Even hybrid monsters have their day

Peng Yuxian said nonchalantly, "I saw it with both eyes."

"Aren't you afraid of dying?" Thinking of what that person had just said, and the fact that he might be finished, Geng Miaowan felt a strange feeling in her heart.

He paused abruptly, then said in a light tone, "What difference is there between living like this and being dead?"

What difference is there between living like this and being dead?

He said those words so casually, yet Geng Miaowan felt as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing on her heart. This person, who seemed so carefree and nonchalant, was he really living with that mindset every day?

As if seeing the sadness in her eyes, Peng Yuxian suddenly burst into laughter, raising his eyebrows and shouting at Geng Miaowan, "Hey, I have to say, you're too naive and easily fooled. I was just saying it casually, and you actually believed it."

His current appearance and the way he made this gesture looked somewhat ridiculous, but Geng Miaowan didn't laugh because she saw the helplessness he was trying so hard to hide.

At this moment, Ji Hongzhang patted Peng Yuxian's arm and said, "Alright. If you act up like this again next time, don't expect me to save you."

"Thanks!" Peng Yuxian said, using his arm to stand up, and slowly walked towards the desolate outskirts. He waved to her without turning his head, "Alright, you should hurry up and go before I recover."

"You haven't said anything yet." Geng Miaowan was unwilling to leave like this.

"If you want to be my late-night snack, then keep following me."

She stopped in her tracks, knowing that if he said it, he would definitely do it. Sensing her hesitation, Peng Yuxian's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery. Sure enough, no matter what, she was still afraid of him.

How could anyone expect someone like him not to be afraid of him? He suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahahaha..."

Before he could even stop laughing, a sharp pain shot through his chest. He groaned and fell backward. It all happened so suddenly; no one expected him to lose his balance and fall backward. By the time Ji Hongzhang realized what was happening, he was already on the ground.

"Ah Xian? Ah Xian, Ah Xian..." he called out, squatting down and shaking Peng Yuxian, but the latter just lay there motionless.

"What's wrong with him?" At this moment, Geng Miaowan didn't care about being scared and rushed to his side in three steps.

Ji Hongzhang didn't answer her. He didn't even look up at her, putting down the box he was carrying and starting to check it. As time passed, the expression on his face grew increasingly serious, eventually becoming even darker than the night itself.

"Damn it, that bastard!" he said, standing up and kicking to the side. A rock the size of a soccer ball flew several meters away, disappearing into the night.

Geng Miaowan tried to ignore his inhuman violence and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

The man suddenly turned his head, as if he had just noticed that there was someone standing next to him.

Geng Miaowan stared into his bloodshot eyes, which burned with a raging fire that seemed to devour her. "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

His expression was so sad that it gave her a strange, bad feeling. Could it be that Peng Yuxian...? Thinking this, she squatted down and reached out to touch him, but Ji Hongzhang grabbed her wrist and shoved her away. "Don't touch him! You're such a jinx! You're the one who killed him!"

"He...is dead?" Geng Miaowan murmured. "Impossible, didn't you just revive him?"

She had clearly seen that his complexion had improved, and he was even walking more easily now. How could he have suddenly died again?

Ji Hongzhang glared at her again, and seeing that she stood there motionless, he squatted down next to Peng Yuxian, took out some bottles and jars from the box, and started injecting and pressing them into him. However, he still lay there without moving an inch.

From this angle, Geng Miaowan could clearly see Peng Yuxian's body was wasting away at a visible rate, becoming shriveled and withered. In just a few minutes, he became even more horrifying than before, like a dehydrated cactus, wrinkled and lifeless, left lying there.

His appearance suddenly reminded her of the mummified corpse she had seen on the news that morning.

"How could this happen? What's wrong with him?" Peng Yuxian's words made her speak again.

Ji Hongzhang originally didn't intend to pay her any attention, but there were only the three of them there. Apart from Peng Yuxian lying on the ground, there were only the two of them. When a person has too much on their mind, they will want to let it out, especially when that person is one of the parties involved in the matter.

He stood up somewhat absentmindedly, but his eyes remained fixed on Peng Yuxian. "He's been poisoned."

"Poisoning?" Geng Miaowan had considered a million possibilities, but this was the last one she had thought of. "Why? How did I get poisoned?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be in the food we eat."

"Impossible. I've eaten all those foods, and there's no poison at all." Geng Miaowan denied his statement without even thinking, feeling that he was just making excuses.

“Actually, it can’t be called a poison, but rather a type of bacteria, specifically designed to deal with vampires like us who have been infected with the virus.” Ji Hongzhang said this with a heavy tone. “This bacteria would be digested in a normal person’s intestines, but because of the vampire’s special constitution, once the bacteria enters a vampire’s body, it will multiply and spread in a very short time, destroying the vampire’s body from the inside.”

"How could this happen..." Geng Miaowan murmured, somewhat incredulous that Peng Yuxian would lose his life over a meal. "Who did it?" Judging from Ji Hongzhang's tone just now, it seemed as if he knew who did it.

Ji Hongzhang snorted coldly and asked instead of answering, "Who do you think most wants to kill him?"

Qiu Pi—the name instinctively popped into Geng Miaowan's mind, but she said, "I don't know..."

"I don't know, that's a great answer. A simple 'I don't know' can wash your hands of everything," Ji Hongzhang suddenly turned his gaze to her, his eyes red as if they could drip blood. He rushed over and grabbed her throat. "If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have eaten those dishes. If he hadn't eaten them, he wouldn't have been poisoned. I think you were in cahoots with that person, tricking him into eating that contaminated food to kill him!" (To be continued.)