Chapter 1123

The moment Lin Cheng returned to his room, an uninvited guest arrived.

Yun Shang.

After parting with Yun Mo, she had been heartbroken for a time, and finally tracked them down by following the scent her sister had left behind.

"How did you get here, little sister? Have you broken things off with that human? Lin Cheng, go get us something to eat." Xiao Hong, acting every inch the mistress of the house, stood on the table and ordered Lin Cheng around to bring them some tea and sweets.

Lin Cheng's face was blank with confusion.

What do you two foxes even eat?

You actually want to be treated like humans? I'd advise you to behave yourselves.

In the end, he did as told and went downstairs to fetch a pot of hot water, tossed in a little tea leaves, and also made some potato cakes as a snack to bring back up.

He poured a cup of tea for each of the two fox ladies standing on the table, and set the potato cakes in the middle.

During the time Lin Cheng was away, Yun Shang had already poured out her grievances to her sister and admitted her mistakes—the efficiency was astonishing.

Lin Cheng had originally wanted to watch the show, but in the end, no matter how fast he moved, he still didn't get to see it.

"This water seems quite unusual? What's that grass floating in the middle? The taste isn't bad." As a spirit pet, Xiao Hong didn't care whether the water was hot or not; after a single sip of the tea, she found the flavor quite good, full of the breath of nature, and being un-picky she even ate the tea leaves straight into her mouth, savoring the tea with care.

It seemed to be refreshing.

Yun Shang wasn't quite so dramatic; she simply hugged her teacup and contentedly took several more sips in a row.

Both foxes looked at Lin Cheng at the same time, and Lin Cheng could only answer honestly.

"Tea leaves I made myself, the taste isn't bad! Please, carry on, carry on." Lin Cheng gestured for the two fox ladies to pay him no mind; he was superfluous in this room, they should just go on with whatever they needed to discuss.

Drinking tea, eating potato cakes, the two foxes every so often licked their own paws to clean off the lingering oil stains—what a thoroughly pleasant stretch of time!

"It seems like it's been a long time since we ate together like this."

"Yes, sister, almost three months now! It really makes one nostalgic, the life we used to have."

"Going back to the life we had before doesn't seem too late now, as long as…."

"I know."

With a complicated heart, Yun Shang set down the teacup in her hand, hesitation and pain flickering ceaselessly in her eyes, and in the end she still said it out loud.

"He did deceive me, but I have also forgiven him."

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Xiao Hong grew even more puzzled and shocked.

"Why?"

"Because…."

Yun Shang then laid out the reason for forgiving Yun Mo, nearly a hundred percent reproducing the reasons Yun Mo had given for why he had to deceive her—it was all for the sake of that person he truly loved.

Half a year ago, during the migration of the village Yun Mo belonged to, Yun Mo and his beloved were separated; Rongrong was sold into the hands of slave traders, and to ransom Rongrong back, Yun Mo had no choice but to approach her.

A look of relief spread across Yun Shang's face—although he had deceived her, it was for the sake of another person, not simply to satisfy his own selfish desires.

Yun Mo was still a man of feeling and loyalty; she had not misjudged him, and that was enough.

"Wait."

When it got to this point, Lin Cheng felt something was off, and looked at Yun Shang with a questioning gaze, as if looking at an idiot.

"Yun Mo deceived you for the sake of his own love, and yet you're actually speaking up for him? Generally speaking, shouldn't you be furious? So angry you only want to take that man back?"

Lin Cheng's counter-question made Yun Shang nod.

"At first I really was very angry, but what's the use of being angry? Yun Mo doesn't love me; no matter how angry I get, I can't win his heart back. Since that's the case, I've chosen to let go."

Lin Cheng was impressed.

"A very rational choice. That guy really isn't worth you giving so much for him."

Yun Shang, for her part, was able to take this matter of the heart in stride.

An ordinary woman would long since have been deeply entangled, willing to use any means necessary to win back the other's heart.

Especially since Yun Shang was a spirit pet who understood illusion arts—employing a little of her ability could make a human fall completely in love with her, the never-betray kind.