Chapter 12: The Secret of the White-Haired Demon, the Wood Saint Spirit

Speaking of this Mu Shengling, Li Chunsheng couldn’t help but feel anger rising from nowhere.

From Li Chunsheng’s perspective, Mu Shengling was a complete scumbag of a woman—pure green tea.

She had clearly accepted Senior’s confession and agreed to be his girlfriend, yet she never announced it publicly. She only maintained their couple relationship in secret.

If not for Li Chunsheng’s close relationship with Senior, even he wouldn’t have known that the great Miss Mu Shengling had actually become Senior’s girlfriend.

Yet even so, Senior had no complaints.

After all, in Senior’s eyes, he came from an orphanage while Mu Shengling was a lofty noble. Being able to become her boyfriend was already incredibly fortunate.

On the contrary, insisting that Mu Shengling publicize their relationship would only cause trouble for both of them, right?

This reality made Senior cherish Mu Shengling even more. He did everything he could to improve himself, striving to meet any of her demands.

Including financial ones…

In Li Chunsheng’s view, this was completely unreasonable. Mu Shengling was so rich, yet she always accepted Senior spending money on her without a second thought.

Her reciprocation wasn’t nonexistent, but compared to Senior’s efforts, it was pitifully little.

Thus, despite Senior Liu Xia’s excellent talent, he still wasn’t financially worthy of Mu Shengling.

Not to mention, Senior often used his coins to support the orphanage, making his financial situation even more strained.

This relationship ultimately drained all of Senior’s foundations…

In Li Chunsheng’s opinion, Senior becoming a goblin now couldn’t be said to have nothing to do with Mu Shengling’s contribution.

In his eyes, this unequal and unreasonable relationship should have been cut off long ago if Mu Shengling had any conscience.

Perhaps Senior would be heartbroken for a while, but without Mu Shengling, he would definitely fare much better!

Yet Mu Shengling didn’t. Instead, she kept stringing Senior along, maintaining a distant-yet-close relationship.

Neither too intimate nor too aloof—preventing Senior from ever thinking of leaving her.

But if it were only that, Li Chunsheng’s attitude toward Mu Shengling wouldn’t reach the level of disgust.

What truly disgusted him was that Mu Shengling—already nominally Senior’s girlfriend—acted extremely ambiguously toward him.

This left Li Chunsheng utterly baffled.

Because there had been no warning at all. It started simply because Senior had brought her to meet him in person once.

This made Li Chunsheng extremely annoyed. He had always been a pure-love warrior—hating NTR most of all, and disliking being the “bull” himself!

So to avoid any misunderstandings from Senior, he began actively dodging Mu Shengling.

Mu Shengling’s existence thus affected his contact with Senior, causing the two brothers’ communication to become sporadic for a long time.

Until Liuxia went bankrupt financially, became a goblin, and reunited with Li Chunsheng.

Logically, since Li Chunsheng was actively avoiding Mu Shengling, their ill-fated connection should have ended there, right?

Mu Shengling was a young lady—there was no need for her to keep pursuing someone giving her the cold shoulder, and Li Chunsheng had no worth to be pursued.

Yet unexpectedly, right after Li Chunsheng graduated high school and was struggling to find work, this Mu Shengling appeared before him again, offering an irresistible condition.

Thus, Li Chunsheng joined Mu Shengling’s company and became a security guard for this young president’s firm.

From then on, they saw each other constantly—likely Mu Shengling’s exact purpose in arranging the job.

“Sigh, I really don’t understand what this woman sees in me. Whatever it is, can’t I just change it…?” Li Chunsheng was deeply troubled inside.

Watching Li Chunsheng leave, Mu Shengling’s reluctant expression faded. She lightly clicked her tongue.

“Tch… What exactly is wrong with me, Mu Shengling, that makes this guy avoid me so much?” The girl’s tone was full of dissatisfaction toward Li Chunsheng—completely different from her earlier lovestruck act.

