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

Lu Qianye was completely bewildered.

How can I wake her up and then let her go back to sleep?

Qiao Dawang lay down on his own, his back to Lu Qianye, his chest aching with anger!

This was the first time he had ever felt chest pain like this—a dull, aching sensation that emanated from the inside out, like the furious rage of a fox that had been splashed with dung.

Because of Qiao Dawang's anger, the surrounding birds and beasts flew away in fright.

Even the rats were running out in droves.

Lu Qianye peeked out from behind the carriage curtain and asked, "Has something appeared? These rats seem so panicked..."

Qiao Dawang thought to himself, "It's me!"

But he couldn't say it out loud, so he just said, "It's okay, maybe they want to find another place to sleep. It's safe around here."

After that, Qiao Dawang remained depressed.

He ate less and less, so little that Lu Qianye thought he was suffering from acclimatization problems and indigestion.

Therefore, they have shown great care throughout the journey.

"Big Bowl, are you really not feeling unwell?"

"No... I am a Taotie, I won't get sick."

"But you don't look well."

Angry.

But Qiao Dawang himself was also very puzzled.

Besides anger, I felt another emotion, an emotion I didn't understand.

They had been on the road for many days, and he was sulking, which his sister Lu didn't notice. He was unhappy.

But Sister Lu was worried that he might be sick, which made him quite happy.

He was unhappy when Sister Lu didn't speak when he wanted to.

But when the two of them wanted to talk at the same time, his heart started racing.

Why did he become like this?

Is he really sick?

At that moment, he felt his face turn red and his body temperature rise.

Just like when Qiao Zhongyi and Qiao Xiaojiao were sick and had a fever.

But that feeling quickly dissipated.

With a shout of "We've arrived," Qiao Dawang snapped out of his daze.

"arrive?"

He lifted the carriage curtain and found himself surrounded by silence, with a cloud of mist swirling in front of him and withered branches growing all around.

There was a mountain in front of the horse, and at the end of it was a big rock.

The horse remained in a forward-pushing posture.

The woman driving the car said again, "We've arrived."

"Where are we? Sister Lu, you said you were going to a very remote little village. It is remote, but where is the village?"

Even if only one family comes, it would be good.

At least let him see a house.

Qiao Dawang jumped off the carriage, but he was stunned for a moment.

Wait, the horse keeps pushing forward, but it's still in a running posture.

The horse's eyes are not seeing clearly; has it been deceived?

So, Sister Lu...

Lu Qianye is very difficult to be fooled unless he is a thousand-year-old spirit or ghost from the start.

At this moment, the gloomy aura could only bewitch the horse.

So the person in that car was definitely not Lu Qianye!

Because "it" doesn't even have the ability to deceive itself; all it sees are broken stones, withered trees, and rotten branches.

Qiao Dawang secretly berated himself, realizing he must have been thinking too much about himself in the carriage, and his agitated mood had distracted him from concentrating.

He turned around and grabbed the woman pretending to be Lu Qianye by the neck.

Sure enough, the woman revealed a deathly pale face, and her eyes had no eyeballs, only the whites of her eyes.

She showed no fear, but rather a sinister smile.

"Little glutton~ Aren't you worried about where the woman you're with is right now?"

"What do you mean? Sister Lu is very reliable, and she is naturally unable to see lowly ghosts like you. She will be fine."

"Oh, really? No matter how powerful that woman is, she's still just a human. Think about it, why isn't she here right now? If she were really that powerful, how could she have been tricked into leaving your side?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Dawang immediately showed a surprised expression.

The female ghost laughed even harder.

"What did you do to Sister Lu! If she loses even a single hair, I'll make you fly to the winds!"

"If you make my soul disappear, you'll never find her again~ Do you believe me?"

This statement made Qiao Dawang feel instantly manipulated.

His pupils contracted sharply, and he wanted to tighten his grip on the man's neck, but his anxiety forced him to consider Lu Qianye's safety and he let go.

The female ghost immediately vanished.

The horse has also returned to normal.

But Lu Qianye has not returned yet.

This made Qiao Dawang's heart jump into his throat.

Moreover, the more he thought about it, the more he realized that he was being consumed by fear; Lu Qianye was only immune to ordinary ghosts and monsters.

Like the river corpse from a few years ago, which was a thousand-year-old ghost, she could see it!

Also, she usually gets very close to Qiao Yihua Ran and others, and she can see Ran, Inugami, and even the Love Tree!

In that case, what if Lu Qianye is unlucky and encounters some powerful ghost?

Qiao Dawang became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it. He ran back immediately, calling out Lu Qianye's name repeatedly.

"Sister Lu! Lu Qianye!"

"Where have you been? Can you hear me?!"

Qiao Dawan's mind was already filled with images of Lu Qianye being injured, bleeding, and even dying!

However, the thought of death terrified him even more!

I felt completely lost and overwhelmed by a strange sadness. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.

Qiao Dawang ran around aimlessly.

He felt that each day was an eternity.

Suddenly, a shout came from not far away.

"Big Bowl~ Qiao Big Bowl~"

This familiar voice seemed to become a ray of light in Qiao Dawang's life.

He immediately turned his head and saw Lu Qianye running over with two paper packages in his hand.

"Big Bowl, you're finally back!"

"return?"

Qiao Dawang first checked if Lu Qianye was alright. After looking her up and down and finding her unharmed, he put his hands behind his back and pinched her hard.

He was afraid that he had been under some kind of spell, and that the people he saw and the familiar scents he smelled were all fake.

After the excruciating pain in her fingertips, Qiao Dawang finally realized that the Lu Qianye in front of her was the real person.

He asked urgently, "What do you mean I'm back? Where did you go?!"

“I told you, we’re going to that remote village soon. While there are still people and places selling food, I went to buy some. I even asked you what you wanted to eat, and you said meat.”

Qiao Dawang immediately slapped his forehead.

His thin face showed a look of sudden realization.

That lowly ghost didn't deceive Lu Qianye at all; from beginning to end, he was the only one being played.

Lu Qianye had told him to buy food, and then someone drove up ahead, so he thought it was Lu Qianye returning. Actually, it was that female ghost who took advantage of the situation.

Qiao Dawan slapped his forehead, but at the same time, he thought of the panic and worry that Inugami had shown when his sister went missing.

They even fell into the trap set by evil people.

Isn't that exactly the same situation he's in now?

Qiao Dawang had an astonishing realization.

He... likes Lu Qianye.

It wasn't the affection between playmates, nor was it the affection between siblings; it was... love between a man and a woman.