One after the other, Zhu Zhuqing led Ye Qiu to the outside of a cave.
Ye Qiu knew this cave; it was the one where he had applied medicine to Zhu Zhuqing before.
Jumping off the wolf's back, she went in first, and Ye Qiu sent the two wolves away before following her in.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"To spend the night~ Just the two of us!" Her gentle voice replied to Ye Qiu. "Hurry up and bring out the bed?"
'Are there other people here?' Ye Qiu gave her a strange look, not daring to say it aloud, afraid she would cause some trouble again. He could only do as she said, using his divine power to release the bed.
"Phew~ Your soul skill is really convenient! You can stay so comfortable even in the wild!" Zhu Zhuqing lay down.
"Why spend the night outside? I think it's better to go back into the divine power space!" Ye Qiu looked at the sky outside; it was almost dark.
"I want to spend the night here!" She sat up, stubbornly staring at him.
"Alright, alright! Whatever you say." Ye Qiu spread his hands and turned to leave.
"Hey, where are you going?" Zhu Zhuqing stopped him when she saw him about to leave.
"It's getting dark, I need to gather some firewood to make a fire!" He gave her a speechless look, thinking she was just looking for trouble.
"Hmph! Then hurry back!" With a cold snort, she returned to the bedside and sat down.
...
Ye Qiu sat cross-legged on the ground, watching the fireworks in front of him, while Zhu Zhuqing lay on her side on the bed, quietly watching his face, which was glowing red in the light.
"Ye Qiu, do you remember this cave?" A soft voice echoed in the somewhat desolate cave.
"I remember, isn't it the one that applied medicine to you before? Don't worry, I definitely won't tell anyone about those things! I've forgotten them all!" Ye Qiu thought she was bringing up the past to warn him again.
"Oh? What have you forgotten?" Zhu Zhuqing sat down next to him.
"I mean, I see you... cough cough! I don't remember, I don't remember." Ye Qiu almost choked on his saliva, becoming more and more uncertain as he spoke.
Seeing his flustered appearance, Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips, chuckled, and lowered her head to whisper, "Actually, it's okay if you remember."
"Huh? What!"
"Nothing! Never mind if you didn't hear me!" She walked away, her face flushed.
"How strange!" Ye Qiu muttered a few times, turning his head back, "Hey, you still haven't agreed with me whether you'll go protect Xiao Wu or not!"
"Is she important to you?"
"Yes! Very important!"
"So, are you going to help her or not?"
"I don't want to think about that right now, I'm sleepy, I'll tell you tomorrow!" Zhu Zhuqing said coldly, having her own considerations.
Ye Qiu opened his mouth but didn't say anything more, quietly sitting cross-legged in front of the fire to keep watch.
Inside the cave, besides the sound of the flames burning, there was only the sound of their breathing.
...
The night was past midnight.
Ye Qiu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground cultivating, suddenly felt someone hug him.
He opened his eyes and saw Zhu Zhuqing leaning on his shoulder, the two of them wrapped in the same blanket. She had already made up her mind!
"What are you doing!" Ye Qiu reached out to push her away.
"You saw me naked, touched me naked, and even stole my first kiss! Don't you need to take responsibility?" Zhu Zhuqing brought her mouth close to his ear, her voice cold, as if she would kill him if he dared to say he wouldn't take responsibility!
The warm breath tickled his ear, the icy voice chilled
his heart. This was completely different from the feeling he had with the rabbit. He and Xiao Wu had spent so much time together.
Ye Qiu turned his head away, "Hey, stop messing around! You didn't say that before!"
"I told you to forget, and you forgot? If I wanted to kill you, would you let me? Are you even a man?" She turned her head back to Ye Qiu, staring intently at him.
"I'm still a boy," Ye Qiu answered hesitantly.
"You! Hmph, you really are shameless!" He snorted coldly.
"How am I shameless! I was just applying medicine for you!"
"You still dare to talk back!" Zhu Zhuqing grabbed his neck. "Dare you say you didn't look around or touch anything while you were applying the medicine?!"
