There was a kind of person in this world known as a clever fool.
Their greatest strength was their intelligence, but their greatest flaw was that they were too clever.
And in Bai Ye's eyes, Mu Qian'er was precisely that kind of person.
How could someone who dared provoke him while remaining clear-headed at all times possibly be stupid?
Whether it was their encounter on the streets of Di Yang City or tonight's dispute in the Weak Water Pavilion over the Town Nether Sea Ice Snow Lotus, Mu Qian'er had remained sufficiently composed the entire time.
Yet, his conversation with Shui Jingya had taught him something: as long as people communicated, they would reveal information.
That information might be useful, or it might not.
Bai Ye had been fortunate. During both encounters, he had found something in Mu Qian'er's words.
That was, this woman had investigated him before.
When they first met, she had said, "I thought you'd come at me like a madman and kill me."
And just now, she had said, "I always thought you would be a very domineering person."
She had investigated who he had been in Ying Longcheng. And judging by the extent of it, it seemed she had done far more than merely investigate him. For a long period of time, she had probably even studied his every action.
From his behavior to his psychology, she had dissected and examined it all.
But if he could truly be understood so thoroughly by someone else, then he would not be Bai Ye.
Still, it was precisely because of her research that she more or less understood what kind of person Bai Ye was.
Someone exceedingly vile, vile enough to "play with anything that interested him until it broke."
Yet also someone extremely intelligent, intelligent enough