The Forward Kitty

Zhu Zhuqing led Ye Qiu to the entrance of a cave, one after the other.

Ye Qiu knew this cave. It was the one where he had applied medicine to Zhu Zhuqing before.

She jumped off the wolf's back and went inside first. Ye Qiu sent the two wolves back, then followed her in.

"What did you bring me here for?"

"To spend the night, of course~ Just the two of us!" Her gentle voice answered him. "Hurry up and take out the bed."

Is there anyone else here? Ye Qiu shot her a strange look but did not dare say it aloud, afraid she would pull some other stunt. He could only do as she said and use Kamui to release the bed.

"Haa~ Your Soul Skill really is convenient! You can live so comfortably even out here in the wilderness!" Zhu Zhuqing lay down on it.

"Why spend the night outside? I think it'd be better to go back into Kamui Space!" Ye Qiu looked outside. It was already getting dark.

"I want to spend the night here!" She sat up and stared stubbornly at him.

"Alright, alright! Whatever you say." Ye Qiu spread his hands and turned to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing that he was leaving, Zhu Zhuqing stopped him.

"It's getting dark. Don't we need to gather some firewood and make a fire?" Ye Qiu looked at her speechlessly. She really was making trouble out of nothing.

"Hmph! Then hurry back!" With a cold snort, she returned to sit by the bed.

Ye Qiu sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at the flames before him. Zhu Zhuqing lay on her side on the bed, quietly watching his profile, reddened by the firelight.

"Ye Qiu, do you remember this cave?" Her soft voice rang through the somewhat cold and lonely cave.

"Of course. Isn't this where I applied medicine to you before? Don't worry, I definitely won't tell anyone about those things! I've already forgotten them!" Ye Qiu thought she was bringing up the old matter to warn him again.

"Oh? What exactly have you forgotten?" Zhu Zhuqing walked over and sat beside him.

"It's about seeing you—cough, cough! I don't remember. I don't remember anything." Ye Qiu nearly choked on his saliva, sounding less certain the more he spoke.

Seeing his flustered appearance, Zhu Zhuqing pressed her lips together and chuckled. Lowering her head, she softly said, "Actually, it's fine if you remember."

"Huh? What?"

"Nothing! Forget it if you didn't hear me!" Her face and ears flushed red as she walked away.

"How strange!" Ye Qiu muttered, then turned his head. "Hey, you still haven't agreed to protect Xiao Wu!"

"Is she important to you?"

"Mm! Very important!"

"So are you going to help or not?"

"I don't want to think about that right now. I'm tired. I'll tell you tomorrow!" Zhu Zhuqing answered coldly, having her own considerations.

Ye Qiu opened his mouth but said nothing more. He quietly sat cross-legged before the fire, keeping watch through the night.

Other than the crackling flames, only the sound of their breathing remained in the cave.

The night had passed its midpoint.

As Ye Qiu sat cross-legged on the ground cultivating, he suddenly felt someone hug him.

Opening his eyes, he found Zhu Zhuqing leaning against his shoulder. The two of them were wrapped in the same blanket, and she had already made her decision!

"What are you doing?!" Ye Qiu reached out to push her away.

"You saw me naked, touched me all over, and even stole my first kiss! Don't you need to take responsibility?" Zhu Zhuqing brought her mouth close to his ear, her voice somewhat icy, as though she would stab him if he dared say he would not take responsibility!

Her warm breath made his ear itch, while her icy voice sent a chill through his heart.

This felt completely different from the rabbit. At least he and Xiao Wu had spent so much time together.

Ye Qiu turned his head away. "Hey, stop messing around! Th-this isn't what you said before!"

"If I tell you to forget, you just forget? If I tell you to let me kill you, will you let me kill you? Are you even a man?" She turned Ye Qiu's averted head back and stared at him fiercely.

"I'm still a boy," Ye Qiu answered weakly.

"You! Hmph, just as I thought—shameless!" She snorted coldly.

"How am I shameless?! I only... did that because I was applying medicine to you!"

"You're still saying it!" Zhu Zhuqing directly grabbed his throat. "Do you dare say you didn't look around or touch around when you applied the medicine?"

Ye Qiu grabbed her arm, trying to pull it away. He was having trouble breathing from her grip. "I'm telling you, don't go too far! How am I supposed to apply medicine without looking or using my hands?"

