Jun Moyan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to tell the truth, "No."
"If you’ve got nothing, stop wasting my time with your nonsense," she said.
"Have you resigned yourself to this fate?"
"Resigned? Ha..." Ais chuckled indifferently, "This isn’t resignation; it’s being wise enough to recognize the prevailing trends."
"Wise to recognize the trends? A great hero?"
Jun Moyan looked at him, still unable to comprehend how someone so proud and unwilling to be subordinate, could one day submit to another’s command.
Was it that he had never truly understood Ais, or had Ais genuinely changed?
"When you actually meet him, you’ll understand," Ais said and then turned to leave.
"What now?" Although Ais didn’t look back, he seemed less impatient.
Jun Moyan, gazing at his retreating figure, sincerely advised, "Don’t get any ideas about Gu Yao."
Ais raised an eyebrow and turned with a smile, "Oh, what’s this? You like her?"
"If you don’t like her, then mind your own business. Keep your nose out of it, or you might just drop dead from worrying too much."
"You can’t afford to mess with this woman."
"Can’t afford to? I doubt that," Ais said, clearly unconcerned.
"You’re no match for Gu Sheng."
"Gu Sheng? Ha..." Ais laughed, his smile carrying a double meaning as he said, "Indeed, a hidden fierce competitor, but I don’t need to become his adversary."
"The moment you approached Gu Yao, you became his enemy."
Shrugging his shoulders, Ais turned, obviously not heeding the warning and instead seemed even more interested, "Now that you mention it, I remember Gu Sheng warning me. It seems that Gu Yao really is an important figure."
Seeing that Ais was not taking advice, Jun Moyan couldn’t be bothered to say more.
But speaking of Gu Sheng, a sudden realization struck Jun Moyan like a bolt of lightning, and he looked at Ais, asking almost assertively, "The ’us’ you just mentioned, does that include Gu Sheng?"
Ais lowered his gaze slightly, then looked at him, "Jun Moyan, sometimes being too smart is not a good thing."
His tone carried a hint of respect for Jun Moyan, but it also contained regret and reflection.
Just as he himself said, sometimes being too smart really isn’t a good thing.
"What exactly does that person want to do?"
This time, Ais didn’t respond. He just smiled, gave Jun Moyan a deep look, and then turned and walked away.
Jun Moyan watched Ais’s departing figure, placed a hand over his heart, and felt an increasing heaviness in his chest.
After all, what was going on, and what exactly did that person want to do.
If that person was truly the Sect Leader of the Baiming Sect and indeed someone from the Demon Realm as Xiaoguai had said, then dominating Ais, getting close to Gu Sheng, and himself was certainly not just about building up power and expanding his dark influence. It couldn’t be that simple.
Jun Moyan put away the various doubts in his mind and pulled open the car door.
Wen Xiao’ai hurriedly scooted in, making room for Jun Moyan.
As soon as Jun Moyan sat down and closed the car door, Wen Xiao’ai stretched out her hand to paw at his clothes, looking at his chest.
"How could it be gone?"
Wen Xiao’ai frowned, touched the area over his heart with her small hand, and asked in bewilderment.
"I don’t know either, it was there this morning," Jun Moyan said, taking her wandering hand in his.