"Hiss..."
Hearing Yi Shuyuan actually admit it outright, Cao Yugao drew a slight breath of cold air, shock showing on his face.
"Mr. Yi, did I just mishear you?"
Yi Shuyuan remained calm. He had already prepared what he would say, so he might as well be forthright. There was no point looking left and right and talking around the matter.
"As I said, I did indeed do it!"
Yi Shuyuan admitted it again. For a moment, Cao Yugao did not know what to say. Looking at the female cultivator beside them, who had even knocked over her teacup, he could understand something of what she felt.
Lu Yuwei looked at Yi Shuyuan, then lowered her gaze to the teacup on the table. She hurriedly set it upright and lightly tapped the tabletop, drawing all the spilled tea back into the cup.
Was this what Mr. Yi meant by going to reason with the Kaiyang Water God?
Lu Yuwei dared neither speak nor ask. After cautiously glancing at Yi Shuyuan, she looked at the Thunder Department Deity beside him, then lowered her head to stare at her cup of murky tea, not daring to make any unnecessary movements. Her heart was taut with anxiety, terrified that a fight with the deity might break out at any moment.
Even Hui Mian hid beneath Yi Shuyuan's hair, not daring to poke his head out.
The teahouse waiter had heard the cup topple and was hesitating over whether to go wipe the table when he saw Lu Yuwei gather the tea back up. His heart gave a violent jolt, and he froze where he stood.
Then the waiter backed away a few steps and quietly went over to the counter.
"Boss, over there..."
"Less talking, more work."
The proprietor moved the beads of