Chapter 781 - 0441 Crime (2-in-1)

For Zhu Pingniang, the emotions in this world are just a few types.

Attachment, affection, infatuation, and love.

Once upon a time, Zhu Tongjun was a simple person, and most of her emotions were directed towards Li Zhibai, without experiencing any complex feelings.

Wen Li... was even simpler than her.

So if emotions had levels, Zhu Pingniang always thought that Wen Li’s level was even lower than hers from the very beginning.

From the start, Zhu Pingniang didn’t think Wen Li’s feelings were anything complicated. After all, Wen Li and Xu Chang’an hadn’t known each other for long, and it was just a simple senior-junior relationship. They had never gone through life-and-death situations or shared any hard times together, so it was merely the beauty of a girl’s first love.

She even asked Wen Li what she thought was the beginning of a woman’s feelings towards a man, hoping to hear something more superficial than "curiosity."

For example...

Because Xu Chang’an was good-looking, Wen Li liked him for that...

Yes, that’s exactly what Zhu Pingniang thought.

This isn’t to say she thought Wen Li was a superficial person, but it was due to the environment Wen Li grew up in. In her bloody and dark surroundings, even a flower would be so desirable, let alone a gentle and handsome young man.

Thus, at first, Zhu Pingniang didn’t care much about Wen Li’s affection. After all, the girl was no longer a Half-Demon; she had fully become a human.

Her liking for Xu Chang’an was simply a human pursuit of something better.

People pursue beauty and abandon ugliness; it’s as simple as that.

Then back to the earlier conversation, when Wen Li focused on Xu Chang’an because of his looks, she became trapped in an incomprehensible infatuation.

A self-assumed ’liking.’

Self-assumed.

That’s what Zhu Pingniang thought.

But at this moment, she realized Wen Li’s feelings for Xu Chang’an were not superficial. On the contrary, they were complex, so complex that a clever girl like Wen Li couldn’t even grasp them.

"Why?" Zhu Pingniang didn’t understand.

"?" Wen Li was a bit puzzled about what Zhu Pingniang was talking about.

"Ah Li, your thoughts... could they be so mottled?" Zhu Pingniang stood up, walked to Wen Li’s side, took a candied fruit from the Sweet Bag, and handed it to her, softly saying, "Would you like to share some of your little thoughts with elder sister?"

"Hmm." Wen Li accepted the candied fruit but didn’t eat it. After thinking for a while, she seriously said, "Sometimes... when I see Junior Brother and Xiaohua getting close, I feel uncomfortable."

"Jealous?" Zhu Pingniang blinked.

What kind of situation is this?

Jealous of herself, are we?

"Maybe." Wen Li shook her head, "At first, I didn’t quite understand... Xiaohua is just like me, yet not very close to me, and instead sticks close to Junior Brother."

"..." Zhu Pingniang’s eyes twitched slightly.

Oh.

So, at first, this girl wasn’t jealous of her own half, but was jealous that Xu Chang’an could be close to Little Li Hua...

No wonder I heard that Wen Li and Xu Chang’an didn’t get along well at first.

Zhu Pingniang glanced at Wen Li.

No doubt, this jealousy later changed into jealousy of Li Hua being able to be close to the junior brother she liked...

How interesting.

Is this the delicate mind of a young girl?

Perhaps it was the mix of multiple thoughts that increasingly drew Wen Li’s attention to Xu Chang’an.

"You talk about such things without feeling shy." Zhu Pingniang sighed deeply.

"It’s not something that can’t be seen by others." Wen Li shook her head.

"Then... in your opinion, what is something that can’t be seen?" Zhu Pingniang suddenly asked.

A question that goes straight to the point.

"..." Wen Li fell silent.

Indeed.

Even though she could directly admit her liking for Junior Brother, Wen Li still had things she didn’t want others to know.

Wen Li placed the candied fruit in her mouth and ate it slowly.

Zhu Pingniang watched Wen Li in amazement.

Using the act of eating to avoid answering my question...

So, Wen Li is also a girl who uses such little tricks.

Ah Li is becoming more and more adorable.

Zhu Pingniang couldn’t help but curl her lips slightly, feeling that it was her fault.

All along, because Wen Li appeared so outstanding, both herself, Wen Li’s master, and those who admired her, would always regard Wen Li as a mature woman.

But on closer thought, it turns out.

Wen Li, who could impulsively use a sword to cut off the rouge Spiritual Qi entwining Xu Chang’an...

Wen Li, whose tender emotions could tangle into a mess...

Wen Li, who would rely on eating to avoid a conversation...

Zhu Pingniang suddenly recalled how from the beginning, Wen Li purposely made mistakes to arrange an easy task for Xu Chang’an and placed a Source Opening Pill into his hands...

This kind of behavior is not something a stable, mature, intellectual woman would do.

Beneath Wen Li’s dashing and handsome appearance hides a cat-like nature.

Wen Li... is truly an adorable person.

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Zhu Pingniang looked at Wen Li with a playful expression while she ate the candied fruit, clearly unwilling to let the topic drop.

The silence lasted for a long time until Wen Li finished eating the candied fruit thoroughly.

"How does it taste?" Zhu Pingniang asked.

"A bit too sweet." Wen Li frowned slightly. She wasn’t really used to eating snacks dusted with so much sugar.

"This is the candied fruit Chang’an made for Miss Yun." Zhu Pingniang spread her hands.

"I see." Wen Li remembered the scene where Yun Qian would pour sugar directly into her tea and nodded, "Junior Sister Yun has a sweet tooth."