At that moment, a dark shadow appeared behind her. An androgynous voice responded to Mu Shengling’s words.

“Miss Shengling is naturally perfect in every way—family background, appearance, talent—all top-tier.”

“However, this old one truly doesn’t understand. Why do you keep such a disrespectful lowly person by your side?”

“I truly sense nothing on him worth exploiting.”

Mu Shengling shook her head, her gaze deep: “Mammy isn’t from our lineage, after all, so you probably can’t sense it—the very novel aura on him.”

“It’s similar to our lineage’s aura, yet with subtle differences…”

“Why does a lowly commoner—and a man at that—give me, a saintess candidate, this feeling?”

“You know as well, Mammy—at our level, instincts should never be ignored.”

“Shengling’s blessing rank hasn’t improved in a long time. Perhaps the opportunity for advancement lies with him…”

“Though the chances are slim, trying costs few resources… But if it truly works, the returns could be tenfold—or even more.”

“Shengling keeps approaching him for this purpose…”

“So please rest assured, Mammy. Shengling hasn’t fallen for him… As a saintess candidate, I can’t become some man’s trophy like ordinary girls.”

“However, if I can’t raise my rank further, even as Mother’s daughter, I may not succeed her.”

“So, while Liu Xia remains uncaptured, this Li Chunsheng’s importance has grown even higher.”

“Do you understand?” Mu Shengling smiled at the shadow.

“Yes…” The shadow seemed relieved and nodded.

“Then next, report the current status of Liu Xia’s capture…”

The shadow opened its mouth, about to explain the situation.

Just then, the president’s office door suddenly burst open. Li Chunsheng barged in.

The instant he entered, the shadow vanished—as if it had never been there.

Mu Shengling’s expression changed quickly too. In a flash, she shifted from the cold young lady back to a girl with affectionate eyes.

She stepped forward proactively, hugging Li Chunsheng’s arm and pressing her chest hard against it.

“Ah, Chunsheng, what’s the matter? Finally want to get closer to your senior sister?” The girl said flirtatious words, a confident smile curling her lips inwardly.

“As expected, all my efforts have finally made this Xiao Chunan unable to hold back. He was probably just pretending to be aloof to get my attention, right?”

“Hmph, man—you’ve succeeded in catching my eye.”

“So flat…” Li Chunsheng scratched his head inwardly, feeling strong resistance.

Having already experienced Senior’s feel, he was completely immune to Mu Shengling’s temptation.

But right now, Li Chunsheng needed something from her, so he couldn’t push her away.

If possible, he hadn’t wanted to come back… After all, he had just fled eagerly moments ago, only to rush back in now. It made him lose face.

Seeing Li Chunsheng no longer push her away, Mu Shengling grew even more certain of her judgment, her smile deepening.

“Um…”

Li Chunsheng hesitated slightly before speaking: “Well… I have a friend!”

“She’s from the countryside… In that place, there are far more men than women, so girl resources are scarce. To prevent her from leaving, the village never registered her birth.”

“But she still found a chance to come to the city and rely on me. Now as an unregistered person, everything is very troublesome…”

Li Chunsheng swallowed. He knew his request was borderline criminal, but as a commoner, he had no channels to black or white forces.

Among the people he knew, only Mu Shengling might be willing to help.

“So, beautiful Miss Shengling, do you have any channels to get identity for an unregistered person?”

Li Chunsheng was gambling. Though he didn’t know what Mu Shengling wanted, he knew that for a young lady to approach him so proactively, she must have ulterior motives—he refused to believe she actually liked him.

Thus, Li Chunsheng decided to take the initiative and offer her a deal.

“You’ll be thrilled, right? I’ve finally taken the bait…” Li Chunsheng thought.

However, Mu Shengling’s face didn’t show the expected joy. Instead, it suddenly darkened.

“?” Li Chunsheng was stunned.

“You’re saying… you have a friend, and she’s female?” The girl’s tone turned chilling.