Ye Qiu grabbed her arm, trying to pull away, but was struggling to breathe. "I told you, don't go too far! How can I apply medicine without looking or touching it?!"
"Hey, hey, hey! If you keep being unreasonable, I'm going to hit you!"
"Hit you? You're going to hit me?" Her martial spirit manifested, and a black claw grew from her other hand, which she placed on Ye Qiu's neck.
"That's too much! Playing is one thing, joking is another, but this thing of yours is poisonous~" Ye Qiu tried to get up and escape, but found himself unable to move. "Hiss~ Why are you riding on my legs?! Get off now!"
"What, are you trying to seduce me with your lewd eyes again?" Zhu Zhuqing saw a red light flash under her hair and moved her claw closer.
After the accident last time, she felt like she couldn't control herself, and later, when she learned that Ye Qiu could control soul beasts, she had a suspicion!
Hearing her words, Ye Qiu froze, even his Sharingan dimmed. 'She's slandering me! She's defaming me!'
"Why aren't you saying anything! Admitting you did it?" Zhu Zhuqing pressed her face close, her breath hot against Ye Qiu's face.
Good heavens! When had this innocent virgin ever suffered like this?!
"That time was truly an accident! My martial soul is somewhat special." Ye Qiu was speechless.
"Special? Who knows! So that's your excuse for taking liberties with me?" She pressed even closer. Wrapped
in the blanket, so intimately pressed together, Ye Qiu started sweating, his six-pointed star almost blurring as he tried to escape!
Then, Zhu Zhuqing touched his lips.
"Even if last time was an accident, this time isn't!"
The black, venomous claws were retracted, and Ye Qiu was pulled to the ground by the neck, forced to be kissed.
Ye Qiu, who had been feeling hot and even parched, froze on the spot as soon as the icy pudding entered his mouth, the red light in his eyes fading once more.
His pupils dilated, and a pair of shy black eyes and a flushed face appeared in his vision.
Just like the accident that happened last time,
Ye Qiu felt like he was about to crash after only a few seconds of lapse in concentration. His face turned red, veins bulged, and his neck was being choked tighter and tighter, whether out of tension or revenge, he didn't know.
He suddenly pushed her away, and thud! Both of them fell to the ground, wrapped in blankets, covered in sweat.
"Huff~" Ye Qiu patted his chest, breathing heavily, his nostrils still seeming to carry her scent.
"Are you trying to strangle me?!"
Zhu Zhuqing was pushed to the ground by him, her face flushed and her breathing labored. It took her a while to recover
. Seemingly ignoring Ye Qiu's words, she picked up the blanket from the floor and walked towards the bed.
Halfway there, she turned back, her expression indifferent, looking at Ye Qiu. "I'm asking you, was this an accident?"
"What do you mean?" Ye Qiu sat up, somewhat confused.
"Answer me! Was this an accident?" Zhu Zhuqing's voice turned cold and hard, her eyes glaring at Ye Qiu.
"No...?" Ye Qiu was bewildered by her question and answered tentatively.
Zhu Zhuqing nodded, then turned her back to him and continued walking forward, her calm voice ringing out, "Yes, it wasn't an accident! I took the initiative!"
After saying this, her face instantly flushed crimson, her ears burning. She hurriedly returned to the bed and lay down, trying her best to control her breathing!
She planned to give Ye Qiu the remaining time to ponder her feelings for him; if he was quick-witted, perhaps she could save herself some trouble.
"???" Unfortunately, without a deeper understanding, Ye Qiu didn't grasp the intricacies of her words.
He stood there, unsure of her meaning.
After the rabbit, now the cat was making the first move?
One of the three great illusions of life suddenly popped into his head:
'She likes me?'
*Slap! Slap!* Ye Qiu slapped himself twice, trying to
bring himself back to reality. It wasn't convenient to confront her now, so he could only sit back down, but he couldn't stop his wild thoughts.
He even started to consider whether to choose the cat or the rabbit.
'Or maybe both... Oh my god!'
*Bang!* Just as Ye Qiu was lost in his daydreams, a tongue of fire suddenly shot out from the campfire, startling him and interrupting his reverie.
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