Listening to Hu Yuan's words, the wolf demon sealed within his body was truly angered, "Did you know those two fellows long before?"
"The day before you arrived," Hu Yuan said, looking down at his chest.
"What?" The wolf demon was stunned, unable to accept the fact that he had been outmaneuvered.
"My body is not good, but because I have always lingered on the edge of life and death, my body has also developed a spirit. If you make me happy, I can give you my body," Hu Yuan vowed sincerely.
Upon hearing this, the wolf demon frowned.
Zhang Yan looked at Hu Yuan's confident expression and furrowed his brow, cautiously asking, "You're not going to have him do bad things, are you?"
"Yes," Hu Yuan nodded.
"You..."
"You mean, if I do bad things for you, you'll completely give me your body?"
"Yes," Hu Yuan said.
Zhang Yan had never imagined the owner of the body the wolf demon inhabited to be such an extreme person. Looking at Hu Yuan's profile, he said, "I advise you not to do this."
"They all bullied me, bullied me, said I was a sickly person, said I was disabled and they didn't want to be friends with me."
"You don't have to listen," Zhang Yan said coldly.
Hu Yuan shook his head. "No, these words are unintentional from the speaker, but they carry weight for the listener. I wanted so badly to make friends, but they all refused to interact with me, keeping their distance. In their eyes, I would die the moment I ran. Even my teachers were unwilling to let me participate in class activities, always overlooking me. I don't want to be pitied like this. I wish I could live like a normal person. Because of this, every time I was discharged from the hospital, I would ask my mother if my illness was cured, but her answer was always yes." He choked back a sob. "But every time I returned to school, they still treated me the same way. I'm tired of this cyclical feeling, tired of their fake concern, their wariness of me. I've had enough of this feeling."
At first, Zhang Yan hadn't expected a child of only a dozen years to think so much. Now, hearing his words, Zhang Yan understood why he was so extreme.
"I understand, but you can prove yourself in another way," Zhang Yan said plainly.
Hu Yuan snorted dismissively and said, "Those two evil spirits have already made it very clear to me. They said only the wolf demon can help me."
"You are using him," Zhang Yan pierced through Hu Yuan's thoughts.
Hu Yuan was stunned.
The wolf demon was also taken aback and realized, "Yes, you are using me. You only want me to take revenge on them for you. How could you do this to me?"
Zhang Yan was speechless at this fickle side of the wolf demon.
Hu Yuan placed his hand on his chest. "I was initially using you, even controlling your thoughts to make you hate my mother along with me. Those cutting words were my punishment for my mother. Today, I have achieved that. Next," he pursed his lips, "I'll have to ask you to do bad things for me. Once it's done, I'll leave and give you my body completely."
"You've already absorbed my soul essence. Do these words still matter?" the wolf demon said.
"Yes, but by then, my body will belong to you, and won't your soul essence also belong to you?"
The wolf demon found this logical and nodded, "That's right. As long as you are willing to leave, this body will be mine." He furrowed his brow. "But speaking of which, where did you hear all this?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Yuan explained in detail, "As I said, I've experienced many brushes with death, so I've met many soul spirits. They told me this method. As for those two evil spirits that suddenly appeared, they just guided me."
"Alright," the wolf demon didn't want to ask further questions and said, "In that case, we'll consider it a partnership."
"His constitution is Yin. If you truly cooperate with him, it will not benefit you in the future," Zhang Yan warned.
The wolf demon looked at the overthinking Zhang Yan through Hu Yuan's body and said, "So what? As long as I can have a body, I'm willing to do anything."
"Just satisfy yourself then," Zhang Yan said helplessly and walked towards the room.
Hu Yuan followed Zhang Yan and said, "You're not an ordinary person, are you?"
"What does it have to do with you whether I am or not?" Zhang Yan asked without looking back.
"As long as you speak to me nicely, I won't reveal your secret," Hu Yuan threatened.
Zhang Yan stopped at the door, turned to look at Hu Yuan, and smiled, "I know you're very capable, but what I want to say is, feel free. Even if you tell them, no one will believe you. They'll just think you're crazy."
"You..." Hu Yuan was speechless.
Zhang Yan turned, opened the door, and entered the room.
Hu Yuan sighed and was about to step forward when the wolf demon said, "Can it be my turn now?"
"For—" Hu Yuan had just uttered a word when he started coughing.
The wolf demon said, "Your soul is being affected by the body. If you continue like this without taking medicine, you definitely won't last."
"Why are you… fine?"
"I am a demon soul, so I can use your body as I please. However," the wolf demon glanced at his palm, "I just cast too many spells, and my internal energy is damaged. But... I'll be fine after a short rest."
"Okay," Hu Yuan agreed and closed his eyes.
Then, when Hu Yuan opened his eyes again, the owner of the body was already the wolf demon.
Zhang Yan stood at the door listening to the commotion outside, shook his head helplessly, and transformed back into an old man.
Early in the morning, the wolf demon woke up early and sat on the sofa. He hesitated before taking out his phone and calling Hu Yuan's mother.
Zhang Yan emerged from the room and looked at the wolf demon. Just as he was about to speak, the wolf demon shushed him and said into the phone, "Hello, um, can you find me?"
On the other end, Hu Yuan's mother excitedly said, "Yes, what is it, Yuan?"
"Can you bring me my schoolbag? I want to go to school," the wolf demon said, looking at Zhang Yan.
"Yes."
The wolf demon replied "Oh" indifferently and hung up.
Zhang Yan watched the wolf demon making decisions on his own and asked, "Aren't you afraid it's not good to decide this on your own?"
"I don't care. This body is mine. What I want to do with it is my business," the wolf demon said casually. "Besides, if he were here, he would do the same, wouldn't he? Otherwise, how can he go to school?"
Zhang Yan nodded helplessly. "Fine, whatever you say is right. I can't argue with you."
"Indeed, you have good self-awareness, old man," the wolf demon said, pointing at Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan gave a dry chuckle, turned, and walked away.
Inside, Hu Yuan listened to the wolf demon's arrangements and felt a little displeased. "If you do this, weren't my words last night in vain?"
"While that may be true, using him is still necessary," the wolf demon patted his chest and said.