Chapter 171
When Dugu Xiao saw how stubborn she was, he frowned and followed behind her.
After Leng Ling arrived at the punishment hall, she directly knelt down, and the person in charge of
punishment took the whip and came over. However, he was stunned after seeing her. “Miss Leng, the
wounds from the 30shes you suffered today is still bleeding, how can…”
Leng Ling merely took out a white towel from the side and stuffed it into her mouth. After that, she
mumbled in an unclear tone, “Do it!”
The person in charge of punishment looked at Dugu Xiao.
Dugu Xiao narrowed his eyes ruthlessly. “What are you looking at me for? Do it!”
The person in charge of punishment could only steel his heart and whip Leng Ling’s back.
Leng Ling gritted her teeth and didn’t speak.
Dugu Xiao mocked, “Have you not eaten? Use more force. Today, I want her to know the
consequences of disobedience!”
The person in charge of punishment didn’t dare to hesitate and could only continue the whipping with
more force.
“Pak!”
“Pak!”
“Pak!”
…
The sounds of the whipping continued relentlessly. From the start until the end, Leng Ling didn’t utter a
single sound. However, her forehead was already covered in cold sweat.
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After the thirtyshes, she struggled to get up. She then tossed the towel in her mouth to Dugu Xiao’s
feet as she started running around the vi.
This time around, she only ran for a short while before she fell.
When Dugu Xiao came to her room, Leng Ling was already lying on her bed with her back facing the
ceiling. Her back was revealed and there was not a single patch of unblemished skin. The wounds in
the afternoon were already flowing with pus because she wore tights and sweated when she ran the 30
miles.
Her face was pale as she looked at Dugu Xiao who had just entered. She then struggled and wanted to
stand up so she could go out to run, but the family doctor at the side held her down. “If you do so, you
will throw your life away. You better lie down and rest properly now. If you continue with your nonsense,
you don’t have to think about living anymore!”
Leng Ling’s voice was hoarse. “I have notpleted my 30 miles.”
Dugu Xiao narrowed his eyes at her appearance. He suddenly crouched and slowly spoke, “You can
do soter. However, Leng Ling, I will still tell you the same thing. Don’t defy mymand ever again!”
Leng Ling stared at him. “In this world, no one can rece her. No one is permitted to. Let me say it
again, I’ll definitely kill her!”
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Although Shen Ruojing didn’t see the dispute in Dugu Xiao’s vi, she could guess it when she thought
about Leng Ling’s personality.
How could she make Leng Ling stop being so stubborn? Could it be that she had to take the initiative to
reveal her identity?
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During the next day, Shen Ruojing pondered over these questions as she ate breakfast.
Chu Cichen sat opposite her and after seeing how distracted she looked when eating, he frowned
slightly and coughed unhappily.
At this moment, the butler suddenly entered. “Sir, something happened to the Chu Corporation.”
Chu Cichen looked at him. “What happened?”
“The Yan Family has contacted reporters and blocked the entrance of ourpany. They want you to
give them an exnation.”
Chu Cichen ced his chopsticks down and took a piece of tissue from the side before wiping his lips
unhurriedly. He then stood up and walked out.
Shen Ruojing looked at his back and her thoughts returned to the death of Yan Zihao.
After that, she lowered her head and looked at her phone as she quietly waited.
Ye Lu should be giving her a call any time now. She could only hope that reality was different from what
she was thinking. If what she guessed was right…the entire Sea City would be in huge trouble.
As she was thinking, her phone screen suddenly lit up. Ye Lu was calling her.
Shen Ruojing immediately picked up, and Ye Lu didn’t tease her like how she would do so normally.
Her voice was unprecedentedly heavy as she spoke, “Jingjing, the results are out. Things are the same
as what you guessed. Yan Zihao wasn’t beaten to death. Before he got beaten up, someone injected
something in his body.”
Shen Ruojing’s expression tensed. After that, she heard Ye Lu saying, “It isn’t poison. Rather, it is a
virus with a transmissible nature, virus ss5!”
