Ye Chen led the two elderly souls at the front, while Sun Wukong followed behind, keeping an eye on the Baozi Shop proprietress to make sure she didn't try anything.
The proprietress had been a shrewd woman in life. She had long since figured out that Sun Wukong was the strongest among them. As long as she got on his good side, Ye Chen would have no say in the matter of her reincarnation.
So she kept talking to Sun Wukong the whole way. Even though Ye Chen had warned her many times, she shamelessly kept edging closer to him, quietly chatting as she absorbed his Demonic Aura.
Sun Wukong, by contrast, seemed not to care at all about the Demonic Aura on his body. He even deliberately released more after noticing the proprietress absorbing it, so she could get her fill in one go.
"Will you ever stop? You really want me to toss you into the River of Forgetfulness?" Ye Chen had had enough of the proprietress. Her endless prattling made him feel as if his head had swollen a size.
"Hey, kid, could you try treating people a little better? This woman is an old acquaintance of yours, after all. Sure, she did some terrible things to you when she was alive, but she's dead now. Why not let the past go?"
Sun Wukong's tone showed just how little he cared about what Ye Chen had been through. Ye Chen felt a little wounded. The small measure of goodwill he'd felt toward Sun Wukong vanished in an instant.
"Why should I be magnanimous? Why should I forgive her? She wanted to use my body as the source of meat for Human Flesh Buns. And back then, she and her monster husband slashed me several times. I haven't