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“……” Qiu Purue looked at Yin Xi’s dark and deep pupils, opened her mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

Who is it?

Qiu Puryue blinked, and her frozen brain began to work again, recalling Yin Xihui's question.

He and those people...

Who were those people? Did they come with him? Or were they his brothers and sisters?

Qiu Puryue didn't know, but she fell silent, thought about it carefully, and nodded: "Choose you."

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the blackness in Yin Xihui’s eyes seemed to be darker.

"……sure?"

"Yeah." Qiu Puryue nodded and looked at him in confusion.

"...Remember what you said today." Yin Xihui said nothing more, turned his head and looked at Taotie who was holding his chin, "Let's go, let's have dinner."

Yin Xihui estimated the money he had in his hand and wondered whether he should ask Qin Xiao to borrow some.

"I just asked you if you need an adult to accompany you." Taotie stared at them.

"...Generally it is necessary." Yin Xihui smiled as usual.

Taotie tilted his head: "Then I will take you there."

Yin Xihui:?

Before Yin Xihui could guess what it meant, Taotie flashed and transformed into an adult man.

The man had brown hair and dark golden eyes that revealed a sense of calmness. The kindness on his face disappeared, replaced by an irresistible sense of oppression. Just one glance at him would make one tremble involuntarily.

To be honest, Taotie does not look sharp. Compared with Qiongqi, it even has a delicate look. When it smiles, its pointed fangs are exposed. It looks very cheerful and cute, but the pressure it emanates from its bones is frightening.

Yin Xihui instinctively took a step back, his fingers tightening so tightly that they almost revealed their attributes.

Qiu Puryue couldn't help but become nervous.

"What do you mean by that expression?" Taotie raised his eyebrows, raised his chin slightly, and snorted, "Does this make me an adult?"

"...That's right." Yin Xihui's pupils moved slightly, "But why do you want to be like this? Aren't you used to using a shrunken beast body?"

“I’m not used to it.” Taotie touched his chin, “I just think it’s more convenient that way… Hey, Qiongqi maintained that posture because there were adults around the child, so he didn’t need to do anything. You two brats don’t have any elders around you, so naturally I have to become like this.”

Hearing this, Yin Xihui clenched his fingers, his eyes moved slightly, as if he was touched by Taotie's words, but he quickly restrained his expression.

"… Really? Thank you."

……

Qin Xiao had a very pleasant meal, and nothing unexpected happened—except that Qiongqi only picked up the food from his plate.

"...There are some more on the table." Qin Xiao looked at Qiongqi and pointed at the dishes on the table with his chopsticks.

"I know." Qiongqi looked at him in confusion.

Qin Xiao: “…” You still picked up food from my bowl knowing that?

After dinner, Qin Yun'an wanted to walk around the city, after all, he had just arrived in a new place. Qin Xiuyun went with him. Qin Xiao preferred to walk around alone, so he told Qin Jinyi and the others that he was going out.

Qin Xiao walked out of the restaurant and felt the cold wind blowing in his face, causing him to shiver.

The lights on both sides of the street were still flickering. It was already midnight, and there were still a few people on the road, and the lights outside the various shops beside them combined to illuminate the entire street.

It is autumn now, and the leaves on the trees on both sides of the street are slightly yellowing, swaying freely in the cold wind.

Qin Xiao successfully forgot how to go back after turning the fifth corner.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao compared and identified the buildings on both sides of the street again, but still could not see any difference.

Qin Xiao stopped and silently watched the crowd passing by, then stopped at the sixth street corner.

Qin Xiao thought about it and decided to return the same way.

Half an hour later, Qin Xiao gave up this method.

Another ten minutes later, Qin Xiao was sure that he was lost.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao lowered his head and couldn't help covering his face with his hands: Tell me why you are so idle...

There were fewer and fewer people on the streets, and shops were closing one after another.

Qin Xiao pondered for a moment, then walked in one direction with certainty.

Then he turned into a dead end.

Qin Xiao was so angry that he almost laughed.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out when this road became narrower and narrower.

Standing in this pitch-dark alley, Qin Xiao sighed and even had the urge to spend the night here.

Qin Xiao suddenly paused, turned his head sharply, and happened to meet a pair of bloody eyes.

The eyes were bloodshot and stared at him intently. The distance was so close that he could even smell the bloody breath of the other person.

Qin Xiao took two steps back and looked at the man who suddenly appeared behind him.

