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

Hua Ran thought she had misread it.

He quickly sat up and looked at it again.

The people on the river are even clearer; it's as if the flowers themselves are dyed.

However, the river was so dirty that it couldn't reflect anything.

Judging from last night's view, it was a murky mess with all sorts of weeds floating on it.

"This……"

Just as Hua Ran was about to reach out and touch herself in the river.

Hua Ran in the river suddenly laughed, stretched out her hands, grabbed Hua Ran on the bank by the neck, and pushed her into the river.

"Well!"

Hua Ran felt like she couldn't breathe for a moment.

The river water poured into his mouth and nose.

What is this?

Are there water ghosts in the river?!

My lady... save me!

Meanwhile, Qiao Yi quickly arrived at the location located by the system, only to find that there was nothing there anymore.

However, there were still some charred marks on the ground.

Joey crouched down and touched the weeds, then immediately realized what was happening.

"The first burn marks I saw by the river were not made by a female water ghost, but by this person!"

The system knows why Joey used "this person" instead.

Because she didn't want to admit it.

In the Qiao family, flames scorch everything, and the only one who attacks indiscriminately is her brother, Qiao Zan.

He was also one of the people who eventually killed her.

When Joy was very young, her parents were tempted by a ghost and committed suicide. Her relatives did not want to take care of her, so her older brother took her and her sister to live together and take care of them.

So this incident hurt Joey a lot.

Joey's voice now sounded anxious.

“I’m already dead. They’ve already obtained all the rights and benefits of that world, so why would they come here? What do I still have that they would want from me!”

What Joey was more worried about was that if her brother came, then her sister wouldn't come too, would she?

Joey tried hard to tell herself to stay calm.

Hua Ran's smile flashed through my mind.

Only this can put her at ease.

"Tongtong, please don't go back to the screen. I want you to locate the system over a wide area for a while. If you can detect similar systems again, please let me know immediately."

The system sighed.

"I've already come out, I'm definitely not going back."

It says that social anxiety can sometimes strike in an instant.

Once you break through that point, you've done it.

"Let's go back."

As soon as Joey returned to the secret realm at the bottom of the river, she saw Hua Ranren struggling on the riverbank.

He kept bracing himself against the shore with both hands.

"Ugh... Help..."

"broken!"

The river outside has dried up, but the river in this secret realm remains.

Joey rushed over and quickly pulled Hua Ran out.

Hua Ran was so frightened that the flower branches trembled violently.

She hid directly in Joey's arms, her body trembling uncontrollably, even her fluffy fox ears drooping and dripping water, looking extremely pitiful.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Hua Ran choked and cried.

Her arms kept wrapping around Joey's neck.

"My lady... I'm scared! There's something in the water wrapped around my neck... impersonating me!"

Qiao Yi hugged Hua Ran tightly.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'm here, I'll see who dares to touch you!"

Joey gently stroked Hua Ran's back and carried him away from the riverbank.

She kept pressing her chin against Hua Ran's small face.

"From now on, I will take you with me wherever I go, and I will never leave you alone in one place again."

Qiao Yi kissed Hua Ran's forehead, feeling utterly heartbroken.

The system sensed something was wrong.

"Baby, I'm talking about that vixen..."

"Wait a minute."

Because Hua Ran rubbed against her and hooked her tail around Qiao Yi's waist.

It made a crying sound.

"My lady, why did you turn around and leave without saying anything... I've been waiting for you, waiting... I didn't dare go anywhere else, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find me when you came back..."

He sobbed twice as he spoke.

"I thought you didn't want me anymore... I was still wondering what I did wrong, whether it was because after I confessed, you said you loved me, but in your heart you started to hate me..."

"No no."

Hua Ran covered her face, and the reddish-brown fox ears twitched.

"You probably think that since I'm in a spirit state, I can't be with you and your little fox anymore!"

"I don't care. Anyway, we have a long future ahead of us. Let's focus on rebuilding your physical body first."

Hua Ran sobbed and trembled.

In Joey's arms, she felt a strong urge to cherish him.

"Really?"

"real!"

"Hmm... that water ghost just grabbed my neck, it hurts so much, I need my wife to blow on it..."

Joey said she would first explore the river.

To put Hana-dyed at ease, I never loosened my grip on the dye.

The woman is still buried in flower petals, and the male ghost from before has also gone to its final resting place. What else is in the river?

And the red dot is gone.

This indicates that the anomaly has disappeared.

but……

“There was indeed a fluctuation of evil energy in the water, proving that something had just been there.”

Hua Ran wasn't lying.

"Alright, Hua Ran, that guy probably ran away when he saw me coming. As long as I'm by your side, I'll make sure you're safe."

Joey looked again at the woman buried in the petals.

She paused for a moment, then asked, "Hmm?"

How could someone as strong as Hua Ran be held hostage by others?

The system flicked its princess-cut hair and clicked its tongue.

"You just realized? I was just about to tell you, look back at that woman, she's buried so deep she can't move. Is that vixen so afraid? 'My lady~ I'm scared~', pshaw!"

Joey wasn't angry.

Even if Hana-ran did it on purpose, it's just that she wanted a kiss and was overly sensitive and worried.

Without saying a word, Qiao Yi kissed Hua Ran's neck.

"Boom~"

"Well!"

Hua Ran was startled, and her body quickly tensed up.

"Wife master?"

"Didn't your neck hurt from being constricted? Let me give you a kiss, does that make you feel any better?"

Hua Ran's face instantly turned bright red, her ears trembled rapidly as she kept glancing at Qiao Yi's cheeks.

"I feel... I feel much better."

"That's good."

Joey chuckled, her expression full of affection.

Hua Ran kicked her legs in Qiao Yi's arms.

Oh no, it seems like ever since the wife said "I love you," she's completely let her guard down.

After Joey used her foot to push aside the pile of petals on the ground, the woman inside was motionless; her body was already dead.

The soul is bound by the flower petals, which are dyed with color, and cannot move.

Just as Joey was about to deal with the soul, the system spoke.

“Baozi, women’s affairs are not the priority now. There is a new task that you must take on.”

"Oh, so serious."

The system sat in front of the screen and hummed in agreement.

"The mission to explore Wuming Mountain is complete. I told you I'd give you the Demon Mirror. You can use it anytime now, but it also comes with a hidden reward."

"what?"

"A pet grooming brush."

"puff!"

Joey had a bad feeling.

The system sighed. "The new task is that you must use this grooming brush to comb the fur on the flower dyer's tail and give him the ultimate enjoyment in order to complete the task. The reward is a location review, which can find the clues you missed in this ghost mountain."