Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 723: Chapter 723: National Demon Sprite (14)

Xiao Yao stumbled out of the yard.

”Wait for me!”

Yu Su caught up with her from behind.

Xiao Yao’s body trembled, her eyes full of terror, ”What... what else do you want? Have you changed your minds?”

Yu Su grabbed her hand, stuffing a small pouch into it, ”The boss told me to give this to you. Find a safe place to absorb it. The inner core will reform soon. The boss definitely has a use for your inner core; she’s a good demon.”

Yu Su then returned to the yard.

Xiao Yao felt the contents of the pouch... Inner cores?

More than one?

She looked towards the Siheyuan, somewhat dazed.

-

Chuzheng gave the inner cores to Xun Yin, which somewhat surprised him.

The thumb-sized inner core, round and glossy, rolled over Xun Yin’s pale fingertips, its light passing through as if it were transparent.

Xun Yin slowly closed his hand around it, ”It seems that you still care about me a bit more.”

Chuzheng: ”...”

What’s wrong with the Good Person Card?

”Nothing else, right?”

Xun Yin sprawled lazily on the Beauty Couch, his intricate and gorgeous attire making him stunningly beautiful, as if misplaced in time.

”Aren’t you going to ask me what I want this for?” Xun Yin purposely stretched the last syllable, malice hidden deep within his ink-black pupils, like a hunter waiting for prey to walk into his trap.

”Whatever you want, I’ll naturally get it for you.”

Chuzheng sensed the person across her had somehow been frozen in place.

The air was so still you could hear a pin drop.

After what felt like an age, Xun Yin’s voice rang out, ”Then why won’t you agree to let me leave this place?”

”It’s not the same.”

”How is it not the same?”

”...”

If I let you go, you’d just run away, right? How could that be the same?!

”If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving.” Chuzheng didn’t want to discuss this matter with him, as there was nothing to discuss.

Xun Yin seemed quite amenable this time, nodding, ”Xiao Yao, you can come and visit me often. I get very bored by myself here.”

”Oh.”

-

Meanwhile, Li Xiaoyu, who had lost her demon, was so angry that she smashed a lot of things.

Li Yan advised cautiously, ”Second Miss, your health has not fully recovered; please don’t get upset... ”

”After all the trouble to find such a Dream Demon, and it got snatched away, huh?” Li Xiaoyu grabbed objects and hurled them at Li Yan, ”What have you been doing?”

Li Yan didn’t dare to dodge and was hit on the forehead by a sharp ornament, blood trailing down his cheek.

”I apologize, Second Miss.”

Li Yan had not anticipated that even on their turf, the demon would be intercepted.

”Who did this? Who the hell did it?!” The string of incidents caused Li Xiaoyu to lose control of her emotions.

Li Yan didn’t know.

Their people had vanished.

A car was left at the scene, and the surveillance footage held no valuable clues.

It was as if the car had simply arrived there.

Then the people inside had vanished into thin air.

”Second Miss, shall we proceed with the previous plan?”

”...How should we proceed?” Li Xiaoyu asked irritably. ”Do you think my sister is that easy to deal with?”

Li Xiaoyu considered the Second Miss of the Li Family to be her biggest rival.

Of course, even if she weren’t, Li Xiaoyu would still seek to eliminate her.

”So what do we do now?”

What to do.

What to do...

How would she know what to do.

-

Chuzheng realized that recently there were always people skulking around outside.

Previously, she would occasionally see a demon or two, but now the area was so clean it seemed like someone had swept through it.

Those people outside were none other than the Demon Hunter Alliance, looking for Old Lu.

Chunxia Street was filled with these kinds of courtyards, making the search quite troublesome.

Moreover, they hadn’t discovered any abnormalities.

Chuzheng avoided a direct confrontation with them.

Attack?

What kind of attack?

With so many people in the Alliance, could they win?

She would finish one wave only for another to follow, troublesome, wasn’t it?

Last time, that group barged in, but this time they hadn’t found her yet, so of course, it was best to avoid a fight if possible.

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After several days of furtive searching without finding anything unusual, the group dispersed.

Li Xiaoyu probably got caught up with the election and didn’t have time to bother Chuzheng.

The King’s Account was up to something shady, and Chuzheng hadn’t received any tasks for several days.

Even the Good Person Cards that came later were quiet.

Life was as comfortable as it could be.

But...

Starting from one night, Chuzheng began to experience some strange scenes in her dreams...

Moonlight shone on the window lattice.

The person on the bed suddenly opened their eyes and sat up with a start.

Chuzheng pulled at her clothes, feeling a bit of irritation on her skin.

The scenes from her dream kept emerging in her mind, clear and real, as if she had truly experienced them.

Chuzheng sat for a while, then lay back down.

She calmed her heart and fell asleep.

However, as soon as she fell asleep, she would see Xun Yin in her dreams, intertwining with her in ambiguous encounters.

One day was like this.

Two days were like this.

Three days were like this...

Chuzheng didn’t think she was so bored as to dwell on these things all day.

So...

She looked towards the wall.

On the other side was the shrine where Xun Yin lived.

”Big Shot, what are you looking at?” Yu Su saw Chuzheng lost in thought and cautiously asked, ”I’m talking to you, did you hear me?”

”What?” Chuzheng came back to reality.

”Just... just about what you asked me to inquire into.” Yu Su answered, ”I heard that the Li Family is planning to host a banquet at Shanshui Manor soon, it’s for the head of the Li Family’s birthday.”

Chuzheng had instructed him to keep an eye on the Li Family and report any news to her.

Yu Su had been diligently monitoring the Li Family and came to report as soon as there was news.

”Hmm.” Chuzheng responded briefly, lowering her head to ask Yu Su, ”The demon from last time, what kind was it?”

Last time?

A shadow flashed through Yu Su’s mind.

”A Dream Demon, I suppose... That’s what she said, but I’ve never seen such a demon.” Yu Su expressed his limited experience, remarking that there were too many varieties of demons in the world.

”Hey, Big Shot, where are you off to?!”

-

Xun Yin was lying on the rocking chair with his eyes lightly closed; the chair creaked softly, as if time had stopped around him.

Bang!

Xun Yin opened his eyes and saw the golden-haired girl entering from outside.

A smile couldn’t help but form on his lips, and malice swirled in his ink-dark pupils.

”Xiao Yao, you truly lack manners. How many times have you barged in like this?”

Chuzheng strode over and braced herself on the back of the rocking chair.

The creaking of the rocking chair ceased.

Chuzheng leaned down to meet Xun Yin’s gaze: ”What have you done to me?”

The handsome man with a jade-like face raised his eyebrows, his dark pupils shimmering with a red light, like a bright spot in the black night, making him look even more handsome.

”Aren’t the scenes in your dreams enjoyable?” Xun Yin’s voice carried a smile as he slightly rose, leaning close to Chuzheng’s ear and whispering, ”Entwining with me, isn’t that what you desire?”

Chuzheng pushed him back firmly.

Xun Yin spread his hands in a feigned innocent gesture, yet the smirk at the corners of his eyes and brows carried a malicious aggressiveness.

”I am right here,” he said. ”Within reach. Xiao Yao, undo this and you’ll be able to...”

He slightly raised his eyebrows, giving Chuzheng a look implying she should understand the rest for herself.