Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 367 - 286: Hating Evil as Much as Hating Foes

The first time they met, Jiuyue had also raised such a question.

At that time, Duan Mingyuan, drawing from his own high school experiences, explained to her the reasons, believing that this Strength was cultivated during his high school years through prolonged dealings with evil spirits.

However, as his experience grew, such justification seemed increasingly untenable.

The evil spirits of Yunlong City and Universe Company were not even on the same level; conservatively estimated, any Long Branch Candidate they dispatched could have annihilated all the evil spirits he had encountered during his high school years combined, and the strongest evil spirit he had recorded was only in the Nesting Phase, not even rated with a senior title.

Even now, he couldn’t be sure whether his high school experiences were true.

Duan Mingyuan was an honest man, he did not intend to fabricate lies that would inevitably be exposed later, as that would impact his standing in the eyes of his in-laws.

"I am also searching for the reasons, and that is one of the reasons I came to the Eco-Ship," he said truthfully.

Just as his companion Fu Ling had said, those who might be able to answer this question were all gathered here, representing the finest wisdom of different planets and civilizations in this field.

According to the latest results, he was suspected to be an alien life form called "Dark Mud," but Duan Mingyuan remained skeptical.

His father-in-law nodded.

It was an expected answer; he also believed that plain cultivation was not enough for Duan Mingyuan to have advanced to his current level. In the past, countless people on Blue Star had proven this path to be a failure, unable to reach "the Heavens" no matter how they cultivated.

What’s more, they fought with "the Heavens" all their lives, yet only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg.

For the people of Blue Star, it was a path doomed to fail from the start.

"Since you rarely come, let me take you to my orchard for a visit," his father-in-law suggested.

"Sure, I’ll go too!"

Excited, Jiuyue raised her hand to volunteer, but was stopped by her father, "You haven’t seen your mother in so many years, stay and spend more time with her."

There it was!

The tactic of splitting up for a conversation!

Jiuyue’s heart tightened; this was a high-end tactic mentioned in search engines for visiting parents’ homes.

To prevent the couple from covering for each other and trying to bluff their way through many questions, some wise parents would use this high-end tactic by separating the couple and individually extracting information from them, then comparing notes later to easily discern which statements were true and which were lies.

What’s worse, the search engines had not provided a good counter-strategy.

This was entirely a test of tacit understanding.

Typically, in this process, one parent would play the good cop and the other the bad cop. Gauging the situation, Jiuyue reckoned the bad cop would be her mother.

The "Auspicious Fox Cultivation Manual" mentioned her mother’s temper was not good, she even noticed her mother cracking the teacup earlier.

She seemed very dissatisfied with her own performance, and had it not been for Duan Mingyuan’s presence, she had no doubt her mother might have grabbed her like in her childhood to pinch her face and knead her head.

Jiuyue opened her mouth, but nothing came out, and she could only watch helplessly as the two left.

She extended her left hand toward their receding backs, the scene resembling a melancholic oil painting.

After what seemed like ages, a cold voice brought her back to reality.

"Are you coming over yourself, or do I need to come and get you?"

Her mother gazed at her with blazing red eyes, the dominance of blood thoroughly manifested at that moment.

"Hiss, gentle!"

Jiuyue steeled herself, closing her eyes.

Then her face was pulled upward—it was the familiar attack she remembered from the times she caused trouble on the mountain.

Her mother was very experienced in pulling faces.

"You say it was you who led little Duan astray?"

Her mother asked in a cold voice as she pinched her face.

She had always been sharp in judging people. Although Duan Mingyuan had mysteriously acquired incredible abilities, he was very upright, and his speech and demeanor were very proper. If one were to overlook those rumors, he would leave a very good first impression.

But Jiuyue, this girl, not only spread rumors but also acted as if she reveled in chaos, essentially revealing the true nature of a Calamity Fox.

She now had to suspect that many of the disputes that Duan Mingyuan and the company had arisen from her daughter’s meddling.

The experience of being older told her that this nature must be more restrained, or it would eventually bring about great trouble.

After all, in the eyes of the company, Jiuyue was a coveted prize; they would definitely think of ways to violate the agreement at the time and capture her for the company.

"No!"

Jiuyue struggled as she protested. She and Mr. Mingyuan were clearly like-minded; to use the language of the internet, they were soul mates with an extremely high compatibility, even scoring 100 in a small test!

"Moreover, it was clearly the company that first misbehaved on other people’s planets. You didn’t see them engaging in human trafficking in Yunlong City, kidnapping and selling many people!"

Could that be called stirring up trouble?

That was clearly abhorring evil like a deadly foe, the incarnation of justice.

The subsequent pursuit by the Universe Company exactly proved this point. Being targeted by villains with a bounty, that definitely means you are a supremely good person.

Jiuyue argued logically, even if her face was pinched out of shape, she did not change her statement, "Mr. Mingyuan stepped in to oppose evil forces, resolutely not bowing to the dark powers!"

"That’s exactly what I’m worried about,"

her mother sighed deeply.

Abhorring evil as a deadly foe sounds exhilarating in novels, but in real life, it might not necessarily bring good results. They certainly knew about the company’s actions on Blue Star and had seen many who, out of hatred for evil, exposed the company or fought against it, disregarding their personal safety.

However, their ends were usually not that good.

Although she admired such people deep inside, she did not want her daughter to follow their path.

Yet when it came to speaking, she found herself temporarily at a loss for words.

The hand that was pinching Jiuyue’s cheek lessened in force, unknowingly turning into a gentle stroke.

Jiuyue’s eyes narrowed into a slit, much like when she was a child, and moved toward her mother’s tail. Her mother’s tail was fluffy and warm, and all the methods of tail care she knew had been taught by her mother.

She guessed her mother’s thoughts and said, "Oh, don’t worry about me. I’m not a child anymore and can take care of myself."

Upon hearing this, Jiuyue’s mother snorted coldly but did not argue. ƒгeewebnovёl_com

The rumors that Fu Ling spoke of had exceeded their understanding, making it difficult for them to imagine that someone could bring such huge trouble to the company.

It’s better to leave matters of young people to the young people themselves.

It had been too long since she had returned to Blue Star, and she knew nothing about the changes there, so any advice she might offer would likely be impractical.

She only hoped that Jiuyue understood that this was a path full of dangers and obstacles.

She tenderly stroked Jiuyue’s smooth cheek, and Jiuyue squinted her eyes, looking reassured.

Everything seemed to have returned to her childhood.

Until, suddenly, Jiuyue’s mother realized something, and her movements halted.

"What stage has your relationship reached?"

Thinking of Jiuyue saying she was no longer a child, she suddenly pondered this concern.

"Ah, why suddenly ask about this?"

Without needing an answer, Jiuyue’s suddenly blushing face said it all.

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