Chapter 1258: The Angered One

Chu Tianqiu felt that Di Ji was indeed deeply affected, but what did killing a "Tian Ji" have to do with appearance?

"Not... what do you mean?"Di Hou asked, "Why did you call me into this room? I need to find something."

Di Ji fell silent, and the people nearby quieted down as well.

Di Hou helplessly pulled a cigarette from his pocket, lit it on his own, and after exhaling a puff of smoke, muttered, "This is exhausting—searching for something with no leads is such a hassle."

"Um..." The female Di Zhu pointed at Di Hou, then at the carpet on the room floor, "Please don't smoke in here."

"Oh, how troublesome." Di Hou irritably tossed the cigarette butt out of the room and then spat outside.

Everyone who saw this fell quiet again, and Chu Tianqiu looked at Di Ji with a touch of sympathy.

"Forget it..."

After a moment, Di Ji seemed to have talked herself through it, putting on a resigned expression: "If Di Hou is fat, then so be it... After all, that guy is like a block of wood, and I'll accept the arrangement. If it were anyone else, I'd be furious..."

She turned back, picked up her coffee cup for a sip, and tried to suppress her emotions, as if drinking some kind of forgetful potion.

"What are you even talking about? Why are you accepting this..." Di Hou looked at her in confusion, then turned to Qiao Jiajin and Chu Tianqiu, "By the way, have you two seen a colorful quail?"

Crash.

The anger Di Ji had just quelled flared up again, and she crushed the coffee cup in her hand.

"Hmm...?" Di Hou looked at Di Ji, still puzzled, "What's wrong with Di Ji?"

Di Ji gently placed the fragments she was holding on the table, turned back to face Di Hou, still smiling, though the veins on her forehead were more prominent than before.

To his surprise, Di Hou saw a hint of danger in that face, and the aura felt oddly familiar.

He narrowed his eyes, which glowed faintly as he looked at her, and in an instant, he understood everything.

"Excuse me," Di Ji said with a smile, "I'm that colorful quail. What do you need, you old fat dirty monkey?"

Di Zhu nearby was shaking wildly, on the verge of bursting into laughter.

"Huh?" Di Hou's eyes widened like copper bells after hearing this, "Wait... aren't you Di Ji? How did you become a quail?"

"How the hell should I know?!" Di Ji shouted, "You and the others keep calling me a quail. I was fine before I met you all!"

"Oh man... I really didn't know." Di Hou quickly stepped forward, grabbing Di Ji's hand to explain, "Dang it, girl, they told me it was a quail... Don't take it to heart."

As soon as Di Hou grabbed her, Di Ji nervously pushed his hand away.

"It's hard not to take it to heart," Di Ji said, regaining her composure. "I should have realized earlier that the 'thing' you kept saying you were looking for was me. I should have slapped you right away."

"Hey, that's a bit harsh. I told you I didn't know the situation." Di Hou started to get angry too, "And you called me an 'old fat dirty monkey' just now, but I didn't say anything about that."

"Isn't that because you called me a quail first?"

Their words turned tense in an instant, and it seemed they might come to blows right there, before even meeting Tian Hou and Tian Ji.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on!" Qiao Jiajin quickly stepped forward and held Di Ji back, "We're all good 'Zodiac' folks here. Let's just talk it out, no fighting."

As soon as Qiao Jiajin touched her, Di Ji's eyes tensed up again. She swiftly pushed his hand away, wanting to say something, but seemed too angry and swallowed her words.

"I'll say this upfront!" Di Ji pointed at Di Hou's nose and said, "The plan is for us two to go kill Tian Ji and Tian Hou. From now on, you'd better not get on my nerves!"

"The same goes for you!" Di Hou snapped back, "Do you think I want to go kill those two? I have my own stuff to do!"

"Who cares about that?!" Di Ji yelled, "Get ready and turn around—get out and wait for me outside the door!"

"Dang it, fine, let's go."

Di Hou shoved the door open and stormed out of the room.

Di Ji took a few deep breaths, walked over to Qiao Jiajin, and the veins on her face gradually faded. She asked softly, "A Jin, are you okay?"

Chu Tianqiu and Zhang Shan heard her question and turned to look at Qiao Jiajin, noticing that he seemed a bit off.

At that moment, Qiao Jiajin had his fists clenched and his brows furrowed, as if he was extremely angry.

"I..." Qiao Jiajin didn't know why he suddenly felt so furious. He paused and asked, "Do you even know me?"

"Relax, take a deep breath." Di Ji didn't dare touch him and just guided his mindset, "Of course I know you. Come to think of it, you even died by my hand once."

"Huh...?"

"But there was no other choice—it was following Qi Xia's decision." Di Ji said, "Don't worry, even if you died in my game, we're still on the same side."

Qiao Jiajin nodded vaguely, as if he understood, and felt his anger slowly dissipating.

"What was that just now?"

"Oh, it's my 'Anger' ability. It's best not to touch me." Di Ji said casually, which startled Di Zhu beside her.

Di Hou lit another cigarette outside the door and glanced subtly at Di Ji, then acted as if nothing had happened and continued smoking.

"In that case, I'll be on my way." Di Ji waved at the three of them, "You guys rest here for a bit. Once the trouble outside dies down, you can leave."

With that, she walked out the door, let out a cold humph in front of Di Hou, and headed forward.

Di Hou gave the three men inside a meaningful look, said "See you," and then left.

In the hallway, Di Hou and Di Ji kept a deliberately distant and unfamiliar space between them before he asked, "Is it okay to just say that out loud?"

"What?" Di Ji asked.

"Your 'Anger'." Di Hou said, "Is Di Zhu really that close to you? Close enough to casually reveal your 'Echo' like that."

"Who cares about her?" Di Ji laughed, "I don't even know her—we just met today. I was just making up some nonsense. Even if she reports me, she probably wouldn't know who I am. Besides..."

"Besides, no one can report us anymore." Di Hou interrupted, "Look."

Di Ji followed Di Hou's gaze and saw two "Tian Ji Zodiac" members intercepting a "Di Ji."

"Born too soon to achieve anything, dead before success." Di Ji said with a bitter smile, "Now we have to walk past those two and tell them we're going to kill Tian Hou and Tian Ji?"