Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 334 Fiancée

Levi nodded to indicate that he knew. Yan Xun watched him leave. Half an hour later, Yan Xun heard footsteps and Koy's exclamation.

He opened the door and came in, looked around, and commented, "This place is even more dilapidated than I expected."

Yan Xun crumpled the paper in his hand into a ball and threw it at him.

Koy dodged the attack; he appeared to be wearing new clothes. "The boss knows about this."

Which one?

“The elderly couple next to the cornfield and their daughter, he said he would find someone to search for them as soon as possible,” Koy said. “And those lumps of flesh.”

“Levy seems to have told him about this, and he always thought it was retaliation from a hostile organization.”

As he said this, he moved a little closer to Yan Xun's desk, "I heard that someone else in the organization has gone missing?"

"Revenge?" Yan Xun asked.

"No, no, no," Koy shook his head quickly, "It has nothing to do with that."

“They said he’s been talking about the Angel Church and the South for days,” Coy told Yan Xun. “You’ve mentioned all of that.”

"The place that predicted the end of the world."

"I heard that during that time he kept having dreams that he would be able to fulfill his wishes if he went to the South."

"To fulfill a wish?" Yan Xun looked at Koy.

“It’s different from what we’ve heard before.” Koy looked excited, as if he felt he had discovered a major clue. “He said the dream told him that he could achieve all his wishes in the South.”

What is his wish?

"Could it be to bring my sister back to life?" Koy said uncertainly.

“He had a younger sister, but she passed away from illness two years ago,” he told Yan Xun. “We all know about this.”

"...Resurrected from the dead?" Yan Xun found it unbelievable. "He's willing to believe it's true?"

"Why not?" Koy asked curiously. "Men can get pregnant, and people in the city can grow wings, why can't that be true?"

Yan Xun carefully examined Koy and suddenly noticed the change in his attitude.

Do you think this is true?

"With the monstrous ball of flesh inside her belly?"

"Your wish will come true if you go south."

“Don’t say that,” Koy said immediately. “Those are the abandoned ones.”

"...?"

“Just like those who grow wings,” he optimistically told Yan Xun. “Only those who waver will experience such things.”

“Look at Liam’s brother,” he said to Yan Xun. “He looks to be in good shape right now.”

"Those people were simply punished."

"They questioned the Holy Embryo."

If Yan Xun still can't realize that Koi's brain has been controlled by the thing in his stomach, then he's a fool.

"Did you tell your boss about Meatball in the same way?" Yan Xun asked.

"..." Koy's expression was momentarily confused. "I just told him that the bodies that appeared outside the farm might be related to the recent pregnancy incident in the city."

“They have fleshy lumps inside their bellies that I’ve never seen before.” Koy said, the bewilderment on his face disappearing. “Hopefully he won’t misunderstand these sacred fetuses.”

"This is simply punishment for their lack of firm faith."

"You mean, if they hadn't questioned the sacred fetus, then what would have emerged from the womb wouldn't have been a ball of flesh, but a lovely baby?" Yan Xun asked.

“They are little angels with wings,” Koy said earnestly.

Yan Xun: "..."

"Have you forgotten our agreement?"

"What agreement?" Koy asked, puzzled.

"Once you get back to the city, I'll help you get rid of what's in your stomach..."

"You can't do this!!!" Koy immediately shouted and jumped up, clutching his stomach. "You just have some misunderstandings about the Holy Embryo!"

"You've been brainwashed!" Koy blurted out the line before Yan Xun could finish.

Yan Xun sat behind his desk, feeling the spring under his buttocks was really uncomfortable, so he had to change his position to get his buttocks away from the spring.

"What have I been brainwashed about?" Yan Xun asked.

Koy opened his mouth instinctively, but couldn't say anything to refute it. He could only weakly say, "You've been brainwashed."

It seems the thing inside him has limited intelligence and can't come up with any clever lies, Yan Xun thought.

"What did your boss say?" Yan Xun asked.

"He told us to continue the investigation and that he would help us find clues about the couple's daughter."

"He wants you to find Liam as soon as possible."

Why is he in such a hurry?

