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

The middle-aged woman returned to her original appearance, but she was completely unconscious and could not even kneel down.

"Hey!"

She fell headfirst into Lu Qianye's arms. Qiao Dawan didn't have time to think and pushed Lu Qianye away to catch the middle-aged woman.

He was afraid that she would suddenly wake up again and stab him in his arms.

But once he calmed down completely and the anxious buzzing in his ears disappeared, he heard the little girl crying.

He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but then he heard the little girl crying, "Waaaaah... Brother pushed my sister... It was so heavy... It was so scary..."

"What, what? I pushed it..."

Qiao Dawang turned around and saw that Lu Qianye had fallen onto the table.

Did he push Sister Lu himself?

Qiao Dawang looked at his hands again.

"This……"

Lu Qianye dusted himself off and stood up.

Qiao Dawang couldn't hold back any longer.

Ignoring the middle-aged woman, he rushed straight to Lu Qianye's side.

"Sister Lu, are you alright? Are you hurt? I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I don't know how, I just pushed you!"

Lu Qianye was fine at first, but Qiao Dawang pushed her with great force.

Ultimately, he slipped and fell because he stepped on the basin of water; it wasn't because of Qiao Dawang.

However, Qiao Dawang's attitude should be taken seriously, as it is quite different from before.

"Big Bowl, I'm fine, but you... don't be so nervous. I don't believe what that female ghost said. You've been by my side for so many years, since I was a boy. If you wanted to eat me, wouldn't I be dead by now?"

Qiao Dawan lowered his head.

At the very beginning, I wanted to eat Sister Lu.

But that was when I was very, very young, before I even had the body of a teenager!

“Big Bowl…don’t be bewitched by her. I don’t believe a single word she says.”

Qiao Dawang shook his head.

He decided that rather than letting the female ghost tell him the whole story, he would rather tell it himself.

"Sister Lu, I... when I was a boy, I wanted to eat you... I may not have told you much about what happened before, but now, I absolutely do not have the heart to eat you!"

Unexpectedly, the ghostly voice of the woman came from inside the house again.

"See, he admitted it!"

"But just because you had this thought before doesn't mean you don't now."

"And there's no guarantee it won't happen again in the future~"

Qiao Dawang was furious; this guy was everywhere.

How long are you going to keep interfering with him?!

"I will never hurt Sister Lu, neither now nor in the future! I will never! I pushed her just now because I was in a moment of panic, and I will never let that happen again..."

"Because...because..."

Qiao Dawang clenched his clothes tightly.

He lowered his head, his voice choked with sobs.

"Sister Lu... because I like you, I like you, how could I possibly want to hurt you?!"

Qiao Dawan looked up, his eyes filled with tears, looking particularly pitiful.

Like a lost fawn.

Lu Qianye felt as if her heart had been struck by something, as if something had crashed into her heart.

However, Lu Qianye did not understand these feelings.

She immediately grabbed Qiao Dawan's hand and said, "You like me? But in my eyes you're just a child, from when you were so tiny... to now that you're so big..."

Qiao Dawan looked at Lu Qianye, frowned, and tears welled up in her eyes, each one crystal clear.

"I'm not a kid anymore."

Lu Qianye was somewhat flustered.

"Um... don't cry, don't cry, speak slowly. Is there something you've misunderstood? How about this, Sister Lu will buy you candy?"

Qiao Dawang stepped forward and grabbed Lu Qianye's shoulders with both hands. "I'm not a child anymore! How many times do I have to say it... I don't want candy, I like you, I like you! Please treat me like an adult!"

Our relationship is like that of Qiao Yi and Hua Ran, or any adult couple in the county town..."

Lu Qianye remained silent.

Because she also had a feeling that she wanted to express herself.

But she didn't know what kind of feelings those were.

She also drank with the yamen runners.

He also went to brothels because of some cases, and had drinks and conversations with the male prostitutes there.

She could deal with those men with ease, even when they threw her handkerchiefs with floral scents, or when songs and music lingered in her ears, she didn't think a thing of it.

Holding the wine in one hand, he sipped it with great pleasure.

Outsiders would all say that Miss Lu is dashing and charming, truly the dream girl of countless men.

But now... Lu Qianye didn't know how to answer.

“Big Bowl, I think you might have misunderstood. Why don’t we go back and think about it again? Let’s deal with this first, and then we’ll go back to the county town after this is over…”

"I do not want!"

Without any hesitation, Qiao Dawan kissed Lu Qianye's lips.

In that instant, he felt that Lu Qianye's little mouth was so sweet and soft.

It was even better than he had imagined!

Is this what Sister Lu tastes like?

He wished this moment could last forever; he didn't want to leave Sister Lu, he didn't want to leave her side!

He didn't want to see her expression either, because he knew that Lu Qianye must be in pain and unwilling, unlike him.

After the kiss ended, Qiao Dawan released Lu Qianye.

Lu Qianye still looked puzzled.

She subconsciously touched her lips; they were burning hot.

"Sister Lu...can you like me?"

"I do not know."

Lu Qianye's answer was clear: she didn't understand what love was, and she had never liked anyone.

For a long time, all she did was constantly solve cases and maintain order.

Although her mother urged her to get married, she never seriously considered the matter.

Because she felt that in her line of work, especially given her personality, she couldn't tolerate any wrongdoing.

She is easily targeted by criminals for revenge. What if her husband suffers a misfortune?

However... Qiao Dawang is not human, and seems to be able to avoid this kind of problem very well.

Just then, the female ghost's voice came out again.

"Little Glutton, look~ she doesn't like you, next, she'll hate you~ you're one of the Four Fiends, you represent slaughter~"

"I'm not!"

For some reason, the female ghost's face then appeared on the little girl's face.

She laughed and said, "Now I'll let Lu Qianye see again how you ate people in Shiqiao Village."

"no no!"

This is a taboo for Qiao Dawang!

Because he unconsciously absorbed souls in Shiqiao Village, he became grotesque and hideous.

The key point is that he knows it's wrong!

He didn't want Lu Qianye to see these things!

He could tell her everything that happened outside of Shiqiao Village, all his feelings.

But not only Shiqiao Village!

"Do not……"

Without thinking twice, Qiao Dawang rushed over, grabbed the little girl by the neck, and lifted her up.

The little girl struggled incessantly, making "woof woof" sounds.

Lu Qianye rushed over and grabbed Qiao Dawan's shoulder.

"Big Bowl! Big Bowl! What are you doing? Let her go!"