The man's head was covered in blood, his chest was wet, and his breathing was heavy. A damp breath emanated in an instant, and the overwhelming smell of blood attacked Qin Xiao, almost drowning him.

The man covered his chest, stared at him in horror, and suddenly reached out to Qin Xiao, not sure if he wanted to ask for help or something.

Qin Xiao stepped back again and looked at him steadily, without any fluctuation in his eyes.

The next second, something like a long thorn suddenly emerged from the ground and pierced the man's chest, even pushing him up on tiptoes and almost leaving the ground.

The man suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, groaned in pain, and tried to grab the long spike in his chest with trembling hands, but was pierced in the abdomen again by something that emerged from the ground.

The man was gasping for breath. He stretched out his hand unwillingly, but he had no strength to do anything else. He could only stare with his eyes wide open and swallow.

Qin Xiao stepped back before the man was penetrated, avoiding blood stains on his shoes and clothes.

The thing that pierced the man suddenly disappeared, and it was probably the property of someone else.

Just as Qin Xiao was thinking this, footsteps were heard in front.

A black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. The shadow was tall and slender, and because he was facing away from the street, Qin Xiao couldn't see his appearance clearly.

The black shadow stopped in front of the man's body, seemed to notice Qin Xiao, and chuckled a few times.

"It's so late, you should go home."

The black shadow's voice was deep and magnetic, and even sounded sexy.

Qin Xiao looked at him and thought for a moment: "You know——"

I got stuck halfway through the sentence.

Qin Xiao suddenly realized that he didn't know what the hotel was called.

Qin Xiao's mood suddenly sank.

It's over. Qin Xiao couldn't help but hold his forehead, he didn't even know how to ask for directions.

"What do you know?" The black shadow was quite patient and actually asked him proactively.

"...No, it's nothing."

Qin Xiao sighed and decided to take another look.

"You go ahead and do your work first." Qin Xiao said, stepping over the corpse.

This is the imperial capital, killing someone would be quite troublesome.

Qin Xiao thought, but these have nothing to do with him.

The black shadow looked at him in surprise until Qin Xiao disappeared from his sight.

"He is Qin Xiao?" the black shadow spoke, and another black shadow fell down and responded in a low voice.

“…Killing a person is so troublesome, and I have to do it myself.” The black shadow gave his subordinate a cold look.

The man lowered his head and dared not speak.

The shadow ignored him and jumped out of the alley on tiptoe. The subordinates behind him took care of the aftermath.

The black shadow flashed and landed on the street. He looked at the tip of his shoe in the light and when he saw that there was no blood stain, he raised his head.

Under the light, the man's handsome face showed a bit of evil, and his rose-purple robe was not stained with a single bloodstain.

The man straightened his robe and walked towards the street corner. A woman stood at the corner, watching the man walk over quietly.

"What are you doing?" The woman asked before the man could speak.

Wang Ji smiled and said, "I did a small thing and met a child. It was quite interesting."

"Child?" The woman raised her eyebrows suspiciously and sniffed. "You smell of blood."

"How can blood have a smell?" Wang Ji laughed, shook his head, and touched the woman's head. "Don't lie to me. I really didn't do anything. But you, if you don't go back, there will be curfew."

“Then let’s go quickly.” The woman bit the word “we” particularly hard, whether intentionally or not.

"Oh? We?" Wang Ji lowered his eyes, put his arm around the woman's shoulders, leaned slightly closer, smiled and breathed into her ear, "What are you going to do when you go back?"

"Can you think of something else?" The woman pushed him angrily and turned her head away.

As expected, Wang Ji smiled sarcastically, but when the woman turned her head to look at him, he returned to normal: "Okay... then let's think of something else."

As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force on his arms, held the woman in his arms, and looked at her tenderly.

Nangong Huaxue didn't know what he was going to do. Seeing him getting so close to her, she couldn't help but blush and became nervous.

"His Majesty……"

The man's hot breath fanned against her ears, and Nangong Huaxue couldn't help shivering, feeling like her heart was about to jump out.

"Have you finished reviewing the documents?"

The man spoke clearly, and his gentle tone conveyed every word to her ears.

Nangong Huaxue: ...

"——Have you read the invitation from Wangqiu? Do you know where Lei Ting's team is? Have they found out anything behind the attack that Yuhua almost encountered? Have they found out anything about the strange phenomenon in Rongcheng?"

...Don't think about it, don't think about it...

