Liu Yuan could naturally tell what Yu Xiaogang was thinking at that moment.
After all, there was no way to hide the look in someone's eyes when they wanted to kill someone.
Although Yu Xiaogang had done a good job of disguising it by now,
Liu Yuan was, after all, a god's inheritor—and the god in question was the Death God. He was especially sensitive to such negative emotions.
Under his scrutiny, he clearly heard every trace of hatred in Yu Xiaogang's heart.
He knew exactly what Yu Xiaogang had been thinking earlier.
For example:
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river! Don't bully a middle-aged man for being poor!"
"Don't let me survive!"
"You son of a bitch!"
"Otherwise, I'll make you regret this!"
And then there were thoughts like these:
"I'll get revenge on you. I'll kill you a hundred times, and make you suffer every torment and humiliation!"
"You brought all of this on yourself!"
"Just you wait!"
Liu Yuan heard every word of it loud and clear.
So while Yu Xiaogang still thought Liu Yuan had no idea what he truly felt and was secretly congratulating himself, Liu Yuan already knew everything.
But he didn't care.
There was only one thing he was curious about: once Yu Xiaogang realized that Liu Yuan had been toying with him the entire time, and that every one of his plans had fallen apart in the end,
how desperate would he be?
Surely the look on Yu Xiaogang's face then would be incredibly amusing.
The thought made Liu Yuan's anticipation grow uncontrollably.
He continued watching Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang was still slapping himself across the face over and over, cursing himself all the while.
Liu Yuan didn't say a word. He simply watched Yu Xiaogang finish slapping himself a thousand times.
Only then did Yu Xiaogang finally stop, unable to wait any longer, and look toward Liu Yuan.
"Big brother, I've done what you asked."
"Can you let me go now?"
Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Yuan timidly. Though his heart was full of hatred, and he kept fantasizing about what he would do once he was rescued, he knew he hadn't escaped yet. So he could only keep his head down, acting as meekly as possible and not daring to overstep in the slightest.
But Liu Yuan didn't answer him right away.
Instead, he kept his eyes on Yu Xiaogang's cheeks.
By now, Yu Xiaogang's face was completely swollen from his own slaps. He looked like a pig's head.
Liu Yuan couldn't hold back his laughter. Yu Xiaogang looked so ridiculous.
Hearing Liu Yuan laugh only made Yu Xiaogang feel angrier and more humiliated.
But just as before, he didn't dare show it.
He could only stand there obediently and wait for Liu Yuan to finish laughing before carefully asking him,
"Big brother, can you let me go now?"
Liu Yuan looked surprised.
"Of course not. You've only completed my first task."
"There's a second one."
"Eh, didn't I tell you just now?"
"Sorry, sorry. I forgot."
Liu Yuan smiled at Yu Xiaogang. "Let's do one more. I'll let you go as soon as you're done. I promise, this time it's for real."
Hearing those words filled Yu Xiaogang with rage.
He clearly remembered that Liu Yuan had never said there would be a second task.
This was a classic case of making something up out of nowhere just to give him a hard time.
But what else could he do?
At this point, he was helpless, completely at Liu Yuan's mercy.
Yu Xiaogang could choose to get angry, or he could choose to fight back.
But he couldn't bear the consequences of either.
So even though he felt utterly humiliated and furious, he could only give in if he wanted to live.
"Fine. Please tell me your second request."
With that thought, Yu Xiaogang could only force down his anger and put on a smile as he spoke to Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan replied with a grin:
"Hmm, let me think."
"How about this?"
"Act like a dog. Stick your butt in the air, then stick out your tongue and lick the floor here."
"Half an hour should do."
"I'll let you go as soon as you're done. I swear there's nothing after that."
"How's that?"
Liu Yuan looked at Yu Xiaogang.
When Yu Xiaogang heard what Liu Yuan wanted, his face stiffened.
The humiliation and anger in his heart reached an entirely new level.
He'd felt plenty humiliated and angry before,
but nothing compared to how he felt now.
This time, Liu Yuan wanted him to act like a dog. It was as if he were grinding Yu Xiaogang's dignity into the dirt.
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang was consumed by rage.
"Fine."
"I'll do it right away."
But when Yu Xiaogang saw the Scythe in Liu Yuan's hand, he gave in.
Just like before,
he was afraid to die.
He didn't want to die.
So no matter how unreasonable Liu Yuan's demands were, he could only obey.
This time, he clenched his teeth, then looked at Liu Yuan and agreed.
Then he really did as Liu Yuan had asked. He put his one arm on the ground, lowered his head, stuck his butt in the air, and stuck out his tongue, licking the ground again and again.
Liu Yuan couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He spoke to Yu Xiaogang in front of everyone.
"Hey, you're quite the spineless coward."
Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened.
Inside, he roared furiously again and again.
"I'll kill him!"
"I have to survive!"
"I'll get revenge on him later!"
"I'll make him regret this!"
After a burst of furious roars in his heart,
he looked at Liu Yuan again and spoke with a smile. "That's right. That's right."
Liu Yuan laughed again.
He stomped on the ground, grinding dirt over one patch, then pointed at it.
"Come on. Lick here."
Yu Xiaogang swallowed his humiliation.
He crawled over like a dog, stuck out his tongue, and began licking again and again.
The stench made him feel sick and nauseated. But whenever he noticed Liu Yuan still watching him from the side, fear crept into his heart, and he obediently kept licking.
"How does it taste?"
Liu Yuan deliberately tried to disgust Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang could only answer him, "It's not bad."
Liu Yuan burst out laughing. "You're such a shameless pervert!"
Then he spat on the ground again.
"Come on, look here. That's right, right here. Lick here!"
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