Chapter 169 - 108: Ling Ye: I Can Be Gentle Too...

Chapter 169: Chapter 108: Ling Ye: I Can Be Gentle Too...

Qiu Yuexin was taken aback. She hadn’t expected him to make such a request the moment they met.

She wasn’t annoyed, though. Instead, a hint of provocation crept into her voice:

"Why don’t you give it a try?"

Jiang Mu stared at the delicate little foot dangling just inches away, falling silent.

So he feigned a move to lift his head.

Qiu Yuexin’s pretty face changed, and she instinctively pulled her small foot back.

When she saw he had only shifted his head, a wave of irritation at being toyed with washed over her. She snorted coldly.

"Sooner or later, I’ll shove it in your mouth."

Her expression turned serious. "Let’s get to business. Did Mom and Dad really send you a dream?"

Jiang Mu forcibly suppressed the urge to have a taste. With a straight face, he said, "That’s right. If you don’t believe me, why don’t you have a dream and ask Mom and Dad yourself?"

"Nonsense."

Qiu Yuexin pouted her rosy lips, her tone softening somewhat.

"But the name ’Jiang Mu’ is easier on the ears. If you can truly turn over a new leaf and start living an honest life, I believe Mom and Dad’s spirits in heaven would be gratified.

Seriously, sometimes I can’t help but wonder if you’ve been possessed by some monster.

You’re like a completely different person from that scoundrel you used to be."

Jiang Mu’s heart skipped a beat, but he plastered an exaggerated smile on his face.

"Actually, you guessed right. I’m done pretending. I’ll lay my cards on the table—I am the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor!"

"Pah!"

Qiu Yuexin rolled her eyes dramatically.

"Oh, right."

Jiang Mu quickly changed the subject. "Those Document Library case files you asked me to get, I’ve got them now."

He tried to get the case files he had transcribed.

But just as he was about to move, he realized with some awkwardness that her foot was dangling directly above him, preventing him from getting up.

Jiang Mu sighed. "Could you move it, please?"

Qiu Yuexin hmphed lightly. "Don’t be in such a hurry to get up. I have some questions for you."

"Then ask away."

So, Jiang Mu had no choice but to remain lying down.

Qiu Yuexin’s smile vanished, her pretty face turning cold and stern. "Back when the Mist Fiend invaded, did you or did you not collude with the Demon Fiends?"

’This is bad!’

Jiang Mu’s heart tightened.

’This girl found out what happened at the Demon-slaying Bureau today.’

"Of course not!"

Jiang Mu answered decisively, his gaze frank and clear.

"Look me in the eye."

Qiu Yuexin’s voice turned frigid as a pinkish light seemed to swirl in her eyes. "Answer me. Did you, or did you not!?"

Jiang Mu tried to look directly into her eyes.

However, due to the angle, his gaze could only land on the foot dangling and swaying gently just above the tip of his nose.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Mu suddenly realized that her foot was actually quite beautiful.

It was as delicate and exquisite as the young woman herself.

The toes were straight and even, the bones beneath them as round and smooth as jade pearls, accentuating the fairness and delicacy of her skin.

The thinner skin on the sole and between her toes revealed a soft, pinkish-orange blush from within, giving them an indescribable charm.

He’d clearly eaten his fill at dinner.

But as he kept looking, he inexplicably found himself getting hungry.

Qiu Yuexin finally realized that her condescending interrogation posture was seriously hindering their ability to make eye contact.

Her face flushed red, and she abruptly pulled back her dangling, jade-like foot.

Immediately after, a faint, pink, illusory tail behind her swayed gently.

Her petite body, with a sudden, supple grace, drifted lightly downward until she was almost face-to-face with the reclining Jiang Mu.

The distance between them shrank to less than a foot.

They could hear each other breathe.

"Now, look me in the eye!"

Qiu Yuexin commanded again. The light in her pink eyes intensified, faintly carrying a hypnotic, magical power.

At the same time, her waterfall of black hair began to change at a visible rate. Starting from the roots, it was quickly dyed a dreamy shade of pink, and in the blink of an eye, her whole head of hair was a soft, radiant pink.

It fluttered gently in the dim light, adding to her bewitching and mysterious aura.

’So she’s a little pink-haired fox who can change colors!?’

Jiang Mu griped inwardly.

The next second, however, he suddenly felt a wave of slight dizziness.

Qiu Yuexin’s eyes, swirling with pink light, seemed to transform into a bottomless vortex that threatened to suck in his very soul and consciousness.

An irresistible force was attempting to invade his mind.

’Not good!’

’It’s a charm or hypnosis-type Divine Ability!’

His thoughts raced. As if stimulated, the Demonic Qi within his Demon Slot surged, rushing through his meridians and straight to his spiritual altar.

His mind instantly cleared, and the hypnotic dizziness vanished without a trace.

’That was close!’

’This little fox is no pushover, just as I thought.’

’To think she had a trick like this up her sleeve.’

A cold sweat instantly broke out on Jiang Mu’s back.

"Did you... or did you not collude with the Mist Fiend?" Qiu Yuexin demanded again, her voice seeming to pierce straight to his soul.

Jiang Mu looked directly into her bewitching pink eyes, his tone firm. "No."

Qiu Yuexin stared at him without blinking.

Her pink pupils still swirled with an uncanny light.

Time trickled by.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of their soft breathing remained.

After a long moment, the flowing pink light in Qiu Yuexin’s eyes slowly receded, and they returned to their usual color.

Her pink hair quietly faded back to its original black.

She seemed to let out a small sigh of relief, her tone returning to its previous nonchalance.

"I believe you."

"However much of a scoundrel you are, you’ve still got a line you won’t cross."

’Hard to say,’ Jiang Mu thought.

The young woman’s figure flickered, and she drifted lightly into a chair. "Bring me the transcribed files. That woman, Ling Ye, is hot on my trail. I need to leave soon."

"Er, you don’t really need to be afraid of her. Inspector Ling isn’t the type of person who can’t tell right from wrong."

"As long as you explain things clearly to her, she won’t keep chasing you relentlessly," Jiang Mu said as he got up to retrieve the files.

Qiu Yuexin narrowed her pretty eyes and suddenly asked in a soft, haunting voice:

"If there ever comes a day when only one of us—me or her—can live, who will you help?"