You Yuelan felt as if she were about to cry. She truly could not understand why she was being so unlucky.
She did her best to put on a terrifying expression and said fiercely, “What do you want? I’m warning you, I’m not afraid of you at all. If you’re smart, you’ll let me go right now, or I won’t be easy on you!”
Lin Huanhuan looked at the emotionless girl before her. Seeing the way You Yuelan narrowed her eyes and revealed her canine teeth, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “Since you know you’re not good at acting, don’t bother. It looks really hilarious.”
“You don’t need to struggle with a disguise either. We’ve known each other for so long; do you think I don’t know what kind of person you are?”
“You—what are you doing?”
Just as You Yuelan was about to argue, Lin Huanhuan grabbed her hand with extreme familiarity and pulled her along like a kite.
“Don’t be afraid, I have no ill intentions. This isn’t a place for talking. Let’s find a better spot to chat.”
Swaying from side to side, You Yuelan completely panicked. She could no longer maintain her surface-level composure, and a massive wave of shock surged in her heart.
She truly could not understand where the girl in front of her got such thick skin. It was one thing to search for her with such fanfare before, but now she was dragging her through the streets. Did she really view everyone else as puppets?
‘How can she be so shameless?!’
Seeing this scene, the other people on the street moved aside one after another, letting them gallop past like the wind. For mortals like them who possessed little power, the reason they could survive in this world was not just the law, but also their situational awareness.
On this day, the wooden-faced girl truly felt the terror of the demon named Lin Huanhuan.
Upon arriving at a luxurious jiu lou, Lin Huanhuan immediately requested the best private room and quickly led You Yuelan inside.
After filling the table with various dishes, the waiter sensibly and silently left, closing the door behind him.
With a smile on her lips, Lin Huanhuan sat in a chair and crossed her legs. She stared straight at You Yuelan as if she were looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, contemplating how to cook her to make her taste better.
You Yuelan gritted her teeth and shrank back. “You—what do you want? I’m not a pushover. Otherwise, I will definitely make things difficult for you!”
“Oh?”
Lin Huanhuan raised an eyebrow slightly and said teasingly, “Make things difficult for me? Then I’d like to see what methods you have to do that.”
“You should be aware of my identity, right? In this territory, how many people can compare to me? If you want to compare backgrounds, you’ve picked the wrong person. Hehehehe.”
You Yuelan swallowed hard, a trace of fear surfacing on her face. Only then did she remember that the person before her was the daughter of the Lin family head! Standing behind Lin Huanhuan was the entire Lin family!
‘If she were just a regular family disciple, with my status as a spy, I could have my comrades help me and apply pressure together to deal with her. But against Lin Huanhuan…’
‘If I haven’t guessed wrong, the others would likely abandon me to save themselves. Or, thinking of a worse scenario, to maximize their profits, they might even make me proactively flatter and cater to Lin Huanhuan to obtain useful intelligence…’
‘Damn it, how could I possibly compete with that?’
Thinking of this, a sense of bitterness welled up in You Yuelan’s heart, which was usually as deep as a pool, and the aura of despair around her grew a bit stronger. She looked very much like an office worker who had stayed up for several days to finish a task, only to be told by their supervisor that there was no overtime pay and that the work was substandard and needed to be redone.
“Guh, I will absolutely never yield…” You Yuelan said in a lifeless voice that lacked any conviction.
Lin Huanhuan rubbed her chin as she looked at You Yuelan. For some reason, she felt a sense of deja vu. ‘Why does this look so familiar? Is it an illusion?’
Sensing that something was wrong, Lin Huanhuan decided to stop scaring her. She snorted coldly and said, “Don’t be afraid. I don’t plan on taking you right now. The reason I looked for you is that I know your secret and plan to use it to threaten you.”
“Secret? What secret?” You Yuelan suddenly became alert and sat up straight. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t have any secrets.”
The corners of Lin Huanhuan’s lips curled up, and her gaze turned cold. She calmly spat out a few words: “Luanmo Mountain, Tianmozi lineage.”
As soon as those words were spoken, You Yuelan’s pupils constricted violently, and her expression shifted several times in rapid succession.
‘How is that possible? How could she know this? Is she bluffing? But how could she be so precise as to even know that?’
Luanmo Mountain was her sect, and the Tianmozi lineage was her specific faction. Having these things stated so casually by Lin Huanhuan was as if her undergarments had been exposed. In fact, it was even more terrifying than that.
You Yuelan bit her lower lip, her fists clenched. Her voice trembled as she said, “I… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Lin Huanhuan laughed inwardly. ‘This You Yuelan is really interesting. She wants to appear calm on the surface, but she’s doing a terrible job of it. Is it because she’s usually too lazy to pretend? Haha, how funny.’
‘Now I understand a bit why she is the second heroine. Bullying a girl with these traits is definitely going to be fun.’
‘Usually, she has a world-weary look, as if nothing in the world can cause her emotions to ripple. However, after she is completely conquered and put on a bed to be ruthlessly toyed with… seeing that flat face gradually break down and reveal an expression completely different from her usual self would certainly be a joy.’
Lin Huanhuan unconsciously wore an evil smile, making You Yuelan feel even more afraid. She wanted to flee, but she couldn’t. After all, she was still on a mission. Her public identity was that of an Outer Sect Disciple of the Lingyun Sect, and she eventually had to return there. Fleeing was useless.
Lin Huanhuan gave a light laugh. “Playing dumb is useless. If I hadn’t known your identity long ago, why would I have gone through such lengths to find you?”
“If you dare deny it again, don’t blame me for reporting you to the Disciplinary Hall. You should know better than I what happens then.”
The Disciplinary Hall was the violent enforcement agency of the Lingyun Sect. While they seemed very inactive under normal circumstances, their speed became extremely fast if the target was a demonic sect spy.
Furthermore, once there was a suspicious target, they would be directly escorted to the Disciplinary Hall and screened using special methods. If they were innocent, it was fine, but if they were found guilty, death would be a luxury.
You Yuelan’s face turned ashen. Like a walking corpse, she nodded and said, “Since things have come to this, do I even have room to resist? Just tell me what your goal is.”
The corners of Lin Huanhuan’s lips turned upward. She pointed a finger at her and laughed. “It’s very simple. What I want is you!”