Otherworldly Singer: Pure-hearted Wolves and Fiery Love

Did she kick him out?

A fleeting feeling of palpitation crossed his chest.

Xiao Xinghe pondered for a few minutes, and finally decided to leave after biting Zhou Qiqi's face a few more times.

"I'll come see you tomorrow night."

Xiao Xinghe left behind a manuscript: "This is the 'Concealing Breath Technique'. I will teach you the basics now, and I will come over tomorrow night to check on your progress."

Zhou Qiqi nodded in agreement: "Okay."

The method of using the 'Concealing Breath Technique' is not difficult.

All it takes is to draw a large amount of core energy from the body into the heart.

However, this method requires the ability to flexibly control the energy of the whole body. Generally, people at lower levels do not have enough energy and cannot easily mobilize energy transfer.

Therefore, if a person's energy level is insufficient, even if they take a medicinal bath, they cannot make their battle core energy flexible and controllable, let alone use the 'Concealment Technique'.

Zhou Qiqi is quite perceptive, and Xiao Xinghe's teachings are very precise.

Xiao Xinghe quickly left the Zhou family villa and returned to his own residence, where he engaged in a brief period of self-reflection.

He wasn't this love-obsessed before.

Normally, he prioritizes thinking about how to hunt exotic beasts, make money, and how to spend money.

This is the first time something so irrational has ever happened.

Xiao Xinghe rubbed his temples and buried himself in the blankets.

He was exhausted these past few days, but now that his body had relaxed enough, he pulled the blanket over his head and drifted off to sleep in less than three seconds.

Meanwhile, on Zhou Qiqi's side...

After she finished washing up, she came out, glanced at the messy bed, and turned to walk into the soundproof practice room.

I haven't had a chance to observe the puppy I brought back properly yet.

Fearing it would attract the attention of other people in the villa and Xiao Xinghe, Zhou Qiqi locked it in this room.

But looking at it now...

Why is there no sound?

Open the backpack.

Zhou Qiqi saw the little dog sleeping curled up in a ball of fluffy fur.

Oh, the little one is asleep.

She didn't disturb the puppy's sleep, but this was the best place to make new sheet music.

"At least it's a gold-tier sheet music...tsk, I remember a lot of songs, but I'm afraid it's hard to find one that's at the gold-tier level."

After a slight hesitation, Zhou Qiqi put aside her plan to exchange the red-tiered song sheet with the Zhou family and others.

The revelation that she can also create new sheet music will have to be postponed.

"In their eyes, I'm just an impulsive girl. I can't hold back the good stuff I have. With over a dozen songs already shown, they should have little doubt that I have even more in reserve."

This is the public image that Zhou Qiqi has been carefully cultivating for herself.

None of those who became heads of powerful families were simple individuals.

When Zhou Qiqi arrived in this world, she glimpsed its terrifying nature through the original owner's memories. Therefore, in front of outsiders, she tried her best to appear arrogant and overbearing, easily swayed by their flattery.

She's portrayed as a naive girl who's easily swayed by gentle persuasion but resistant to force.

Surrounded by strange beasts, danger lurks at every turn.

Each of the five surviving countries has its own powerful families.

The current Chinese empire cannot completely overlap with the motherland in Zhou Qiqi's memory.

Just from the fact that the original owner lived in a slum in a neighboring province, it's clear that the world is far from peaceful.

On the surface, things seem peaceful, but in reality, Zhou Qiqi knows that apart from the limitation of her lifespan, her identity and her personal value are all subject to others.

Even though she was from a prominent family, before she demonstrated her value, the Zhou family head had ways and means to use her as a value extended from the family.

Zhou Mian still had some fatherly love for his daughter Zhou Lin; at least he didn't use her as a pawn in a political marriage, but instead chose Meng Lan as her fiancé.

However, this kind of fatherly love is more about exploitation than anything else.

"I simply cannot agree with this kind of world."

