Xiaowu felt bad and lowered his head to apologize the moment he heard what Chu Yunshen said. “Master, I am sorry about being careless. I will ensure I get punished when I get back. Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. why don’t you go get some rest first?” Chu Yunshen waved his hand and gestured for Xiaowu to go to the side.

Cheng Xiaoxiao finally felt relieved when she saw Xiaowu alive and well.

After all, she had just used Xiaowu’s body for some time and felt he might have to sleep several days before he recovered.

From the looks of it now, Xiaowu was perfectly fine, so Cheng Xiaoxiao felt happy.

After Xiaowu woke up, the rest of them regained consciousness one after another and they quickly went back to Prince Jing’s residence.

Xiaowu was the only person who got seriously injured. He looked at his injuries perplexedly and had something to say to Chu Yunshen but felt hesitant.

“Speak up.”

Chu Yunshen looked at the desolate surroundings without even casting an eye at Xiaowu.

“Master?”

Xiaowu seemed surprised Chu Yunshen would suddenly allow him to speak. He raised his head and looked at Chu Yunshen’s eyes in shock and suddenly realized it was inappropriate, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

“Master, I have suspicions about this incident.” Xiaowu hesitated briefly before he decided to come clean with Chu Yunshen about his doubts.

Chu Yunshen simply focused on going back home as he stroked the lion cat’s dirty fur every now and then. When he noticed the lion cat’s entangled fur, he hesitated briefly. Cheng Xiaoxiao keenly saw the look of disdain on his face.

How could he treat her in disdain?

She ended up in this state to save him!

Cheng Xiaoxiao knew she was very dirty. After all, Uncle Gen had kicked her and she had rolled on the ground earlier.

The floor was really…

Never mind. She didn’t want to bring this up!

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt annoyed by Chu Yunshen’s lack of understanding. If they were not in a hurry, she would have jumped out of his arms and ran off on her own.

Xiaowu attempted to speak once again, so Cheng Xiaoxiao promptly lost confidence and forgot about her annoyance as she shrank in Chu Yunshen’s arms obediently without moving a muscle.

“Master, I suddenly have varying degrees of scrapes on my body.” Xiaowu touched his neck miserably as he spoke. The moment he touched it, he couldn’t help wincing in pain. “Ow… Also, I feel very sore.”

Chu Yunshen patted the restless lion cat in his arms before turning to scrutinize Xiaowu’s injuries.

“What about the others?”

“It didn’t happen to them…”

Xiaowu felt annoyed. Why was he the only unlucky one? Why did he always attract trouble?

“We can talk after we get back,” said Chu Yunshen as he looked deeply at the lion cat in his arms.

“Yes, Master.”

After Xiaowu bowed, he stopped thinking about it. He gradually stretched his neck as he quietly walked beside Chu Yunshen.

Was Xiaowu the one person who displaying such conditions?

Xiaowu and the others didn’t know what happened either, but Cheng Xiaoxiao did.

She had used Yin energy on Xiaowu, so this must be a side effect.

As for Xiaowu’s other injuries, Cheng Xiaoxiao certainly knew how he got them as well.

Even though Xiaowu had destroyed so many yellow talismans, it was only normal that he missed some, so he suffered some superficial injuries.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was determined to be nicer to Xiaowu after they got home. Even though she said this all the time, but she and Xiaowu always ended up hating each other.

However, she meant it this time!

She was worried that Xiaowu might have suffered internal injuries that would stay with him forever.

No one knew what would happen when Yin energy entered him. In hindsight, she had gotten desperate earlier.

After they got home, she would secretly observe Xiaowu. If he really got sick, she would steal some nourishing herbs from Mu Bai to make up for it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was finally able to face Xiaowu a little more naturally after coming to this decision. However, she was surprised that Chu Yunshen didn’t keep thinking about it. Why did she have a feeling that Chu Yunshen had become a little strange after he regained consciousness?

No, wait. To be precise, he was already strange to begin with, so he was even weirder now.

When did this start? Probably around the time she saved Chu Yunshen from the well.

Ever since that incident, Chu Yunshen kept looking at her with a stiff look. Cheng Xiaoxiao kept wondering if she had offended this block of ice somehow.

Chu Yunshen had stopped looking at her as though he was unable to speak to her. Instead, he stopped looking at her altogether.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was so annoyed.

She had painstakingly swooped in to save the little princess like a knight, but he ended up acting so proud.

Worse still, Chu Yunshen kept treating her increasingly coldly each time.

What was going on with him?

Even Cheng Xiaoxiao felt puzzled. Had she saved the wrong person? Perhaps she should not have gone all out on him.

Otherwise, why would things keep working against her?

Why hadn’t Chu Yunshen fallen in love with her for saving him repeatedly? What was going on with her life? Maybe Chu Yunshen wasn’t fated to be her Prince Charming.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was clearly annoyed. If only she knew about the complicated emotions running through Chu Yunshen’s heart now. She would probably feel loads better if she did.

Sadly, she could not read his mind, so she could only swallow her pain.

Perhaps since the fog had cleared, it took them a lot less time to get home.

