So it turns out I'm the demon!

The next morning.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast prepared by Bai Xiang, Jiang Mu headed to the government office.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you see Zhang Xiao Kui shirtless, practicing his Vajra Shield with a series of "heh heh heh" sounds.

Upon seeing Jiang Mu enter, he quickly stopped and bowed, saying, "My lord!"

"Where's your brother?"

"He went on patrol."

Zhang Xiaokui wiped his sweat and said,

"By the way, sir, someone came to report a case, specifically requesting to see you. They've been waiting in the signing room for almost half an hour."

"Should we report it to the police?"

Jiang Mu was taken aback. "Did you ask what it was about?"

"I asked her, but she wouldn't say; she insisted on waiting for you to come."

Zhang Xiaokui said.

With doubts in his heart, Jiang Mu walked towards his office, the signing room.

Enter through the door.

But then a graceful figure sat upright in the chair; it was none other than Madam Shen, whom they had met at the restaurant the night before!

Today she wore a peach-colored tulle dress, her makeup was exquisite, and her eyes and brows exuded a seductive charm.

Jiang Mu was a little confused.

Before he could react, a fragrant breeze wafted towards him.

Madam Shen suddenly threw herself into his arms.

The woman tilted her head back, her beautiful eyes seemingly filled with a pool of spring water, melancholic and poignant:

"You damned nemesis..."

"Having found a new love, have you completely forgotten your old one?"

Jiang Mu's body stiffened, and her scalp tingled.

really!

The conjecture has been validated in the worst possible way.

That bastard Jiang Chen really seduced someone else's wife!

He quickly took a half step back and pushed the woman in his arms away:

"Madam Shen, please have some self-respect. Some time ago, my family suffered a misfortune and was also infected by a demonic poison, so I can no longer remember many things clearly... There must be some misunderstanding between us."

Madam Shen's eyes held an even deeper resentment:

"What a fine 'I can't remember clearly'! You heartless man, I heard that your family suffered a misfortune a few days ago, so I shouldn't bother you."

Last night, seeing that you seemed to have recovered your composure, I came to meet you...

"And you actually use this excuse to fob me off!"

As she spoke, she swayed her waist slightly, about to lean in and press herself forward again.

Jiang Mu stepped back again and said seriously:

"Madam Shen! Whatever misunderstandings we may have had before, I am now an official of the Demon Slayer Bureau, and you are Uncle Shen's wife. We should have no further involvement with each other, both in public and private."

Madam Shen's expression gradually turned cold.

"Young Master Jiang, when you were luring me into bed, you called me your 'darling' and swore you'd love me forever. Now that you're done with me, you want to just throw me away like a rag?"

"You want to deny it? Fine! What about your child? You don't want him either?"

"What!?"

Jiang Mu's expression changed drastically.

"Pfft!"

Madam Shen covered her mouth and laughed again, her eyes sparkling with a playful glint.

"Look how scared you are. Even if I were the bravest woman, I wouldn't dare to cuckold my husband like that and raise his bastard child... I still have my eyes on the Shen family's vast wealth."

"call……"

Jiang Mu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Damn, this woman is ruthless; she almost scared me to death.

The woman leaned closer again, her voice soft and low:

"Hey Jiang, you can get tired of me and dump me, whatever. Out with the old, in with the new. I'll just find someone younger and stronger."

However, I'm here to report a crime.

You have to help me with this, otherwise I'll risk all my pride and make sure everyone in town knows about our mess.

"I'll make you, the newly appointed high-ranking official of the Demon Slayer Division, a laughingstock throughout the city!"

Jiang Mu was not intimidated by this threat.

He could tell from that brief exchange that this woman was a sophisticated egoist.

Those who only care about their own interests will never fight to the death.

"Speak, what case do you want to report?"

Jiang Mu pulled up a chair and sat down, asking casually.

Madam Shen said:

"I suspect that my deadbeat husband is keeping a vixen on the side."

