Translated by: iris.knight

  "So, do you regret it?" Xie Zang smiled slightly.

  The bamboo forest around the cottage was dense, and there was a small clearing beside the bamboo cottage. The giant, bright moon hung above the small estate. The stream ran in the backyard. Ding, ding, dong, dong. That sounded like a bamboo water wheel behind the building. Gu Qingyu shook her head immediately. "No regrets, not one bit!"

  "I just wanted to treat you to dinner first, Kitten. Demon wolf meat is exquisite, barbecued or steamed." Xie Zang sighed, "But Kitten, you clearly did not want to stay there for even a moment, so I had to bring you here directly."

  I regret it now! Can I please take back my words? Of course not, that's impossible. Gu Qingyu had an urge to stab herself. "I was wrong."

  "Well, as long as you can change over to a new leaf." Xie Zang stroked the top of her head. Right then, she caught a whiff of something in the air. It is the smell of barbecued meat.

  Her eyes lit up. "There's food?"

  Xie Zang chuckled, the sound was deep, she could hear it rumble in his chest. "You're really a kitten." He patted her head, indicating that she could go in.

  Gu Qingyu immediately ran into the cottage. As soon as she opened the door, a scrumptious spread unveiled before her. The smell and the sight made her salivate. "Oh my god!"

  "Oh!" Qi Wan, who followed her in, stared at all this with a daze.

  "My!" Qi Yichen's fan almost fell to the ground when he entered after Qi Wan.

  "God." Xie Zang finished their sentence with a smile.

  Gu Qingyu immediately rushed to the table with Qi Wan and both of them tore into the spread.

  Initially, Qi Yichen still tried to maintain the image of "the graceful scholar". But his resolve faltered as he watched Gu Qingyu and Qi Wan. Finally, he threw away his fan in a perfect arch and joined in the fray. Jia Qizhe watched them as he slowly crossed his arms across his chest. "The starving ghost is reborn." Mo Bai simply smiled.

  "You can join them if you want to, pretty face." Jia Qizhe smirked as he whispered to him.

  Mo Bai laughed, he gently rubbed the jade flute in his hand, and whispered back, "I believe you're the one that wishes to join them, bitch."

  "Ah? You wanna fight?" Jia Qizhe looked at Mo Bai with contempt. Mo Bai merely smiled and walked outside. Jia Qizhe hmphed as he followed him out.

  Gu Qingyu ate as she watched the two men, one in blue and one in white, disappear into the forest. "What are they up to?"

  "Don't ask questions you're not prepared to know the answers to." Qi Wan replied in between bites.

  Gu Qingyu rolled her eyes and returned to her plate. Finally, Xiao Qi caved and joined them at the table. All that was left was a smiling Xie Zang and a paralysed Murong Zuoyu, both of them stood at the side and watched them.

  Soon, almost all the plates and bowls have emptied out.

  "I didn't think you two would be such big eaters." Gu Qingyu rubbed her belly and commented.

  "Who are you talking about……" Qi Yichen rolled his eyes and stretched out his hand. The fan flew back into his hand. Qi Yichen opened it with a flick, sank into a nearby chair and fanned himself.

  Gu Qingyu pouted, drank the last bowl of soup in one breath, and sank into the chair beside him. "Nice!"

  Qi Yichen was dumbfounded. Murong Zuoyu was dumbfounded. On the other hand, Qi Wan and Xie Zang smiled rather calmly and glanced knowingly at each other. Xiao Qi looked at Gu Qingyu and Qi Yichen with admiration.

  The bamboo cottage may look small on the outside, but it was quite spacious inside, there were even enough rooms for each of them. Gu Qingyu nodded gratefully at Xie Zang. "Thank you, Lord of Xieli Castle."

  "You don't have to be so polite, Kitten." Xie Zang gave her a faint smile. "Go to sleep, there's more fun for you tomorrow~"

  That statement piqued her interest. "Where are we going next?" Xie Zang did not answer. Instead, he placed his index finger in front of his mouth as the corners of his lips curled upwards.

