Shen Jianshu's heart was filled with shock.

Then, he narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at An Liya again.

"Wait a minute! Isn't this the Goddess of the Western Alliance? Holy crap, did you just kidnap their Goddess?"

Shen Jianshu was even more shocked than before. Was this disciple he had taught so amazing?

"This... it's not really kidnapping, is it? She voluntarily came back with me." Qiao Yu rubbed his nose and said sheepishly.

"I understand the logic, but can you explain to me why she's wearing a wedding dress?" Shen Jianshu's expression became very strange.

"Uh... well, it's a long story, so I'll make it short," Qiao Yu pondered for a while. "Basically, I went to her wedding, killed her husband, and then she came back with me."

Shen Jianshu almost popped his eyes out.

"Qiao Yu, you're a ruthless guy! You were hiding it deeper than anyone else!"

To snatch someone else's wife and then kill the husband, that was just too cruel. He was a complete beast!

Shen Jianshu suddenly remembered that this kid had told him before that as long as you were strong enough, you could kill someone's husband and steal their wife. He originally thought the kid was joking, but he actually dared to do it.

Shen Jianshu suddenly felt a pang of sadness. If he had been as heartless as this kid back then, maybe he wouldn't have been a bachelor his whole life?

"Alright, alright, as long as you're back safe!" Shen Jianshu waved his hand impatiently. "Don't bother me."

This kid's return had wasted the tea he had just brewed with such difficulty.

"Don't be like that, Professor Shen. It's been so long, why don't we play another game of chess?" Qiao Yu grinned. Shen Jianshu was like an older friend to him.

"Get lost!"

Shen Jianshu didn't want to bother with Qiao Yu anymore and pretended to close the office door.

Just then, Shen Jianshu inadvertently glanced at An Liya, and his brow furrowed instantly.

"Wait, you stay!" Shen Jianshu pointed at An Liya.

"Me?"

An Liya panicked a little, then looked at Qiao Yu.

"Don't worry, Professor Shen may seem a bit unreliable, but he's actually very dependable."

Although Qiao Yu didn't know what Shen Jianshu meant, he still nodded at An Liya.

If he had to say who Qiao Yu trusted most in the world, Shen Jianshu would definitely be on the list.

After closing the door, Qiao Yu and Duan Shui Liu waited quietly outside.

"By the way, senior brother, have you heard any news about Principal Ji recently?" Qiao Yu couldn't help but ask.

"No," Duan Shui Liu shook his head. "After Auntie Dorm Manager chased after him, Principal Ji and Auntie Dorm Manager both disappeared. There hasn't been any news about them. I don't know where they went."

"I see..."

Qiao Yu nodded, not too worried. Although Ji Pingyang had lost all his power, Auntie Dorm Manager Mo Qingchou was no pushover.

Inside the office, with the door closed, An Liya's heart tightened.

She vaguely felt that the sharp-eyed old man in front of her must have seen something.

Sure enough, Shen Jianshu spoke the next second.

"There's a very strange aura about you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Jianshu's vast spiritual power enveloped An Liya directly.

Shen Jianshu's pupils shrank instantly because, with his Saint-level spiritual power, he clearly saw a bug sucked into an empty shell inside An Liya's body!

The bug was constantly gnawing at something inside An Liya's body, and as it devoured, the originally shriveled bug slowly began to become plump.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Even Shen Jianshu, who had seen a lot, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the Annihilation Soul Demon Insect (Yanhun Mochong).

This thing was not a living thing, but it didn't seem like a dead thing either, existing between life and death.

Generally speaking, the only things that existed between life and death were undead creatures, but as a Saint-level necromancer, Shen Jianshu could be sure that there were definitely no such bugs in the undead world.

He tried to use his spiritual power to force the Annihilation Soul Demon Insect out of An Liya's body, but the Annihilation Soul Demon Insect was not affected by spiritual power at all. It even opened its mouth and bit off a piece of Shen Jianshu's spiritual power that approached it.

Shen Jianshu's expression changed, and a sharp pain entered his mind.

"Could it be a curse?"

Shen Jianshu muttered to himself, then stared at An Liya and asked.

"How did this bug get into your body? Tell me carefully."

An Liya's expression changed, and then she bit her lower lip tightly, raising her eyes to look at Shen Jianshu.

After thinking for a while, An Liya decided to tell Shen Jianshu everything. Maybe this old man really had a way to save her?

She described the scene where she blocked the black bug for Qiao Yu. Shen Jianshu frowned when he heard it, then fell into a long silence.

Based on this information alone, he couldn't determine what this bug was, let alone solve it.

Seeing this, An Liya understood and smiled as she asked Shen Jianshu.

"Professor Shen, can you promise me one thing?"

"What is it?" Shen Jianshu frowned slightly.

"It's just... please don't tell Qiao Yu about my situation. I don't want him to know," An Liya said seriously.

"Why?" Now it was Shen Jianshu's turn to be puzzled.

A smile suddenly appeared on An Liya's face, and then she explained her inner thoughts.

"Because, I want Qiao Yu to like me, the kind of like that comes from the bottom of his heart, the purest kind. Not because I'm about to die and he pities me, or because he feels indebted to me. An Liya doesn't need that kind of like."

Shen Jianshu's heart was shaken, and then this old man in his sixties also fell silent.

Shen Jianshu tremblingly took off his reading glasses, then rubbed his reddened eyes.

"Professor Shen, what's wrong?" An Liya asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that a nuclear bomb suddenly entered my eyes," Shen Jianshu raised his eyes to look at the ceiling.

An Liya: "..."

"I can't solve this bug, but I can help you relieve the pain of soul-eating. Corpse Flesh Art (Shirou Shu)!"

With a wave of Shen Jianshu's hand, a skill was applied to An Liya's head.

Corpse Flesh Art could give human skin the toughness of corpse flesh. During this period, pain would be greatly reduced, and any potentially fatal wound would become less dangerous.

This ordinary necromantic spell had a miraculous effect in the hands of Shen Jianshu, a Saint-level necromancer.

Under the shroud of Corpse Flesh Art, An Liya's originally pale face suddenly had a bit of color, and the pain of the Annihilation Soul Demon Insect (Yanhun Mochong) devouring her soul immediately dissipated for the most part.

"Professor Shen, thank you," An Liya bowed to Shen Jianshu. The dissipation of that pain made her feel unprecedentedly comfortable.

"Don't be anxious yet. Just because I don't have a way doesn't mean others don't. Come with me!"

Shen Jianshu stood up anxiously, wanting to take An Liya to find someone else to help, but An Liya refused.

"Professor Shen, I'm already very happy that you can help me solve the pain of soul-eating."

An Liya had a smile on her face, a smile that revealed a very simple persistence.

"As for whether I can survive, it doesn't really matter. Humans will all eventually die, won't they? Death is not actually scary."

"My life was originally completely meaningless. I was just a tool cultivated by the elders. Even my father only regarded me as a tool for revenge... but from the day I met Qiao Yu, my life had meaning because of his existence."

The smile on An Liya's face became even more radiant, with no fear of death at all.

"So if my life really only has ten days left, rather than running around seeking a glimmer of hope for survival, I would rather stay by his side."