"Okay, it's my fault."

Shen Qianxue gently agreed, tucking the blanket around her, her tenderness beyond words.

Su Jin secretly grabbed Shen Qianxue's little finger and shamelessly asked, "Sing me a song. When I was little, my mother would sing to me when I couldn't sleep."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Shen Qianxue's face. "I can't sing."

Su Jin pouted, "Well, you can tell me a story, right? Anyway, you have to coax me."

Her soft, coquettish words gently touched Shen Qianxue's heart, making him feel excited and unconsciously agree, "Okay."

Su Jin grinned broadly, shifted to a more comfortable position, and listened attentively.

Shen Qianxue...

Clearing her throat, Shen Qianxue began to speak.

"Once upon a time, there was a little boy. Everyone said he was naughty, and he was. When he was in class, he would make the old teacher so angry that he would slam the door and leave. He would not come to class for three days. In the end, his father would force him to go to the old teacher's door to apologize, and only then would the old teacher reluctantly accept it. But after a few days, the same thing would happen again. Children his age were all afraid of him because he always bullied them. He would either catch mice and throw them into their clothes or put something in their food. In short, he disturbed everyone's peace."

Su Jin chuckled. "You're not talking about yourself, are you?"

Shen Qianxue blushed slightly and emphasized, "A little boy."

"Oh, go on."

Shen Qianxue...

“At this time, his father would punish him by making him kneel for several hours, regardless of the scorching sun or the freezing winter, but he never obeyed. Once, he knelt until he fainted and couldn't straighten his legs for half a month. Even so, he was still as unruly as ever. When he got a little older, he would secretly run away to play and not come home for ten days or half a month. Every time he was caught and brought back, he would get a beating, but he would run away again next time…”

Shen Qianxue's voice gradually faded. She glanced at Su Jinxia, ​​who was becoming increasingly energetic, and sighed, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Su Jin blinked, fully awake, "Go on, what happened next?"

Shen Qianxue was speechless. "That's it. It's over."

"ha?"

Shen Qianxue reached out and covered Su Jinxia's eyes, "Go to sleep quickly."

Su Jinxia gently raised her hand and grasped Shen Qianxue's hand, "I want to sleep with you."

As she spoke, she shifted her body further inside.

Shen Qianxue's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and she hesitated.

"Come on!" Su Jin invited warmly.

Shen Qianxue licked her lips, took off her shoes, and gently lay down beside Su Jin.

Su Jin hugged him and gently patted his back, as if to comfort him.

Shen Qianxue looked down at her ink-painted eyebrows and eyes, and her thick, fluttering eyelashes.

The slight curve at the corners of her mouth made her appear confident and composed.

My heart, which had been empty for many years, suddenly felt full and swollen.

Su Jinxia fell asleep quickly, but Shen Qianxue stared at her like a madman for half the night.

The next day, Su Jin got up full of energy.

Shen Qianxue had already gotten up and was working at the desk outside.

"What are you looking at?" Su Jin asked curiously as she walked over.

"Some news coming in from various places."

Shen Qianxue put down what she was doing and instructed someone to help Su Jin wash up and prepare breakfast.

The breakfast was incredibly lavish; it seemed like they were trying to make up for all the food Su Jin had missed in the past few days.

Su Jinxia was really craving it and ate with great relish.

Shen Qianxue was preoccupied with her thoughts. It wasn't until Su Jinxia slowed down her eating that she asked, "Lu Ming said your pulse is a bit strange. Do you feel unwell?"

Su Jin paused for a moment before putting down her chopsticks.

What's meant to happen will happen eventually.

Su Jin pretended to take her own pulse, saying, "It's fine, the pulse is stable, there's nothing wrong."

“You haven’t been able to eat or drink properly these days, and you’re very weak. How could your pulse be stable?” Shen Qianxue questioned.

Su Jinxia scoffed, "I'm so young, what's a couple of days of hunger? Look at me now, full of energy."

Shen Qianxue grasped Su Jinxia's hand and said earnestly, "If you have any problems, be sure to tell me, and I will help you."

Su Jin grinned broadly, "I know, I'm really fine."

Shen Qianxue withdrew her hand, sighing inwardly.

"Alright, then tell me what happened to you in the mountain-protecting formation these past few days? Why did you fall off the cliff?"

Su Jinxia took a sip of soup and said calmly, "Someone kicked me down. He wanted to kill me. Have you found him?"

"Found it," Shen Qianxue said calmly.

Su Jin, please exit!

"Then, what did he say? Why did he want to kill me?"

"Didn't he say anything to you when he killed you?" Shen Qianxue asked instead of answering.

"No……"

Su Jin tried her best to keep her composure, but she was wondering in her heart: the man said he wouldn't reveal his identity, could he be a man of his word?

No, he's from the fourth team. If Shen Qianxue found him, how could she not connect it to Yang Jiaoruo?

How could you not have found out the truth yet, and instead ask yourself what happened?

Could it be...?

They're trying to scam me!

"Huh? Do you know him?" Su Jin asked in return.

Shen Qianxue...

"He was attacked by a man-eating flower and was completely disfigured, leaving only bones." Shen Qianxue stopped playing coy and told the truth.

So that's how it is. You, Shen Qianxue, didn't explain clearly, you scared me half to death.

Su Jinxia breathed a sigh of relief; in this way, everyone who knew her identity was dead.

Relaxed, Su Jin bit her chopsticks and said, "There's something really strange."

"What?"

"I was being chased by poisonous snakes and flying ants, and I got separated from my teammates. I was running so fast that I dropped the whistle arrow. As a result, all the poisonous insects and flying ants swarmed towards the whistle arrow and none of them chased me anymore. Isn't that strange?"

Shen Qianxue's expression darkened.

The poisonous insects and flying ants of Zishan are all summoned by the insect-attracting incense, which is very likely because the whistling arrow has been laced with insect-attracting incense.

If someone tampered with the signal arrows, then the breach in the insect barrier and the insect riots would not necessarily be an accident.

There are assassins too!

This is clearly a murder plot against Su Jin!

Shen Qianxue narrowed her eyes, a cold glint in them. "I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Mm," Su Jin replied softly, revealing no further details.

"Brother Qianxue!"

Suddenly, a sharp shout rang out from outside, followed by a pretty girl running in, looking furious.

Mai Zizi originally came to question Shen Qianxue, but she ended up seeing Su Jinxia eating at the same table as Shen Qianxue.

"You're the Su Jinxia who seduced my Qianxue brother!" Mai Zizi had already learned everything that had happened during the six months Su Jinxia had been gone, and she was now filled with hostility towards Su Jinxia.

Su Jinxia chuckled softly, "Mai Zizi."

"Yes, it's me. What's up?"

Su Jin looked a little smug. So what if she seduced Shen Qianxue? The important thing is that she succeeded!

Mai Zizi's eyes widened in disbelief. How could she admit it?!

"Have you no shame...?"

"Zizi!" Shen Qianxue scolded.

Mai Zizi pouted, looking aggrieved. "Brother Qianxue, are you being mean to me? I've only been gone for half a year, and you've already found someone new!"

Su Jin raised an eyebrow and looked at Shen Qianxue. An old acquaintance?