Who had the Fog City Lord seen?
Su Bai lost his sight at the same time he lost the ability to move. He could only sense the Fog City Lord's shock... and even fear through his tone.
At that moment, Su Bai also guessed the identity of whoever had appeared-or rather, confirmed it. After all, there was only one terrifying Strange Creature who could appear in the Mist Shop like this: its creator, the one Xiao Wu called "Master."
The marriage contract Su Bai had signed in his previous life also bore this figure's name. So this person was not only the creator of the Mist Shop and Xiao Wu, but also his nominal... contractual Betrothed.
There could be no more obvious answer.
Su Bai did not know why this mysterious, terrifying Betrothed had robbed him of his hearing and ability to move during their "first meeting," nor why he had chosen to appear before the Fog City Lord. But his appearance did not frighten Su Bai.
Perhaps it was because this Betrothed had had countless chances to kill him yet had done nothing. Perhaps it was because of some inexplicable trust deep within him, or because none of the puzzle pieces inside his body sensed any danger. Even immobilized before the Fog City Lord, Su Bai was not afraid.
Stranger still, Su Bai actually felt safer at that moment than he ever had before.
Feelings were one thing, but Su Bai was hardly going to be happy that this Betrothed he had never met had seized control of him the moment he appeared. He could only strain his remaining sense of hearing to perceive everything happening around him.
What Su Bai hated most was knowing nothing. So even if this mysterious, terrifying Betrothed considered this their first "date," Su