Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 242: Chapter 239: A Terrifying Woman

Chen Xing was just giving her a taste of her own medicine.

If Li Sirong hadn’t tried to harm her, she wouldn’t have thought to retaliate this way.

This was a classic case of reaping what you sow.

Li Sirong’s face was flushed with anger. Halfway across the banquet hall, she suddenly froze.

After taking two more steps, she collapsed.

The crowd was speechless. ’Did she just die of rage? Serves her right!’

Li Siqi only felt more disgraced. He shrank back, wanting to disappear into the crowd.

Before today, at least, he had doted on his little sister.

She had always been charming, always finding ways to help him.

His engagement had been arranged with her help as well.

His fiancée hadn’t thought much of him at first. But Li Sirong had gotten close to her, using the easy intimacy between girls to her advantage. She had sung his praises, ultimately bringing them together.

But... today, his sister’s actions had left him completely at a loss.

Li Ruixiao was also stunned by the sudden turn of events. It took him a moment to remember that the girl everyone was laughing at was his own daughter.

He scrambled over to her, but he could no longer feel her breathing. Her heartbeat seemed to have stopped as well.

”Someone! Someone, help! Save my daughter...” Li Ruixiao began to wail.

Only then did it belatedly dawn on Li Siqi that his sister, the one who had thoroughly disgraced him, was dead.

He stepped forward in disbelief and asked dumbly, ”Dad... Is Sirong really dead?”

’It was the same situation just now. Wasn’t she fine?’

Li Ruixiao shot Li Siqi an angry glare.

’Being so cold-blooded at a time like this will only damage the Li Family’s reputation further.’

Just then, the Li Family’s doctor arrived.

He examined her once more but still couldn’t find anything wrong.

Chen Xing leaned against the windowsill, her gaze indifferent as she watched.

’Once my silver needles enter the body, they’re undetectable without a machine.’

’Moreover, I inserted them in a rather inconspicuous spot.’

’As long as her emotions remained stable, she could have continued living for a time.’

Li Sirong held a relatively high status, as her father, Li Ruixiao, was still a man of considerable standing.

Consequently, the birthday banquet had to be cut short, and the guests gradually dispersed.

Chen Xing left with Song Yiguo, heading to the hotel Mr. Li had arranged for them.

On the way, Song Yiguo kept glancing over at Chen Xing.

It got on Chen Xing’s nerves. ”If you have something to say, just say it!” ’He must have figured out what I did.’

”The incident with Situ Yibo and that young lady from the Li Family... that was you, wasn’t it?” Song Yiguo asked bluntly.

He and Chen Xing were cut from the same cloth—they always paid back their debts.

’Back in that little tin shack, if Chen Xing hadn’t been so capable, she would have been violated. Someone with her personality would never let that slide.’

’I knew I couldn’t hide it from him.’

Chen Xing didn’t answer, which was a tacit admission.

”I just can’t figure it out,” Song Yiguo said, having replayed the events at the banquet hall in his mind several times. ”You hardly had a chance to get near either of them. How did you drug him, and how did you kill her?”

Again, Chen Xing didn’t answer.

’Should I tell him, just so he can be on guard against me?’

’Let him guess.’

Meanwhile, Song Yiguo’s mind was racing.

’What a terrifying woman!’

’I need to stay on good terms with her. If we become enemies, I won’t even know what hit me.’

Chen Xing was thinking the exact same thing.

’What a terrifying man!’

’I need to keep building a good relationship with him. If I make an enemy of this old fox, who knows how much trouble he’ll cause me?’

When the elevator doors opened back at the hotel, a strange feeling washed over them.

Chen Xing and Song Yiguo exchanged an involuntary glance before slowly stepping out of the elevator.

There, at the door to their room, the Superpower Users of the Song Family Army lay unconscious on the floor.

Song Yiguo practically lunged forward, his hand trembling as he opened the door.

Yan Junxi was gone. Vice General Du had vanished along with him.

Song Yiguo’s decent mood instantly evaporated.

Neither Vice General Du’s nor Yan Junxi’s phones were reachable.

”Check the surveillance footage first!” Chen Xing reminded him.

’Whenever Yan Junxi is involved, Song Yiguo’s intelligence takes a nosedive.’

After pulling up the surveillance footage, they discovered that the Superpower Users outside the door had all collapsed at the same time, as if they had been hit with some kind of knockout gas.

However, there was no sign of anyone approaching.

”I’ve encountered an Invisibility Superpower User before!” ’In the United States, in fact. Three of them at once.’

This couldn’t rule out the involvement of an Invisibility Superpower User.

Song Yiguo was taken aback.

He had seen numerous Superpower Users, but he had never met one with an Invisibility Ability.

”Other than helping me investigate Situ Yibo, Vice General Du has been in the room the entire time,” Song Yiguo said. ”Which means they disappeared together, from inside the room! I even asked him about Junxi’s condition earlier.”

’He must have been safe then.’

”Tear the room apart!” Song Yiguo commanded. ”If the cameras didn’t see them leave, then the problem has to be in here.”

The two returned to the room and searched everywhere. Finally, they discovered a secret door in the wall connecting to the room next door.

They checked the records. The adjacent room belonged to Situ Yibo.

The door to the next room was farther away and could only be seen by a different camera.

But... that camera just so happened to be malfunctioning.

In a fit of rage, Song Yiguo smashed all the monitors in the surveillance room.

Chen Xing was silent. ’So, it seems a lot of people know that Yan Junxi is Song Yiguo’s weakness.’

’Including Mr. Li!’

’Just now, during their conversation, Mr. Li hadn’t been explicit, but he did hint that Song Yiguo’s heart belonged to someone else. This proved that Mr. Li knew about Yan Junxi.’

’The Lu Family must have been the first to find out. That’s why they used Yan Junxi to throw Song Yiguo into disarray, which ultimately led to the deaths of General Song and Mrs. Song.’

’So it’s not surprising that the Li Family knows as well.’

’With so many people in the know, the fact that Song Yiguo is in love with Yan Junxi is no longer a secret.’

’Thinking about it that way, anyone could have made a move against Yan Junxi.’

’Or perhaps...’

Chen Xing shook her head, hoping her suspicion was wrong.

Yan Junxi betraying Song Yiguo would be the worst possible outcome.

Mr. Li received news of Yan Junxi and Vice General Du’s disappearance and immediately sent people to investigate. He also made it clear that he knew nothing about the secret door in the wall.

Song Yiguo was rational enough not to force the blame onto Mr. Li, because the hotel was the Lu Family’s property.

Chen Xing stayed with Song Yiguo in his room, but not to comfort him.

Rather, she felt that Song Yiguo’s own safety was not guaranteed.

He had only brought a few dozen Superpower Users with him on this trip.

With his most powerful subordinate, Vice General Du, missing, now would be the perfect time for someone to make a move on Song Yiguo.

Just as she suspected, about an hour later, Chen Xing heard people approaching from the stairwell.

Not only that, but people had also entered Situ Yibo’s room.

’Looks like they’re planning to make a ruthless move against Song Yiguo tonight!’