A Petty Spat

"Want to spend the night in that cave?"

Qian Daoliu looked at her meaningfully.

Le Ling nodded again out of instinct, but seeing the strange look in his eyes, she recalled things suspiciously.

It would have been better if she had not thought about it. The moment she did, those dead memories immediately began attacking her mind!

Le Ling remembered the scenes from back then, and her cheeks instantly flushed red. She even began to stammer.

"Th-that must be me remembering wrong!"

"That cave definitely isn't nearby. Right! I remembered wrong. We should... we should find somewhere else to spend the night."

She turned to leave.

Qian Daoliu quickly stepped forward and clasped her slim waist, then bent down without hesitation and slung her over his shoulder.

"Let me go!!"

"Qian Daoliu, you big bastard!!!"

Le Ling immediately panicked as she hung over his shoulder, pounding hard on the man's back.

But her blows were utterly useless against a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. They were nothing more than soft massages.

Le Ling wanted nothing more than to bite off her own tongue!

Why had she brought up that cave just now? Now she had gone and awakened someone's memories!!

With Le Ling over his shoulder, Qian Daoliu flashed through the forest several times. Guided by his deep memories, he soon arrived at the entrance of that cave.

After looking around and finding no traces of Soul Beasts nearby, he directly released the pressure of a Peerless Douluo into the cave, probing to see whether any Soul Beasts were hiding inside.

Once he confirmed there was no danger in the cave either, he carried Le Ling inside in large strides.

The cave was neither deep nor particularly large, with room for only around ten people. Still, it was more than enough for the two of them to spend the night there.

In the forest, a cave was actually safer than staying outside.

Especially for a Soul Master like Qian Daoliu, who possessed an innate domain, spending the night in a cave was even more suitable!

As long as he released his domain at the cave entrance as a barrier, it would be equivalent to a sealed space and considerably safer.

Besides, this was the domain of a Peerless Douluo like him. Unless a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast came, no one could possibly break it!

After entering the cave,

Qian Daoliu did not immediately put Le Ling down, because he knew she would definitely run the moment he did.

So, he released his domain at the entrance and sealed off the cave before setting her down.

Sure enough, the instant Le Ling's feet touched the ground, she headed straight for the entrance.

"Ling'er, don't touch it."

Naturally, she had seen the domain barrier. She knew how formidable this Angel Domain was, and she knew even more clearly that with her current abilities, there was no way she could break it.

Le Ling bit her lip and glared at him furiously.

Qian Daoliu took out a clean, large tablecloth from his Storage Soul Guiding Device. With a wave of his hand, he then took out the food and water from the Soul Tool and placed them on the cloth.

"Be good. Wait here obediently for me."

"I'm going out to gather some dry branches and make a fire. The food is there. If you get hungry, eat first."

The temperature in the forest would drop after nightfall. Lighting a fire in the cave would make it much warmer.

Qian Daoliu smiled, quickly reached out and lightly pinched her smooth, tender cheek, then turned and left the cave.

Le Ling watched the man's departing back, then looked at the domain barrier at the cave entrance. Unable to get out, she gritted her teeth in fury.

About half an hour later,

Qian Daoliu returned with a great many dry branches. When he entered the cave, he saw Le Ling curled up against the stone wall at the very back, her eyes closed as she pretended to sleep.

She had not touched any of the food or water beside her.

He walked over, crouched down, and stroked her cheek. "Aren't you hungry?"

Le Ling had her eyes closed, but she was not asleep at all. Still sulking, she refused to answer him.

Seeing her long eyelashes tremble slightly, the man knew she was clearly awake and merely unwilling to acknowledge him. He shook his head helplessly.

"If you're hungry, then eat. Only when you're full will you have the strength to keep being angry with me."

Then, he got up and walked to the side. He took out all the dry branches he had gathered and stored in the Soul Tool, then quickly built a fire using a fire starter.

The entire cave immediately grew warm.

Le Ling stopped curling up. She opened her eyes and looked at the food and water beside her, licking her lips.

At that moment, her stomach began protesting again, completely betraying her!

Qian Daoliu, who was sitting across from her and tending the fire, saw her lick her lips and knew she had to be hungry.

A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Earlier, he had even deliberately moved the food and water closer to her.

He wanted to see how long she could hold out!

Naturally, Le Ling had noticed that the food and water had been moved, shifted to a position much closer to her.

Using food to tempt her—what a hateful, stinking man!

She bit her lip and endured it for a while, but eventually could not hold out any longer. Her stomach was already growling.

Qian Daoliu did not look at her. He merely chuckled.

"Don't laugh!"

Le Ling snapped at him angrily.

"All right, stop sulking. Your stomach is growling so loudly. Hurry up and eat."

"If you still refuse to eat, then later, to keep you from starving to death and making me sad, I'll have no choice but to feed you myself."

Qian Daoliu suddenly moved beside her and said suggestively, "I like feeding you with my mouth!"

"Pervert!"

Le Ling immediately reached out and pushed him away.

Whether it was from the fire or because his words had stirred her imagination, her cheeks flushed red.

To hide her blush, she quickly picked up the food beside her and began eating.

Qian Daoliu took in every bit of her reaction.

The fact that she blushed proved she still had feelings for him. Thinking of that made him happy.

Half an hour later, Le Ling had wolfed down her meal. With her stomach satisfied and the cave so warm, she actually began feeling sleepy.

After yawning, she leaned against the stone wall behind her, closed her eyes, and began to sleep.

Qian Daoliu had deliberately waited until she finished eating before he began his own meal, watching her sleeping face as he ate.

Before long, he saw her brows draw together tightly, and a pained expression soon appeared on her face.

The man immediately set down the food in his hand and reached over to pull her onto his lap.

He knew that Le Ling was suffering from nightmares in her sleep again.

If he did not soothe her in time, she would keep sinking into pain and misery like last night, until she tortured herself awake!

Seeing her like she had been last night made Qian Daoliu's heart ache. He did not want her to endure all that pain and sorrow every night she slept deeply.

At that moment, in order to pull her from the nightmare, he lowered his head and kissed her lips again.

As Le Ling was trapped in the nightmare, she once again felt a warmth draw near. Without hesitation, she grasped that warmth.

In her dream, she kept responding to his kiss.

After a long while, Le Ling gradually broke free of the nightmare and entered a peaceful dream.

When Qian Daoliu saw her emotions begin to settle, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Considering that the cave floor was rather hard and fearing she would hurt herself lying on it, he did not put her down beside him. Instead, he let her continue sleeping on his lap.

As for himself, he sat cross-legged and cultivated, serving as her mattress and pillow.

The two of them slept through the night in that position.

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