Chapter 317
However, Sheng Wenhao seemed oblivious to everything, calmly saying, “Yes.”
“Hehehe.” Ely slowly raised her head, her seaweed-like hair slipping down her cheeks to reveal her face. Without the hair’s cover, the malice in Ely’s eyes was exposed blatantly to everyone.
“You!” Lin Mengyao looked at Ely, whose face was full of malice, her eyes filled with undeniable shock.
What kind of eyes were those? They seemed like the gathering place of the world’s filthiest things, making one shiver and involuntarily feel disgust and loathing. Lin Mengyao couldn’t bear it and turned her head aside to avoid Ely’s gaze.
But Xu Ke and Sheng Wenhao stared straight into Ely’s eyes as if they felt nothing, with Sheng Wenhao’s smile even more pronounced.
Ely didn’t see the reaction she expected from Xu Ke and Sheng Wenhao. A trace of confusion quickly appeared in her malicious eyes, even her curled lips stiffened in place.
“Why aren’t you shocked or scared seeing me like this?” Ely asked, a slight frown on her brow, her tone carrying a hint of puzzlement.
“Why be scared of something we already knew?” Sheng Wenhao shrugged, raised an eyebrow, and said lazily with a hint of indifference.
“Already knew!” Ely widened her eyes in surprise, her tone slightly rising, but she quickly returned to normal, only with a trace of caution in her eyes as she looked at Sheng Wenhao and asked, “When did you discover my identity? I thought I was hiding it well without any flaws.”
“You played the role well, big-chested and brainless, beautiful and captivating, very open in bed. But men are men, no matter how you act, you can’t change your nature. The skin may be alike, but the bones are not. Just be careful, and you can notice,” Sheng Wenhao said slowly, his lips maintaining an upward curve.
“I didn’t expect to slip up in this aspect, truly outsmarting myself. Thank you for pointing it out; next time, I’ll learn from the experience gained from you and be even more cautious. As a reward, I can let you die a bit more comfortably, but I can’t guarantee that for your friends. After all, they irritate me a lot,” Ely’s face displayed an innocently pure smile, like an unworldly child, looking at the three with the purest malice.
“Do you think you can kill us by yourself? You underestimate us, don’t you? Who’s the fool here is still uncertain,” Sheng Wenhao slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arm with green veins, smiling at Ely before him and the red Mario closing in through the crowd.
“Oh? Really?” Ely waved her ring-adorned hand in front of Sheng Wenhao like a boast. “Didn’t you feel it? Your strength is gradually slipping away. My ring is smeared with the most potent anesthetic, ensuring you sleep for a solid day and night, unmovable. It’s a good thing; I don’t use it on just anyone. You should feel honored,” Ely said, grinning with red-painted lips at Sheng Wenhao.
The sharp protrusion inside the ring flashed a silvery halo in the sunlight, glaringly bright. Sheng Wenhao, like a passerby suddenly suffering low blood sugar on the street, staggered and fell toward Xu Ke, his head hitting Xu Ke’s shoulder bone unprotected, making Lin Mengyao involuntarily shiver at the sight, feeling pain for Sheng Wenhao.
“See, there you go,” Ely said with a fake gloating tone.
“I didn’t originally intend to attack you. It’s just that you’re too unkind, making me very unhappy. So, I have to take you out as well. But don’t worry, I’ll make it quick; considering our acquaintanceship, I won’t let you suffer much.” Looking at Sheng Wenhao barely standing with Xu Ke’s support, Ely cheerfully whistled, feeling victory was near.
“You can try,” Xu Ke said steadily, without the slightest panic, looking at Ely with a deep voice.
“Truly, no tears until you see the coffin.” Ely refused to believe Xu Ke, burdened with two liabilities, could escape her assassination, so her smile was more radiant than ever before.
“You can try that,” Xu Ke repeated, his eyes carrying an inexplicable confidence.
Ely assumed Xu Ke was only bluffing, playing the Empty Fort Strategy, and she didn’t consider him her opponent at all. She leapt towards Xu Ke, with the ring on her hand instantly transforming into a long needle.
In her hand, Ely held her weapon, her eyes shining with a Hunter’s gleam, extraordinarily thrilled.
Lin Mengyao stood nervously beside Xu Ke, her breathing unsteady. If it weren’t for the hand holding hers never loosening, she wasn’t sure if she could still stand.
As Ely approached closer and closer to Xu Ke, Lin Mengyao was so tense she forgot to breathe. Just at the critical moment, Sheng Wenhao, whose head was resting on Xu Ke’s shoulder, suddenly opened his eyes without warning and swiftly swung something in his hand towards Ely. Lin Mengyao could only see a silver-white streak flash through the air, then witnessed Ely, who was previously excited, showing an unbelieving look, her eyes fixated on Sheng Wenhao.
“You!” Ely stared at the scalpel embedded in her chest, barely uttering the word before falling silent, her body collapsing backward.
“Stick with me, let’s go.” Xu Ke gave the still-stunned Lin Mengyao a pull, and as soon as she regained her senses, he quickly led her into the crowd.
The crowd erupted in chaos due to the sudden death, screams and alarms blaring incessantly, but none of it mattered to Xu Ke and the others. They slipped into the crowd like three small fish, with the red Mario always following them.
The three never stopped, running straight from the carousel area to the haunted house area before stopping.
“Weren’t you drugged? How come you’re okay?” Once they stopped, Lin Mengyao was the first to ask. She had witnessed Sheng Wenhao faint, but now the person who was supposed to be unconscious for a day and night hadn’t even been out for ten minutes before waking up. Was his fainting just an act? But the effect seemed so real, it couldn’t have been fake. Was Sheng Wenhao’s acting that good? Lin Mengyao was skeptical.
“I was hit, but I have a special constitution that’s highly resistant to anesthetics, so it couldn’t affect me for long. Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare go out with someone like her,” Sheng Wenhao raised an eyebrow, speaking lightly, but Xu Ke could still see a shadow crossing his eyes when discussing this.