Being outmaneuvered twice by a demon soul in one day was not common for Lou Yi. Of course, it was the girl's actions that made Lou Yi clearly understand... women in this world are not to be trifled with, and female demon souls are even less so. Looking at the girl, only a wry smile remained on his face.
Naturally, under the blow of this emotion, he ignored Jia, who already lacked a height advantage. As for Jia's earlier words, he hadn't heard them either.
At the same time, the girl felt embarrassed by Lou Yi's gaze, so she immediately put on a wronged expression in front of him. "Can you stop looking at me like that? You said it all yourself. Even if you keep staring at me," she lowered her head to glance at Jia, who was looking up and glaring angrily at Lou Yi, feeling satisfied, her expression remained calm, "I'll still talk like this." She glared at Lou Yi's face.
"Then say whatever you want," Lou Yi said. He looked down and was genuinely startled by Jia's ferocious expression at that moment. "You... why are you looking at me like that?"
"Why did you let her go?" Jia roared.
"I thought about it," Lou Yi knew... this girl could spout nonsense about such matters, meaning she definitely had a plan. If he didn't go along with her now, she might come up with new tricks. As the saying goes, lightning doesn't strike thrice. He naturally wouldn't let her frame him a third time. The pressing matter was that he could only choose to cooperate. "Let's test her."
"Test her for what?" Jia asked again, though his tone had softened considerably.
"I'll test her..." Lou Yi said, glancing at the girl beside him, and continued, "It's just... I want to see if she'll leave when I say I'll let her go. It seems she won't now."
"You're truly bold to even dare touch my silver rope," Jia said, lifting his foot and kicking Lou Yi hard in the leg.
Small stature but great strength, Jia's kick made Lou Yi unable to resist. His nerves jolted, and his expression twisted in that instant. His words also ceased under this sudden pain.
"..."
Jia knew his kick to Lou Yi was not light, so seeing Lou Yi make that expression, he took it as a matter of course and reached out, "Alright, give it to me."
"You're truly ruthless," Lou Yi said, handing the silver rope to Jia.
Jia's lips curled, as if receiving 'praise,' and he became smug. "Thank you for the compliment. When I get ruthless, even I am afraid of myself." He said, looking up at the girl who was still staring at Lou Yi. "What, regret it?" he asked deliberately.
Upon hearing this, the girl suddenly came to her senses, looked down at Jia's face, and smiled. "No."
"I think you regret it, but let me make it clear," Jia said sternly. "I've been an underworld escort for... centuries. Not a single demon soul I've captured has escaped. You'd best not have such thoughts, or don't blame me for making you pay."
"You'll make me pay?" the girl feigned ignorance.
Jia listened to the girl's obviously feigned ignorance for a few seconds and said, "If you keep playing dumb, don't blame me for being impolite." As he spoke, he raised his arm slightly.
Seeing this, the girl pursed her lips and smiled, "I wouldn't dare have such thoughts."
"You better not," Jia said coldly.
Beside them, Lou Yi watched the girl pretend to be obedient, feeling thoroughly displeased. Under the influence of this emotion, he decided... to fight back.
The girl let out a foolish laugh and asked, "Where are we going now?"
"We're just standing here, where else can we go?" Jia said impatiently, turning his back.
"Just standing here," the girl repeated, lowering her eyes to stare at the back of Jia's head. Then... a flash of anger flickered in her eyes.
Seeing this, Lou Yi quickly lowered his head to look at the girl's slowly raised hands, deliberately repeating, "Just standing here."
Jia heard this and became even more impatient. "If you're not standing here, then go inside," he said, turning sideways to look at Lou Yi.
The girl was startled and quickly lowered her raised hands.
"Ouyang Ye didn't say we couldn't go in, did he?" Lou Yi stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with the girl.
The girl glanced at Lou Yi but said nothing.
Immediately after, Jia glared at Lou Yi. "You said Ouyang Ye didn't say we couldn't go in, right?" He crossed his arms in front of him.
Lou Yi nodded, using this to delay the girl's mischievous intentions.
"Speak, don't just nod," Jia said unhappily at Lou Yi's attitude, roaring.
Lou Yi cleared his throat and said, "It was me who said it. Your questioning like this is really meaningless," he said, glancing at the girl again. "Right, miss?" He was intentionally giving the girl an opportunity to oppose him.
"This matter has nothing to do with me... I'm staying neutral, don't ask me." The girl distanced herself.
Lou Yi frowned, about to give the girl another chance to object, when Jia spoke first. "It seems you're very curious about what happened over there. Since that's the case, you go ahead, don't trouble them." He pointed towards the room.
At this moment, Lou Yi only wanted to give the girl an opportunity to oppose, so that Jia would see... that the girl was problematic. He hadn't expected... his plan hadn't even officially started, and Jia was already speaking up for the girl. Seeing this scene, he was at a loss for words?
As for the situation in the room, he had no interest whatsoever. Thus, with a sudden impulse, he grabbed the girl's arm and exclaimed in surprise, "It's amazing that I can touch her."
"She's a very powerful demon soul, so her soul body is naturally like her flesh..." Halfway through his sentence, Jia suddenly lowered his head and stared at his silver rope.
Lou Yi smiled. "You're really amazing." He deliberately looked at the girl.
The moment Lou Yi made this move, the girl shifted her entire gaze to his face. Therefore... she didn't notice Jia's reaction opposite her, and continued to stare at Lou Yi, saying, "Whether I'm amazing or not doesn't need you to say. Let go."
"I won't."
"You..."
"No matter how powerful she is, she can't escape the restraint of my silver rope," Jia suddenly interrupted the girl.
Upon hearing this, the girl turned to look at Jia and smiled, "Yes, you're the most powerful."
Immediately after, Lou Yi also turned his head, looked down, and met Jia's eyes, deliberately saying, "Exactly, you're the most powerful." As he spoke, he intentionally glanced at the girl's hands...
Jia understood Lou Yi's gaze and snorted, "You traitor, I don't need you to tell me I'm powerful." Saying this, he glared at Lou Yi and then smiled faintly at the girl. "Since you know I'm powerful, don't think about escaping." He pointed at the girl.
The girl smiled. "No, no, how could I dare." As she spoke, her eyes darted away.
Jia continued to stare at the girl, nodding his head, thinking, just as I suspected, she's cunning.