The Ghost Devouring Boy
Chapter 1380

The Truth of the Matter

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Zhang Chen's consciousness, acting as an external entity, had infiltrated Elizabeth's primary consciousness. From the current situation, she merely regarded Zhang Chen's actions as those of an ordinary person within a memory scene. Therefore, to keep his identity hidden, Zhang Chen used less than one-thousandth of his strength, lest Elizabeth's primary consciousness notice him.

As time passed, the hidden killer Zhang Chen had suspected never appeared.

As dusk fell, Zhang Chen sat in the refined, elegant wooden cottage dining room, tasting a steak personally grilled by Elizabeth. The moonlight, fine wine, and beautiful woman—especially Elizabeth, seated across from him in a rather transparent gauze dress—kept drawing his gaze.

Yet Zhang Chen's mind remained fixed on the problem at hand. What had happened today was completely different from what he had envisioned. He could not even be sure whether this so-called darkness behind the scenes truly existed, since Elizabeth herself had several suspicious points.

"Come to think of it, we've known each other for nearly half a day, yet I still don't know your name. And where did you come from?"

"My name is Zhang Chen. I come from an eastern country."

When Zhang Chen gave his name, Elizabeth repeated it three times, committing it carefully to memory.

After dinner, Zhang Chen did not leave the building that night. He stayed in the room, talking with Elizabeth about her background. He could detect nothing unusual in her words or behavior. While learning about Elizabeth's present life, Zhang Chen also ensured that any killer lurking in the shadows would be unable to approach.

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