Chu Yunshen gradually clenched his fists slightly with the jade box in his hands. He did not expect himself to feel so flustered since he was famous for his self-restraint in town.

If Cheng Xiaoxiao knew what Chu Yunshen was thinking now, she was bound to point at his face and scold him.

How could that be considered taking advantage of Chu Yunshen? She was clearly looking for the signal flare!

As for her actions, she was completely innocent.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was a modern woman, so those actions were completely normal for her!

How could Chu Yunshen call her shameless?

How could Chu Yunshen even call her a demoness? If not for her, he would have died countless times. He would have died so long ago that the grass on his grave would be up to her waist by now.

Would Cheng Xiaoxiao ever know what he was thinking?

Absolutely not.

She was curled up in bed sleeping right now.

After working hard all day, Uncle Gen was finally dead, so Cheng Xiaoxiao could set her heart at ease and sleep in peace.

The bed and silk sheets were covered with Chu Yunshen’s nice scent and even Cheng Xiaoxiao’s dreams were sweet.

Cheng Xiaoxiao smacked her lips as she slept while Chu Yunshen sat in front of his desk and was unable to find peace like her.

Since Chu Yunshen did not answer, Songtao asked, “Master, shall I investigate our men?”

“It’s fine. You may leave.”

After Chu Yunshen had composed himself, he kept thinking about the signal flare. He clearly knew that the girl dressed in blue was the one who released it.

Although Chu Yunshen had passed out from the shock after she retrieved the signal flare, he knew she was the only person who could have done it.

However, how did she know about the signal flare?

Just as Songtao mentioned, only Chu Yunshen and his closest secret guard knew about the signal flare.

Was the mysterious young woman dressed in blue genuinely an all-knowing demon?

Chu Yunshen automatically glanced around his room. He suddenly went stiff when he saw the lion cat sleeping on the bed.

He averted his eyes anxiously and decided to stand in the yard for 30 minutes in the cold wind.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was woken up from her dreams by the baby bird’s chirping. She could vaguely remember Chu Yunshen coming to bed in the middle of the night.

He was very cold and it seemed as though he had come back after spending a long time outside.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was in deep sleep but woke up from the cold. She even griped a little before she went over to him.

Chu Yunshen was…

Chu Yunshen was avoiding her!

Cheng Xiaoxiao tilted her head sideways as she placed her paw on the baby bird’s furry little head and contemplated before she remembered this.

Why did Chu Yunshen hide from her?

She wasn’t fussy when Chu Yunshen was cold. How could he have avoided her?

In the past, Chu Yunshen didn’t react even when Cheng Xiaoxiao placed her butt in front of his face.

There was definitely something wrong with the guy!

Cheng Xiaoxiao sensed something amiss, so she got out of bed and searched for Chu Yunshen.

She comforted the baby bird before placing it on her head and charging over to his study desk.

Hmm?

Where was he?

Cheng Xiaoxiao was about to strut over to Chu Yunshen proudly but halted in her steps when she caught sight of a green glow on this study desk.

The baby bird on top of her head almost flew out from the momentum when Cheng Xiaoxiao halted, so it chirped nonstop as it jumped around and flapped its wings. It seemed to be grumbling about Cheng Xiaoxiao’s carelessness.

“Meow!”

Okay okay. She didn’t mean to do it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao stroked the baby bird’s head perfunctorily as it sat on her head. After the baby bird finally quietened down, she quickly jumped onto the study table.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was right. It was the jade box that has swallowed her jade pendant.

Now that she had a second look at it, she still felt it was such a work of art.

Just by looking at it, she could tell it was an extraordinary item.

Cheng Xiaoxiao saw a document under the jade box, which appeared like a handwritten letter.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t know how to take the jade pendant out of the jade box. Since the jade box was right here, she was in no hurry.

She pushed the jade box aside to read the handwritten letter in detail.

The cover of the book was very worn out with a corner missing.

Dark blood stains could be seen on the cover and inside the pages of the book. Cheng Xiaoxiao reckoned it was Uncle Gen’s blood.

The moment it dawned on her it was his blood, she didn’t feel as enthusiastic about the book.

Cheng Xiaoxiao suppressed her disgust as she attempted to read its title. The words “Miracles of Magic Book” were written on its cover.

The book was written in something resembling block font, but it was slightly slimmer and looked wilder, so it seemed like a mixture of block font and cursive script.

“Miracles of Magic Book”?

The title of the book certainly sounded domineering.

She wondered if it was related to the book, “Ancient Chinese Numerology”.

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about the famous book from her time as her imagination ran wild.

She knew that she couldn’t stop once she was on to something, so she shook her head hard and did her utmost to throw the strange thought out of her mind.

Cheng Xiaoxiao accidentally flung the baby bird off her head.