  "Okay, okay, I don't want to know!" Gu Qingyu nodded vigorously, turned around, and walked back to her room. Where's Jia Qizhe and Mo Bai? I should just prepare two bottles of medicinal oil first.

  Gu Qingyu closed the door as she entered her room. Then, she walked across the room and opened the window. The silver moonlight poured down from the sky and shined on the stream. The ripples along the stream caught the light and the stream was adorned with silvery-white scales.

  "It's so beautiful!"

  Gu Qingyu was about to exclaim, but someone by the window had stolen her line. She jumped at the voice, there was no one else inside. She leaned out the window and checked. "Qi Wan?"

  Qi Wan was outside, he leaned against the wall right next to her window. His green robe swayed in the moonlight. Somehow, even though she had long gotten used to his presence, the moonlight and the soft shadows changed his features. The sight of him stole her breath away.

  There was only a window between them. One was in the house, alone; the other was outside, alone. His face had a devilish charm against the silvery moon, and as he turned, the light gleamed brightly in his green pupils. Like a lake on a warm spring day, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, but also by the ripples from a sunshower. There was silence for a long time.

  Finally, Gu Qingyu broke the spell. She turned away and asked, "What's up, Qi Wan?"

  He laughed a little. "No, it's nothing. I just came out for a walk and I saw you opened the window."

  She stared at the moon and murmured, "Maybe, only this moonlight will remain unchanged for thousands of years……"

  "Yeah." He heard her. Maybe it's because of their shared experience in transmigration, she always felt particularly close to Qi Wan, he was the only one that truly understood how she felt.

  Gu Qingyu held the windowsill with one hand and jumped up. Then she lowered herself and perched on the windowsill. When she had settled into her seat, Qi Wan slowly said, "Gu Qingyu, you don't really recognize me?"

  "Eh?" His question caught her off guard. "You are……"

  "Well, you have so many patients, how can you remember which one I was." Qi Wan smiled self-deprecatingly.

  That revelation surprised her. "You were one of my patients?"

  He nodded. "Yeah, sort of."

  "Then why don't I remember you……?" She immediately began to sieve through her memory.

  "My appearance and my name have completely changed after I transmigrated. It's normal for you to not recognise me." Qi Wan shrugged nonchalantly.

  She looked at him curiously. "What is your real name?"

  He returned her curious gaze with a mysterious smile. "I'm not telling."

  Gu Qingyu rolled her eyes at his response. "Fine, keep it to yourself. It's not like I wanted to know or anything……" A knowing grin then split across her face. "So you have a psychological disorder, Qi Wan. I couldn't tell at all. Why? Were you worried that the moment you told me, I would give you a second diagnosis?" She dragged out her last sentence, pausing after each syllable.

  Qi Wan jumped up immediately and spat. "Rubbish, you're the one that has a disorder! I'm perfectly healthy, don't lump me with you!"

  "You're perfectly healthy? I'm a psychiatrist. Why were you one of my patients if you did not have any mental health issues? What, did you see me for gynecology?" Gu Qingyu eyed him suspiciously.

  Qi Wan spat again. "Nonsense! Also, can you even treat gynecological diseases?"

  "I can try. I did go to Med school." Gu Qingyu rolled her eyes. "I didn't expect you to be like this, Qi Wan."

  "I didn't expect you to be like this either, Boss." Qi Wan suddenly cursed. "Oh shit!"

  "What's wrong?" Gu Qingyu turned around and looked at him.

  "Jia Qizhe and Mo Bai are back from their fight! They must never see me with you, otherwise, I'm dead!" Qi Wan whined, "Why does this look like you're cheating with me, or that I'm stealing you away?"

  "There's no cheating or stealing going on." Gu Qingyu shooed him away. "Get going, I don't have any more medicinal oil. " Qi Wan was speechless.

  Gu Qingyu vaulted back into her room and opened the door.

  Jia Qizhe was walking in from outside the house, and Mo Bai was behind him. This time, there were no bruises on their faces. She walked over with a little curiosity, but before she got too close, she heard Mo Bai mutter as he lightly glanced at Jia Qizhe. "You're good, bitch."

  "You're not a slouch yourself, pretty face." Jia Qizhe scoffed. "Although, your men are horrible at group fights."

