“I didn't come out here to listen to your boring jokes. If you have something to say, spit it out. I'm busy.”
“Alright,” the dog-headed demon nodded. “If I recall correctly, the situation with the woman who killed her master is rather similar to Yang Tai, isn't it?”
Hearing the dog-headed demon’s words, Mu Anxiao felt a sense of unease. “What are you trying to do?”
The dog-headed demon lowered his gaze and smiled.
Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes. “Dog-head, I advise you not to cause trouble for me.” She pointed a finger at his face.
The dog-headed demon replied, “As long as you listen to me, I won't cause you trouble. Conversely, if you don't speak to me properly, don't blame me for causing trouble.”
Mu Anxiao looked at the dog-headed demon’s arrogant expression and considered his words. She had no choice but to concede. “Speak, then. I'll see if your dog's mouth can really spew ivory.”
The dog-headed demon was displeased with Mu Anxiao's response, his face darkening. “Sometimes I really don’t want to talk to you.”
“Hurry up,” Mu Anxiao urged.
The dog-headed demon curled his lips. “I can say that you’re overthinking it.”
“What do you mean?”
“There are some things I won’t tell you directly. In short, what I want to say now is that you should refrain from speaking for a while.”
“What do you mean?”
“You're so fond of meddling. I can guarantee that you’ve definitely made promises to that girl.”
“How did you know?”
“I guessed.”
“Just you wait and see,” Mu Anxiao glared at the dog-headed demon.
The dog-headed demon smiled faintly. “I am waiting, but since I’ve said this much, you…”
“Hold on. Do you know those five female swindlers or not?”
“No.”
“You don’t?” Mu Anxiao was startled. She glanced around and said, “So you did come out deliberately to ruin me. You’re quite something, dog-head.” She then pointed at the dog-headed demon’s face again.
The dog-headed demon scoffed, “Can you stop being so narcissistic?”
“How am I being narcissistic? I finally managed to get the words out of those five female swindlers, and I finally had a chance to help Yang Tai. And here you are, popping up out of nowhere. You’re trying to ruin me, aren't you? Tell me,” Mu Anxiao narrowed her eyes, “what else could you possibly be trying to do?”
“I'm just doing my mission.”
“Your mission?”
“To be honest, I am currently…” The dog-headed demon deliberately leaned closer to Mu Anxiao, lowering his voice and whispering, “On the same side as you.”
“On the same side?” Mu Anxiao tilted her head back, meeting the dog-headed demon’s eyes squarely. She let out a cold laugh. “You want to infiltrate my ranks? Not a chance.” She took a step back.
The dog-headed demon insisted, “No, I'm telling you the truth.”
“You’re telling the truth.” Mu Anxiao lifted her chin. “Who would believe that?”
“I am truly telling the truth. Otherwise, I would have thought of letting you go.”
“Don’t bring up that you were going to let me go,” Mu Anxiao’s face was cold. “Only a fool would believe your words.”
The dog-headed demon chuckled foolishly. “Actually, the fools believed my words.”
“Can you just speak properly?” Mu Anxiao was impatient.
Seeing Mu Anxiao’s expression, the dog-headed demon stopped joking around. “Earlier, as soon as I saw you, I said I would let you go. It was you who didn't leave, which is why I had them imprison you. Have you forgotten?”
Mu Anxiao watched the dog-headed demon’s smug self-congratulation with disdain, a sneer on her face. “I was innocent. Even if Xu Lan hadn't interrogated me, and it had been another Yin Messenger, I would still be innocent. Now you’re claiming you were helping me,” she said, “Dog-head, don’t you think you’re adding a bit too much drama to your story?”
“You…”
“If you want me to thank you, wait until the next life,” Mu Anxiao shook her head. “It’s impossible.”
“I'm just trying to use this to show you that I'm on your side. Don't dismiss me so easily, alright?”
“You’re just the dog by the Vine Spirit’s side. You expect me to believe you? Dream on.”
“…” The dog-headed demon was utterly exasperated by Mu Anxiao’s stubbornness. “Fine, what would it take for you to believe me?”
“Hand over your demon core.”
“Giving you my demon core would bring you no benefit. Don't you understand that?”
“I know better than you what a wolf demon is. Of course,” Mu Anxiao straightened her back. “In my eyes, a wolf demon is far superior to you.”
“....” The dog-headed demon was rendered speechless.
“Feeling guilty?”
“There are some things I can’t explain clearly to you.”
“Your words are full of lies. If you could explain clearly, I’d change my surname to yours. I'd be called Gou.”
“Can you not look at me with such prejudice? It’s very…” The dog-headed demon, fearing Mu Anxiao would pick at his words again, thought for a moment before saying, “It hurts my feelings.”
“Ridiculous. Because of you, my apology was in vain. Because of you, my mission, which was going perfectly, has failed completely,” Mu Anxiao’s face turned cold. “I don't know what kind of mission the Vine Spirit assigned you, but I want to say, you won’t brainwash me. I'm not an idiot.”
Mu Anxiao hadn't intended to say all this, but seeing the dog-headed demon's determined demeanor, she felt it was time to show him her strength.
“....”
Some things, once explained, lose their meaning. But without explanation, things cannot progress.
Watching Mu Anxiao remain so resolute, the dog-headed demon’s heart ached.
Mu Anxiao stated, “Feeling guilty.”
With a sigh, the dog-headed demon said, “Aside from handing over my demon core, what else can I say for you to believe me?”
“You're still dreaming of making me believe you?” Mu Anxiao was taken aback by the dog-headed demon's shameless persistence.
The dog-headed demon looked resolute. “Yes, I just want you to believe me.”
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao let out a cold snort. “Impossible. I will not believe anything you say.”
The dog-headed demon’s head drooped.
Mu Anxiao looked at the dog-headed demon’s calm demeanor and said coldly, “Don't try to use a sob story to gain my sympathy. I’ve seen plenty of tricksters like you.”
“I am not deceiving you.”
“If you’re not deceiving me, then fine,” Mu Anxiao said. “Tell me, why did you help those five women to sabotage my mission?”
“The mission the Vine Spirit assigned me was to stop you from helping Yang Tai.”
“Why?”
“Because he considers Yang Tai a traitor.”
“A traitor?”
“Let me put it this way, Yang Tai was rescued by the Vine Spirit from ‘over there,’ but he defected to you. Now you’re trying to clear his name. When the Vine Spirit heard this, he was naturally displeased. When he’s displeased, he thinks of causing trouble, and I am the one operating that trouble.”
“Why are you telling me all this in such detail?”
The dog-headed demon looked helpless. “I’ve already told you, I’m on your side. Naturally, I need to make these things clear to you. That way, it'll be easier for us to cooperate.”
Mu Anxiao was confused by the dog-headed demon's words.
Shaking her head, she said, “That’s not right.”
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The second update!
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