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“Virus ss5!!”
Even if Shen Ruojing was someone who had always been calm no matter the circumstances, at this
moment, her expression involuntarily darkened.
Back then in America, there was a scienceb thatpleted the research on virus ss5! It was highly
contagious and extremely fatal!
Also, the transmission rate of this virus was extremely fast. Its incubation period was two to three days
and the carrier would die directly.
“Someone must have administered it to him.” Ye Lu’s voice was very certain. “I knew long ago that
those dark organizations are capable of all sorts of things.”
Shen Ruojing then asked, “Have you guys adopted the necessary protective measures?”
“Don’t worry, nothing will happen to us.”
“Hmm.” Shen Ruojing continued, “After Yan Zihao died, the corpse is still contagious. I’ll immediately
report this, so I’ll be hanging up first.”
After hanging up, Shen Ruojing immediately made a call to Captain Cui.
Captain Cui picked the call up very quickly. “Miss Shen, what’s the matter?”
“Something happened.” Shen Ruojing told the end result to Captain Cui and immediately continued,
“Yan Zihao’s corpse is a source of contagion. You guys have to immediately use an istion bag and
seal the corpse up. In addition, everyone who enters and exits the morgue must disinfect themselves.”
Captain Cui’s voice was very heavy. “How great is the possibility that we are infected?”
Shen Ruojing replied, “You don’t have to be afraid. I’ve done research on this virus before. It is
transmitted through respiratory droplets, so it is impossible for Yan Zihao to infect you guys through this
method. In addition, after touching the corpse, you guys would surely disinfect yourself. But just in
case, I’ll get some people to concoct medicine. Those who came in contact with the corpse better eat a
pill just as a precaution.”
Captain Cui heaved a sigh of relief. “Okay.”
After hanging up, Shen Ruojing pondered for a moment before giving a call to Chu Cichen.
Chu Cichen had just arrived at hispany and was currently handling some problems.
After hearing his phone ringing, he picked it up unhesitatingly. “What’s the matter?”
It was very rare for Shen Ruojing to call him. So, there surely must be something important.
Shen Ruojing spoke, “I wish to borrow your pharmaceutical R&D team to use. Do you have any
objections?”
“No problem.”
Chu Cichen had always been decisive when it came to working. “Get Lu Cheng to arrange whatever
medicine you want to concoct.”
“Sure.”
Shen Ruojing hung up and started writing the prescription. She then sent it to Lu Cheng once she was
done.
Lu Cheng replied quickly. [Bro Chen has already told me. Lord Jing, how many pills do you want to
make?]
Shen Ruojing contemted. [Let’s make 10,000 pills for now.]
Lu Cheng. [So many? Are you eating the pills for your meals?]
Shen Ruojing lifted her brows. This fellow was always used to rebutting.
Just when she wanted to send another message, Lu Cheng tactfully replied once more to her earlier
message. [There’s no problem, I’ll make the arrangement immediately.]
Shen Ruojing put her phone down.
Everything had been arranged, so she could only wait for now.
She might as well go to Dugu Xiao’s vi and finish thest round of acupuncture for him.
However, just when she entered the vi, she saw a bunch of women wearing red dresses and golden
masks who were pointing at the area ahead and whispering.
“Look, she can no longer run. In the past, she kept scolding and beating us up. She truly deserves
this!”
“That’s right. We merely listened to Mr. Dugu who is acting in a roley. But every time our roley
was too simr, she would want to beat people up. Now, she is finally struck by karma! This feels way
too good!”
“Look at her back, is that blood or sweat? Her clothes are ck so I can’t tell…Mr. Dugu should really
punish her harshly. She is just too arrogant!”
“…”
Shen Ruojing frowned when she heard their conversation. She then nced in the direction they were
pointing and discovered that Leng Ling was currently running. Her hands were on her knees as she
took every step forward with great difficulty.
Her body looked thin and weak, but she exuded an aura of extreme stubbornness.
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Shen Ruojing’s gaze turned heavy.