Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 291 Death

Xu Ruwen scoffed, "The evidence is conclusive, yet you still call it a wrongful accusation."

"I really have my reasons, I..."

Qiu Pi was eager to explain; he didn't like the way Geng Miaowan looked at him, it made him feel like a clown. "I had my reasons for doing all that, I really did..."

Just then, a clear voice broke in, "Miao Wan! Miao Wan!..." Immediately afterward, a figure rushed to her like the wind, panting, "I found it, I found it!"

"What did you find?"

Peng Yuxian's appearance nearly drove Qiu Pi to madness. He glared at him fiercely, wishing he could rush forward and tear him apart alive.

However, Peng Yuxian ignored him, opened his hand, and in his palm lay a very delicate-looking bottle containing some transparent liquid. "This is the virus that Qiu Pi has been trying to develop."

"It's...it's done?" Qiu Pi murmured in a daze, looking at the bottle in Peng Yuxian's hand in disbelief. Had he finally succeeded after so much research? He was too surprised to remember that Li Chaoxing had told him that in order to successfully develop the product, in addition to Geng Miaowan's blood, he also needed Luan Hao's essence.

He reached out to take the bottle from Peng Yuxian's hand, but Peng Yuxian dodged him. Unwilling to give up, he changed his posture, but Peng Yuxian dodged him again.

This time, while dodging him, Peng Yuxian reached out and attacked him.

Originally, Peng Yuxian was no match for Qiu Pi, but Qiu Pi was now at his limit and was only fighting with his last breath. After a few moves, he was kicked away by Peng Yuxian with a spinning kick.

However, the bottle in Peng Yuxian's hand was accidentally snatched away by him.

Qiu Pi used all his strength to sit up from the ground, his hands trembling as he opened them. The exquisite bottle lay in his palm, sloshing about like a sieve as he shook it; the liquid inside was crystal clear and incredibly beautiful. A look of fascination appeared in his eyes.

This is the object that embodies all his dreams...

At that moment, Peng Yuxian rushed over, shouting, "Give me back the bottle!"

Qiu Pi ignored him and instead reached out to gently stroke the bottle, as if he were caressing his beloved lover, his face bearing his usual tender expression.

"I told you to give me back the bottle!" Peng Yuxian emphasized.

Qiu Pi still ignored him, staring intently at the bottle. Suddenly, the bottle in his palm cracked open with a "bang," and the liquid inside immediately flowed out from the crack, lingering in his palm for a moment before seeping into his skin.

“This is…” He looked up and saw the hand he had secretly pulled away, “You…”

Because Peng Yuxian had his back to Geng Miaowan and the others, no one knew what he was doing out of their sight. A cold smile flashed in his eyes, and his gaze towards Qiu Pi was icy and devoid of any emotion, as if he were looking at a completely dead corpse.

Seeing Qiu Pi's head slowly droop, he called out, "Qiu Pi, what's wrong?" He crouched down, grabbed Qiu Pi's shoulders, shook him a few times, and turned to shout to the people standing not far behind him, "Qiu Pi is dying, he..."

His face showed anxiety, as if he was at a loss due to an unexpected situation.

Geng Miaowan quickly walked up to Qiu Pi, and Xu Ruwen and Luan Hao followed.

She looked at Qiu Pi, her face having turned from pale to a dark purple. "How could this be?"

"It looks like they've been poisoned," Xu Ruwen said calmly.

Luan Hao remained expressionless, completely indifferent to whether the person before him was alive or dead. Perhaps he would be happier if the person died; in any case, he disliked him from the bottom of his heart. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, his gaze swept over Peng Yuxian, who was standing to the side.

Peng Yuxian pointed to Qiu Pi's hand, which was soaked in the medicine, and said, "He just snatched this medicine from me. When he fell, the bottle broke accidentally. This kind of highly concentrated medicine can be fatal if you take too much."

As Qiu Pi listened to Peng Yuxian's explanation to the crowd, a mocking smile appeared on his face for the first time, as if he were mocking Peng Yuxian, or perhaps mocking himself.

He looked at Geng Miaowan and opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

In the end, he left without saying a word, leaving Geng Miaowan with a complex and perplexing look in his eyes. She didn't even dare to delve into its meaning, because she knew he was blaming her for believing Peng Yuxian instead of him.

After Qiu Pi's death, Peng Yuxian naturally took over the Arans Company. He put aside his prejudice against Qiu Pi and held a grand funeral for him, choosing the most prestigious location in F City for his burial.

The entire funeral arrangements were handled very appropriately and without any faults.

However, Qiu Pi's accusatory gaze lingered in Geng Miaowan's mind even after he was buried, refusing to leave. "Do you think I might have really trusted the wrong person?" she asked the two people and the dog beside her uncertainly.

Xu Ruwen thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. Didn't you say you were afraid of making a mistake and stayed in F City for two more days, but you didn't find anything?"

Peng Yuxian managed the company very well. He also made proper arrangements for those who used to work in Qiu Pi's secret laboratory. The vampires and mutants surrounding the city were also gradually decreasing. Everything seemed to be going well and was moving back to normal.

And when she said goodbye to him, he told her that he was working on a cure and would have results soon. Then all the infected people would be saved and would no longer have to suffer this inhumane treatment.

He even invited her to stay and do these things with him, or to wait until she saw his research results before leaving, but she politely declined.

Huangfu Aohan remained silent, while Geng Miaowan turned her gaze to Luan Hao, seemingly waiting for his reply.

Luan Hao didn't look at her, but turned his head and glanced at Peng Yuxian, who gave him a playful smile. "If you believe it, then believe it. Why all the nonsense?"

Watching the figures of the group gradually disappear into the distance, Peng Yuxian suddenly felt a sense of dread, as if he would never see her again. His smile vanished, replaced by a growing coldness in his eyes. If it weren't for his fear of the purple-eyed man beside her, he would never have let her leave so easily.

The thought of the sensation of her blood flowing through his throat, and the irresistible softness and sweetness of her lips, filled him with an indescribable feeling.

However, it wasn't entirely without gains.

He touched the small, exquisite glass bottle in his pocket. Geng Miaowan's appearance had inadvertently solved the problem of Qiu Pi for him, and Qiu Pi had actually developed a drug that could control people's minds before he died. This could be considered an unexpected gain.

She could never have imagined that he had replaced Qiu Pi's original medicine with a bottle containing poison, ultimately killing him. She could never have imagined that, in order to gain her trust and sow seeds of doubt between her and Qiu Pi, he had gone so far as to poison himself, nearly losing his own life in the process.

Thinking that the world would soon be his, the slight depression caused by Geng Miaowan's departure quickly disappeared.

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