Nangong Huaxue wanted to cover her ears, or even put on some earplugs or something.

Wang Ji's voice was so gentle that it could squeeze water out of her. His deep voice echoed in the woman's ears, drilling into her ears without missing a word.

"Okay, let's go back." Nangong Huaxue pushed him away violently, an emotionless smile on her face, tears streaming down her face.

Wang Ji was a little amused: "Your Majesty, before you were alone——"

"It looks like curfew is coming." Nangong Huaxue looked around and trotted away, "We need to go back quickly."

Wang Ji: …

Looking at the woman's brisk steps, the gloom in Wang Ji's eyes grew heavier.

He seemed to... not be able to see through her.

……

I don’t know if Wang Ji can see through it, but Qin Xiao really can’t see through it.

Believe it one last time.

Qin Xiao thought about it, gritted his teeth and turned into a dead end.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao was in great pain.

Why do these streets look like this?

Qin Xiao looked up at the sky, touched his pocket, and finally remembered what Yin Xihui gave him.

Qin Xiao was looking up at the sky, so he didn't see the person running in front of him. He didn't react until the person was about to hit him, and he suddenly turned sideways, tripping the person.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao looked at the figure hesitantly and was about to say something, but he was stunned when he saw who it was.

"Mo Hanyu?"

The little child with silver hair was covering his head, sitting on the ground with his head down, tears glistening in his eyes.

When Qin Xiao saw this situation, he was stunned.

"……What’s wrong with you?"

When Mo Hanyu heard the voice, he looked up, and tears started to fall the moment he recognized the person.

"Xiao..."

Mo Hanyu looked at him with tears in her eyes and aggrieved. Noticing Qin Xiao's slightly disgusted look, she pouted her lips as if trying to suppress it, sniffled, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Eh——" Qin Xiao didn't expect him to be like this. He squatted down and stretched out his hand and was about to say something when he was suddenly pounced on and sat down on the ground.

"Mo--" Qin Xiao's body stiffened, and he felt Mo Hanyu's furry head approaching. A cold breath seeped in and wrapped him up.

Qin Xiao was at a loss, his arms raised stiffly, his waist tightened, and the child in his arms exerted a little more force, clinging tightly to him.

"..." Qin Xiao felt that the child was in a bad mood. Without saying anything, he patted his back gently and stroked up and down his spine.

There were few people passing by, and some who noticed gave him strange looks, but Qin Xiao ignored them, looked at the person sobbing in his arms, and raised his head to look at the sky.

To be honest...

He was a little disgusted.

Qin Xiao sighed, and all the snot and tears were wiped on him...it was really dirty.

Mo Hanyu felt a vibration in his chest, wiped away his tears, and looked at Qin Xiao cautiously.

Qin Xiao didn't say anything. He touched his head and pressed his head into his arms again as if giving up the struggle: "Keep crying."

Mo Hanyu: ...

Mo Hanyu suddenly didn't want to cry anymore.

He crawled out of Qin Xiao's arms and was about to raise his sleeve to wipe his face when he was stopped by Qin Xiao.

"Use paper." Qin Xiao took out a piece of paper from his pocket, patted down his raised paw, and wiped his face with a look of disdain, "Don't move."

As he said this, he patted Mo Hanyu's hand as he was about to raise it.

After hearing this, Mo Hanyu stopped moving and just sat there waiting obediently.

Qin Xiao restrained his strength and carefully wiped away the tears from Mo Hanyu's face. Finally, he pinched the tip of his nose through the paper.

Mo Hanyu's eyes were red, the tip of his nose was pink from crying, his fair skin was stained with a few blushes, and his long and thick eyelashes were stained with residual tears. The light shone down on his azure eyes, making them glow with a fragile light.

"Why are you crying?" Qin Xiao crumpled the paper into a ball, looked around, and didn't find any trash can, so he could only put it in his pocket.

"..." Mo Hanyu curled his lips and lowered his eyebrows without saying a word.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Qin Xiao didn't force him. He pulled his collar back, tore him off himself, patted his butt and stood up.

"...After not seeing each other for so many days, don't you miss me?" Mo Hanyu looked at Qin Xiao with an indifferent expression and couldn't help complaining.

Qin Xiao:?

Qin Xiao bent down slightly, tilted his head, and let him look at the stain on his collar and chest. Without saying a word, his meaning was very clear.

Mo Hanyu's face turned slightly red, and he turned his head away without saying a word.