After saying that, Su Mu glared fiercely at Chen Qing.
Meanwhile, the Chen Qing across from her had two black lines popping up on her forehead beneath the mask.
This Traitorous Shizun had actually impersonated her and even given herself the nickname of Life-Seizing Female Demon.
It seemed she truly saw her as quite ferocious.
Seeing the person opposite her freeze, Su Mu’s tense heart finally relaxed a bit.
Impersonating Chen Qing’s name carried enormous risks.
If this person really went to verify with Chen Qing and found out she had been using her name outside…
The damn Villain would surely fly into a rage and harshly punish her.
Just imagining herself being pinned down on the bed and thoroughly ravished by Chen Qing made Su Mu shudder inwardly.
But there was no choice right now—she had to find a way to scare this person off first.
She had thought this was a good person, but it turned out to be a scoundrel just as detestable as Chen Qing.
However, she had even name-dropped the formidable Departing Cloud Merchant Association, which should be enough to frighten her away.
Just as Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Qing took a few more steps forward.
“Chen Qing? Never heard of any small fry by that name. As for Life-Seizing Female Demon, what tasteless nickname is that? It makes me want to laugh just hearing it.”
Seeing the Fox Mask drawing closer, Su Mu kept retreating.
She tried to maintain a sense of security by widening the distance between them.
But her efforts were clearly futile. The dead-end alley behind her left her with less and less room to back away.
Chen Qing pressed forward step by step, savoring Su Mu’s increasingly panicked expression.
This was exactly what she wanted—to make this foolish Traitorous Shizun understand that sneaking out behind her back meant she could be targeted by other wicked women.
It was both a warning to Su Mu and petty revenge for saddling her with that ridiculous Life-Seizing Female Demon nickname.
“W-Wait, wait a moment! I’ll return these nine taels of silver to you. Just let me go!”
In her desperation, Su Mu pulled out the remaining nine taels from her pocket, hoping the money would convince the Fox Mask to spare her.
But Su Mu’s dazed actions only made the corners of Chen Qing’s mouth curl up in amusement beneath the mask.
Far from stopping, she quickened her pace, closing in until she was right in front of Su Mu. With slender, articulate fingers, she lifted Su Mu’s smooth chin.
“Miss, have you forgotten? These nine taels in your hand were given to you by me—and I gave you ten taels. You’re still short one. So, what will you use to make up the difference?”
As she spoke, Chen Qing’s beautiful eyes roamed unabashedly over Su Mu’s body, a faint trace of desire in her gaze, completely undisguised.
Her cool fingers gently caressed the soft flesh of Su Mu’s chin, as if taming a disobedient kitten.
Her other hand had already wandered restlessly to the fabric at Su Mu’s waist.
“W-Wait, just wait a bit longer. I’m not just giving you nine taels. Give me two days, and I’ll pay you back a hundred taels.”
Seeing the naked predatory glint in the masked woman’s eyes, Su Mu hurriedly added.
At this point, her back was pressed against the dead-end wall, with nowhere left to retreat.
The cold wall made her already taut nerves even more frantic.
In a flash of inspiration, Su Mu blurted out the price of a hundred taels.
She had only borrowed ten taels from her, but she would repay a hundred.
Such a profitable deal—no one could refuse that.
And who was she, Su Mu? Before transmigrating, she had been a famous adventure streamer. After transmigrating, she had survived in the hands of the unpredictable Villain.
Someone as clever as her would never let herself come out on the losing end.
She would first lure the masked woman with the huge sum of a hundred taels. If she bought it…
Then, once back, she would tattle to Chen Qing.
Though Chen Qing was temperamental, ruthless, and brutal, no normal person could tolerate their woman being bullied—or nearly cuckolded.
She could borrow Chen Qing’s hand to harshly teach this arrogant masked woman a lesson.
As for exposing her secret outing, her clever little mind had already figured that out.
She just needed to come up with a plausible excuse to fool that wicked woman, Chen Qing.
Not only would she escape smoothly now, but she could also get Chen Qing to punish this arrogant person later. And with a reasonable excuse, she could cover up her sneaky escapade.
This was a brilliant scheme that killed three birds with one stone—her little brain was truly ingenious.
Even in such an emergency, she had come up with such a perfect plan.
Chen Qing watched Su Mu, whose eyes held a hint of smugness, and lightly raised her brows beneath the mask.
This Traitorous Shizun was growing more foolish by the second. She didn’t even know to dangle a bigger carrot when painting a pie for the enemy.
Right now, she was someone who could casually lend out ten taels. Would she care about a mere hundred?
Throw out a thousand or ten thousand, and she might even hesitate and be tempted. But a hundred? That was downright insulting.
Still, she was curious to see what other thoughts lurked in Su Mu’s little head.
If left to gather it herself, Su Mu couldn’t even scrape together a single copper coin.
So it wasn’t hard to guess—she must be banking on her.
Chen Qing was eager to see how this cautious, timid Traitorous Shizun, who was always so wary and fearful in her presence, planned to pull it off.
“Very well, it’s a deal. A hundred taels, three days from now. I’ll come collect it personally. If you don’t have the hundred taels, you’ll have to play a game with me.”
Seeing the lecherous look in the masked woman’s eyes, Su Mu’s heart quivered.
From that gaze, she knew the “game” was anything but proper—but there was no way she would play along.
Just as Su Mu thought the Fox Mask might let her go, a hand suddenly climbed onto her waist.
The hand on her soft waist pinched hard. Su Mu’s pretty face flushed crimson in an instant, her eyes flashing with annoyed embarrassment, while her sensitive body went slightly limp.
“This is the interest. In three days, you’ll still owe the principal.”
Seeing the Fox Mask brazenly taking liberties, Su Mu wished she could bite her to death.
Why was this world full of wicked, frivolous women like the Villain Chen Qing?
Chen Qing might have some grudge from her past life as revenge, but this one was purely driven by lust. She had even pretended to help first to lower her guard—making her even worse than that detestable Chen Qing.
What Chen Qing didn’t know was that Su Mu had already ranked her as a tier below this woman in her mental “bad woman” list.
Looking at the embarrassed and furious Su Mu glaring at her, Chen Qing withdrew her hand.
“Miss Jiang Yun, didn’t you say you were heading to the Black Market? Why stop now? Or do you want to stay in this alley and continue where we left off?”
“I’m going, I’m leaving!”
Seeing the Fox Mask finally remove her groping hand, Su Mu hurriedly quickened her steps, brushing past her to escape the dead-end alley.
But after emerging from the alley, Su Mu discovered that the Fox Mask was still following behind her.
