Chapter 1629 - 1476: Yin Yang Inn 32
Chapter 1629: Chapter 1476: Yin Yang Inn 32
The beauty hadn’t expected Li Yu to dodge her so blatantly; what was meant to be a fake fall turned into a real solid tumble, with her silken handkerchief and veil landing on her, leaving her in utter embarrassment.
The beautiful lady burst into tears right there, with the help of her two maidservants she climbed up, casting a furious glance at the insensitive Li Yu.
A crowd gathered around to watch the spectacle, as a beauty’s tumble was quite the sight, leaving the lady feeling both embarrassed and angry.
In the end, with a flushed face, she covered her face with her hand and hurriedly left with her two maidservants, one of whom hastily picked up dropped items before leaving.
Qi Shuangshuang watched the scene and laughed heartily, pointing at Li Yu teasingly: "Li Yu, don’t you always say that every last one of your fox clan is a master in matters of love?
Look what you did, making that beauty so awkward, you really don’t understand women, you’re quite wooden.
How can you be so heartless? She clearly had her eyes on you, deliberately wanting to get to know you, and yet you embarrassed her in front of everyone."
"Turns out all your boasting about being so great, all that talk about conquering hearts, is just hot air. When faced with a beauty offering herself, you dodged faster than anyone.
Her beauty is unparalleled, wouldn’t it be suitable for you? She’s not some hot potato for you to avoid, is she really worth disdaining?
Seeing your reaction is like watching you avoid a hedgehog, touching her won’t sting, yet you show no courtesy."
Feng Lin laughed as well, finally witnessing this fox make a fool of himself, promptly joining Qi Shuangshuang in mocking Li Yu.
Qi Shuangshuang laughed to the point of tears, her eyes glowing, cheeks flushed, as she put her hand on Li Yu’s shoulder and continued to tease him: "Li Yu, you can’t be like this!
Next time, remember to act with more gentlemanly grace when faced with such a rare romantic encounter. Who knows, maybe you’ll finally bloom after a thousand years of singlehood. Don’t worry, I won’t discriminate against human-demon couples."
Li Yu, with a darkened expression, looked at the laughing Qi Shuangshuang and Feng Lin, grinding his teeth: "Are you two too idle? Do you really think we’re out here just to browse the market.
If you have the leisure to worry about my romantic troubles, you might as well figure out how to catch that Corpse Ghost. Just be careful not to let it claim another victim on our watch.
And even if you don’t discriminate between human-demon romances, I do against demon-human relations. Don’t let any lovesick delusion stick to me; I have no interest in a mere pretty face."
Finished speaking, Li Yu flicked his sleeve, shaking Qi Shuangshuang’s hand off his shoulder, and strode forward, while Qi Shuangshuang quickly caught up, smiling: "You’ve never interacted with anyone, how do you know she’s just a pretty face?
She might be a talented lady. Judging someone so superficially after just one encounter isn’t fair."
Li Yu walked on, ignoring Qi Shuangshuang completely, moving at a brisk pace with an aggravated air.
Seeing Li Yu truly didn’t want to talk about the romantic encounter, Qi Shuangshuang stopped teasing after a couple of remarks and switched to serious business, scanning the crowd to see if they could spot the elusive Corpse Ghost.
Though not keen on the needle-in-a-haystack approach, Qi Shuangshuang had no choice. The Corpse Ghost was quite adept at concealment. Without it revealing itself, pinpointing its location was difficult, so luck was the best hope.
Just as Qi Shuangshuang was hoping for some good luck, she sensed someone was in danger, and she immediately rushed toward the person in peril.
Seeing Qi Shuangshuang dashing off, Li Yu and Feng Lin knew something was up and promptly followed her.
The person in danger was within the county, not far from the market, in a secluded alleyway.
Qi Shuangshuang had hurried over as fast as possible but was still a step too late; the Corpse Ghost had already made its escape.
In the alley, there was only a stout man dressed in coarse clothes lying on the ground, beside him a woman in a veil screaming loudly.
Qi Shuangshuang ignored the woman for a moment and signaled for Feng Lin and Li Yu to check the surroundings for any traces left by the Corpse Ghost.
She herself squatted down to examine the unconscious man.
Fortunately, Qi Shuangshuang’s swift arrival ensured the man had just been knocked out by the Corpse Ghost’s Yin Resentment Qi and wasn’t physically harmed. Once the Qi was removed from his body, he would be fine.
Qi Shuangshuang immediately acted, extracting the Yin Resentment Qi from the man’s body and only relaxed when she saw him open his eyes.
Upon waking, the man felt a bit dizzy, unclear about what happened, and after a while, he looked at Qi Shuangshuang and the screaming woman with surprise, then at himself sitting on the ground.
Then the man looked around repeatedly, confused about why he was in a remote alley after just intending to buy groceries.
Before him was a beautiful woman and another woman wearing a veil with an unidentifiable face yet a piercing voice.
Qi Shuangshuang briefly explained to the man why he was there and then asked: "Try to recall if there’s anyone you saw before you lost consciousness."
The man was initially grateful, thanking Qi Shuangshuang for saving him, then spent a long time recalling, shaking his head at Qi Shuangshuang apologetically: "I’m sorry, benefactor. I really can’t remember.
I just remember heading out to buy groceries, then suddenly went from opening my eyes to closing them, ending up like this. I have no idea what happened in between."
Seeing that she couldn’t glean any information, Qi Shuangshuang sighed and dismissed the man, instructing him to spend more time in the sun in coming days to clear residual Yin Resentment Qi.
The man left, expressing profuse gratitude, promising to bask in the sun more.
Once the man departed, Qi Shuangshuang turned her attention to the still screaming woman, rubbing her ears due to the lady’s shrill voice.
Indeed, as fate would have it, the screaming woman was the same beauty who had previously fancied Li Yu and tried to fall onto him, only to be awkwardly dodged by him and left in a tumble.
Qi Shuangshuang tampered her ears, speaking with some helplessness: "Miss, could you stop for a moment? Aren’t your vocal cords tired from all that screaming? The danger here is gone now; can you tell me what exactly you saw before?"