"Speaking of which, why hasn't that young lady come back yet?"
After sorting the items he had obtained and putting them away in his backpack, Su Ming glanced at the time. His gaze inevitably shifted toward the door, and he began to mutter.
More than an hour had passed already, yet Xu Qianqian still hadn't returned. Even if she had gone for a walk, hadn't she been gone for far too long?
"It's not even daytime anymore. It's the middle of the night." Su Ming muttered, "Could something have happened?"
Su Ming had no idea that he had guessed correctly.
Xu Qianqian had indeed run into trouble while out for a walk.
It was just that it might not have been something bad.
"Let's go back."
At the other end of the mountain forest, Xu Qianqian stopped after realizing that she had unknowingly walked such a long distance.
Her mood had more or less calmed down.
Although she hadn't completely let go of it, Xu Qianqian's personality was simply like this. When something troubled her, she wouldn't dwell on it excessively.
After all, dwelling on it wouldn't solve anything. At this point, she could only let nature take its course.
Besides, when she thought about it carefully, becoming like this wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
"At least that guy's blood really was delicious."
Xu Qianqian's mood had improved, but she didn't dare think too deeply about it.
If she did, her body would probably heat up again. She should have a little more self-restraint.
"However, after drinking his blood, it seems that my bloodline has changed a little too."
Xu Qianqian sensed her own condition and fell into thought.
"Forget it. I won't think about it anymore."
After a while, Xu Qianqian shook her head, dispelling her tangled thoughts. Then