I am the villain in the book

“Bang!”

Accompanied by a burst, the white-skirted woman's palm stopped only inches away from Xu Quan's chest amidst the vibrating air.

Looking at the man before her whose expression hadn't changed in the slightest, and then at the few purple fruits tightly clutched in his hand, the white-skirted woman gritted her teeth, ultimately unable to bring her palm down.

“You!”

Seemingly angered by Xu Quan's “unyielding defiance,” her voice even trembled slightly.

“You... are you really not afraid to die?”

“Of course I am.”

Xu Quan shook his head, his tone sincere: “But I just said that I'm even more afraid of not fulfilling my promise.”

“...”

Staring intently at Xu Quan, the white-skirted woman struggled inwardly.

She could tell that this man was truly capable of something like “dragging everyone down with him,” and if the sacred fruit were really destroyed...

“Fine.”

Seeming somewhat powerless, the white-skirted woman took a step back, gave Xu Quan a deep look, and then walked away into the distance without turning her head.

As soon as the crisis on Xu Quan's side was resolved, he immediately sent a message to Yang Liushi.

And Yang Liushi immediately told Wei Changtian.

The whole process could be said to have been fraught with danger, although the demon king was unhappy, it seemed that she couldn't bear to part with the sacred fruit.

Therefore, after Wei Changtian thought about it, he decided not to “reinforce” Xu Quan, but simply chatted with Yang Liushi for a few words, and the matter was considered settled.

As for whether or not to teach this disobedient demon king a lesson, that was a matter for the future, and there was no need to think too much about it for the time being.

After all, he still had a lot of things to do now.

Now that Su Qi had decided to “surrender,” he had to meet him again.

Although the old beggar's illusion array was destroyed, he wasn't dead, and he would definitely try his best to find trouble for himself again, so he had to plan ahead.

And then there were the 100,000 demon soldiers.

With so many demons and beasts, how he should use them was also a big problem.

“Call Li Zimu here, let's discuss what to do next.”

“Okay.”

“...”

Soon, Li Zimu was summoned to the room by Yang Liushi.

The former already knew about what had happened tonight.

Similarly, Wei Changtian had also learned from Zhang San's mouth that it was Li Zimu who had insisted on sending a message to Yang Liushi at that time.

In this way, Li Zimu could also be considered his indirect “lifesaver,” and logically speaking, Wei Changtian should express his gratitude to him.

But after all, they were in a “master-servant relationship,” so...

“Ahem, you did a good job this time, I will remember your contribution.”

Clearing his throat, Wei Changtian said with a bit of a leader's air: “When we go back, you can ask for whatever you want.”

“It's all what this servant should do, it's good as long as Young Master is okay.”

Li Zimu lowered his head, his tone very sincere.

After a simple “commendation,” the three of them, Li Zimu, Yang Liushi, and Wei Changtian, began to discuss the next plan together.

This process lasted for two hours, and it was already late at night when Li Zimu came out of the room.

At this moment, in addition to Wei Changtian's room, another room not far away was still lit with candlelight.

Gu Pan'er was staying there.

Having experienced such a big event, and having absorbed too much unheard and unseen information in a short period of time, she was destined not to be able to sleep tonight.

What's more, there was one thing she hadn't told Wei Changtian...

“Miss Li, please wait.”

Hearing the door of the next room open, she hurried to the door and stopped Li Zimu, who was about to return to her room.

“Hmm? Sister Pan'er, what's the matter?”

Li Zimu walked over a few steps and asked in confusion: “Why haven't you slept yet, it's so late?”

“Oh, I'm going to sleep soon.”

After all, the two had only just met tonight, and Gu Pan'er didn't explain too much to Li Zimu, but just asked softly: “Is Young Master asleep?”

“Yes, he should be.”

Li Zimu glanced at Gu Pan'er: “Sister Pan'er, are you looking for Young Master for something?”

“Yes, there's a little something...”

“What is it? If it's inconvenient for Sister Pan'er to say, you can tell me first, and I'll ask Young Master for you.”

“This...”

A blush appeared on Gu Pan'er's face, and she lowered her head a little embarrassedly.

“I... I want to borrow some money from Young Master...”

“This is easy to say... Ah?”

“...”

Early the next morning, the market in the south of Linchuan City.

In the end, Gu Pan'er borrowed the three hundred taels of silver she needed to buy the house.

After Li Zimu told Wei Changtian about this yesterday, Wei Changtian himself didn't care much, but Yang Liushi on the side couldn't stop laughing.

She joked that if Xu Qingwan were here, she would be angered to death by Wei Changtian, and at the same time, she became even more interested in Gu Pan'er.

Because of this, she insisted on dragging Wei Changtian along to accompany Gu Pan'er to buy a house today.

Although Wei Changtian was not very willing, he couldn't resist Yang Liushi in the end, so he left the door with the two women early in the morning, and soon arrived at the house that Gu Pan'er had liked yesterday.

Because there was still some time before the time agreed with the broker, the three of them chatted idly in the carriage while waiting.

While chatting, Yang Liushi suddenly smiled and said:

“Miss Gu, it's actually useless for you to buy this house.”

“We won't be able to stay in Daqian for long, and we'll probably leave in a month or two, and then we'll have to sell it again, which is not enough trouble to go back and forth.”

“...”

Yang Liushi's seemingly unintentional words instantly broke the harmonious atmosphere in the carriage.

Indeed, if Gu Pan'er really followed Wei Changtian, then she would return to Da Shu sooner or later, and the house here would naturally be useless.

Of course, Wei Changtian certainly didn't lack the money for a mere house.

But this represented where the relationship between the two would ultimately lead.

To put it more simply, it was what kind of attitude Wei Changtian had towards Gu Pan'er.

After all, Gu Pan'er certainly wanted to marry Wei Changtian, but Wei Changtian might not be willing to marry her.

Yang Liushi should have seen the latter's hesitation, so she brought up the matter at this time, which could also be regarded as letting Wei Changtian make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to hurt Gu Pan'er's heart in the future.

“I...”

On the side of the carriage, Gu Pan'er's reaction was indeed similar to what was expected.

She heard the meaning in Yang Liushi's words, and her heart couldn't help but jump to her throat, stammering and unable to speak, just looking at Wei Changtian quietly with some anticipation and some unease.

Wei Changtian was also stunned for a moment, smiled wryly at Yang Liushi, and then asked Gu Pan'er softly:

“What were you originally planning to use this house for?”

“...”

Raising her head somewhat blankly, Gu Pan'er didn't know why Wei Changtian suddenly asked about this at this time, but she still answered truthfully in a small voice:

“This concubine wants to open a music shop, which sells musical instruments and teaches people to learn music.”

“Oh, that's not bad.”

Wei Changtian nodded, paused for a moment, and then continued in Gu Pan'er's extremely apprehensive gaze:

“Actually, you can also open a music shop in Shuzhou City.”