Chapter 120

He looked at Ji Xin and spoke seriously.

“I was born sensitive to these kinds of auras. At the table, I noticed your hostility toward Lü Xin and Lei, but I swear I won’t interfere in this matter.”

Ji Xin nodded slightly, seemingly uninterested, and said with a cheerful smile, “Lin Tian, don’t be scared. I haven’t done anything to you, have I? People who can sense my killing intent this sharply usually make excellent assassins.”

“Would you like to work for me as an assassin? I guarantee you’ll earn far more than you do now. You’ll also experience plenty of thrilling things!”

Lin Tian let out a bitter laugh.

His life was already exciting enough; he didn’t need any more adventure.

“Thank you for the offer, but I prefer a peaceful life.”

He spoke softly.

Ji Xin looked a little disappointed, but she didn’t press the matter.

She had only come out here because she had discovered that Lin Tian could sense her killing intent.

Now that it had been clarified, she naturally had no reason to push further.

To Ji Xin, what had just happened was nothing more than a slightly thrilling “joke.”

However, just as she was about to release Lin Tian and stop bothering him, she heard a voice tinged with helplessness and surprise.

[Tch

. So this woman is only interested because I sensed her killing intent? Now she’s threatening me with a blade. She’s definitely a lunatic!]

[Who the hell threatens someone over something this trivial?]

[Who threatens someone over something this trivial?]

[In the original story, Ji Xin wasn’t exactly a bad person. Growing up in an environment where she managed the Ji family’s intelligence network from a young age, the fact that she could still be softhearted says something about her principles.]

[Guess this counts as a disaster out of nowhere, huh? Who could have predicted that Ji Xin would suddenly hold me hostage over something so petty? What’s with that look in her eyes? With her personality, she shouldn’t make things harder for me now, right? ]

Lin Tian’s mind was spinning with these chaotic thoughts, but his face didn’t reveal a single trace of them.

But Lin Tian didn’t know that every one of his thoughts had fallen right into Ji Xin’s ears at that very moment.

Her eyes instantly lit up!

She had been in charge of the Ji family’s intelligence network since childhood. Even as a teenager, she had managed to make everyone in the organization submit to her, not by relying on her status as the Ji family’s young lady nor by using brutal methods.

She relied on her extreme observational skills and her terrifyingly accurate memory.

While Xue Xue needed time to recall details, Ji Xin’s memory was like a camera, capturing everything in perfect clarity.

Saying she had a photographic memory would be an understatement. If she wanted to, Ji Xin could instantly and accurately retrieve anything she had ever seen from her memory.

After hearing that strange voice, she immediately did two things.

First, she wondered if she had ever revealed her name, Ji Xin, and if she had mentioned anything about her personal history when she first met Lin Tian.

The answer was no.

Second, she analyzed Lin Tian’s voice in great detail and confirmed that the voice she had just heard belonged to him.

At the same time, she realized that when she heard that voice, Lin Tian’s lips hadn’t moved at all.

So then…

Using her extraordinary abilities, Ji Xin instantly eliminated the impossible options and found the truth.

What I just heard must have been Lin Tian’s inner voice!

Unlike Shang Chan, Zhao Mengmeng, Xuan Yuan Qingya, Bai Bing’er, and Meng Xiaoling, who all doubted what they had heard and wondered if it was really Lin Tian’s inner voice, Ji Xin was different.

Because of her freakishly sharp observational skills, her terrifying analytical ability honed from years of running an intelligence network, and her memory that rivaled supernatural power…

With all these factors combined, Ji Xin needed less than a second to confirm that she could truly eavesdrop on Lin Tian’s thoughts!

At that moment, her eyes shone brilliantly as she stared intensely at Lin Tian, leaving him completely stunned.

In the original story, Ji Xin was a kindhearted villain. She wasn’t a ruthless evildoer; she simply stood on the opposite side of Jiang Yifeng, which was why she became a “villain.”

A gentle, soft-hearted girl like her might, out of habit or a touch of willfulness, do something inappropriate, like holding him hostage right now.

But she would never commit an act of wanton slaughter!

Ji Xin’s character simply wouldn’t allow it.

Of course, that didn’t mean she was a saint. When it came to people connected to Ji Xin, the death toll was in the dozens, maybe even the hundreds.

If Ji Xin truly wanted Lin Tian dead, she would never do it herself. She would hand the job over to the Ji family’s assassination unit.

Now that everything had basically been explained, why was Ji Xin suddenly looking at him with those eyes? How could Lin Tian not panic?

Earlier, when Shang Chan, Zhao Mengmeng, Xuan Yuan Qingya, Bai Bing’er, and the others lost their composure, Lin Tian was already on edge.

He even started to suspect that he had transmigrated into a simple, cliché web novel world. Or was this a fanfiction version of it?

And now, if Ji Xin’s character truly collapsed—no longer the one who, even in a filthy, ruthless world, could still cling to softness, kindness, and her own sense of principle…

But instead turned into a bloodthirsty demon king who killed the innocent at will…

Wouldn’t that mean he was doomed?

The calm in Lin Tian’s eyes instantly cracked, replaced by a trace of panic.

When it came to matters of life and death, who wouldn’t care?

His voice trembled as he spoke in a low tone, “Th-then… is there something else you need? Please rest assured, I swear I won’t tell anyone about today… I beg you, don’t hurt me!”

From beginning to end, Lin Tian deliberately used honorifics, careful not to anger Ji Xin.

There was no helping it. After all, a polite man always lives longer than a man who curses at every turn.

Ji Xin had heard Lin Tian’s inner voice and learned a lot from it.

For instance, Lin Tian seemed to know many things.

Some of the terms he used, like “in the original story,” appeared to carry special meaning.

These were details Ji Xin was destined to analyze for a long time.

Now, in Ji Xin’s eyes, Lin Tian had evolved from “someone who can sense my killing intent” to “someone whose thoughts I can hear—and who seems to know countless secrets.”

Given these circumstances, how could Ji Xin possibly let Lin Tian go?

She leaned in closer, bringing her exquisitely delicate face right up to his. Her large eyes brimmed with curiosity, and she wore a playful smile.

Ji Xin spoke softly, her breath brushing against Lin Tian’s neck.

“Lin Tian, do you know my name?” She asked.

Lin Tian’s heart skipped a beat.

Their current posture was way too strange.

Stripped of their identities, Ji Xin looked like a 1.6-meter-tall girlfriend, happily tiptoeing closer to him as if expecting something.

If the situation weren’t so bizarre, Lin Tian felt leaning down to kiss her wouldn’t seem out of place.

He hesitated for a few seconds before replying in a low voice.

“Um… Do you think I should know… or not?”

After all, the person in front of him was still the Ji family’s eldest daughter, whose character might have collapsed. Lin Tian figured it was best to tread carefully.