Chapter 98 - Were You Tempted By Me?

"Do you know about the nine-tailed fox?"

Yu Mei nodded, "I've read a lot about the legends and the legendary nine-tailed fox in the past…So, are you…?"

"No, I am her daughter," Mia interrupted her, "My mother was an immortal but she was eventually cursed to death while I was captured by the same evil man centuries ago. Although I killed him but I was cursed too. I was cursed to be in that Han Family for eternity. I was not immortal like my mother…"

"Why?" Yu Mei frowned, "Isn't immortality supposed to be genetic?"

"Ge-Ge…What?" Mia look at her, a bit baffled.

"Well, genetic as in…why didn't you mother pass of the immortality to you? It's such a good thing to share," The more Yu Mei thought about it, the more she found it feasible.

Imagine if she had immortality, she will find some ways to share it with Han Jian Yu so that together they can rule the whole world.

"It is immortality, not a piece of meat," Mia scoffed looking at the evil smirk on the woman's face. She shook her head, "My Father was a human, unlike my mother. So, with their union, I possessed both their qualities. Even when I am a nine-tailed fox and I have nine lives, I am not an immortal."

Yu Mei stroked her chin in contemplation. Father was human and mother was a legendary nine-tailed fox. No matter how she thought about it, it must have something tragic involved in it. "And which life is this?" She asked seriously, "You said you have nine lives so which one is this?"

"This my last life," Mia said, much to her shock. The little girl went on, "My nine tails represent my nine lives and I spent my seven lives wandering in that family in form of a cursed fox spirit. After a few years when my eigth life started, you came along and contracted me by accident when no one could see me."

Last life? Yu Mei pursed her lips. Maybe one of her life lasts more than hundreds of years like she has read, unlike the human life. "Am I that powerful?" How could she contract such a powerful being accidentally?

"You're a weakling," Mia smiled showing her canines.

"You said…I absorbed a life from you…How is that possible? Moreover, since I contracted you in your eight life, what about the last life? Did I...Why is there a life gap, ya~?"

"I need to cultivate my powers now. That's enough for today," As Yu Mei opened her mouth to speak, Mia continued, "I am creating a barrier around me. No matter how much you scream, I won't be able to sense anything outside until I get hold of my powers.''

"How long will take for you to do that?"

"One day... Two days... or more. I am not sure. I have never been bound to a weak human before. This is my first time," Ignoring the woman's glare, Mia went on, "Get me a new robe."

"Will you take a shower?" asked Yu Mei, "Well, you should take a shower lest you become a stinky fox," She added.

Mia pointed and the crop top she was wearing, "I want this."

"Oh,'' After she got a new shirt, Mia changed into it in front of her without hesitation and threw the crop top which she was previously wearing to her.

''Don't let anyone inside your chamber," said Mia.

Chamber? An ancient fox, indeed. Yu Mei stifled her laughter.

Instead of sitting in her usual mediation position, the girl this time slept on the bed and closed her eyes.

''Mia?" Yu Mei called out after a few seconds.

But there was no response.

'She must have really created a barrier around her,' Sighing to herself, she threw the crop top in a basket and undressed herself before throwing her outfit in the same basket.

As normal as she acted, her mind was somewhat occupied by all the revelations made by Mia. But she was afraid if she dwelled on it any further, she would go crazy.

A nine-tailed fox? Like for real?!

''I need a cold shower even if I freeze to death…" She mumbled to herself before walking inside the bathroom. So much of complicated things will damage her brain altogether.

In the evening.

After taking a nap, she felt a lot better than before. She walked towards the Master Bedroom and knocked on the door twice.

''Enter.''

She paused for a moment. Twisting the doorknob, she stepped inside the room and spotted the man sitting on the couch wearing nothing but a bathrobe.

His ash-blonde hair was splayed over his eyes as the water dripped down from the tips gliding down his jaws and gradually over his neck. 

She stopped her gaze from wandering further down and fixed it back on his face, "Why are you sitting like a tempter?" She asked as she walked towards him before sitting on the single couch.

He raised his head from the laptop he was working on when he heard her voice. ''What are you doing here?" He asked, glancing at the woman.

"Well, I was pretty bored so came over to take a look. So, were you expecting someone else dressed like this? Did I interrupt something?" She asked, eyeing him teasingly, openly pointing out how all the female workers in the mansion were head over heels for him.

"Will it kill you if don't pick up a fight with me?" He narrowed his eyes at her.

She stifled her laughter.

"You called me a tempter," Jun Zixuan spoke up, raking his finger through his wet fringes, he glanced at her deeply, "So, Miss Yu, were you tempted by me?" He asked, the corner of his lips slightly tugging up.

She blanked out for a moment looking into his deep brown eyes. The gold flecks in them flickered whenever he faced light making her wonder how could a pair of eyes be so perfectly artistic…

''Yeah?" His deep magnetic voice sounded again.

"What are you talking about?" She laughed it off before averting her gaze to the papers lying on the coffee table. Something amongst the pile of papers caught her attention.

She picked it up before reading through, "Hey…This…" The frown on her face deepened.

"What happened?"