“Chirp…”

Cheng Xiaoxiao heard the baby bird screeching before she saw it shooting off in a perfect parabola before landing on the ground.

Oh no!

Was the baby bird okay?

Cheng Xiaoxiao anxiously jumped down to check on the baby bird but ended up seeing an astonishing sight.

The baby bird was shakily flapping its wings and flying towards her. It wasn’t flying too high and even occasionally forgot to flap its wings. Hence, it fell from the air every now and then.

It seemed unaccustomed to leaving the ground and flying in midair, so it kept looking at the ground as it flew before it chirped frightenedly. However, it persisted in flying towards Cheng Xiaoxiao as it chirped frightenedly.

It kept flying until it reached Cheng Xiaoxiao’s head and stopped chirping. Instead, it rubbed its head against Cheng Xiaoxiao’s as it trembled. After some time, it gradually calmed down.

Had her baby bird finally learned how to fly?

Cheng Xiaoxiao watched in disbelief before she pulled the baby bird off her head excitedly.

Just like any other parent hearing their child calling them mom or dad for the first time, Cheng Xiaoxiao brought the baby bird to the table’s edge excitedly and encouraged it to perform it again.

Sadly, no matter how many times the baby bird tried, it was unable to fly off the table. Cheng Xiaoxiao patiently waited for a long time and kept encouraging it, but it kept looking at her innocently with its bright beady eyes.

Sure enough, she couldn’t rush into things with the baby bird.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed, but she consoled herself. Whatever it was, the baby bird had proven today it was capable of flying.

Despite the delay, Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t see Chu Yunshen, Wan Xia, or the others.

That was strange. There wasn’t a single soul around today.

Cheng Xiaoxiao walked up beside the book and flipped to one of its pages unenthusiastically and started reading it.

With just a glance, she put away her nonchalance and disdain.

This book was quite the treasure!

The book author was an absolute genius!

The page Cheng Xiaoxiao had opened to happened to describe the Seven Star Yin Formation that Uncle Gen had created in great detail. Cheng Xiaoxiao finally realized how the name of the formation was written.

This page detailed the Seven Star Yin Formation Uncle Gen had used. Other than the same handwriting appearing on its cover, it also contained some annotation scribbled on the side of the page with further information.

Cheng Xiaoxiao flipped through its pages and discovered almost every page looked the same and contained the original text along with insightful annotations.

Cheng Xiaoxiao recalled what Zhong Ming had said previously. She reckoned the original book was written by his ancestor and the scribble belonged to Uncle Gen and was written after he took the book.

From the looks of it, Uncle Gen certainly knew a thing or two. He probably didn’t expect to die at Cheng Xiaoxiao’s hands since she was just a frail woman and didn’t know any martial arts or sorcery.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help sighing at how lucky she was, but she also felt a little sorry for Uncle Gen’s death.

Uncle Gen was considered a real talent. It was too bad he didn’t use his skills on the right thing.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t put down the book and wanted to do some research on it.

After she had mastered the book, no one else would be able to bully her. None of her enemies could ever dream of touching her again.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help beaming in joy as she thought about her bright future, but she stopped smiling the moment she saw the jade box beside the book.

What was there to be happy about?

How could she be in the mood to be happy?

If she could not retrieve the jade pendant, she had no future to speak of, let alone a happy one.

She thought about never being able to take human form again, or the trouble Hei Wuchang and Bai Wuchang might unleash on her. Those problems were beyond slight inconveniences and could potentially get Cheng Xiaoxiao into a lot of trouble, so her face felt numb as she lost all hope thinking about it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao curled up with the jade box in the center and made seamless contact with it.

She really wished the jade box was capable of talking to her.

In that case, Cheng Xiaoxiao could at least attempt to convince the jade box to give her back the jade pendant.

Naturally, they were Cheng Xiaoxiao’s pure fantasies. Other than the coolness coming from the jade, she could not sense anything else.

The baby bird kept jumping beside Cheng Xiaoxiao, but she locked it up in the cage as she was annoyed.

Chu Yunshen and Xiaowu walked in to see the lion cat sitting on the desk solitarily hugging the jade box. They could even sense her sadness just by watching her.

Chu Yunshen halted in his steps briefly before walking up to the table.

“Master, I will send this jade box and handwritten letter to Sir Di at the justice department immediately,” said Xiaowu before pulling the book from Cheng Xiaoxiao’s paws and the jade box from her embrace.

No way!

Cheng Xiaoxiao swiftly moved her claws and scratched his face mercilessly.

Xiaowu was always caught off guard when the lion cat attacked, so he was squarely scratched by her this time.

Fortunately, he swallowed the pain without making a peep and simply pulled the objects roughly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao knew Xiaowu was deliberately pulling harder so that he could take the book and jade box, but she refused to let go.