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Chapter 383 - Chapter 383 Chapter 382 The Death of Matvey

Chapter 383: Chapter 382: The Death of Matvey Chapter 383: Chapter 382: The Death of Matvey “My lord Duke!”

Qiuqiu hadn’t even entered the valley when he was spotted by everyone; a flash of green streaked by as Lingling pounced directly towards him.

Shao Zifeng’s body stiffened, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he stretched out his large hand to press it on Lingling’s head.

Well, same as before.

The cool touch, just solidified quite a bit.

His resistance wasn’t because Lingling’s affection was embarrassing; after all, tablets don’t have much of a figure to speak of.

The main issue was that everyone in the valley was looking at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

Cang Haiyuan, that guy, even made a face with a smirk, mouthing the words ‘My lord Duke.’

His body stiff as he pushed away Lingling, who was opening its arms for a hug.

The next moment, Lingling came back clinging and demanding.

The little head kept rubbing against his palm.

“My lord Duke, those commoners don’t believe that you raised me from when I was just pooping and peeing!” Lingling lifted its little head, with big eyes looking up at Shao Zifeng, a look like it was about to cry.

Shao Zifeng’s face instantly darkened: “It’s raised by pooping and peeing, not fed.”

“Eh? Is that so?”

Lingling blinked, frowning as it pondered the difference between the two.

“Isn’t it all just pooping and peeing?”

Shao Zifeng sighed in resignation; this really wasn’t about poop and pee at all.

Looking at Lingling’s cute expression, Shao Zifeng felt somewhat exhausted.

He should have known, were high and noble expectations too much to ask of Lingling?

After a moment of thought, Shao Zifeng took out a cowhide purse.

Ding~

The sound of gold coins clinking arose, and Lingling’s ears immediately perked up.

Its big sparkling eyes locked onto the purse, filled with desire.

“My lord Duke…”

“As long as you don’t call me ‘My lord Duke’, this is yours!”

Shao Zifeng shook the purse in his hand, producing a clear jingling sound.

“But if there is no ‘My lord Duke,’ what will Clerk Lingling do, quack~”

Lingling struggled to shift its gaze away, showing hesitation on its little face, rare in the face of financial temptation.

After half a day of bargaining, a compromise was finally reached.

As a clerk, Lingling had to keep the Duke’s identity a secret, not to reveal it in front of others.

Now it wasn’t too much of a problem with fewer people around, but if it called out ‘My lord Duke’ in front of more people in the future, what would happen to Shao Zifeng’s face.

“Go on, play with it.”

Tossing the purse to Lingling, it immediately caught it with a smiling face, rubbing it against its cheeks with a look of happiness.

Having dealt with Lingling, Shao Zifeng finished psyching himself up and hopped down from Qiuqiu.

Qiuqiu had shrunk to a small size, lying on Shao Zifeng’s shoulder and yawning greatly, squinting its eyes and starting to rest.

Today definitely wore it out.

“Ahem… So, everyone’s here.”

Shao Zifeng forced a stiff smile, feeling like his face was burning up, it was…

Somewhat embarrassing.

“Yo, isn’t that our Du…”

Cang Haiyuan was the first to walk over, on the verge of teasing when he was pushed aside by another person.

“Are you okay?”

Chen Yixin walked over, looked at Shao Zifeng up and down with concern, then turned to say, “Zhao Li, let’s not travel further today, we’ll camp here.”

“Okay, Professor Chen, Hao Zi, come help me bring the all-terrain snowmobile over here.”

Although Zhao Li, who had been ready for some excitement, was a bit disappointed, he couldn’t disregard Chen Yixin’s words and hastily led a group of people busily to work.

He even dragged Cang Haiyuan away in the process.

After everyone around them had left, Chen Yixing felt somewhat guilty. Shao Zifeng’s protective suit was covered with tears and scorched marks, and his exposed skin had obvious goosebumps.

“Once they have set up their tents, you should quickly change into a new suit of protective clothing, and then don’t go anywhere else. Rest well for today.”

“Ah, oh…”

Shao Zifeng touched his head. He had actually planned to take the little deer and Lingling to chase after Valery because he was quite eager to have Jack’s body, the “miser.”

If he could contain it within his ring, once it grew up, it could withstand an elemental attack of the 10th rank.

Although this guy had a certain level of danger, as long as he didn’t release it from the ring, there shouldn’t be any danger.

Just as he was about to share his thoughts with Chen Yixin, Shao Zifeng suddenly felt something grab his calf.

He looked down to see a bloodied hand grasping his ankle.

The first two joints of the hand’s fingers were reduced to bones, and the sparse flesh was frozen.

Following the arm, he saw a face full of wrinkles aimed at him, with wispy hair covered in frost sticking to the face, and some sort of shiny liquid seemed to be moving within the dark eye sockets.

Matvey.

He was still alive.

Shao Zifeng knew that Matvey, who had completed the Life Contract, should have already been dead, surviving solely on Lingling’s Life Seed and a strong will.

But after all, his life force was depleted, not even the Nine-colored Deer could save him.

He squatted down, looking at Matvey with a very calm expression.

“Valery is not dead yet.”

As he heard these words, the hand gripping him tightened instantly.

“Heh-heh~heh.”

Matvey’s face became very agitated, he opened his mouth wanting to say something, but only managed to emit a sound like a broken bellows.

“I know,” Shao Zifeng gripped his wrinkled wrist, “but you don’t have to worry, I’m planning to find him.”

Chen Yixin, hearing Shao Zifeng’s words, was about to interrupt, but seeing Matvey like this, she didn’t know how to say what was on her lips.

Ignoring Chen Yixing’s reaction, Shao Zifeng continued, “Moreover, he has, just like you, signed a contract.”

“So, you can rest assured.”

“Heh-heh~”

Matvey’s expression on his face changed abruptly, seeming to have the satisfaction of a great vengeance being avenged, and also a bit of indescribable sadness.

His hand fumbled on his body, finally taking out something, shaking as he tried to pass it to Shao Zifeng’s hand.

After Shao Zifeng received it and clenched it in his palm, he asked in a low voice, “Do you have any last wishes you need me to fulfill for you?”

“Heh-heh~”

The sound of his breath became weaker and weaker. Matvey put down his hand and used his bony fingers to etch something into the ground.

But he was too weak, and the lines he carved were crooked and twisted.

Shao Zifeng stared for a long time before he could barely make out some of the content.

“Thank you for taking revenge… I made a mistake, I have no face to return… My name is Ma Liang…”

As the last stroke was written, Matvey’s chest heaved rapidly a few times, his hollow eyes looking at the overcast sky, the wrinkles on his face slowly smoothing out.

Crack.

The Life Seed vines entwined around his body flickered, turning into specks of light particles that dissipated.

Ma Liang had no breath left in him.

“He’s gone.”

“Mm.”

Responding with a muffled voice, Shao Zifeng felt somewhat gloomy.

Matvey… it should be Ma Liang.

Was he a bad person?

To have climbed to the position of a sub-leader in a division, he must have committed many atrocities; in the end, he was nothing but a pitiful person whose eyes were blinded by hatred.

Shao Zifeng had no interest in judging his rights and wrongs, the heaviness in his heart was simply from witnessing the passing of a life before his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Shao Zifeng stood up and looked in the direction Valery had left.

No matter what the intention, this time he had to go see it through.

At the very least, he needed to confirm whether that guy was truly dead.

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