Yan Qiling's body was still falling in the painful wave of sea anemone toxins...

It’s been three days… When will this poison subside? ! ! Yan Qiling secretly groaned inwardly.

Her eyes were blurry due to the pain and everything she saw was a blurry double image.

Yan Qiling looked in the direction of Luo Xiao, and in the gray light and shadow, two scarlet eyes slowly approached her...

"Ah Xiao..." Yan Qiling felt a chill down his spine.

Suddenly, an ethereal and distant humming sound came from afar, like the evening breeze in the woods, quietly sweeping past the ears of the two.

The sound was getting closer, and Luo Xiao's steps towards him were gradually slowing down.

Yan Qiling took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled. She felt the pain slowly subside, and the figure in front of her gradually became clearer...

Luo Xiao clenched his canine teeth and let out a painful roar. The muscles in his entire wolf body were tense, as if he was confronting the little sanity he had left.

There were rustling footsteps behind Yan Qiling. She turned around and met the pair of starry eyes that she would never forget...

: "Lan...Ze..."

Yan Qiling looked at his feet which were covered with blisters but not yet fully formed.

She simply couldn't imagine how such a pair of incomplete, boneless feet could cross the tangled, uneven surface of the dense forest...

: "Ling, get out of the way..."

Lan Ze instantly transformed into a beast, with its bloodshot fish tail raised high, and silver-blue electric light flashed...

Yan Qiling looked at the sudden flash of lightning on Lan Ze's tail in fear. The energy seemed to be even stronger than last time...

She lowered her voice and trembled, "Lan Ze...be gentle..."

Lan Ze's fish tail froze in the air for a moment, then lifted up high and gently dropped down...

A crisp slap with a hissing sound swept across Luo Xiao's cheek. After a brief moment of loss of focus, the scarlet in his pupils gradually faded away...

Luo Xiao has changed back into human form, the chaotic echoes still lingering in his mind, he shook his head vigorously.

"Ah Xiao...are you okay?" Yan Qiling held Luo Xiao's red and swollen face with the fishtail mark and gently stroked it...

As soon as he touched the red mark, Luo Xiao dodged and shrank, holding Yan Qiling's hand, and forced a smile: "It's okay..."

Yan Qiling slowly turned around and met the gaze that had been lingering behind her for a long time: "Thank you for just now..."

: "Ling, you forgive me, right?" His blue eyes were full of guilt and expectant stars.

Yan Qiling sighed and lowered her eyes. She inevitably saw the broken fish tail that had not yet fully grown. The transparent tail fin was covered with translucent blood bubbles...

Lan Ze tucked his fish tail behind his back and whispered, "It hasn't grown back yet, don't worry... After a while! It will be as beautiful as before! It won't always be so... ugly..."

When talking about the word "ugly", Lan Ze's voice trembled noticeably. In his life, this word had never been associated with him, but now was an exception.

Yan Qiling smiled and said, "Not ugly, like a bitten ginkgo leaf, very cute..."

"Really?" Lan Ze shyly moved the fish tail in front of him and fiddled with it repeatedly.

"The shape is indeed like a ginkgo leaf..." Luo Xiao glanced at the fish tail that was shining with scales.

"But...it looks like it was chewed by a dog." He added slowly.

Lan Ze's smile froze instantly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth!"

: "Okay, stop arguing!"

As he spoke, Yan Qiling took out the medical kit from the system and gently placed the ice pack on Luo Xiao's swollen left cheek: "Here, keep it on for a while."

Then he turned around and helped Lan Ze clean the wound on the fish's tail.

Luo Xiao came to Yan Qiling's side and whispered, "There's nothing to clean up. When he returns to the sea, his wounds will heal."

Yan Qiling paused and said, “That’s right…” Then he put the medicine back into the medicine box.

Suddenly, Lan Ze pulled Yan Qiling's hand back and said, "Please help me apply the medicine... I'm not going back..."

"Not going back?" Yan Qiling was a little surprised.

"Yeah, you are a fish, where else do you want to go if you don't go back to the sea?" Luo Xiao said coldly.

"Wherever you go, I will go." Lan Ze looked at Yan Qiling, his eyes flashing.

Yan Qiling opened her lips slightly and was about to speak when Lan Ze said, "I know you don't want to stay in the sea. I want to be with you, even on the shore, I am willing..."

Yan Qiling looked at Lan Ze's fish tail, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

It's not that she has no feelings for Lan Ze, but he is a fish after all. His mobility on land is not even as good as that of a lame turtle. He faces not only difficulty walking, but also many other physiological challenges...

In the future, he might not be able to soak in water during the entire day during their long journey. Even if he could take a bath in the constant temperature cave at night to relieve himself, deep-sea swimming would be impossible...

Most of the time, their diet will also change to land animals...

If he regrets it then, it will be difficult for him to return to this sea area...

But when Yan Qiling looked at his expectant eyes, the words of refusal got stuck in her throat.

She hesitated about what to say so that the injury would be less severe...

"Just take him in..." Luo Xiao said lightly.

They both looked at Luo Xiao in surprise.

Lan Ze never expected that this stumbling block that he almost killed would actually speak for him...

"What did you say?" Yan Qiling thought she had heard it wrong, and her almond-shaped eyes widened.

"With him by your side, I no longer have to worry about becoming that way again and hurting you...

These past few days, I haven’t even dared to sleep… I’m afraid that one day I’ll wake up and see you lying in a pool of blood…”

Luo Xiao's voice trembled uncontrollably.

: "Yes, Ling...just let me stay by your side, okay..." The stars in Lan Ze's eyes seemed to be dripping out.

After a while, Yan Qiling turned around and took the small white box, saying softly, "Put it over here, Tail... and apply the medicine."

Lan Ze hugged the little female into his arms, put his lips to her ear, and whispered softly: "Even if Luo Xiao gets better in the future, you are not allowed to chase me away..."

"What if you miss the sea in the future?" Yan Qiling stroked his cool and smooth fish scales.

: "Wherever you are, there is the sea..." Lan Ze pinched the little female's chin and lowered his head to kiss her.

"Ahem, apply the medicine quickly..." Luo Xiao stood up and kicked the bat's corpse muffledly. A black arc rose from the ground and fell again.

Although it was he who suggested keeping Lan Ze, Luo Xiao still felt uncomfortable seeing the little female being so intimate with him.

Luo Xiao walked over to the two of them again, covered his left cheek and muttered, "I didn't know how to slap the other side, it hurts so much!"

"I'm sorry, Xiao... I'm left-handed..."

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