This King Admires This Woman

"What method?" Yun Yun immediately asked.

Adding more friends could unlock more features, and she was quite tempted.

But she felt she could not search blindly and expose the fact that she possessed a Diary Copy.

After all, she was not sure who else had a Diary Copy. What if someone with ulterior motives—like Old Yao's traitorous disciple, Han Feng—had one? Staying hidden would be safer.

To add friends, they had to be people who would not harm Chu Xiao or each other, so everyone could benefit mutually.

"You'll find out when the time comes, Sister. Let your little sister keep you in suspense for now." Ya Fei revealed a foxlike smile.

Yun Yun: "..."

Meanwhile, within Stone Desert City.

Qing Lin lay on a crude wooden bed. Her eyelids trembled slightly, and she instinctively raised a hand to rub her head.

She slowly sat up and opened her eyes in confusion. When her gaze fell upon that graceful, seductive figure, her memories from before she fainted returned, and her pupils trembled again.

A stream of information surged into her mind, letting her understand that she had awakened some kind of ability. Through her pupils, she could subdue Snake-shaped Demonic Beasts and control the souls of other magical beasts.

However, if her opponent was stronger than her, she would suffer a severe backlash. At best, she would fall unconscious; at worst, she would become an idiot or die.

Even so, she prepared to use that power without hesitation.

"Don't get worked up. This King is Medusa."

Medusa's figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, she was sitting atop Qing Lin. Leaning down, she pinched Qing Lin's chin with one hand and admired those green pupils from up close.

"Medusa?" Qing Lin's delicate body shuddered, and her breathing quickened as her astonishingly developed chest rose and fell. "S-Snake-People Tribe Queen Medusa!?"

Stone Desert City was located in the desert region of the Eastern Province of the Jiamar Empire. In the deepest part of that desert lived the Snake-People Tribe, which had been jointly suppressed by several surrounding nations.

Medusa, Queen of the Snake-People Tribe, was a peak Dou Huang expert whose fierce reputation could stop children from crying.

Qing Lin understood that her premonition had been right. This woman truly could harm Young Master Chu Xiao.

"You're not allowed to hurt Young Master Chu Xiao, or else, or else..."

Qing Lin bit her lip, unable to think of anything she could use to threaten Medusa.

"This King can spare him." Medusa swayed her alluring body and lay on her side beside Qing Lin, her eyes enticing. "But you must agree to one thing for This King."

"Say it. As long as you don't hurt Young Master Chu Xiao, I'll agree to ten things!" Qing Lin hurriedly said.

Medusa narrowed her eyes, finding it strange. "You haven't even met him, yet you're willing to give so much for him?"

"Because Young Master Chu Xiao is different!" Qing Lin's gaze was more resolute than ever. "He was the first person to say that he needed me, that he did not dislike me, and that he could not live without me."

"All this time, I thought I was unnecessary, filth in this world."

"But Young Master Chu Xiao told me I wasn't!"

Seeing the sincerity in Qing Lin's emerald eyes, Medusa suddenly felt an inexplicable surge of envy.

If Qing Lin were this utterly devoted to her, she would surely pour the resources of her entire tribe into nurturing her.

Still, judging from the contents of the Diary alone, Chu Xiao deserved Qing Lin's feelings.

"Then from today onward, you will be loyal to This King." Medusa's small, fragrant tongue licked her lips.

"I can work for you, even give my life, but my loyalty belongs only to Young Master Chu Xiao." Qing Lin's delicate oval face was filled with determination.

For this little girl who could not lie, Medusa suddenly lost interest in continuing to tease her. She sighed softly. "You trust the contents of the Diary that much? Aren't you afraid someone is playing a trick on you?"

"Playing a trick on me?" The emotions in Qing Lin's emerald eyes were calm, without the slightest ripple. "It would be nice if someone did."

Medusa: "..."

Fine. She could not imagine what this girl had experienced to survive until now.

"Besides, I've already verified it. The leader and second leader have a younger brother named Xiao Yan, as well as a cousin, Young Master Chu Xiao. They all match the contents of the Diary."

"What am I worth that someone would bother deceiving me?"

From a certain perspective, Qing Lin was quite clear-headed.

Medusa raised two fingers before her eyes. "These eyes of yours, enough to move even Dou Zong and Dou Zun experts, are your qualification."

"But I didn't have these eyes before." Qing Lin blinked innocently.

Suddenly, she thought of something, and a panicked expression appeared on her face. "Y-you, you, you..."

"How did This King know that you had a Diary, as well as what was written in it?" Medusa understood the little girl's thoughts. She gave an enchanting smile, amusement appearing in her eyes. "You only just realized?"

"D-Does that mean you have one too?" Qing Lin swallowed, feeling somewhat excited.

She had thought she was the only one with this copy.

"If you can have one, then naturally This King can as well." Medusa's violet eyes flickered, her voice so soft and intoxicating it made one's heart go numb. "It was because This King obtained this Diary Copy that I came here to verify its contents. By chance, This King heard you muttering to yourself, as though you already knew Chu Xiao."

"You should correct that habit, little sister."

For the mixed-blood descendants of Snake-People and humans, not only did humans find them repulsive, but the Snake-People Tribe felt the same way.

Yet perhaps because she had been touched by the girl's innocence, Medusa was willing to be close to Qing Lin.

Besides, she was the Queen. The rules of the Snake-People Tribe did not bind her; she was the one who made them.

"H-How was I supposed to know someone would be eavesdropping behind me?" Qing Lin's exquisite little face immediately turned red.

She had not expected to expose herself so easily because of that.

"Wait!" Qing Lin's green pupils contracted. "Isn't the Diary Copy not supposed to be revealed to others?"

"Are you afraid?" Medusa propped up her chin with one hand, admiring the little girl's expression.

But Qing Lin's answer surprised her. "I'm not afraid. Even without the Diary Copy, without these memories, Young Master Chu Xiao would still come looking for me. My future would still be needed by him, and I could still follow him."

"It's just that, Queen, you told me about the existence of the copy. Aren't you afraid of losing your memories and being stripped of your qualification to possess it?"

Medusa's heart trembled.

She had just lied and said she would kill Qing Lin, yet Qing Lin was worried about her?

"I'm afraid that after you lose your memories, you'll kill innocent people indiscriminately. The leader and second leader are both good people. If you hurt them, Young Master Chu Xiao would definitely be sad." Qing Lin's eyes were filled with sincerity and concern.

Medusa was utterly speechless. "..."

There was a Chu Xiao living in this girl's head.

"This King isn't afraid, because This King guessed that Diary Copy holders can reveal themselves to one another." Medusa's tone was flat.

She truly was not afraid. After all, she had already been tormented sixty-nine times.

This copy was stubborn as a dog—it simply would not leave. Heh~

"Alright, This King will leave first." Medusa lazily blew out a breath. "Just pretend you never saw This King. This King bears no ill will toward Chu Xiao, and the copy restricts anyone from harming him, its host."

As her voice fell, Medusa's figure vanished.

More precisely, she moved too quickly for Qing Lin's eyes to follow.

Right.

Thinking of the Diary Copy's power, Qing Lin relaxed.

"I wonder when Young Master Chu Xiao will come out of seclusion and find me."

Qing Lin began waiting eagerly, her heart full of joy.

In seclusion~

In seclusion~

In seclusion~

The Diary only updated three words each day, leaving The Women speechless.

It toyed with their nerves, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

Cao Ying especially felt that even the melon seeds in her hand had lost their flavor.

Fortunately, on the fourth day, it finally changed.

I broke through and returned to one-star Da Dou Shi.

The Women: ?