  Jia Qizhe and Mo Bai! I didn't expect you two to be like this!

  But she quickly caught the keyword. Group fights? I already knew that they weren't ordinary people, but they didn't seriously drag out each others' lackeys for a group fight, right? That being said, who won? Judging from their conversation, it was Jia Qizhe?

  "Your men are not very good either." Mo Bai turned around, he was about to head back to his room, but his eyes met with Gu Qingyu's curious gaze.

  Gu Qingyu waved awkwardly. "Erm…… I just arrived…… I didn't hear anything……"

  Doesn't this sound like I actually heard something?

  "Ah, no, actually I was here from the start……"

  The start of what? This is not helping either!

  "I……"

  Gu Qingyu's hand continued to gesticulate in the air, Mo Bai showed her a gentle smile. "Yu'er, it's so late, why are you still up?"

  "Well……" Gu Qingyu swallowed thickly and looked at Jia Qizhe. "I actually……" What? Waiting to see which one of you won?

  An idea popped into her head. "Oh, I was about to sleep, but neither of you were back, and it's so late. So I came out to check, ahahaha……"

  "Xiao Yu'er, were you worried about me?" A smile spread across Jia Qizhe's face. "Go to sleep, staying up late is bad for your health." He took Gu Qingyu's hand and escorted her to her room. He even closed the door behind her. After he came out, he saw Mo Bai's gloomy eyes and smiled, "Why, haven't you had enough?"

  The jade flute on Mo Bai's hand suddenly flew towards Jia Qizhe, Jia Qizhe dodged. But Mo Bai had thrown the jade flute with so much momentum that it kept flying, and it broke through Gu Qingyu's door. She was about to take off her clothes and go to bed. The jade flute had flown right across her face and gave her a fright. In order to not to let it damage Xie Zang's cottage any further, she held out her hand and grabbed it. The jade flute stopped after leaving a red, bloody mark on her palm.

  Chaptet 78: I’m Here

  Translated by: iris.knight

  "……Yu'er." He called softly.

  Gu Qingyu raised her head and handed him the jade flute. "Mo Bai, this should be yours, right?"

  Mo Bai reached over and took it. "Yes, sorry, I didn't control the strength just now, I don't know why it suddenly took off." His voice was apologetic and tender.

  "It's okay, just be careful next time." Gu Qingyu spread her hands as she dropped the subject.

  When Mo Bai took the jade flute, he saw the bloody cut on Gu Qingyu's palm.

  "Yu'er, you have a scratch." It was a statement.

  "It's just a small cut, it doesn't matter……" She clapped her hands nonchalantly to illustrate her point. But before she could even finish her sentence, Mo Bai grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him. His slender fingers lightly touched the cut. The cut gradually closed without a trace.

  "It's amazing." She praised him sincerely. Mo Bai held onto her hand until the cut closed completely.

  "Go to bed." Mo Bai stroked Gu Qingyu's head and smiled lovingly. The glowing moon seemed to complement his gentleness, the light showered over him, and his hair shined with a silvery glow.

  She only came back to her senses when Mo Bai coughed slightly. She looked away, her cheeks had a light pink blush. "Yeah, I'm going to sleep, see you."

  After Mo Bai left, Gu Qingyu had an intense urge to slap herself.

  I know he's really dreamy, but he was right in front of me! I was swooning over him right in front of his face!

  She sat on her bed with a 'plop', and looked up out of habit. Yan Zun was floating in the air, as usual.

  I have really gotten used to his ghost-like behaviour. This is really a terrible habit.

  She pouted as she slipped under the covers, pulled the blanket over her head, and soon fell asleep.

  The next morning

  The sunlight happened to hit her right in the face. The bright light stung her eyes, and she squeezed her eyes shut again. She sat up, sorted out her clothes, and looked at herself in the mirror— My face is okay, and my clothes are clean. But there goes my hairstyle, after just one night of sleep.

  She fiddled and pulled her hair in all possible directions, but she could not style her hair in the same way that Jia Qizhe had done for her yesterday.

  Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. Gu Qingyu answered without thinking, she shouted as her hands covered her hair, "Who is it?"

