My wife is a witch princess

Chapter 44 Xia Li really can read minds!

Once Song Che got lazy, he completely lost the will to study. On the weekend morning, the whole building was quiet and sparsely populated, except for those poor high school seniors, who were probably all huddled in their blankets catching up on sleep.

dong dong dong-

A knock sounded on the door, neither too loud nor too soft.

Song Che put on his slippers and went to open the door. Behind the door, he could only hear the voice, but could not see the person.

"I'm below you, if you bend down, you're going to step on me... my feet, my feet hurt so much."

Song Che looked down and saw a short little girl with a label on her head.

Gold Coin Thief

"Go to hell." Without thinking, Song Che instinctively kicked out lightly. By the time he reacted, the small figure had already rolled to the opposite wall and almost fell down the stairs.

The girl scrambled to her feet. Only then did Song Che get a good look at her: black hair with slightly curled ends, and a rosy, cute face. But her clothes were tattered, as if they had been torn by claws and teeth.

Indeed, appearances can be deceiving.

Song Che bent down, grabbed a small stool from the doorway, and raised his hand, ready to settle scores for the movie theater fire that night. This monster could even transform into human form; its power was probably considerable. He had to rid the people of this menace today.

"Brother! Have mercy!" The little girl grabbed his leg, her voice trembling with tears. "My sister did it, and she's already been punished! I'm not a monster, please don't hit me..."

She looks like an innocent girl possessed by a monster. Watch me avenge you!

"Brother, please let me finish..."

"Tell me! Why did you burn down the movie theater?" Song Che didn't hold back, grabbing her by the back of her neck and pulling her up in front of Bruce, who was lazily licking his fur. "If you don't want to get bitten, you'd better tell me the truth."

The little girl stammered, "Actually, I'm really human. I only become a monster when I turn into a cat, but that's my sister. She's in a coma now and won't wake up for several months."

"Keep making this up. I'll send you to the police station to work as a sewing machine later." Song Che found an old rope and loosely wrapped it around her wrist a few times. "Answer me first, why did you want to arrest me? And why did you set a fire?"

The little girl lowered her head, her voice even softer: "Actually, the fire wasn't that big that day... it was all my sister's illusion. We just wanted to scare everyone else away so we could catch you. We didn't expect... that someone would actually rush in to save you. And we only know a little illusion magic, the kind we can only use once a month..."

She paused, not continuing, but cautiously moved away from Bruce. "I... I'm actually afraid of dogs... Could you please keep it away from me?"

"Bruce, go up there and spit on her."

"No, no, no! I didn't lie!" The little girl was almost in tears. "But I know you're a good person... I have something important to tell you. I have something I can't tell you, and I only realized it today. You're the person I've been looking for."

"Stop talking nonsense. Haven't you noticed how illogical your logic is?" Song Che pulled out a gold coin. "You want this, right?"

The little girl nodded at first, then shook her head vigorously: "No!"

"You just nodded."

"I don't!"

Even if you try to fool Xia Li with those words, she won't believe you.

The little girl looked serious. "I've come here to bless your gold coins... My sister is a monster, but she never harms anyone. She knows illusion magic, and I... am a prophet. I once predicted that a boy with gold coins and a silver-haired girl would take me in. All I need to do is keep blessing their gold coins."

"That's so mysterious. Guess whether I'll take you in now or not?" Song Che handed over the gold coins with some skepticism. "Let's see how you consecrated them first."

The little girl hesitated, "First, you have to promise that you won't hit me after I'm blessed."

"I won't hit you as long as you don't lose it."

After receiving the answer, the little girl hesitated, "Then I need to think about it."

"Alright, you think about it first. I'll test your precognitive abilities." Song Che smiled. "Guess if I'll take you in now?"

"You will."

"I won't."

"My sister and I came from an orphanage, but now my sister and I share a body... As long as one of us is full, the two of us won't go hungry..." The little girl spoke intermittently, and she herself was not sure what she was saying. It sounded more like she was reciting a script than making a prophecy.

"Okay, you guessed right, I'll take you in." Song Che immediately thought of something: identity theft. Xia Li wanted to resolve her identity issue, and the orphanage and the dropouts were the easiest explanations. However, Song Che wouldn't easily trust anyone. He then asked, "Guess which pocket I have my gold coins in right now. If you guess right, I'll completely trust you."

