Yalan Teahouse,
The elegant private rooms were filled with the faint aroma of tea.
With its streetfront location, the rent wasn't cheap, not to mention the wide variety of high-end teas that were hard to find on the market.
Even the waitresses were dressed in well-fitting cheongsams, with their hair neatly done up in buns, meticulous in every way.
The beautiful waitresses each looked like paintings on their own, but when Su Xiyan walked into the teahouse, all of those lovely women instantly lost their glow.
It was a perfect illustration of the saying "no contrast, no harm done".
When Su Xiyan arrived at Yalan Teahouse, Tang Zhiyuan, the overall supervisor of the Su City Demon Hunters, was already sitting in a corner waiting for her.
"Supervisor Tang," Su Xiyan walked over and greeted him.
Tang Zhiyuan looked Su Xiyan over, "Have a seat! What kind of tea would you like?"
"Jasmine tea," Su Xiyan replied.
The tea arrived swiftly. Tang Zhiyuan didn't ask the servers to prepare it, but started going through the intricate steps himself.
The boss of the Su City Demon Hunters was personally brewing tea?
Su Xiyan got right to the point, "Supervisor Tang, what did you want to see me about?"
Without halting the motions of brewing, Tang Zhiyuan spoke plainly, "Nothing much really, I mainly just wanted to ask if you have a Chen Shuo around you?"
Chen Shuo??
Su Xiyan's heart lurched violently!
Chen Shuo was a vampire! Did Tang Zhiyuan single her out for a private meeting because he already knew Chen Shuo's true identity?
Discipline in the Demon Hunter Organization was extremely strict.
If anyone found out that Su Xiyan, a demon hunter herself, was harboring a baby vampire, it would bring cataclysmic shockwaves through the entire Demon Hunter Organization!
At this point, Su Xiyan could only feign ignorance for the time being: "Yeah, Chen Shuo lives with me."
"What's the matter, Supervisor Tang? Why are you suddenly asking about him?"
On the surface, Su Xiyan acted nonchalant, but her pitch black eyes shone as she closely observed Tang Zhiyuan's microexpressions.
Tang Zhiyuan smiled, "I'm not suspecting that Chen Shuo is the Demon King!"
Su Xiyan: "???"
Tang Zhiyuan: "Little Su, where did your usual cleverness run off to?"
It's said that when a woman falls in love, her IQ drops. Could this be a manifestation of that??
Two red clouds emerged on Su Xiyan's fair and exquisite face.
As a seasoned veteran, Tang Zhiyuan immediately discerned that the relationship between Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo was unusual.
Su Xiyan asked, "Wasn't it you, Supervisor Tang, who said that Chen Shuo just happened to appear near all the spots where the Demon King showed up?"
Tang Zhiyuan replied, "That's right! And that's why I wanted to find you to ask if you could ask Chen Shuo if he's seen anything... abnormal."
"For ordinary humans, the appearance of a vampire should count as abnormal right?"
"We demon hunters always act prudently, never allowing humans to discover our existence. But vampires don't necessarily do the same. To them, humans are delicious food."
"It's very possible they would leave behind some kind of trail or flaw. Since Chen Shuo happened to be nearby, maybe he saw something unusual."
Ordinary humans? A wild delight surged through Su Xiyan's heart!
So Tang Zhiyuan still hadn't discovered Chen Shuo's true identity.
The only reason Tang Zhiyuan specifically sought out Su Xiyan was because demon hunters had a rule to never allow ordinary humans to find out about the existence of vampires and demon hunters. For humans, it would be an earth-shattering revelation!
Therefore, when hunting vampires or tracking their whereabouts, demon hunters would do their utmost to prevent ordinary humans from catching on.
The long and winding path Tang Zhiyuan took was simply to get Su Xiyan to sound out Chen Shuo to see if he had noticed anything unusual.
This wasn't much like Tang Zhiyuan's way of doing things!
As the boss of the Su City Demon Hunters, Tang Zhiyuan had absolute authority.
Su Xiyan sensed Tang Zhiyuan's aberrant behavior. He was a crafty old fox, there must be more to this matter than meets the eye.
For such a simple thing, he could have just sent a message through the demon hunter internal network, or even just made a phone call to explain things clearly in a few sentences.
But instead, Tang Zhiyuan specifically called Su Xiyan out to ask her face-to-face.
All of Tang Zhiyuan's actions were proof enough that this matter wasn't as easy as it appeared on the surface.
After thinking it over, Su Xiyan voiced her own thoughts:
"Chen Shuo is my roommate. Before letting him move into my home, I already conducted a background check."
"He's a Su City native born and raised here. His parents do business elsewhere and he's their only child. His background is clean."
"Su City is his hometown where he grew up. And he's a Nanli University student, which happens to overlap with where the Demon King appeared, nothing too strange about that."
"Supervisor Tang, you know me. I wouldn't let someone who makes me feel unsafe live in my home."
Tang Zhiyuan contemplated briefly, "There's no need for you to be so anxious. I'm not suspecting Chen Shuo's identity."
"I only wanted you to ask Chen Shuo if he noticed anything out of the ordinary."
Su Xiyan nodded, "Okay, when he comes home after class later today, I'll try probing him to see if I can get any useful information for us."
"But Supervisor Tang, I don't think you should place too much expectation on Chen Shuo. He's just an ordinary human. He goes so many places every day, he may not necessarily remember."
From Su Xiyan's expression, Tang Zhiyuan understood he wouldn't get any information out of her.
"Alright, I'll await your message then."
Su Xiyan got up to leave, "Okay. Thank you for the tea, Supervisor Tang. Goodbye."
As he watched Su Xiyan's departing figure, Tang Zhiyuan's expression gradually grew solemn.
After quite some time passed, Tang Zhiyuan called his secretary, "Investigate the young man living with Su Xiyan, called Chen Shuo."
"Be careful."
Though he hadn't even seen Chen Shuo's face before, Tang Zhiyuan's many years of experience told him that this youth who seemed sunny and full of promise had an air of unfathomable depth about him.
In contrast to Tang Zhiyuan's gravity, inside the car after leaving the teahouse, what occupied Su Xiyan's mind more was unease.
Though Tang Zhiyuan's combat ability wasn't high, and he was already quite advanced in years, only at the Gold first-stage.
But he was able to firmly sit in the position of Head Supervisor of the Su City Demon Hunters relying on his insight into human nature and means that exceeded the average person.
fe full of thrilling battles, ultimately sacrificing himself to protect his homeland and its people. Unexpectedly, he was reborn into his youth, where he encountered the campus ice queen, Ye Miyue, now working as a masseuse at his family's martial arts school. "How long have you been doing this?" "I-it's my first time..." the campus belle murmured, her head bowed. Wang Xian remembered clearly that back then, although Ye Miyue had not yet awakened her martial arts talent, her outstanding academic performance, breathtaking beauty, and icy demeanor had made her the moon goddess of every boy in school. He was no exception. In his previous life, they had no connection, never imagining they would meet under such circumstances. Sadly, today the city was attacked by an S-class beast, the 'Wind King Falcon,' destroying nearly half of the city streets. Ye Miyue had died on her way home during this disaster. Now, given a second chance, facing the campus goddess of his youth, Wang Xian resolutely decided to extend her session! And so. "My hands are tired..." the blushing campus belle whispered, relieved. Wang Xian pointed to her slender calves and said, "Who said only hands can massage? There are feet too!" "Extend the session, continue!"
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
