Even hybrid monsters have their day

She remembered looking at the scenery in the forest with Qiu Pi, then suddenly felt very dizzy, and after that, she had no memory of it. As soon as she sat up, she saw Luan Hao and Qiu Pi sparring, and pointed at them in surprise, "Ah... what are they...?"

“You’ve been poisoned,” Xu Ruwen said, ignoring her surprise, and helped her up from the ground. “Qiu Pi said it’s a poison called something like Mosuo grass. It shouldn’t harm your body, it just made you unconscious for a while.”

"why?"

So Xu Ruwen told her everything that happened after he saw Qiu Pi hugging her at the lab door and after he entered the lab.

“So what Peng Yuxian said was true,” Geng Miaowan brushed the grass clippings off her clothes. “How’s the lab doing?”

Xu Ruwen gestured towards Luan Hao with his lip, "He almost destroyed it. Peng Yuxian is still down there looking for those research materials. If he finds them and destroys them, I estimate that our mission will be successfully completed."

Hearing this, Geng Miaowan couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

This mission had no clues whatsoever, keeping her in suspense for so long that she once thought she had made a mistake in her judgment. Unexpectedly, she completed the mission today, which made her feel a bit wistful and emotional.

At this moment, Qiu Pi had almost lost the ability to fight back under Luan Hao's attacks. He knew that he was doomed this time. When he risked trapping Luan Hao, he had been worried that one day Luan Hao would not let him go. He just didn't expect that day to come so soon. What he didn't expect even more was that Geng Miaowan would join forces with Peng Yuxian to deal with him.

Perhaps he had already anticipated their alliance, but he simply refused to admit it.

He glanced at Geng Miaowan, who stood to the side watching him coldly, and felt an indescribable desolation in his heart. It turned out she had never believed a word he said, not even once.

Seeing that Qiu Pi was still glancing at Geng Miaowan even as he was about to die, Luan Hao's eyes turned even colder. He unleashed a powerful, blade-like attack on him. Qiu Pi couldn't dodge in time. Or perhaps he didn't want to dodge, but in an instant, his body was like a leaf blown from a tree by the wind, fluttering in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

Whether by coincidence or accident, it landed right at Geng Miaowan's feet.

Seeing this, Xu Ruwen quickly stepped forward to separate him from Geng Miaowan, but she stopped him.

Qiu Pi looked up and saw Luan Hao staring at him indifferently, his eyes icy cold. Xu Ruwen stood warily in front of Geng Miaowan, blocking most of his view. Only Geng Miaowan was somewhat better off; her face remained gentle, at least much gentler than the two beside her.

There were emotions in her eyes that he couldn't understand, like disappointment and sorrow. She seemed unable to bear seeing him in such a state, yet she stubbornly forced herself to ignore him.

"Cough, cough..." Qiu Pi tried to get up, but the moment he moved, he coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Geng Miaowan gripped the clothes on either side of her body tightly, trying to ignore him. But after a fierce internal struggle, she ultimately couldn't resist the soft spot in her heart.

During his time in this space, he had taken meticulous care of her. Although he had ulterior motives, he had never done anything to harm her, and she had never witnessed him actually commit any wrongdoing. Compared to Peng Yuxian, he was more like a gentleman, gentle and polite.

"Why did you do this?" Under the gazes of Luan Hao and Xu Ruwen, she took a step forward, knelt down, and helped Qiu Pi up, her eyes filled with confusion. "With your current abilities, you're already second only to the emperor in the entire country. Why do you still insist on being number one?"

Something flashed in Qiu Pi's eyes. "Since you already believe him, why bother asking me again?"

Geng Miaowan was taken aback; she could detect a hint of resentment in his words. But upon closer inspection of his eyes, she found nothing. "I saw those things with my own eyes; I have no choice but to believe them."

"Saw it with your own eyes?" Qiu Pi snorted, a sound of disdain mixed with contempt. He added with a touch of self-mockery, "You even personally witnessed him sucking your blood, yet you still chose to believe him, not me..."

He struggled to push away her hand that was supporting him, and stood there unsteadily. He could feel his life force draining away rapidly, and his face gradually turned pale, becoming bloodless.

"I..." Knowing that what he said was true, she was powerless to refute it.

Seeing the hesitation on her face, Xu Ruwen quickly said, "Wan'er, don't waste your breath on him. I think he knows he can't escape, so he's just trying to gain sympathy."

Geng Miaowan withdrew her hand, which had been pushed away by Qiu Pi, and began to believe Xu Ruwen's words. After all, the things he had done behind people's backs and that secret laboratory were irrefutable evidence, leaving her no choice but to believe him and not allow him to deny it.

Qiu Pi could tell that she didn't believe him, and suddenly chuckled softly, his voice gradually growing louder until it echoed throughout the forest, deafeningly loud.

"Geng Miaowan, you will regret what you did today!"

His tone was shrill, and Geng Miaowan couldn't help but wonder if she had really made a mistake and wronged him. But how could he explain those things? "The mummified corpse in the news that day, the vampires and mutants surrounding the city, the poison Peng Yuxian got from eating the vegetables, and the secret research being conducted in your secret laboratory—weren't all of these your doing?"

“I had reasons for doing those things, and I never poisoned Peng Yuxian.”

Xu Ruwen felt he couldn't listen anymore. "Reasons? That sounds nice, but every criminal has a reason for committing the crime. Do you think Wan'er will believe you just because you say that?"

Luan Hao stood there looking at them, his expression uncertain, as if he was thinking something.

Geng Miaowan looked at Qiu Pi with some disappointment, "Since you dared to do it, why don't you dare to admit it? Besides you, who else would poison Peng Yuxian and try to harm him?"

"I will admit to what I have done, but you cannot falsely accuse me of something I did not do!" (To be continued.)