"Why are you holding my hand like that, not letting me eat?" Xu Qingxue looked at Wang Xiaoqiang's impulsive, eager expression and couldn't help but give him a little scold with her eyes.

"Uh..." Wang Xiaoqiang came back to his senses, released Xu Qingxue's hand, "Qingxue, you look too beautiful tonight..."

"What do you mean by that, was I very ugly before?" Xu Qingxue pouted.

"Look at me, I just can't say the right thing," Wang Xiaoqiang gave himself a mock fan on the mouth "You've always been a great beauty; it's just that tonight, you're even more gentle, more alluring..."

"Oh, you smooth talker, I'll stuff you..." Xu Qingxue grabbed a piece of grilled sausage and stuffed it into Wang Xiaoqiang's mouth.

After eating a bit more, Xu Qingxue stood up, "It's so hot today, you take your time eating, I'm going to take a bath..."

Saying this, she got up and went to the bedroom to change clothes.

"Hmm, that's a good idea, it needs to be whitened up a bit before you can eat me..." Wang Xiaoqiang, staring at Xu Qingxue's sexy waistline, secretly marveled in his heart.

As Xu Qingxue bathed, her cellphone in the bedroom began to ring. Wang Xiaoqiang went inside, saw it was a landline number, and didn't pick up or hang up. He never had the habit of answering other people's phones, not even Xia Guifang's calls, let alone Xu Qingxue's. The phone rang for a while then automatically disconnected, only to ring again soon after with the same number.

Wang Xiaoqiang went to the bathroom door and asked, "Little Xue, someone is calling you, looks like an emergency..."

"What's the number... whoosh whoosh..." From the bathroom, Xu Qingxue's voice mixed with the sound of running water.

Wang Xiaoqiang reported the landline number to Xu Qingxue, and after hearing it, she said "Okay, I got it..."

Xu Qingxue quickly finished her bath, drying her damp hair and went into the bedroom to answer the phone.

The villa was very quiet, so the conversation between Xu Qingxue and the person on the phone was very clear. Wang Xiaoqiang could tell that the call was from the district police station, saying there was a bizarre homicide and they needed to convene a meeting of all the officers.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaoqiang sighed, thinking he wouldn't get any action tonight either.

Sure enough, after hanging up the phone, Xu Qingxue walked out of the bedroom and said to Wang Xiaoqiang, "Little Qiang, I'm really sorry, there's a major case, and I must rush to the police station..."

"No problem, you go ahead... I'll wait for you here... be safe..." Wang Xiaoqiang said.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang being so understanding and considerate, Xu Qingxue was moved and couldn't help but hug Wang Xiaoqiang, planting a kiss on his face, then another on his mouth for a while before she gracefully left.

Relishing that kiss, Wang Xiaoqiang paused for a moment, hmm, a kiss given willingly always tasted better than a stolen one!

In the wee hours, Xu Qingxue finally hurried back to the villa. Xu Qingxue's return to the villa was a relief for Wang Xiaoqiang, but her face looked terrible, deathly pale. As soon as she entered, she collapsed on the sofa.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Seeing that something wasn't right, Wang Xiaoqiang flipped her over, checking her body for any wounds.

"Pfft, no, look at you, flipping me around like a pancake..." Xu Qingxue let out a puff, tapping a finger on Wang Xiaoqiang's forehead.

"Then why does your face look so awful..." Wang Xiaoqiang said earnestly.

"Is it?..." Xu Qingxue sounded somewhat surprised and doubtful. Of course, she couldn't see her own face; she just felt a general sense of discomfort.

"Don't believe me? Go look in the mirror..."

With little strength, Xu Qingxue crawled up and went to the full-length mirror, and saw that her complexion was indeed as pale as paper, and looked very bad. Her heart sank.

"I wasn't wrong, was I?" Wang Xiaoqiang walked up behind her, and in the mirror, Xu Qingxue could see the contrast between Wang Xiaoqiang and herself, which made her own complexion look even more abnormal.

"Could it be..." Xu Qingxue exclaimed in shock.

"What is it...?" Wang Xiaoqiang asked.

"Little Qiang, the case we dealt with today was a very strange murder case..." Xu Qingxue's voice trembled slightly.

She then relayed the details of the case.

It turned out that on a small hill in the River City Suburbs called Stone Yin Mountain, a bizarre murder had taken place. The hill, with its beautiful scenery and gentle slopes, had been developed into a villa area. Besides about ten villas, only some graves remained on the hill, so normally, aside from the villa owners, few people went there.

But just last night, an entire family of villa owners was murdered. Three people in one family, all with their skulls cracked open, brains spilled out onto the ground. When the police arrived, their initial inspection led them to suspect it was the work of wild beasts from the mountain. However, upon investigation, they found out that there had never been any wild animals on Stone Yin Mountain throughout history. The police then organized officers to inspect the whole hill and discovered a cluster of graves, with inscriptions on the tombstones dating from the Qing Dynasty. The strange thing was that one of the graves had a hole the size of a human body on it, as if made by tomb robbers. Yet upon examining the site, no suspicious human footprints were found. Instead, they found a set of very odd footprints, twice as long as a human's and with very sharp toes, resembling animal tracks but appearing non-human and non-animal—terrifyingly abnormal.

"Could it be zombies?..." Wang Xiaoqiang clenched Xu Qingxue's hand, feeling it was very cold.

