C105 – Violent Possession

“Oh,” Chu Chen’an reacted, his cheeks thinly red as he quickly gathered his collar back. “Sorry.”

 

He glanced at Qin Jue’s eagle eyes, then he narrowed his brows and sidestepped past Qin Jue.

 

Qin Jue was wearing a white bathrobe; his body was tall; the muscles under the bathrobe were hidden; a cigar was in his hand; the white smoke blurred his vision, then disappeared in an instant.

 

This surprised Chu Chen’an a bit. Qin Jue was the highest difficulty NPC behind the scenes in the dungeon. According to past rules, Qin Jue should be able to recognize him at first sight.

 

But he didn’t.

Chu Chen’an clearly saw a bit of dark hostility and detachment in his sharp eyes.

What was going on?

 

Chu Chen’an’s tense heart suddenly relaxed, and he walked out of the changing room as usual.

 

He came to the doorway of the corridor and realized that the doorway of this changing room had a VIP golden logo, representing a private changing room.

 

He couldn’t help but look back at the doorway and walk slowly back; the current Qin Jue was very much like how he was when he just met him.

 

Cold, violent.

Qin Jue glanced back at Chu Chen’an’s figure, furrowed his brow, and inexplicably felt increasingly irritable, with a splitting headache.

 

Qin Jue saw the water bottle not far away, which Chu Chen’an had forgotten earlier.

He was lost in thought as he watched the bottle of water and rolled the cigarette butt onto the expensive leather sofa, the smoke carrying a faint burnt smell.

 

For no reason, he felt empty in his heart.

In the middle of the day.

He lit another cigarette.

……

 

Chu Chen’an walked out of the corridor, vaguely a little worried.

What happened to the per-vert just now?

Did he lose his memory?

He controlled the control panel and queried.

[Yes]

 

[The NPC behind this copy attempted to commit su-icide by driving a car into the sea after your death, but it didn’t work, and he lost his memory after being rescued.

The timeframe of the memory loss is roughly from three years before you last entered the copy to the time after your death.]

 

[The recovery rate of this intermittent memory loss is high, so he will fully recover his memory at some point after he meets you again.]

 

What madness.

 

In other words, Qin Jue could recognize him at any time.

 

Chu Chen’an didn’t dare to imagine the image of Qin Jue when he fell into the sea and sighed lightly.

 

He turned through the long corridor and just happened to bump into Gong Jian, who was walking back.

 

Gong Jian used to be the sports committee member of their class; he was physically fit and had won many school-level sports medals during his university years.

 

Gong Jian said, “Chu Chen’an, why are you here? Our changing room is over there.”

 

Chu Chen’an: “Nothing; I just came to buy a bottle of water.”

 

The self-service vending machine was in the middle of the long corridor, and there were five or six changing rooms spread out on both the left and right sides, and he had just walked in the wrong direction and coincidentally bumped into Qin Jue.

 

“Oh.” Gong Jian nodded. “Let’s go back then.”

 

“Okay.” Chu Chen’an glanced back in the direction of the fitting room; he didn’t stay long and followed Gong Jian to the lift room.

 

 

Gong Jian pressed the floor; he looked at the designer shoes and clothes that Chu Chen’an was wearing and said, “I haven’t seen you in these years; I didn’t expect you to be the best developed out of the few of us.”

 

Chu Chen’an laughed dryly and waved his hand, “No.”

 

“Don’t be modest, old classmate.” Gong Jian leaned against the wall of the lift room and teased him, “I also saw you coming in an Audi the other day.”

 

Chu Chen’an laughed dryly and didn’t say anything.

 

The role that the system arranged for him was that of a gold medal writer for a newspaper; with an excellent salary, he earned six figures a month.

 

And in order to achieve the purpose of work, this reunion was proposed by him; he also got five tickets through the newspaper and invited five classmates who were more close to him to travel.

 

Because among these five people, there were those who were deeply hidden in a special group, and he wanted to use this person as a matchmaker to infiltrate this special group, excavate, and deeply record them.

 

And what exactly this special group was, and what kind of terrifying and dark insider secrets were hidden deep within, Chu Chen’an currently had no idea. His activated plot points had yet to be activated, so currently he still needed to grope around bit by bit.

 

The only clue Chu Chen’an currently got was that the person who was deeply hidden in the special group was Cheng Hao.

 

Chu Chen’an asked Gong Jian, “Didn’t Cheng Hao say he wanted to come back first? Why didn’t he come back with you?”

 

“Who knows, we were supposed to come back together just now, but he suddenly changed his mind. He went downstairs with a dark expression and had a really strange temper.”

 

Gong Jian changed his stance, wrapped his arms around his chest, and whispered to Chu Chen’an, “Hey, you know what? When Cheng Hao graduated from graduate school two years ago, his parents and sister passed away, and he has no other relatives. He was the only one left in his family. No wonder he has such a bad temper.”

 

Chu Chen’an said, “How… did they die?”

