Xiao Wu Comes Clean: A-Qing, I Am A Rogue Rabbit

After returning to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Liu Erlong said that everyone was tired from this Soul Hunting and told them to get some rest.

Enter the dormitory.

The first thing Xiao Wu did was wash up and tidy herself up.

He then sat on the edge of the bed and had Lin Qingmo braid his hair.

Lin Qingmo's gaze inadvertently swept over Xiao Wu, who was sitting on the other side of the bed.

She was looking down, her long eyelashes casting a small shadow in the candlelight.

The hem of her pink dress reached her ankles, revealing half of her fair and slender calves, which swayed gently with her slight leg movements.

Lin Qingmo just stared at her.

It wasn't the kind of ordinary viewing.

Rather, it was a scrutinizing, back-and-forth gaze.

From top to bottom, from the crown of her head to her toes, and then from her toes back to her profile.

"..."

Xiao Wu's hand movements became slower and slower.

She didn't turn her head, but Lin Qingmo could see that the tips of her ears were starting to turn red.

She had already unraveled and re-braided that scorpion braid three times in total; if she kept braiding it, her hair would get all tangled.

"A-Qing."

Xiao Wu finally couldn't take it anymore, she tossed her braid aside and turned to face him.

She tried to make her tone sound normal, even deliberately adding a touch of curiosity, "Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"

Xiao Wu felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze, and her heart pounded.

She swallowed hard, forcing a smile. "A-Qing, what's wrong? Are you too tired from Soul Hunting? Do you want me to get you a glass of water?"

Just as she was about to stand up, her wrist was grabbed.

The force wasn't great, but it came very suddenly.

Xiao Wu was pulled by that force, her center of gravity shifted, and she crashed straight into Lin Qingmo's arms.

His other hand naturally gripped her waist, pulling her close to his chest.

"Woo!"

Xiao Wu's face flushed bright red instantly.

With both hands resting on Lin Qingmo's chest, she could feel the warmth of his body beneath her palms and the steady heartbeat within his chest.

He tilted his head back, and the tip of his nose almost touched his chin.

"W-What are you going to do--"

Before Xiao Wu could finish speaking, Lin Qingmo lowered his head.

His lips almost touched her ear, and the warm breath he exhaled made half of her body go numb.

"!"

Xiao Wu instinctively shrank her neck, and then heard him say in a low, slow voice with a hint of amusement, "Xiao Wu, is there something you're hiding from me?"

Xiao Wu's heart skipped a beat.

"N-no."

She tried hard to keep her voice from trembling.

"What could I possibly be hiding from you? You know perfectly well enough to know. I even told you about how I used to sneak a carrot and got yelled at by my mom when I was little—"

"Really not?"

Lin Qingmo's tone remained slow and leisurely, as if he were teasing a cat.

But his lips moved even closer to her ear, almost touching her earlobe as he spoke.

"Little rabbit, think it through before you speak."

Xiao Wu's fingers unconsciously tightened around the shirt on his chest.

"If I were to lie--"

He paused there deliberately.

He felt the person in his arms tense up before slowly and deliberately saying the second half of his sentence: "I will punish you severely tonight."

Fireworks exploded in Xiao Wu's mind in an instant.

What does "severe punishment" mean? Is it... is it something like that?

No, no, that's not the point—what exactly does A-Qing want me to say?

Does he already know?

That can't be, I hid it so well...

Her thoughts were in complete disarray, and her ears were so red they looked like they could bleed.

She huddled in Lin Qingmo's arms like a little rabbit whose neck had been pinched, too afraid to move.

Lin Qingmo seemed quite satisfied with her reaction.

He chuckled softly.

"So what?"

He stepped back slightly, hooked Xiao Wu's chin with his index finger, and made her look directly at him.

His expression remained that ambiguous smile, but the look in his eyes had become more serious.

"Xiao Wu, think about it again, for example—"

The drawn-out tone seemed to be giving her one last chance to confess.

"About ' Rogue Rabbit '."

These words struck Xiao Wu's head like a bolt of lightning.

"Hey!"

She froze completely.

His pupils dilated slightly, and his lips moved twice, but no sound came out.

The blush that had just appeared on her face due to shyness vanished completely in an instant, only to return just as quickly, even redder than before.

"He knows! He really knows! What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?!"

Xiao Wu's heart was pounding like a drum, and her eardrums were filled with the roar of her blood rushing.

Looking at Lin Qingmo's face so close, those deep eyes were staring at him.

'Waaah... Where did I slip up? I was so careful in the group chat, I never revealed anything about my real life, how did A-Qing guess...?'

Xiao Wu's mind was in a jumble, but she quickly thought of another problem.

'What would happen if I told A-Qing?'

The moment the thought popped into her head, she suddenly paused, startled.

Even the fear of being exposed froze.

Etc!

Yes, what would happen if I told A-Qing the truth?

When A-Qing learned that she was a member of the Chat Group ' A Rogue Rabbit '... it didn't seem like such a big deal?

This sudden realization caused Xiao Wu's anxiety to dissipate quickly, like a burst bubble.

She blinked, and her chaotic thoughts began to slowly clear.

She was A-Qing's lover, not his enemy.

A-Qing knows all the secrets.

He even knew the biggest secret that he was Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and even helped him keep it a secret from everyone.

He never looked down on me because of this, nor did he distance himself from me because of it; on the contrary, he always protected me.

So what am I afraid of?

Even if A-Qing finds out that I'm the ' A Rogue Rabbit ' in the Chat Group, so what?

Xiao Wu realized that she hadn't said anything she shouldn't have in the group chat.

When she first concealed her identity, she had not yet confirmed her relationship with A-Qing, nor had she told her everything.

But things are different now.

The more Xiao Wu thought about it, the more she felt that hiding things from Lin Qingmo was completely pointless.

What am I struggling with?

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

After figuring this out.

Xiao Wu raised her head and met Lin Qingmo's gaze again.

The panic and guilt I felt earlier have mostly dissipated.

Instead, there was a slightly embarrassed honesty.

She took a deep breath, pulled her hands back from his chest, and placed them neatly on her knees, like a primary school student waiting to be scolded for making a mistake.

"A-Qing."

Xiao Wu's voice was still a little weak, but much calmer than before.

You're right.

She pursed her lips, not daring to look Lin Qingmo in the eye, her gaze fixed on the buttons on his collar as she muttered, "I'm just ' A Rogue Rabbit ' in the Chat Group."

The moment those words left her lips, Xiao Wu felt as if a weight had been lifted from her heart.