Looking at the somewhat shy Qian Renxue, Ye Qiu chuckled inwardly.

Of course he could heal her quickly without touching Qian Renxue's face, but how could he do that? After all, he had taken the risk of injuring her. Such a great opportunity to bond was right before him, and he couldn't bear to let it go.

Ye Qiu's palms rubbed gently.

He could clearly feel that the temperature on Qian Renxue's face was rising, becoming increasingly scorching.

Qian Renxue clenched her delicate fists tightly, her face flushed red, feeling very uncomfortable from being kneaded.

Ye Qiu's thumb gently scraped across the corner of her eye, wiping away the remaining moisture. Looking at those plump, vermilion lips, his lips moved slightly as a hint of aggressiveness appeared in his eyes.

He slowly leaned forward.

Besides the refreshing, subtle fragrance at the tip of his nose, there was also a faint smell of blood and a hint of dust.

"You!"

Qian Renxue's face blushed, and she raised her eyes to look.

Looking at Ye Qiu, who was inches away from her, the temperature on her face instantly rose sharply.

She quickly raised both hands and grabbed Ye Qiu's wrist.

Her eyes carried panic and shyness.

She issued a warning, "Ye Qiu, if you dare to mess around, you're dead meat."

Ye Qiu, who was just about to kiss her, stopped.

Raising his gaze slightly, the first things that came into view were the traces of blood on her lips and the tip of her nose, followed by Qian Renxue's bruised, battered, and dust-covered face.

Amusement instantly appeared in Ye Qiu's eyes. He pressed his lips together, biting his teeth to hold back his laughter, his cheeks puffing out.

"Pfft! Haha."

Having held it in from the beginning until now, Ye Qiu ultimately couldn't hold back and began to laugh out loud.

"Bastard. You are not allowed to laugh!"

Qian Renxue had no time to care about anything else, driven to anger out of embarrassment.

She instantly pounced on Ye Qiu frantically, reaching out to scratch his face.

The two tumbled to the ground, wrestling together.

Ordinarily, given Qian Renxue's personality, she would never fool around with Ye Qiu like this.

"Ah, you shameless scoundrel!"

Clutching her chest which had suffered a heavy blow, Qian Renxue pounced on Ye Qiu once again, baring her claws and brandishing her fangs.

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Time slowly passed.

Dark golden light burst out from the small woods from time to time.

Porcupinefish and Snake Lance obediently squatted outside; even though they were curious, they didn't dare to overstep the slightest bit.

On the open ground inside the woods.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue were lying together.

Qian Renxue, who had been bruised and battered, had fully recovered.

At this moment, her fingers were interlocked with Ye Qiu's. Without a word, they quietly watched the horizon and the setting sun.

Another flash of bright light swept past.

Seeing the hands of Ye Qiu and the other held together, a Black Spirit Ring was looped around them. The light in the small woods was caused by Ye Qiu continuously attempting to bind with Qian Renxue.

Sunset, dusk, evening.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue looked up at the sky, watching the sun set until the stars dotted the sky. Ye Qiu had lost count of how many times he had tried.

He could finally endure it no longer.

"Qian Renxue, are you toying with me?!"

"Mhm."

Without even glancing at Ye Qiu, Qian Renxue gave a casual response.

"Hey, what kind of attitude is that? You promised me, after all."

Feeling quite helpless, Ye Qiu rubbed his forehead and continued trying without giving up.

Qian Renxue, however, completely ignored him.

Looking at the stars in the sky.

Her chest still aching a bit, she thought about many things.

She only felt it was absurd.

To think that she had previously engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Ye Qiu on this muddy ground, and even grew more courageous the more she fought after being taken advantage of.

Feeling even a hint of...

"Excitement?!"

It simply made her find it hard to believe; since when had she, Qian Renxue, ever thrown such a fit and rolled around shamelessly like this?

Feeling the Soul Power surging over from Ye Qiu once again.

The connection between the two failed once again.

Qian Renxue turned her head to look.

Looking at the youth lying beside her who was able to pin her to the ground and pound her.

All of her changes came from him.

Qian Renxue pressed her lips together, her eyes revealing confusion, doubt, anger, and embarrassment.

Ye Qiu stopped trying as well.

He turned his head to look at Qian Renxue, and their gazes happened to meet.

Speechless, he said, "Tell me, where exactly do you distrust or doubt me? I can arg— explain."

Qian Renxue immediately dodged his gaze and tilted her head back to look at the sky.

"So... you bastard can also show this kind of exasperated expression."

"We're still quite far from that extent."

Ye Qiu pinched her soft hand and curled his lips; he didn't want to delay for too long.

"Is that so."

Qian Renxue murmured.

"Actually, the problem isn't with you. I just feel..."

"If my Soul Skill is copied by you, wouldn't I never have a way to take revenge?"

As her voice fell.

Qian Renxue turned her head and coldly looked at Ye Qiu.

Thinking of how her face had swollen up like that, she wished she could smash Ye Qiu's face to pieces right now.

Kick him to the ground and trample him repeatedly.

If he really copied it, wouldn't she forever be ridden under Ye Qiu's body and bullied?

Of course.

This was only a secondary reason.

The main thing was that her heart was in a huge mess right now, a complete mess.

The chill in her eyes gradually turned into incomprehension and fear—what on earth was wrong with her?

"Huh?"

Ye Qiu was stunned.

He actually hadn't thought about Qian Renxue's competitive nature. Frowning, he tentatively asked:

"If it really comes to that, how about I let you win then?"

"I, Qian Renxue, do not need this kind of victory!"

Qian Renxue let out an annoyed, low shout.

"Fine, anyway, I'm not happy about letting you hit me either."

Ye Qiu curled his lips.

He was just saying that; he would never hand over his face for Qian Renxue to hit.

He didn't have such a special fetish.

Ye Qiu turned his head back, focusing his eyes to meet Qian Renxue's gaze.

Noticing the complex colors in her eyes when she looked at him, Ye Qiu was slightly taken aback.

Coming into contact with his gaze.

Qian Renxue instantly snapped back to her senses, a trace of panic appearing on her face.

"Hmph! If today doesn't work, then so be it. I'm not in a good state."

Qian Renxue let out a soft hmph, shook off Ye Qiu's hand, quickly stood up, and walked forward several steps.

Looking back at Ye Qiu, she said calmly:

"Anyway, I've already promised you. At worst, I'll do it with you once every day."

Having said that.

Qian Renxue lifted her feet, preparing to walk out of the small woods.

Ye Qiu sat up.

Looking at Qian Renxue's back, he felt somewhat puzzled in his heart.

Then he shook his head with a wry smile.

What else was there for him to overthink? Wasn't he just craving Qian Renxue's body from the very beginning?

Ye Qiu got up and called out to stop her.

"Qian Renxue."

"Mhm?"

Qian Renxue stopped in her tracks and turned back with puzzlement.

Ye Qiu quietly moved close and cupped Qian Renxue's pretty face in the palms of his hands once again.

"What are you doing...?! "

Feeling somewhat panicked with a burning hot face, Qian Renxue tried to push Ye Qiu away.

She had witnessed how dishonest Ye Qiu could be.

Her chest still hurt right now. For this bastard to still want to treat her was simply wishful thinking!

Feeling her burning heat, Ye Qiu smiled amiably.

"Don't get excited. I just suddenly realized that the injuries on your face don't seem to be completely healed."

Hearing these words and seeing the green light still shining on Ye Qiu's hands.

Qian Renxue instantly stopped.

Ye Qiu smiled.

"Qian Renxue"

Wish you all a happy life!