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She didn't quite understand what Chi Ying meant, but she still obediently walked to the scenic area's information map and studied it for a while before saying into the phone, "I'm at the main entrance of Qiyang Mountain scenic area."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong surge of psionic energy suddenly appeared behind him.

who!

Instinctively turning around warily, Lu Zhao's eyes widened when he saw who it was. "Minister Chi... what are you doing here..."

"Enough with the nonsense!" Chi Ying's face was very anxious. She stepped forward and grabbed her hand tightly. "I'm in a hurry. Be careful!"

After she finished speaking, Lu Zhao felt another wave of dizziness wash over him—

Damn, this guy used his abilities without giving any warning beforehand!

Having teleported twice before, she barely managed to stop from collapsing from the spinning and tumbling sensation. However, due to a momentary lapse in attention, she accidentally stepped on a small stone, lost her balance, and nearly fell over.

"careful!"

Chi Ying instinctively grabbed her, but quickly realized that she and this person seemed to be getting a little too close, so she immediately let go.

"Ouch!" Lu Zhao suddenly fell onto the gravel road and couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

A flicker of regret flashed across Chi Ying's eyes. She was about to step forward, but then stopped herself. She glanced at him rather awkwardly and asked in a casual tone, "Are you alright?"

“…It’s nothing!” Lu Zhao replied through gritted teeth, patted her butt and stood up. She wanted to say something to this person, but then thought that the two of them weren’t familiar with each other, so she decided against it.

Looking up at her surroundings, she realized that she was surrounded by countless tall, dense trees. In addition to the pleasant scent of the trees themselves, the air also seemed somewhat humid.

“That’s Spring Moon Lake over there.” Chi Ying pointed with her delicate hand, pointing to the gap hidden by the dense grass.

Curious, Lu Zhao parted the grass and discovered a shimmering lake beneath, as calm and serene as a mirror reflecting the sky.

Doesn't this place freeze even in winter?

She was momentarily speechless, then remembered that she had looked up some information about Chunyue Lake before. It said that there was a hot spring on the mountain, but the temperature was not high, only about 20 degrees Celsius, so it was not suitable for bathing. However, the water flowing down was just enough to keep Chunyue Lake from freezing in winter.

"But why did you bring me here?" she asked, puzzled.

Surely he couldn't have teleported here specifically to show her the scenery, right?

Chi Ying glanced at her, her eyes filled with disdain and impatience.

Lu Zhao shrank back in fright and silently stood a little further away from her.

Those scenes in TV dramas where the relationship between the male and female leads heats up rapidly after the female lead visits her family are definitely fake!

Of course... it's also possible that because she's not the female lead at all, this plot point couldn't be triggered.

But then Chi Ying said, "Didn't we talk about it on the phone before? I found out that woman's identity and the direction she fled in. If I'm not mistaken, she should be heading in this direction. We just need to wait."

Oh, waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump.

Lu Zhao thought for a moment, then cautiously raised his hand: "So, what exactly is the identity of that victim, Miss Lu Zhao...?"

“Miss Victim?” Chi Ying repeated her address to the spirit in a low voice, a smile playing on her lips. “At this point, only you would think she is still a victim.”

“That’s how it is…” Lu Zhao couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.

Chapter 87 Their thought processes didn't align again.

To be more discreet, Chi Ying simply teleported Lu Zhao directly to a tree. The two sat together on a relatively thick branch, using the leaves as cover to observe the movements below.

“That…” Chi Ying paused, then glanced at the person next to her, “The victim’s name is Wang Yuemei. She is a kindergarten teacher with about five years of experience. However, according to the principal of her kindergarten, she recently resigned.”

Lu Zhao exclaimed "Ah!" "Resigned? So she's already found another job?"

Chi Ying shook her head. "No, her reason for resigning was that her parents were urging her to go back home to get married, so she was going to quit her job at the kindergarten and become a full-time housewife."

Hmm... the background setting of this game world is indeed very detailed. You could even say that it's an independent and self-consistent little world. If it weren't for the female protagonist and the game's plot, it would be no different from an ordinary near-future world.

Lu Zhao pulled out the map on her phone and found that there was a kindergarten near this intersection. It seemed that her previous workplace should be here.

"If she's not going to work, why is she going out at this time?" she asked curiously.

Chi Ying was silent for a moment, then pulled up a surveillance video on her phone and handed it to her, saying, "You can take a look yourself. This is the surveillance footage from the school gate since kindergarten started classes a week ago."

“This is…” Lu Zhao looked at it for a while, but his expression became even more confused.

The footage shows Wang Yuemei lingering alone at the kindergarten gate after the parents have dropped off their children and left.

On several occasions, the security guard at the gate came over, seemed to ask her something, but quickly returned to his post, leaving her to continue pacing back and forth at the kindergarten gate.

Every day is the same. Starting at eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Yuemei would often linger at the school gate for two or three hours until it was almost noon, when parents began to come to pick up their children, before she would leave dejectedly.

“Judging from the surveillance footage, she seems very reluctant to leave the kindergarten,” Lu Zhao asked, making a reasonable deduction. “Is it because she likes one of the teachers there, or because she misses one of the children?”

Chi Ying calmly replied, "That's a question for her to answer."

That's true, they'll never guess what the other person is really thinking, no matter how much they try to guess.

Lu Zhao reluctantly handed the phone back to her, then turned his head away somewhat boredly. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed Chi Ying's arm, excitedly saying, "Look! From here, you can see the entire view of Spring Moon Lake!"

No wonder it's called Spring Moon Lake; the shape of the lake is very similar to a crescent moon, which reminds her of Crescent Lake in the other world.

