Chapter Seventeen: Waiting Online, Urgently

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“What a coincidence, Miss Xu. Please truthfully explain what transaction you were just conducting.”

Li Xu felt a headache coming on. Who would have thought that after waking up, she’d be caught again?

“Heh, what a coincidence,” Xu Si said with a forced smile, turning to Wei Siyu—wearing tight pants, bean shoes, a big gold chain, and sporting dyed yellow hair—baring his teeth in a grimace. “Was it him who reported again?”

Li Xu gave a complicated nod. “Yes.”

“The complainant, Mr. Wei, claimed he heard a rumor that last night you offended most of the second-generation wealthy in City A and sent them all to the mental hospital.”

“So early this morning, he wanted to protect you, but obviously he was too late. Considering he was outnumbered, Mr. Wei chose to call the police…”

Xu Si’s mouth twitched. “And he even blames me!”

“Yes, Mr. Wei is often the hero who sees justice done,” Li Xu nodded in agreement, even though he often caused confusion.

But as far as their job was concerned, Li Xu didn’t really mind those confusions.

“So, Miss Xu, can you truthfully tell me what transaction you and Madam Si were just involved in? Since the amount involved reaches four million, there’s suspicion of fraud.”

Li Xu sighed deeply. “Also… is it true that the corrugated iron house in the shantytown was really cut by that peachwood sword?”

Mentioning the peachwood sword instantly woke Nan Xian, who had been quietly dozing behind Xu Si.

“Little fierce ghost, the interrogation room is so cold!” The chill cleared his mind. A deity using magic in the mortal world? He couldn’t get through this calamity!

“What’s there to panic about?” Xu Si patted his chest for reassurance, “If the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up!”

“That’s true,” Nan Xian felt comforted. ‘Hehe, the little fierce ghost is comforting me, even promising to protect me—he’s truly deeply attached!’

Just then, the pink-hued divine lord began to float about.

Jiu Jiu couldn’t help but bluntly say, “Divine Lord, according to human height data and divine realm body data, you’re actually the tallest in the world!”

Nan Xian: “...Sometimes, you really don’t have to be so smart.”

Across the table, Li Xu, thinking Xu Si was talking to her, couldn’t help but smirk. “I’m not worried, but the problem is that the corrugated iron house belongs to the state; you’re going to have to pay compensation.”

“How much?” Xu Si’s stomach twisted from hunger and dizziness. She vaguely saw Nan Xian flying around in the sky again.

“Huh? Nan Xian, why have you turned into a jellyfish?”

Before she finished speaking, Nan Xian slid off the chair like a water snake.

“Xu Si!” Li Xu’s face went pale with fright.

She immediately raised her hands, looking toward the interrogation room glass. “No, I didn’t use torture!”

…

*Tick, tock…*

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With each tick, Xu Si’s face grew redder.

‘Damn it, she actually knelt down in front of so many people? Shameful, shameful! She’s the only female leader in the entire galaxy—how humiliating! I don’t want to open my eyes!’

“Nurse, when will the patient wake up?” Wei Siyu’s voice was anxious.

Xu Si silently answered: ‘Next year!’

The nurse tidying up the tray said in a matter-of-fact tone, “The patient is malnourished and hypoglycemic. We just gave her glucose; she should wake up soon.”

“Good, thank you!”

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Turning back, she saw Xu Si’s eyeballs rolling under her eyelids and couldn’t help but laugh.

She then pretended to look toward Wei Siyu: “Hey, the Si family has come to give money, why isn’t Miss Xu waking up yet?”

“Should I have them leave first?”

“No way!” Xu Si immediately opened her eyes. What face was more important than money?

She sat up boldly. “Where are they? Where are the people?”

“They left, but the money has been transferred to you,” Li Xu said irritably. “You nearly scared me to death; my career almost ended at twenty-six.”

“Yeah, demigod, you nearly scared me to death too,” Wei Siyu pulled a chair close to the bed.

“If I’d known the Si family hired a charlatan, I would have taken them on single-handedly. Otherwise, demigod, you wouldn’t have had your place torn down.”

“No worries.” Xu Si shook her head, not paying attention to their chatter.

Instead, she immediately took out her phone to confirm the four million had really been deposited, finally feeling at ease.

“The Si family was so generous this time?” Xu Si questioned.

She turned her head, looking around the hospital room, feeling like she’d forgotten something.

Following Xu Si’s gaze, Wei Siyu casually said, “Of course, it’s because of my dad. Though we’re seen as nouveau riche by the Si family, there’s no helping it. Since our nouveau riche family became the richest, the Si family has to give us some face.”

“Oh, then this money should be my legal income, right?” Xu Si looked at Li Xu, her eyes gleaming.

Li Xu smiled wryly. “Yes, it’s legal.”

“Ha ha, then Nan Xian, let’s go buy…” Xu Si suddenly fell silent.

Without thinking, she threw off the blanket and stood up, scanning the room with a deep frown.

‘Could it be that because I used magic, I violated heavenly laws and got struck by lightning?’

Thinking this, Xu Si hurriedly asked, “By the way, was there any thunder while I was unconscious?”

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“Eh, so you are really a demigod; even thunder can’t hide from you,” Wei Siyu eagerly came closer. “Demigod, you don’t know—at the very moment you were unconscious, the sky suddenly flashed with lightning and thunder, and their entire bureau got struck several times.”

Seeing people looking at her, Li Xu nodded helplessly. “Sudden thunderstorm.”

“Nonsense, there was no rain. This is just retribution for you randomly accusing a demigod.”

“Wei Siyu, watch your words,” Li Xu said sternly.

Wei Siyu pouted and fell silent.

Xu Si sat back on the hospital bed, unconsciously curling her index finger and lowering her head silently… then quietly curved her lips.

‘Xu Si, Xu Si, is there anything in this world happier than promotion, wealth, and Nan Xian’s survival? Of course not. Haha, the body is mine alone…’

Suddenly, a handsome face slid under Xu Si’s head. “Hehe, little fierce ghost, I heard you calling me~”

“Not… not dead?”

Xu Si blinked, grief hitting her suddenly, and she didn’t want to face it.

Little did she realize, the original owner was prone to uncontrollable crying. In her great joy and sorrow, sparkling tears fell straight onto Nan Xian’s face.

“What’s this?” Nan Xian was surprised and reached out to touch his face. “Little fierce ghost, you’re crying?”

Realizing this, Nan Xian widened his eyes, quickly grabbed tissues from beside the bed, and gently wiped Xu Si’s eyes one after another.

“Sorry, sorry, little fierce ghost. I really didn’t mean to worry you. I was just too anxious, thinking the King of Hell had taken you back to the underworld.”

“Little fierce ghost, don’t cry, okay? I’ve earned a lot of money for you; we’ll buy the biggest house, little fierce ghost~”

Xu Si: “…I really don’t want to cry! Wait, tissue?”

Xu Si suddenly looked up, eyes red and wide open.

She saw Li Xu and Wei Siyu frozen in place, too scared to move.

Yes, her worried heart finally died!

Xu Si silently took out her phone and searched:

“What magic makes tissues come out of the box by themselves, wipe a human’s tears, then float back to the trash bin?”

Waiting online, very urgent!