If I hadn't been able to figure out why Qu Zhenzhen was sick after personally treating her, then I wouldn't deserve to be the boss of the Late Night Bookstore.

The worm that I extracted was clearly occupying the magpie's nest, sucking the life force out of Qu Zhenzhen's body, essentially cutting off the life force that the Gu worm was supposed to provide.

Moreover,

the worm that I crushed with my fingernail wasn't very plump, which meant that it hadn't been inside her for long. But Qu Zhenzhen's condition wasn't a recent occurrence.

The reason she suddenly fainted today was due to a gradual accumulation over a long period, until her body finally lost control and collapsed.

This also meant that, besides the worm I had pinched to death, there had been many similar worms before, but they had already eaten their fill, "returned home," and switched shifts.

Reasoning it out this way, it really didn't take much thought to figure out who was behind it all.

"Oh, you figured it out."

Hei Xiaoniu seemed to understand,

but she didn't seem to care much.

It was as if she was answering:

"Have you eaten?"

"Yes, I have."

"Is that it?"

Zhou Ze asked.

"What else do you want me to say?"

Hei Xiaoniu looked up at Zhou Ze and asked.

"Is that it?"

Zhou Ze walked forward,

and kicked Hei Xiaoniu in the stomach.

Hei Xiaoniu let out a muffled groan,

curling up on the ground.

A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, but she didn't cry out.

At this moment,

the zombie buried in the ground with the green glow on his head suddenly began to tremble. It seemed as if he was about to break free. The surrounding soil started to bulge slowly.

"You're rebelling too, huh!"

Zhou Ze noticed the zombie's abnormality and immediately turned his head to reprimand him.

The zombie stopped trembling and quietly retreated back down. The fear of Zhou Ze was something imprinted in his bones, something he couldn't resist.

He had a good relationship with Hei Xiaoniu, otherwise she wouldn't have planted him to nourish and care for him. But his affection for Hei Xiaoniu couldn't compare to that innate awe.

"Heh."

Hei Xiaoniu reached out and wiped the corner of her mouth.

She didn't cry out,

nor did she complain.

She just said calmly, even with a hint of matter-of-factness:

"The vegetable garden needs some fertilizer. There just happened to be some at the doorstep, so I went to get it. What's wrong with that?"

The words "What's wrong with that?" suddenly rose in volume!

Clearly,

she wasn't convinced!

You broke my legs,

leaving me to either sit in a wheelchair or be carried around.

I'm helping to regulate the body of your subordinate,

and it was a little short on tonics.

I didn't bother you to find a way to get it yourself, and I didn't embezzle a single bit. It was all used on your godson!

Why are you treating me like this?

I won't accept it!

"If you want to act up, then act up yourself, but don't drag me down with you."

Zhou Ze crouched down in front of Hei Xiaoniu,

reached out and grabbed her chin,

making her look him in the eyes.

"It's not like you don't know how many people are in the shop, and how many of them can't be seen in the light of day. If you keep acting like this, I won't even have to wait for the netherworld to send someone to arrest us. Maybe a thunderbolt will come down from the sky in a few days and blast us all into nothing!"

"Pah!"

Hei Xiaoniu spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, which splattered on the back of Zhou Ze's hand. Then she smiled and said:

"You're really shameless."

Zhou Ze didn't deny it.

"Really, I've seen a lot of people like you. It's one thing to be selfish, but at least truly selfish people are straightforward villains. You're trying to be selfish while also putting on a show of morality!

Truly,

disgusting."

Zhou Ze wasn't ashamed and angry,

but lowered his voice intentionally,

and asked calmly:

"Do you think I'll die if I can't eat properly?"

"I didn't want to threaten you with that." Hei Xiaoniu twisted her neck, gritted her teeth, and said: "But I didn't do anything wrong!

Yes,

I'm your slave!

You, and the one inside you,

broke my legs, placed a ban on me, confined me, and enslaved me, as you should!

I understand the principle that the people are the fish and you are the knife!

For thousands of years, we farmers have all lived like this!

But I'm not wrong. If you want me to admit I'm wrong, fine, I'll admit it to you!

You can hit me, you can kill me, that's fine too. I'm being kept by you, that's your right!

But in my heart, I still don't think I did anything wrong!"

Zhou Ze looked at Hei Xiaoniu in front of him,

his fingernails slowly growing out.

At this moment,

a hint of murderous intent really flowed in Zhou Ze's eyes.

You could say that it was because he had been killing with Ying Gou in hell recently and hadn't completely calmed down.

You could also say that Zhou Ze instinctively disliked his subordinates daring to talk to him like this, and clearly stating that they didn't agree with him.

Of course,

there was also the fear that Zhou Ze didn't want to be dragged down and killed by Hei Xiaoniu!

In the bookstore,

including himself, there were three zombies!

Go ask the little boy if he liked living in the cave?

No!

He was afraid.

He was afraid that one day he would be walking on the ground and a lightning bolt would strike him dead!

Hei Xiaoniu was now attacking Qu Zhenzhen, and he had saved her. But if this matter was allowed to continue, who knows if she would give him a blood sacrifice tomorrow?