“…I don’t know either,” Koy said, puzzled. “Maybe they’re worried something might happen to Liam?”

"The later he is found, the greater the probability of his death."

Yan Xun didn't think the other party would be so kind, but he also didn't intend to speak ill of the other party's boss in front of Koy.

He looked at Koy's lower abdomen, not understanding why the fleshy mass had been parasitizing his body for so long, causing Koy to develop the same symptoms as others.

Or perhaps it's because this place is close to the city, and something is influencing him.

"What do you think is the reason you were chosen by the Holy Embryo?" Yan Xun asked in a different way.

“Perhaps it’s because I was inspired,” Koy said.

"I received a revelation in my dream."

What insights did you gain?

“…I forgot…” Koy said.

Yan Xun guessed that it was the thing inside his body that hadn't yet found something to entice Koy to go south.

“But I can always remember,” he said to Yan Xun.

Do you also want to go to the South?

“If I need to go,” Koy said.

Yan Xun waved his hand weakly, "Good luck."

“Don’t be like that,” Koy told Yan Xun. “Even if you haven’t gained any insights, you don’t need to be so discouraged.”

“If necessary, I can take you to the South with me…” He seemed to think that Yan Xun was jealous of him because she had not received any enlightenment.

“I believe that as long as you pray sincerely, you will get pregnant,” Koy said earnestly to Yan Xun.

Yan Xun raised his middle finger and said, "Get lost."

In the evening, Levi and Lily returned to their office on the second floor. Yan Xun was sitting in his office chair reading the newspaper. When he saw the man and dog return, he simply raised his eyes and nodded as a greeting.

“I heard that Koy came here a few hours ago.” Levi, carrying some food, placed it on his desk and then asked.

"Yes," Yan Xun said.

"You two didn't have a pleasant conversation?" Levy asked.

"Why do you say that?"

“Your expression doesn’t look pleasant at all.” Levi sat in the guest chair, and Lily lay down at his feet again.

"It seems someone said something to you." Yan Xun looked away from the newspaper. There was nothing new in the newspaper, except that it mentioned the wealthy man's new generation of friends. A reporter had visited the villa and said there were special statues inside.

It was a fleshy ball with wings.

When asked by reporters, the tycoon said it was a new revelation he received from a dream.

In the future, these new humans will become a higher form of life.

There were also dissenting voices—

If becoming a new human or a higher life form means turning into something like a meatball on a plate, then I might as well end it all now.

“Koy’s brain was controlled by something inside his stomach,” Yan Xun said.

He recounted what Koy had said.

“Perhaps we should be worried about something,” he told Levy.

“What are you worried about?” Levy asked.

“We’ve all mentioned the baby bump in Koy’s belly to Liam’s brother,” Yan Xun said.

"Those things don't want us to expose the truth."

“This thing that the rich worship also looks a lot like those fleshy lumps.” He handed the newspaper to Levy.

Levy glanced at the photos of the statue taken by the reporter.

"What about those meatballs?" he asked Yan Xun. "The ones we brought back."

Yan Xun gave a troubled look. "I asked Koy, and he said those things were taken away when he reported to the boss."

"So we have no evidence right now."

According to their original idea, it didn't matter if these things were taken away, at least Koy was on their side.

Once they see these evil spheres of flesh, they will naturally understand the dangers of the "holy embryo."

Levi understood Yan Xun's meaning, "Then should we still go look for the woman in the photo?"

“Of course,” Yan Xun said.

"We will continue the investigation."

"I will find an opportunity to get in touch with that tycoon."

……

Levy was very efficient, and by the next day, they had made progress and quickly found the woman in the photo.

Yan Xun and Levi went to visit, while Lily stayed with the landlady for the time being.

Compared to the neighborhood where his office is located, this place is very quiet, safe, and looks expensive.

The door to the detached house opened, and a strange woman appeared; judging from her attire, she seemed to be the house's maid.

She said the host was waiting for them and invited Yan Xun and Levi into the house.

There are many photos of them together in the house, taken in various years, suggesting that she and the deceased man were in love for many years.

Yan Xun soon saw a somewhat haggard woman in the reception room. Her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked like she had been crying her heart out.

