Chapter 1960: Chapter 1958: Truly Driven Mad

Gu Qiaoqiao spoke of things she didn’t understand, but she knew these two must have done something; otherwise, they wouldn’t seem so confident. Her hands and feet were cold as she forced out her words despite the fear in her heart, "You... you want to harm me? If discovered, you two won’t end well either."

"Why harm you? Aren’t you living just fine?" Gu Qiaoqiao seemed puzzled as she spoke in a calm tone.

"If you don’t kill me, then what... what are you here for?" Choo Lan looked at Qin Yize with fear-filled eyes, then quickly turned to Gu Qiaoqiao. This time, she didn’t treat Gu Qiaoqiao as invisible like she usually did.

After the Dark Devil’s demise, out of the two, the one she feared most was Gu Qiaoqiao.

Sometimes you must admit, faced with overwhelming power, all schemes and intrigues are useless.

"Didn’t you make a pact with the Dark Devil? I brought him back for you; from now on, he will be with you forever."

Gu Qiaoqiao then waved her finger, and within a breath, she gathered a cluster of malevolent energy here; in this mental institution, such malevolent energy is not lacking. Though not in abundance, to achieve the purpose of punishing Choo Lan, there’s no need to leave this room.

Gu Qiaoqiao then flicked the malevolent energy with her fingers, hitting Choo Lan’s brow.

Choo Lan only saw Gu Qiaoqiao waving her finger. As for spiritual energy, malevolent energy, and light, she saw none of it, but suddenly felt a coolness on her brow, and her body suddenly became cold.

Gu Qiaoqiao pulled the silent and indifferent Qin Yize a few steps back, and then a faint black mist appeared before Choo Lan, the fragmented form of the Dark Devil caused by Gu Qiaoqiao.

Gu Qiaoqiao had already infused this cluster of malevolent energy with mind power.

Making this malevolent energy think it was the Dark Devil, ruined and obliterated by Choo Lan, with no chance of reincarnation, it was filled with hatred for this woman, screeching in anguish, "Choo Lan, you tricked me, I want to strangle you!"

Then the black malevolent energy morphed into hands, moving toward Choo Lan’s throat.

Of course, the black malevolent energy lacks substance, so it cannot actually strangle Choo Lan, but this scene was already enough to leave her terrified, in panic and fear.

Choo Lan was seen clutching her throat, rolling on the hospital bed, fearfully shouting, "It wasn’t me, I didn’t harm you, it was that woman, go find her."

Even now, though she feared Gu Qiaoqiao, Choo Lan instinctively tried to redirect the Dark Devil’s wrath towards Gu Qiaoqiao.

Perhaps it was out of habit, but the black malevolent energy seemed not to understand her words, merely repeating its previous ones, as Gu Qiaoqiao smirked coldly. This black malevolent energy would cling to Choo Lan for at least ten years; certainly, ten years later, if she didn’t go mad, she’d surely be truly insane.

This was the best punishment for her.

She shouldn’t think saving those few children would mean no consequences for her. If she and Qin Yize were a bit late, or lacked this ability, Choo Lan and the Dark Devil might have succeeded.

Though unsure whether they could summon the Demon Lord, or what it might turn into, one thing was certain: none of those nine children would survive.

So merely driving her mad was indeed letting her off lightly.

Gu Qiaoqiao smiled slightly at Qin Yize, then no longer looked at the terrified shouting Choo Lan on the bed, instead casting invisibility charms on both of them, quickly leaving, but not before removing the barrier talisman from the room.

In this way, Chen Na would hear her daughter’s cries.

Sure enough, as the two strolled out of the mental institution’s door, they glanced back to see lights flickering on in the top-floor rooms, and heard Chen Na’s terrified shout.

But these had nothing to do with them anymore; they drove back to the Qin Family’s Courtyard.

Gu Qiaoqiao paid attention both going and coming to see if there was any sign of Lin Qinghuan, but unfortunately, she found none. She wondered how she might locate this woman; otherwise, having such a spiritual body wandering near the Qin Family’s Courtyard was unsettling.

This time, Choo Lan was truly mad; the Dark Devil would morph into various terrifying forms. Without the use of tranquilizers, she didn’t dare close her eyes, hence she finally stayed quietly in the mental institution.

After some time observing, Chen Na took her to another mental institution.

Choo Lan was repeatedly unstable, her condition worsening, looking haggard like a ghost living under the sun.

She was now incapable of stirring trouble anymore.

Shen Manru also visited her; nobody expected Choo Lan to suddenly curse at her, at her son, at her daughter-in-law, speaking nonsense, utterly irrational. Since then, Shen Manru never returned; their friendship ended there.

Moreover, whatever man does, heaven watches; a wicked heart never meets a good end.

The dust had not fully settled, yet Gu Qiaoqiao recently visited Archive Room No.1 several times.

On the side, she learned a bit about spiritual bodies from Nie Luan.

Nie Luan naturally couldn’t see them, but he had an instrument that could sense them.

Gu Qiaoqiao spent a week carrying this instrument around the Imperial Capital without success, guessing perhaps Lin Qinghuan had fled outside the city; yet she knew, spiritual bodies like Lin Qinghuan were born here and bound there, unless growing stronger to leave the Imperial Capital.

It was like a rule of sorts; since she hadn’t left the Imperial Capital, where might she be? Or was she consumed by other spiritual bodies?

Gu Qiaoqiao had no way of knowing.

She returned the instrument to Nie Luan; it was useless, akin to scrap metal. Nie Luan felt somewhat insulted, but his team could only research to this extent. He pondered, taking the instrument Gu Qiaoqiao belittled to the Qin Group to find Qin Yize.

Qin Yize was extremely busy.

Busy enough that Nie Luan not only needed an appointment but had to wait for seven hours before Qin Yize could see him.

Previously, Nie Luan would have felt uncomfortable, but not now. Qin Yize wasn’t unwilling to see him; as the group leader and Qin Family’s head, he was genuinely busy.

Moreover, his visits to Qin Yize had no official business, only personal matters, so naturally, he could wait.

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