Chapter 149 Stepping on the Fox's Tail 4 The Bell
Hatred welled up from the depths of Lin Yuche's heart, and his clear black and white eyes narrowed once more.
He threw off the covers and slowly got out of bed. The murderous aura emanating from him was twisting and contorting, and his tall body resembled a tree growing from hell.
"Since you've found out..."
He instantly appeared beside Yun Chiyi. A gust of wind swept towards her face, and his fingers, which had turned faintly black, reached towards her fair neck.
Yun Chiyi raised her slender fingers, and a bell tied with a red string slipped from her hand, the other end of the string tied to her wrist.
She calmly shook her wrist; the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, yet the bell jingled without making a sound.
Lin Yuche's fingers seemed to be nailed to the spot. A white light pierced into his palm and then quickly turned into a rope that tightened around his arm. It felt as if nails were driven into all the acupoints on his body. He immediately lowered his head, covered in cold sweat.
She actually possesses a magical artifact for catching demons!
Moreover, he had seen this bell before; back then, the fox clan did not yet have the three major prohibitions.
Within roughly a century of Lin Yuche's transformation into human form, numerous low-quality, bloodthirsty monsters roamed the human world, not even sparing newborn infants.
This bell was created at this time. When the bell is rung, all the acupoints of a demon with less than five hundred years of cultivation are sealed. The one who judges them is a thin and withered old man. During the ten years he was alive, the demons with low cultivation lived in fear and trembling. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they lived with their tails between their legs.
Lin Yuche still remembers that the old man's surname was Chu.
His demonic power is only at the level of a hundred years of cultivation. Even though the pressure from the bell has been reduced by 50%, it will still restrict his movements.
"Where did you get this thing from?" A bead of sweat rolled down Lin Yuche's forehead.
Yun Chiyi extended her ring finger and hooked a section of the red string on her wrist: "You mean this? I spent a lot of money to ask someone to find it."
The Chu family had disappeared for many years, and Lin Yuche had inquired about them without success. Perhaps money was the most effective tool, because she actually managed to find them.
Seeing his indignant glare at her, Yun Chi snorted coldly, "I'm a human and you're a monster. You even tried to eat me that night. I was so scared I had to find a talisman to save my life!"
"what you up to."
After Lin Yuche finished speaking, a hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it was barely perceptible.
Yun Chiyi hung the bell on her arm: "Didn't I say I would protect myself and wouldn't hurt you?"
"I can't see you've calmed down yet. Stand up and try to clear your head a bit."
She leisurely sat back down at the tea table by the window, crossed her legs, and exported the video she had just filmed to send to the director.
Lin Yuche's expression remained blank throughout, making it impossible to guess his thoughts.
"oops!"
Yun Chiyi suddenly exclaimed and excitedly flipped through her phone: "Look, the director praised you highly! We're sure we can get this role."
Lin Yuche's eyelashes twitched.
Yun Chiyi scoffed: "Why are you reacting like that? Do you think the newly signed contract is also a lie to you? One thing at a time, I've already promised you and I won't go back on my word now."
Lin Yuche calmed his breathing and said, "Yun Chiyi, just say what you want to do directly, don't beat around the bush."
Yun Chiyi shook her head in disapproval: "That makes me sound like someone who likes to play tricks and schemes. I don't like that. Don't say it again next time."
"Lin Yuche, you don't want your fans to know you're a monster, do you?"
She sat in the morning light, her silhouette bathed in a soft golden glow.
Ignoring Lin Yuche's cold gaze, she continued, "I want to make a deal with you: I'll keep your secret, and you'll be my bodyguard."
Lin Yuche chuckled, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
Yun Chiyi said calmly, "You have your own backbone, and I don't intend to spend too much time persuading you. If you don't agree, there is another option: I will send someone to bring the Chu family over right now. How about that?"
He looks down on her, but I don't know if he even respects the sorcerer.
Lin Yuche said in a low voice, "Despicable."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chiyi smiled and said, "It seems there's still room for discussion. I'll give you ten seconds to consider. Lin Yuche, I'm always too lenient with you."
"Ten, nine, eight..."
The warm winter sun rose behind her, and she stood up, saying, "Then take that as your agreement."
Yun Chiyi took the bell off his arm and put it in her bosom. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught another sudden burst of black malevolent energy. Lin Yuche pressed her down onto the cold floor without saying a word.
He was too fast. Before Yun Chiyi could react, she had already fallen. The pain in her shoulder spread quickly, and half of her arm went numb.
She winced in pain, but still mocked him: "Trying to kill me again? Did I step on your fox tail again?"
Lin Yuche said, enunciating each word clearly, "Yun Chiyi, you have no right to be superior."
"Why should I be bound by you? Only the dead will obediently shut up and keep secrets."
He stroked her delicate, snow-white neck with his fingers. Yun Chiyi was uncomfortable with his touch and turned her head away. He leaned down as if a dark cloud was pressing down on her. She gripped the bell in her hand tightly. If he dared to make another move, she would tie him up again.
His warm breath brushed against the nape of her neck, and she thought to herself, "Oh no, he's going to bite me."
