74. A Beautiful Misunderstanding
Miss Gong Yiling, after our last encounter, and upon consulting with Old Yin, he has agreed to give you the Nine-Tailed Min. As for the Divine King Gu, you and your subordinates will need to meet with us again to confirm our cooperation.
We will notify you of the specific time and method. Please wait for further instructions.
—Wen Qiyin.
“Strange.”
After putting down the letter, Yan Chuyue crossed her arms and muttered, “They seemed to be just stringing us along before, not taking us seriously at all.”
“Because when I first mentioned I was Gong Yiling, I deliberately set a trap for her.” Miss Gong clapped her hands confidently.
“A trap? What trap?”
“I made Wen Qiyin send people to Yanlie City to verify my words. Knowing how cautious she is, she would definitely investigate thoroughly.”
“However… what she could find was only what I wanted her to see.”
Yan Chuyue frowned. “What you wanted her to see…”
It sounded confusing, but Yan Chuyue quickly understood.
What happened in Yanlie City, not even the biggest victim, Shangguan Long, knew the full story.
If Wen Qiyin wanted to find out what happened, she would only see the various factions fighting each other, without any of the finer details.
“I think I know what you mean.” Yan Chuyue stroked her chin and muttered, “Make them think that all the recent incidents were caused by that Immortal Master, forcing them to cooperate with you, the fake Gong Yiling?”
Hey, not bad, that was quite a brilliant move. As long as her two identities didn’t appear at the same time, she would never be exposed.
After all, she was Gong Yiling. Pretending to be herself, even bringing her mother along to play her part, who could know her better than herself?
If anyone could, it would probably only be the author, who had been in a state of confusion lately.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. They naturally understand this. Besides, their actions are far more sinister than any demonic sect. They wouldn’t have any moral qualms.”
Gong Yiling put away the note, leaned against the window, and looked at the dark clouds gathering outside. “It looks like it’s going to rain. If it rains tonight, how about you spend the night with me?”
“Huh???”
Yan Chuyue froze.
What did she mean? Why was she suddenly talking about… the night?
“What about the night?” She couldn’t help but turn her head, a hint of annoyance in her voice. “What do you want to do tonight?”
Gong Yiling, on the other hand, was bewildered. “Ah… I don’t want to do anything. Aren’t we just going to do what normal young women do at night?”
Yan Chuyue: “!!!???”
What? Besides sleeping, what else could they do at night? Could it be what she was thinking?
But… they were both women. Wouldn’t that be… lesbian?
Although she often watched lesbian videos and blushed, for it to actually happen to her—wait, she did have a little crush on Miss Gong…
It was all because of that missing male lead. What was his name again?
“What’s wrong?” Gong Yiling still didn’t realize there was anything wrong with her words… nothing at all.
Yan Chuyue fidgeted nervously. “You… you… are you serious?”
“Of course I’m serious.” Gong Yiling, seeing her nervous expression, thought she understood.
But… you’re the Mercenary Queen. Shouldn’t you be a little more… excited about this?
Could it be that she had been living a comfortable life for too long and had forgotten her old ways?
That wouldn’t do. She couldn’t forget her old ways.
So, Gong Yiling patted her shoulder seriously. “Since we’re going to pursue excitement, let’s go all the way.”
And then, Miss Gong was pushed out the window by the completely misinterpreted Yan Chuyue, falling from the building with a “thud” onto the hard ground.
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“So what I meant was, should we go to Shangxi Daoist Mountain tonight and see what those people are doing after being poisoned by the Gu.”
Gong Yiling looked at the girl with a strange expression, exasperated. “If you didn’t want to go, you could have just said so. Why did you push me out the window?”
“This…” Yan Chuyue, still applying ointment to her, stuck out her tongue guiltily. “Well… you should have been clearer.”
“Huh?”
“Who would have thought that ‘what we should do at night’ meant being a thief? Do normal women do that at night?”
Hearing this, Gong Yiling could only scratch her nose silently.
The problem was, could she and her be considered normal women? Her definition of “normal” was relative to them…
“Alright, so…” She quickly changed the subject. “What did you think I meant?”
Yan Chuyue, applying ointment to her bruised forehead, flinched at the question.
This didn’t matter. What mattered was that Gong Yiling was in pain.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch!”
“Then stop talking nonsense.” Yan Chuyue said impatiently. “This is the second time today, Miss Lü. Your mouth is for speaking clearly, not for riddles.”
“I thought, with our rapport, even if others didn’t understand, you would.”
Gong Yiling pouted, putting on a show of being wronged.
But this act made even her feel a bit awkward, and she quickly stopped.
“What’s our relationship?”
Female lead and second female lead!
“Aren’t you my disciple? The one I randomly picked up while traveling.”
“Pfft…” Hearing this, Yan Chuyue, who was still a bit angry, couldn’t help but laugh. “I didn’t know I had such a foolish master.”
“I wouldn’t say that—”
“Hey, don’t move! If you move while I’m applying the medicine, do you want to get better or not? What if it leaves a scar? You’re not like Qiu Shui, who can heal without leaving a trace.”
This was when a doctor was at their most domineering. No one would dare argue with them at this point.
But hearing this, Miss Gong suddenly remembered something. She took out a bottle of medicine from her Universe Ring and asked curiously, “By the way, Chuyue, what’s so special about this medicine?”
The medicine she took out was the one the strange uncle had given her.
