Qingqiu Has News (14)

“Uh, it shouldn’t be far….. probably around six hundred meters!!”

“But more importantly, Qingqiu, do you have a girlfriend or something like that or….”

As she spoke, her voice gradually became softer, and her intent was obvious to anyone.

However, Qingqiu was still carrying someone on his back; he shook his head to deny it:

“No~ surviving in this human world is already troublesome enough for me, how could I have the energy for things like romance, rather I should say….”

“Miss Chen Lin, what exactly is the intention behind your question?”

“Ah~ is that so, haha!….” she froze for a moment and quickly waved her hand in denial…

“No no; I was just asking…… oh! Right, turn left at the intersection ahead and we’ll reach the residential area where we live, ah~ thank you so much, if you hadn’t helped, I wouldn’t know what a weak girl like me would’ve done!~”

…….

At this moment, it was already three in the morning, the streets were filled with heavy fog, and the two walked along the sidewalk, both unsure what to say to ease the awkward atmosphere.

Until they reached a bridge, where the constant sound of flowing water below made Qingqiu stop.

Noticing something was off about him, Chen Lin stopped as well and turned to look at him:

“Hm? What’s wrong; are you tired and can’t walk anymore? Should I carry her instead? I’m really sorry about my friend…..”

He didn’t answer immediately, instead his face darkened as his long purple hair covered his eyes…

“Qing, Qiu?…” Chen Lin stepped closer and waved her hand in front of him, looking confused.

Soon, he snapped out of his thoughts and returned to his usual smiling expression:

“Oh! I got carried away listening to the water, sorry, did I disturb you?”

“No, it’s just… I thought something was wrong with you, so I asked, if anything, I should be the one apologizing for disturbing you!”

The two understood each other silently; Qingqiu hadn’t stopped because he was mesmerized by the sound, but because he was deciding whether to act.

But just as Chen Lin approached him, an inexplicable chill made him abandon that idea and instead smile:

“No no, Miss Chen Lin, you’re too polite; well then~ fifty meters ahead is the intersection, I’ll escort you until here, I won’t disturb you any further….”

After saying that, he gently set Lin Tong down from his back, and during the process, he secretly cast a small spell.

Of course, Chen Lin didn’t notice this at all; she still looked at Qingqiu with reluctance:

“Uh, you’re leaving already? Won’t you come to my place for a cup of tea?”

“No need, next time! I’ll come find you~ hehe….” Qingqiu placed his hand behind his back and gave a slight bow, still smiling.

Despite Chen Lin’s repeated attempts to persuade him to stay, he ultimately walked away in the opposite direction.

Leaving behind only a drunken girl and a woman who stood there staring at his back for quite a while, lost in admiration.

This continued until Lin Tong muttered some incoherent sleep talk, snapping Chen Lin out of it as she lightly patted her flushed cheeks:

“No no! That guy was too charming, I almost forgot I still have this sleepyhead with me….. better get her back to bed first”

After that, she turned around and slowly supported Lin Tong back to their residential building.

What they didn’t know was that in the darkness of the night, a pair of blood-red eyes was watching them closely.

………

“So it was too forced after all? Hah~ hah!”

On the other side, Qingqiu, who had walked in the opposite direction, suddenly stopped, breathing heavily.

“In the end, what exactly was that overwhelming presence? When I approached the target, it filled me with fear, making it impossible to act..”

“It was like facing something from ancient times……. no, no!”

He shook his head, then closed his eyes and placed his right hand on his forehead.

“Since I can’t get close, then I’ll have to find a way to kill the target from a distance….. I’ve been watching you all along, my dear lambs…”

As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished from the spot, leaving no trace behind.

“Ding ding ding~~”

The sound of an elevator bell echoed through the quiet residential building; at such a late hour, the only ones returning home were likely Lin Tong and Chen Lin.

However, unlike the previous nights, neither of them had much energy left.

At this moment, Chen Lin had an extra burden to deal with; she struggled to reach the tenth floor, and even after arriving at the door, her “transportation task” wasn’t over, facing the deeply asleep Lin Tong…..

She had no choice but to painstakingly open the door, strip off Lin Tong’s clothes, and toss her onto the bed.

“Sigh!~ today was really strange; Xiaotongtong didn’t drink anything, so why is she drunk? And what is this thing I’m holding? Bai Ze….”

“Bai Ze…??”

She looked at the damp Bai Ze talisman she had taken off Lin Tong’s neck, lost in thought, but when she opened it, she found it was filled with soft white fur.

Upon closer inspection, it even carried a faint earthy fragrance….

This left her confused:

“This….. it’s already wet, should I just throw it away? Anyway, it must be something sold by some scammer…”

“Sigh~! who told our Xiaotongtong to be so innocent and kind! Here goes~~”

She casually tossed the Bai Ze talisman into the trash and grabbed some clothes before heading into the bathroom.

However, Qingqiu observed all of this clearly through his magic.

He clicked his tongue and said:

“So that’s what stopped me from acting, but!~….. heaven is on my side!”

“A lamb that has lost its sheepdog—how long before it falls prey to the wolf? Hehehehe!”