After hesitating for a long time,

the fingernails slowly retracted,

and Zhou Ze said in a deep voice:

"There won't be a next time."

Then, he stood up, pushed open the small door, and walked back into the bookstore.

Actually, Zhou Ze knew that An Lawyer should handle this matter. He should be able to do it better than him.

Sitting back on the sofa,

Zhou Ze closed his eyes.

Yingying saw that her boss was in a bad mood. Instead of yelling and asking which unseeing idiot dared to make her boss angry, she considerately went behind him and gently massaged his head.

"Boss, don't be angry."

"Mm."

"Getting angry is bad for your health. Don't be angry, okay? Yingying will give you some soothing,"

"嘤嘤嘤……" (ying ying ying - sound of soft crying/soothing)

………………

Meanwhile, in the vegetable garden,

the zombie, who hadn't dared to move at all before,

slowly crawled out.

His legs from the waist down were gone, replaced by dense roots, like the roots of an old tree.

He crawled to Hei Xiaoniu on his hands,

and wrapped Hei Xiaoniu with his hands and vines.

"Get lost!"

Hei Xiaoniu glared at the zombie who dared to approach her now.

The zombie's face was calm, even with his signature silly smile, but it didn't make people feel like he was really smiling.

"Hehehe…………"

The laughter sounded a little muffled at this time.

Hei Xiaoniu listened, and her gaze turned to the zombie's eyes. Then, she was greatly shocked, and slapped the zombie's face.

"Pa!"

The slap was extremely swift and ruthless.

"Hehehe………………"

The zombie continued to smile foolishly.

"You bastard who swallowed shit, you! You! You!

You're actually trying to resist the fear of him in your heart!

You dare to harbor resentment towards him?

You bastard, you son of a bitch, you half-wit, you idiot!"

Hei Xiaoniu cursed wildly,

不停地捶打着死侍的胸口 (不停地捶打着死侍的胸口) - Kept punching the zombie in the chest

After a round of venting,

Hei Xiaoniu stared at the zombie's eyes,

warning him:

"I'm his slave. It's his right to hit me and scold me, because I couldn't beat him in the first place!

But you,

how dare you?

Take all these thoughts away from me. These thoughts will kill you, you idiot!"

"Hehehe…………………"

"Although he doesn't admit it, you're really no different from his godson. He's the father, you're the son.

I can see him clearly. Putting aside everything else, he's extremely good to his own people.

Look at that lawyer, look at the others in the bookstore. They're all sticking to him, clinging to him, why?

Because there are benefits to following him!

That lawyer, the female zombie beside him, even that monkey!

This is your opportunity, this is your destiny. I don't care how much you remember from your previous life, forget it all!

Even if I'm strangled to death or drowned by him, don't you dare feel sorry for me or resent him. You were born as a twisted freak. Only by clinging to his thigh can you have hope and a way out, do you understand?"

"Hehehe…………………"

Hei Xiaoniu's expression changed,

and she was a little speechless,

and could only laugh along as she cursed.

"Hehehe………………"

"Hehe."

…………

Yingying was still massaging Zhou Ze,

her technique was very good.

Actually,

whether the technique was good or not was secondary.

Many times, if the technician was beautiful enough,

why would you need technique?

Boss Zhou closed his eyes,

silently enjoying it.

After a while,

Yingying suddenly lowered her head,

put her lips to his ear,

and began to gently breathe hot air.

Oh,

how comfortable!

But Zhou Ze suddenly woke up,

and asked:

"Who taught you that?"

"I learned it myself, Boss. Do you like it? If you like it, I'll massage you like this every day in the future."

Actually,

it was Old Daoist who taught her.

Well,

to be exact,

Old Daoist found a big sister to teach Yingying.

Because Yingying asked Old Daoist which massage would make a man feel comfortable.

Fortunately, Old Daoist had the sense this time to make Yingying promise not to reveal the secret, so Yingying didn't mention Old Daoist.

Zhou Ze didn't ask further,

but just lamented in his heart how great it would be if everyone under him could be like Yingying, how comfortable that would be.

But that was just wishful thinking.

Having one Yingying,

he should be content.

"By the way, does 'The Self-Cultivation of a Maid' talk about management?"

"Yes, it does, Boss!"

Yingying immediately replied.

"Oh, what does it say?"

"You must not be jealous, you must be magnanimous, you must leave more descendants for your husband's family, you must manage the six palaces well…"

"Alright, alright, that's enough, that's enough."

Zhou Ze stretched,

but at this moment,

he saw two people standing at the door of the bookstore.

One was wearing white, the other was wearing black.

Originally, the two people who walked in from the outside seemed normal,

but when they pushed the door open and walked into the bookstore,

their faces instantly turned pale, and their eye sockets became sunken.

At the same time,

the temperature of the bookstore seemed to drop sharply due to their arrival!

The two turned around,

facing Zhou Ze,

one with a smile on the left side of his mouth, and the other with a smile on the right side of his mouth,

and bowed slightly together,

staring straight at Zhou Ze.

Black and white,

impermanence?