Chapter 208: The Little Dan Spirit of the Nine-Tailed Fox Is Super Good at Complimenting (12)

Chapter 208: The Little Dan Spirit of the Nine-Tailed Fox Is Super Good at Complimenting (12)

Song Chuyi felt something fluffy around his ankle and took a moment to look down at Hu Jiutian, who was lying next to him.

"What's up?"

Hu Jiutian gently shook his head. "It's nothing."

"Ah Chu, what time are we closing today?"

Song Chuyi glanced at the time. "Let's wrap things up early tonight, say by 8 PM."

Hu Jiutian gently responded, "Mhm."

Song Chuyi had originally planned to close at eight o'clock, but Yu Tiangong had been stuck in the illusion and hadn't come out.

Since the guest hadn't left, they couldn't shut down the escape room yet.

Song Chuyi frowned slightly and whispered, "What did you do to him?"

Hu Jiutian's swinging fox tail stiffened. "I, I didn't do anything."

His guilty reaction made it clear he had done something.

Song Chuyi rubbed his chin. "You entered his illusion? What did you see?"

Hu Jiutian fiddled with a small ball and said in a low voice, "I taught him a lesson."

His tone carried an obvious hint of jealousy. "Ah Chu keeps bringing him up when I'm around."

He didn't like it.

Song Chuyi: ?

"I don't mention him all the time; just a couple of times."

He reached out and poked Hu Jiutian's head. "Looks like our little Tiantian is getting jealous."

"Jealous Tiantian is also very cute."

"But we can't let this drag on. If he doesn't come out, we can't close up shop."

"If we can't close, we won't get back to our big villa to relax."

Hu Jiutian's fox tail lightly swished, and the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

"Mhm, mhm."

"I'll listen to Ah Chu."

He dispelled the illusion.

Yu Tiangong was thrown out and took two stumbling steps backward.

He opened his eyes and realized he was the last guest left in the escape room.

His buddy was lying next to the gorgeous boss, looking less like a seductive nine-tailed fox and more like a loyal puppy.

So close, as if worried someone might try to steal his owner away.

Yu Tiangong felt a faint ache in his neck. Although the wounds from the illusion hadn't carried over into reality, the terror of being torn apart left him with lingering fear.

"Hu Jiutian, you're really..."

He clenched his teeth in anger.

"Impressive."

He had always felt a familiar aura in this secret chamber, which was why he had come back multiple times.

Hu Jiutian hiding himself was understandable. After all, it was his fault for cutting off contact with Yu Tiangong after he transformed into a human all those years ago.

He wouldn't have repeatedly visited for that familiar feeling if he didn't still harbor some regret.

But Hu Jiutian, rather than resenting him for their separation, wanted to kill him over another man.

The thought made Yu Tiangong wish he could just faint.

Song Chuyi noticed that Yu Tiangong knew Hu Jiutian's name and raised an eyebrow.

"You know each other?"

The paw that Hu Jiutian was playing with on the small ball paused.

For the first time, he found Yu Tiangong incredibly irritating—especially so.

He had let him go, and he should have just left, but instead, he stayed to confront him, drawing A'Chu's attention to the anomaly.

No, wait.

An alarm blared in Hu Jiutian's mind.

Yu Tiangong wanted to attract A'Chu's attention!

The moment the thought arose, Hu Jiutian's red eyes gradually turned bloodshot.

A'Chu, his A'Chu.

How dare Yu Tiangong do this?

"Yes," Hu Jiutian ground out the two words through gritted teeth, "He was once my friend."

"But after he transformed into a human, he cut off contact with me."

"He's not a good person."

As Hu Jiutian spoke, he looked up at Song Chuyi.

"A'Chu, don't look at him, okay?"

Song Chuyi withdrew his gaze and looked down at Hu Jiutian.

This world's antagonist was more insecure than he had anticipated.

Seeing that Song Chuyi was looking at him, Hu Jiutian smiled, his bloodshot eyes filled with obsession.

"It's really good."

In A'Chu's eyes, there was only him.

Yu Tiangong:……

Hu Jiutian has lost it.

Yu Tiangong didn’t say a word and turned to leave.

Once he left the infinite amusement park, Yu Tiangong pulled his clothes tightly around himself and looked up at the bright, pristine moon overhead.

He felt a bit lost for a moment.

He had transformed into a human, but he still couldn’t blend into the world of humans.

Sometimes it was better off staying an unformed demon. At least then he could eat the fat bugs in the bamboo forest.

Now, he had to eat rice like humans do.

Yu Tiangong couldn’t quite put his finger on why, but he felt a bit restless.

He scratched his head and left the infinite amusement park.

In the secret room, seeing that Yu Tiangong had left, Song Chuyi tidied up and took Hu Jiutian back to their big villa.

The big villa wasn’t far from the infinite amusement park, just a ten-minute walk.

Song Chuyi floated lazily in the air, with Hu Jiutian following him step by step.

Moonlight passed through Song Chuyi’s body and landed on Hu Jiutian.

Hu Jiutian looked up, seeing the youth almost transparent under the moonlight, and his heart panicked. He reached out and grabbed Song Chuyi’s clothes.

Sensing his intent, Song Chuyi enveloped himself with spiritual energy, so Hu Jiutian’s paw found its mark.

He crouched down to be level with Hu Jiutian.

“Does my Tiantian want to hang out with me?”

Hu Jiutian stared at Song Chuyi. “How can I make A’Chu solid?”

Once, his obsession was to transform into a human. Somehow, that obsession had become about making a lot of money.

Now, that obsession seemed to have changed again.

He wanted to be able to hug A’Chu anytime, anywhere.

He wanted the moonlight to fall on A’Chu, not pass through A’Chu’s body and land on him.

This question really had Song Chuyi stumped.

He rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.

“Maybe refine a physical elixir?”

“But those herbs are super rare, and no amount of money can get them.”

Song Chuyi patted Hu Jiutian’s head. “This is pretty great too.”

“I don’t even need to walk. I can just float around—it's super convenient.”

Hu Jiutian softly responded with a "Mm."

Back at the villa, Song Chuyi started refining pills.

He had bought some herbs, planning to concoct a Transformation Pill.

Though it had side effects, he noticed Hu Jiutian didn’t seem to need much sleep, so maybe those side effects would be tolerable?

Plus, turning into a human was an obsession for the villains in this world. If Hu Jiutian turned human, he might not want to destroy the world anymore.

Actually, it was Hu Jiutian’s murderous intent toward Yu Tiangong earlier today that had reminded him.

Even though Hu Jiutian acted obedient around him, he still held deep resentment for this world and its people.

He still wanted to kill his former friend who had transformed into a human.

To avoid that, Song Chuyi, unusually proactive, decided to start refining pills.

Watching Song Chuyi focus on refining pills, Hu Jiutian’s eyes flickered, gradually filling with a sense of possession.

A'Chu... when will those focused eyes be on me?