He finally understood. This description was warning him not to cross the line. Otherwise, Jingliu would notice something was off, expose him, and then chop him down.
At that thought, Liuge shuddered.
From that moment on, he resolved that whenever he transformed into Baiheng, he absolutely could not speak. He would just keep smiling through everything.
After arriving at Liuyun Wharf, he immediately equipped this Character Stat-Stick.
Amid a flash of white light, he transformed into an exceptionally beautiful Foxian woman with long purple-and-white hair, a fox tail, and a slender figure.
He simply stood quietly in the open space at the center of Liuyun Wharf and waited.
The tail behind him swayed from time to time, fully revealing his inner unease.
Jingliu stood atop a cargo container, silently watching the familiar figure in the open space below.
As she watched in silence,
she felt something seem to fall onto her face.
Tears had unknowingly slipped down her cheeks.
Yet Jingliu knew that although the person below had the same face as Baiheng, she was not Baiheng.
With that thought, Jingliu leaped down and landed behind Liuge.
Hearing the sound, Liuge was about to turn around.
But a pair of pale, lotus-like arms wrapped around his neck, hugging him from behind.
"Don't turn around. Just like this..."
"Hm?"
"Just let me hold you!"
Jingliu's voice trembled slightly. Yet she made no other move and simply held him like that.
Feeling the warmth of the person before her and breathing in that familiar scent.
It was as though she had returned to those days long ago. Only, instead of Baiheng clinging to her as usual, she was the one embracing someone identical to Baiheng.
Liuge did not move at all, simply allowing Jingliu to hold him.
He could smell the faint