Let's work together to catch the escaped monster!
After instructing Sheyang to take good care of Shuyi, Shen Zhizhou went home wanting to have a good talk with Ji Yao. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ji Yao standing by the window smoking. The smoke obscured Ji Yao's sharp eyebrows and eyes, leaving only a hint of vulnerability.
Shen Zhizhou walked over and extinguished the burning tobacco between Ji Yao's fingers in the ashtray, saying softly, "It hurts your throat, smoke less, Sister Ji."
Ji Yao finally snapped out of her daze and asked, "How is she?"
"She took the antidote, and Sheyang bandaged her wounds. She's resting now." After a pause, Shen Zhizhou spoke with certainty, "Sister Ji, you hate her. Can you tell me why?"
"For no reason, you know I do things entirely according to my own will." Ji Yao didn't want to have a conflict with Shen Zhizhou, so she turned to leave, but stopped after hearing what Shen Zhizhou said.
"Sister Ji, you don't want me to help the demon race, it's not just because you're worried about my safety... Can you tell me why?"
Ji Yao turned around and looked coldly at Shen Zhizhou, saying, "Then why do you go to so much trouble to help the demon race, Xiao Zhou?"
"Because I don't want to be trapped here anymore to eliminate the supernatural tales. I also want to live my own life. No normal person wants to keep hearing the thoughts of monsters, Sister Hime."
Ji Yao was taken aback. She had always thought that eliminating supernatural phenomena and maintaining peace in the human world was the wish of generations of supernatural phenomenon elimination masters. But she did not expect that Shen Zhizhou did not want to inherit his father's wishes and wanted to break away and live his own life.
Since that's the case... Ji Yao lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then looked up and smiled as she walked up to Shen Zhizhou, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sister Ji misunderstood. Since that's the case... Sister Ji wants to apologize to you and Shu Yi. Whatever you want to do, Sister Ji will support you."
Shen Zhizhou looked at Ji Yao, who was pursing her lips and not speaking. The next second, he heard Ji Yao say, "But I think you should still be careful of Shu Yi. I went back to the company yesterday because I remembered that I had to check the shipment. I didn't expect to find her hiding harmful demons in the company. It was also her who strongly promoted the fusion of humans and demons... You should be more careful. No matter what, Sister Ji will always be on your side."
Shen Zhizhou strained his ears, trying intently to hear Ji Yao's thoughts, but there was nothing. Only a silent stillness filled the air. Shen Zhizhou frowned in confusion, seemingly doubting himself.
In the end, Shen Zhizhou simply told Ji Yao to take good care of herself. He said he would be at the hospital taking care of Shu Yi during this time, and that Ji Yao didn't need to prepare his dinner. Ji Yao opened her mouth as if to say something, but the phone in Shen Zhizhou's pocket rang, interrupting her attempt to persuade him to stay.
When Shen Zhizhou heard She Yang say on the phone that Shuyi had woken up, he turned around, glanced at Ji Yao, replied "I know," and then hung up the phone, picked up his clothes, and went out.
Just like when she was a child, Ji Yao stood at the window watching Shen Zhizhou leave, like a small fish merging into the ocean, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Ji Yao felt that something was changing between her and Shen Zhizhou, and she seemed somewhat helpless.
...
It has to be said that Shuyi's recovery ability is extremely strong. Yesterday she was half-dead and on the verge of death, but now she can get out of bed and jump around. Shen Zhizhou draped his coat over his left hand, supported his waist with his right hand, watched Shuyi secretly eating cake, and touched the tip of his nose helplessly as he walked into the ward.
The moment Shu saw Shen Zhizhou, she was so frightened that she dropped the spoon in her hand, her eyes widened and she thought to herself that she was doomed.
"It's over, Shen Zhizhou is going to kill me, my life is over!"
Shen Zhizhou raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing Shu Yi's thoughts. Being able to hear Shu Yi's thoughts proved that his ability had not disappeared. So, did Sister Ji not send out her thoughts just now... or did her superpower temporarily malfunction?
Shuyi carefully observed Shen Zhizhou's expression, put the cake back on the table, and sat on the hospital bed, tugging at Shen Zhizhou's sleeve. Her tone was somewhat solemn: "I'm sorry, Shen Zhizhou. Yesterday, because of my mistake, a monster escaped. But I can swear that I absolutely did not mean to favor the demon race. Bad demons should receive the punishment they deserve. You can scold me."
Shen Zhizhou sat on the bed listening to Shu Yi recount what had happened that night, his brows furrowed. Suddenly, he interrupted Shu Yi and asked, "Did you see clearly what kind of monster it was?"
Shu Yi shook her head: "No, but it is good at bewitching people's hearts. It can indirectly lure and devour people's hearts through wish-making transactions. It must be quite old, not an ordinary monster. The most important thing is..." Shu Yi glanced at Shen Zhizhou, wondering whether to reveal the truth of what she had discovered.
Shen Zhizhou's face was as cold as frost, prompting Shu Yi to speak frankly.
"Your spell was sealed on the box back then. I thought it was a new demon you had captured, but you didn't tell me..." Shu Yi's tone turned somewhat disappointed and aggrieved at the end.
She thought she and Shen Zhizhou were best friends who could talk about anything, but she didn't expect that Shen Zhizhou would still hide something from her.
"It wasn't me. I don't know why that demon was in the company warehouse, but I think... we should find it."
When Shen Zhizhou mentioned "us," Shuyi's ears perked up, her eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically, saying, "Together! We can definitely bring him back!"
Shen Zhizhou looked at the lively little mouse in front of him and placed the unfinished cake on the table in front of Shu Yi. "You haven't finished eating yet. Keep eating. Your little life won't end here."
