In a city within the city, an alley at the end of a shantytown was not very deep, yet it carried the pain of a mother's longing.
Cat mother looked at the girl before her and slowly extended her sharp claws. Behind her, ten fluffy tails swayed gently. At last, as her palm slashed viciously forward, all ten tails quietly completed Return to One.
Screams rang out without end.
Blood sprayed in every direction.
A tall, red, humanoid cat shadow was cast upon the wall.
It was eerie and bewitching.
Ye Qingxian gazed at the reflection on the wall, then at the still-adorable Junior Sister before her. Without a word, she used her much taller body to block some of the sunset's afterglow, which slanted in from the corner of the alley.
In an instant, the horrifying shadow vanished from the wall.
Only the faintest trace of blood lingered in the air.
She did not interfere with Junior Sister's emotional release. More like a quiet guardian, she met Cat mother's probing gaze and straightened her back a little.
Why did this feel so much like meeting the parents for the first time and being put to the test?
She didn't quite understand whether her reaction matched the word "awkward" in the dictionary.
All she knew was—
Under Cat mother's intensely oppressive stare, she really was a little nervous, with sweat that wouldn't come out. Ye Qingxian even wondered whether Cat mother was trying to figure out who this person, so close to her daughter, was. Ye Qingxian felt it would be hard to answer. She couldn't exactly say she was just a kindhearted stranger, could she?
Fortunately, she was just a kindhearted Senior Sister.
While Ye Qingxian quietly let out a sigh of relief and thought about all sorts of