Jiang Mu raised an eyebrow:

"Is this 'fox spirit' you're talking about a human or a demon?"

"I think it's a demon!"

Madam Shen said, "You are a member of the Demon Slayer Division, you have the right to kill her!"

"Just because you think it's a demon doesn't mean it is; everything needs to be based on evidence."

Jiang Mu remained silent.

He finally understood.

Shen Wanhai had a new lover outside, and the woman felt threatened, so she wanted to use him to label the other woman as a "demon" and kill her with a borrowed knife.

Indeed, a woman's heart is the most poisonous.

Madam Shen sneered:

"Evidence? Lord Jiang, whether she is a demon or not is up to you to decide."

Let me tell you, if he were just having a casual affair and keeping a prostitute, I would turn a blind eye.

But this woman is no ordinary woman!

She's completely infatuated with my husband. For the past few months, he's spent most of his nights at her place, and he's become increasingly distant from me.

As she spoke, the woman's eyes reddened:

"My life has been so hard. For so many years, I've managed the household for the Shen family, bore children, and upheld the virtues of a wife without ever overstepping my bounds... Now that I'm old and faded, am I to be thrown out?"

Jiang Mu's lips twitched.

Adhering to traditional female virtues?

Was that a ghost who threw himself at me the moment I walked in?

Mrs. Shen looked at him with teary eyes:

"In short, you help me get rid of that vixen. If you succeed, I'll give you a generous reward. I know you're not short of money, but once you become an official, you'll need money to bribe your way up and down the hierarchy, and nobody complains about having too much money."

Jiang Mu leaned back in her chair and shook her head, saying:

"I'm sorry. Without evidence, I, Jiang, will not take action against any innocent person."

"Innocent? You?"

Madam Shen stepped forward, slammed her hand on the table, and leaned down to stare intently.

"Jiang Chen, you dare to talk about innocence? How many people died when the Fog Demon attacked the city a few days ago? Weren't they innocent?!"

If you refuse to help me today, I will report you for colluding with demons. Don't think I wouldn't dare!

Jiang Mu gave him a look as if he were looking at an idiot:

"what ever."

This woman must have lost her mind; she's made up such nonsense just to get rid of her love rival.

Colluding with demons?

Is this kind of dirty water just randomly thrown around?

"Heh, Jiang Chen, you don't really think I have no evidence, do you?"

Madam Shen suddenly smiled.

His smile was cold and smug, a stark contrast to his previous mournful and seductive demeanor.

"You haven't forgotten what you said when you were holding me in bed back then, have you?"

Jiang Mu frowned: "What did you say?"

Madam Shen said quietly:

"You drank quite a bit of wine at the time, and you were worried about my safety, so you told me to leave the city the next day to hide. You said that the protective formation of Huzhou City would soon fail, and a great demon would invade, and you didn't want me to die in the city."

Jiang Mu was stunned.

Immediately, a chill ran down my spine.

How could Jiang Chen, an ignorant and incompetent playboy, know in advance that the city's protective formation would fail?

How could he foresee the impending invasion of a great demon?

and many more!

Could this woman have fabricated a story to frame him because she saw that he had "amnesia"?

"You think I'm lying to you?"

Madam Shen seemed to see through his thoughts, and took out a lustrous jade stone the size of a pigeon egg from her bosom, gently tapping it on the table.

The next moment, a voice tinged with drunkenness clearly came from the jade:

"My darling... listen to me, you must leave Huzhou City first thing tomorrow morning... This city's protective formation is about to fail, and powerful demons will soon be attacking... I don't want to see you die..."

The voice belongs to Jiang Chen!

Of course, that's Jiang Mu's voice right now.

Jiang Mu was stunned.

There are actually recording devices in this world?

Hearing the words inside, his face turned grim.

Could it be that……

The mole that Ran Qingshan was investigating, the one who colluded with demons, turned out to be myself?!

After all that, it turns out I was the mole.