My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

Old Man Joe was kneading dough inside the house.

He smiled and said to Qiao Dawang, "How about I make you a big steamed bun with cabbage and pork today?"

Qiao Dawan tiptoed and sniffed the filling inside the bowl.

Just one word.

Fragrant!

Just as his saliva was about to spill out, he tried to suck it back in.

Because... Lu Qianye was nearby, and he didn't want to make a bad impression. If he behaved rudely, Lu Qianye would lecture him again.

"Does Sister Lu like cabbage and pork filling?"

Lu Qianye nodded.

"I'm fine with any kind of filling, anything! After dinner, Uncle Qiao, you have to come back with me. They need to see you in person to process your household registration."

Then they heard the woman outside call out again, "Dad~"

This time, Old Man Joe heard it, and everyone in the room heard it.

Everyone went out to see "Joey", but they couldn't find Hua Ran.

Inugami sniffed, but couldn't smell anything else; it was actually Joey's scent.

Qiao Dawang asked, "Master, where's that vixen?"

Lu Qianye patted Qiao Dawang on the shoulder, "You're just a kid, it's not good for you to say that word."

"Oh...where's that vixen?"

Lu Qianye burst out with a "pfft".

"It's that 'slutty' word, oh well, never mind, why would I repeat myself!"

Qiao Yi explained, "Hua Ran went to town to buy chicken. I was afraid that if I was next to him, he would think I wouldn't be willing to buy any, so I came back first."

"Joey" said to herself as she went inside.

Looking at this family, she felt a strange and jealous feeling.

Can a newly formed family live such a harmonious and joyful life?

"Joey" sent the dog god to fetch water from the backyard and sent Taotie to get bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen.

When she reached out to touch Lu Qianye, her fingers were only an inch away from him when she clearly felt a blockage.

Ah, such a righteous person.

She then asked Lu Qianye to check the area next to the dilapidated temple, saying that when they arrived, they found a woman lingering outside for no apparent reason.

When only she and Old Man Qiao were left in the house.

She said, “Father, now you know that the house with me is full of monsters. When I came back just now, I found that the roof was shrouded in yin energy. It means that there are monsters that want to eat you. You have to be careful and watch out for that boy.”

"Well... I think he's pretty good. Apart from having a big appetite, he has no flaws."

Old Man Qiao said that the children are better and more obedient now than before.

She even helps him with chores.

"Joey" patted Old Man Joe's hand.

"Listen to your daughter, don't give him anything to eat later."

A short while later, "Joey" walked up to Qiao Dawan again.

Seeing that he was having trouble reaching for the bowl and chopsticks on tiptoe, she took them from him and said, "Just now, Old Man Qiao complained that you have a big appetite and told me to move you somewhere else because he doesn't want to take care of you anymore."

Qiao Dawang was taken aback.

Immediately look down at your hands.

"Did Old Man Joe really say that?"

"Yes... I'm also very troubled. You've already done a great job, trying your best to control your appetite. I don't know why he still says such things about you."

"Joey" said she was also in a difficult situation.

I can't think of how to explain this to Old Man Qiao.

Qiao Dawang looked down at his small hands and finally sighed.

"I see."

Then he just ran away.

"Joey" smiled again, took out a piece of paper from her bosom, folded it into a paper figure, and soon the paper figure transformed into the shape of Hua Ran.

Speaking of which, this method of turning paper into a person was something she learned from the Taoist nun's magic.

Ha, she also learned Joey's magic, and can take anything useful for herself.

Therefore... she is no worse than Joey.

Why was she born a shadow monster?

And Joey is the sun god?!

"Joey" said to the paper figure that had turned into a flower, "When I said you were going to the county town to buy chicken, it was actually because I didn't want the puppy to see you. I haven't been in much contact with the puppy lately either."

"My lady~ Has the puppy realized that we've been deceiving him all along, and that's why he's wary of us?"

"No matter what, it's true that we lied to him and said we could find his sister."

After saying that, “Joey” turned her back to him, but couldn’t help but smile.

Because she knew that the dog god was listening outside.

Her greatest skill is impersonating others and sowing discord.

As expected, Inugami's eyes dimmed.

Quickly turned and left.

And just like that, Old Man Joe's family quickly fell apart.

The shadow monster was satisfied.

She loves killing two birds with one stone. This time, Hua Ran is doomed to die, and Qiao Yi's beast Taotie will also leave her. Even the betrayal of the Dog God will make it impossible for Qiao Yi to find the reincarnation of that Taoist nun.

If she can't find it, she won't know where her true self is hiding, and therefore she won't be able to destroy herself.

Hahahaha!

On the other side, the real Joey was watching all this through a large screen in the consciousness space.

Naturally, I had other thoughts in my mind.

However, the flower dyed in her arms suddenly stopped moving.

Both the red-eyed Hua Ran and the white-haired paper doll woman looked at Hua Ran and smiled.

As a result, when Hongmou Huaran went to pull Huaran out of Qiao Yi's arms...

The flowers blushed with a coquettish charm.

"Don't touch me~ You don't deserve it~ Even though you're my head, you're really disgusting~ Now that you're back on me, I'm going to wash myself properly~"

"You're alright?!"

Hua Ran still had her arms around Qiao Yi's waist, her brown-red tail swaying happily.

"Of course it's alright. I'm sorry I couldn't do what you wanted~ Hehehe~"

Hua Ran covered her face with her sleeve as she spoke.

It emitted a fox-like "sizzling" laugh.

Joey chuckled, "I'm getting better and better at acting now~"

The white-haired paper doll woman immediately revealed a gloomy expression.

"How could you..."

"Because when Hua Ran met me, she hugged me, and in that one moment, I learned a lot of things."

Hua Ran gently pinched her waist at that time.

When Qiao Yi patted Hua Ran's back, it was as if she was telling her, "I understand."

This is what is meant by having a telepathic connection.

Hua Ran smiled and nestled in Qiao Yi's arms, saying, "You don't know why I'm alright, do you? Who said I killed Qiao Yi from Shiqiao Village? You saw it...you all saw it?"

The white-haired paper doll woman stepped forward.

"Isn't that possible? Otherwise, how could Joey have been resurrected in another's body?"

"Foolish! I have always kept my wife's original body. I just let Qiao Yi from Shiqiao Village live in my wife's real body. It was just a body swap. I even helped her save her. How could I have done anything wrong?"

Hua Ran added that he was doing a good deed for his wife.

Joey judges others by her own standards.

In that environment, Qiao Yi's soul in Shiqiao Village had no one to rely on, and whether her body could leave or not, she would be persecuted by the white-robed priest.

Only in that situation could she be saved.

"So even if my head makes a mistake, it's only the second time—where would the third time come from?"

Hua Ran said that this was something he thought of in a flash.

Neither the tail nor the eyes took away the memories.

Rather, it was the severed hand that retained that memory, which it returned to him in a fleeting moment.

"Hehe, my wife, am I clever or not?"