Chapter 32: Lin Baiwei's Identity
Chapter 32: Lin Baiwei's Identity
As night fell, Shen Yi, as usual, knocked on the door and then pushed it open.
Lin Baiwei, as always, was hiding in the backyard. Only when she heard his voice did she peek out.
Unlike yesterday's damp appearance, today, the woman had changed into her white robe, a tailored long shirt with fluttering sleeves, giving her an otherworldly aura. If only she could control her cravings and not drool at the sight of his exquisite face, she would truly be a celestial beauty."
"Hehe, I smell meat."
"Did you get your salary?"
She reached out and took the clay pot and lotus leaf package from Shen Yi's hands, eagerly placing them on the table and opening them.
Shen Yi watched her side profile with a hint of envy.
Whether it was eating fried buns or delicacies, she could always manage a smile. If he had such a temperament in his past life, perhaps he wouldn't have had to struggle so much.
"You're covered in blood again. Every day you go out..."
Lin Baiwei teased, feigning nonchalance. However, as the lotus leaf package and clay pot were opened, she furrowed her brows, her face turning cold.
Shen Yi noticed her change in expression, wondering what had happened.
But he didn't bother to care if she ate or not.
He sat down at the table, grabbed a goose leg, and the aroma of crispy skin and juicy meat blossomed on his tongue, masking the slightly bland taste.
Lin Baiwei's nose twitched slightly, and she closed her eyes, hugging her arms tightly, "I'm sick of it! I have no appetite at all."
Shen Yi glanced at her and took a sip of the flower-carved wine directly from the pot.
Lin Baiwei opened her eyes slightly, her eyelashes trembling, and glanced at him with her peripheral vision. Biting her red lips, she said, "If you don't like the buns, I can buy some raw meat and soy sauce tomorrow and cook for you. Why bother taking from others..."
"Can you cook?"
Shen Yi raised his head, a bit surprised.
"If I couldn't cook, I would have starved to death long ago. It's not like there are eating houses everywhere... Are you even listening to me?"
Lin Baiwei fidgeted with her fingers, "A catty of pork is about twenty wen. If you save up your monthly salary and add in the costs of firewood, rice, oil, and salt, you can almost eat meat every day. I also know how to sew, so I don't need to buy new clothes or shoes when they get worn out."
In the dim room, Shen Yi silently watched her rattle on, then thought about how Lin Patriarch casually took out eight hundred taels of silver.
"Are you really Miss Lin?"
"Are you deaf?" Lin Baiwei was exasperated; why wouldn't he listen?
A clean law enforcement officer who lived on the Imperial Court's salary, either mixed with demons or bullied ordinary people, wasting such talent.
If it were in the past, she would have definitely pulled his ears off.
Seeing the woman's cute, puffed-up expression, Shen Yi averted his gaze and took out a few silver coins from his waist, tossing them onto the table to interrupt her incessant chatter, "It's from your father."
Upon hearing this, Lin Baiwei froze, her gaze shifting between the silver coins and the bloodstains on Shen Yi's body.
"Did you go to see her?"
Before he could respond, she suddenly stood up, leaned over, and brought her pretty face close to the youth, anxiously saying, "Do you know how serious the problem is? They're not as simple as you think. The Northern Cliff Fox Spirit has senior members roaming here, and the reason they haven't entered the city is because they fear my identity! But if you really kill their younger ones and provoke them, no one can protect you!"
She was genuinely worried.
Shen Yi, sensing the fragrance that enveloped him, remained calm, "So, what's your identity?"
Hearing this, Lin Baiwei's words abruptly stopped. After a long silence, she muttered, "You actually caught the key point."
Shen Yi also stood up, expressionless, and without hesitation, he suppressed the strange emotion that had sprouted in his heart.
This woman indeed had more secrets than he had imagined, and her troubles were greater than he thought.
"Let's eat."
Shen Yi returned to the bed and sat down.
Feeling his distance, Lin Baiwei sat back down and poked at the yellow fish with her chopsticks. "I'm not a bad person, anyway."
This time, she truly lost her appetite. After a long while, she spoke softly, "Is my father alright?"
"For now."
Shen Yi roughly understood her current mood, "The fox demon is not in the manor, but it brought other demonic beings into your home."
"Thank you."
The bloodstains on the youth's body and the silver on the table had already explained everything.
Lin Baiwei struggled to calm her trembling hands, holding the clay pot and sipping the fish soup.
She regulated her breathing, and her emotions gradually stabilized.
Shen Yi recalled her previous words; she had to stay alive... The more precise meaning was that even if her birth parents' lives were uncertain, she had to survive."
According to Lin Baiwei, the so-called senior fox demon feared her identity and dared not enter the city.
"I want more money."
"What?"
In Lin Baiwei's astonished gaze, Shen Yi carefully wiped the scabbard with a cloth, "I said, two initial realm martial arts manuals are not enough. I want Jade Dew Realm manuals, still two volumes, and I want to receive one in advance as a deposit."
With a change in identity, the price was naturally different.
Lin Baiwei stared at him silently, accepting this "taking advantage of the situation." She picked up her chopsticks again and picked up a piece of fish, "I can only remember one. Give me writing materials, and I'll give it to you in three days."
The woman chewed the fish vigorously, hiding the grievance that welled up in her eyes.
She wasn't used to showing weakness in front of anyone.
Suddenly, that indifferent and annoying voice reached her ears again.
"Do the words spoken earlier still count?"
"What words?" Lin Baiwei stuffed the tender fish into her mouth, her cheeks puffed, and oil stains on her lips, not wanting him to hear the tremor in her voice.
"Cooking."
Shen Yi hung the cleaned scabbard on the wall.
Even though the other party was like a riddle, he had roughly sorted out his thoughts.
The fox demon feared her identity and didn't kill her, but casually handed over a woman with no strength to a chicken to his predecessor. How could these foxes, no matter how powerful, guard against them day and night?
They just wanted to use his predecessor's hand to get rid of this woman.
What made him special? After much thought, Shen Yi could only think of the identity of a law enforcement officer, and thus he easily figured out what Lin Baiwei was trying to hide.
Tsk, the Lin family sent their only daughter to study under a master, only to end up in the Demon Suppressing Bureau in the end.
What she feared the most wasn't the fox demons, but herself.
If she was harmed by the court law enforcement officers, the foxes could easily withdraw from this matter and wash their hands of it.
If he had made a slight mistake in his initial thoughts.
If he had truly killed this woman with a single stroke, personally killing someone from the Demon Suppressing Bureau.
Shen Yi felt a chill down his spine just thinking about being wanted by the entire Dagan Dynasty, and he cursed his predecessor for being a lecherous fool.
You dare to touch any woman!
Lin Baiwei had no idea about Shen Yi's various thoughts. She swallowed the fish and sucked her slightly reddened delicate nose, her voice hoarse as she said, "I'll do it!"
It's just cooking, it won't kill you!
She squeezed the chopsticks in her small hand, making a creaking sound. She would endure this month and find a way to break the seal.
At that time, she must prepare a large basin of washing water and pour it down his nose.
Thinking of this, Lin Baiwei's mood improved slightly. She took the wine flask and drank it all in one go.
(End of Chapter)
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