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She estimated, with the number of days that had gone by, even if Changyi were to crawl, he still should have found a shore by now and crawled back into the sea. And the sea was his world. Regardless of what Grand Master or Tiny Master might be, there was no reason for them to go into the sea and fish him up.
"No meat again?" Ji Yunhe complained.
"You have the most prestigious house in the world, yet the food in this prison can't even compare with the dungeons of my valley."
"Master prefers vegetarian." Ji Chengyu looked at her a little helplessly. "How are you so fond of meat and fish?"
"Most people with a double pulse love to eat vegetarian. I didn't mind it either. But I have been craving meat ever since that night, I don't know why." Ji Chengyu smiled and fell silent.
He would never forget her appearance that night. He was also puzzled. She had completely transformed into a demon, one that could even battle with the Grand Master. But afterwards she became no different from a human again.
Still had a double pulse, still had her spiritual power, still an ordinary demon master...
Ji Yunhe dug around inside the box of rice, saw an eyeful of greens and lost her appetite. She put down her chopsticks and said, "That little general, Zhu Ling, how are his injuries? I was a bit rash that day and lost my cool. I must have hurt him." Speaking of this, Ji Chengyu frowned slightly and shook his head.
"He's badly injured."
"Will he die?"
"Not so much. Fortunately the armor protected him, and I was also able to protect his heart in time. Although the injury is serious, he should be fine again in half a year's time. But..."
"But what?" Ji Chengyu gave a helpless smile.
"Zhu Ling is Princess Shunde's little cousin. He's been following her since childhood and his martial arts top the kids among his generation. The princess really favors him. After losing the jiaoren, she gave him a good scolding and now he's been sulking every day. I am afraid that's not so good for his recovery." Ji Yunhe heard him mention Princess Shunde and raised an eyebrow.
"Not getting the jiaoren, Princess Shunde must be pretty angry."
Ji Chengyu nodded. "Very angry."
"Did she take it out on the Demon Valley?"
"No. The master told the princess that you ran away with the jiaoren, so she now has your new Valley Master, Lin Haoqing, searching for you two all over the world."
Ji Yunhe laughed. "Your master deceived everyone from top to bottom in order to hide me. Tell me, Mr. Ji, why is he doing this?"
"Out of curiosity."
This answer did not come from Ji Chengyu, but the Grand Master himself. He stood at the prison door dressed in white like usual. Ji Chengyu immediately got down on one knee and bowed his head. "Master."
The Grand Master acknowledged him with a "mhm", then turned his head to look at Ji Yunhe. His eyes darted around her body, then landed on the box of uneaten food in her hand.
"Want meat?" Ji Yunhe did not expect that the first sentence coming from him was to ask this, and so seriously.
"Yes. The dishes in your Grand Master's house are too bland," Ji Yunhe said bluntly. "No meat and no oil, I can't eat this."
"Prepare some meat for her tomorrow." The Grand Master turned his head and instructed Ji Chengyu, but the tone sounded like he was talking about feeding a dog.
"Yes," Ji Chengyu answered. Ji Yunhe lifted her head to look at the Grand Master. He seemed less scary up close, even kind of like a normal person.
"Grand Master, what exactly do you want with me?" The Grand Master sized her up for a moment then formed a sarcastic smile.
"To see what new trick someone's been playing."
He leaned down slightly closer to Ji Yunhe. The smile on his face faded and was replaced with an overwhelming sense of detachment.
His eyes contained no human emotions at all. Looking at her was like looking at a piece of meat, cold and numb. From years of being at the very top... Icy cold detachment.