  That person opened the door and entered her room. A blue robe, it was Jia Qizhe. She half-tumbled and half-darted to her bed and covered her head with the blanket. "What do you want?"

  "I'm here to brush out your hair." Jia Qizhe laughed and walked over, his hand reached out and was about to pull away the blanket.

  She grabbed onto the blanket with her life. "Go away! Just go! I can do it myself!"

  Miraculously, Jia Qizhe did not get upset. Instead, he grinned at Gu Qingyu. That smile distracted her. And in that moment, Jia Qizhe yanked away her blanket. Before she realised, she was already seated in front of a mirror. Jia Qizhe held a wooden comb in his hand and was slowly brushing out the knots and kinks in her hair. Gu Qingyu watched him blankly through the mirror, the sight made her heart pound against her ribcage.

  The devious, proud, and incredible Hero Jia is brushing her hair! Her heart was about to stop.

  Once he was done styling her hair, Jia Qizhe looked at her reflection with satisfaction and nodded. "Hm, not bad. Time to get breakfast." Gu Qingyu got up and followed Jia Qizhe to the door. When she opened the door, she saw Mo Bai's hand was suspended in midair. Her hands turned clammy in an instant and she looked at Jia Qizhe, hoping he could offer some explanation. However, she underestimated Hero Jia.

  He did not explain anything. He shot her a flirtatious smirk instead, and stroked her head. "Let's go, breakfast is waiting."

  Gu Qingyu was shocked. Mo Bai froze, his hands slowly lowered. "Yu'er, breakfast is ready."

  He didn't say much, nor did he let Gu Qingyu explain. He was never someone that would seek out trouble anyway. Gu Qingyu nodded and fled out of her room, leaving Jia Qizhe and Mo Bai behind.

  Half an hour later, Jia Qizhe and Mo Bai entered the dining room together. Jia Qizhe rubbed his elbow while Mo Bai massaged a spot on his head. Gu Qingyu could tell that they fought, but she nodded. At least they did not go for the face this time.

  She approached the duo and handed each of them a bottle of medicinal oil. Qi Wan and Qi Yichen looked at them with a surprised look. On the other hand, Xie Zang waved and beckoned Gu Qingyu. "Come here and eat, Kitten, or the food will go cold soon."

  "Alright!" She stuffed the medicinal oil into their hands, gave them a look of 'I understand', and sat back into her seat. Jia Qizhe readily accepted the medicinal oil and tucked it into his sleeve. Mo Bai slipped the bottle into his sleeve as well.

  They resumed their journey after that meal. Gu Qingyu kept a relaxing pace and asked, "Xie Zang, where are we going?"

  "Scenic locations." Xie Zang smiled, his vague answer heightened the suspense.

  "So how long do we have to go?" Gu Qingyu asked curiously again.

  "At this pace, about an hour more." Xie Zang replied as he nodded, he seemed to have his mind elsewhere.

  Gu Qingyu also nodded and took out a handful of sunflower seeds from her sleeve.

  Everyone was speechless, even though they had somewhat gotten used to her snacking habits.

  An hour later

  Gu Qingyu grew skeptical at the sight of the wasteland before her. But when she thought about the events that happened yesterday, she was convinced that things were not as they looked on the surface. Xie Zang watched as the gears in Gu Qingyu's head turned, he couldn't help but smile and nod. "Just as expected, clever Kitten."

  "What? what?" Qi Wan was beside Gu Qingyu, he leaned in to join the conversation.

  Gu Qingyu ignored Qi Wan and leaned into Xie Zang's side. "Where's the switch?"

  Xie Zang laughed heartily at her question. "Who told you that there was a switch?"

  "Huh? There's no switch?" Gu Qingyu could not believe her ears.

  Xie Zang scoffed, "Switches are far too simple and low-class for my liking."

  He raised his hand, clapped twice and the ground beneath them began to shake.