Shuyi knew he had heard her thoughts, and blushed slightly with embarrassment. She scooped up a large spoonful of cream and brought it to Shen Zhizhou's lips as a gesture of goodwill, "Open your mouth, ah..."
Shen Zhizhou looked at Shu Yi's slightly parted, rosy lips, took a small sip somewhat shyly, and then pushed it away: "It's too greasy, I don't like it."
"What a tasteless man. If you won't eat it, I will." Shuyi muttered under her breath, feeling it was a waste to throw away the cake that Shen Zhizhou had already nibbled on, so she opened her mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.
Seeing that Shuyi finished the cake he had left without any disgust, Shen Zhizhou's ears turned red to the back of his head. He had no choice but to make conversation and ask Shuyi about her plans for the future.
"Shen Zhizhou, why don't I take on the task of helping the demon race find jobs? After thinking about it carefully, I think Sister Ji is right."
Shen Zhizhou's face immediately turned cold, her beautiful eyes filled with a pool of winter water, and even the beauty mark under her eye showed her displeasure and indifference.
"Do you think I'm not someone you can rely on?"
Shu Yi shook her head, her tone serious: "No, on the contrary, you are very reliable. I am happy and relaxed to have you by my side, but I don't want to involve you because of my thoughts and actions, causing discord between you and Sister Ji. That's not what I want."
"They're all doing this for my own good, but nobody knows what I really want?" Shen Zhizhou irritably brushed all the stray hairs from his forehead back, revealing his smooth forehead, and covered his cheeks, looking very tired.
Shen Zhizhou didn't want to get entangled with Shu Yi over these annoying issues, so he picked up his coat and turned to leave, but Shu Yi grabbed him around the waist and hugged him.
Shuyi felt like she might have said something wrong. She clearly didn't mean it that way, but Shen Zhizhou seemed hurt, and she felt it was necessary to lay this out and communicate properly.
Shen Zhizhou looked down at Shu Yi, who was hugging his waist and looking up at him, and irritably rubbed his hair before asking, "What exactly do you want?"
"I feel it's necessary to explain this to you! It's not that I think you're bad and don't want you to participate, but I don't want you and Sister Ji to have a disagreement because of me. Of course, if you want to participate, you're very welcome, and the other monsters from the Monster Management Bureau are also very welcome."
Shu Yi smiled and pulled a roster out of his pocket, holding it up to Shen Zhizhou like a treasure. Shen Zhizhou took it and looked at it carefully. The roster contained about ten monsters, and the number one was Huang Daxian, not Shu Yi.
“Huang Daxian was the first demon to raise his hand to join the Demon Management Bureau, so as the number one supporter, of course we should give him the title of Demon Management Bureau 001!” Shuyi poked Shen Zhizhou’s right cheek and asked somewhat shyly, “Then would you like to be my good wife, Shen Zhizhou?”
Shen Zhizhou smiled and rolled his eyes at Shu Yi, then poked Shu Yi's forehead with his finger and explained, "That's called a business partner, you idiot."
Sheyang leaned against the door of the ward, watching the two chatting and laughing, counting the time, guessing how long it would take for Shen Zhizhou and Shuyi, who usually had a keen sixth sense, to realize that they had been standing there for eleven minutes and six seconds.
As the clock struck twelve, Shuyi finally spotted Sheyang leaning against the door and waved to him with a smile. Shen Zhizhou turned around and somewhat embarrassedly removed Shuyi's arm from around his waist.
She Yang, with an expression that said, "Stop pretending, I know everything," glanced sideways at the human and the demon. After carefully examining Shu Yi's body, he noted the situation in the medical record. As he was about to leave, he turned back to Shen Zhizhou's side, raised an eyebrow, and said with a mischievous smile, "When are you going to ask me to be your best man? I'm waiting..."
Shen Zhizhou smiled slightly at Sheyang, then punched her in the stomach before clearing his throat and saying, "You're overthinking it. Don't tattle to Sister Ji."
Sheyang chuckled, bending over and clutching his stomach. This childhood friend of his was truly a womanizer; it made him sigh, "Old trees sprout new buds, and boys grow up and leave home..."
Watching Sheyang leave the ward after her examination, Shuyi sat on the bed with a cake in her hand, happily humming a song and eating it in big bites. Shen Zhizhou was scrolling through short videos on his phone out of boredom when his eyes were suddenly drawn to a live stream. He clicked on it to take a closer look.
It turned out to be Lili, who had been taken away by her owner's friend, doing a live stream. In the live stream, Lili's fur was dry and yellow, and she was gnawing on a wooden carving with a lifeless look in her eyes.
Shen Zhizhou held the phone up to Shu Yi's face. Shu Yi's happy smile froze the moment she saw Li Li. After seeing the content of the live stream, she quickly took the phone and looked at it carefully.
In the live stream, viewers were egging Lili on to chew on all sorts of materials, including wood carvings, stones, titanium, steel, copper, and iron. Even Lili's prized front tooth was chipped.
Shuyi was so heartbroken that she almost cried, and kept saying that she knew from the beginning that the girl was not a good person, and now it has really come true.
Shu Yi typed out a bunch of condemnations on Shen Zhizhou's phone, but the girl on the screen just rolled her eyes, frowned, and then blocked Shen Zhizhou's account.
Looking at the exclamation mark on his phone, Shu Yi angrily pounded the bed.
As if she had just remembered something, Shu Yi got up and grabbed Shen Zhizhou's clothes, her voice excited: "Let's buy the fastest train to go find Lili now. Didn't that person leave us their phone number and address? Let's go get Lili back now!"
Shuyi couldn't wait a second longer. Every second she delayed meant another second of suffering for Lili. Damn it, why bully a poor little mouse like this? All she wanted was to be with her owner and live off a human...
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