Quick Transmigration: Saving The Crazy Villainess

Chapter 424: Mo Chou (62) <2-in-1>

"When do you think will she wake up?" Zhan Rong asked. 

An unhappy expression could be seen on her face when she came back wearing white office attire. She did not come home directly from the company, but from the hospital. Guo Hanying, that liar who said she had already moved on, pulled her to that place, confronting Fan Zheng who was in turn dragged by his grandfather to visit his new fiance. 

Yeah, Gu Mochou. That woman who was so unbelievable to set up so many layers in her plan to ruin Zhao Ai psychologically.

Jiang Li had just come back too from the condo rooftop where he peeked at the portal. He thought for a moment and replied, "Actuality, there is no way to tell when. Doctors impose some sort of deadline per case, like for severe ones, the person must show signs of brain activity in three days or else chances of waking up are bleak. I don't know about Gu Mochou's case. But typically, a comatose patient will have to depend solely on herself to wake up. Why did you ask?"

"Nothing." 

'I want her to wake up so it will be less immoral to beat her up.'

Of course, the girl chose not to voice out her desire to slap Gu Mochou nor describe how hard she fought against the devil in her head to not hit or scratch the face of that sleeping woman. 

Zhan Rong changed clothes, then walked downstairs for dinner. A smile finally surfaced when she caught sight of her exclusive ghost wearing an apron as he cooked her food. The sizzling sounds aroused her curiosity. 

'He must be frying something.' She could only conclude without any other to base on. There was no smell coming from there.

"What's that?" she asked, peeking from behind. 

Her exclusive ghost was multi-talented and strangely so not behind the modern times despite just recently coming to Earth and he had surprised her time and time again so she was kind of curious what the guy was doing. 

However, when she saw the empty thing on the stove, her smile froze. Slowly, her gaze at him turned into a glare. 

In the end, she still ended up ordering take out. 

When her order arrived, the ghost neatly arranged everything on the table. With a lift of his finger, utensils also floated up from the dish rack. 

"Why did you have to put on an apron and take out the pan if you will only roast with nothing on top of it?" Face dark, she asked as she received the spoon and fork, thinking nothing of the telekinesis since she was already used to it. 

To the grumpy girl, the ghost laughed and said, "Well, you went down earlier than expected."

"Uh-uh. So it's my fault?" 

"You also didn't give me time to experiment. Moreover, in this era, most women can't cook aside from fried. Aren't you expecting so much from a man?" 

"..." Zhan Rong was dumbfounded and felt a bit embarrassed. However, she had to say, his perfect image in her heart crumbled. 

Ten minutes later, she finished eating and was about to carry her plates and utensils to the sink when the ghost's cold hand suddenly extended to the left corner of her lips. 

"Sauce." 

Surprised, the girl froze a bit. Then she stared at Jiang Li. "Why didn't you just tell me?"

He grinned. "I did it without thinking." He pointed at his own mouth. "Because what I have on mind is actually not to use my hands, but this."

Zhan Rong froze again. When she recovered, her gaze towards him became complicated. Or more like lukewarm. 

"I never knew my ghost is so corny."

"Haha." The man was having a pleasant time teasing Zhan Rong whose face regained calmness as fast as lightning. After all, her ears visibly reddened, looking extremely adorable.

Jiang Li could cut some slack now since his mission target was not creating troubles. He had no idea about the leads, but he doubted that Zhao Ai would not be rescued.

Lead characters were mysterious creatures who wouldn't die even if they were put into the mouth of sharks. Worrying about them was pointless. Who knows, maybe tomorrow or the day after that, he would hear that Fan Zheng had long rescued that female lead and had just hidden her so she wouldn't know about his family affairs. Male leads were prideful beings who could go to any length to prove their dependability. Perhaps, Fan Zheng would only reveal everything to Zhao Ai once the fiance trouble and the company were all settled. 

However, all of these were speculations only, built on the premise that Zhao Ai was already rescued from the traffickers.

Jiang Li returned to his senses and checked what his 'owner' was doing.

Zhan Rong was leaning on the refrigerator. She had summoned the panel, probably double-checking if cooking was not really in his list of skills. Her arms were crossed and her eyes were narrowing at the rows of text.

"Zhan Rong." He floated above her and fell down facing her as if gravity was truly working on him. He stopped just at the level of her eyes and asked, "I heard an intern's life is not easy since the regular office workers would haze them or something. They said it's common practice in this world. Are you tired from work?" 

"Hmm. Not really." 

The girl glanced one last time at the pop-up window before making it disappear. She then shrugged and said, "I'm a Zhan. Even if that old man dislikes me, his pride won't allow him to hear people mistreating his daughter."