  "Earthquake? Or……" Gu Qingyu immediately held onto Qi Wan and spoke with self-preservation as her top priority. "Qi Wan, my friend! I think if anything happens later, you should endeavor to save me at all costs! "

  "Then what about me……?" Qi Wan swallowed weakly, and a giant hole opened up right below them. In an instant, Qi Wan threw out his ribbon, wrapped Gu Qingyu in a tight bundle and pulled her towards him. He held onto her tightly and both of them fell into the hole. They kept falling, and falling, and falling through the air, they had fallen into an abyss. Gu Qingyu squeezed her eyes shut as the wind rushed past them. In the darkness, Qi Wan whispered gently into her ear, "Boss, I'm here."

  I know you're here, I know you would never leave me.

  When she opened her eyes again, Gu Qingyu realised that she was lying on something. Above them was a white and clean sky. The grass plains around them extended past the horizon. A castle stood in the middle of the plains, flowers and vines covered its walls. Gu Qingyu froze at the sudden change in scenery. She looked around her, everyone was gone. Something was moving behind her……

  She screamed and jumped up, that thing turned out to be Qi Wan. Qi Wan pushed himself up with one hand and rubbed his head with the other hand. "Dammit, that hurts."

  "Well, thank you, knight in shining armour." She stretched out her hand.

  He grabbed her hand and pulled himself up, while muttering under his breath, "Knight in shining armour? More like a human cushion…… Well, it takes someone extraordinary to protect you."

  He turned around and exclaimed when he saw the castle in the distance, "This is the final destination for our sightseeing trip? Boss, do you know what's going on? Where's everyone else?"

  Gu Qingyu smiled bitterly. "I don't know, I just woke up too."

  "Let's go to the castle first!" Qi Wan removed the ribbons that tethered Gu Qingyu to him and smiled. "It's really solid."

  "Yeah, I think we should remain tethered actually, or you won't even realise when you get lost." Gu Qingyu pulled the ribbon and began their walk.

  Qi Wan almost stumbled. "Boss, slow down! You think you're walking a dog?"

  "So you figured it out?" Gu Qingyu looked at Qi Wan in surprise, "That's clever."

  Qi Wan kept his mouth shut. I have nothing to say at this point.

  "Okay, let's go!" Gu Qingyu pulled the ribbon again and walked forward.

  Qi Wan struggled to keep up. "Slow down, slow down!"

  Halfway to the castle, the ground beneath them shook again.

  "Is it going to collapse again?" Gu Qingyu grabbed the ribbon nervously.

  "This doesn't feel like the frequency just now……" The two of them huddled together. "It seems that there is something coming up……" As he finished his sentence, a huge flower burst out of the ground. Its petals opened, grabbed Qi Wan and threw him into the air. Qi Wan immediately pulled out a sword and sliced the ribbon between the two of them, allowing Gu Qingyu to escape.

  "Piranha plants?" Gu Qingyu yelled as she stared at the sentient plant. At full height, it stood close to 6 meters tall. "Qi Wan! Are you ok?"

  "Run, Boss! To the castle!" Qi Wan's voice was muffled and broken up, he sounded strained.

  "Bullshit! How can I leave you!" Gu Qingyu immediately waved her hand, and the Soul Chain appeared, circling her.

  "Soul Nails!" Gu Qingyu clenched her teeth and summoned that weapon. A few nails appeared in her hand.

  Gu Qingyu tossed the Soul Chain, and the chain stabbed into one of the Piranha plants' vines.

  Without hesitation, she stepped on the chain and ran all the way up. Using her cat demon powers, she avoided any attack from the man-eating flower. When she got closer, Yan Zun possessed her body, she leaped up and landed on the flower.

  She chanted a spell and the Soul Chain quickly ensnared the piranha plant. She threw the Soul Nails into the flower, and at the moment, a huge, dark purple hexagram pattern appeared at the foot of the piranha plant. Gu Qingyu's fiery red robe danced around her as the spell activated. A few big black hands appeared in the six-pointed star, it grabbed and dragged the piranha plant straight to hell. The piranha plant wailed and spat out Qi Wan. Qi Wan watched in a complete daze and was about to be trapped by the spell as well.

  "Stop watching! You're going to die!" Gu Qingyu yelled angrily, the chain in her hand stretched out, wrapped around Qi Wan, and helped him land safely to the ground.