However, she had never actually seen Crescent Lake, so seeing Spring Moon Lake now indirectly fulfilled one of her little wishes.

A gentle question from Chi Ying reached her ears: "You like it here?"

"Who wouldn't like such a beautiful view!" Lu Zhao turned around happily, but his gaze met Chi Ying's eyes, which were inexplicably much gentler than before.

It's over, it's over, it's over!

Alarm bells immediately went off in her head, and she quickly moved a little to the side, coughing awkwardly as she said, "Um, I didn't mean to sit so close, please don't mind."

Put yourself in her shoes; she wouldn't want to sit so close to someone she dislikes outside of work either!

Chi Ying's face turned cold, and her voice became indifferent as well: "Do you think I would mind?"

What else?

Lu Zhao tried desperately to sit a little further to the side, but was suddenly grabbed by her hand. "Don't move any further, you'll fall."

See? Her voice has turned cold. She definitely doesn't like me sitting next to her!

For a moment, Lu Zhao felt extremely uncomfortable, unsure whether to move or not. He could only turn his head away to look at the lake, determined not to look at Chi Ying.

After a long while, her neck was really sore from twisting, so she cautiously turned around and gave Chi Ying, whose face had turned cold again, an awkward smile: "By the way...did you have breakfast today?"

"No."

Fortunately, although I'm not satisfied with her, at least she'll answer my questions, so it seems she hasn't reached her peak anger level yet.

She then smiled and tentatively asked, "So, after the mission is over... shall we go to the cafeteria for lunch? Today's cafeteria is serving Cantonese dim sum, it's very sumptuous!"

Chi Ying narrowed her eyes slightly and looked her up and down. "Weren't you feeling unwell lately? Why are you still sleeping at the Bureau of Spirits?"

Ah this...

Who leaked the news that she was unwell?

Lu Zhao's little brain immediately started working at high speed. The only people who knew that she was in poor health were one team: Li Manqiu and Liu Qingluo.

The team knew that she and Chi Ying didn't get along, so they definitely wouldn't tell Chi Ying. Li Manqiu didn't seem like the type to casually reveal other people's private matters. As for Liu Qingluo... shouldn't a doctor protect the privacy of their patients?

Who else could have leaked this information?

Could it be... that Chi Ying has planted someone by her side?

She glanced at the other person with a hint of wariness, then coughed lightly and said, "It's nothing, just a bit of a cold. I heard you're going to a meeting of four ministries this afternoon, is that right?"

She cleverly chose to change the subject.

Chi Ying nodded: "Yes, are you going to participate at three o'clock this afternoon?"

Normally, only the four ministers can attend the four-department meeting. However, considering that the Minister of the Action Department is just a figurehead who does nothing but give speeches and take the blame, this authority has also been extended to Lu Zhao and Li Manqiu. They can attend the meeting whenever they want.

“Well, this afternoon’s meeting is about someone very important to me,” Lu Zhao said nervously, licking his dry lips as he looked at her earnestly. “So I will be submitting a proposal this afternoon. Of course, I don’t expect your support, but I would appreciate it if you would listen to it carefully.”

His gaze lingered on her pink tongue for a moment before Chi Ying suddenly snapped back to reality, abruptly turning her head away and giving a haphazard reply: "Um...it's my job, of course I'll take it seriously!"

Is it hot today?

Lu Zhao stared blankly as she turned her head, revealing her slightly flushed ear tips hidden beneath her hair.

Perhaps it's because she's the one who owns the white flame, but she does feel that her body temperature is a tiny bit higher than others.

She leaned back a little, a little embarrassed, trying to keep Chi Ying from getting too hot.

Just as the two fell silent, in the distance along the cobblestone path, a woman covered in blood parted a clump of hidden grass and stumbled out...

Chapter Eighty-Eight: It Flyed

The moment the woman appeared, Lu Zhao noticed her movements. Without thinking twice, he patted Chi Ying's back lightly, reminding her to be careful of the person below.

"So you came from this route," Chi Ying said with a hint of surprise in her eyes, her gaze constantly scanning the path the woman had taken. "This route isn't shown on the map; only a few people probably know about it."

Lu Zhao nodded slightly: "Indeed, the fact that she didn't come from the main road but instead dug out of the haystack only shows that she is very familiar with this area and is someone who comes here often."

No wonder he kept running this way after injuring someone.

She pondered for a moment, and was about to jump down to subdue the person, but Chi Ying grabbed her arm.

"Wait a minute," she shook her head and whispered a reminder, "There's no one on the mountain at this hour. Let's wait and see what she's up there for."

What else can I do?

They fled here in a panic, surely to escape their pursuers.

Lu Zhao assumed that Chi Ying's words made sense, but he also felt that Chi Ying's words made some sense, so he sat down again and silently waited for what the other party would say next.

Wang Yuemei stumbled toward them, her face covered in blood, making it almost impossible to discern any expression. The only sounds were her alternating cries and laughter.

Ugh...it's a little creepy.

Lu Zhao subconsciously touched the goosebumps on his arm. Just as Wang Yuemei was about to walk past the tree he was standing under, he hesitated and looked at Chi Ying, "Should we wait?"

"Wait," Minister Chi said solemnly.

Oh well, what can you do when this person has a higher rank than her?

She consciously shut her mouth and watched Wang Yuemei walk past their current location. Just as she was about to turn around and continue monitoring, Chi Ying suddenly grabbed her hand and teleported to a new tree branch.

Looking down further, well, Wang Yuemei was still struggling to walk behind them.

This ability is so convenient!