CHAPTER 973: CHAPTER 287: THE CORPSE OF A BIZARRE DEATH_3

"Hmm!" The woman raised the corners of her lips in a slight smile.

The man stood up to settle the bill, and the woman stepped forward to hold the man’s arm. As they passed by Qin Qin, her gaze fell on Qin Qin again, and then she followed the man out.

Qin Qin stared at the woman, inexplicably frowning slightly. When she saw this woman, a strong Sixth Sense made her uncomfortable—strange, yet she couldn’t pinpoint what was strange.

After the woman left, Qin Qin finally relaxed her brow. By now, the table was already full of various dishes, and Qin An and Lee Fong were quietly eating.

Qin Qin served them dishes, speaking softly to them, urging them to take care of their health.

Lee Fong and Qin An nodded in agreement.

Qin Qin smiled, joining Qin An and Lee Fong in eating their meal.

As Qin Qin quietly dined, a hushed voice from the next table unexpectedly reached her ears. If not for her keen hearing, she might not have heard it.

"Did you know? Several bodies were found this morning!"

The speaker was a young man, his voice subdued.

"Oh, what’s so strange about finding bodies? People die every day in this world."

It was a woman who replied, with an uninterested tone.

"What do you know? You’d be scared to death if I told you this."

The young man spoke with a deliberate air of mystery, piquing the woman’s curiosity.

"What could scare me to death? Hurry and tell me; I want to know."

"A buddy of mine who works at the police station told me they found several more bodies not just this morning but in a few places out in the suburbs as well. Finding bodies isn’t the strange part. The strangest part is these bodies seem to have been drained of blood, now dried-up husks, just bones wrapped in skin, like those demons you see on TV."

"I heard those people had terrified expressions on their faces before they died. Do you think it could be the work of ghosts and monsters?"

The woman gasped, leaning toward the man, "What are you saying? Drained of blood, just skin and bones? How is that possible? There are no ghosts and monsters in this world; don’t scare me!"

"Besides, if it were true, such a big event would have been reported a long time ago."

"Would they dare report it? Such a big thing could cause panic, that’s why it’s being suppressed."

The young man whispered in a low voice.

The woman shook her head, letting out a cold snort, "I still don’t believe it."

"It’s true, why would I lie to you? My buddy even sent me a photo; do you want to see it?"

The young man took out his phone and shook it, as he hadn’t believed it himself initially, and had his friend send him a picture to see.

"I want to see, hurry and show me."

The woman reached out and took the phone from the man’s hand. She flipped through the photos, and when she saw the horrifying pictures of the bodies, she let out a scream and flung the phone away.

A number of people turned to look in their direction. The woman clutched her chest in terror, while the young man smiled apologetically around, and only then did those watching look away.

"I told you it would scare you, but you didn’t believe it."

The young man chuckled softly, seemingly mocking the woman for being so easily frightened.

"You scared me to death, those photos are too terrifying, the dead all look the same, just skin and bones, you can’t even make out their features. It must be photoshopped. How could there be people dying like that in this world!"

The woman, still shaken, held her chest, reluctant to believe.

"Photoshopped, my foot. These are real."

The man shook his head.

"If... if it’s true, do you think there really might be ghosts?... If it was a person doing the killing, how could they leave the bodies looking like that?"

Hearing their conversation, Qin Qin gripped her knife and fork tightly, her gaze deepening. But at the moment the phone hit the ground, she turned her head, her sharp eyes clearly catching the oddities in the photo of the bodies on the phone.

As the woman said, if it’s true, no normal person would kill someone in that manner, with a grimace of terror, their bodies ashen and left only as skin and bones.

She recalled the black aura she saw last night. Could it be that those demons have come out again? Last time, even though Zhou Yi wanted to absorb Vital Qi, he couldn’t leave people in such a state. Now, these newly discovered corpses, their bodies have been completely drained, including their blood. Could this be the work of a very powerful demon?

The man picked up the phone from the ground, and as he stood up, his eyes met Qin Qin’s gaze, a look of astonishment passing through his eyes.

In this world, to encounter such a beautiful woman; her exquisite beauty defied description. He remembered hearing a friend mention that the Mo Corporation’s Madam Mo was truly heavenly. He wondered how the woman before him compared to Madam Mo, and for a moment he was lost in her beauty.