"I..." The little girl's eyes darted around.

"Can't guess, can you? You little brat."

The little girl lowered her head, tacitly agreeing. After a while, she spoke again, her voice even weaker: "Actually... I'm not a prophet. What I just said was information I already knew. I wanted to find you, bless the gold coins, and then tell you that my sister and I share a body, that we ran away from the orphanage... that's all I knew."

She looked up, her expression pitiful, and added, "I'm so hungry... could you give me a steamed bun first?"

"The orphanage..." Song Che paused.

"Yes." The little girl nodded. "I later found out that my sister was a cat... We've been separated for four or five years. My sister usually takes care of me; she's several years older than me."

"What's your name? What's your sister's name?"

"My name is Taoxiang, and my older sister's name is Taoyao."

"I understand. So, how have you been making a living these past few years? How have you been earning money?"

"Taking a little food from someone else... when I sleep, I turn into a cat and find a place to curl up..."

"steal?"

"Yes... I took it." Momoka emphasized, then lowered her voice guiltily, "I took it secretly."

What does this count as? Is it considered turning oneself in?

"You little thief, stealing things and still talking so self-righteously? We call that a bad seed, shameless, understand?"

Tao Xiang shrank back and asked weakly, "Could you...could you say another word to me? I didn't hear you..."

"Huh?" Song Che was taken aback.

Seeing that Song Che's expression was off, Tao Xiang immediately lowered her head skillfully and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm stupid, I'm a bad person, I'm shameless..."

Song Che was completely speechless, afraid that if she said another word, she would be pleased with herself and would end up eating at a table with Xia Li and Zhang Hanyu from now on. No, she would eat alone.

This little girl's few words contained contradictions in more than one instance. Without a doubt, she's a bad person, but we don't know just how bad.

Song Che decided to take his time to learn more, and he asked the question he was most concerned about: "Are there many monsters here?"

Tao Xiang shook her head. "There are no monsters here. After I left the orphanage, I wandered through most of the Xia Kingdom without finding any other monsters. Finally, I found my way to Nan Hui, and the prophecy in my mind came true..."

"A prophecy? You think I'm stupid..." Song Che remained skeptical. First, if the prophecy predicted him and a silver-haired girl, the girl's first reaction should have been friendly contact, not arresting him or setting fires. Second, the girl looked familiar; it felt like they'd met before. Finally, his family would have another mouth to feed!

"I'm not lying to you!" Tao Xiang said hurriedly. "You can go back to the movie theater and see for yourself! If it had really caught fire, the flames could have set all the seats on fire in no time. Actually, it was mostly smoke that day, not much open flame. Besides, my sister is terrified of fire!"

"What about when your sister blocked our way at the stairwell and tried to attack us? What about that?"

"No!" Tao Xiang's eyes widened. "My sister just smiled, she was so friendly... and you still set your dog on her, almost killing her. My sister is afraid of dogs too..."

"...Oh, your excuse is interesting." Song Che took out a gold coin. "Bless it for me. You'll sleep on the sofa tonight. By the way, Bruce is a cat. Calling it a dog will upset it."

"it is good."

Tao Xiang took the gold coin, looked at it, then brought it to her mouth and gently bit it with her teeth.

When Song Che took it back and looked at it, he almost choked – the gold coin had split in two!

He was so angry that he wanted to kick her on the spot, but Tao Xiang had already squatted down with her head in her hands, muttering repeatedly, "It was my shamelessness, I know I was wrong, it was my shamelessness..."

Song Che abruptly stopped, afraid that hitting her would lower his own IQ. He held up the cracked gold coin, his voice trembling, "This... this is what consecration is? It cracked right after the consecration? So... nothing happened, and I even lost money..."

Do you really think I'm like Xia Li, a stupid idiot who only knows how to eat?

Snapped!

A light tap landed on the back of Song Che's head.

Xia Li appeared beside him unnoticed, her blue eyes scrutinizing him. "I'm not stupid."

You still dare to argue? Do you really think you can hear what I'm thinking, you dog-headed Xia Li!

Snapped--!

Song Che was hit again. Tao Xiang, who was standing next to him, clutched her rumbling stomach, looked up with teary eyes, and muttered softly, "Brother... can you give me a steamed bun first? Tao Xiang is... is starving to death..."