Chapter 521
“No,” Mu Qingtong replied swiftly, her red lips uttering two words, concise and comprehensive.
“Is that so? Then did you secretly confess your love to me in front of my posthumous portrait or belongings?” Xia Feng stroked his chin, guessing.
“…” Mu Qingtong replied indifferently, still swiftly, “No.”
“Eh?” Xia Feng asked lightly, looking thoughtful. “The speed at which you said those two words was 0.521 seconds slower than before.”
“Miss Mu, are you perhaps lying?” he asked, his dark eyes smiling at the woman.
“Boring,” Mu Qingtong commented lightly.
Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, wanting to say something more, but she cut him off directly, frowning and asking, “Mr. Xia, you still haven’t answered my question. When did you get resurrected? Or rather, were you never dead? Have you been imprisoned by Jiang Qiue these past few months?”
She asked a series of questions. Xia Feng blinked and didn’t expose her immediately. He just smiled and began to explain the events of the past half-year.
He didn’t hold back, briefly narrating everything from Nightmare River to the Calamity Spirit Clan’s territory, the Phantom Spirit Calamity Realm, and even the Calamity Demon Sea, and meeting He Jianzhu and the matter of Ri Nuo.
Of course, he didn’t mention a single word about the wicked things he had done to He Jianzhu during that time.
“Immortal Authority, huh,” Mu Qingtong said, somewhat surprised. This ability was indeed very powerful and could make Mr. Xia invincible.
Thinking of this, the corner of her lips curved imperceptibly before she quickly restrained it. This was for the best; she wouldn’t have to worry about this fellow ‘kind’ disappearing from the world anymore.
However, judging from Mr. Xia’s description, even with the Immortal Authority, it wasn’t a case of everything being all right.
There were still some abilities in this world that could counter the Immortal Authority.
Otherwise, the being named ‘Calamity Demon’ that Mr. Xia mentioned wouldn’t have died.
“Regarding He Jianzhu, are you saying she reappeared, looking like me, and helping you without asking for anything in return?”
“Yeah,” Xia Feng nodded. “According to Miss Jian Zhu, she looked just like you when she was young, identical.”
“So, Miss Mu, I’m very curious, what exactly is your relationship with He Jianzhu?”
“Didn’t I say before? She’s my mother,” Mu Qingtong replied lightly.
‘I don’t believe you,’ Xia Feng thought suspiciously. Even if they were mother and daughter, it was impossible for them to look 100% alike.
Based on his guess, if these two were truly mother and daughter, then Mu Qingtong’s birth must have been very peculiar, leading to their identical appearances.
“What happened after you returned to the Real World from the Nightmare Realm? How did you fall into Jiang Qiue’s hands?” Mu Qingtong continued to ask.
Xia Feng explained the mechanism of the Immortal Authority, and Mu Qingtong suddenly understood. It turned out that the infant Xia Feng she had tracked using the Azure Bone Chasing Technique was Jiang Qiue’s doing.
While contemplating, she looked up and down at the black-haired boy in front of her.
He looked about two years older than when they were at Willow Manor, his face still un-matured, tender and cute.
Sensing her gaze, Xia Feng subconsciously took half a step back and calmly explained, “I age about 1 to 2 years per day now. I should return to normal in a few days.”
“Mm-hmm,” Mu Qingtong nodded lightly.
As she responded, the atmosphere in the room fell silent again.
Xia Feng narrowed his dark eyes. “Miss Mu, don’t you have anything else to say?”
“What else should I say?” Mu Qingtong asked, confused.
“…”
Seeing her so calm, with no ripples in her light-gold eyes, Xia Feng felt helpless. This woman was truly unyielding. It seemed he had to take the initiative!
He put on a serious expression, took a few steps forward, pressed on the armrest, and leaned forward, bringing his face close to her exquisitely beautiful little face.
“Miss Mu, I want to hear the truth. After I died, were you very sad?” Seeing his seriousness, Mu Qingtong thought for a moment and then nodded, saying lightly, “Yes.”
“Hm?” Xia Feng was somewhat surprised. He hadn’t expected her to actually admit it.
“Mr. Xia, it seems you really want me to say this answer. What is it, you think I’ve fallen in love with you?”
Mu Qingtong lazily propped up her chin, extending her delicate index finger to hook up the cute face in front of her. She said softly, “As my fellow kind, my fiancé, and a vessel for my physical needs, your death did indeed trouble me for a while. But that’s all.”
Saying this, the corner of her lips curved slightly, and she said with interest, “If you’re trying to defeat me with your death, make me submit to you, and make me say ‘I love you,’ then I’m sorry, Mr. Xia.”
Her delicate index finger traced down Xia Feng’s face, over his thin lips, her fingertip gently pressing against his lip bead, and she let out a lazy chuckle.
“You have failed.”
Looking at the silver-haired woman’s confident posture, her condescending golden eyes were like a queen on her throne, exuding an air of imperial majesty and composure that made people involuntarily submit.
Unfortunately, Xia Feng wasn’t swayed by her act.
Because Xia Feng knew he was already in an invincible position. He recalled the scene in the laboratory where Miss Mu had whispered ‘I love you’ to his skull over and over again.
And now, Miss Mu was lazily propping up her chin, her golden eyes condescendingly looking down at him, as if those words from the laboratory were never spoken by her.
Heh~ Xia Feng curled his lips.
!
However, he didn’t immediately reveal the truth to expose the World-Ending Witch’s lie.
Because without evidence, Mu Qingtong would at most feel embarrassed and ashamed, but on the surface, she would likely deny everything, negate everything he saw, and continue as if nothing had happened.
This was not what Xia Feng wanted.
He wanted to ‘instantly kill’ this dishonest Miss Witch, leaving her with no room to argue!
Therefore, he needed a method that could restore memory scenes.
For example, the Nightmare Calamity that had previously helped Xia Feng recall his childhood memories.
Of course, just to display a small memory fragment, it would be too troublesome to specifically seek out the Nightmare Calamity.
But there must be some Spirit Robes or Spirit Artifacts in this world that could extract memory scenes.
For instance, the Element Holy See seemed to possess memory-related Spirit Robes.
Therefore—
“The day I extract the memory scene will be the day Mu Qingtong submits to me!” Xia Feng declared heartily, with a smile. He slapped away the woman’s hand that was touching his lips.
“If you say I’ve failed, then I’ve failed.”
“However, Miss Mu, I hope you’ll remember what you said today~”
The confession memory was Xia Feng’s trump card, and today’s scene of Miss Mu stubbornly playing tough only added another chip to this trump card!
At that time, Xia Feng planned to play both scenes together—
He would shove the ‘unspeakable love scene’ directly in Mu Qingtong’s face and see how she would react!
Mu Qingtong’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. Listening to Xia Feng’s strange declaration and looking at his eerie smile, she felt an inexplicable unease.
However, this unease only flashed for a moment.
‘Putting on a show!’
She sneered inwardly. Mu Qingtong’s beautiful eyes remained calm as she met the boy’s smiling, dark eyes and said softly, “Naturally, Mr. Xia, I will remember everything I’ve said.”
