“I never expected you to be such a vicious person.” Kazel’s lips curled into a cold smile. “Then I’ll be frank with you: his water ability can never be taken back.”

“I know, we’ve merged with the sea.” Mu Qingyun’s right hand erupted with flames, and she flung it out, instantly enveloping the two of them in a ring of fire.

Those outside who want to come in, and those inside who want to go out, all have to pass through the flames and suffer considerable injuries.

Kazel was taken aback when she suddenly conjured a ring of flames, a flash of surprise crossing her eyes. "You..." What are you going to do?

"I was afraid you'd run away." Her eyes flashed with a cold light, and the dagger gleamed blindingly in the firelight.

"Is that so?" Kazel chuckled softly. "Are you really so confident that you've come to seek revenge on me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on his lips vanished instantly, replaced by a cold expression. "Su Qiluo has lost his water ability, so he is now just a light ability user, and you are just a fire ability user."

"What," Mu Qingyun tilted her head, "you're very confident?"

Kazel smiled slightly, raised his hand to his lips, and with a short whistle, a swarm of Zerg immediately surged out from all directions.

Through the flames, she could see what was happening outside.

"Although Su Qiluo is powerful, he has only recently lost his water-based abilities, so he probably can't use a human wave tactic right now."

Kazel kept his head down as he spoke, avoiding eye contact with Mu Qingyun.

"Oh?" Mu Qingyun chuckled softly, but did not respond to his words. She only uttered an ambiguous interjection, the meaning of which was unclear.

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. There’s something I haven’t been able to figure out lately.” Kazel lowered his eyes. “Ever since I lied to you, I’ve been restless. I… had a dream.”

Dream?

Mu Qingyun frowned in confusion. What did that mean?

As Kokazel finished speaking, his face turned mostly red. "I sprayed some unicorn horn incense on myself. This incense takes effect when it comes into contact with water, and it should be starting to work by now."

Lin...Linjiao Fragrance?

She stared at him wide-eyed in disbelief. She had heard of this "mermaid horn incense," made from mermaid scales, colorless and odorless, said to make one feel weak and supple, used as... an aphrodisiac.

"What do you mean?"

Her eyes darkened; she couldn't understand what Kazel meant.

“I want to try and see if you will love me.” As he said this, Kazel finally raised his head and looked at her quietly. “Since I can’t figure it out, I’ll try it out in person.”

"Love you? What do you even mean to me?!"

Suddenly, Su Qiluo's deep voice came from outside the flames. He casually raised his hand, and the entire circle of flames disappeared instantly.

"You?" Kazel turned his head and saw not only the furious Su Qiluo, but also the Zerg who had been burned alive.

How could this be?

Before he could react, Su Qiluo threw a punch.

What does the sound of flesh colliding sound like? A dull sound rang in Mu Qingyun's ears. It seemed that Su Qiluo was very angry.

She felt her consciousness fading away little by little, and she began to lose sight of what was in front of her. She realized that the horn incense must have been working.

"Don't kill him, cut off his fish tail."

In the last second before losing consciousness, she managed to utter this sentence before her body collapsed.

Good grief, I came here to get revenge, but I ended up getting tricked instead.

However, Su Qiluo should have heard what she said, right?

Don't forget to save that beautiful fishtail for her to make clothes!

...

When she woke up again, she was sitting in the passenger seat, but her body was still sore and weak.

As she opened her eyes and saw the scenery rushing past the car window, she turned her head and happened to meet Su Qiluo's gaze.

"woke up?"

Su Qiluo turned on the auto-drive mode and reached out to touch her head. "Looks like you're alright now."

"Are you alright?" She frowned. "But why do I still feel so sore and weak?"

“Even with the express medicine, it takes an hour to take effect.” He glanced at her indifferently. “Once the fever subsides, it means the fever has been relieved.”

"Oh," she rubbed her temples, sat up from the driver's seat, and turned to look at the back seat, but didn't see what she was looking for. "Where's my tail?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qiluo frowned. "What, your tail?"

"Didn't I tell you before I passed out to cut off his tail? Didn't you?" She stared at him reproachfully.

"You're blaming me?" Su Qiluo snorted irritably. "If you weren't so easily fooled, would I have been forced to flee with you?"

What the heck? Running away in a panic?

The way she looked at Su Qiluo changed, from resentment to disdain. "You don't mean to run away from just one Kazel?"

"What kind of look is that?" Su Qiluo noticed the disdain in her eyes and immediately tapped her forehead in annoyance. "You don't know, later a lot of insectoids and mermaids came, and you were unconscious, so I had to take you away first."

"Why?" she asked, puzzled. "Can't you just leave me aside and continue?"

"Go ahead and do it? If Linjiaoxiang doesn't give you the express medicine in time, what if there are side effects and it damages your body?"

Su Qiluo snorted lightly. If he weren't worried about harming her body, he could have burned all of Kazel's small fry to the ground with a single fire.

Mu Qingyun looked at Su Qiluo and felt a surge of joy. So, although he kept saying he wanted revenge, when faced with a non-urgent danger, he would still choose her.

"How embarrassing to run away like that." She pursed her lips, her words tough on the surface, but she was secretly pleased.

"Shameful?"

Su Qiluo scoffed, "It is indeed quite embarrassing."

"It's okay, we'll get our face back next time." He reached out and took her hand, gently stroking it as a way of comforting her.

She squeezed his hand back and leaned her head gently against his shoulder. "Okay, next time remember to cut off his tail for me. I want to keep it to make clothes. It'll be so pretty and sparkly."

"good."……

The car sped up and soon arrived at the shopping mall near the military academy...

As Mu Qingyun walked out of the underground parking garage, she looked utterly dejected.

"I'm sore and weak all over. You brought me to the mall?" She looked at Su Qiluo, who was holding an automatic shopping cart, and said speechlessly.

Why take her shopping instead of letting her go home to rest?

"This medicine will help you recover faster if you move around more to improve blood circulation," Su Qiluo said, pulling her into the mall without further ado.

Just as he said, after walking for a while, her body did indeed recover somewhat.

Su Qiluo stood firm in front of a row of shelves, looked up at the goods displayed on them, narrowed his eyes slightly, picked up a box at random, and examined it in his hand.

After a long silence, his voice came, "Strawberry or mint?"