Take Care, One Tail

My thanks once again to Silver Big Meng for another million-yuan reward. I'm ashamed to accept it, and grateful for your support.

Jiang Xiao stood on the first floor of the abandoned warehouse, his back against the stair railing, boredly watching the night outside the distant warehouse doors.

An hour later, Jiang Xiao heard the faint sound of footsteps.

Jiang Xiao turned his head and looked toward the entrance below, only to see blood splattered across Two Tails' face as she walked out. Blood slid over her slender fingertips from her naturally hanging hand and dripped to the ground.

Two Tails climbed two steps before stopping. She leaned against the wall, raised her head to look at Jiang Xiao, and said, "He confessed everything."

"Ah." Jiang Xiao responded casually.

Two Tails shook her hand and said, "That doesn't fit his personality. He confessed far too quickly."

"Heh." Jiang Xiao grinned, turned his head back toward the desolate scene outside the warehouse doors, and said, "Last night, I treated him to a bath in Wounding Tear. If Bell Chime and Blessing hadn't been holding him together, he would've collapsed long ago."

Two Tails: "..."

What kind of courier had no professional ethics at all?

Why was she opening the package on the way?

Two Tails leaned against the wall and looked up at Jiang Xiao's back. "You know everything now."

Jiang Xiao said, "Mm. Everything I should know and everything I shouldn't know."

Two Tails asked, "Do you think what he said was true?"

Jiang Xiao braced both elbows against the railing behind him and shrugged. "My Wounding Tear is of Starry Quality. I have a lot of faith in its effects."

There was a trace of inflection in Two Tails' voice. "Star Dust?"

"Mm." Jiang Xiao nodded. "That might be