"Right, many officers privately guessed that, but they didn't dare to report it because zombies are not scientifically possible—no one would believe it..." Xu Qingxue said.

"The Great Thousand Worlds contain all sorts of wonders; I think it's very possible..." Wang Xiaoqiang said "Qingxue, your hand is so cold, do you have a cold...?"

"No, after I arrived at the scene and stood by the tomb for a while, I felt cold all over and uneasy..." Xu Qingxue said.

"I heard that zombies are yin objects with heavy yin energy. You might have been affected by the yin energy. Let me use qigong to treat you..." Wang Xiaoqiang said as he placed a hand on Xu Qingxue's back, infusing her body with Fire Element Spiritual Energy.

Xu Qingxue felt a warm current flowing from Wang Xiaoqiang's hand into her body, spreading throughout and quickly dispelling the chill. She no longer felt as exhausted and appeared more spirited.

"Little Qiang, thank you..." Xu Qingxue leaned into Wang Xiaoqiang's embrace, murmuring.

"Go get some sleep," Wang Xiaoqiang said, retracting his hand after two minutes and instructing her.

"Sigh, how can I sleep? I'm in charge of this case, and the higher-ups have ordered it to be solved within three days, I..." Xu Qingxue showed a troubled expression on her face.

"It's okay, I'll help you check it out tomorrow night..." Wang Xiaoqiang said.

"Ha, what can you do?..." Xu Qingxue turned around, reaching out to touch Wang Xiaoqiang's face.

"I've learned some skills in ghost-catching from the temple official in our village, I think I should be able to help you..." Wang Xiaoqiang bluffed.

"Really..." Xu Qingxue said candidly.

"Actually, my qigong can also perform feats from a distance... believe it or not?"

"I don't believe..." Xu Qingxue verbally expressed her disbelief, but her face showed a look of surprise and anticipation.

"Watch carefully..." Wang Xiaoqiang waved his palm towards a glass on the table, releasing a thin stream of Spiritual Energy.

Bang!

Crash~

The glass shattered upon being struck by the Spiritual Energy.

"Ah~~" Xu Qingxue stared at the broken glass, her beautiful eyes widening in shock, and her rosy lips parted in amazement.

"So amazing~" After a moment, Xu Qingxue came to her senses, murmuring, "So it's true, qigong really can, hit a bull from across the room..." Xu Qingxue stuttered out each word, then turned her beautiful eyes to fixate on Wang Xiaoqiang, "Little Qiang, you're amazing... muah..."

Unable to contain herself, Xu Qingxue turned and embraced Wang Xiaoqiang, kissing him on the cheek.

Wang Xiaoqiang, in a swift motion, lifted her up and walked into the bedroom.

Dawn had broken.

Xu Qingxue slept all morning, returned to the police station in the afternoon, and there was activity again in the evening.

The case was significant, and both directors of the district's bureau were present at the scene. Although nobody dared to publicly acknowledge the presence of zombies, everyone had already concluded in their hearts that it was the work of zombies. Therefore, that evening, armed police were dispatched. They went up the mountains with live ammunition to pry open the tomb and see whether the legendary zombies were indeed there.

Guided by Chen Tianpeng, Xu Qingxue, and a few criminal investigators, more than twenty armed policemen ascended the mountain. Residents of the other villas atop Stone Yin Mountain had already moved down, leaving no one else on the mountain. The gloomy sky hid the stars and moon, and as the group climbed halfway up, they were greeted by chilling winds and desolate mists.

The mountain had no lights, and the path was treacherous; the officers could only rely on their flashlights for illumination.

Because Wang Xiaoqiang had infused her with Spiritual Energy during the day, Xu Qingxue could now withstand the chilling wind, unlike the others who shivered and chattered their teeth in the summer heat.

Before reaching the tomb, suddenly, a scream pierced the night, and the officer walking in front fell with a thud.

When the flashlight shone on him, it revealed his head had been cleaved open, the brain matter spilled out, a frightful sight too gruesome to behold.

The group was panic-stricken. Some of the policemen even discharged several shots into the darkness ahead, in their confusion and fear.

The chilling wind clouded their minds, and moments earlier, the police officers at the front had only glimpsed a dark shadow flash before their eyes, and then, one of their own lay dead. They couldn't make out what the shadow was.

The criminal investigators and the medical examiner examined the brutally killed officer's wounds and concluded it was an animal claw injury. However, even without an examination, everyone already knew, it wasn't any beast; it was unquestionably a zombie!

"Director Chen, what do we do?" Seeing Chen Tianpeng hesitating and trembling, Xu Qingxue knew he was cowed. In fact, not just Chen Tianpeng, all the officers were now frightened. They were facing a zombie today, and it seemed like a march towards death.

"It looks like it really is a zombie. If it comes to it, we could try calling a Yin-Yang Master..." Chen Tianpeng said decisively as he took out his phone to make a call, indicating that he had already made arrangements with an Onmyoji.

"I will call someone too," Xu Qingxue said as she took out her phone to call Wang Xiaoqiang.

Chen Tianpeng noticed Xu Qingxue making a call for help as well, and his expression showed slight displeasure. Was this a sign that she doubted his capability? However, under these circumstances, the more people they had, the safer they would be. Despite his dissatisfaction, Chen Tianpeng did not show it. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)

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