Even hybrid monsters have their day

She wasn't sure if her flustered demeanor pleased Qiu Pi, but after staring at her for a while, a clear smile appeared on his handsome face, bright yet seemingly tinged with a hint of wickedness. That look startled her; she felt as if she were seeing the young master Qiu from that previous encounter in that space.

She then chuckled and shook her head, banishing the absurd idea from her mind. She never imagined that people with the same appearance could look so alike when making the same movements.

As she pondered this, she missed the best opportunity to answer his question. Thinking that it had been so long, she felt it would be strange to answer now, so she simply remained silent.

Her lack of direct denial made Qiu Pi's mood complicated, and even his gaze towards her became somewhat intense. The intensity made Geng Miaowan feel as if two fires were baking her cheeks; before she could react, an energy that wasn't hers surged forth from within her.

"Luan Hao, you used your energy without my permission again!" This was after Yin Qianze came in to check on him and tease him while he was taking a bath at the inn last time. They had made a promise that he could not use her energy through her body without permission in the future.

Almost simultaneously, Luan Hao's voice rang in her mind, "My energy, I can use it if I want." His voice was still indifferent, but Geng Miaowan knew that he must have done it on purpose.

“You…” Geng Miaowan didn’t know how to refute his obviously reasonable statement, so she decided to ignore him.

She looked up at Qiu Pi, who had been thrown several meters away, and wondered how she should answer if he asked what had happened. However, Qiu Pi only paused for a moment before regaining his composure, as if nothing had happened, showing no shock whatsoever that most people would feel upon encountering such an unusual event.

His face turned deathly pale, visible to her. He put one hand to his chest, and in an instant, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, making him look as if he were about to collapse.

"What's wrong with you?" Geng Miaowan looked at Qiu Pi with suspicion, whose behavior was clearly off. Although Luan Hao had attacked him without permission, he never dared to use too much force for fear of hurting her. Moreover, since the spiritual energy had originated from her body, she knew very well that the spiritual energy just now was definitely not enough to harm Qiu Pi, even if he were an ordinary person.

Qiu Pi opened his mouth to speak, but a mouthful of blood spurted from it. Geng Miaowan rushed forward, supported his body which looked like it was about to collapse, and helped him sit down on a chair nearby.

"You're injured?" There's no doubt about that; you can tell just by looking at him.

She lifted his wrist. Following the example of Yin Qianze, she felt for his pulse.

"You know how to take a pulse?"

Geng Miaowan looked up and shook her head amidst Qiu Pi's surprised expression. However, at this moment, his pulse was sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Even though she knew nothing about pulse diagnosis, she could tell that this pulse was extremely abnormal.

"Are you really hurt?"

"What do you think?" Qiu Pi asked instead of answering, as if he wasn't the one who had just coughed up blood.

"How did you get injured?" She remembered that he was fine when he was at the inn.

Qiu Pi raised an eyebrow slightly. "You think rescuing someone from two demons at the Demon General level is an easy task?"

"So you really met Sect Leader Miao by chance?"

"Otherwise what?" Perhaps she had asked too many questions, because this time he explained before she could speak again, "Otherwise, why would Miao Renfeng insist on me staying at the Green Mountain Sect? I think he probably felt bad for causing me to get injured."

Geng Miaowan listened blankly to Qiu Pi's words, her mind momentarily at a loss for how to react. She had initially thought that his rescue of Miao Renfeng was just a pre-arranged act. But now, seeing that he himself was also seriously injured, she couldn't help but doubt her own assumptions.

"You don't actually believe what he said, do you?" Seeing her hesitant expression, Luan Hao said in her mind, "He was just acting."

"Didn't you see he was injured?" There's no need to act so realistically. Besides, apart from a group of disciples who are cultivating, there's nothing in the Green Mountain Sect that the demons want to scheme for.

"Don't forget that the man in black at the Green Mountain Sect that Huangfu Aoran mentioned that night was him!"

Only after his reminder did Geng Miaowan remember the matter. She looked at Qiu Pi, her mind torn between belief and disbelief. Faced with her doubts, Qiu Pi didn't offer any further explanation, simply averting his gaze. Even his tone remained as calm as ever, "I know you don't believe me, and I don't blame you. If you're alright, go back now; I need to meditate."

"Was that person outside the house on the mountain that night really you?"

Something flashed across Qiu Pi's face, like the embarrassment and helplessness of someone who had discovered something shameful. Geng Miaowan, quick to understand, immediately saw the answer.

"Why?" she asked.

He looked at her, his dark eyes, softened by the changing light, shimmering with a faint amber hue in the candlelight, making him appear exceptionally beautiful. They held many things she couldn't understand. He spoke very seriously and very slowly, "If I said I came here specifically to see if it was true because I heard news about you, would you believe me?"

His words carried emotions he himself was unaware of. After he finished speaking, his eyes revealed a strange tension mixed with an even more inexplicable expectation, as if whether she believed him or not would have a completely different impact on him.

"Nonsense!" For some reason, Luan Hao was acting like a sullen child today, targeting Qiu Pi at every turn.

However, Geng Miaowan said nothing. She let go of his hand, stood up, turned around and walked out the door. Her face was calm, as if she was still in shock and hadn't come to her senses.

Although he knew she wouldn't believe him, seeing her turn and leave Qiu Pi still left him with a strange feeling, a faint sense of loss welling up inside him, but he quickly dismissed it with a laugh.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. Ever since he met her again, something strange had changed in his heart. A self-deprecating smile appeared on his face. It was something he had expected, so why should he have any expectations? (To be continued.)