"I see." The ghost nodded. "Your father is not that bad, I guess. There are some fathers who did something worse than cold violence. Tsk. The father of that client of mine sold him as a baby so he could feed his older son. Yet this is a time of peace and order so even that person is a mild case compared to those from ancient times." 

"We don't know what desperation can do to people.Perhaps it's the wars." Zhan Rong commented. "More than that, I'm more curious about your side. You mentioned hazing, like in fraternities or army. In your world, is it also common practice for lower-tier employees to get more tiring work than those ranked above?" 

'Most likely?'

How the hell would Jiang Li answer that? After all, which workplace or society treated new members like kings? Those at a higher position always have the capability to make things difficult for the ones beneath them. Disgusting nepotism also exists, but most of the time, people start at the bottom and suffer some time before they could climb up and get better treatment. 

He wondered, was it different in the underworld?

Unfortunately, that question never crossed his mind when he spoke with some envoys before.

Jiang Li's expression turned awkward. In the end, he replied, "Actually, I can't disclose anything." 'Because I'm not sure.'

"Hmm. It's a taboo?"

Laughter rang before he shrugged his shoulders. 

A nod came from the girl. "Oh. Well, I was just asking since it's where you came from. I was just intrigued. Have I told you that sometimes I found it odd that a judge like you possesses so many modern skills? I was wondering if all judges are like you in both appearance and value, if that place is very strict in its standard when choosing envoys."

"I'm special, probably one in a million." He grinned. "How about that? Are you feeling proud that I'm bound to you?"

Zhan Rong looked up and observed his face. He was too close to hers so she could see how flawless and good-looking he was.

In actuality, the girl was not blind to see his fondness of her. His face was also very up to her standards and was more amazing than superman. She really liked him and was okay to stay like this with him. 

Unfortunately 

She helplessly shook her head and lamented to herself. "Why are you a ghost?"

Hearing her complaint, Jiang Li only burst into laughter, thinking, 'It's not like I will always be a ghost.'

Gu Mochou did not get imprisoned for so long. Jiang Li had to let her out for fear that the loneliness and remorse would drive her insane. He could not let that happen. And he had to be the one freeing her since it was doubtful whether another bunch of adventurous people would come by and play Ouija there.

To keep her busy and thinking for the future, Jiang Li made sure to leave enough hints in the room and on the road back about who she should target next. 

'Zhang family.'

'Clean up the trashes in this world to repent. Earn enough merits so your current family at least won't be affected by your negative karma.'

Xiao Gui acted as the mailman.

The words were more effective than Jiang Li thought since things were recently not going well for the Gu family these past few days. Mrs. Gu even collapsed once for taking care of her daughter. The villainess was not totally heartless, cherishing her new family more than she knew.

She silently stood outside of her own private room for a whole day, watching her family worry about her body, before setting out to sabotage the syndicate in her own ways. 

Two months swiftly passed and Jiang Li, who was on an outing with the ever-so-adventurous Zhan Rong, just heard from the girl that several higher-ups within the syndicate met accidents. Important files and call records fell in the hands of upright police officers.

Gu Mochou was raking in good karma fearlessly since she learned from other ghosts how to effectively avoid the people from the underworld.

Jiang Li pretended to not hear about Gu Mochou playing pranks on Zhao Bolin's true family members and embarrassing them on several important occasions.

As a reward for the villainess' efforts, or rather, as a reward for obediently staying away from the leads and not causing any more headache for him, he finally left a message to her speaking the truth. 

Gu Mochou got the message, sent to him by the ghost boy Xiao Gui again.

'The soul of my client is still alive.' 

'In his next life, he might become the son of a filthy rich tycoon for his merits. As for you, who knows?' 

When Xiao Gui reported back to Jiang Li, the little guy said the scary female spirit burst into tears, glared at a wall, and scared the hell out of him even though he was stronger than the other.

The system still issued tasks to Zhan Rong so she once ran into Gu Mochou. The former, faced with the villainess' pitiful state as a wandering spirit, still couldn't let go of her obsession to slap Gu Mochou. Unfortunately, when she tried to do so, her hands couldn't connect to the face that she hated. 

Afterward, Gu Mochou vanished.

Upon returning to her residence in the city and successfully waking Jiang Li up for the nth time, she told him what happened.

In response to that, he laughed. "I see."

He turned to Zhan Rong and teased her by bringing his face so close to hers that there was barely any distance between their noses. 

With a grin, he said, "Don't you think she's been intimidated by you? So she finally returned to her body?"

Zhan Rong tried hard to maintain her poker face. However, the silly close up expression of her pet ghost made her laugh in the end.