Xu Ling frantically patted Kaopu with her hands, trying to save herself from the "danger".
Unfortunately, the reliable person completely misunderstood her meaning, thinking that she was eager to speak again, and covered her mouth with twice the force as before.
Now, not only was it difficult for her to breathe, but her face also involuntarily turned bright red.
If this continues, she'll die at Kaopu's hands before she even encounters any other danger!
Xu Ling immediately slapped even harder!
Fortunately, before things could get into a vicious cycle, Fei'er was the first to notice something was wrong and immediately reminded her in an urgent tone: "Reliable sir, please let go! Something's wrong with Lady Xu Ling!"
Thankfully, Fei'er was reliable and didn't doubt her. As soon as she finished speaking, it immediately released its restraints, allowing Xu Ling to be freed.
"Cough! Cough!"
Xu Ling coughed violently, and only after gasping for air did she recover.
"You—!" The first thing he did after recovering was to glare angrily at the reliable person.
The reliable person turned away guiltily, saying it wasn't intentional!
"Who told you not to listen to me just now!" Realizing it was in the wrong, it muttered under its breath, its voice not as loud as usual. "I only heard the words 'there are clues about Ruth,' but I didn't hear what I said after that, 'we didn't find her.'"
"Even if we haven't found her, there's still a clue about Ruth!" Xu Ling's voice was hoarse from coughing so badly. "Maybe we can find something from this clue?"
Perhaps it was the only hope she had had for so long, and a flame seemed to ignite in her eyes.
Upon hearing this, Kaopu curled his lip.
Didn't it ever think that way?
If it hadn't had the same idea from the beginning, how could it have lingered in that desolate wilderness for so long, only returning now!
Its return means one thing—that it found nothing!
It almost waited until Ruth's scent had completely disappeared before reluctantly returning!
Xu Ling understood everything from his reliable expression; no further interpretation was needed.
However, despite this, she still asked again, unwilling to give up: "Really, there's nothing there?!"
"Um!"
"real?"
The reliable guy rolled his eyes at him, but the answer was still as disheartening as ever: "Of course! There's nothing there!"
"Okay!" Xu Ling immediately hung her head in dejection.
"Let's think of another way!" Reliable Cat stretched out its paw and patted Xu Ling's shoulder reassuringly. "Maybe we'll get more news about Ruth later!"
That sounds nice, but it's not that easy!
Despite feeling that the chances were slim, Xu Ling had no choice but to convince herself to believe it when she had no other options.
"Alright, let's go back. Lily and the others must be getting impatient." With that, she turned to walk back.
A bright, sparkling light suddenly flashed on her chest, and Kaopu, who was about to follow, immediately stopped and called out, "Wait."
"What is it now?" Xu Ling asked, slightly impatiently.
The reliable guy ran up and asked, "What's that on your chest?"
"What?" She didn't understand what "reliable" meant. "What is what?"
As she spoke, Xu Ling couldn't help but look down at her neck.
Despite the darkness of night, the light reflected from inside the church still made it clear that she was wearing a crystal-clear object on her chest.
"What is this?" Kaopu leaped onto Xu Ling's shoulder again, its entire body almost resting against her shoulder. At the same time, it used its paws to hook onto the thin chain, trying to bring the object in the middle closer to its eyes. "This is... crystal?"
Although he spoke with a hint of doubt, he was actually quite certain that he hadn't misread it.
"Where did you come from?" it asked, raising its head.
However, this question completely stumped Xu Ling!
To be honest, ever since Kaopu discovered the necklace, she was full of questions—she had absolutely no idea why she had a necklace around her neck!
Moreover, she had no idea where the necklace came from!
To her, the necklace seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and was placed around her neck!
Therefore, when faced with reliable questions, she could only answer blankly, "I...I don't know!"
have no idea?!
The reliable man narrowed his eyes slightly.
That's such a weird answer!
The thing hanging around Xu Ling's neck—she didn't even know?
It has to be said, the reliable one sensed something was off. Heaven knows, its initial inquiry was just a subconscious curiosity!
"How could you not know?" the reliable person said, expressing disbelief. "Isn't it right on your neck?"
Xu Ling: ······
She was completely speechless, and could only keep emphasizing, "I really don't know!"
But the moment she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered what she had done before...
I can't even remember how I got here...
Xu Ling lowered her eyes slightly, hesitating a little. "By the way, when I came to wait for you just now... uh—it seems, it seems, I felt," she didn't know how to describe it, so she could only subconsciously use some ambiguous words to describe it, "Anyway, I don't know what happened, but I came to the door."
Even the reliable person was confused: "...What does that mean?"
"I only remember walking out of the room, but I have absolutely no memory of walking back from there!"
She was fine when she didn't talk about it, but once she did, the feeling of horror from earlier washed over her again. Xu Ling couldn't help but shrink back and hug herself with her hands, slightly trembling. "I don't know how I got out, how I got here, or what happened in between!"
Even his voice trembled slightly.
Seeing her extremely frightened appearance, Kaopu was utterly speechless!
No... She's been a deity for so long, why would she be afraid of ghosts and monsters?
Isn't this something she could have solved with a single kick?!
There was no time to analyze Xu Ling's words. Kaopu felt as if his brain had suddenly gone blank and malfunctioned.
When it came to its senses, it had already questioned Xu Ling with utter disappointment: "You yourself are a god, is it necessary to be so afraid?!"
He thought that facing the questioning would leave Xu Ling with a face full of shame, but to his surprise, she stuck out her throat and said very confidently: "It's precisely because I am a god that I am afraid!"
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