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"": "Clearly, Bai Xian had misunderstood.
"That's impossible, Miss Xian. Mr. Luo wants Kong An dead. He wouldn't collude with him, much less have any connection to him." Xu Lu immediately shook his head, trying to dispel Bai Xian's suspicions.
"There's a much longer story behind this."
"She's a partially jade-transformed female corpse. She's been following me all along. I didn't expect her to appear now. In fact, I thought the journey to the Tibetan Lands was too far for her to keep up. I never imagined she'd follow us here anyway," Luo Bin explained.
"Partially jade-transformed? Following you?" Xu Lu's expression turned grim.
"Of course! Even you know how far it is. She must have worked herself to the bone. Usually, she lets you sleep with your head pillowed on her body, and when it matters, she risks her life for you. You show her no tenderness at all. That poor girl's heart." Fourth Master Gray kept squeaking.
"Huh?" The corner of Xu Lu's eye twitched, and a strange look crossed his face.
Of course, he quickly suppressed that reaction. His earlier sense that this man was lonelier than the snow vanished completely.
So that was it... No wonder Luo Bin never showed any woman the slightest warmth. Did he have tastes completely different from ordinary people?
"Fourth Master Gray, you shouldn't put it that way." Xu Lu coughed.
Of course, he kept the inappropriate remarks to himself and merely said, "Partial Jade Transformation is already extraordinary. And she's a Living Corpse that can move freely. She's very hard to kill. Letting her cover our retreat while we leave is the best plan."
Fourth Master Gray fell silent.
For a moment, the car was so quiet that they could hear their own heartbeats and one