Dense

My sister Xiaoqi is a social pro, you just don't mess with her...

Seeing that Lu Yibai finished his shower, the terrifying aura around Lin Xiaoqi vanished instantly. She tossed the bag of potato chips Lu Yibai bought her, tilted her head, and asked, "Boss, do you want some?"

"You eat them," Lu Yibai waved a hand and said.

Meanwhile, Night Demon lying on the couch felt rather awkward. Continuing to fake unconsciousness wouldn't work, but waking up directly didn't seem great either.

"Get up," Lu Yibai said.

Night Demon scrambled to her feet with blazing speed—so fast that certain parts of her body heaved and quivered slightly from the sheer momentum.

"Name," Lin Xiaoqi asked casually.

"Ye... Ye Yiyi."

"Gender."

"Fe... female..."

Lu Yibai could barely watch anymore, and asked in bewilderment, "What's the point of asking gender? Is it a mandatory procedure?"

Lin Xiaoqi glanced at Lu Yibai, then looked back at Night Demon—or rather, Ye Yiyi—and explained, "Boss, you didn't see her shedding her skin, did you?"

"No," Lu Yibai replied.

Earlier, Ye Yiyi disguised herself by shedding her skin to try and escape, only to be turned into a limp noodle by the Lion Umbrella.

"In that case, gender really isn't so easy to determine," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai: "..."

Impressive!

Were these the legendary "cross-dressing bigwigs" and "trap" girls from urban legends?

He had heard that plenty of high-level Night Demons even changed careers to become live streamers...

Lin Xiaoqi continued giving Lu Yibai a crash course. "Boss, you have to understand, even male Night Demons require yang energy, so..."

After a brief pause, she glanced at Lu Yibai and said, "Boss, I don't need to spell it out, do I? I see you and Ji Dekeng chatting happily every time, you must be pretty well-versed in the gay scene, right?"

Well-versed my ass!

Wait, how could I be well-versed in "ass", I haven't done any research on butts!

"Of course, cross-dressing definitely has more of a market! That's why plenty of male Night Demons choose to cross-dress!"

As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Yiyi again and asked, "Right?"

"Right... right..."

Look at how terrified the little demon was. Lu Yibai suspected that whatever Lin Xiaoqi said, she wouldn't dare contradict.

Ye Yiyi hadn't sensed any overly intense Night Watchman aura coming from Lu Yibai.

However, this woman eating potato chips with her bare little feet was a different story. The aura she gave off just moments ago was simply too terrifying.

Ye Yiyi had no idea just how strong it was.

Without a doubt, though, one punch from her could really shatter her big breasts...

The main thing was that if she were facing a man, she might let out a few "uwu"s and the guy wouldn't have the heart to ruin such a delicate flower.

Yet Lin Xiaoqi was a woman.

She would genuinely punch out an uwu-spouter with every single blow!

"Off with the skin," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai turned around immediately.

Ye Yiyi first peeled off her dress, then reached both hands behind her back.

Her slender fingers found somewhere mysterious, and with a gentle tug, every single piece of disguise on her body peeled entirely away.

Rather than "human skin," it looked more like a bodysuit, except that it adhered to her with a hundred-percent fit.

"Are you done?" Lu Yibai asked.

"You can turn around now, Boss," Lin Xiaoqi said.

Lu Yibai turned back around and took his first real look at Ye Yiyi.

Her skin was extremely fair—the pale, slightly morbid kind of white belonging to someone who rarely saw the sun.

Secondly, there were faint black markings on her body. They looked a bit like tattoos, but were actually innate.

Even her face bore two such marks.

It looked somewhat eerie, yet it added a bizarre, exotic aesthetic.

Still, she didn't look like a normal human no matter how you looked at it.

If all Night Demons looked like this, they genuinely needed a layer of disguise in human society.

As for her pupils, they were brown just like before.

In Lin Xiaoqi's hand, meanwhile, was something that resembled human skin.

It looked... rather unsettling.

Yet she didn't seem to mind in the slightest.

She rubbed it gently with her fingers and said, "Not human skin. It must be some high-end luxury item you made yourself using special materials, right?"

Ye Yiyi nodded, a trace of petty pride still lingering in her demeanor.

This was her absolute field of expertise.

Soon after, she hurriedly added, "I have no human lives on my hands, and I've never done anything bad. I'm a principled Night Demon—I don't have relations with any human partner more than twice, and I've never wrecked anyone else's family..."

Lu Yibai's mouth twitched. What kind of nonsense was this!

Was becoming a hookup addict supposed to be your Night Demon code of ethics?

Lin Xiaoqi stated flatly, "Your word doesn't count."

With that, she raised her left hand. Golden runes flickered across her palm—that was the Night Watchman Mark.

Damn it! Why could her mark glow?

Lin Xiaoqi pointed her palm at Ye Yiyi. Shortly after, a tiny green speck of light materialized and hovered right in front of her Night Watchman Mark.

It looked somewhat like a droplet of green blood!

While handling the procedure, Lin Xiaoqi didn't forget to continue tutoring Lu Yibai. "Boss, activating the Night Watchman Mark allows you to investigate someone. If a red light spot appears, it means she has human blood on her hands. If it's a green light spot, it means she has snuffed out demons."

There were many esoteric concepts among the Night Watchmen, such as soul marks. If you killed someone, you would naturally carry that person's soul mark on you, and it was completely indelible.

This also indirectly proved that Ye Yiyi was telling the truth. At the very least, she had never harmed humans and counted as a demon properly integrated into human society, so Night Watchmen generally wouldn't do anything to them.

Back during the years when "human-demon great harmony" was advocated, they might have even handed her a silk banner or a medal.

"Not bad, chick, you've even killed your own kind? You're really bringing glory to your fellow Night Demons!" Lin Xiaoqi remarked.

Lu Yibai was somewhat astonished as well. This seemingly feeble Night Demon had actually killed other demons?

Demons killed each other off, too.

The single green speck on Ye Yiyi indicated that she had killed one demon.

"N... no, that's not it," Ye Yiyi stammered.

Finally, meeting Lin Xiaoqi's scrutinizing gaze, she had to bite the bullet and confess, "There... there was once when I didn't do... safety precautions, and then... then... I had a miscarriage. Medical abortion."

At that, Lu Yibai's mouth twitched even harder.

What kind of ridiculous joke was this!

So the thing you killed was a fertilized egg?

All his interest vanished into thin air in an instant.

What he was far more interested in right now was—why wouldn't my mark glow!

So envious!

Regarding Lu Yibai's confusion, Lin Xiaoqi asked in surprise, "Boss, can't you feel the Night Watchman energy inside your body?"

"You mean those little specks of light?"

"Right."

Following those two hours of rest, the pitifully few little light specks inside his body had indeed recovered just a tiny bit.

"Boss, you just need to guide those light specks into your Night Watchman Mark, it's very simple."

Lu Yibai nodded and decided to give it a try.

He raised his left hand and attempted to drive the energy within him.

Instantly, his palm lit up, then dimmed right back down.

It looked rather like a light bulb that flashed once and blew out.

Power shortage!

Regardless, at least the activation had technically succeeded.

Coincidentally, his palm happened to be pointing directly at Lin Xiaoqi just then.

In front of his palm, green specks of light began to emerge.

Every single speck represented the life of a demon.

One speck, two specks, three specks, four specks...

More and more, growing denser and denser...

Packed tight as a swarm!

(PS: Second chapter.)