The Apocalypse of the Book: So What If I'm Just a Cannon Fodder? I Can Still Have Fun

113: You can’t ask him for people.Wu Yao looked at Su Mianmian, who was calm, and couldn’t help but smile.

The killing intent emanating from him disappeared completely with that smile.

Su Mianmian knew he had figured it out, and she couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.

”Now that you know, do you have anything to say?”

”I don’t believe you came all this way just to confirm one thing.”

”You must have something else in mind.”

Wu Yao looked at Su Mianmian with an ”I understand” expression, and Su Mianmian felt as if her thoughts were laid bare by his gaze.

This Wu Yao, who knows what he did in his previous life to be so formidable.

Su Mianmian frowned, feeling a little annoyed.

Why couldn’t she be as formidable as him from the start?

”Your targets are Li Mei and Su Ran, and our targets are also the two of them.”

”Since that’s the case, why don’t we cooperate?”

”Don’t worry, since you are not the original Wu Yao, we won’t have any designs on you.”

Su Mianmian spoke frankly.

Her ultimate goal for this trip was to cooperate with Wu Yao.

She had a feeling that if they cooperated, it would be even more interesting.

She needed to pull more ”players” into this game.

Wu Yao looked at Su Mianmian’s sincere expression and couldn’t help but laugh.

”Since you’ve invited me so sincerely, how could I refuse?”

”What do you want me to do?”

Wu Yao crossed his arms and looked at Su Mianmian calmly.

He found Su Mianmian very interesting and didn’t mind cooperating with her.

If Su Jinxuan had suggested it, he probably wouldn’t have agreed.

He only liked to spend time with interesting people.

”I don’t want you to do anything specific; I just want you to appear in front of Su Ran and Li Mei every now and then.”

”I’m currently developing a hallucinogenic potion, and I plan to use one of them as a test subject when it’s ready.”

”If you scare them a lot, I think the effect will be even better then.”

”But you must keep your composure and not scare them to death.”

Su Mianmian looked at Wu Yao earnestly, cautioning him.

She was truly a little worried that Wu Yao might go too far and scare them both to death.

If they were both scared to death, how could she carry out her plan?

Wu Yao looked at Su Mianmian, who was watching him with concern, nodded, and assured her, ”You can be a hundred percent confident in my actions.”

”But are you only thinking of dealing with Li Mei and Su Ran?”

”Su Lie is the most insidious one.”

”If you let him off, you’ll have a lot of trouble later.”

Wu Yao looked at Su Mianmian, who was like his daughter’s age, and couldn’t help but remind her.

Su Mianmian’s lips curled into an evil smile, as if she had heard something amusing.

”Wu Yao, don’t worry, how could we possibly let Su Lie off?”

”He is highly suspicious.”

As for what kind of suspicion, she didn’t say.

Wu Yao didn’t ask further, and Su Mianmian didn’t continue speaking.

She discussed other matters with him, then turned and left.

Shi Xu saw her come out and immediately went to meet her.

”How was it? Did you get everything clarified?”

Shi Xu looked at Su Mianmian with curiosity and asked, puzzled.

Su Mianmian nodded, signaling him with her eyes to talk about it later when they were back.

She needed to figure out how to smooth over this matter.

Since she promised Wu Yao not to reveal his secret, she wouldn’t betray him.

She just needed to find a way to make up a story.

As Su Mianmian and Shi Xu went upstairs, she was constantly thinking about how to lie. She was so engrossed in thought that Shi Xu looked down at her dazed expression and couldn’t help but reach out and pull her.

Her hand was held by him, yet she still showed no reaction.

Shi Xu knew her mind was elsewhere now.

He just led Su Mianmian back to the seventeenth floor like that.

Su Jinxuan had been waiting for them at the door, and when he saw them return, he immediately went to meet them.

”Mianmian, did you discuss anything with him?”

”Is he the original Wu Yao?”

Su Jinxuan didn’t notice Su Mianmian’s mind was elsewhere. He stood in front of her, looking anxious.

