Zi Yan watched Medusa disappear over the horizon and let out a soft sigh.
The adult world was so complicated. She'd better not think about it or meddle~
Throwing the little iron shovel into the freshly turned soil, the girl clapped her hands and headed inside. Pushing open the door and drawing back the bed curtains, she saw the pink-haired girl lying quietly asleep on the bed.
Zi Yan leaned over the bedside, heedless of the dirt still on her little hands, and stroked the girl's smooth, tender cheek. "Sister Liuli, wake up already! Life's gotten boring without you..."
Although Cai Lin kept her company every time, she merely sat to one side and watched her like she was observing a little animal. Her noble Queen had no interest in playing childish games with a little girl.
More importantly, Cai Lin couldn't refine pills!
Xiao Yan was recovering from his injuries, and Liuli was unconscious. During this time, Zi Yan's pill supply had run critically low, and she had gone without food for ten whole days. Ten days! Did anyone know how she had survived those ten days?!
"That poison-using sister and Sister Cai Lin don't get along at all, but she's pretty nice to me. She seems to know how to refine pills, but everything she makes is poisonous, so I don't dare eat it... A couple days ago, she seemed to have something urgent to do and left."
Zi Yan muttered to herself. When she noticed that she had dirtied Liuli's face, she was suddenly seized by the urge to play and began smearing it all over the girl's face.
Just then, the girl's eyes, which had been shut for nearly a month, suddenly opened.
"Waaah!"
Zi Yan jumped in fright, hurriedly pulled her hands back behind her,