After they went downstairs, Yue Wen rolled his eyes at her. "You really wanted to stay for dinner?"
Zhao Xing'er muttered, "It's been so long since I had homemade pork rib soup. The takeout versions just aren't authentic."
Yue Wen smiled helplessly. "Yangyang's mom was obviously trying to get us to leave. Did you really think she wanted strangers to stay for dinner? You really do have some nerve."
"Then she should've just said so. You people out in society are really something-" Zhao Xing'er scratched her head sheepishly.
Yue Wen walked over to the Little E-Scooter and swung a leg over it. "Still, Yangyang's mom didn't seem to have anything wrong with her. There probably aren't any Evil Spirits in their home."
"She seemed pretty normal to me too," Zhao Xing'er analyzed. "A Demon Creature couldn't have chatted with us that long without giving itself away. If it were a Monster capable of taking human form to that extent, it'd have to be a great Monster with extremely advanced cultivation. It wouldn't be very likely for things to have only gone wrong these past few days, either."
She settled onto the back seat. Yue Wen started the Little E-Scooter, but just as he was about to pull away, he suddenly squeezed the brake.
The electric scooter jolted to a stop.
Xing'er asked, "What's wrong?"
"What you just said about great Monsters that can take human form reminded me of something," Yue Wen said. "Last time Wang Miaomiao came to the Agency, we focused entirely on the problem she described and overlooked whether there was anything wrong with her."
Zhao Xing'er thought for a moment, then tilted her head. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I focused too much on what that kid told us. He thought his best friend