Even After My Death
Chapter 297 - 214 Qi Xingzhou: Like

Chapter 297: Chapter 214 Qi Xingzhou: Like

Although mosquitoes frequently appear in front of humans, in fact, they pose a great hidden danger.

After being bitten by them, there is a chance of being infected with bacteria and mosquito venom, resulting in various infectious diseases.

Looking at the lifeless Hao Manman lying on the ground, the medical staff quickly helped her back onto the wheelchair, and rushed her onto the ambulance.

Hao Manman’s agent and assistant naturally followed the ambulance to the hospital, while the others who were left on the scene stood nervously around the pile of dead mosquitoes on the ground, anxiously checking themselves, only to find that there was not a single mosquito bite on them, and they were very healthy.

"What... what do we do now?" the cleaning lady asked, looking at the dead mosquitoes on the ground.

The manager waved his hand: "Clean it up quickly."

Then, after thinking for a moment, he immediately called the surveillance room, instructing them to extract the video of Hao Manman being attacked by mosquitoes and their heroic rescue from the swarm.

After hanging up, the manager casually pointed at a few colleagues: "Come on, come on, you guys, follow me to the seventh floor."

He wanted to see what was really going on!

...

Onlookers at the hotel entrance also seemed to belatedly realize:

"So those were actually mosquitoes?"

"Mosquito attack? Now I’ve seen it all."

"Send me the video to show my friends."

The onlookers outside the hotel gradually dispersed, but the incident didn’t calm down. Instead, it spread rapidly across various social media platforms on the internet.

A swarm of mosquitoes injuring someone.

This sounded rather unbelievable, and the videos posted online swiftly triggered a heated discussion among netizens from the same city:

[Damn, I also saw them when I was waiting for the bus after work, but there was only a small cluster, and they flew away before I could film them.]

[Same here! Help, I saw them when I was out shopping, and I was wondering what that big cluster was. Only now after seeing this video do I realize what I saw was just the tip of the iceberg!]

[Are mosquitoes becoming spirits these days? Deliberately going to hotels to harm people?]

[See, I told you they were mosquitoes! My husband just had to argue with me, insisting they were bees.]

[Damn, I never thought I would see the follow-up of this swarm of mosquitoes online.]

[Who’s the unlucky one bitten by so many mosquitoes, they might get some sort of infectious disease, right?]

[No way! Don’t you think those two women who got into the ambulance together look familiar?]

[What?]

[I recognize them! That’s Hao Manman’s agent and her assistant!!!]

[What!!!]

[Really?]

[Yeah, I checked. Hao Manman was in the city this afternoon promoting her new drama and she got injured. Now her fans are attacking the production crew.]

A single stone raised a thousand ripples; with the involvement of Hao Manman’s name, the incident which was originally only exposed locally, surged in popularity.

On the other side.

After Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou became task partners, the System’s backlog of rewards for completed tasks suddenly announced:

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the task of capturing the foul-smelling sleepy-dust male actor, life value +30!]

[Task reward for Qi Xingzhou: Merit Points +3]

Compared to Jiang Ning’s life value for a month, those three merit points for Qi Xingzhou are pitifully little.

Jiang Ning asked in her mind, "How do I give these merit points to Qi Xingzhou? Can these three merit points cure him?"

[Just wait, they will be express delivered to him shortly.]

[The effect of merit points varies from person to person.]

As soon as System finished speaking, Jiang Ning watched as several little hedgehogs suddenly dropped out of the glittering golden system screen before her eyes.

Not more or less, exactly three.

The three glowing mini hedgehogs, about the size of an adult’s thumb, were clearly virtual creations.

On their backs, each sported a little red apple with the words "Merit Points +1" coming out of them.

Jiang Ning’s expression grew intense, and then she watched as they lined up and climbed onto Qi Xingzhou’s head and disappeared without a trace.

[Merit point delivery successful.]

Jiang Ning: "..."

Is it really that casual?

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but raise her hand, wanting to touch Qi Xingzhou’s head.

But she was twenty centimeters shorter than Qi Xingzhou, and even if she touched his head, she couldn’t see anything. Just as Jiang Ning was about to retract her hand, the Qi Xingzhou in front of her seemed to know what Jiang Ning wanted to do, as he caught her wrist which was about to withdraw, then bent down and placed Jiang Ning’s hand on his head: "Ning Ning, touch."

Jiang Ning hesitantly touched the top of his head, not finding any trace of the three little hedgehogs, and asked, "How do you feel now?"

Qi Xingzhou’s eyes curved, this was the first time he willingly bowed his head to let someone touch it.

Even though Jiang Ning’s touch was light, he could still keenly feel through the hair on his head the slender fingers and gentle touch of Jiang Ning, like a soft spring breeze gently passing over, leaving a quivering sensation in his heart.

This quiver spread through all his nerves, exciting him emotionally, making him wish he could reach out his long arms and lift Jiang Ning up high. If he did that, she would be able to keep her hand on his head even when he stood up, and she could touch it however she pleased.

Nevertheless, Qi Xingzhou was utterly clueless in social interaction, yet his intelligence was top-notch.

The books and study videos he had been looking through recently were not for nothing; he had a vague idea that he couldn’t do that just yet.

So Qi Xingzhou had to suppress his excited emotions within him and, like a joyful little puppy, kept happily nudging in and out of Jiang Ning’s palm with his head, admitting honestly, "I like it."

Jiang Ning: ...

Yeah, that answer was out of left field.

Looks like he isn’t cured yet.

Looking at the remaining merit points in her account, Jiang Ning asked System, "Can I give my merit points to him?"

System replied, [Sorry, merit points can only be used by yourself.]

Jiang Ning: "Okay then."

Jiang Ning didn’t insist. Qi Xingzhou had been maintaining his reclusive state for over twenty years. A slow recovery would, whether for him or for the Qi family members, probably be easier for people to accept without arousing suspicion.

Qi Xingzhou’s hair was thick and clean, slightly fluffy.

As Jiang Ning’s hand was rubbed by him, she inevitably touched his hair and couldn’t resist twirling it between her fingers—it seemed the texture was quite nice...

Realizing what she was thinking, Jiang Ning withdrew her hand and said to Qi Xingzhou, "Stand properly."

Qi Xingzhou obediently did as told, once again standing in an emperor penguin posture, standing quietly in front of Jiang Ning, bowing his head earnestly and looking at her, with the reflection of the tiny Jiang Ning in his dark, lacquer-black pupils.