During the meal, the Slit-Mouthed Woman's appearance would change as she ate, sometimes turning into Kayako, sometimes into Sadako, making the others a bit uncomfortable.
Sun Wukong, however, understood that the three had already completely merged into one, and to take the other two into consideration, the Slit-Mouthed Woman allowed them to come out and taste the food as well.
Curious about this, the others soon forgot about the earlier oddity and ate heartily.
What surprised everyone was that Wu Ye had eaten little, his eyes seemingly unfocused, deep in thought.
Li Shuaixi tapped his shoulder and said, "Xiao Ye, don't overthink it, just treat it as a dream, otherwise you might have nightmares every day."
