I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch

Struggling to the death.

But Xia Feng... just loved to watch Miss Mu struggling like this.

Though somewhat perverted, who could blame him... when Miss Mu's struggle looked so adorable? Xia Feng's wicked pleasure soared infinitely.

Mu Qingtong didn't know what Xia Feng was thinking, but seeing the slight curve of his lips, she could easily guess that he was having his delusions of victory.

If Mr. Xia had a tail, it would surely be wagging high in the air by now.

Prideful!

"Is this not enough, Miss Mu?" Xia Feng indeed felt victorious, ready to crush the Evil Witch underfoot, "You admitted to liking me! And you said it three times!"

"Like."

The silver-haired woman leaned forward, bringing her beautiful eyes closer, "The definition of this word is broad; it could mean friendship, familial love, master-servant affection... anything."

As she spoke, she slowly raised her head, her lithe back poised, speaking coolly from above,

"So, Mr. Xia, as your future master, I'm very satisfied with you as a servant. I like you, any problem with that?"

"?" No, Miss Mu, how did you manage to expand 'Mr. Xia, I like you' into so many words?

Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, "So Miss Mu, are you trying to say that when you confessed to me, you accidentally shortened your sentence, which led to my misunderstanding?"

Mu Qingtong nodded lightly.

"Haha~"

"What's so funny?"

"Haha~"

Mr. Xia's eyes glinted with disdainful interest, his dark eyes fixed on her.

Mu Qingtong's glittering golden eyes slowly narrowed, a cold glint flashing within. Truth be told, the more arrogant Mr. Xia was, the more amusing it would be when he would later behave like a obedient puppy, tongue lolling.

"Miss Mu, I just love how you remain so stubborn."

Xia Feng showed no fear, arrogantly patting her slightly cooled hot cheek, "Then do you dare to test your emotional state with the 'Non-Love Jade'?"

"Hmm?" Mu Qingtong immediately grasped Xia Feng's meaning.

Following the trial use of the Non-Love Jade earlier, she too considered better ways to use it.

Still using the elimination method, but with a different question.

While she pondered, Xia Feng had already raised the memory light cluster in his palm before her.

Mu Qingtong seemed to think of something, her eyes lifting slightly, her gaze open, raising her own memory light cluster to match Mr. Xia's.

And suddenly, their 'Sea of Memory' linked, merging as one. The Non-Love Jade, originally working on Mu Qingtong's Sea of Memory, had also acted upon Xia Feng.

In the image on the right side of the lab, a woman in a black dress standing before a high glass platform had her pupils glowing with golden light, slowly turning her head to look at the pair on the sofa.

Xia Feng smiled slightly, "Miss Mu, in your feelings for Xia Feng, does 'friendship' hold the largest share?"

The woman in the black dress shimmered with golden light in her eyes, slowly shaking her head.

"Miss Mu, in your feelings for Xia Feng, does 'familial love' hold the largest share?"

The woman in the black dress shook her head again.

"...Comradeship?"

Shaking head.

"A secret crush? Friends with benefits? Teacher-student? Enemies? Master-servant..." Xia Feng asked about fifty kinds of emotional relationships, covering all normal, unconventional, and bizarre ones he could think of.

The woman in the black dress shook her head at all of them.

"Miss Mu, what else do you have to argue now?

Xia Feng gently brushed the silver threads stuck to Mu Qingtong's lips behind her ear, chuckling, "None of them fit, not even the ridiculous 'master-servant bond' you made up has the largest share. So doesn't that leave only one type of emotion that 'Non-Love Jade' cannot define?"

Xia Feng chuckled softly, his fingertips gliding to her slightly biting crimson lips, "Your love for me, am I right, Miss Mu?"

His fingertips felt like fine electric currents, touching her lower lip, flowing into her throat and down her spine. Mu Qingtong tilted her delicate chin, her fragrant shoulders quivering slightly, her rounded legs tensing beneath the dress, as a sense of humiliation welled within, as though she were Mr. Xia's noble kitten...

Her beautiful eyes turned cold, she slapped Xia Feng's hand away, shaking her head with a calm voice, "You're mistaken."

"Oh? Where am I mistaken?" Xia Feng wanted to see what excuse she could come up with next.

Mu Qingtong's golden eyes were calm, "Mr. Xia, I admit, I do like you."

"?" Xia Feng's black eyes couldn't help but widen.

Mu Qingtong pressed both hands onto Xia Feng's shoulders, her graceful curves leaning against him, her beautiful eyes serene, holding an aloof calmness, "But this liking is a kind of surprise and joy one finds on the path of seeking a strong one, upon discovering a kindred soul that suits me, forming a camaraderie after going through certain things together.

And this fondness is a liking for a kindred spirit—"

Kindred... liking? Xia Feng's brows slightly furrowed.

"Mr. Xia, you should understand that for beings like us, worldly defined words can no longer encompass the feelings between us."

Mu Qingtong's small face wore a faint expression, "This is a unique feeling separate from love, familial love, friendship, or even possessiveness—a 'same kind of love,' which I, in my name, abbreviate as 'Tong Emotion.'

"Tong Emotion?" Xia Feng was incredulous, because he... also thought that his feelings for Miss Mu were quite special, and back then at the Evil River, he had secretly named it 'Tong Emotion.'

Xia Feng's comprehensive unique feelings for Mu Qingtong, abbreviated, Tong Emotion.

Totally rational.

But he didn't expect Miss Mu to come up with a similar feeling named 'Tong Emotion' to fool him.

Ha~ What a poor excuse!

"So Miss Mu, can you explain the meaning of your [Tong Emotion]?"

"Mu Qingtong's comprehensive unique feelings for Xia Feng, abbreviated, Tong Emotion."

"?"

Plagiarism! Your plagiarism is blatant!

Just changing the order of the words doesn't mean I won't notice, hey! Xia Feng thought angrily, his brows furrowed even more tightly.

"Non-Love Jade can't determine 'love,' but it also can't detect 'a same kind of love that doesn't exist in the world, but exists because of us.' So, Mr. Xia, do you understand now?"

Mu Qingtong spoke convincingly, casually pinching Xia Feng's cheek, looking down with a light smile, "The alleged feelings of liking I have for you are just the same kind of affection. Just as if the world only had two humans left, they'd cherish each other to fend off loneliness and wouldn't mind procreation for the sake of species continuation."

Xia Feng: "....."

As expected from you, Miss Mu, you even manage to smooth this over??

He almost spat blood from anger, opening his mouth to question, to mock Miss Mu for yet another poor lie; who on earth has a same kind of love...

But in the next second—

He suddenly realized that perhaps there really was a 'same kind of love' in the world because wasn't that how he himself felt about Miss Mu~

Thinking of this, Xia Feng, for a moment, didn't know whether he should refute it.

Questioning Miss Mu would be like questioning himself!

Completely at a loss!