After nine lifetimes of reincarnation, the yandere villainous heroine descends.

"See you next time, Brother Shen. I'll be going now, so I won't bother you two any longer."

Half an hour later.

Xu Yong hailed a taxi, waved to the two men, and then got in and left.

Shen Shuchou glanced down at his phone; it was already midnight.

He was about to turn and leave when Chu Siqi stepped in front of him and blocked his way.

"Is it really that hard for you to reply to my message?"

Looking at Chu Siqi, who was questioning him, Shen Shuchou calmly explained, "I've been busy lately and haven't been looking at my phone much."

"Really?" Chu Siqi looked up and stared at him.

"Really." Shen Shuchou met her gaze, his tone frank.

"Fine, I'll reluctantly believe you then. I'm easy to fool anyway."

Chu Siqi, who had just been somewhat angry, quickly calmed down.

"Since your attitude is somewhat sincere, I, this great-aunt, will let it slide this time."

Chu Siqi snorted.

"It's too late, we should go home."

Shen Shuchou spoke.

"What, you don't even want to spend a little more time with me?"

Chu Siqi immediately said.

"No," Shen Shuchou replied.

"I don't care, just walk with me for a little while, just a short while."

Chu Siqi reached out and gently tugged at Shen Shuchou's sleeve.

Shen Shuchou remained silent as the girl's slender hand quietly slipped from her sleeve and landed on his palm.

"Will you come for a walk with me?" Chu Siqi said softly.

Two figures strolled side by side on the neon-lit street, a pair of soft little hands tightly clasped the hand of the person beside them.

Although it wasn't the first time they had held hands, Chu Siqi's heart still fluttered uncontrollably every time they clasped hands.

The two walked slowly forward. After a while, Chu Siqi suddenly spoke up: "Hey, Shen, you big idiot."

"What's wrong?"

Shen Shuchou turned his head to look at her.

Do you still remember Shao Miao?

Chu Siqi suddenly asked.

She should have been sharing her own thoughts at that moment, but for some reason, the image of Shao Miao suddenly popped into her mind.

After that encounter that morning, she vaguely realized that she and that girl were actually quite similar in some ways.

"Remember."

Shen Shuchou responded.

"So...do you like her?"

Chu Siqi stopped and looked at him intently.

Upon hearing this question, Shen Shuchou also stopped.

He looked at Chu Siqi and said calmly, "The word 'like' means nothing to me."

Chu Siqi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and then asked, "So you don't like it?"

Shen Shuchou's gaze drifted into the deep night, and he spoke slowly, "At least for now, I can no longer define what 'like' means."

"And what about me? Have you never liked me at all?"

Chu Siqi looked up and stared intently at Shen Shuchou, her voice softening slightly.

Upon hearing this question, Shen Shuchou fell silent.

In his previous life, he did have feelings for Chu Siqi, but it was only one-sided from beginning to end, and the two of them didn't have much interaction at that time.

In this life, after that incident, Chu Siqi laid bare her burning desires as a young girl before him.

Even though Shen Shuchou had politely declined several times, the girl in front of him remained persistent.

He used to think it was just a nuisance, but now he doesn't know how to respond to this pure and passionate affection.

This applies to both Chu Siqi and Shao Miao.

Adding to the burden of the nine-life heroine, he found himself increasingly at a loss as to how to face the girl's heavy affection.

With his current abilities, he clearly has many efficient and decisive ways to handle this, but he has never chosen to do so.

He simply let the girl's feelings grow freely, and all he could do was silently acquiesce.

"Even if you don't say it, I know in my heart that maybe you've never liked me."

Seeing Shen Shuchou's long silence, Chu Siqi forced a smile onto her pretty face and spoke softly.

"You know, sometimes I really hate you. But I also vaguely understand that you have your own difficulties."

Chu Siqi continued, her tone so flat that it revealed little emotion.

"But it's okay. After today, I'll try my best not to bother you anymore. I don't want to keep stubbornly liking someone who doesn't have me in their heart."

Chu Siqi smiled faintly.

As soon as she finished speaking, she released her grip on his hand.

"I'll stop here. But you big idiot Shen, I still want to thank you. At least from now on, I can remember that I once truly loved someone."

Whether it was the night wind that got into her eyes or something else, Chu Siqi raised her hand and gently rubbed the back of her eyes.

After saying that, she immediately turned around and walked away.

A cool evening breeze swept by, and her shoulders trembled slightly, but she suppressed her emotions tightly.

Watching Chu Siqi's departing figure, something in Shen Shuchou's heart seemed to tremble slightly.

His feet instinctively took a step forward, but he ultimately failed to land the first step.

As he watched the figure gradually disappear into the distance, Shen Shuchou couldn't tell whether he felt relieved or something else. He sighed softly.

"Are you just going to watch and not chase after them?"

A magnetic voice slowly sounded beside me.

Shen Shuchou turned around upon hearing the sound, looked at Yu Linghuan who had appeared behind him at some point, and said calmly, "Even if you bring her back and keep her by my side, it will only be detrimental to her."

"Oh, our heartless, unfaithful man, how could he say such a thing?"

Yu Linghuan rolled her eyes at him, a playful smile on her lips.

"But then again, it's definitely better for her to stay away from the group of people around you."

Yu Linghuan added a sentence.

"Why did you come here?"

Shen Shuchou ignored her joke and instead asked a question.

"I sensed it the moment you returned to Suzhou."

As Yu Linghuan spoke, she naturally moved closer to him, their breaths almost touching.

"By the way, what are your plans regarding those people around you?"

Yu Linghuan looked at him with a smile, her tone somewhat playful.

Faced with her question, Shen Shuchou did not answer, but he had gradually formed his own answer in his heart.

Just then, my phone vibrated slightly in my pocket.

He took out his phone and turned on the screen; it was a message from Su Changkong.

"I've looked into the organization Grey Order for you, but with my current permissions, the information I can find is limited. All I know is that it's a very old organization, and if you come into contact with anyone from Grey Order, you must stay far away from them."

After reading the message, Shen Shuchou frowned slightly and then turned off his phone screen.