Plum Season (2)

Shen Yuxi was truly about to lose his mind.

Though Lin Mumu and Zhu Jiugo's storyline followed a pure-love route, the villains it called for were not lacking in the slightest.

Unreturned Souls—seemingly the weakest of the three major demonic factions, yet in truth the most radical. The entire faction was essentially Pavilion Master Qin Hongyan's private army, following his lead alone; it could be called an extension of his limbs.

And the "loyal and righteous" Qin Shi Lin Mumu spoke of was precisely Unreturned Souls' future Left Envoy, the sharpest and most loyal blade beneath Qin Hongyan.

Sixth Junior Sister's intuition wasn't wrong. Qin Shi wasn't truly a bad person; he'd done plenty of good deeds in secret. In the original work, when Sixth Junior Sister was confined in Unreturned Souls, she was ultimately able to escape thanks to his covert help.

Even Zhu Jiugo admired his character greatly. If not for their opposing positions, they would have long since shared wine and called one another brothers.

In short, though this Left Envoy was a demonic cultivator, he truly counted as someone trustworthy. At Lin Mumu's words, Shen Yuxi finally managed to reconnect this broken-off storyline.

In the original work, the villain of Lin Mumu's side plot had been a classic beautiful, powerful, and tragic character—especially at this point in time.

After Qin Hongyan's father was purged by the Demon Venerable Si Beixing, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. The old subordinates who had once fawned over him all turned their coats, and amid the chaos, he was plotted against by someone he trusted. His cultivation was entirely destroyed, the meridians in both legs severed, leaving him bedridden and paralyzed.

Having fallen from the clouds into the mud, betrayed by all, only Qin Shi remained steadfastly by his