The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1410 - 1423: Days Favored by the Escape Boss (24)

Chapter 1410: Chapter 1423: Days Favored by the Escape Boss (24)

Carrying an emergency lamp as if strolling leisurely, after Xu Qingqing and the others, Su Li also stepped out of the courtyard.

Even during the day, just casually wandering around would get one lost, let alone in the sprawling mansion at night.

Su Li appeared to wander aimlessly, directing her lamp at places of interest for a closer look.

The mansion at night was enveloped in mist and particularly humid, possibly due to the numerous ponds built within.

From a distance, the ponds were misty and white steam spread into the surrounding air, illuminated by the light and resembling a celestial paradise.

All along the way, Su Li encountered no one, as though she were the sole person in the world.

The originally tranquil yet eerie night was abruptly disrupted by a burst of discordant, hurried footsteps.

Listening to the sound, the rapid running seemed to be approaching from afar towards her location.

Seeing the lights in the distance, Gu Ling’s once desperate heart flickered with a glimmer of hope. She glanced back in panic, her previously weak calves regained strength and she headed towards the lights.

"Thump thump thump..." The heavy pursuit sounds behind her never ceased, growing ever closer.

She finally understood why those clan members who had held adult ceremonies never appeared again.

The elders said they had been entrusted with important tasks, expanding markets abroad or traveling to learn in places that interested them.

In the past, Gu Ling never doubted.

Who would suspect the words of their closest kin? Moreover, although these clan members never appeared, news about them flowed each year, accompanied by audiovisual clips.

How could a normal person darkly suspect that these people might already be gone?

While running hard, Gu Ling couldn’t help but land a fierce slap on herself.

She’s truly foolish... She actually believed that after her adult ceremony, she would reach the pinnacle of life.

It was all a cruel deception.

Feeling the itch emerging from under the skin of her arm, Gu Ling endured and finally couldn’t resist scratching it.

Raising her hand, she found it covered with fine, soft scales.

The newly emerged scales from beneath her skin were soft, with a translucent pink, yet it made Gu Ling’s heart shiver, fear creeping across her face.

She hurriedly raised her arm to her eyes; in the light ahead, she clearly saw fine scales growing on both arms.

At the same time, not only were her hands itching, but there was a dense itch and pain behind her neck and ears too. Unsurprisingly, touching it with her hand, she felt rough, uneven skin where scales had grown.

And what terrified her the most was the abnormality beginning to appear in her legs.

If she hadn’t been cautious before sleeping, she would have... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The changes in her body seemed to arise only after drinking that strange liquid at today’s adult ceremony.

According to the two people guarding her, her bloodline awakening was quite good, inheriting seventy to eighty percent of the complete energy. Once she completed the transformation in her sleep, her fresh merfolk flesh would be offered to the Clan Leader and clan elders.

Gu Ling never imagined such a mystical event would happen to her.

While thinking, she gathered a breath and sped up her pace.

The pursuit behind her grew sharper, but suddenly a piercing scream was heard, and the footsteps behind her momentarily stumbled, as if something attacked them.

Gu Ling couldn’t afford to think too much, she quickly dashed towards the light.

The presence of light surely meant people; Gu Ling comforted herself this way.

Perhaps her luck worked, for she actually saw a stretched shadow ahead while still a distance away.

Gu Ling’s eyes brightened, prompting her to accelerate.

Upon running closer and seeing the person’s appearance, she sincerely felt her luck was splendid.

Finally, she wouldn’t be treated as sashimi and eaten.

"Sister, save me."

Su Li gazed indifferently at the delicate girl fainting before her, not offering a hand to help.

Her gaze swept past the girl on the ground to the shadowy chaos resembling a demonic dance in the distance, saying, "Smart move."

Su Li disdainfully avoided the parts of Gu Ling’s skin that had grown scales, hooking her fingers into the girl’s clothes strap, effortlessly dragging her into the bushes beside.

The uneven ground scratched against Gu Ling’s exposed skin, causing the unconscious girl to knit her brow tightly, scattering shiny scales with blood streaks behind her.

"Ah..." Gu Ling awoke from a nightmare, quickly rubbing her arms, feeling a soft texture, and her chilling heart finally calmed.

She exhaled in relief: So it was just a nightmare.

She thought, how could she, a human, possibly turn into a fish?

Yet, before her relaxed expression fully unfolded, the smile at her lips swiftly froze, and her body stiffened mechanically.

Her neck rose gradually, emitting a cracking sound, her pupils shrank and protruded as if witnessing something utterly terrifying.

"Awake now?" Lying on the bed, Su Li turned irritably, saying, "Keep it down; you’re disturbing my sleep."

Looking at Su Li, Gu Ling’s teeth chattered, and she asked hopefully, "Why am I here?"

It seemed she could no longer sleep soundly; Su Li got up plainly and stabbed Gu Ling metaphorically, "You almost turned into a fish, you know?"

"I know." Gu Ling touched her now normal body, worriedly asking, "Will I still..."

"Didn’t your teacher tell you in school not to eat strange things?"

Now behaving docilely, quite unlike her proud demeanor during the day, Gu Ling sat like a student facing a teacher, shamefully admitting, "I was wrong."

Gu Ling’s attitude mildly pleased Su Li, "At least you’re not too stupid."

"Thank you, sister, for saving me."

If not for finding a small note inside her bra during bathing, warning her to be cautious at night, she’d likely already be fish meat on someone else’s chopping board.

She hadn’t believed it at the time, but some force compelled her to remember, staying subconsciously alert and allowing her escape now.

Gu Ling asked, "If, and I mean if, I hadn’t escaped by myself, would you have come to rescue me?"

Su Li replied mercilessly, "No."

Already knowing the answer, Gu Ling still felt her heart heavy and suffocated.

After self-regulating for a while, Gu Ling continued questioning, "Did you already know there was something wrong with the Gu family?"

Su Li sneered sideways at her, "I’m smart like that."