Chapter 673: After all, She's Not a Cold-hearted Person
Although he had long known that his adopted younger sister was cunning, Li Muyang still felt a chill down his spine when he heard her honest confession.
He gained a deeper understanding of her deviousness.
She could maintain a cheerful demeanor while serving and cooking for a "devil" who had a grudge with her brother, finding no fault with her...
This wretched girl was the true master of acting!
Li Muyang stared at the sweet and shy girl in front of him, his face full of contempt.
It turned out that every meal he had eaten could have been life-threatening.
Had he shown the slightest abnormality, he might have been decapitated the next second.
After all, he wasn't some old devil reincarnated through body snatching; he was a complete noob back then, and had Li Yuechan wanted to kill him, he would have had no power to resist.
Silently staring at the sweet smiling adopted sister in front of him, after a long silence, Li Muyang finally shook his head and said,
"So you decided to keep up the act... But if that's the case, why did you choose to reveal this when we were in the prison?"
Li Muyang was somewhat puzzled.
The girl blinked and said, "Because... well..."
"Because at that time, the teacher actually gave me an alternate escape plan, so even if I didn't need my brother to help, I could have found a way to escape on my own."
As she spoke, Li Yuechan's eyes darted around, and she leaned in, grinning, "But what about you, big brother? Despite the fact that I had pointed out your weakness, you still desperately insisted on rescuing me... You don't have feelings for me, do you?"
The girl teased, blinking her eyes, nearly pressing her face against Li Muyang's.
They were close enough to hear each other's breath.
Li Muyang immediately slapped her head, flipping the girl over, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? At that time, I had already stormed into the prison and betrayed the Refinement Demon Sect, do you think I could've just walked away? Would the Sect have let me go so easily?"
Li Muyang rolled his eyes, "You think it's a game, where you can pause whenever you want?"
"At that time, other than rescuing you and escaping together, what other choice did I have?"
"If I turned and ran away alone… having betrayed the Refinement Demon Sect and revealed everything, do you think you could have lived comfortably in prison?"
"Most likely, the Ancestor of Demon Refinement would have been the first to come out and harvest your soul to refine your body into a corpse."
Sitting on the chair speechlessly, Li Muyang said, "Besides, I'm not heartless and cold."
"You've been my sister for two years, acting obediently and adorably, winning people's affection."
"If something happened to you, how could I ignore it?"
Sitting on the chair, Li Muyang shook his head, sighing like an old man, "If I had known you were so cunning, I never would have bothered with you…"
The girl stood up, rubbing the back of her head and giggling sheepishly.
She squatted in front of Li Muyang with her hands on her knees, looking up at the old-fashioned two-year-old child on the chair, grinning, "So back then, I felt the same as you."
"I am also not a cold-hearted person. Having lived closely with you for two years, how could I just watch you risk your life for me?"
The girl blinked adorably, her face full of innocence, "Naturally, I hoped that big brother would be safe and avoid danger."
With the girl's words finished, the air in the room fell into a brief silence.
The siblings, whose identities had been fully exposed, had finally come to a truthful understanding at this moment.
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Two strangers, each originally holding their own schemes, ended up sitting together and pouring out their hearts...
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Li Muyang rubbed his brow, troubledly said, "So, you clearly escaped from the Refinement Demon Sect, and were doing well on your own outside, why run to the Ark Beyond the World?"
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"You must have arrived at the Ark Beyond the World a long time ago, hadn't you?"
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Skipping over this matter, the secret topic concerning the sibling relationship between Li Muyang and Li Yuechan came to an end.
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Everything that had to be said had been spoken, Li Muyang understood his cunning little sister's inner thoughts.
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After all, their identity as siblings was fake from the start.
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Now, continuing the pretense seemed to have no issues.
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Li Muyang started to change the subject, and the girl obediently sat down, saying, "Mhm, Qu Yan and I arrived at the Ark Beyond the World ten days ago, wandering outside, not daring to enter easily."
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"Only after hearing the news that our parents were kidnapped did I enter the Ark, but unexpectedly, upon arriving in Fuyun City, I learned about your whereabouts, big brother..."
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The girl said this, cutely tilting her head up to look at the two-year-old little boy sitting on the chair, innocently and adorably blinking her big eyes, saying, "Big brother, who kidnapped our second uncle and second aunt? Why are you here?"
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Li Muyang frowned, looking at the girl who sat on the floor right beside his feet, speechless, he said.
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"...Are there no chairs in this house for you to sit on? Why do you insist on crowding my face?"
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Yet, the girl smiled cheekily, saying, "People just want a closer look... Where did big brother find this physical body? It's so white and tender, quite adorable."
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Li Muyang fell silent for a moment, then said, "Let's talk about your second uncle and aunt first..."
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Li Muyang roughly recounted the cause and consequences regarding Yan Xiaoru kidnapping the couple, Li Damu.
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After listening to Li Muyang's narration, Li Yuechan's eyes suddenly grew wide, a face full of disbelief.
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"What? Elder Yan, after being possessed by a demon, deceived everyone and kidnapped our second uncle and aunt? Why?"
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Li Yuechan couldn't understand: "What special use could our second uncle and aunt have for her? They are just ordinary humans!"
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Li Yuechan fell into a state of confusion.
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Li Muyang let out a sigh and said, "Originally, I couldn't comprehend this matter either, but after calming down these past few hours and thinking carefully, I recalled something that might be related..."
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The girl curiously tilted her head, "What's that?"
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Li Muyang looked at the girl's delicately charming and cute face, and said, "This matter pertains to you, and it's also related to the origin of this body I'm using."
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"Ah?" The girl's eyes widened once more, filled with confusion.
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Li Muyang then began to tell the tale, recounting the story of the fox delivering a child and the fact that Li Yuechan was the daughter of the fox, which he had heard from Li Damu's couple.
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As the concerned party, Li Yuechan deserved to know this matter.
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However, after listening to Li Muyang's story, Li Yuechan's eyes instantly grew enormous, nearly popping out of their sockets.
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A lot of times, her astonishment was feigned, merely an act of being cute in front of her big brother.
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But this time, the shock was truly from the heart.
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Li Yuechan, unbelievingly pointing at herself, said, "I'm not human? I'm actually the daughter of the fox?"
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The story told by her brother was completely beyond the girl's expectations.
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Looking at her, Li Muyang said, "You can ask your teacher, your teacher is the Ancient Corpse Disentangle Immortal, having seen much and possessing broad knowledge, perhaps she's long since seen through your roots and therefore chose you as her disciple?"
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