Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 491 - 69 Humans are Humans, Demons are Demons
"I think you’re really hungry."
"Don’t talk nonsense!"
On the way after parting... such an abbreviation might lead to misunderstandings, to be precise, it was after meeting up with everyone and then separating again.
After all, Wang Yunxiao and Li Mumu had come to the Seaside District with their respective missions to accomplish; it was only that there had been some delay in the meantime.
Wendy took the opportunity to whisper a complaint while the two little girls weren’t paying attention.
Li Mumu remained disdainful.
"I’m not bragging, but playing with little boys like him is a piece of cake for me."
"Yeah, I can see that. You really do seem to enjoy it, so much that you almost forgot your own persona."
"That’s true; I’ll need to be more careful next time."
Li Mumu was very adept at self-reflection and self-criticism.
Her time spent alone with Wang Yunxiao was pleasant, mainly because his mind was agile, and his heart was strong, capable of fencing with her back and forth.
It was like playing badminton. It’s fun only when both players are equally matched, with the game going back and forth. If one player is a professional while the other is an amateur rookie, the game would be no fun at all, just picking up the shuttlecock and feeding it continuously.
But always playing like this isn’t okay, too; spending too much time could lead to real feelings.
Wendy’s reminder was on point; it was time to reconsider her position as an heiress to a wealthy family, and not to be always led around by the nose by some poor boy.
I need to be reserved, to be dignified.
I, the Eldest Miss Li... Sorry, I almost forgot; the Eldest Miss Mu, how could I possibly stoop to fighting with country girls over men.
Next time I have to be more careful and broaden my horizons and heart.
Li Mumu came to the Seaside District today with the two little girls mainly to follow Principal Zhou’s instructions to check on the Ma Family. Also, it was to take the two girls out for some fresh air and to see the world.
Unlike Chen Yan and Little Gourd, who had so much social experience, these two would get picked up by someone the minute they walked down the street by themselves.
Last time, when the Ma Family mobilized everyone, young and old, to suppress the Demon Fox, they didn’t expect the other party to be well-prepared with people already in place. If it weren’t for Max scaring away the Maitreya Monk with his false bravado, their family would have fallen right into their opponent’s trap.
In the end, the Demon Fox got away, and they didn’t fare well either. It was said that the old grandma of the Ma Family ended up in the hospital that very night, and she had been bedridden ever since, unable to move.
The others could be said to have suffered heavy losses as well.
Li Mumu actually found the background and methods of this family somewhat puzzling. She thought the grandmother spoke strangely the first time they met, and their subsequent actions also carried a strangely familiar aura.
It seemed like Demon Qi, yet it wasn’t Demon Qi.
Since Li Mumu had cultivated the "Demon" Dharma Gate’s secret manual, her sensitivity to "nature’s spiritual energy" had become more and more acute. This feeling was like tasting different drinks—some auras were like tap water, some like cola, some like strong liquor.
The aura of Heaven and Hell was like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Though they sound like two different brands and seem like competitors, in reality... Li Mumu only drank Coca-Cola, never Pepsi. She could tell the difference, but that was all there was to it.
The difference, however big, was still cola.
The aura of the Ma Family felt demonically tinged, yet they were not Demons.
What should a real demon look like? Li Mumu honestly couldn’t quite say.
The world was too complex.
If she had to make a subjective judgment, then she could only say that the demon fox resembled the kind of demon she imagined, and the Maitreya Monk seemed more like the monk she had in mind. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Even Max, though greedy and without any semblance of a moral bottom line, if one disregarded his Westerner identity and solely considered his way of thinking, seemed no different from the Taoists she had in mind.
To sum it up in one sentence, all the things she was familiar with had been taken away by the foreigners.
As for the reason, Li Mumu understood it rather well. Yaoqin had once told her back in the Special Service Bureau that due to the shocks of space-time tides, the past Cultivation System was not suitable for the development of future eras, so the new government introduced a brand-new system.
That was the so-called Twelve Laws.
Li Mumu still couldn’t understand what the Twelve Laws were all about; she understood the principle, but understanding was different from comprehending and mastering it.
The New Church of Eternal Life had now taken on a reward task; someone approached them, entrusting them to investigate the truth behind the Twelve Laws.
It seemed that she was not the only one who couldn’t figure it out; everyone was in the dark.
This time, Principal Zhou asked her to visit a patient, and Li Mumu thought it was a good opportunity.
She might be able to use this chance to interact with the Ma Family to first understand the concept of "demon."
In fact, she had already become quite familiar with the Ma Family last time. Seeing her come in with fruit, the elderly grandmother of the Ma Family was very happy, and despite her frailty, she insisted on sitting up to chat with her.
"You should lie down first; otherwise, I will feel uncomfortable sitting here."
Li Mumu hurriedly helped the old grandmother lie down and then naturally took the opportunity to check her pulse.
The old lady’s pulse was very weak. Although she appeared to be in good spirits on the surface, her body’s energy and blood were already depleted, and it was almost impossible to feel her pulse.
If it had been an ordinary person, they could have been preparing coffin and funeral clothes by now.
She wasn’t the most severely injured one; her daughter-in-law, the middle-aged woman holding a child, had a through-and-through wound on her chest and was still unconscious.
"Old age takes its toll, I’m not as capable anymore!"
The grandmother held Li Mumu’s hand, a helpless smile on her face: "Originally, I just thought family disgrace should not be publicized, and I came for an internal cleanup, but I overestimated myself and almost put the lives of my entire family at risk. If it hadn’t been for the Bodhisattva’s compassionate assistance, my old bones would surely have turned to dust."
Li Mumu could now confirm that she was referring to the Guiding Bodhisattva.
And by calling herself Little Bodhisattva, she must have noticed the Red String on her wrist.
Honestly, Li Mumu felt that the most profitable deal she had made after crossing over was spending money to buy the amulet of the Guiding Bodhisattva, even though at the time she was young and somewhat reluctant.
This patron was truly significant.
Who would say that the faith in the Guiding Bodhisattva was only prevalent in the coastal areas? This thing was effective everywhere.
Seeing the grandmother’s attitude, Li Mumu simply asked directly, "Brother Hanwen mentioned something about a cleanup; what exactly happened?"
The Ma Family grandmother glanced at the two little girls standing beside her, daydreaming and acting cute, sighed and said, "Nowadays, there’s no need to hide it anymore. It’s embarrassing that concealing it has exposed us so thoroughly. The matter is a long story, and it all started back when the President went north to campaign..."