Her age was too young, so such actions didn't look good, like a prepubescent child trying to tease a respectable woman.
"Miss Wu," his tone softened, becoming somewhat earnest. "You are a young lady, you should pay attention to your demeanor and conduct."
The little girl didn't care at all, holding the dancer's hand tighter. She even looked up at him provocatively. It was that glance that made her seem to discover something.
Recalling how her source of spiritual power had been deliberately tested outside the door earlier.
If this person was here, then the one who had tested her outside must have been that person.
Wu Xiang couldn't help but chuckle.
Her impression of the two was vague; the memories of being held gently or sleeping between them in infancy had faded. However, through inheritance, she knew many things.
She also knew that later Rong Jin appeared, and there were problems between them. Zhu Nian wanted to find his soul first, so she left her to Rong Jin and ran off.
Rong Jin took her back to the Divine Realm. At that time, she was only using an ordinary infant body. Although it was filled with spiritual energy, it couldn't change the fate of flesh and blood gradually aging and dying.
Rong Jin thought she would truly die then, and indulged her greatly, willing to give her anything. Wu Xiang even thought that if she had asked for it then, Rong Jin would have agreed.
But she knew that body would perish. Even though it was a body she had used before, she didn't want that body to tarnish her. So, she endured until that body turned to ashes and she broke free from her constraints.
She was a divine child, and it was very easy for her to create a physical form. But she was unwilling. All the gods in the Divine Realm, including those born from the peak of the gods, including her mother, all had tangible physical forms, all had "xiang," except for her.
Wu Xiang, without a true form, only had a soul, and the spiritual energy attached to it, which allowed her to change her form at will.
"Investigator Li, are you here to discuss my words and actions?" she asked with a smile, finding the person before her extremely interesting.
Every world was a little different.
No wonder Zhu Nian was unwilling to take him back.
The Three Realms were tedious, and staying too long would wear down the soul.
"Not entirely," Li Shuang Jin felt a bit annoyed. "Miss Wu, I'd like to ask if you know about the murder case on Yang Liu Street? And also the one in Ping An Lane."
"Ping An Lane?" Where was that?
Li Shuang Jin saw her reaction and said helplessly, "The alley next to St. Mary's Hospital. Didn't you used to live around there?"
"Mm," she knew that alley was called Ping An Lane and understood what cases he was referring to, but her expression remained as nonchalant as ever.
"What if I know, what if I don't?"
"If you know, can you..."
"Even if I said I killed them, Investigator Li, could you find evidence?"
Li Shuang Jin was interrupted before he could finish, and in such a provocative tone, which instantly ignited his anger.
"I'm investigating a case, not joking with you!" His voice grew sharp as he approached, reaching out to grab her shoulder. With ease, he pulled her aside and roared, "Do you still have any semblance of a lady? What kind of girl runs out to places like this like you? Have you no manners?"
"...Are you teaching me manners?" Wu Xiang found it somewhat amusing. Those two had been living freely in the Three Thousand Worlds for so long, and Zhu Nian had even given her so many benefits, allowing her to be reborn.
This person couldn't even manage himself, yet he wanted to manage others.
How ridiculous.
Li Shuang Jin met her mocking gaze, and for some reason, felt a pang of discomfort in his heart.
He released his hand. "I didn't... I just feel you are still young and shouldn't waste your time like this."
Wu Xiang remained silent.
The dancer had been scared stiff, crouching to the side and trembling continuously, not daring to look up at either of them.
As the atmosphere became tense, Zhu Nian walked in from outside. "What are you talking about? Are you done?"
Her gaze swept around the private room and quickly settled on Wu Xiang's face. It was very familiar, and she immediately remembered this was the little girl she had brought down from the ship. Back then, she was clearly just an ordinary human girl, but now there was a fluctuation of spiritual energy emanating from her.
She acted decisively, sending a surge of spiritual energy towards Wu Xiang.
Wu Xiang instinctively counterattacked, but Zhu Nian feigned a move, her figure flashing as she moved close to Wu Xiang. To Wu Xiang's shocked wide eyes, she plucked a small object from her, and with a "splat," threw it onto the floor.
The small, milky-white dumpling rolled on the ground, clutching its paws and crying pitifully.
"It's this bad woman again,呜呜呜..."
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Wu Xiang glanced at the dejected little ball on the ground, then at the wary Zhu Nian before her, and suddenly laughed.
"Mother, have you forgotten your daughter? I'll be truly heartbroken."
Li Shuang Jin: "..."
His gaze slowly shifted to her, as if waiting for an explanation.
Zhu Nian: "..."
Her mind froze for only a short while before Zhu Nian quickly reacted. "You are Wu Xiang?"
Li Shuang Jin also reacted. The woman was not yet twenty, and this girl looked about thirteen or fourteen. There was no way they could be mother and daughter.
He was mesmerized.
Wu Xiang was not surprised that the other party knew her name, even though they hadn't given it to her.
At that time, neither of them bothered to name her, calling her "baby, baby" every day. Rong Jin also called her that. The baby without a proper name eventually became Wu Xiang.
It was a bit like an anonymous person, as if she still had no name.
"Why are you here? Aren't you..."
Zhu Nian, prompted by 007, stopped herself in time. This was clearly not a good place for reminiscing.
"Never mind, come back with me first."
Wu Xiang did not refuse, but she insisted on taking the dancer with them. Only then did the two notice that the dancer seemed to have some mental issues. Although not a child, she kept hiding in Wu Xiang's arms, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Wu Xiang carried the dancer out.
After carrying her out, she directly took the seats of Li Shuang Jin and Zhu Nian, making them sit in the front row. It was the first time the Sixth Master Li played chauffeur for someone.
He wanted to understand the relationship between these two. Once in the car, they both remained remarkably silent, and he didn't dare to ask, feeling extremely suffocated the entire way.
Finally, when they returned home, the two of them directly closed the door to talk, giving him no opportunity.
After putting down the dancer, who had already fallen asleep, Wu Xiang stood up, walked in front of her, bowed, and respectfully said, "Mother."
"Why did you come here?"