After school, he was then offered himself to a succubus.

Willows sway gently, her dark hair flowing softly, and a young girl sits quietly on a deck chair by the river.

Zhang Chen had been fond of Shen Nianxi's back view since high school.

When the high ponytail was blown up by the wind, the delicate and lovely downy hair on the back of her neck, unique to a young girl of sixteen or eighteen, was briefly revealed, and was dyed with an alluring golden hue by the sunlight.

Such a beautiful view is sure to make your mouth water.

He wanted nothing more than to pounce on her like a zombie, bite the back of her neck, and then, amidst her half-hearted cries of disgust, unbutton her clothes and bury his face in her still-budding breasts to breathe...

Hmm... This isn't Zhang Chen's idea; it's Shen Nianxi who has paranoia.

Back when they were deskmates in high school, every time the girl warned Zhang Chen not to have a crush on her, she would include one of these delusional little stories, telling it with her face flushed.

Zhang Chen hadn't thought that much about it, but after hearing Shen Nianxi explain it in such detail, he couldn't help but feel a little confused and infatuated.

Then, after he blushed from the erotic stories Shen Nianxi told him, the girl would put on a cold face and poke his waist with a black pen:

"See? Your inappropriate thoughts about me have gotten this bad. I was just talking to you about it and you blushed... Let me remind you, don't do anything illegal!"

This is a one-time exception!

After enduring this torment for so long, for a period of time, Zhang Chen would often blush and stiffen whenever he saw Shen Nianxi.

Don't ask which neck.

Once Shen Nianxi notices this, the girl will stare at his neck, puff out her cheeks angrily, and give him another serious warning that he can't do it again next time!

At that time, he felt quite inferior, wondering if he had been too vulgar.

Nowadays...

Suddenly, Zhang Chen's view was blocked by the surging tide of students leaving get out of class. The girl's figure disappeared, leaving only the bustling gossip of the crowd:

"Have you seen Lin Yinmeng's music video? Not only is the song incredibly catchy, but the music video is like a documentary!"

"I thought it would be terrible to switch to an amateur lyricist and composer, oh my god, please let us work together forever!"

"This stage name is just too corny... What the heck is Zhang Xiaotu?"

"Whatever... Oh right, Li Yinuo's second book is out too. There's a post on Zhihu from one of our students saying that Li Yinuo's book and Lin Yinmeng's song are linked, and they're actually telling the same series of stories."

How could they have noticed that?

Zhang Chen suddenly understood... what it felt like for those chivalrous heroes in ancient times to inquire about information at inns.

I noted down what the passerby said and will study it later when I have some free time.

As the crowd dispersed, a boy appeared beside Shen Nianxi when people looked again.

Zhang Chen watched as the girl, Wan, coldly rejected the boy's advances, and pointed in his direction.

The boy's face immediately turned ashen. He glanced back at Zhang Chen and left dejectedly.

Zhang Chen walked over and sat down directly next to Shen Nianxi. The moment his gaze fell on her profile, he couldn't look away, as if he were frozen in place.

The girl suddenly turned her head and caught him staring at her.

Zhang Chen coughed lightly and changed the subject:

"You weren't just using me as a shield, were you? Saying I'm your boyfriend?"

"No, I told him that you are my master and that you get tattoos for me every day." Shen Nianxi stuck out her little pink tongue.

"?"

"You boys are too difficult to deal with. If I don't explain things in a more profound way, they'll keep bothering me," the girl explained.

That was a profound experience. That man mustered up his courage for a moment, but it left a lifelong shadow on him.

"...Too."

"Zhang Chen, guess why I've been avoiding you all this time?" Shen Nianxi looked at him, resting her chin on her hand. "I even blocked all your contact information. Aren't you angry?"

"It's alright." Zhang Chen remained noncommittal, although he was a little unaccustomed to not being hypnotized for so long.

Shen Nianxi glanced at him sideways and moved closer to him.

"I went to Tushan these past few days. You know, it's the Tushan from the legend where Yu the Great married a fox."

"I witnessed the demise of an era."

"That person's last treasure left in this world has also disappeared, so why hasn't he come back?"

"What?" Zhang Chen feigned ignorance.

"A tree." Shen Nianxi was too lazy to call him out on it, and continued, "A tree as big as a blue whale."

"It has completely withered."

"Oh...that's a pity."

"Zhang Chen, the first time I saw tens of thousands of 'animals', tens of thousands of them... carnivores and herbivores, because of the same belief, forgot their grudges and hatreds, and gathered together by that withered tree to cry and mourn for seven days and seven nights."

Zhang Chen paused for a moment. He remembered that the rats in his house had been saying that many of the rat demons in Ning'an had disappeared and no one knew where they had gone.

So they went to participate in a mysterious ritual.

"That tree symbolizes the love between humans and demons, and even more so, peace."

"Without that tree, there will always be a racial divide between humans and demons. Those who are not of our kind will always have different hearts, and war will always exist..."

"I used to naively believe that planting those kinds of trees was just that person's perverse hobby, something they cultivated for training with monsters..."

"But now, my judgment is starting to get a little muddled," Shen Nianxi said wistfully. "Besides being a promiscuous scoundrel, that person also seems to have accomplished quite a few great feats."

"If it were for the benefit of all humanity, and they wanted to give me to them, I probably wouldn't have any moral reason to refuse..."

What do you think?

The girl's eyes were bright as she bombarded him with a huge amount of information.

Zhang Chen realized that Shen Nianxi had probably seen through his identity.

But... I wonder to what extent he saw through it?

His identity has two layers: a simple mortal immortal and a pure Yang Taoist.

If we only stay at the first dimension, there is still room for maneuver. Hypnosis is actually extremely shameful and embarrassing for both him and Shen Nianxi.

Especially after something like what happened to Kobe.

"As I see it... I think you'd better try to fight it out. Arranged marriages are not a good idea."

"It's not an arranged marriage, it's directly making you the other person's concubine... to put it nicely, a concubine, to put it bluntly, it's like you're being forced to acknowledge your master."

"..." Zhang Chen's brain was still churning, thinking that he didn't really want a human contract beast that much.

There are already too many monsters in the house, all of them are contracted beasts.

"So you still harbor some illusions, thinking I haven't noticed? You haven't forgotten who your master is, have you?"

He really didn't know.

Seeing Zhang Chen's shamelessness, Shen Nianxi snorted, grabbed his hand, and ran off.

The speed was so fast that Zhang Chen was floating in mid-air and his feet couldn't even touch the ground... Only then did he realize that Shen Nianxi had truly succeeded in her cultivation.

In an instant, he was taken to some dark room and pinned to the bed by the girl.

"This is the set where Lin Yinmeng filmed her music video," Shen Nianxi said as she took off her clothes. "She's already finished filming, so no one will bother her."

"Let's be honest with each other." The girl pulled a pocket watch from her pocket, a blush finally appearing on her cheeks. "Can you actually be hypnotized by me...?"

The pocket watch swayed in front of Zhang Chen once again.