The memory played from the moment Ye Qiu met Tang San until today.
Ah Yin's expression changed constantly, alternating between red and white, surprise, anger, disappointment, fear...
After a while.
Ah Yin finally came back to her senses.
Tears streaked her face, and Ye Qiu was well aware of her various emotions.
"How about it? Can you cultivate properly now?"
Ah Yin shook her head, looking somewhat haggard with tears streaming down her face, and said sadly, "Please leave. My mind is a bit confused. I won't cultivate today."
Ye Qiu chuckled softly.
Sensing his schadenfreude, Ah Yin glared at Ye Qiu hatefully.
Ye Qiu didn't mind. Ah Yin was not his relative, so why should he pretend to empathize now? After they became truly familiar, there would be even less need to pretend.
"Alright, let's skip today. But I still hope you'll cooperate with me in the future, otherwise, if I can't complete the task Tang Hao gave me, it won't be good."
Ye Qiu shrugged and then joked, "At that time, if Tang Hao bullies me, I'll just have to bully you and take it out on you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flood of images appeared in Ah Yin's mind again, making her face flush red as she gritted her teeth and looked at Ye Qiu.
Having a favor to ask, she didn't have time to dwell on these thoughts and patiently said, "Ye Qiu, I want to see Tang San."
"No problem. I'll let you see him every day from now on." Ye Qiu agreed with a smile. He understood that at this moment, the seed of doubt had already been planted.
Even if Ah Yin was still somewhat disbelieving and wanted to observe further, it was just a dying struggle.
...
Watching Ye Qiu disappear from her sight, Ah Yin's world once again plunged into darkness.
Before, she was supported by the husband and child in her heart, but now she could only feel infinite fear.
Squatting in the darkness where she couldn't distinguish up, down, or the four directions, she hugged her knees and couldn't stop sobbing.
"Who taught him those things? Is he really not my child? Then who is he?"
"Hao, why are you like this, giving birth but not raising him? Did you discover his abnormality? Why are you changing your attitude now? Why?"
Outside, Ye Qiu's figure appeared in the darkness, a smile on his lips. Ah Yin's self-pitying whispers naturally fell into his ears.
Ye Qiu wasn't afraid that she wouldn't believe him.
Now that she had fallen into his hands, he had plenty of time to deal with her.
Perhaps, after absorbing a soul bone or soul ring in the future, he could acquire some powerful skills that would allow him to steal the enemy's memories unknowingly.
This way.
He could completely confirm the fact that Tang San had taken over the body!
"Ye Qiu~"
A soft voice sounded, and what met his eyes was a pair of crimson eyes. Xiao Wu was lying on her side, looking at Ye Qiu, her eyes unblinking.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Ye Qiu looked at her strangely and placed Ah Yin back properly.
"Uh..."
Xiao Wu was a little speechless and didn't know how to answer while tucked in her blanket. After a moment of thought, she whispered, "I just had a nightmare and was scared awake."
"Is that so?"
Ye Qiu looked at her teasingly, putting the matter with Ah Yin just now out of his mind, and immediately took off his coat.
He didn't sleep that soundly every day, and he had known about Xiao Wu sleeping with him for a long time.
Ye Qiu smiled and climbed onto the bed, rolling twice on his own blanket before arriving at Xiao Wu's territory.
"Ye Qiu~ You, what are you doing?"
Xiao Wu clutched her blanket tightly, extremely shy. Looking at Ye Qiu's eyes, which were still bright in the dark night, her heart beat faster and faster.
"I'm not doing anything."
"Let me in quickly."
Ye Qiu said softly. At a time like this, what was there to say about doing or not doing anything?! They hadn't reached that point yet.
"Ah?!"
Xiao Wu's heart jumped.
"Ah what? Didn't you have a nightmare? Wouldn't it be fine if I accompanied you?" Ye Qiu said as he pulled open Xiao Wu's blanket.
"I don't want to! Ye Qiu~"
Xiao Wu verbally refused sternly, hesitating, but her actions were a mix of resistance and welcome, making it easy for Ye Qiu to lie down in her bed.
"Ying~"
Xiao Wu moaned softly, embraced by Ye Qiu, without even resisting.
Ye Qiu's arrival was like adding dry firewood to a furnace. A raging fire ignited in the blanket, roasting the little rabbit until she was completely red and hot.
Xiao Wu bent her arm to separate Ye Qiu and herself. They were too close, and she couldn't bear the temperature.
"Ye Qiu~ You're not allowed to move around."
"Don't worry."
Looking at Xiao Wu biting her red lips, her eyes full of autumn waves, Ye Qiu couldn't help but wrap his arm around her slender waist, pulling them closer, and then lowered his head, slowly capturing her red lips that were already ready and slightly Warp.
For a long time.
It wasn't until Xiao Wu was out of breath that Ye Qiu finally let her go. The skills he had practiced with Dugu Yan hadn't been fully displayed yet, and Xiao Wu had already been defeated.
However, Ye Qiu didn't torment her too much. There was still a long time to go. He gently tidied the messy hair by Xiao Wu's ear and kissed her forehead.
"Alright, hurry up and go to sleep."
"Mm."
Xiao Wu responded in a daze, as if she hadn't recovered from the state of oxygen deprivation just now. She snuggled into Ye Qiu's arms, her expression sweet and infatuated.
Normally, when she snuck into his blanket, Ye Qiu would burrow into her arms like a child, which made her shy but also felt a little magical.
And now, she could also try what it felt like to sleep in Ye Qiu's arms.
...
The next day, as the horizon was just beginning to show a hint of fish-belly white, the diligent Master Tang got up early, and as was his daily habit, looked in Ye Qiu's direction.
Seeing that there was no one on Ye Qiu's blanket, Tang San just breathed a sigh of relief, but when his gaze swept over Xiao Wu's bed, a shock surged in his heart again, and he felt a pang of jealousy.
Xiao Wu was obediently hugging Ye Qiu's neck, lying in his arms. Her small hand outside the blanket, her fair and rosy face, and the smile still on the corner of her mouth, all presented a picture of a couple deeply in love.
Tang San sighed and walked out of the dormitory. The cultivation of the Purple Demon Eyes could not be missed.
The Blue Silver Emperor, which had been moved to Xiao Wu's bedside by Ye Qiu, was swaying slightly.
...
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, there were only two months left until Ye Qiu and the others would graduate from Nuoding Academy.
In Dormitory Seven.
Xiao Wu was sitting cross-legged on the bed, cultivating diligently. Underneath her clothes was something belonging to Ye Qiu, tightly wrapped in black leather, with pink stripes on it, and a continuous flow of light circulating.
As their cultivation improved, the speed of their soul power circulation also became faster and faster. During the combined cultivation process, the improvement in their cultivation speed was quite significant.
"Great! Ye Qiu, you've broken through to level forty!"
Xiao Wu's inner voice transmitted to Ye Qiu, cheerful and clear, filled with joy, even happier than when she had broken through herself.
"Mm, I've broken through."
Ye Qiu's voice was quite calm. It was not in vain that he had pulled Xiao Wu along and worked tirelessly day and night.