“Meet her, trap her with your cold heart, and then kill me?”
The master’s wife looked at her with indifferent eyes, as if she was talking about a topic that had nothing to do with her.
After a pause, she continued,
“Ping Wu, I didn’t want to kill you, but you’re too smart and I can’t use you to my advantage.”

“You asked Chunshan to extract the supernatural power from me, isn’t that just to kill me?
“Why are you being so hypocritical now?”
Xia Pingwu looked at her coldly, his expression unchanged, and he was trying to move his legs under the quilt——
Sure enough, no feeling.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that she is a little worried about whether Chunshan is seriously injured.
I wonder if her last resistance can slow down the speed of her transformation into a beast.

Xia Pingwu tried to steady his breathing and spoke slowly:
“You have installed surveillance cameras everywhere. Chunshan and I have always been under your surveillance. Everything we do is just a piece in your big chess game.
“So, your goal is to make Ming Chunshan the genius psychic you want him to be, right?”

The Master’s wife looked at her, silent for a moment, then brought a glass of water from the side, lifted the bed slightly, and handed it to her:
“Pingwu, would you like some water?”

Xia Pingwu took the cup of water and stared at the photo that she had only seen on tombstones over the years:
“You told me that you would answer anything I asked.”

“I do everything for the ultimate peace.”
The master’s wife did not sit down again. She stood by the bed, staring down at Xia Pingwu.
“Of course, as a mother, I also do this for Haruyama.”

Xia Pingwu didn’t respond.
From childhood to adulthood, everyone said that she was the disciple that the master was most proud of.
But only she herself knew that her master’s wife was contaminated in the first battle and might turn into a beast, and her existence was to protect Mingchun Mountain.

She has always believed in this and has been protecting Chunshan and growing up with him.
Even if Chunshan misunderstood and hated the Master’s wife, she was willing to mediate.

But she didn’t expect that the master’s wife would act so extreme.

Thinking of this, Xia Pingwu couldn’t help but get angry: “But you are too eager for quick success. You let Chunshan absorb the supernatural power of a living person directly. This is against the rules.”
Although those living people have degenerated into strange beasts.
But… who knows why they fell? Are they destined to be inferior hybrids after transforming into beasts?
These words definitely don’t make sense here. After all, Ji Jie, the master’s wife herself, and even… her, are all representatives of those who have transformed into beasts but have not lost their sanity.
Xia Pingwu paused and lowered his voice again: “Besides, when you adopted me, you already knew that I was polluted. Aren’t you really afraid that Chunshan will also be polluted?
“I even suspect that you already knew that Ji Jie and I would release the beast – but I don’t understand, even if you can guarantee that the beast won’t escape and do evil, are you willing to watch Chunshan get bitten?”

“I implanted chips into those strange beasts. They were the ones you asked me how I controlled Chunshan.”
As she explained, the master’s wife nodded at Xia Pingwu, then pointed at the door with her hands behind her back.
“All the psychics who enter here have been implanted with chips.”

If everything is controlled by the Master’s wife…
Xia Pingwu felt a chill in his heart and asked subconsciously, “So, Chunshan transformed into a strange beast…”

“Because that’s my purpose, good boy.”
The master’s wife came closer, stretched out her hand, and gently stroked Xia Pingwu’s cheek.
“The beasts are strong, and the psychics are also strong, so what will happen to the psychics who transform into beasts…
“Just when I was thinking this, I met you, my child.”

Xia Pingwu and her master’s wife looked at each other. In her impression, her master’s wife had always been strict and harsh. It was difficult to see any emotion other than criticism in her eyes.
But at this moment, she seemed to see faint flames dancing in her eyes.

At that moment, as if a flash of inspiration had occurred to Xia Pingwu, he understood something:
“You see me, I am polluted, but my skills as a psychic are not disturbed at all, you even call me a genius.
“So, you think that a beast-transformed psychic might be better than an ordinary psychic.”

“Yes, because seeing you has increased my confidence in raising Chunshan.”
The Master’s wife’s caressing suddenly became heavier, and the force of her pressing even increased.
“It’s you who made Chunshan what he is, Pingwu. You listened to me and took care of Chunshan – even until now.”

Xia Pingwu wanted to say something, but the hand of the master’s wife pressing on her face seemed too heavy, making her feel like it was pinching her neck hard, making it difficult for her to breathe.

She tried to find loopholes in the teacher’s wife’s words in a hoarse voice. This unexpected subconscious persistence even made her mind confused about her emotional behavior.
Why do you do that?
Deep down, what did she want to get from the master’s wife?

Until she finally heard the voice from her own mouth:
“Then, in fact, you have begun to pollute Chunshan since he was born.
“But why did you tell me about your contamination after entering the academy? Forcing me to feel guilty and take Chunshan away from you?
“Is it to make me understand why you have been so strict with us all these years? Is it to make me become the glue between you and Chunshan…”

Before Xia Pingwu could finish her words, she was interrupted by her master’s wife: “Xia Pingwu, you take yourself too seriously.”
Xia Pingwu paused, and his face slowly turned pale. The Master’s wife continued:
“I praised you as a genius so that Chunshan would strive to catch up with you.
“I allowed you to enter the school together to verify whether your body would be detected and whether there would be other sequelae.
“After ensuring that the beast-transforming psychic would not be discovered, I chose to tell you this so that you would carefully protect Chunshan. You knew that she was at risk of being contaminated, so of course you would pay more attention to the psychics around you and prevent her beast-transformation process from being disturbed.”

