Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 54 Is Innocence in Jeopardy?

A strange emotion flashed in Ah Ning's eyes. She had heard too many comments about her, but no one had ever described her like this before. It was apt, yet it also carried a sense of comfort.

Even if those sweet words worked, Ah Ning was already interested in continuing to discuss the escape route they had planned with Yan Huai.

How can you be so sure that I can escape as long as I run to the right?

"Your friend will pick you up."

In her mind, Ah Ning heard Yan Huai say this. After a moment's thought, she roughly knew who Yan Huai was talking about. The next second, her expression towards Yan Huai became strange—it was a person who had just come out of the hospital, Liu Tai.

How did you manage to contact them?

“There are many ways, but you have to cooperate. Once you meet up with them, leave immediately and don’t show your face for a while. The Corpse King poison in your body will be cleared slowly, but the premise is that you don’t go into the tomb again before it is completely cleared.”

Yan Huai felt like his brain was split in two, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly to A Ning, and he was also afraid that his words would be illogical and arouse suspicion. But he finally said everything he needed to say. As for whether A Ning could run away, it was all up to her own two legs.

Yan Huai breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief. He looked at A Ning's face, which was no longer filled with death, and stopped using silent communication. Instead, he said, "You know very well that Qiu Dekao will not be used or threatened because of you, unless you have something he wants. You should know very well what that is."

“Once the Corpse King Poison takes effect, you will become a walking corpse. Unfortunately, I have an antidote that can remove this poison. If you can make Qiu Dekao cause some unnecessary trouble for the Nine Gates and divert their attention to any one of the Nine Gates, I will give you the antidote.”

“Being alive is better than being half-dead… We’re still two hours away from the port, you can take your time thinking, no rush.” Yan Huai’s smile gave him a touch of lazy roguishness. He stood up with a faint smile and walked towards the cabin door, but when he was two or three steps away from the door frame, he called out in his mind with a slightly anxious tone: “A Ning, hurry up and say wait! You have to agree to my conditions!”

Ah Ning's lips twitched, and she almost couldn't hold back her laughter. She finally understood why Yan Huai had said that contacting Liu Tai and the others would require her cooperation...

After pretending to consider it carefully, Ah Ning frowned and looked conflicted. She deliberately waited until Yan Huai had reached the corner of the cabin before she spoke, "Wait!"

Yan Huai's heart skipped a beat, and he bared his back teeth. This Ah Ning was definitely doing it on purpose!

"what you want to say?"

"I need to confirm that the antidote can really neutralize the poison in my body."

“Okay, when we’re ten minutes away from the shore, I’ll contact Qiu Dekao for you, we’ll reach an agreement, and I’ll give you the antidote.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a member of the Wang family suddenly appeared outside the cabin door and closed it. Yan Huai glanced at him, his eyes flashing with anger at being provoked, but in the end, Yan Huai said nothing and turned back to the bed assigned to him to rest.

Lying on his back on the cool wooden bed, Yan Huai turned his head slightly and closed his eyes. In his vision, the reflective camera on the top of the cabin, pointing directly at his bed, was far too "blatant." He was afraid that if he looked any longer, he would be unable to resist smashing it and the entire cruise ship to pieces.

"How is Zhang Qiling?"

"Host, Zhang Qiling should wake up around eight o'clock tomorrow morning, so you don't need to worry."

"He's awake. Where will he go?"

"I'll probably go back to the courtyard house in Beijing with Black Glasses."

"What on this cruise ship could make a big commotion?"

The system had become accustomed to Yan Huai's sudden leaps in thought. It scanned everything on the cruise ship and replied, "You can use similar explosives that Black Glasses used last time. The system has detected that there are two timed explosives on this cruise ship, which can detonate at a specified time."

Yan Huai's brow twitched. Recalling the sound of the explosion last time, he decisively refused: "Change it!"

"The sonar system in the cruise ship's bridge may not achieve the effect you want, and may even knock everyone unconscious on the spot."

"......what else?"

"And you, the host."

Yan Huai was speechless and wanted to roll his eyes: "I'm being watched even when I take two steps now, how am I supposed to make a sound?"

"Sorry, host, the system can't help you for now." Unless there's an earthquake, tsunami, or torrential rain...

Yan Huai rolled over, his head aching. He squinted, staring blankly at the kettle wrapped in a red peony plastic shell on the wooden table. As he thought about it, a smile crept onto his lips...

Meanwhile, in the old Wang family mansion in Beijing, Wang Quan sat in front of a monitor, watching Yan Huai's every move intently, not missing a single abnormality. The little girl sitting beside him did the same, except that she looked on with great interest.

"Grandpa Wang, when will Brother Xiaojue come back?"

"He'll be back after he finishes what Grandpa Wang asked him to do."

"How much longer?"

"About a week..."

"It'll take so long!" The little girl pouted, her eyes filled with complaint. "Grandpa Wang, can you please not let Brother Xiaojue go out on errands next time? Can't you let someone else go?"

"Mi'er, be good. There are some things that really need your little Jue brother to handle!" A glint flashed in Wang Quan's eyes, followed by a look of doubt. He couldn't see anything wrong, he really couldn't see anything amiss, but he just felt that Wang Jue was acting strangely.

Perhaps, he's just being too suspicious...

"Call Wang Jue again," Wang Quan instructed the butler who was outside the door.

"Yes!"

knock knock --

Yan Huai opened his eyes and looked at the iron door of the cabin. It was Wang Xu. What was he doing here?

Yan Huai frowned. Ever since receiving Wang Jue's memories, he had been trying his best to avoid this person. After all, he felt that the way the two interacted was somewhat abnormal. At least Yan Huai would never want to kiss Wang Xu, let alone do anything more intimate...

As soon as the cabin door opened, Wang Xu immediately opened his arms and pounced, but before he could even touch the person, a large hand grabbed his forehead tightly.

"What do you want?" Yan Huai glanced at Wang Xu with a businesslike expression.

"What else can I do?" Wang Xu rolled his eyes. This beast was pretending with him for no reason. "Let go, you're hurting me!"

Yan Huai secretly took a deep breath. He wanted more than just to pinch Wang Xu hard! He was already thinking about how to find the right angle to crush that head into pulp!

"I don't have time, go back!" Yan Huai's tone was stiff. He frantically asked the system in his mind: What should I do? Where are the blind spots in the surveillance on the cruise ship? Will this person's death affect Zhang Qiling?

"Wang Jue, you're not going to be unable to go out for a while, are you?" Wang Xu raised an eyebrow, followed Yan Huai's wrist to his forearm, and then to his upper arm. Tsk tsk tsk, how come he seems to have gotten stronger?

"Or have you taken a fancy to some vixen outside?"

Yan Huai resisted the urge to slap Wang Xu away. He pushed his palm back and then quickly withdrew his hand.

Yan Huai walked past Wang Xu and started to walk outside, his mind racing: As long as I don't go into the cabin and stay outside, nothing will happen!