"My lord—my lord—"

Nan Xian woke up groggily and saw Diao Yu standing by her bedside. She rubbed her eyes and sat up.

It was already pitch black outside the hotel window, and she unknowingly fell asleep until nightfall.

Fortunately, I didn't have any dreams this time.

Clearing her throat, she asked, "What time is it?"

Diao Yu replied, "It's almost midnight."

Nan Xian looked up at him, bewildered.

Diao Yu paused, "10:30."

She said "Oh," got up, and poured herself a glass of water.

"By the way, I've already made arrangements. I don't have any particularly important schedules next week, so we'll go to those five places and search carefully to see if there really are any fragments of the soul. I'll arrange a fake identity for you, and you can pretend to be my assistant and follow me around."

Diao Yu was taken aback by this. He thought of the girl named Ding He next to Nan Xian, and his expression became strange: "Then I should... dress up as a girl?"

Nan Xian was both amused and exasperated: "You can just use anyone's face, it doesn't have to be a girl's."

Diao Yu remained silent.

"What's wrong?" Nan Xian looked at him, puzzled.

He guiltily looked away. "Actually—it's not as simple as just changing your face."

Something seemed off about those words. Her heart skipped a beat, and she slowly put down her water glass. "What does that mean?"

Knowing she couldn't hide it any longer, Diao Yu hesitated for a long time before finally revealing the truth: "Face-changing is just a disguise technique; it can fool people but not the will of Heaven. The curse that old thief planted on me is essentially a contract with the will of Heaven, so I must use a method that can deceive the will of Heaven to get close to you..."

"Go on," Nan Xian said, a bad feeling already creeping into her heart.

Diao Yu quietly moved a step towards the door. "There are countless living beings in the world, with billions of humans alone. If Heaven only looks at appearances, how can it possibly distinguish them all? Therefore, 'fate' is the most crucial factor. By placing the 'fate' of the person you want to impersonate on your own body, you can deceive Heaven."

Nan Xian's face was now contorted with rage. "'Fate'?"

"In layman's terms, it's lifespan..."

Before he could finish speaking, a water glass came flying at him. Diao Yugang instinctively tried to catch it, but in a flash he remembered that Nan Xian was angry, so he quickly withdrew his hand and even moved his position so that the water glass hit him right in the chest.

Nan Xian gritted her teeth in anger, pointing at him: "You demons—" She paused, realizing that she had also been a demon in her past life, and quickly changed the subject, "I've said it so many times, this is not the era where you can kill as you please. This is a society governed by law, where everyone is equal. You can't hurt people at will, and you certainly can't use magic to affect other people's lives! And you actually—you even took someone's lifespan!" Her temples throbbed with pain, both angry and helpless.

Diao Yu shrank back, blinked, and defended herself pitifully, "I... I did it before... but you didn't say anything then..."

Nan Xian glared at her and raised her voice: "You're still trying to deny it! I don't believe I never told you in my past life that you're not allowed to take lives at will!"

"You used to be unruly and wanton, wantonly taking lives. I thought you were just immature and didn't punish you much. I even personally taught you for many years. I thought you had reformed, but I never expected that my leniency would only make you more wicked, to the point that you have committed such a heinous crime. Bai Duya cannot tolerate you. You shall leave!"

Two voices exploded in his mind at the same time, and Diao Yu was jolted. His pupils contracted sharply, his lips tightened into a straight line, and he quickly lowered his head to hide the turbulent emotions in his eyes.

"Feeling guilty? Do you know you were wrong?" Nan Xian snorted, looking at him with a disappointed expression.

Diao Yu remained motionless.

After a long while, he gradually relaxed his body, nodded slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed you. I will never let you down again in the future."

He looked just like a puppy soaked by the rain. Nan Xian was about to scold him a few more times, but then she suddenly remembered that Diao Yu came from hundreds of years ago. He was a demon who could easily take a life with a flick of his finger. He had no concept of law or equality.

It is certainly not something that can be accomplished overnight to completely change his old ways.

Moreover, to be fair, during the two days he spent with him, Diao Yu did indeed listen to him very well. When he said that killing was not allowed, even if he disliked the other party, he would only use some small tricks to embarrass him.

Forget it, I finally have a loyal helper, so I shouldn't be too demanding. I'll take it slow, and I'm sure I can teach him well...

She sighed and softened her tone, "What's done is done, there's no going back. Now think about how you can make up for your mistake."

Diao Yu raised her head blankly and stared at Nan Xian in astonishment.

"Sir, are you...aren't you going to send me away?"

Nan Xian rolled her eyes at him helplessly, "What's the point of kicking you out? Will it undo the damage?"

He stood there blankly for a moment, as if he had just realized something, and a smile of surprise and joy gradually spread across his face. He rushed to Nan Xian in a few quick steps.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

He knelt down with a thud, reached out and hugged her tightly, burying his head in her neck.

"thank you."

Hearing the choked voice in his tone, Nan Xian froze in mid-air, her movement of pushing him away faltering, and blinked helplessly.

She slowly lowered her raised hand and gently patted his back.

She coaxed him somewhat awkwardly: "Well, it's good to admit your mistakes and correct them. Alright, alright, get up."

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