Lou Yi, looking through the crack in the window, clearly saw the dirty-faced man's profile slightly tilted towards him. Then, a sudden thought struck him, and he asked, "What do you mean?" He glanced down at Jia.
Jia, propped on the window, also peered through the crack, watching the dirty-faced man lean against the wall, his shoulder visible. He couldn't help but wonder about the man's thoughts.
"I mean, let's bet on which of them will lose and which will win. What do you say?" the dirty-faced man asked, smiling towards the window.
"I say no," Lou Yi responded, feeling a sense of disdain for the dirty-faced man.
"You..."
"Don't 'you' me. Be careful they don't attack you. Just shut up," Lou Yi advised. Although he was tempted to take the bet with the dirty-faced man, he was currently like a 'caged bird' waiting to be 'rescued.' If Mu Anxiao found out he had gambled using her and Yatou, knowing her, she would surely fly into a rage.
What if, in her anger, she handed him back over to Ouyang Ye? That would be terrible. Therefore, for his own sake, he felt entitled to ruthlessly 'sever' the dirty-faced man's idea.
Upon hearing Lou Yi's warning, the dirty-faced man looked back at Mu Anxiao and Yatou, who had stopped fighting, and a sense of unease washed over him.
Over there.
Mu Anxiao and Yatou glared at each other. After a few seconds of stillness, Yatou exclaimed, her eyes wide, "You're not an ordinary person."
At that moment, Mu Anxiao discerned from Yatou's words that this girl was indeed not aligned with Ouyang Ye. If they were, she wouldn't have been foolish enough to only realize Mu Anxiao wasn't ordinary at this late stage. Mu Anxiao let out a cold laugh, remaining silent.
Seeing this, Yatou became agitated. "What exactly are you?"
"I'm the same as you, a monster. You..." Mu Anxiao deliberately spoke vaguely. "Do you believe me?"
"I..." Yatou hesitated, then looked down at the lingering blue light on her palm. She murmured, "No."
"If you don't believe, then tell me, what am I?" Mu Anxiao countered deliberately, wanting to scare Yatou.
Yatou stared at Mu Anxiao for a few seconds and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you are a demon."
You are a demon?
Yatou's response struck a significant blow to Mu Anxiao's heart. While she originated from the demon realm in her previous life, in this life, she was a genuine celestial being. Although she hadn't officially become an immortal, she had been tirelessly striving for that day.
Yet, Yatou had skipped over 'immortal' and concluded this. Mu Anxiao, unwilling to admit it even in death, repeated deliberately, "You say I'm a demon."
Yatou frowned. "Your moves are vicious and cunning. If you were a demon, it wouldn't be so far-fetched. If you were an immortal, you..." She trailed off.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao displayed a dismissive expression. "Just say what you want to say all at once. Holding back like this is probably boring, isn't it?"
"It is boring," Yatou replied, pausing for a moment before continuing. "If you were an immortal, you wouldn't be worthy. Both these identities have been ruled out, so you must undoubtedly be a demon."
"..." Mu Anxiao was rendered speechless and let out a cold laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Yatou, confused by Mu Anxiao's reaction, quickly pondered and then realized. "I see. You're unhappy because I've exposed your identity."
Mu Anxiao snorted lightly.
After the brief exchange of blows, Yatou had gained a new understanding of her own abilities. Because of this, she dared not provoke Mu Anxiao further, saying, "Say something. What's the point of just laughing?"
"Blind," Mu Anxiao said coldly.
"You say I'm blind?" Yatou had assumed Mu Anxiao was laughing out of embarrassment after her identity was revealed. Who knew that after waiting so long, she would receive such a reply? At this point, she suddenly couldn't understand what Mu Anxiao was thinking.
"If you can't even see clearly what I am, then aren't you blind?" Mu Anxiao, no longer in the mood for banter, adopted a serious tone.
"..." Yatou pondered the meaning of Mu Anxiao's words and then murmured, "You're not a demon, so that means you really are a monster." She simply didn't want to consider Mu Anxiao as an 'immortal.'
Truly a monster!
At this moment, Mu Anxiao was at a loss for words regarding Yatou. With a faint sigh, she decided not to pursue the topic further. She turned her gaze towards the door lock, then looked back at Yatou and asked, "Do you still want my life?"
"Your life... I never wanted your life in the first place," Yatou said with a forced smile, glancing at the dirty-faced man. "Actually, his life is quite appealing to me." After saying this, she turned back to Mu Anxiao.
The surroundings were quiet and deserted, so no matter how low Yatou and Mu Anxiao spoke, their voices could easily reach the dirty-faced man's ears. Hearing their conversation now, the dirty-faced man felt a sense of crisis once again.
At the same time, Lou Yi calmly watched the dirty-faced man's slightly trembling shoulders and chuckled. "So, it's a draw then."
Under the threat of fear, the dirty-faced man dared not speak.
Subsequently, Lou Yi, recalling the dirty-faced man's eagerness to bet with him earlier, stopped chuckling and deliberately said, "Oh dear, it's a good thing we didn't bet, otherwise, we both would have lost. Tell me... how would we have split our money then?" He then lowered his head and began to fantasize.
The dirty-faced man, with no interest in listening to Lou Yi, stepped forward towards Mu Anxiao and Yatou.
Jia watched the dirty-faced man walk away, sighed, and looked up at Lou Yi, who was lost in his own fantasies and chuckling. He whispered, "Lou Yi, you should say less."
Hearing this, Lou Yi ignored the situation before him and looked down at Jia, shushing him.
Seeing this, Jia said helplessly, "They're already gone, why are you shushing?"
"Gone..." Lou Yi repeated casually, looking out the window and then feeling disappointed. "Really, why did they leave? I hadn't finished speaking." He then lowered his head and grinned at Jia.
Jia, seeing the 'strange' smile on Lou Yi's face, narrowed his eyes. "What are you up to now?" He sensed that Lou Yi definitely had something to say.
As expected, the moment Jia asked this, Lou Yi began to chuckle innocently. "You figured me out. As the saying goes, breakfast should be hearty, lunch should be filling, and I... am hungry." After saying this, he placed his hand on Jia's head.
Jia froze and then swiftly pulled Lou Yi's hand away, saying, "Shall we make a bet?" He raised an eyebrow.