 

“Car accident.” Gong Jian said energetically, “Someone even posted videos of the car accident on university group chats and Tieba. It was even the kind without blurring, with bloody arms, legs… They were all clearly visible. Tsk tsk, I don’t know who they provoked.”

 

Chu Chen’an was stunned and couldn’t help but feel that Cheng Hao was pitiful.

 

With his family gone, he was all alone in this world.

 

“You actually don’t know?” Gong Jian said, “Back then, this matter was still a big deal, almost affecting his graduation.”

 

“I hadn’t even heard of it before.” Chu Chen’an said.

……

 

The following night, Chu Chen’an took a shower.

 

He had just sat down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window when he heard someone knocking on his door.

 

He got up and went to open it, only to see Liang Ruoxue standing in the doorway, smiling sweetly, “Chen’an, there’s nothing to do at night anyway; do you want to play cards together?”

 

Chu Chen’an looked at the time and didn’t refuse.

 

He thought Cheng Hao should also be present; it was just the right opportunity to get in touch with him more.

 

They came to the room and sat down; there were only four people in this room, no sign of Cheng Hao.

 

Chu Chen’an absentmindedly played cards while asking, “Cheng Hao hasn’t come back yet?”

 

“No,” Liang Ruoxue shook her head. “I don’t know where he’s gone; he hasn’t come back at this late hour.”

 

Chu Chen’an didn’t say anything else; he didn’t have much desire to win or lose the whole time; he only played the cards in order.

 

“Haha, I won again!”

 

Liang Ruoxue clapped her hands and smiled as she drew away the five hundred yuan in front of Chu Chen’an’s table. “I’m sorry, Chen’an, I won so much money from you tonight. Oh yeah, thanks for the ferry tickets you gave us too~”

 

“It’s fine; no need to be polite.” Chu Chen’an smiled and said when his phone suddenly rang.

 

He looked down, and it was a WeChat call from Cheng Hao. He was a bit surprised and got up and slid the screen right down, going outside the room to answer it.

 

“Hey, Cheng Hao, what’s up?”

 

The opposite side was silent for a few seconds before saying weakly, “Can you come to pick me up? I accidentally fell and got hurt a little.”

 

Cheng Hao’s voice sounded weak, and his voice was a little hoarse.

 

Chu Chen’an quickly responded, “Where are you now?”

 

 

After Cheng Hao reported an address, Chu Chen’an said, “Okay, I’ll be right there.” He hung up the phone and went back to get his clothes.

 

Gong Jian had an ace up his sleeve, and seeing that Chu Chen’an was leaving, he casually asked, “What’s wrong?”

 

“Cheng Hao accidentally fell and hurt himself, and asked me to go pick him up.” Chu Chen’an said.

 

“How could he get injured in such a way?” Liang Ruoxue asked, “Where did he go?”

Chu Chen’an said, “Right on the third floor.”

 

“Then go quickly, Chen’an. Also pay attention to safety.” Liang Ruoxue said and lowered her head to shuffle the cards again.

 

All three of them were indifferent, playing cards with vigor.

 

Chu Chen’an came to the third floor and saw Cheng Hao, who was leaning on a wooden stool at the door of the corridor. Cheng Hao’s expression was bad, his lips were pale, and he looked very uncomfortable.

 

“Cheng Hao, where are you hurt?” Chu Chen’an squatted down and assisted Cheng Hao’s arm. “Do we need to call an ambulance?”

 

“No need; I didn’t look when I was walking; my stomach was accidentally stabbed by glass.” Cheng Hao shook his head and said.

 

 

Chu Chen’an smelled a very heavy smell of bloo-d on Cheng Hao’s body; he had just helped Cheng Hao up when a middle-aged man in a black suit came from the corridor.

 

That middle-aged man even glanced at them strangely as he passed them, smiling obscurely.

 

This kind of gaze was very uncomfortable to look at, and that middle-aged man didn’t walk away; he was tall; instead, he leaned against the window opening not far away and smoked, staring at them harshly.

 

It was like staring at fat meat that was about to be slaughtered.

 

 

Chu Chen’an helped Cheng Hao to quickly walk towards the lift room and pressed the floor, and when the lift door was about to close, the middle-aged man squeezed in and bumped his hand dramatically against Chu Chen’an.

 

He was still staring at Cheng Hao and Chu Chen’an, those rough palms rubbing together.

 

“Do you have a problem?” Chu Chen’an was squeezed by him and took a step back, looking uncomfortable.

 

The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze but was still smiling.

 

When they reached the 8th floor, the middle-aged man behind them stepped forward and took Cheng Hao’s hand, softly asking in his ear, “He’s right too, isn’t he?”

 

Cheng Hao turned around; his eyes were complicated, and he said hoarsely, “No, don’t hit him.”

 

 

 

“Ch.” The middle-aged man pressed the floor and left.

 

Chu Chen’an asked, “What were you guys talking about just now?”

