[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste":3,"chapter-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-240":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},687824,922,"Chapter 240: I Can Read Minds, You Dishonest Bastard","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-240",240,"\u003Cp>When Xie Antong walked in, Know-it-All was crouched on the ground, rummaging through a cabinet like he was desperately searching for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw her, his whole body stiffened, and he scrambled to shove everything back in like he was some kind of thief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem ahem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave an awkward cough and quickly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You're here? Uh... what's up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think?” Lu Ce shot him a sideways glance, completely unceremonious, yanked a chair open and sat right down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was his own place, he casually started flipping through things on the table and said offhandedly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s the tea? You being stingy now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes swept across the floor and landed on a pile of shattered teacup pieces. He continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow, you really are something. Were you born a tight-*ss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: …...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood there, mind spinning, but couldn't come up with a decent response. All he could do was sigh, resign himself, and walk over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d only met twice, but for some reason, he already found this woman kind of scary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just... too aggressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, didn’t you say you don’t drink tea?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All didn’t know what to say, so he just tried to make small talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When did I say that? You deaf or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: ……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell? Did you lose your memory or got split personalities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And “deaf ears”?? He felt like he could live ten thousand years and never come up with something like that to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless of whether this woman had a split personality or not, he was at least certain of one thing now — she seriously had no manners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was gonna be a pain. Now what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I get it, you’re a stingy piece of work. I don’t need yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just give me my stuff back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Lu Ce extended her hand, cutting right to the chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hand it over. Where’s my headset?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: I have no clue, okay!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F**k!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talk about bad timing — if he didn’t know better, he’d think the Warden was working with this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely ten minutes had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with an hour, he might’ve had time to cover his tracks. But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem, um… well, about that. What do you even want the headset for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s it to you? I’m selling it to buy rubber bands so I can shoot out your windows?” Lu Ce’s sharp tongue was firing on all cylinders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry up, quit wasting my time. I’m getting sick of that old face of yours. If you weren’t so damn hard on the eyes, I might even enjoy chatting a little longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Lu Ce was basically just cursing him out. Under normal circumstances, Know-it-All would’ve had every right to blow up over the personal insults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now… he was kinda in the wrong, so it was hard to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at Xie Antong, face darkening as he took deep breaths, trying to swallow down the verbal abuse and respond as calmly as possible:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay look, last time, didn’t we also set a delivery time? So maybe—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut the crap. When did we ever say that? I told you straight up I'd come get it next time. Now hurry up and hand it over!” Lu Ce didn’t even let him finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you in such a rush? It’s only been a few minutes. What’s the point? I’m just curious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too early? I think there’s something wrong with your brain. Give it back now so I can have peace of mind,” Lu Ce cut him off again, leaving no room to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: Who’s got the messed-up brain here, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes darted as an idea popped into his head. He smirked and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We agreed, didn’t we? You give the money, I give the goods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve got your stuff, of course. But where’s my payment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce thought, of course — that damn Xie Antong must’ve ditched the payment part and pushed it on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Classic her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All suddenly got confident, his whole vibe relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We never actually discussed specifics, right? You should know, what I ask for is what my reward is. It’s not about what you want to give me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said I wanted money — money’s useless in this prison.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you prepared... for any kind of payment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said that, Know-it-All pulled out another teacup, filled it up, and started sipping tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph! Think I can’t handle you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compensation is easy — as long as he made it hard enough, she’d never cough it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, you’ve been acting all high and mighty — your turn’s up. Sooner or later, you’ll be begging me… and even then, I won’t help!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headset’s already with the Warden anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All was already grinning at the thought. He took a sip of tea and looked smugly at the woman across from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce decided she was done playing games and went straight for it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You lost my headset, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All literally spit out a mouthful of tea and started coughing violently. He never expected her to come at him like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem ahem ahem, what… what are you talking about! Hahaha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would you say something like that? Don’t talk nonsense. Of course I wouldn’t—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can read minds.” Lu Ce said it with a straight face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this a joke? Who the hell says they can read minds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you could, why the f**k would you waste time bickering with me all this while?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I knew from the moment I walked in that you lost my headset.” Lu Ce lied without blinking, expression cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… how do you prove you can read minds?” Know-it-All was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You asking that means you lost it, doesn’t it?” Lu Ce shot him a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: “…You bluffing me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nope. I really can read minds. If you don’t believe me, ask Chiyo Eine.” said Lu Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who the hell is Chiyo Eine?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s some Japanese chick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who the hell asked you that?!” Know-it-All was losing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like he’d lost a few years of his life just in this short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking another deep breath, his brain was a mess. Just as he was about to keep arguing, Lu Ce suddenly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me guess. My headset… the Warden took it, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know-it-All: ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… can really—?…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked suspiciously, even shifting his chair back a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mental privacy was the last frontier. No one could stand the thought of their thoughts being exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know.” Lu Ce nodded. “And honestly, I already expected it. I gave it to you to avoid getting caught by the Warden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t think…” Lu Ce frowned like she was truly reading his mind. “You’d hand it over just like that. What a dishonest little b*stard…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1145,"2026-06-02T09:03:27.233Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe23875c73a3935bba707940c3e171751dac0579d832973fb8c23ea598e1a289","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-241","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-239",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]