Chapter 386: Chapter 388: The Manager
Jiang Tianxin, without a second thought, was about to lash out and accuse Su Nian of starting rumors.
The baby above her head had already started to slowly fade away.
Now that the danger had passed, she naturally had no desire to listen to Su Nian.
But even as she thought that, a strange feeling deep down told her that Su Nian might actually be telling the truth.
As if compelled by some unseen force, she glanced at Su Nian on the screen. The streamer was as calm and composed as always.
Her expression was identical to how it had been at the start of the livestream and when she had first tried to warn her—not a single thing had changed.
More importantly, she saw the comments flooding the screen, all urging her to run, insisting that the streamer had never been wrong before.
The comments reminded her that someone had said as much before the livestream had even begun.
But what had she thought back then? She hadn’t believed a word of it, and that’s what had led her to this mess.
’So am I going to make the same mistake again?’
Jiang Tianxin bit her lip, clutching the Ghost Baby on her head as she ducked aside to hide. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Her hiding spot wasn’t very clever, and she was still hesitant, unsure of what her manager’s true intentions were.
Seeing her unconscious assistant, she sighed. Carefully steadying the sleeping Ghost Baby on the back of her head, she slipped into the small room where the Ghost Baby had been enshrined.
Footsteps entered, drawing closer one step at a time.
Jiang Tianxin’s heart pounded with a mix of anxiety and doubt. ’Maybe Su Nian really did get it wrong this time.’
’Even master fortune-tellers can make mistakes!’
She even felt a pang of guilt, wanting to rush out and tell her manager she was okay.
But she forced the feeling down. ’My manager is so good to me. She’ll definitely understand.’
’Just consider this a way to prove that streamer wrong.’ Deep down, Jiang Tianxin truly believed that a manager who treated her so well could never possibly want to harm her.
Jiang Tianxin pressed her ear to the wall, listening intently. She didn’t hear any voices, but the footsteps were surprisingly brisk.
"Is she finally dead?"
The person who walked in was a beautiful young woman. Her looks were on par with Jiang Tianxin’s, perhaps even a little prettier.
She scanned her surroundings, her eyes narrowing in satisfaction. ’Jiang Tianxin should be dead by now.’
’But where’s the body?’
Her gaze swept the area, landing on the most conspicuous figure in the middle of the room: the little assistant, hovering between life and death.
Her words were like a ladle of cold water thrown into a pot of boiling oil.
The livestream chat instantly erupted.
[Holy shit, holy shit! So *she’s* the real culprit!]
[Damn! I knew Jiang Tianxin wasn’t that kind of person!]
[Looks like it was her manager all along! But she was so nice to her! Could there be a mistake?]
[What does being nice on the surface prove? She could have just been lying in wait, planning to screw you over!]
[Yeah, yeah, exactly! Don’t you guys think it’s super weird? A minute ago, Jiang Tianxin was calling her manager over and over, and no one picked up. Now, all of a sudden, she just walks right in!]
After arriving, the young woman simply glanced around the room.
Then, a puzzled look crossed her face.
"Where’s the body? How did it disappear? I need that corpse to cultivate my Gu."
"Damn it. I’ve nurtured her with red qi for so many years. How could the body just vanish?"
Her voice dripped with disappointment. Hidden in the small room, separated from the woman by just a few meters and a thin wall...
...Jiang Tianxin was trembling uncontrollably. Her heart sank into an abyss.
She couldn’t believe it. How could the manager who had been so good to her do something like this?
Her manager had been incredibly good to her, always worried she might get the slightest scratch. In the beginning, Jiang Tianxin had even been jealous that her manager was prettier and had deliberately given her a hard time.
But the woman had continued to treat her with the same unwavering kindness, never showing the slightest bit of resentment.
On top of that, she fought tooth and nail to get all sorts of opportunities for her. Over time, Jiang Tianxin had come to trust her completely, thinking of her as family.
But now, her entire worldview had shattered. The person who had been so kind to her... only wanted her corpse?