Exhausted from her ordeal inside the statue, Aju was overjoyed to see the group. Feeling tired, she nestled into Dongfang Mian's arms, resting her head on her arm, wanting to get some sleep.
Yan Lin frowned upon seeing this, grabbed him, and casually tossed him away.
"Ouch~ That hurts, Rin-sama, what are you doing?" A-Ju said in pain.
The shout also woke up Dongfang Mian and Ahua. Seeing Aju lying on the ground in a disheveled state, they hurriedly asked him what happened.
Ah Ju looked at Yan Lin with a resentful expression and complained, "Waaah~ Ah Mian, Master Lin bullied me. I just wanted to rest next to you for a while, and he threw me off."
Dongfang Mian rolled her eyes at Yan Lin and said, "Tell me, Lord Lin, why are you taking your anger out on a cat? Aren't you just hurting the feelings of your loyal subordinate?"
Gently put Ahua down, picked up Aju and patiently coaxed her. Aju smiled with satisfaction and even asked Dongfang Mian to scratch her belly.
Just as Dongfang Mian was about to make a move, Yan Lin said calmly, "I think he's too dirty. Maybe there's some disgusting bug in his fur, which crawled up his fur to your hands and bodies, and then burrowed into your bodies, causing you unbearable pain and itching..."
*Thud!* Dongfang Mian loosened her grip, and Aju fell to the ground again.
“…” Waaah, that heartless Ah Mian.
Aju was on the verge of tears when she turned around and saw Ahua. She looked hurt and went over to her good sister for some comfort.
Unexpectedly, Ahua flashed back into Dongfang Mian's arms, covering her nose and saying with a look of disgust, "No, brother, you're dirty and smelly."
As if pierced by a thousand arrows, Ah Ju dragged her weary figure, preparing to curl up on the chaise longue to lick and soothe herself, but in the blink of an eye, the chaise longue also disappeared before her eyes.
Faced with Ah Ju's angry, silent question, Dongfang Mian smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, it's quite expensive, so every little bit helps."
Aju collapsed to the ground, gazing at the sky with a sorrowful expression, wondering if it was too late to go back and cling to Feng Qianxun's leg.
But when she thought of Bai Xue beside Feng Qianxun, Aju couldn't help but shudder. She decided to forget it; Ahua was much cuter.
"Alright, have you finished acting? Hurry up and get up to take a shower. There's a bunch of important things waiting for you," Dongfang Mian said after a while, gently kicking Aju.
Aju rolled over and lay on the ground, saying weakly, "Give up on me, let me fend for myself. I'm just a wounded, pitiful cat that no one loves."
"I'll scratch your belly after I take a bath," Dongfang Mian said with a laugh.
"I'm here," Aju said, flipping over and leaping to her feet. "Do you still have Xiangling petals on you? I prefer that scent."
After a while of fussing, Ah Ju finally got a clean and fragrant bath and enjoyed the belly-scratching service, snoring comfortably.
Just as Yan Lin was about to use it as a scarf, Aju spoke up mysteriously, "Guess what I found inside the statue."
"What did you find? Fragments of your memories," Yan Lin said.
“That’s not right. I took the fragments from this statue back then and they were already refined by Aju,” Dongfang Mian said after thinking for a moment.
Ah Ju shook her head and said, "I guarantee you'll never dream of this."
After saying that, Aju took out a short sword from the storage collar around her neck, which was specially used to hold fruit for Ahua. It was exactly the same as the several swords in Yan Lin's hand.
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