Zhou Qiqi, with her limited perspective, saw through Zhou Mian's actions during their first actual encounter that the Zhou family was restless and therefore wanted to escape, counterbalance, and stabilize the Zhou family.

As for men?

Can Xiao Xinghe love her for ten years, twenty years, or even a hundred years?

Putting your heart into someone else's heart is the most foolish investment.

Zhou Qiqi wouldn't do that.

Having learned that women can also have multiple husbands, she was even less likely to commit herself to Xiao Xinghe, a single man.

“If he really gets together with me, the Zhou family will restrict him. It’s better to maintain an unspoken relationship, and I can still use the Zhou family to seek benefits for him.”

A lot happened today.

He traded with Qin Ye during the day, and then ran into big trouble in the black market at night.

When Xiao Xinghe arrived, he helped soothe her inner turmoil.

After taking a short nap, Zhou Qiqi's mind was much clearer, and she was able to think more clearly.

"Xiao Xinghe seems to be short of money. If he needs sheet music, I'll give it to him later... As for marriage... I'm afraid that will be difficult. He doesn't seem to like a restrictive life, and I don't want us to become resentful towards each other."

Xiao Xinghe is a native of this world.

You should be able to understand that a Red-Rank Singer's marriage is one-to-many, right?

If he can't understand, there's nothing Zhou Qiqi can do.

She shook her head and took out the beast bead from her spatial storage.

After the system provided this space, Zhou Qiqi put all the valuables she could fit inside.

Zhou Qiqi plans not to look at the things she 'robbed' tonight for the time being.

She worried that the beast beads might have different magical functions, such as lie detection or tracking based on aura.

It's best to be cautious in everything you do.

If Zhou Qiqi can just endure this period of curiosity and not look, there will be plenty of opportunities to look later.

"Let's make the sheet music first."

Zhou Qiqi grasped the mid-level beast bead and began to channel her battle core energy into it.

"The Art of Winning Hearts" (sung by Kwan Kuk-ying, theme song for the TV series "Beyond the Realm of Conscience")

"A vow, passed through the transformations of the world."

"Good and evil, if left unpunished, will ultimately come at a price."

"Your graceful steps astound the world, your silken robes are like mirrors, your jade-like beauty like paintings, your features as white as snow, untouched by fine sand. Please, stay~"

"If you try to hold me, don't dream; I'm not favored..."

"Don't believe what you see or hear."

"The regret is that when I close my eyes, I can still see how many undercurrents are surfacing in the world."

"Love deeply, speak truthfully, don't be moved, no matter how heart-wrenching or unforgettable, you won't feel the pain."

"Unfortunately, even when we hold each other, it still feels icy cold."

Having experienced the harsh realities of her own world and witnessed the true darkness in love, Zhou Qiqi no longer believed in love; all she believed in was physical appearance.

A man's youthful appearance cannot deceive her; she doesn't care about the present, only the present.

That way, life will be easier.

Lost in her own thoughts, Zhou Qiqi didn't notice that the sleeping puppy was awakened by the energy gathering in the air.

Qin Ye opened his eyes and saw nothing but darkness.

After listening to the song, Qin Ye realized what had happened to him.

He raised his barely long paws and tried to press down on his cheeks to support his dog-like, beastly body.

As Qin Ye pulled out his backpack, he felt a wisp of energy emanating from the platform, directly calming and soothing his agitated and chaotic energy.

The energy within Qin Ye's body was smoothed out considerably, and his body naturally began to slowly return to its original form from its uncontrollable and completely mutated state.

As soon as Zhou Qiqi finished singing, she reached out and pinched the two sheet music sheets, and her eyes met those of Qin Ye, who was half-lying down below.

Pupil earthquake!

She quickly scanned her surroundings.

The only change at the scene was that the puppy she brought back was gone.

Why did the dog turn into Qin Ye?

What happened?!