Li Jue sat on the edge of the bed.
The curtains were half-drawn.
Clear and bright moonlight poured down onto the floor of the room.
Her figure was hidden in the darkness.
Nine snow-white fox tails lay casually on the bedding, occupying most of the space on the entire bed.
Ying An had already been carried back to his room to sleep by her.
She had wiped away the traces on his body for him, released the charm, and then put him to sleep again.
Actually Li Jue was not very skilled at charming.
Her level could not even control ordinary adult men.
Once Ying An grew up, this method would no longer work on him.
She did not want to use this kind of means on Ying An.
Obtaining him through such methods would make Li Jue feel unwilling and humiliated, like a down-and-out loser using underhanded ways to satisfy her own vanity, forcibly taking something that did not belong to her.
Since it was her, then it should be done openly and righteously, as a matter of course.
Even seizing by force was better than deceiving herself.
The room was silent without a sound.
She raised her hand and gently stroked her fluffy and soft tails.
The snow-white fur was free of the slightest speck of dust.
In the past the little one had always loved hugging her tails to sleep, and his drool had often made the tips dirty and messy.
In the past several thousand years, aside from herself, only Chu Jiuer had secretly touched her tails and been thoroughly beaten by her for it.
She had never expected that one day a human would be able to touch these nine fox tails without restraint.
Before adopting Ying An, no human or demon had ever been truly cared about by Li Jue.
She had been like a cold and arrogant superior being, indifferently observing the rise and fall of human dynasties and the open and covert struggles among the various demons.
Everything had nothing to do with her.
Sometimes she would also punish the wicked, save the sick and weak, or point the way for the troubled, and make deals with those who sought something.
But this did not originate from so-called sympathy or a sense of justice.
It was simply her pure whim, wanting to find a little fun.
Before this, probably no one would have believed that one day she would have her emotions controlled by a human.
Those hands had removed the hard and icy mask from her face.
Beneath the mask were joys, angers, sorrows, and pleasures she had never had before—the seven emotions and six desires.
Just now they had embraced each other’s bodies.
The boy’s figure was slender, carrying a warmth she had never felt before.
It was like crossing an endless dark frost-covered cold night, with a ray of warm spring sunlight shining on her body, making her uncontrollably want to claim it as her own.
Li Jue turned her body sideways and gazed at that pale moonlight on the floor.
The nine tails gradually wrapped around her.
She sniffed the residual scent in the air.
The boy’s appearance was reflected in her scarlet pupils.
She tightly bit her own lip, and a fine stream of blood slowly flowed into her tongue cavity.
Xiao An…
***
“Sister is going out for a bit. Stay obediently at home. You’re not allowed to go out, and you’re not allowed to secretly play on the computer. Did you hear?”
“Okay, got it.”
Ying An agreed very readily.
The smile at the corners of his mouth could almost no longer be hidden.
He already looked eager to try.
“Ai.” Li Jue sighed and her tone cooled a little. “If Sister finds out, I’ll punish you by not allowing you to play games for a month.”
She saw Ying An’s expression suddenly become a little dejected.
The boy reluctantly let out an “oh.”
She turned and went out the door.
Just as she stepped out she thought again and added another instruction.
“Wait obediently for Sister to come back. Tonight I’ll let you play two extra hours.”
“Yay, thank you, Sister.”
After leaving home, Li Jue followed the address sent to her and found that Hongyang Bar by the side of Wenlan Street.
She entered the shop, passed through the long corridor on the side, and walked to the end.
The robust black-clothed guard glanced at her. “May I ask if you are Madam Shuangxi?”
“It’s me.”
The man did not step aside. Instead he carefully looked Li Jue up and down for a while, seeming not very convinced of her identity.
She sighed, snapped her fingers, and released a little of the demon power on her body.
A massive sense of pressure instantly seized the guard’s breathing.
He immediately respectfully opened the door for her.
“My apologies. My eyes were dull. Please.”
Li Jue walked into the private room.
Inside there were only two men.
One sat in the office chair at the innermost side, using darkness to hide his figure.
The other was a handsome young man in a formal suit, sitting on the sofa waiting for her.
Seeing her enter, he immediately stood up to welcome her.
“Long time no see, Lord Li Jue.”
“No need for formalities. Speak directly if you have something to say.”
Li Jue walked straight to the sofa opposite and sat down, crossing her legs.
“Then let me introduce first.” Li Gongyan pointed at the man behind the office desk and said, “This is Mr. Jin Mingge. He has considerable prestige among the demons in this city. Usually it is him and several other gentlemen who manage the demon issues in the city.”
“Your people?”
“Not exactly. Mr. Jin and his brothers only have a cooperative relationship with us.”
Li Jue glanced at Jin Mingge and turned back.
“So? What did you call me for?”
“You are one of the highest-level great demons in our records. Regarding your recent movements, we would like to understand the situation a little.”
This set again.
Before coming, Li Jue had more or less guessed it.
This was the treatment the Secret Society gave to level-six danger-level great demons.
After being recorded into the files by the Secret Society, all kinds of tireless surveillance also followed one after another.
Li Jue felt that in their eyes she was like a nuclear bomb that could explode at any time.
The slightest disturbance would make them come to her door, fearing that something would happen and cause her to activate the detonation procedure.
For example, after learning she had picked up Ying An, the Secret Society had sent Li Gongyan over to monitor her for two years.
Only after confirming she was truly just raising a child had they felt at ease and moved away.
Ying An had even become friends with him, truly believing he was an ordinary and kind neighboring big brother.
However, the main purpose of the Secret Society was consistent with her own wishes.
If the matter of demons were made public to the world, it would also bring her considerable trouble.
Therefore she usually would not turn hostile against this group of people.
Of course she would not give them any good expression either.
“Regarding the matter of you moving to Shenchuan, may we inquire about the reason?”
“Finding a better school for the child to attend, and incidentally meeting an old friend.”
Li Gongyan lowered his head and wrote and recorded in the notebook he carried with him.
After finishing he began the next question.
“A little over a week ago, you had a conflict with the wanted demon criminal code-named ‘Ekui.’ May I ask if you were the one who was attacked? Did you know him before?”
“I didn’t know him. I went looking for him myself. I just wanted to eliminate a hidden danger early.”
“Mm… one last private question. You may refuse to answer. How has Xiao An been recently?”
Actually Li Jue could refuse to answer every one of his questions.
It was just that if she did not reply, they would probably send people again to monitor her situation.
She herself was used to it, but she did not hope for too many gazes to fall upon Ying An.
“Very well, if no one comes to peep at him again.”
Li Gongyan laughed awkwardly.
After Li Jue left, he collapsed onto the sofa and sighed in relief.
“Are great demons all this attitude toward you?” The man in the darkness asked him.
“This already counts as very good. The colleagues responsible for the other few don’t have my good luck. This old lady usually doesn’t cause trouble. Tell your brothers that if there’s nothing going on, don’t go provoke her… and if there is something, better not go either.”