The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Chat

After the police had investigated, they hadn’t discovered any clues. The gangsters didn’t display any injuries, not even a speck of dust on their clothes, making them appear as if they hadn’t been in any fight.

After being taken to the hospital, an examination revealed no injuries on the gangsters. However, a psychiatric evaluation later showed that they had all indeed become idiots.

What exactly happened to these gangsters remained an unresolved mystery.

Still, many people speculated privately that these thugs were getting their just desserts, suggesting that perhaps the heavenly deities couldn’t stand by and thus inflicted this punishment.

Everybody in the area knew these gangsters. They were notorious for their evil deeds and had harmed many innocent girls. Because they had connections, they managed to stay out of the grip of the law. The resentment toward them was sky-high, but no one could bring them down. People would keep a mentality of “if we can’t provoke them, at least we can avoid them” and would avoid them whenever spotted.

Now that these gangsters had been punished, people secretly felt delighted.

Of course, all this is a story for another time.

At this moment, Zhong Nianyao and Lu Yichen were walking side by side out of the alley.

“Shall we take a walk?” Lu Yichen suddenly spoke up, “It’s still early, and you probably won’t be able to sleep if we go back to the hotel now, right?”

“Huh? Are you talking to me?” Zhong Nianyao blinked, pointing at herself with a slightly confused expression, as if she couldn’t understand what he was saying.

“Is there anyone else here besides you?” Lu Yichen looked at Zhong Nianyao beside him. “Or do you want to return to the hotel to rest now?”

“That’s not it,” Zhong Nianyao shook her head, then her lips curled into a mischievous smile. “But aren’t you scared I might treat you like I did those gangsters? Oh, I forgot, you didn’t see it!”

“Then let me tell you! Those gangsters were being torn apart by the Hundred Demons I summoned, gnawing at their souls! You can’t possibly understand that kind of pain, where they wish for death but cannot die!”

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“I could see,” said Lu Yichen, his expression unchanged. “So what?”

Hearing Lu Yichen’s response, Zhong Nianyao was not too surprised. After all, how could someone who lived in such a spiritually rich estate be an ordinary person! Not to mention, there was a hidden Array outside the estate.

However, despite the surprise, she reminded herself not to be too curious. Curiosity could kill a cat, after all.

She couldn’t see through Lu Yichen at all and had no idea what kind of skills he was hiding. One thing was certain, Lu Yichen was definitely a dangerous individual and it was best to keep her distance.

“So, where shall we go?” Zhong Nianyao raised an eyebrow.

“Are you hungry?” Lu Yichen asked directly. “You haven’t eaten much all day since we were traveling, right?”

Before long, the two found themselves at a bustling food stall, took their seats, and ordered food.

Sitting in such an atmosphere full of life, Zhong Nianyao seemed a little dazed. In her past life as well as in this life, she had never visited such a place.

In her previous life, she had been learning mystical techniques from her master since her childhood and seldom interacted with the secular world. When she finally did, she had become the State Preceptor of Lai Country. She usually focused on studying the books her master left behind, rarely going out, and realized only upon her death that her life had been utterly dull and uninteresting.

In this world, as a young lady of the Imperial Capital’s Zhong Family, she seldom visited places like food stalls.

It seemed that this really was her first time here!

“What are you thinking about?”

Noticing Zhong Nianyao’s silence, Lu Yichen spoke up lightly, “Is it too boring to be with me, so you’re spacing out?”

“No,” Zhong Nianyao shook her head and then gazed steadily at Lu Yichen, seemingly trying to read something from his eyes, “I’m just curious, why did you choose me?”

“I don’t know how many secrets you’re hiding, but with your abilities, it would be easy to find a powerful Heavenly Master to help you explore the tomb. Moreover, we aren’t really familiar with each other, right?”

“There’s no particular reason,” Lu Yichen looked calmly at Zhong Nianyao. “Why do I feel that you’re quite wary of me?”

“That’s normal, isn’t it?” Zhong Nianyao looked up at Lu Yichen. “I know nothing about you, yet you seem to know everything about me. Such a contrast would make anyone feel wary, right?”

“So you want to know about me!” Lu Yichen seemed to suddenly understand. “Then what do you want to know? Just ask, and I’ll tell you.”

Listening to Lu Yichen’s ambiguous words, Zhong Nianyao was momentarily stunned and then composed herself, “Lu Yichen, we’re not close, and I have no desire to know you better. Moreover, I feel that after this tomb exploration, we probably won’t interact much.”

Lu Yichen felt too dangerous to her, and she didn’t want any deep interactions with him.

Especially Lu Yichen’s ambiguous demeanor made her sense an unknown danger.

The words Lu Yichen had just said were full of ambiguity, like the intimacy between lovers. However, to her, they only represented an unknown threat.

She couldn’t see through Lu Yichen and couldn’t fathom him, so her choice regarding such a dangerous individual was to keep a respectful distance.

“Who knows about the future!”

Hearing Zhong Nianyao’s words eager to clear any ties, Lu Yichen’s expression remained impassive, making it hard to discern his thoughts at that moment.

Afterward, neither spoke. Even after finishing their meal and returning to the hotel, no conversation ensued.

Under normal circumstances, this would feel awkward.

However, neither Lu Yichen nor Zhong Nianyao were ordinary people. Thus, even without speaking, they didn’t feel any discomfort, rather enjoying the peacefulness of not being disturbed.

The next morning, they set off again.

Although Lu Yichen and Zhong Nianyao had had a late-night snack together the previous evening, their relationship hadn’t progressed at all, barely better than strangers.

Nevertheless, it was clear that neither of them cared.