"Hey, hey, hey! If you keep being unreasonable, I'm going to fight back!"

"Fight back? You want to hit me?" She activated Martial Soul Possession. Pitch-black claws grew from her other hand and were placed against Ye Qiu's neck.

"That's going too far! Joking is one thing, but those things are poisonous, hey~" Ye Qiu was just about to get up and escape when he realized he could not move. "Hiss~ Why are you sitting on my legs?! Get off already!"

"What, are you trying to use those lecherous eyes of yours to bewitch me again?" Seeing a red gleam flash beneath his blindfold, Zhu Zhuqing pressed her claws even closer.

When that accident happened last time, she had felt unable to control herself. Later, when she learned that Ye Qiu could control Spirit Beasts, she had formed a suspicion!

Hearing her words, Ye Qiu froze. Even his Sharingan dimmed. She's slandering me! She's framing me!

"Why aren't you talking? Are you admitting that you tampered with me?" Zhu Zhuqing pressed her face closer, her warm breath brushing Ye Qiu's face as she spoke.

Good heavens! When had a pure, innocent virgin ever suffered this kind of torment?

"That really was an accident last time! My Martial Soul is a little special." Ye Qiu had no way to defend himself.

"Special? Who knows whether that's true! So that's your excuse for taking liberties with me?" Her body pressed even closer.

Wrapped in the blanket and pressed together so intimately, Ye Qiu began to sweat. The Six-pointed Star in his eyes was about to use Phasing to flee—when Zhu Zhuqing touched his lips with hers.

"Even if last time was an accident, this time isn't!"

She withdrew her pitch-black, poisonous claws, then grabbed Ye Qiu by the throat and pulled him toward her lips.

Ye Qiu, who had already been feeling hot and dry-mouthed, was instantly frozen in place the moment the cool pudding entered his mouth. The Red Glow in his eyes faded once more.

His pupils widened. In his vision appeared a pair of black eyes carrying a hint of shyness, along with a lovely face flushed crimson.

Just like the accident last time.

Ye Qiu had barely crashed for a few seconds before he felt like he was about to shut down completely. His face reddened, veins bulging. His throat was still being gripped; whether from nervousness or revenge, she squeezed tighter and tighter.

He suddenly pushed her away. Thud! Both of them fell to the ground, wrapped in the blanket and drenched in sweat.

"Huff—" Ye Qiu patted his chest and gasped for air. His nose still seemed to carry someone else's scent.

"Are you trying to strangle me to death?!"

Zhu Zhuqing had been pushed to the ground. Her face was flushed, and she was breathing poorly as well. Only after a long while did she recover.

As though she had not heard Ye Qiu, she picked up the blanket from the ground and headed toward the bed.

Halfway there, she turned back. Her expression was calm as she looked at Ye Qiu. "Tell me, was this time an accident?"

"What do you mean?" Ye Qiu stood up, somewhat confused.

"Answer me! Was this time an accident or not?" Zhu Zhuqing's voice grew colder and more forceful, her eyes fixed on Ye Qiu.

"No...?" Ye Qiu did not understand what she was getting at and answered tentatively.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded, then turned around and continued walking forward with her back to him. Her calm voice rang out. "Mm, it wasn't an accident! I took the initiative!"

The moment she said that, Azaleas bloomed across her face. Her ears burned as she hurried back to the bed and lay down, doing her best to steady her breathing!

She intended to leave Ye Qiu the remaining time to think over her feelings for him. If he were perceptive enough, perhaps she could save herself some effort.

"???" Unfortunately, without a deeper understanding of her, Ye Qiu did not understand the twists and turns behind her words at all.

He remained where he was, uncertain of what she meant.

After the rabbit, now the kitty had taken the initiative with him too?

One of life's three great illusions suddenly formed in his mind.

She likes me?

Slap! Slap! Ye Qiu gave himself two slaps to clear his head.

It was not convenient to go ask her for clarification now, so he could only sit back down. Yet alone by himself, he could not stop his thoughts from running wild.

He even began wondering whether he should choose the cat or the rabbit.

How about both? Damn!

Bang! Just as Ye Qiu was indulging in his pleasant thoughts, a tongue of flame suddenly burst from the fire, startling him and interrupting his fantasies.

Wishing everyone a happy life!