"Li Mohan's past life must have been at least a hundred years ago. The person you know, did they live that long? You don't mean they're also a魅 (mèi), do you!" Ye Huohuo was dismissive, she didn't believe there were so many魅 in the world.
Lu Yao was a little proud, "Surprised by the common? A mere hundred years is nothing to the person I know. They've already lived over two hundred years, and I'll take you to meet them sometime, so you can see how provincial you are."
"You don't mean you know some wicked cult, do you? Although there are some health preservation techniques in the orthodox Xuanmen, I've never heard of anyone living for hundreds of years. I heard from my master that one of the patriarchs lived nearly two hundred years, which was already very rare. Most only lived a few decades longer than ordinary people, and not everyone could reach over a hundred years old." Ye Huohuo liked those unusual tricks, but she couldn't agree with those harmful and crooked ways. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"You are all too stubborn and stick to conventions. Besides, who says longevity must be harmful? The person I know has the demeanor of an immortal; he still often does good deeds and helps people!" Lu Yao pouted. "Just tell me if you want to know about Li Mohan's past life. If you want to know, no one else can tell you."
Hesitation flickered across Ye Huohuo's face. Reason told her it was better to have less contact with such people, but emotionally, she really wanted to understand Li Mohan's situation. She had a bad feeling; his past life had been appearing too frequently lately, and each time it did, it seemed to affect Li Mohan himself.
Not to mention anything far away, just a moment ago, if Zuo Qingya hadn't quickly lent a hand, Li Mohan might have been a corpse by now. And his past life seemed completely indifferent to these matters. Although Li Mohan was cold by nature and seemed to not care about anything, in reality, he cared a lot about his family and the people he cared about.
His past life was different. He was truly indifferent, both outwardly and inwardly, like a piece of ice, chillingly devoid of human emotion. In his eyes, all things were the same; all beings were equal.
He looked at people as if they were plants and trees, with not a trace of human warmth in his gaze.
If her guess was right, once Li Mohan's body was completely controlled by his past life, she believed no one in the current Xuanmen could bring the true Li Mohan back. For public and private reasons, she didn't want this to happen.
Ye Huohuo gritted her teeth. After a long internal struggle between reason and emotion, she finally decided to meet the person Lu Yao mentioned if she had the chance. Knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. Only by understanding who Li Mohan's past life truly was could she prevent the worst from happening.
Just then, the iron door of the solitary confinement cell creaked open from the outside, and sunlight flooded the room. Ye Huohuo and the others realized that the sun had already risen outside, and it was a bright, sunny day.
"Ye Huohuo, Lu Yao, come out! Let's see if you dare to fight again! If there's a next time, it won't just be one night in here."
The speaker was the stout deputy captain. She looked fierce, with the thin captain standing behind her.
The captain, a woman in her thirties, always wore a stern face due to her profession, but she looked much kinder standing next to the stout captain. Ye Huohuo found her much more agreeable than the deputy captain. It was the deputy captain who had been bothering them before, while the captain hadn't paid them much attention.
She and Lu Yao walked out of the solitary confinement cell. They didn't expect that in such a short time, the sun had already risen so high. It was dazzling. As they emerged from the dark room into the bright light, their eyes couldn't adjust immediately.
Both instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes. After their vision adapted to the outside light, they saw the women they had fought with yesterday standing not far away, glaring at them.
Ye Huohuo had no doubt that if the prison guards weren't present, those women would have rushed them.
She was extremely exhausted and still injured. The two female captains exchanged glances, surprise flashing in their eyes.
"Did you two fight in the solitary confinement cell as well yesterday?" the stout deputy captain roared. "Unteachable! Give them two steamed buns for breakfast, and then lock them up again after they eat!"
Ye Huohuo glanced at the stout captain and felt extreme dislike towards her. Suddenly, she thought that since Miaofeng was just a prison doctor here, to create so many vengeful spirits would require accomplices, at least to help conceal the deaths.
Could the accomplice be this stout captain? The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The more she looked at the stout captain, the more she saw a fierce, villainous look on her face.
