The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 2781 It turns out I was the biggest fool!

A figure slowly emerged from the darkness, like a ghost hidden in the shadows.

Zuo Dongxu knew he had already been exposed, so he stopped hiding and floated up from where he stood. He summoned his natal magic weapon, a blue water jug, from which countless streams of water surged forth like a mighty river, instantly enveloping him.

Zuo Dongxu stared intently at the figure, and when it got quite close, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"Lin Xi!"

After his initial shock, Zuo Dongxu's expression changed abruptly, replaced by delight: "I'm so glad you're alright! I rushed here, but I couldn't find you anywhere. I thought something terrible had happened to you!"

Lin Chen smiled slightly: "I'm fine, Brother Zuo, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Zuo Dongxu asked with a puzzled look, "Disappointed? Lin Xi, what makes you say that?"

Lin Chen smiled calmly: "After I left, you instantly killed the surrounding crystal scorpions and quickly caught up. You could have caught up, but you slowly followed behind, just to wait for more and more crystal scorpions to kill me. Now that you see me again, are you very surprised?"

Zuo Dongxu looked at Lin Chen in shock: "Lin Xi, have you misunderstood something?"

Lin Chen chuckled and pointed to the barrier above: "After I saw you chasing after me, I deliberately headed into the abyss to get away from Gumado and the ground. Now that my barrier is set up, what's the point of you arguing with me?"

Zuo Dongxu stared at Lin Chen, his smile gradually fading, replaced by a deep gloom.

When did you realize that I had ill intentions towards you?

Lin Chen laughed and said, "If someone is being overly helpful for no reason, they must have ulterior motives. You seem enthusiastic, but you are actually extremely jealous. If Lan Qiangwei and I get a little closer, you act like you've burned down your ancestral graves."

“Before, because I deliberately avoided you, and because you thought I was not competitive at all, you didn’t take me seriously. But after I saved Blue Rose in front of the giant spider, your opinion of me changed.”

"In the end, it's because of my status as a rogue cultivator that you look down on me. You think that killing someone like me is no big deal and there are no side effects, so you are ready to kill me without hesitation. If I had a powerful background like Lan Qiangwei, you would definitely not dare to do such a thing."

“I appeared weak and everyone looked down on me, yet you took the initiative to invite me and even offered me 20% of the points. Even Gumado finds this unbelievable. Do you think I would find it normal and be blinded by the 20% of points you offer?” “You suggested coming here, partly because there are more crystal scorpions here, but the real reason is that this place is far from the ground and the demonic energy is concealed. Even if you fight me here, people will think you are killing crystal scorpions.”

"When we set off, you tested me with your words. When you learned that I was a sword cultivator, you must have breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it is well known that although sword cultivators are fierce, they have the fewest tricks. As long as your realm can crush me, it is not complicated to kill me completely."

"During the first battle, you could have stopped them all, but you deliberately let a crystal scorpion go to test me. After confirming my strength, you deliberately held back for a day before suggesting coming here to prepare for the fight. You thought you were doing it secretly, but everyone knew what you were thinking."

Zuo Dongxu's face was ashen. Lin Chen's words had perfectly captured his innermost thoughts, which made him even more alarmed.

If he knew everything, yet still dared to come, what does that mean?
This shows that they are not afraid of me and are confident in dealing with me!

"Gumado also knows?"

Lin Chen laughed: "Why do you think Gumado didn't know? I think Gumado probably guessed that you were going to kill me when you invited me to join the team and said you were grateful to me."

Zuo Dongxu gritted his teeth and asked, "Then why didn't he mention anything?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Gumado was raised by Nightmare Beasts. He fought with them since childhood, and he believed in the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest. You want to deal with and kill me, not him. I have nothing to do with him. Why would he offend you for my sake?"

“He didn’t lose 50%, so he’ll just pretend he doesn’t know anything about it. It’s the same if the roles are reversed. If I were the one going back, he wouldn’t investigate how you died. If I told him you were surrounded by Crystal Scorpions and died at their hands, he would believe me.”

Zuo Dongxu was dumbfounded.

He was so confident in his intelligence that he thought he had done everything perfectly, but after hearing Lin Chen's words, he realized that he had thought others were fools, but in fact, he was the biggest fool himself.

The reason Lin Chen talked so much to himself without any urgency was because he was certain that Gumado wouldn't follow him down; he would stay up there, waiting for him to finish killing people and return.

Zuo Dongxu stared intently at Lin Chen: "You're only at the third level of the Great Luo Profound Immortal realm, what makes you think you can kill me? Could it be that the black snake is yours?"

(End of this chapter)