Unexpectedly, what pressed against me the next second was not hard teeth, but soft, warm lips.
Both of them were stunned.
Before Lin Yuche could bite down, he smelled her familiar scent and quickly withdrew his fangs.
The delicate fragrance of orchids and the lingering scent of peaches emanate from her, a scent that doesn't come from perfume but seems to emanate from her very being.
Smelling a special fragrance is a once-in-a-century event for a fox spirit. The source could be a demon or a human, but either way, it will help him in his future cultivation.
Lin Yuche had never encountered such an opportunity before; this was the first time.
He was slow to realize what Yun Chiyi had just said; it was true that the person he had been desperately craving last night was her.
This means they are an excellent couple.
How could it be her...?
He pressed down on her shoulder like a wooden doll, not breathing for a long time; the monster was quite good at holding his breath.
Yun Chiyi released the bell from her hand, but before she could speak, a knock sounded at the door.
"Xiaoyi, Mom heard strange noises in the room. Could it be that he's woken up?"
It turns out to be Nan Xizhao.
Yun Chiyi tilted her chin to the side and said to the door, "It's nothing, he just tripped and fell."
She punched Lin Yuche on the shoulder and warned him in a low voice, "Get up. Do you want to ruin my reputation?"
Lin Yuche mechanically stepped aside and sat back on the bed with a complicated expression.
Yun Chiyi rubbed her shoulders and got up from the ground. She glanced at the wrinkles between Lin Yuche's brows. He looked deep in thought, as if he had suffered a great blow. She didn't understand why he was making such an expression. Wasn't he the one who had inexplicably kissed her?
“Once you’re feeling better, go down the mountain to find Xiao Li. She’ll take you back. And your joining the crew is basically a done deal. I don’t want anything else to go wrong with you. Just stay home and wait for news.”
Lin Yuche pursed his lips and looked up, but remained silent.
Yun Chiyi asked impatiently again, "Did you hear what I said?"
Lin Yuche responded coldly, "Hmm."
Yun Chiyi opened the door without looking back and went out to have breakfast with Nan Xizhao downstairs.
The director of this drama initially didn't take Lin Yuche's personal information seriously, thinking that someone with such a good-looking appearance was probably just a pretty face.
But his performance surprised him, and the director finalized the deal almost that same day.
After eight months, Lin Yu-che has finally joined the film crew.
Yun Chiyi took advantage of the free time and spent a few hours a day at the company to handle some affairs, clocking in and out for more than a month in a row.
She doesn't concern herself with small matters, but she must participate in major decisions.
That day, Yun Chiyi was taking a nap on the sofa when the door was suddenly pushed open, startling her so much that her heart pounded and she squinted for a long time before recovering.
The man who barged in was tall, his sharp eyes fixed on the sleepy Yun Chiyi. She wore a purple knitted cardigan draped over her thin shoulders, her expression indifferent as she had just woken up, showing none of the usual fawning she displayed when facing him.
"Zhao Muqing, didn't you knock before coming in?!"
Yun Chiyi scolded him.
Zhao Muqing sat down on the sofa next to him, crossed his legs, and leaned his tall upper body against the sofa: "Didn't Xiaoyun say she was very busy? Turns out she was hiding in the office sleeping."
Yun Chiyi retorted defiantly, "First, it's lunch break now, and second, I'm the boss, I can do whatever I want in the office."
After she finished speaking, she called out, "Xiao Li, come in and ask him to leave."
Li Aman quickly came in with her head down, trying to persuade Zhao Muqing while pulling her out.
Zhao Muqing sat there without moving.
Yun Chiyi's eyes turned cold: "Get out, come back in after 2 o'clock."
Zhao Muqing had never been treated like this before, and he was immediately speechless. His face turned ashen, and he shook off Li Aman's hand, striding out the door.
Her heart was still pounding, as if it were struggling to leap out of her chest. Yun Chiyi pressed her chest and said veiledly, "Xiao Li, go tell everyone that not just anyone can come into my office. If you need to see me, you have to make an appointment through me first."
When Li Aman heard that she had finally called her by the correct surname, she immediately perked up at work: "Okay, Ms. Yun!"
Zhao Muqing stood at the door, her teeth almost grinding to powder.
His eyes suddenly lit up. He understood. Yun Chiyi's sudden change in attitude towards him was a tactic of playing hard to get.
With half an hour to go before 2 o'clock, Zhao Muqing wasn't in a hurry to leave. He asked his assistant to go downstairs to buy him coffee, while he sat outside and browsed today's entertainment news.
But he couldn't concentrate on reading a single word; his mind was filled with Yun Chiyi's angry gaze.
In the past, she always put on her most beautiful smile and spoke softly to please him. The change in her attitude before and after was too big. Could it be that he had been playing with her for too long and made her lose interest in him?
As soon as it was two o'clock, Zhao Muqing couldn't wait to knock on the door.
Yun Chiyi sat at her desk, sipping her coffee silently, and then tapped the sofa with her index finger.
Zhao Muqing sat down and looked up at her.
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