"Hey, what fight are we talking about? Her injuries were all from those people yesterday. This solitary confinement cell is damp and cold. If you lock her up for another day in this condition, will she even be alive? You're disregarding human life, you know!" Lu Yao said angrily, looking at the thin captain who had been silent. "Captain, look at her injuries. You should find a doctor to examine her. Do you know who she is? Her husband is Li Mohan. If anything happens to her, the Li family will hold you accountable, and you won't be able to handle it."
The captain, surnamed Fu, though thin, looked very spirited, especially her eyes. Without saying a word, a mere glance from them carried an imposing deterrence.
"Xiao Zheng!" She seemed a bit older than the Zheng captain, speaking with an air of authority. "They seem to know they were wrong. Besides, Ye Huohuo is injured and shouldn't be locked in the solitary confinement cell again. Even if she has other issues, let her recover from her injuries first.
Let's drop this matter for today. Can you give me some face?" Captain Fu's words were polite, but her tone was unquestionable.
A higher rank can crush a lower one, and even a slight difference in rank can be overwhelming. With the captain's word, the deputy captain could do nothing but let Ye Huohuo and Lu Yao rejoin their group.
By this time, everyone in the detention center had already had breakfast and was out for recreation. Ye Huohuo and Lu Yao's clothes were dirty and smelly from being locked up all night. They were first taken to the bathroom, showered briefly, changed into clean clothes, and then taken to the mess hall for breakfast.
Ye Huohuo's external injuries had been simply treated by Lu Yao. After changing into a clean set of gray clothes, she looked much better and her complexion improved. Lu Yao hadn't been given any clothes when she arrived, only two sets for washing. The set she had washed earlier was still hanging in the dormitory, so she put on a set of Ye Huohuo's clothes.
Their figures were similar, so Lu Yao looked fine in Ye Huohuo's clothes. However, she disliked the color of the clothes. After searching through Ye Huohuo's large bag of clothes, she found a white outfit and reluctantly put it on.
"Why are all your clothes so plain? I like vibrant colors like red and orange."
"Be content with what you have. I haven't worn these clothes before. Most of my previous clothes were black, durable, and didn't show dirt easily, so I didn't have to wash them often. I didn't even have a place to live before, let alone clothes. These were probably bought by Li Mohan. He probably didn't even look at them and just had someone bring a pile over," Ye Huohuo said casually, but a hint of bitterness accompanied the smile on her lips.
"Hey, I haven't had a chance to ask you, what's your relationship like? He seems quite concerned about you. If he hadn't rushed over yesterday, we wouldn't be alive." Lu Yao had a gossipy look on her face.
"He's a businessman. businessmen are best at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. His Li family is facing some problems, and I can help them a bit. Besides, saving me is as easy as lifting a finger for his past life. In short, our relationship is one of mutual utilization. I use him to block malevolent energy, and he uses me to help his family solve problems in the Xuanmen world. That's all."
"Is that so? I'm afraid some people's words don't match their hearts!" Lu Yao pouted.
Ye Huohuo waved her hand, ending the topic.
After washing up, the two were led to the mess hall. They hadn't eaten dinner the night before, and after a night of activity, they hadn't even had a sip of water. The high-intensity exertion made them both lose control when they saw food. Even though it was just ordinary plain congee and steamed buns, both ate as if they were at a feast.
Lu Yao grabbed a steamed bun in each hand and ate one in a few bites, looking like she had reincarnated from a starving ghost. Ye Huohuo, due to severe dehydration, drank three bowls of congee to quench her thirst.
"It's thanks to that Captain Fu today, otherwise we'd still be locked in the solitary confinement cell!" Ye Huohuo sighed deeply, touching her now round belly, feeling like she had come back to life.
"People are iron, rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you have no strength. I won't practice abstaining from grains like those old folks. If you can't even enjoy delicious food, what's the point of life?" Lu Yao ate her steamed buns too quickly, choking and stretching her neck. After taking a sip of congee that Ye Huohuo handed her, she managed to swallow the bun stuck in her throat.
The two looked at each other like children who had caused trouble and were reprimanded by adults, and then burst into loud laughter. In the entire mess hall, there were only the two of them, and their laughter echoed through the large room of several hundred square meters.
"Heh, facing death and still laughing so happily!" A chilling voice came from the entrance of the mess hall.