Chapter 91: Give My Husband a Chance to Perform

There was actually an even more formidable figure lurking behind that girl!

My heart clenched suddenly.

"The enemy is coming with great force." Liu Junyan said, "Since she failed to deceive me, her target will likely turn directly to you, Xiao Jiu—she wants your life."

I gave a wry smile: "No, she doesn't just want my life; she may also want my body, my memories, and my natal magic item. Of course, her ultimate goal must be you, Liu Junyan. Are you sure you never met her before?"

Liu Junyan blinked slightly, evidently my question was a bit sharp.

He narrowed his eyes, seriously recalling.

Over a hundred years ago, even earlier, many minor details are easily overlooked.

I didn't want to make things difficult for him, so I left it at that, touched the wound on his neck, and changed the subject: "What weapon caused this? It's strange."

Liu Junyan instinctively replied, "A fan."

A fan?

Among the people I know, only Fox Lord holds a fan.

So, did he go last night to pick a fight with Fox Lord?

He took out his anger on me, then vented it on Fox Lord—this guy… is childish!

However, my mood did improve a bit.

I twisted my body, trying to get off his lap, while reminding him: "Change the dressing often these days, don't touch water, let the wound heal quickly."

Liu Junyan, however, grabbed my waist and flipped me back: "Xiao Jiu, don't run, be good and let me hold you a while—I have something to discuss."

I was somewhat speechless.

If you want to think things through, why are you holding me?

Seeing he's injured, I chose to stay snuggled in his arms while also thinking about my own matters.

After a while, Liu Junyan suddenly said, "I met Hu Yulin in our youth; we often invited each other to go out for training. Around three hundred years ago, we first encountered A Li."

I didn't expect Liu Junyan to suddenly bring up A Li; I immediately perked up my ears to listen.

"A Li… A Li," Liu Junyan self-mocked, "It's really funny—we've known each other for so many years, yet we only know her as A Li; she wears a half-mask covering most of her face, and we've never seen her true appearance."

The three of us almost always meet at the training grounds, after all, there are few great demons worth hunting in the world, so our chances of running into each other are actually high.

A Li's true form is a golden phoenix; she is bold and unrestrained, her longbow has several times outshone me and Hu Yulin, and we could say we became acquainted through rivalry.

Over time, both Hu Yulin and I developed secret feelings for A Li, but she seemed to favor me a little more—yet good fortune didn't last. Over a hundred years ago, the phoenix clan suffered a great upheaval; I chased her to Cangwu Mountain, saw her, and all I got was the line "Cangwu's willow, the Ling waters surge, not reaching the Yellow Springs, we shall never meet again..."

Hearing this, I finally understood what youthful affection truly means.

Burning, impulsive, yet timid and sour.

It began in a haze and ended without illness.

When you finally figure out your own heart, you discover everything is already too late.

A Li… thus became a vermilion mole sealing Liu Junyan and Hu Yulin.

"So, Xiao Jiu, A Li almost always appears alone, until Feng Wu took human form." Liu Junyan said, "I truly don't recall any other woman ever appearing beside A Li, and certainly not beside me and Hu Yulin."

Like that…

"If the problem isn't with the fake A Li, could it be the person behind her?" I proposed.

Liu Junyan gave a noncommittal response: "It doesn't matter; I'll get to the bottom of this, Xiao Jiu. Just protect yourself."

I hummed and asked him: "Then do you want to have a good talk with Fox Lord, make things clear?"

Since they grew up together, Fox Lord probably isn't a bad person.

He's just temporarily blinded.

Liu Junyan shook his head: "What can wake him isn't me, but the true A Li—it's you, Xiao Jiu."

I scratched my head, not quite grasping the deeper meaning of his words.

Just then, my phone outside suddenly rang.

I hurriedly got off his lap and ran to the counter to check my phone.

It was Jin Wuya.

We had been chatting and got cut off halfway; they've been waiting, and now they're clearly anxious.

Liu Junyan also came over and said, "Tell him this should be a cat bone, with a Buddhist sutra hidden inside—let him find someone to examine it."

I thought it over; although Master Huichuan cultivates the Dao, he should know some Buddhist sutras, so I conveyed Liu Junyan's words to Jin Wuya and suggested he go ask Master Huichuan.

Jin Wuya immediately agreed.

I thought the matter was settled here, but I didn't expect that two days later, at dawn, I was awakened from sleep by Jin Wuya's phone call.

Answering with sleepy eyes, a shrill cat's cry came from the other end, startling me into a jolt, and I instantly became fully awake.

I quickly asked, "Boss Jin, how are you?"

Then several more cat cries came through, mixed with Jin Wuya's painful groans; after a while they subsided, and immediately Jin Wuya's exhausted, frightened voice came: "Xiao Jiu Zhanggui, I… I might be entangled by a cat demon—save me!"

I hadn't even been able to ask for details when the cat cries came again from that end.

This time I heard clearly—the cat cry wasn't coming from any cat's mouth; it was… it was Jin Wuya calling out.

He seemed to be struggling with that cat demon for control of his body.

Damn it!

Jin Wuya has been wandering the Yin-Yang path for years; ordinary evil spirits can't subdue him.

It seems this cat demon is extremely formidable.

I hung up and went to wake Li Qingying in the back; without a word, she put on her clothes and prepared to drive me to Jin Wuya's home.

Before the car even started, Liu Junyan came out: "Qingying, Xiao Jiu and I will go; you go back to sleep."

I glanced at the west corridor; the hexagonal palace lamp was gone.

Li Qingying had no hesitation: "All right, Seventh Lord, remember to protect Xiao Jiu."

This guy is obviously still afraid that we two will have a falling out, giving Liu Junyan a chance to show off.

Li Qingying set the navigation, Liu Junyan drove.

The car started smoothly, Liu Junyan said: "Xiao Jiu, sleep a bit longer; I'll call you when we arrive."

But I couldn't sleep at all: "It's fine, after we settle Boss Jin's matter, I'll come back and get proper rest."

Liu Junyan asked: "Is it him who twice gave you tiger penis?"

As soon as he brought this up, my face flushed.

Liu Junyan chuckled lightly, let me off: "Is your driver's license about to come down?"

"Mm." I replied, "It should be obtainable in these two days."

Liu Junyan said: "Then after we finish this matter, I'll take you to pick a car."

I immediately shook my head: "No need, no need, I have money, I've already decided what to buy."

"I haven't given you any decent gift yet." Liu Junyan said, "Xiao Jiu, give my husband a chance to perform."