Side Character Transmigrations: The Final Boss is No Joke (Arc 4)

Chap 4.17

Shi Sheng put the diary away. There wasn't anything that would help her with this side quest in the main plotline, so she could only look for hints on her own. 'The corpse mentioned in Cheng Su's diary ought to be the cause of the apocalypse.

It seems like Cheng Su managed to escape and gave birth to the child before sending her to Papa Gu. If it was like what Papa Gu said, then Cheng Su's family background ought to be quite good...

After all, she managed to take out quite a sum to convince Mama Gu. A large sum back then wouldn't be a small amount. But just who was Gu Nan's father? And Cheng Su was from the capital so why would she be here, in a tiny county capital's research facility?'

Shi Sheng lifted her hand to look at it. The dim lighting didn't manage to light up her hand, so she couldn't see anything special about it.

'Perhaps... there are more secrets on this body. After all, it would be typical for a story's plot.'
......

Qi Mingxue stood in a corner staring at Shi Sheng with an unsightly expression. She was currently having an impulse... to kill Gu Nan. She had thought that after snatching away her cheat, she would live very miserably—like the original Qi Mingxue.

But she didn't. Instead, she seemed to be doing rather well for herself. Every time she saw Gu Nan, Qi Mingxue felt like a joke; there was no way to compare their auras.

"Mingxue, what are you thinking about?" Song Shi had called out to her a few times already, but Qi Mingxue hadn't reacted at all, so he could only raise his voice as doubts rose in his heart.

"Ah? Oh, nothing..." Qi Mingxue shook her head in panic. Song Shi frowned, his thin lips pressed into a line. His gaze turned deep and dark.

Qi Mingxue let out a slight, somewhat forced, smile. "It's nothing... I'm just... I'm just a bit upset that Cousin is so hostile to me."

"Don't think too much about it. She just doesn't know how to appreciate you." Seeing that Song Shi had no interest in Gu Nan, Qi Mingxue's smile became more genuine.

"Mingxue, come and eat something."

"Ah Shi, do you want to go and eat too?" Qi Mingxue smiled at the person who had invited her before asking Song Shi.

"You go first. I'm not feeling hungry."

Qi Mingxue seemed to want to speak as her gaze moved back and forth between him and Gu Nan. In the end, she didn't say anything. She was afraid of getting the opposite effect from what she intended, i.e.bringing his attention to that matter if she raised it. Even after Qi Mingxue left, Song Shi didn't move from his spot.

"Boss, look at what that Gu Nan is doing." Su Jiye had appeared by his side at some point and was looking over at Gu Nan. Song Shi followed his gaze. Gu Nan was standing on the tips of her toes, she seemed to be trying to take a painting off the wall.

It was a very strange painting. It looked like a child's random graffiti scrawl, reds and greens were all mixed together. It looked quite out of place in such an otherwise serious environment.

Someone called out to Song Shi. By the time he looked back, Gu Nan was gone. Shi Sheng had taken the painting back to where the Qing Yu trio were standing and tossed it to Qing Yu.

"Boss, what's this? A national treasure?" Lin Feng shuffled forward. His lips twitched when he saw it. "Boss, where did you get this graffiti painting that looks like a kid did it?"

Shi Sheng rolled her eyes at Lin Feng before turning to ask Qing Yu, "Where did you find that diary?"

"Oh, in that storeroom over there... There's a lot of stuff there. They look quite old too. Dunno if it's 'coz people were too lazy to clear it out."