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

Chapter 22 I said I don't need your protection.

One of them circled back and forth inside the house, baring its fangs and charging at Joey's neck.

Hua Ran immediately exclaimed, "It's a bat! A blood-sucking bat!"

His first reaction wasn't to snuggle into Joey's arms, but to press Joey's head into his own.

Just like at the beginning, when the old woman possessed by the weasel wanted to swing something and hit people.

Joey couldn't tell for a moment whether he was timid or what.

But she still felt awkward about others protecting her.

The time was so short that she had no way of verifying what was wrong with her.

Is it that you hate being treated as a weak person, or that you despise this protected relationship?

Being protected is tantamount to handing your fate over to others, which is simply waiting to die!

"Get off and drive!"

Qiao Yi shoved Hua Ran and then raised her hand to unleash a burst of yang energy at the bat.

The bat instantly transformed into black mist and dispersed.

"These are all magical illusions; I don't need your protection."

Hua Ran is a little injured.

He frowned and said, "This is a good method."

"What good method? Would you get bitten by a bat for my sake?"

"you……"

Joey said, "Take care of yourself."

Hua Ran was furious and kept stomping her feet.

"Idiot! Who says I can't get bitten by a bat for you? I can do so much for you, so much, so much!"

Joey retorted irritably, "I don't need it!"

I don't need you to give me hope and then make me dependent on you, which would weaken me.

I don't need to place my last hope for help on someone else.

In fact, if she had simply stopped believing in family ties and not placed her hopes on that cowardly man in the first place, she wouldn't have died.

Hua Ran's eyes reddened.

"You big idiot! You didn't even listen to me finish speaking. This thing... there are many of these things. It's a manifestation of yin energy, and it's attracted to yang energy. I'll hold you, and I'll cover your scent with mine. They won't be able to smell it, so they'll leave. That way, it'll be convenient for us to do whatever we want..."

I dab the flower dye into my eyes.

"And why don't you think I would treat you well? Why are you so wary of me? My body is yours, how could I possibly harm you!"

Joey's mouth was slightly open.

Because from a distance, she also saw a dark mass of bats approaching.

Joey sighed.

For a moment, she lost her composure.

"You're right... Your method is currently the most convenient one."

Joey gathered all her yang energy into her fingertips in an instant, so that the yin energy of the flower dye could better cover her.

Hua Ran turned her head away and said, "I'm angry!"

He stirred vigorously with both hands, his eyes reddening from rubbing.

Just when Joey felt that she had really made a mistake and felt very guilty.

Hua Ran added, "Then I'll only be okay if my wife gives me a big kiss and a big hug. Oh right, I'll have to open my arms and my wife will fly into my arms before I can stop being angry."

"..."

Why does it feel like he's been waiting for this all along?

Joey suddenly felt like she couldn't do anything about him.

The system laughed and said, "I was going to try to persuade you, but he managed to make you lose your temper so easily, that's quite an achievement. Very good, very good, it will save me trouble in the future."

Hua Ran turned to the side again, her cheeks flushed.

Twisted his body.

"Hmm... If my wife is too shy to jump into my arms, then I'll jump into her arms instead~"

Joey had no choice but to watch as the vampire bats approached.

She opened her arms as if giving up resistance and said, "Come here, I'll go over. What if I bump into your little body and hurt you when I come back?"

"Ouch, it's not damaged!"

Hua Ran threw herself into Qiao Yi's arms.

He said to himself, "You've misunderstood me, but I'll forgive you for this!"

Then he hugged Joey tightly and pressed his face against Joey's cheek.

After the dark swarm of vampire bats flew over, they indeed seemed completely oblivious to Joey, wandering around aimlessly.

Then it flew out and went to search.

“My lady… let’s go out quietly now, don’t stay here, I’m afraid it will disturb Old Man Qiao.”

"You call him Old Man Qiao too?"

Hua Ran winked at Qiao Yi.

"Of course, he wasn't the wife's real father. I can tell who he was before he died and who he is after he died."

Joey felt a faint sweetness in her heart.

"Let's go then, I also want to explore the fox's underground palace."

So the two of them became "one, two, three, wooden figures".

A vampire bat flew over, and the two stopped and embraced.

They flew over, and then the two moved again.

And so, the two of them naively arrived at the Fox Palace.

Hua Ran had a very bad impression of this place, and he kept clinging to Qiao Yi's arm.

He walked in, looking around curiously.

Joey stared intently at the enormous fox statue.

She looked up and said, "Didn't you forbid Hua Ran from going out before? I've brought Hua Ran back to you, can you show your face now?"

The fox statue remained motionless.

Hua Ran, standing to the side, began to sob.

He held Old Man Qiao's handkerchief in his mouth, his face showing a sorrowful expression.

“My lady…you came here just to sell me out? What do I have to do with it? The priest just used me as an excuse to go outside and put me in a coffin.”

Looking at Hua Ran's pitiful appearance.

Joey quickly waved her hand.

"I was just lying to it, because last time when you tried to leave, it pulled you back. But now that I'm right here, why isn't the fox spirit coming out?"

Hua Ran pouted and hugged Qiao Yi again.

Seeing that Qiao Yi was lost in thought, he said naturally, "My lady, if the fox spirit doesn't come out, then let that monster down there come out. The fox spirit won't be able to suppress it anymore and will naturally show itself. And maybe... once it sees that it can't suppress it, it will stop caring about this matter."

The flower-dyed fox tail swayed behind her one last time before finally hooking around Joey's waist.

To be honest, for a moment, Qiao Yi thought almost exactly the same thing as Hua Ran.

That is to gather yang energy yourself, causing the monsters to become restless and emerge.

When that time comes, even if you, the fox spirit, can't suppress it, there'll be nothing you can do, and the entire village will be completely overturned.

Her mind was racing, and suddenly, she felt an urge to slap herself.

What should I do...? How come I'm thinking the same thing as Hua Ran?

Could it be that Hua Ran and I are telepathically connected?

The system made two "tsk tsk" sounds.

Hua Ran lowered her head, a smile playing on her lips, her foxy eyes seemingly plotting something.

He leaned closer to Joey's ear.

"My wife... to ensure you can always see anything unusual, you'll have to hold me while we sleep tonight, right?"

Joey felt her ears were numb from the hot breath Hua Ran was exhaling.

She freed her hand, and then heard a "click".

The fox statue's eyes had two holes showing.

With this unexpected discovery, Joey was determined to investigate.

Hua Ran, standing behind Qiao Yi, revealed murderous intent towards the fox statue.