She was cooking in the kitchen when, in a daze, she stuck a piece of meat into the stove. By the time she realized what was happening, the meat was ruined.

Frustrated, Shen Miao put the charred meat aside, but when she looked up, she saw Qing Chen standing by the door, watching for who knows how long.

Shen Miao felt a sudden panic, as if she had done something wrong.

"What are you doing standing there?" she preemptively asked.

Qingchen stepped in, glanced at the dark, mushy flesh, and then turned his gaze back to Shen Miao's face, his eyes scanning her face inch by inch.

Shen Miao blushed slightly under his gaze and deliberately asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Have you fallen in love with me?"

Qingchen ignored her and simply asked, "What's been going on with you lately?"

"What do you mean, what happened? I just accidentally burned a piece of meat. Why are you so petty? You have to make a fuss over such a small thing." Shen Miao pretended to complain, trying to hide her panic.

Qingchen stared at her intently: "Shen Miao, tell me the truth, are you having some kind of problem?"

"No way," Shen Miao said with a grin. "What problems could I possibly encounter? If I did, I'd be looking for you right away. By the way, Qingchen, are you just concerned about me? If you are, then turn into a big fox and let me rub your hands."

Qingchen turned and left.

As Shen Miao watched his retreating figure, the smile on her face gradually faded.

If someone said they could hear summons or something like that, no one would believe it.

After finishing her meal, Shen Miao didn't rest. She took a stone knife and cut down some trees, chopping them into sections to make a fence, since some parts of the original fence were damaged.

She now prefers to work rather than be idle, because when she's idle, she tends to overthink.

He was fine when he came back from the mountain, but when he stuck the stick into the ground, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell heavily to the ground.

When the children and Qingchen Jiuying arrived, they saw Shen Miao curled up on the ground, her eyes tightly closed, her brows furrowed, looking extremely painful.

Qingchen patted Shen Miao, but couldn't wake her up, so he had to take her back first.

After placing her on the bed, Shen Miao suddenly murmured something. Qing Chen asked in a deep voice, "Shen Miao, what did you say?"

Shen Miao was still muttering to herself, but not a single word could be understood.

Jiuying said from the side, "She hasn't woken up; she's probably talking in her sleep."

"What exactly happened?" Qingchen's face was covered with frost. It was obvious that Shen Miao's transformation was not something that happened overnight, and they had been together every day without noticing.

No, to be precise, it was discovered, but not given enough attention, which led to its current state.

Jiuying didn't answer. Instead, she stepped forward to examine Shen Miao and said with a solemn expression, "She's still dreaming. I need to enter her dream."

He was looking at Qingchen when he said this, seeking his opinion.

"How do we get in? Will it harm her body?" Qingchen asked.

Jiuying said, "My clan has a treasure that can invade dreams. I will not harm Shenmiao, but I want to find out why she became like this."

Qingchen nodded slowly: "Okay, then you do it."

He moved aside.

Jiuying took out a small bell about the size of a thumb. It was the Soul Bell of the Golden Crow Clan. With it, one could enter the dreams of any beastman. Only the clan leader could possess it.

Jiuying gently shook the Soul Bell, its delicate, crisp sound spreading through the air, accompanied by a series of white ripples. Then, Jiuying closed its eyes.

"She's there. Go after her and kill her!"

As soon as Jiuying entered the dream, he heard a rough voice shouting loudly.

He was taken aback. Who had they caught up with? Who had they killed? Who were they going to kill? Was it him?

Just as I was thinking of finding a place to hide and observe the situation, a panicked figure suddenly staggered over.

The figure was barefoot, with disheveled hair, and would turn around to look after every few steps, as if wary of something chasing from behind.

This figure was none other than Shen Miao, the owner of the dream.

Jiuying was overjoyed, not expecting to find the person so easily. However, Shen Miao's current condition seemed to be not good.

At that moment, a group of... strange orcs appeared behind them.

They had human faces and fish bodies, and carried weapons. Although they had no legs, they moved very fast. Jiuying quickly recognized them as a group of mermaid soldiers.

It was they who were hunting down Shen Miao.

Shen Miao was unarmed, and for some reason, her abilities in the dream were restricted, leaving her unable to use them at all, and she could only wait for the mermaid soldiers to rub her at will.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiuying acted in time, rushed up and killed the group of soldiers.

"Chen Miao, Chen Miao is alright now, don't be afraid, don't be afraid," Jiu Ying comforted, wanting to touch Chen Miao to give her a sense of security.

But Shen Miao retreated rapidly, her expression terrified. "How did you get here? Are you going to kill me too?"

Jiuying: "..."

What's going on here? Why does Shen Miao think I want to kill her?

Before he could say anything, Shen Miao suddenly screamed, pointed to a certain spot, and cried out in terror, "They're here again! They're here to kill me again! Please, please, let me go!"

As she spoke, she suddenly knelt down on the ground.

Jiuying quickly helped the person up and looked in the direction Shen Miao was pointing, her eyes full of doubt. There was no one there, nothing at all.

However, Shen Miao seemed not to hear a word, and kept backing away while holding her head.

Jiuying comforted her, "Chenmiao, Shenmiao, look at me. I am Jiuying. I am here to save you. I am very powerful. I can kill all those bad things for you. Look at me, okay?"

Shen Miao seemed to have taken his words to heart. She raised her terrified face and looked blankly at Jiu Ying, as if she recognized the person in front of her. She murmured, "Jiu Ying, you are Jiu Ying. You must leave here quickly. It's very dangerous here. There are many monsters!"

Jiuying said, "Don't be afraid, I'm very powerful. Look, I'll kill monsters for you."

After saying that, he waved the stone spear a few times at the spot Shen Miao was pointing at, and said, "Have you killed them all before I did?"

Perhaps it was because Jiuying was always steady and gave people a sense of security, but when Shen Miao looked over, the monsters that he hit had indeed turned into blood.

But that's not enough, because there are too many monsters, they're everywhere.

Jiuying was tireless; wherever Shen Miao pointed, he would attack. In Shen Miao's eyes, Jiuying killed countless monsters. Those things that grinned and sneered at her turned into corpses and lay on the ground.

She thought Jiuying was very powerful, able to kill so many monsters.

However, only Jiuying knew in his heart that he was killing thin air.

There were no monsters at all; they were all figments of Shen Miao's imagination. These things existed in Shen Miao's mind, and because of her long-standing fear, they finally materialized in her dreams.