Yun Qin was worried.
Her eyes were wide as she stared at the Human World. Boredom filled a face that had once been carefree, and she didn't even notice Old Yellow Ox coming up beside her. Only when he reached out and patted her shoulder did the young girl jump, her whole body recoiling.
Then she realized it was Old Yellow Ox, turned around, and glared at him in annoyance. "Uncle Niu, what are you doing?!"
"You scared me to death!"
Old Yellow Ox couldn't help laughing. "How did I scare you?"
"You were spacing out! I don't know how many times I called you just now, and I called so loudly, but you didn't hear me. Forget answering— you didn't even turn your head. What were you thinking about?"
"Come, come. Uncle Niu brought you some Hundred Flower Nectar from your Hundred Flowers Fairy sister. It's your favorite."
Yun Qin's eyes lit up. "Hundred Flower Nectar? Uncle Niu, where did you get it?"
Old Yellow Ox looked smug. "Won it in a bet, of course. That kid Kui Mulang had a whole stash under his bed. No matter how I begged, he wouldn't share even a little. He's so stingy."
"Heh, I told him I had a portrait of Bai Hua Xiu and challenged him to bet against me. At first, the kid said he wasn't interested, but in the end he couldn't resist and came looking for me himself. Hmph, what kind of tricks does your Uncle Niu have, and what kind of cultivation does that kid have? First I did this, then that..."
"Haha, didn't the kid lose?"
Yun Qin watched Old Yellow Ox's animated face as he recounted his triumph. Just as she always did, she pinpointed the flaw in his story and asked, bewildered:
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