THIP Chapter 44 V2

Besides, Jieyin had once openly told her about the hardships she’d endured while she was with Xu Chi, even teasing that if it weren’t for that, she wouldn’t have met Mu Liuyin.

Knowing her own true identity, Mu Liuyin felt a little awkward.

Because of Zhuo Yan’s growing influence, the Chiguang Mercenary Squad’s status had risen sharply, attracting many powerful new members. Some of the ordinary men who had once tried to harm Jieyin had even awakened supernatural abilities. Among them, the man who had first tried to assault Jieyin had now reached mid-Stage Three.

Mu Liuyin’s gaze turned cold. Although it seemed Jieyin wasn’t planning on taking revenge yet, how could Mu Liuyin let those people off so easily?

So over the next two weeks, several of the men from Chiguang who had once tried to harm Jieyin all died in “accidents,” leaving only the man who had initially acted under Zhuo Yan’s orders still alive.

“You did this?” Jieyin raised her delicate eyebrows and looked at Mu Liuyin, who had just returned.

Mu Liuyin, not catching on immediately, let out a confused “Hm?”: “Did what?”

Jieyin calmly said, “The ones who died from the Chiguang Squad.”

Because Mu Liuyin had handled everything so cleanly, no one suspected her of orchestrating those “accidents.”

But it was normal for Jieyin to guess — after all, she had just talked to Mu Liuyin about her past experiences not long ago, and all the dead men had one thing in common: they had all once tried to hurt Jieyin.

Mu Liuyin blinked, not hiding it from her. She admitted frankly, “Yeah, I killed them. But there’s still one left. Give me a few days, and I’ll bring him to you so you can kill him yourself, okay?”

Jieyin let out a seemingly helpless laugh. “So, you’re taking revenge for me?”

Mu Liuyin lifted her lips proudly, acting all tsundere: “Well, you’re my teammate, aren’t you? If you don’t want to get your hands dirty, I guess I’ll just reluctantly help you out.”

Jieyin’s clear, bright eyes instantly filled with laughter. She asked softly, “So, does that mean you’ll take revenge on everyone who ever hurt me?”

And that… includes you too, doesn’t it?

Mu Liuyin, brain completely short-circuited for a second, blurted out, “Of course,” completely forgetting that her past self had once hurt Jieyin as well.

Hearing the youth’s pure and sincere reply, Jieyin’s gaze locked onto Mu Liuyin’s eyes. She chuckled lowly, “Good. But the debts Xu Chi and Zhuo Yan owe me… I’ll collect those myself.”

Mu Liuyin’s expression stiffened under her mask. She realized she had just dug herself a pit—and then jumped straight into it.

Now, her only hope was that Jieyin wouldn’t find out her real identity. Mu Liuyin made up her mind: she had to finish the mission as soon as possible and leave this pit-trap of a world.

Seeing Jieyin waiting for her reply, Mu Liuyin forced a miserable little smile and dryly said, “Okay.”

Jieyin’s smiling eyes suddenly turned complicated.

She thought: You promised me yourself, Xu Chi.

But even if, like last time, you betray your promise and abandon me, I’ll make sure you clearly understand that the Jieyin standing here today is no longer the powerless girl who could only run away and nearly die.

The one who almost destroyed me was you, and the one who gave me hope again… is still you.

But this time, it’s not a game you control alone.

Jieyin lowered her gaze, hiding the darkness flickering in her eyes.

That night, Jieyin entered Mu Liuyin’s dream once again.

The little cat cub shivered and hid inside the system space, terrified that the mission target might hurt the host again. But it couldn’t say anything to the host, and it cried guiltily to itself: Wuwuwu, Xiaojiu is so sorry, host QAQ.

However, this time, Jieyin didn’t do anything. She just quietly watched Mu Liuyin, who was curled up and sleeping soundly in a corner of the dream, then silently left.

Completely unaware, Mu Liuyin kept her promise. A few days later, she found an opportunity to drag the man who had first tried to assault Jieyin into a corner, beat him half to death, knock him out, and bring him back to their place.

When Jieyin saw the man tied up and beaten into a pig’s head by Mu Liuyin, the rage and hatred she had been suppressing for so long all surged to the surface.

It was men like this who had almost destroyed her.

Jieyin’s gaze turned icy as sharp wooden spikes shot out, piercing the man’s shoulder.

The man, jolted awake by the pain, opened his eyes to see Jieyin towering over him with a cold, emotionless expression. Remembering his dead companions, realization dawned on him, and terror filled his face.

“You… you’re not dead?!” His voice trembled, half from the pain, half from the sheer fear of death.