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

Joey shook her head helplessly after hearing this.

Tea talk and tea culture.

But Joey doesn't dislike Hana's behavior.

This makes him seem cute.

Joey even wanted to reach out and touch Hua Ran's abdomen to check his injuries.

"Does your wound still hurt?"

Hearing this, Hua Ran felt a sweet warmth in her heart.

He winked at Joey and whispered, "You care about me? My heart can feel your care, my wife~ Is this some kind of telepathy?"

Hua Ran slowly moved in front of Qiao Yi, her fox tail brushing against Qiao Yi's face.

Then, with a turn, she slumped into Joey's arms.

"My wife~ my wound still hurts a little~ I'd like you to apply some more medicine and blow on it again~"

Qiao Yi helped Hua Ran up and said, "Since the wound still hurts, you don't need to come with us when we go to scratch the broken hand tonight. Just stay in the house and rest. I'll have Taotie come with us."

Hua Ran was taken aback after hearing this.

He immediately stood up straight.

"It doesn't hurt that much... That Taotie is still a child, what does he know? If the Dog God tries to bewitch you again, I'll interrupt him!"

Joey shrugged and walked on.

Hua Ran muttered angrily, "I hate that you're such a blockhead!"

But as soon as Joey walked away, he said again.

"Oh, my wife, don't walk so fast. My abdomen is still a little... a tiny bit sore~ just a tiny bit."

At the dinner table, Taotie also ate along with everyone else.

Qiao Yi didn't tell Old Man Qiao how Taotie came to be, and Old Man Qiao didn't ask either.

He always felt that his daughter's miraculous recovery meant she was destined for great things.

As a man, it was inappropriate for him to interfere in his daughter's affairs.

Joey asked Taotie, "What's your name?"

Taotie shook its head. "I don't know. Nobody gave me a name."

After he finished speaking, he ate a large bowl of rice with gusto, and then handed the bowl to Hua Ran.

"More."

"What else do you need to tell me? Go get it yourself."

Taotie looked back at the rice pot on the stove, then looked down at its short legs.

"You can't reach it, you go."

"Hey!"

Hua Ran thought about it for a moment and then went anyway.

Because he wanted to appear virtuous and gentle in front of his wife.

That way, when they have a little fox, the wife will feel at ease letting him take care of the child.

After Hua Ran put down her rice bowl, she said, "How about I call you Big Bowl Qiao? Anyway, you eat from the biggest bowl we have here."

Taotie slammed down his chopsticks and bared his teeth angrily at Hua Ran.

Qiao Yi immediately stood in front of Hua Ran.

"Let's call him Qiao Dawang."

The gluttonous milk ball was speechless for a moment, and could only sullenly start eating again.

The flowers make my heart even sweeter.

My wife has me in her heart, my wife's heart is always filled with me~

As night fell, one of the paper animal figures, the little rabbit, returned.

It jumped onto the table and made gestures in front of Joey.

"Did it bring out the Inugami?"

The little rabbit nodded and then gestured on the table.

Qiao Yi understood.

"In the eastern direction, in a cave, right? Why are you the only one who came back?"

The rabbit lowered its head, looking puzzled.

Joey hadn't expected the paper figure to say anything, so she said, "Alright, I'll go now."

Hua Ran naturally followed along, while Taotie slept soundly on the stool, curled up into a small ball.

Qiao Yi didn't even look at Taotie, and walked away holding Hua Ran's hand.

Hua Ran asked, "My lady, aren't you going to wake up Qiao Dawang?"

"If I don't bring one, I'll have less trouble. Do you want to bring one?"

"No no no!"

Hua Ran was delighted to hear this, thinking it would be even better if Qiao Dawan wasn't involved!

Soon it will just be him and his wife in the mountains, on the path... Hehe, they can do whatever they want.

But Hua Ran's wish did not come true.

Because they will soon see the dog god.

The dog god lay in a cave, holding a brood of chicks in his arms, and resting his other hand on Joey's paper animals.

At this moment, he closed his eyes tightly, his long black braid leaning to one side behind him, looking like he was taking a peaceful nap.

The premise is to ignore his severed hand behind his back, and the wound on his own arm that stained half of his sleeve red.

Hua Ran whispered, "He's sleeping so peacefully."

Suddenly, Inugami's relaxed brows furrowed.

He kept muttering to himself.

"Master... Sister, sister! Don't leave me, I can fight alongside you... What fate, I'm not afraid!"

He suddenly opened his eyes.

Her almond-shaped eyes were glistening with tears.

Inugami first noticed the paper animals around him and showed a gentle expression.

With a light tap of her fingertips, she murmured, "My sister's magic... Has my sister been resurrected?"

His thin lips were slightly pursed with a smile as he looked up and vaguely saw the woman in front of him.

He reached out his hand, wanting to touch it.

But upon recognizing it as Joey, he immediately withdrew his hand.

"No, sister, this magic... you stole your sister's magic!"

In an instant, the dog god's originally clear eyes were stained blood red.

Dozens of vines sprouted from the severed hand behind the dog god, binding him tighter and tighter, digging into his flesh, just like when Joey saw Hana being dragged away at the beginning.

No, this is even worse than that.

"The severed hand is absorbing the dog god's anger, sorrow, and resentment. I have a question: how can a severed hand be so powerful?"

Joey asked the system to try to analyze the severed hand, even if it was just to find out what kind of spirit the severed hand was.

But all that came to my mind was the system's warning against interrupting.

"Baozi, no, I can't analyze it. This severed hand shows no signs of taking human form."

Joey frowned slightly.

That means the owner of this severed hand was an exceptionally powerful spirit.

With a cultivation level of over ten thousand years, even if the severed hand is separated from the main body, it will not revert to its original form.

"Forget it, I'd better avoid trouble and just destroy it."

Joey turned around to tell Hua Ran to hide in a safe place, but found that Hua Ran was looking at the chicks with a particularly gentle gaze.

All the chicks were there; there were exactly eight, just like Old Man Joe had said.

Qiao Yi's expression softened unconsciously as she looked at Hua Ran.

Until... Hua Ran swallowed hard as she looked at the chicks.

"Ahem! Take the chicks and hide to the side."

"Uh-huh!"

“You can’t eat it, it belongs to Old Man Qiao.”

"Um..."

Hua Ran's cheeks flushed red, and she looked somewhat shy.

"My wife saw right through me, she's like a tapeworm in my stomach... Oh, I was just thinking, I won't actually eat them~ I'll protect these little chicks~"

Joey had originally used her yang energy to create a barrier to block the vines on the severed hand.

When she saw Hua Ran hugging the chick and hiding inside, even rubbing her mouth against the chick, looking so well-behaved and loving, her heart melted.

"Baby, baby!"

The system called her name in Joey's consciousness.

"Your eyes are practically glued to the spot, are you still going to break my hand or not? Or why don't you just watch Hua Ran this time, and break my hand tomorrow?"

"Ugh! Who's looking at him?"

The system sighed.

Qiao Yi added, "But the way Hua Ran drools over the chicks is quite cute. We've been eating rather simply these past few days, so I'll take him out for something nice after we go out."

"Uh... are you going to fight or not?"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Joey exhaled and took out the Yang Qi Sword from behind her back to establish her foundation.

This time, she held the sword with one hand, and the flames on the sword resembled a phoenix rising from the ashes.