Then, she delivered the final blow:
“During the Second World War, did you think that only if you and I went to the front line together could we win the final victory?”

The teacher’s wife knows her too well.
She knew that she didn’t care about being used or not being loved, because she always felt that –
I am meaningful.
To anyone else, to the Bureau, to the world.

But now, the wife said:
“That time, because I was more powerful than my master, I was sacrificed by the United Ability Bureau and was seriously injured, but I actually faked my death.
“I was planning to drag you away and use your powers to heal my injuries, but at this moment, Ming Chunshan arrived.
“She’s here to see you.
“She ran away from the team covering the retreat, specifically to rescue you.
“She had a tracking device strapped to her body. When I saw her, I knew I couldn’t save you.
“But this is just fine.
“My plan can start now.”

Later, she drugged Chunshan, arranged the situation, and found a chance to turn him into a beast. All of this was planned by the master’s wife.

Xia Pingwu was already shivering all over. If she hadn’t found clues, if she hadn’t witnessed the Master’s wife’s behavior with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.
She asked slowly, slowly:
“Then how did you become the superior?
“Ji Jie…did you arrange for him to be by my side?”

“The superior is just a piece of trash who is good at biochips.
“She planted something in my body, but I already have the body of a strange beast, so of course it’s useless. It can even… backfire.”
The Master’s wife emphasized the word “backlash”.
“Backlash, you know?
“I let Ji Jie get close to you so that you would know her identity as a beast and inject her with superpowers. On the surface, you control her, but in reality, she can control you at the last minute.”

Xia Pingwu immediately responded: “Then I can also retaliate against Ming Chunshan.”

“You can’t.” The master’s wife glanced at Xia Pingwu with contempt. “Do you think I wouldn’t consider this when I established a connection between you and Ming Chunshan?”

Xia Pingwu clenched the rim of the cup and said in a serious tone: “You haven’t planned everything out.
“None of what you said has any reason for me to live till now.
“So, why did you let me live?”

“For the information you asked the doctor to send out.”
The master’s wife didn’t even beat around the bush. She directly slid her fingers across Xia Pingwu’s face and pinched her chin tightly.
“I have to admit that I did teach you some good things, although it’s not difficult to deal with the trouble you caused. I just need to move my fingers again.
“But since you want to contact the United Ability Bureau, I might as well make good use of it.”

“What do you want to do?” Xia Pingwu subconsciously tightened her face. She knew that all her actions were under the surveillance of the master’s wife. Her deal with the doctor might have been discovered by the master’s wife long ago. She was just gambling on a time difference.
If she could wake up, it would mean that she still had something that could be used by the Master’s wife, and she still had a chance to survive.
If she fails to catch up in the end…she has to minimize the losses.

At this time, the master’s wife had already taken a few steps back and was slowly circling around Xia Pingwu’s bed.
Her eyes were cold and vicious, just like what Xia Pingwu had seen in the eyes of those in higher positions before, staring at him intently as if he were staring at prey.
After a moment, she finally spoke, but her voice was a little unstable:
“Pingwu, I really don’t understand.
“I planned this for her, but she didn’t love me; but you depend on her to live, and she loves you to death.
“Tell me, why is this?”

Xia Pingwu swallowed subconsciously. She knew what the master’s wife was asking, but she didn’t know how to answer.
She took a sip of water, and the water flowed across her already dry throat, igniting new burning pain.

The Master’s wife stopped at the other side of her bed and asked:
“Do you love her, Xia Pingwu?”

At the same time, the door was violently slammed open from the outside.

The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ming Chunshan wearing a hospital gown with IV tubes tangled up on her clothes. She was even dragging equipment behind her that she probably couldn’t easily break free of so she just pulled it over. She was holding the door handle and breathing heavily in front of a group of people who were following her and didn’t know how to stop them.

The Master’s wife immediately turned around and walked over quickly:
“Chunshan, why are you here?”
She raised her eyes and her voice became cold again: “Didn’t I ask you to keep an eye on her? Can’t you even keep an eye on one person?”

The people behind them immediately lowered their heads. They didn’t dare to say that Ming Chunshan’s superpowers would go riot after he woke up. If the ward had not been designed with advance defenses, it is likely that no one would be alive to catch up.

They didn’t say anything, but the master’s wife seemed to understand what they meant. The aura around her instantly warmed up a bit, and the tone she spoke to Ming Chunshan was even kinder:
“It looks like you’re recovering well.
“Unfortunately, Pingwu may have to rest for a few more days.”
She stepped back a few steps, allowing Ming Chunshan to fully see Xia Pingwu on the bed:
“But I didn’t lie to you, Xia Pingwu is alive and well.
“If she hadn’t insisted on cleaning up those blind beasts for you, maybe she would be able to get out of bed now.”

Ming Chunshan ignored his master’s wife. She rushed over with those things, then knelt down in front of Xia Pingwu, looked her up and down several times, and finally shouted after a while:
“Sister.”

“I’m fine.” Xia Pingwu looked at Ming Chunshan. She looked very small because she was kneeling on the ground. For a moment, she didn’t know what to explain to her.

It explains her transformation into a beast and her “acquiescence” on her part, explains her identity as the master’s wife, and explains that neither of them owes the other anything.

Just as he was silent, Xia Pingwu suddenly saw Ming Chunshan move.

Then, she saw a long, furry hair suddenly stand up behind Ming Chunshan.
Big dog tail.

(End of this chapter)