I took Xiao Yu out of the hospital, running into two nurses on duty along the way.
They greeted me warmly, and I didn't think much of it.
Other than me, no one else could see Xiao Yu now.
But after we had walked some distance, I heard one of the nurses gossiping softly behind me:
"Xiao Hong, don't you think Director Jiang has gotten a little neurotic from all that overtime?
He's talking and laughing to himself, with one hand raised like he's holding someone's hand."
Hearing that, I immediately turned around, only to see that they had already entered the elevator.
Xiao Yu chuckled.
"See? You were so brazen about it, and now people are gossiping about you."
I waved it off.
"Not a big deal. Come on, I'll take you to get something delicious..."
"Okay!"
Holding Xiao Yu's hand, I strolled along the dim streets outside.
I first told her about what had happened to me in Wan City, mentioning White Mist Mountain and how its mountain lord might have been the first snake demon, among other things.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yu didn't know much about White Mist Mountain. She only said:
"For hundreds and thousands of years, White Mist Mountain has posed no threat to the Nine Corpse Tower.
They have never absorbed the Great Fiend's power from the Abyss Ghost Cave.
During certain periods, they have also done many good deeds.
From what I see, they are merely a group of little animals!
It is only because they have now begun cooperating with Carefree Tower that we have paid them more attention."
The demons of White Mist Mountain were just a group of little animals?
Only Xiao Yu could say something like that.
Seeing that Xiao Yu knew very little about White Mist Mountain, I didn't