"Xuanyue, you-"
Mu Zimo had just started to stop her, intending to expose this clumsy lie, when she felt a tightening around her waist.
Bai Qinchen's large hand exerted a little pressure, cutting Mu Zimo off.
He did not look at Mu Zimo. Instead, he studied Xuanyue's pretty face, filled with anticipation and pretense, with keen interest, a teasing glint flashing deep in his eyes.
She wanted to lure him out of the city and kill him?
Using beautiful sisters as bait?
If Mu Zimo could see through her intentions, how could he not?
But wasn't the fun of a cat toying with a mouse precisely in watching it struggle in despair, believing it had found an exit, only to discover that it led into an even deeper abyss?
Since this lofty Divine Empress wanted to put on an act and search for that sliver of hope, he would gladly play along.
Besides, he was lustful to begin with. Back when he had Angel and the Light Divine Realm trick them into coming down, they had used exactly this sort of excuse.
Wouldn't it be far too out of character if he refused?
"Oh? Sisters as beautiful as you?" Pretending to be blinded by beauty, Bai Qinchen laughed heartily and declared, "Since my dear wife has asked, her husband must naturally oblige. If beauties like that really are wandering out there, wouldn't that be a shame?"
"Let's go! We'll head out of the city right now!"
With that, ignoring Mu Zimo's worried gaze, he turned around with both women in his arms and strode toward the city gates.
At his words, a flash of wild delight and ruthlessness passed beneath Xuanyue's lowered eyelids.
He took the bait!
*Just as Angel and Guangming said, the moment he heard about beautiful women,