Chapter 83 – I’m Not Very Good at Digging Holes

More than half an hour later, Fang Li slowly opened her eyes.

Her head still felt unbearably heavy, and everything before her was a blur. She frowned faintly, then vaguely realized that there seemed to be a layer of gauze wrapped around her head.

“Ah…” Fang Li tried to open her mouth. She wasn’t even sure whether she had made a sound.

Soon, a hazy figure came up to her. “You’re awake?” Then she felt his hand rest against her forehead. “Mm. No fever. But you have a slight concussion, and your external injuries are pretty serious. Since you just woke up, don’t move around for now. I’ll take you to the hospital in a bit. And don’t go smashing into glass again. That really can kill you.”

Hospital? Who was this person? And that last sentence… was he worried about her? Fang Li’s thoughts were still muddled.

Her gaze followed the figure as he moved to the side, and she realized he seemed to be digging a hole in the ground.

Then he dragged a corpse over from nearby. The moment she saw it, Fang Li felt her heart jolt in instinctive terror. Although she couldn’t see clearly, that suit was unmistakably the one worn by the man who had abducted her…

Had this person killed him? Then what was he doing now? Disposing of the body?

Fang Li watched as the figure dumped the body into the hole, then filled it back in with dirt.

“Whew…” Su Lifeng clapped the dirt off his hands and took one last look at Zhu Hao’s burial site.

The hole wasn’t exactly professional. You’d better pray down there that wild dogs don’t dig you back up…

As for the car, Su Lifeng simply drove it straight into the river.

With the body and the car in different places, investigating this should be a lot harder.

Su Lifeng wasn’t exactly experienced in killing people and hiding corpses. This was already the safest solution he could think of.

Of course, there were safer methods. For example, he could make the body completely decompose and disappear, leaving not even a trace behind… It just wasn’t worth expending that much effort.

As for the innocent gate guard, Su Lifeng brought the wrench with Zhu Hao’s fingerprints back into the guardroom.

At the very least, Zhu Hao could take the blame as a murderer.

Calling the police… Su Lifeng really didn’t want to deal with them himself, so he would leave that to Jiang Yushi and the others. With Jiangnan Biomedical Group’s name involved, things would probably go a little more smoothly.

“But she’s the troublesome part…” Su Lifeng was certain Fang Li hadn’t seen him turn into one of the Mutants, but she knew full well that he had once appeared at Zelong Trading, and now she also knew he had killed someone. As long as she thought about it a little, it wouldn’t be hard for her to guess the truth.

But… that faint, muffled sound had been her hitting the window, hadn’t it? Zhu Hao had tied her up and brought her here. It was obvious he had meant for her to identify Su Lifeng. But she hadn’t. She had even risked her life to warn him.

When Su Lifeng said, “That really can kill you,” he wasn’t just trying to scare her. Though he wasn’t a doctor, he knew quite a bit in that area, at least enough to judge whether Fang Li’s condition just now had been life-threatening. In fact, if he hadn’t treated her in time, Fang Li would already be a cold corpse by now.

The reason she had woken up so quickly was probably because the pain had dragged her back to consciousness…

“We’ve met before. Unfortunately, I don’t think you ever told me your name.” Su Lifeng crouched down in front of Fang Li and spoke.

Fang Li’s face was as pale as paper. Her eyes were only slightly open, and her gaze was unfocused. Her lips moved faintly, but it was impossible to tell whether she had understood him.

“Anyway, thank you…” Su Lifeng let out a soft breath. In the end, he still hadn’t been able to do anything darker. Zhu Hao had been completely wrong. Even if survival had greatly changed Su Lifeng’s behavior and mindset, some of the most fundamental, most human things still remained deep in his heart.

Fang Li was a good girl. Even after she learned the truth, she had done nothing wrong.

Hearing Su Lifeng’s words, Fang Li slowly blinked, as if she had understood.

She struggled with great difficulty for a while before finally forcing out a hoarse sound. “He…”

“Hm?” Su Lifeng froze. She could actually speak now?

“He… he’s… a monster.” After Fang Li finished, her left hand trembled slightly, then she raised her thumb.

Su Lifeng followed her line of sight and looked over. He was instantly stunned.

In the end, Su Lifeng gave a faint smile and reached out to hold Fang Li’s thumb. “Thank you. Then I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Fang Li looked at him and gave a slight nod. Then she passed out again…

When she woke up again two days later, Fang Li found herself lying in a private hospital room.

A nurse brought her a bag and said it had originally been in her arms. Inside were ten thousand yuan and a brand-new phone of the latest model.

As for the medical fees, they were in another bag. There was no small amount there either, and there would probably still be some left by the time she was discharged.

Fang Li held the money, but she felt little excitement.

With those monsters existing, money was meaningless.

When she thought back to the words she had heard after waking up that day, and the figure she had seen, Fang Li still felt as if it had not been real. But this money reminded her that it had all truly happened.

“Also, a police officer came to see you. He’s been waiting outside for quite a while. You only just woke up, so I told him to wait until you were ready. What do you think…” the nurse continued, her expression a little complicated, as if she had guessed something.

Fang Li’s heart skipped. Then she took a deep breath, and when she spoke again, she had already calmed completely. “Please let him in. I’m ready.”

…Su Lifeng silently brought Fang Li to the hospital entrance. Only after watching from a distance as someone found her and carried her inside did he turn and leave.

He walked slowly through the streets under the night sky for an hour, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the gates of Ningnan University.

If not for the Cruise Ship trip, he should still have been the same as before, spending every day and night in the laboratory.

Perhaps he would not have realized that this world had already changed until the whole world descended into chaos.

“Huh? Lifeng-Ge.” A little girl’s voice suddenly came from behind him, making Su Lifeng’s scalp prickle. He nearly spun around and attacked on the spot.

But when he turned, he saw Ye Long, and something stirred in his heart.

The middle-aged man looked even more haggard than the last time Su Lifeng had seen him. The child whose hand he was holding was none other than Ye Nannan.

As if she had not noticed his ugly expression, Ye Nannan went on smiling and said, “I make Dad bring me here for walks every day. Today I finally waited until you came, Lifeng-Ge.”

Su Lifeng glanced at her, then at Ye Long. Had that apocalypse post been made by him after all…?

As he thought this, Su Lifeng suddenly realized that this time, the way Ye Long looked at him was no longer evasive. Hidden in his expression was a faint, barely restrained longing…

“He wants to tell me something?” Su Lifeng immediately understood.