Upon seeing Yan Xun and his companion being led in by the maid, she immediately stood up and greeted them.

Upon seeing this, Yan Xun understood that Levi must have mentioned to her beforehand that her lover had passed away.

"I'm sorry," she said softly, half-covering her face with a handkerchief.

The maid served tea and snacks, then quietly left.

Yan Xun glanced at Levi, wondering how much information he had revealed.

“I’m very sorry,” Levy said. “If I had gone to the forest to look for him immediately after seeing the photo, I might have been able to find him.”

She immediately shook her head. "You don't need to do that. It must be very dangerous in the forest with so many coyotes and other creatures."

“If the coyotes hadn’t appeared on my farm, I don’t think I would have followed the tracks into the forest,” Levy said.

Yan Xun immediately understood Levy's excuse—

They went to the forest outside the farm in search of coyotes that were causing trouble, and that's when they unexpectedly discovered the dead man in the tent.

“In fact, I saw more than one tent in the forest,” Levy said.

The woman gave her a questioning look.

“They should know your fiancé,” Levy said. “The tents are pitched together.”

“Perhaps they agreed to leave together,” he said to the woman.

“Impossible,” she retorted immediately, then, perhaps realizing her tone was too harsh, softened it, “He doesn’t know many friends.”

"He works from home most of the time."

Her gaze fell on the ceiling. "That's his study. He spends most of the day there."

He doesn't know many friends.

“Only two or three,” she told Yan Xun and the other person. “After he went missing, his friends all expressed their concern about his disappearance.”

"They asked me a few days ago if there were any new developments."

Yan Xun glanced at the composed Levi, knowing that he should have spoken up himself to avoid such abrupt remarks.

"Is it possible that they are involved?" Yan Xun asked.

"I've seen quite a few cases of friends taking advantage of each other, driven by jealousy or other emotions."

“By the way, I’m a detective,” he said to the woman. “This kind of thing is very common for me.”

The woman looked at Yan Xun as if he were a monster, not understanding where this abrupt person had come from, but she still patiently said, "The possibility of this is very small."

"Although I don't want to say it, his friends are all powerful people."

"for example……"

She mentioned a name that Yan Xun had just seen yesterday; it was Conrad, the wealthy man from this city.

Yan Xun and Levi exchanged a glance.

"Is Conrad also his friend?" Yan Xun asked.

Did he exhibit any unusual behavior before he disappeared?

Before the other party could even feel disgusted by Yan Xun's overly rude tone, he heard his next question.

“He’s already passed away,” she told Yan Xun. “I don’t understand what the point of asking this is.”

“Of course,” Yan Xun said matter-of-factly, determined to maintain his image as a rude and impolite private detective. “When we found him, his death was far from peaceful.”

He bluntly stated, "When we discovered it, we were quite frightened."

His fiancée looked puzzled and then glanced at Levi.

Levy nodded.

“That’s why we’ve come to you,” he told her. “You should know about the two rumors circulating in town lately.”

"……Yes?"

“One of them is related to his wealthy friend Conrad.” Yan Xun held up a finger. “Someone in the city grows wings, but they die within three days. Conrad, on the other hand, is very lucky and has survived until now.”

“He didn’t grow wings,” she said immediately. “He’s been missing for well more than three days. If he had died from growing wings, his body should be highly decomposed.”

As she said this, she lowered her head and covered her face with a handkerchief.

Yan Xun sensed something was off, especially the other person's attitude when they mentioned the advanced state of decay.

“You must have heard about the pregnancy in town,” he said to his fiancée. “When we found him, his belly was swollen high.”

"A few minutes later, his stomach ruptured and something crawled out of it."

"What is it?" she asked immediately.

“A ball of flesh,” Yan Xun told her. “Half a minute later, both the ball of flesh and he died in the tent.”

"There were other tents there besides his, so I'm guessing they might have arranged it?"

"Did he really not do anything unusual before he disappeared?"

Yan Xun pointed to Levi beside him, "We all suspect that his sudden disappearance and reappearance in the forest are also related to the strange thing about his sudden pregnancy."