The touch was delicate and warm, and Xiao Ci's hand holding Qin Wan trembled violently.
"you……"
Where are the clothes?
Perhaps because she had just regained consciousness, Qin Wan was still a little dazed. She looked at Xiao Ci with a blank expression, as if she did not understand why he was acting so strangely.
"Wh-what's wrong?" Qin Wan asked in a hoarse voice.
Xiao Ci opened his mouth, about to say something, but the violently churning lava around him forced him to swallow the words that were already on the tip of his tongue.
Xiao Ci quickly took off his outer robe and covered Qin Wan with it. As he pulled her into his arms, he didn't forget to surround her with his spiritual energy.
Firstly, to prevent her from being burned by the lava, and secondly, to prevent her outer garment from being burned away by the lava.
"Whoosh!"
A white light flashed past Qin Qing and Xiao Ye. Qin Qing's eyes lit up, and she immediately let go of Xiao Ye's hand and chased after the direction the white light had gone.
Just a second ago, Xiao was still immersed in the happiness of Qin Qing taking him along when she ran away.
The next second, his body suddenly lost its balance in mid-air, which made Xiao Ye's heart tremble. He quickly circulated his spiritual power to stabilize his body.
Seeing the direction Qin Qing disappeared in, Xiao disregarded his own injuries and quickly chased after her.
Inside a hidden mountain cave.
After Xiao Ci put Qin Wan on the ground, he immediately turned his back to her.
"Brother Xiao? What's wrong?"
Qin Wan's fair feet stood on the cold ground. Perhaps because the crisis had just passed, she hadn't had time to check her current condition...
Xiao Ci had his back to her, but he didn't forget to reach out to her, his large, well-defined hands holding a stack of brand-new, clean clothes...
"Put them on!"
Xiao Ci's hoarse voice carried an undeniable sense of suppressed emotion.
Qin Wan finally snapped out of her daze and belatedly looked down at herself...
"Yes, I'm sorry!"
Her panicked and helpless voice rang out, seemingly tinged with a slight sob.
Xiao Ci's Adam's apple bobbed, and he tightened his grip on the clothes. He then decisively threw the clothes at Qin Wan's head and strode toward the cave entrance with his back to her.
Watching his retreating figure, Qin Wan couldn't see his expression because his back was to her, but her sharp eyes caught sight of his flushed earlobes...
Seeing this, Qin Wan smiled with satisfaction.
Her hard work in performing this role was not in vain.
[Xiao Ci's favorability increased by 1, current favorability is 48.]
[Xiao Ci's favorability increased by 2, current favorability is 50.]
Xiao Ci's favorability increased by 3, current favorability is 53.
Xiao Ci's favorability increased by 4, current favorability is 57.
The constantly shifting level of favorability clearly told Qin Wan how turbulent Xiao Ci's heart was at this moment...
"Patriarch Xiao? Why are you stopping us from going in?"
"Wan'er is inside, isn't she?"
Qin Wan had just finished dressing and hadn't even had a chance to go out when she heard anxious and worried voices coming from the cave entrance.
"Brother, Qingqing is just worried about Wan'er, so please let her in," Xiao Ye chimed in.
Just as Qin Wan was about to go out to help Xiao Ci out of the predicament, his voice suddenly rang out...
"And you?"
"What?" Faced with Xiao Ci's sudden question, Xiao Ye was stunned and didn't understand what he meant for a moment.
Xiao Ci looked intently at Xiao Ye and spoke again, "Aren't you worried?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ye subconsciously glanced at Qin Qing beside him, a hint of struggle appearing in his eyes.
After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ye finally spoke, "Of course I'm worried, but I can't compare to Qingqing. After all, Qingqing is Wan'er's sister Qin, so she must care about Wan'er more than I do."
Upon hearing Xiao Ye's reply, Xiao Ci's eyes darkened, and he stared at Xiao Ye with an unpleasant expression.
“Mistress, you have disappointed me greatly,” Xiao Ci said in a rare, lengthy sentence.
Xiao Ye was taken aback, looking at Xiao Ci with a confused expression, as if he hadn't understood the deeper meaning in his words.
Seeing his expression and reaction, Xiao Ci pursed his thin lips and his face darkened further.
"Is this how you treat the person who saved your life?" Xiao Ci asked coldly.
Upon hearing this, Xiao stood there stunned.
A savior?
What savior?
"Big brother, what are you saying?"
"What savior?"
"The person who saved me that day was clearly..." Qingqing.
Before he could finish speaking, a terrifying thought surfaced in his mind, and Xiao Ye's pupils contracted sharply, his eyes filled with disbelief.
No, that's impossible.
That's absolutely impossible.
The person who saved him that day was clearly Qingqing.
Qin Wan, with no cultivation and merely a mortal body, how could she save him from the depths of the treacherous Demon Beast Forest?
They even found him a Vermilion Fruit guarded by a level nine giant lion to help heal his wounds...
right!
It's definitely not Qin Wan!
"Brother, are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"The person who saved me that day was clearly Qingqing."
"It wasn't me!"
No sooner had Xiao finished speaking than Qin Qing's rebuttal rang out...
"I never saved you."
Meeting Xiao Ye's incredulous gaze, Qin Qing pursed her red lips and looked at him strangely.
"Why do you think I saved you?" Qin Qing couldn't help but ask.
Just then, Qin Wan appeared at the cave entrance, and all three of them saw her.
Xiao stared at her blankly for a long while before finally snapping out of it, his hands trembling as he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket...
"I was seriously injured and unconscious that day. When I woke up, I was already at the entrance of the Monster Forest. This handkerchief was used to bandage my wounds..."
As he spoke, Xiao revealed the character "卿" embroidered on his handkerchief.
Qin Qing: "..."
Seeing this, Xiao Ci frowned and looked at the two sisters, Qin Wan and Qin Qing, with a puzzled expression.
“This handkerchief is indeed mine…” As she spoke, Qin Qing looked at Qin Wan with a complicated expression.
Despite the intense gazes of the three people, Qin Wan simply smiled faintly, seemingly not very sad.
"So... what exactly happened?" Xiao Ye stared intently at Qin Wan, his eyes filled with both anticipation and fear.
He seemed eager to know the truth, yet also terrified and afraid to face it.
Yes, Xiao was also afraid.
I was afraid he might have mistaken me for someone else, or that he had mistaken my savior.
If he really mistook someone for someone else, then what about all his actions these past few days?
The reason he broke off his engagement and proposed to Qin Qing was because of that slender figure who, in a daze, stood in front of him without hesitation in the Demon Beast Forest that day...
He was shocked.
He was moved by the other person's willingness to save him at all costs...
After regaining consciousness, he kept thinking that the person who saved him was Qin Qing.
He thought she had long harbored feelings for him... Moved, he couldn't help but develop romantic feelings for her because of the life-saving grace he had shown her.
What was he thinking at the time...?
Yes, I remember now.
What he thought at the time was that Qingqing, a young girl, was so brave and willing to sacrifice everything for love.
He risked his own life to save him...
It was a blessing that Xiao Ye had accumulated over many lifetimes to meet such a sincere woman in his life...
Looking back on all of this now, Xiao Ye only finds it utterly ridiculous...
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