Turns Out, This Is What Women Are Like?

Mu Ye chose 3.

He didn't mean anything by it; he just wanted to see how Madam Yun would respond.

After he made his choice, the two women froze again, their expressions changing noticeably, as though they had never seen him before.

Shen Qingchan in particular showed a clear trace of anger. She was about to speak, but Madam Yun raised a hand to stop her.

"Are you sincere, sir?" Madam Yun asked, her expression calm. "If you are, then follow me..."

With that, Madam Yun turned and walked into the bedchamber behind her.

"?" Mu Ye.

No way.

She was serious?

Her Favorability hadn't dropped.

Mu Ye was surprised by this option. He hadn't expected such a brazen tease not to lower Madam Shen's Favorability.

Shen Qingchan's reaction had been the more normal one.

And, at least at first, her Favorability really hadn't dropped.

"Could fifty Favorability points mean Madam Yun is already willing to give herself to him?"

Their feelings had begun to stir, meaning Madam Yun already felt some affection for him. Under those circumstances, even if he said something overly forward, perhaps her Favorability wouldn't drop all the way?

Or did Madam Yun have some other idea?

Mu Ye walked into the room. Only then did the prompt say Madam Yun's Favorability had fallen to 40.

Inside, candlelight flickered. Madam Yun was already lying on the bed, with the clothes she had just taken off beside it.

From the side, the formerly flat blue-green bedding now had a peak.

"She still didn't refuse..." Mu Ye was surprised.

But Madam Yun's face was expressionless. Only when he reached the bedside did she speak softly:

"You saved my life, and helped me time and again without asking for anything in return. You never coveted the Shen Family's wealth... I could never understand why a Demon Sealer like you would do all that. But if this is the reason, then I can understand."

"After tonight, we'll owe each other nothing. If you want to, go ahead and take what you came for."

After she said this, her Favorability would drop another 10 points. If he went any further, it might fall to zero?

Seeing this, Mu Ye fell into thought.

This option might let him spend the night with Madam Yun, but there probably wouldn't be anything after that. Raising her Favorability again would be harder than climbing to heaven.

For some reason, looking at Madam Yun just then, Mu Ye felt that beneath her calm expression, there was also a hint of relief.

She didn't seem tense at all.

That left Mu Ye confused.

Mu Ye reloaded to the previous point.

This time, he chose 1.

After he chose 1, a rare blush appeared on Madam Yun's cheeks. She seemed just as surprised that he would say something like that, and her Favorability rose by 2 points.

"..." Mu Ye.

Option 1 went against the Demon Sealer's usual image. Madam Yun should have been surprised and then lost a few Favorability points.

After all, judging from the previous increases, Madam Yun valued mystery, keeping one's word, and proud strength.

A sweet nothing like option 1, the sort of thing lovers said to each other, shouldn't have been what raised her Favorability.

After thinking it over, Mu Ye vaguely felt he understood.

"With fifty Favorability points already as a foundation, the Demon Sealer has... become someone different in Madam Yun's eyes..."

"Words like these... can actually bring them a little closer, showing her another side of the Demon Sealer she's never seen? So she's surprised, but her Favorability still rises instead of falling?"

Once he understood, Mu Ye suddenly saw the light.

So this was what women were like?

Once feelings began to stir, an unseen filter had already settled over the way she saw him.

"In this lousy game, it looks like I'll become a master of romance sooner or later."

And, judging from option 3, the Demon Sealer's excessive mystery could put pressure on Madam Yun at times.

A pressure caught between affection and the invisible barrier separating them.

So when the Demon Sealer suggested spending the night as if it were a transaction, Madam Yun might have already considered the possibility. She wasn't surprised; instead, she felt a little relieved.

Because it meant the Demon Sealer was just an ordinary man after all. There was nothing mysterious about him, and nothing to fear.

"Complicated..."

After thinking about it for a while, Mu Ye felt a headache coming on, as if something were about to sprout from his head.

After reloading, Mu Ye chose 2.

That felt most in keeping with the Demon Sealer.

He casually produced a treasure he had brought back from the Imperial Map Secret Treasury.

"This is..." Madam Yun took the jade pendant and examined it closely. Her eyes flashed with shock. "This is... the Double Ring Pendant from the Grand Ancestor's era..."

"You..."

"Did you really go looking for the Seven Absolutes Imperial Map?"

"Let me see! Let me see!" Shen Qingchan clamored, crowding in beside her.

Madam Yun set down the pendant and studied the Demon Sealer Mu Xinghe before her, unable to imagine how he had found the legendary treasure.

Ever since Emperor Zhengyang died, the treasure's only clue had vanished.

Over the years, who knew how many factions had secretly come to Taiping City to ask around and investigate? None of them had found a thing.

The treasure had long since become a legend.

Madam Yun knew a little about it, but all she knew was that the clue might be in Zuixiang Pavilion and might have something to do with the girl Yuanshuang.

No one had found the treasure in all these years.

How could anyone possibly find it just by wandering around?

And there was a good chance of encountering the Seven Absolutes Demon. Rumor had it that the demon could perceive the seven emotions and six desires and bewitch people's hearts, which was why it was called the Seven Absolutes. Even the most powerful Demon Sealers couldn't detect such a demon's whereabouts, let alone deal with it.

"Why... would you take such a risk?" Madam Yun asked, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.

A risk?

Mu Ye thought about it.

It had indeed been dangerous. After all, Zuixiang Pavilion was a den of pleasure. Without the means of a Brothel Patron, there was no guarantee he could even get in.

Then Mu Ye briefly told her where the treasure was.

"Also, the dungeon in the Taiping City Prefecture is where Bitter Flesh is made..."

After saying this, Mu Ye left.

"That man... He came all this way, so why didn't he stay a little longer?" Shen Qingchan asked, puzzled. "Aunt Yun, it feels like he's just using you... He's not really trying to help you like you said. Every time he comes, he leaves in a hurry... It's like you don't even exist to him... Like you're just a tool?"

"You silly girl..." Madam Yun gazed at the lonely figure in the night and spoke softly. "Look at this Double Ring Pendant."

"What about it?"

"It still bears the dust of history... It hasn't been cleaned at all," Madam Yun said. "What does that tell you?"

"What?"

"It tells us... that he came straight here as soon as he found the treasure. He didn't even stop along the way... If I don't exist to him, why come in the middle of the night instead of waiting until tomorrow?"

Shen Qingchan paused.

"You mean... he actually wanted to see you?" Shen Qingchan wondered. "Is that it?"

"Qingchan, you're still young..." Madam Yun said. "You don't yet understand that a man like him is different from that young Young Hero Mu. The way he expresses himself is nothing like your straightforward way of speaking..."

"And think about it. He makes it sound so easy, as if he just wandered around and found the treasure. Do you believe that?"

Shen Qingchan shook her head.

How could that be possible?

"Exactly. Even you don't believe it," Madam Yun said. "There must have been hardships and obstacles beyond anything we can imagine... Look, his clothes were spotless when he arrived. I'm certain he changed before coming... He just didn't want me to know."

"Why?" Shen Qingchan asked, baffled.

Madam Yun's voice was faint.

"Of course he didn't want me to know. He simply didn't want anyone to worry... The more casually he speaks of it, the harder it must have been..."

"Do you still think I don't exist to him?"

Shen Qingchan suddenly understood, and found it all very convincing.

[Madam Yun Favorability increased to 57/100]

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