The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 346 - 350: Becoming a Demon (12)

Chapter 346: Chapter 350: Becoming a Demon (12)

Shameless, disgusting...

Su Li mocked, "Do you know someone named Meng Ke?"

Chu Xiao’s face, which had been smug just moments before, changed drastically.

Meng Ke was indeed the real author of the article Chu Xiao had just written.

Struck by lightning, Chu Xiao’s eyes, previously filled with infatuation for beauty, turned to caution, followed by imminent danger.

Strolling leisurely around the room, Su Li discovered several articles on the bookshelf bearing Chu Xiao’s name but actually written by others.

Glancing sideways, Su Li noticed the viciousness in Chu Xiao’s eyes and asked indifferently, "You’re not thinking about how to kill me to silence me right now, are you?"

Caught red-handed, Chu Xiao’s heart panicked, and his eyes darted around rapidly.

If it weren’t for this woman’s strange appearance, he would have acted earlier.

His biggest secret had been discovered, and within just a few moments, Chu Xiao had already thought of many ways to eliminate this woman.

"Don’t worry, I won’t go out and talk," Su Li said casually.

She had not come here today to administer justice but to retrieve her own belonging.

She stretched out her hand forward, "Hand it over."

Chu Xiao, startled, asked, "What?"

"The Jade Pendant, the one Cuicui gave you, it belongs to me."

Chu Xiao, as if facing a formidable enemy, was even more nervous than when Su Li had seen through his plagiarism.

Stealthily, he shifted his feet and grabbed a decorative short sword from a rack behind him.

Taking advantage of the woman’s diverted attention, he fiercely thrust the short sword toward her.

He heard the sound of the sword plunging into flesh and a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

"Let any who hinder me die...."

"You want to kill me? This kind of short sword won’t do, it’s too dull."

Before Chu Xiao could fully enjoy his smile, the enchanting voice of the girl appeared again behind him.

The figure he had stabbed slowly turned into a mist and gradually disappeared.

Chu Xiao’s neck creaked like an old, rusty door as he turned around, and there was the girl, sitting leisurely on a chair, watching him tremble with a cold gaze.

"Are you a ghost or a demon?" Chu Xiao’s teeth chattered, barely managing to spit out the words.

Su Li responded, "I thought you knew, considering you’ve spent quite some time with Cuicui...."

"I am of the same kind as Cuicui," Su Li said, revealing her serpentine tail for him to see.

A black, agile tail slithered on the ground, causing Chu Xiao’s eyes to roll back as he fainted from fright.

Su Li: "...."

Bored, Su Li pursed her lips; she had thought this man was truly brave.

Such a small courage...

With such poor mental fortitude, how dare he commit wrongdoing?

Su Li turned back into her human legs and beckoned, retrieving her Jade Pendant from Chu Xiao’s clothing.

She rubbed the pendant a couple of times and with a simple touch, removed the Blinding Technique from it.

Full of excitement, like a child waiting to open a present, Su Li was met with disappointment.

The Jade Pendant contained a small world of its own, but it was devoid of anything but books, vast amounts of books.

They spanned from ancient times and covered many small worlds.

The previous owner of the Jade Pendant was truly capable, hoarding treasures...

Such a self-evolving small world, yet he used it merely to store books.

Setting those aside, Su Li also found a restricted area in the innermost part.

Once she broke the restriction, a beautifully quaint courtyard appeared before her.

There were flowers and grass, and even a Spiritual Spring...

However, none of these were discovered by ordinary scholars.

The vast number of books in the space had already given Chu Xiao a massive advantage.

However, none of these were enough to pique Su Li’s interest.

Even though she was not interested, she would not leave any of it to Chu Xiao.

After all, it was her possession, and even if she were to discard it, she wouldn’t give it to anyone else, especially not an unlikable man.

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Chu Xiao woke from his unconscious state, his mouth letting out a startled cry, "There’s a demon..."

Mrs. Chu rushed in with a broom in hand, "Son, where is the demon?"

Chu Xiao opened his eyes and looked around, but he saw no trace of the demon.

There were no other people in the room, and the short sword was nicely placed on the rack, undisturbed.

The ink on the rice paper on the desk was still wet.

Everything seemed like it was just a ridiculous dream he had.

Chu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and thought about telling his mother, "It’s nothing."

But then... he remembered that the other party seemed to want the Jade Pendant from him.

The Jade Pendant? Yes, the Jade Pendant...

Chu Xiao’s face instantly turned as white as a sheet, big beads of sweat continuously streamed down, quickly soaking his undergarment.

He reached into his clothes in a panic.

His neck was bare, except for a faint red mark.

Chu Xiao was almost driven mad, stripping off all his clothes in a frantic search, but still, he saw no sign of the Jade Pendant.

His Jade Pendant was gone, truly taken by that demon.

Chu Xiao collapsed to the floor in despair, everything was over.

Mrs. Chu panicked and began to pace anxiously around him.

"Oh, my son, what’s wrong? Don’t scare your mother."

Her son was her lifetime’s hope; she was counting on him to bring back a great fortune.

"Mother, there’s a demon, let’s hurry to Ziwei Temple to ask Daoist for help..." Chu Xiao’s face showed a fierce determination, not a trace of his usual frailty.

If they could get rid of that female demon, perhaps the Jade Pendant could be retrieved.

Chu Xiao couldn’t imagine what would happen without the Jade Pendant.

Mrs. Chu, without any suspicion, hurriedly took all the money from the house and ran outside.

After his mother left, Chu Xiao, pale-faced, continued to sit behind the desk.

Staring at the wet ink, he took the brush and dipped it in the ink.

But the articles he had read countless times, now perfectly memorized, seemed blurred like they were covered by a veil.

Blurry, he always couldn’t complete his thoughts.

As time passed, the sweat on Chu Xiao’s forehead kept increasing.

The memories of those articles in his mind seemed to be slowly wiped away bit by bit by giant hands.

Finally, he slumped back in his chair, his eyes fixed dead on the articles on the desk.

He then attempted to write the articles by himself...

He crumpled one sheet of rice paper after another, his own articles, compared to the ones before, were nothing but garbage...

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Su Li, in a good mood, flipped the Jade Pendant in her palm.

She didn’t leave right away but slowly strolled along the bustling streets.

She found a fine restaurant to sit down in, ideally by the window.

Enjoying the fairly tasty dishes, Su Li’s mood lifted even more.

However, before long, the noisy voices on the street captured her attention.

Looking in the direction of the noise, she saw the Scholar’s mother she had met earlier, protesting loudly in front of a palanquin.

"Xiu’er, I am asking you for money for Chu Xiao’s sake... After all, we will all be family soon, why fuss over such trivial matters?"