Cheng Xiaoxiao kept thinking while she was in the horse carriage and successfully hypnotized herself into sleeping until they arrived at Prince Jing’s residence.

The sun was bright when they went to the village, but by the time they returned, the moon was already out.

Since Xiaowu and Tingzhu were injured, they went back to their rooms to rest after bowing to Chu Yunshen.

Songtao and Yueying went on with their duties. Yueying took Zhong Ming to the justice department and placed him under their custody while Songtao stayed back and reported the situation to Prince Jing.

Chu Yunshen froze his arm as he moved the soft warm lion cat and placed her on the bed gently. He proceeded to pull his arm out bit by bit. The moment the lion cat moved her ears or snorted every now and then, he would instantly stop moving.

Chu Yunshen did this simple action repeatedly until sweat appeared on his brow.

Chu Yunshen finally removed his arm from the lion cat and bed. The moment the baby bird saw the lion cat come back, it kept chirping. After Chu Yunshen covered the lion cat with a blanket, his eyes glinted as he instructed Songtao without turning back, “Take the cage somewhere else.”

“Yes, Master.”

By the time Songtao returned, Chu Yunshen was sitting at his desk and appeared to be in deep thought.

Songtao walked up in front of Chu Yunshen before Chu Yunshen finally realized he was back. Chu Yunshen couldn’t help frowning. How could he have ended up so careless?

Even though Songtao and the others were more highly skilled martial artists than most people, they were simply average to Chu Yunshen, so it did not make sense why he didn’t hear his Songtao’s footsteps.

Chu Yunshen thought about how the same thing happened when Xiaowu walked in previously.

His mind felt even more in chaos.

“Tell me about what you saw when you came into the house,” asked Chu Yunshen after going quiet briefly. He decided not to keep thinking about it.

Songtao retrieved the jade box and handwritten letter from his chest and handed it to Chu Yunshen reverently with both hands.

“Master, this is the evidence we recovered from the scene of the crime and Uncle Gen. Also, Uncle Gen had died not long ago when we got there.”

Chu Yunshen took the crystalline jade box from Songtao along with the yellowed handwritten letter under it.

The handwritten letter probably belonged to Zhong Ming. From the looks of it, it was ancient and it now had someone’s blood on it.

The jade box gave off a deep glow against the candlelight. Sadly, Chu Yunshen wasn’t in the mood to study it.

He recalled regaining consciousness halfway this time. In comparison to the incident in the well when he woke up with a fever and was in a daze, he was certain it wasn’t a dream this time.

He clearly saw a woman dressed in blue fighting Uncle Gen. Uncle Gen kept running after her and resorted to sorcery.

However, Chu Yunshen was unable to control his body and could only watch as Uncle Gen kept making the young woman run around inside the house repeatedly.

Chu Yunshen remembered seeing the woman fall in front of him. Her face was pale from shock and her eyes were filled with fear before she closed her eyes altogether.

Chu Yunshen had never seen such a talkative young woman in his life. Also, she had the most vivid expression and could almost compete with his cat.

No no no. How could he compare her to his cat?

After all, the lion cat was just a slightly more intelligent animal and wasn’t on par with humans.

Chu Yunshen sighed as he kept deceiving himself and shaking his head slightly.

Songtao didn’t know what Chu Yunshen was thinking since he didn’t have Xiaowu’s keen powers of observation. He could only tell there was something different with Chu Yunshen’s mood, but Songtao didn’t recall saying anything important.

Chu Yunshen was probably worried about the case.

Songtao felt he was probably right since Chu Yunshen had said the same thing.

Since Uncle Gen was dead, and everyone was unconscious, the most likely culprit was the young woman dressed in blue who had come out of nowhere.

“Master, I have already examined Uncle Gen’s remains. Other than some bruises, he only has a sword injury on his chest.”

Songtao recalled the results of investigating Uncle Gen and felt puzzled. “Also, he was injured by Xiaowu’s sword and technique.”

Was it Xiaowu’s technique?

Chu Yunshen reached his hand out to touch the small, exquisite jade box on the table as he contemplated.

He was in a daze, but he faintly saw the woman dressed in blue making a strange gesture at Xiaowu before he stood up and fought Uncle Gen.

Chu Yunshen was right.

She was no ordinary woman and was capable of coming and going as she pleased. She was also able to manipulate Xiaowu like the way Uncle Gen controlled others.

Complicated emotion emerged in Chu Yunshen’s eyes as his long slender fingers rapped on the jade box.

If Xiaowu was around, he would catch on that it was something Chu Yunshen did when he was annoyed. Sadly, it was Songtao serving Chu Yunshen now.

He picked the worst time to tell Chu Yunshen, “Master, only we knew about the signal flare, do you know how…”

The moment Songtao brought this up, Chu Yunshen’s ear tips quietly blushed pink.

The woman’s small hands had searched on his chest without scruples and even retrieved the signal flare from his waist.

Just thinking about it made Chu Yunshen find the woman’s actions bold and odd.

Also, the things she said were completely absurd and no normal woman could have said it.

Sure enough, she was a brazen demoness!