 

They were particularly close just now, and Chu Chen’an couldn’t hear what they said at all.

 

But what he could tell was that Cheng Hao knew this middle-aged man and that this middle-aged man was also involved with the special group.

 

“It’s nothing,” Cheng Hao held his stomach. “Just an ordinary friend.”

 

Chu Chen’an didn’t ask any more questions; he helped Cheng Hao back to his room to lie down, and while bending over, he vaguely saw a lot of bright red bloo-d oozing out of his abdomen.

 

“Are you… really okay?”

 

Cheng Hao covered his stomach and said, “It’s fine; the injury is not serious. I have a medicine box in my room; I’ll just bandage it myself.”

 

Chu Chen’an: “Okay, you can call me anytime if you need it.”

 

“Thank you for today, Chu Chen’an.” Cheng Hao said, weakly closing his eyes.

 

Chu Chen’an placed the medicine box by Cheng Hao’s bedside and poured him a cup of hot water before leaving the room.

 

After he returned to his room, he intended to change his clothes and wash up and froze when he touched his pocket.

 

He recalled the middle-aged man in a black jacket in the lift room just now, and only then did he realize that his mobile phone had been stolen!

 

He quickly walked back the same way, stepped into the lift, and tapped the 3rd floor several times. There were still some important clues in his mobile phone; it would be troublesome if he lost it.

 

He was angry and anxious at the moment and rushed out of the promenade as soon as the lift doors opened, but at the moment the promenade had long been empty, and Chu Chen’an wasn’t in a good position to check one room at a time.

 

He had to go to the lobby on the ground floor, looking for the receptionist to help.

 

The hotel’s lobby was noisy with people; Chu Chen’an’s immediate lift door just opened, and he saw the back of a black jacket.

 

He squeezed out of the chaotic crowd and grabbed onto the man’s arm, saying angrily, “Sir, did you just take my mobile phone?”

 

The surrounding people glanced at the two of them.

 

 

The man in front of Chu Chen’an turned around and looked at him with lowered eyes.

 

Chu Chen’an saw the person in front of him and quickly let go of his hand.

 

How did he run into Qin Jue again?

 

“Sorry, I recognized the wrong person.” Chu Chen’an said, sidestepping past him.

 

 

Qin Jue looked at Chu Chen’an in a slight daze. He saw that Chu Chen’an’s delicate face still had residual anger, and his eyes were filled with the fear of mistaking someone. His gaze was weak and soft, inadvertently igniting people’s desire for protection and possession.

 

Almost in an instinctive reaction, he raised his hand to block his way.

 

He said, “The hotel will take full responsibility for the loss of valuables; let me take you to the lobby manager.”

 

“Okay.” Chu Chen’an nodded blankly and followed Qin Jue to the right direction of the lobby as they walked into the VIP area.

 

After the lift door closed, Qin Jue changed his expression and pressed towards him step by step.

 

Chu Chen’an subconsciously stepped back, his back against the wall.

 

“You, what are you doing?” Chu Chen’an realized after the fact that he had been tricked.

He knew it.

 

How could Qin Jue be so kind!

 

Qin Jue detachedly pinched his neck, “Hey, have we met before?”

 

Chu Chen’an blocked Qin Jue’s hand and shook his head. “No, we haven’t met; quickly let go of me.”

 

Bastard, he actually pinched my neck!

 

Looking at Chu Chen’an’s eyes that were misting with water, Qin Jue, for some reason, didn’t even exert any force to tighten his grip.

 

Qin Jue’s grip wasn’t heavy; it was like he was holding his jaw in vain, so that Chu Chen’an couldn’t feel a bit of pain.

 

Although Chu Chen’an wasn’t in pain, he was still struggling to break free.

 

His mobile phone was gone.

 

“Yes.” Unknown annoyance and loss of control flashed in Qin Jue’s eyes, and his force increased a bit. “You’d better think clearly.”

 

Qin Jue used to like to pinch his neck very much, with little force; it was similar to touching.

 

In the dim and ambiguous room, he was bound by the tie with his hands, held in front of the bathroom’s half mirror as they kissed.

 

Qin Jue was right by his ear, strongly possessing him; he pinched the back of his neck on one side. “Baby, take a quick look at yourself; it’s tempting, isn’t it?”

 

Chu Chen’an was half squinted, hot, and dizzy.

 

Qin Jue kissed his finger and said, “If you dare to run, I will hold you like this until dawn.”

 

Later, he died unexpectedly.

 

Qin Jue then hugged his corpse and kissed the bloo-d on his fingertips.

 

 

“Baby, you’re so disobedient. When I find you, I’ll lock you up.”

 

Fu-ck you to death.

 

 

Chu Chen’an recalled Qin Jue’s previous words and shivered.

 

In a small voice, “I really don’t know you; I just came to travel; I used to work in a city; if you don’t believe it, you can check it yourself; let go of me first.”

 

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