Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 78: There are always a few days each month when the mood is not good

Even the junior sister didn’t expect her senior brother to suddenly pull such a stunt, almost gritting her teeth as she glared at Wu Anwen, this damn second brother, why stir trouble for no reason!

But there’s a bottom line called adaptability.

Or rather, in front of love, bottom lines are not worth mentioning.

"After giving it some thought, second junior brother’s words make sense. Now, the one called Jiang Feng is the most suspicious, and both emotionally and rationally, we must take control of him first."

"As junior brother has said, if this person is the murderer, and we do not deal with it swiftly, then it’s very likely that more murders will continue to occur in Qingshui County."

"Especially since Lady Yan, as his fiancée, frequently visits his home, if we wait until tomorrow to approach him, it’s possible that the villain might directly take Lady Yan hostage."

"I have experienced such incidents before, where criminals pushed into a corner can become capable of anything."

His wavering expression slowly became resolute.

Wu Daoxu is good-natured, but he has been too smooth-sailing all along, possessing considerable ability, yet under external temptations and the instigation of his own family, ultimately lacks the conviction to take a firm stand.

"Five Spirit Stones..."

"If it really works out as second junior brother says, even if he’s not the real culprit, we could still pay another visit, and if we can continue to get Spirit Stones like this, Master won’t need to keep traveling for a short period."

"Even have some to spare and send to the sect, those few junior brothers who just joined still haven’t succeeded in Qi Refinement."

"This way, there’s a legitimate reason to visit Lady Yan... Ah, that’s right, Lady Yan’s marriage arrangement is also gone!"

"A marriage proposal, the Fan Yin Sect coming into the secular world to propose—how could the Yan Family possibly refuse..."

Murmuring to himself, his obsessed appearance made the other two brothers couldn’t help but chuckle and whisper to each other, as if teasing their senior brother. After all, they had lived together for more than a decade and hadn’t seen their senior brother taking such interest in any woman.

Although Wen Juan has always been infatuated, she has only been seen as a younger sister in the end, so the two brothers have been encouraging this not solely out of self-interest, but also for their senior brother to achieve his heart’s desire.

But they seem to have overlooked one thing.

That is, why is it that only their senior brother is moved, while they, both bachelors, feel no such flutter of the heart.

They also failed to notice that at this moment, the junior sister standing in the corner, covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, had a few traces of chill in her expression.

Unlike Liu Tangxi’s innate indifferent coldness, Wen Juan’s face showed more pride and disdain, and after hearing her senior brother’s murmuring, a subtle murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

"Senior brother."

"Senior brother!"

A sharp voice finally woke up the daydreaming Wu Daoxu.

"Huh?"

Seeing the cold-faced girl, he understood the junior sister’s unhappiness, and with a somewhat guilty expression, but the junior sister didn’t make an unreasonable fuss as he thought she might, and calmly said.

"Senior brother, tonight you three should try to capture that Jiang Feng. I won’t go."

"Oh."

He obediently nodded his head.

This response inevitably ignited anger in Wen Juan’s heart, especially when she saw her senior brother’s wooden-headedness, she couldn’t help but burn with rage.

When you were in front of that little vixen, you were all honey-tongued, inviting her to admire flowers, inviting her to watch the moon—now with me, you become mute?

"Aren’t you going to ask why I’m not going?"

"So why aren’t you going?"

This is the difference between facing the opposite sex and a sister.

Suppressing rage, pretending to be calm.

"The evildoer’s realm is similar to mine, perhaps even a bit higher, so I’m afraid I’d just hold back you brothers if I went. Therefore, I’ll take responsibility for keeping an eye out in town, and as soon as he tries to flee, I’ll inform you all immediately."

"Indeed, junior sister is still so intelligent, very good indeed."

The three brothers didn’t take it too seriously because junior sister had just broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refinement a few days ago, truly a bit inferior to that youth, so assigning sister to monitor the situation in the city was perfectly appropriate.

But what they could never have guessed was that Jiang Feng had anticipated this outcome long ago.

The saying "a guilty conscience needs no accuser" couldn’t be more accurate. If it weren’t for Jiang being the culprit himself, he wouldn’t so much as flinch at the sight of these cultivators, but now...

The best plan is to beat a hasty retreat!

By the time dusk was about to blanket the earth, he had already silently slipped out the door, dodging here and there along the way, but seemingly intentionally leaving traces to lure them.

He agilely vaulted over several-meter-high walls without making a sound; with his current realm, becoming a rapist would be more than easy for him. Moving noiselessly, he approached a familiar windowsill, deftly gripped the edge, and gently pulled it open, then exerted force with his foot.

And flipped right inside.

Crash!

Unfortunately, his suave entrance wasn’t even complete before he got a face full of hot water.

"Getting addicted, aren’t we?"

Wiping the water from his face, inside the room was a youthfully beautiful young woman taking a bath in a tub!

Not only that, she had her upper body resting over the edge of the tub, staring straight at the intruder, her pretty face cold as ice.

"Can’t use the main door and have to keep sneaking into my house!"

"Always running into my room and not doing anything proper, no female-propositioning, no girlfriend-seeking. Each visit, you just sit on the bed and cultivate. What, you think my house is some geomantic treasure spot or a Spiritual Spring?"

"If you were really here to ’pluck flowers,’ it wouldn’t be a big deal. I could pretend to be coy and let you have your way for a few days, but look at you, more composed than a seventy-year-old man, impressive indeed, Young Master Jiang~"

"Do I not have to do business every night from now on? Huh?"

This was intolerable.

The scolding even rendered Jiang Feng speechless; he had absolutely no resistance in front of Sister Lu Luo and Sister Su Yi, shrinking his neck cautiously and retorting.

"Um...I do bring twenty taels each time I come, sort of helping your business..."

"Helping my big ghost! I need semen! I need to absorb vital essence! To absorb a man’s vital essence! Otherwise, I can’t cultivate! Ever since you first spent the night in my room, I haven’t had proper cultivation for two days straight! Especially after you chopped up that guy surnamed Xue, there’s been no more young essence to absorb! Do you get it?!"

Now he understood.

Looking at Lu Luo’s resentful and angry expression, Jiang felt nothing but guilt, no wonder she always seemed to barely tolerate him whenever he came.

Had it been before, he would’ve dusted off his bum and fled on the spot after such a berating, but lives were at stake now, he figured they must be nearly at his place searching for him by now.

So he could only thicken his skin and say, "Um...Lady Lu Luo...Sister Lu Luo, who made you angry today?"

The change of address was as natural as could be.

From what he knew about Lu Luo, even though she always seemed unsatisfied, she would never curse so violently; someone must’ve really hit a nerve today.

She glanced at the young man.

"Why don’t you guess?"

"...Cough, is it that time of the month?"

"Tch, guessed it right away, boring."