won't get in my way, because Zhong Chongshan has a lot of questions he wants to ask Gu Yuqiu, and these are questions that you shouldn't hear."

Lin Mushi frowned slightly and asked seriously, "Am I not a party involved?"

Su Yan calmly said, "Of course you are, but others don't think you qualify. And going back to what I just said to you, do you even deserve her affection?"

When she said this, her tone was very ordinary, but the mockery was particularly strong—just like when Gu Yuqiu said she was good-looking.

Lin Mushi thought this was just deliberately being argumentative, and smiled as she said, "Then why can't you just let her really go blind?"

Su Yan didn't want to continue the conversation and said, "Whatever you like."

As soon as she finished speaking, she picked up an instruction manual from next to the coffee machine and began to read it carefully.

For some reason, she has always been a bit slow to grasp these things. That person had laughed at her many times because of this, and then taught her how to use them while mocking her.

But that person is already dead.

These are all now just memories.

Loneliness is a normal part of life, and she's long been used to it; it's no big deal to her.

I miss them occasionally, at most.

That's it.

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The other room was brightly lit.

Zhong Chongshan was very patient because it was still early, not yet eleven o'clock.

He waited quietly for a while, until the steam from the coffee gradually subsided, and Gu Yuqiu finally opened his eyes and picked up the cup.