Su Mianmian was startled awake by Su Jinxuan’s voice. She looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if wondering why he was there.

Seeing her confused look, Su Jinxuan turned his head to look at Shi Xu, as if asking him what was wrong with Su Mianmian.

”Mianmian, we’re home.”

”You’ve been distracted; I had to pull you up.”

Shi Xu looked at the bewildered Su Mianmian, shook his head, and said with a helpless expression.

Upon hearing this, Su Mianmian suddenly felt embarrassed.

”You could have woken me up.”

”I... I was actually just wondering if Wu Yao would carry out my plan.”

”He said he died once, which is why he changed so much.”

”I don’t think he’s lying to us; there’s no benefit for him to lie to us.”

Su Mianmian lowered her head slightly, pretending to believe him.

She could only say this; she couldn’t come up with any other lies.

Su Mianmian shook her head inwardly, feeling a little difficult.

Shi Xu looked at Su Mianmian with deep eyes, saying nothing.

He also didn’t say whether he believed her or not.

Su Mianmian didn’t dare to look at Shi Xu; every time she lied, she couldn’t look at him.

”Indeed, after all, he’s someone who has died once.”

”If he’s not Wu Yao, could he be a lonely ghost?”

”We might really be overthinking it.”

”Mianmian, did he agree to cooperate with us?”

Su Jinxuan was rather thick-skinned; he immediately believed Su Mianmian when she said that.

He was more concerned about whether Wu Yao had agreed to cooperate with them.

”Don’t you trust me to handle things?”

”Of course he agreed!”

Seeing that Su Jinxuan believed her, Su Mianmian felt much more relaxed and couldn’t help but become smug.

Shi Xu watched her proud expression from the side and couldn’t help but smile.

His smile was full of indulgence and pampering for Su Mianmian.

He sensed something different, but what did it matter?

He believed whatever Su Mianmian said.

In the past few days, Wu Yao appeared in front of Li Mei and Su Ran intermittently, as per Su Mianmian’s instructions.

Both of them were suffering immensely, yet they dared not openly send people to assassinate him.

Su Ran looked at Li Mei, who was deep in thought, and couldn’t help but say angrily, ”Mom, if you hadn’t told me to send people to assassinate him, how could he have held a grudge against me?”

”He was only targeting you, but now he holds a grudge against me too.”

”I should have known better than to help you.”

Su Ran was furious; she must have been blinded by greed back then, otherwise, why would she do such a thankless task?

Li Mei’s face immediately darkened when she heard Su Ran say that.

”Su Ran, we are one. If it weren’t for me, do you think he wouldn’t come after you?”

”The most important thing now is to figure out how to deal with him, not to fight among ourselves.”

”If you don’t want him to bother us, then find someone to kill him!”

The older ginger is spicier.

Su Ran was so annoyed by Wu Yao that she was slowly losing her sanity.

Li Mei, despite being equally annoyed by Wu Yao, still had the ability to think.

She looked at the displeased Su Ran, shook her head, with a hint of disdain.

This daughter hadn’t inherited any of her good qualities.

”Mom, aren’t I just being driven crazy by Wu Yao?”

”When did he become so powerful?”

”The people I found are all skilled fighters, and they all have abilities, but no matter who I send, they all fail.”

Su Ran was frustrated by this; she believed she had tried hard to find people to deal with Wu Yao, but no matter who she found, it seemed like they couldn’t kill him.

Wu Yao was like an unkillable cockroach; she was about to be driven insane by him.

Su Ran was visibly annoyed, and Li Mei watched her, saying nothing.

Gradually, Su Ran noticed Li Mei’s odd behavior.

She turned her head to look at her and found her staring straight at her.

Su Ran knew this was a sign of Li Mei’s impatience. She lowered her head, knowing it wasn’t the time to argue with her.

”Mom, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that just now.”

”This time, I’ll have Yao Yin find someone.”

Su Ran thought that Yao Yin should be back today, and she felt it would be better to ask him.

Li Mei heard this, shook her head, and refused, ”You can’t ask him for people.”