The Heart Demon sank into deep self-doubt.
Was I really wrong?
Wait! No! Whose heart was this dream supposed to be testing?
The Heart Demon flew into a rage after nearly being led astray. This dream was supposed to test Bai Ye's heart, yet everything had been turned upside down, and now its own heart was being tested.
"You silver-tongued liar! Twisting right and wrong! Spouting specious arguments!"
"What's with all the fancy phrases? Studying for grad school?"
The Heart Demon snapped, "Shut up! You're a walking disaster! When you were in Gray Soil Town, Gray Soil Town was destroyed. You went to Dawn City, and Dawn City was reduced to ruins. Now you're at the Fortune Commerce Association, and before long, you'll destroy it too!
"Everyone around you will suffer bad luck. Sooner or later, you'll get them all killed!"
Bai Ye yawned. "That's fine. As long as I'm not the unlucky one."
"You... What about Xiao Tong? Don't you care about her either?"
"Xiao Tong's bouncing around full of life every day. She's doing great."
"Hmph!" The Heart Demon sneered, and the scene changed in an instant.
An Xiaotong appeared again, dressed in gray yoga clothes.
She stood motionless, her fingers still clutching the carefully chosen wristwatch, the Star of Glory.
The wrapping paper had been crumpled in her grip.
All color had drained from her face, leaving it pale as though coated in a thin layer of frost. Even her lips had lost their warmth.
There were no tears in her eyes. Her once-bright, light-brown eyes simply dimmed little by little, like a bonfire swallowed by the tide until only dull gray embers remained.
An Xiaotong looked at Bai Ye as though she had expected this all along. What surged in her eyes was not anger, but