Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2653: Chapter 2648: Eight Wicked Women (24)

Indeed, the situation is visibly becoming tense.

And leadership is leadership; the ability to summarize is truly strong.

Even amid complexities, pointing out directions is done so accurately.

Seeing Yuan Shan softly say a word and draw everyone’s attention back to himself, Fu Qian couldn’t help but admire her in his heart.

It’s even certainly not wrong; the symptoms do look very similar.

He is turning this place into a shrine of organs, and a group of people is being indoctrinated by it.

Surely not long from now, they might reluctantly call each other fellow travelers?

Though he was the only one with a normal human constitution, given his rich project experience and heartfelt engagement, Fu Qian certainly already realized this consistency, but he simply didn’t hurriedly mention it.

Of course, he knew this behavior was not very team-oriented, but he wasn’t the only one not being team-oriented—out of the corner of his eye, Lady Nepheli, the chief instigator, was undoubtedly the most peculiar one among everyone.

There was surprise, interest, and something profound...

Even though Fu Qian’s gaze was so subtle, the next moment someone still reacted and turned to look at her.

"Did you poison it? Using the previous method to cover it up? That’s why you were the first to step forward?"

And the first to speak was Lady No.7, who hadn’t uttered a word since the literary comparison, and she opened with three consecutive questions.

...

Look, this is what imperial tactics are called.

Lady No.7’s questions seemed abrupt, but upon slight reflection, one could realize they were reasonable.

Everyone was being digested because they were poisoned, and the changes on themselves occurred because of just being tormented; theoretically, everyone was a "victim."

Given how consistent the symptoms were, a question almost immediately arose: Is it possible the perpetrator was the same person?

That overtly eager, self-promoting Lady Nepheli.

And when pointing out the similarity between the poison and her condition, Chief Yuan was clearly implying something else—it was a hint.

"Sounds very reasonable."

Lady Nepheli, as the accused, seemed quite clear about this, neither surprised nor fleeing, nodding to show it made a lot of sense.

"And standing out first could also effectively prevent Professor Fu from being tortured too much... it looks like the inside operative must be me."

Almost without needing someone else to say more, she directly unveiled certain subtexts.

"But you don’t seem to agree much."

Lady No.7 seemed dissatisfied with this attitude, scoffing coldly.

"If it’s just the content I’m mentioning, indeed I don’t agree much. Why don’t you give a few more reasons?"

In terms of sarcastic remarks, Lady Nepheli, a seasoned worldly figure, would certainly not be weaker than anyone else; she immediately replied with a smirk.

The implication was simple—besides venting emotions, shouldn’t you be doing something substantial?

Either continue providing more evidence or skip procedural justice and act directly; being the first to step out is not so simple.

"Evidence is really hard to find, but the effect is indeed similar..."

Lady No.7 seemed still young and inexperienced, unable to withstand much, so Wen Li stepped in to resolve things, not allowing this meaningless verbal skirmish to waste time.

"Besides, not really evidence, but I suddenly remembered a minor detail. Weren’t you the last one to get on the car at the time?"

Without waiting for Nepheli to defend herself, she seemed to be lost in memory.

"Yes, that’s right."

Regarding Wen Li, Nepheli appeared to value her enough, admitting the statement with a slight frown.

"At the time, I vaguely felt you seemed to deliberately avoid sitting with him."

Wen Li pointed her hand in this direction.

...

See, Professor Nepheli, a bad habit can be life-threatening.

As stated earlier, what Wen Li provided was indeed a minor detail, even heavily subjective and speculative.

But in some subtle moments, details often play a crucial role.

Like when this statement is made, Nepheli’s image starkly intensifies instantly.

Even if the internal logic wasn’t seamless, it didn’t stop the audience from piecing together a cautious character who doesn’t want to be noticed and captured.

Even the previous coincidence suddenly becomes vivid, as if filling in another piece of the puzzle.

Under such circumstances, Fu Qian could be said to be the one most certain of Lady Nepheli’s innocence.

Unfortunately, he clearly has little interest in helping her clarify things, only sighing deeply in his heart at that moment.

Being unwilling to have close contact with the opposite sex is indeed just a personal preference, with nothing to criticize.

But to achieve great things, such voluntary shackles need to be minimized.

Otherwise, situations difficult to explain can easily arise.

Directly stating that one dislikes men? That requires someone to believe it.

Considering Nepheli’s consistent high-end persona, such a pretext is still inadequately crude, truly hard to convince.

But if things aren’t clarified now, the situation might become quite dire...

"Your perception is sharp."

As it turns out, Lady Nepheli surprisingly displays some candor.

After a slight pause, a chuckle comes out, almost admitting it indeed happened.

She didn’t even bother to explain or try it out; after all, no one is expected to understand her little preference.

"But you don’t seem keen to discuss this topic?"

Wen Li evidently picks this up too, expressing confusion.

"Yes, but I can discuss another topic, which is that, unlike you all, I actually don’t want to go out that much."

...

Indeed, you have a peculiar bone structure.

Lady Nepheli spoke surprisingly, directly saying the previous tense posture was merely to blend in; she was actually not that concerned about whether the checkpoint was blocked.

Honestly, at first glance, this reason may be even less convincing than not wanting to be close to men.

But at that moment, Fu Qian nodded to himself, feeling that things made more sense.

Even if the people and things in front might likely be extensions of his own will, one mustn’t forget that Lady Nepheli, compared to others, has one significant attribute—in theory, she is a dead person.

Under such overly hard-core settings, isn’t it very normal to be indifferent to life and death?

Though with this development, the purpose behind Nepheli’s earlier series of actions indeed needs some explanation, otherwise they are truly hard to believe.

"But you not only got on the car but also followed along?"

For a moment, Wen Li, though not acting directly, still casually questioned.

"Yes, I’m more curious about what you all intend to do."

Lady Nepheli seemed almost lazy, bluntly stating that she was there just to join the fun.

"Then why were you so eager to step forward first?"

So much so that Lady No.7 appeared even more annoyed, speaking up to question again.

"Yes, I wanted to see what he would do."

Lady Nepheli continued to respond fluently, pointing her hand at Fu Qian.