A Scheme Within a Scheme
Wang Yue noticed that Si Teng seemed to be pondering something. He felt it would be better to ask her outright, so he said seriously, "You once said you were half-demon, but from what I know, demons are demons. How could there be such a thing as a half-demon? When you plants split, don't you become two separate plants? Could the two of you still influence each other?"
Wang Yue's words left Si Teng momentarily distracted. She, too, had thought of a possibility. Most of the people and demons she knew were her enemies. The only one who might have brought her back to life was probably Bai Ying.
When Si Teng said nothing, Wang Yue continued, "On my way back, I stopped the car and saw an earthworm by the road. There was an unusual-looking wound where it had broken in two, as if the two parts had grown back together. A thought suddenly struck me: could you have been separated from the other half of your demon body by some coincidence, and then grown back together?"
Wang Yue had chosen this moment to lay his cards on the table because Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing weren't here. No one would hold him back, and he had set up a formation in the temple. Even if things turned ugly, he could still beat Si Teng.
Si Teng, of course, understood that. She didn't think Wang Yue was shameless. On the contrary, she thought he was loyal and considerate.
She had lived through a turbulent era and seen plenty of faithless men who abandoned their wives and children. It was rare to find someone like Wang Yue, who kept quiet at first and made sure his wife was safe.
Si Teng also thought she could