Xiao Wu's True Feelings, Exposing the Chat Group's Impostor Plan

"A-Qing, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Xiao Wu secretly glanced at Lin Qingmo's expression, then quickly looked away, her speech becoming increasingly rapid.

"When the Chat Group suddenly appeared at first, I didn't know what was going on. I woke up to find the Chat Group interface in my mind. I was terrified and thought I had been hit by some kind of Soul Skill."

"Later I found out there were other people in the group, and everyone was talking about all sorts of things, so I thought I'd observe first and see where this group came from."

"Then you revealed my identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the group chat. I was so scared I almost lost my mind, so I chose to hide my identity."

"Later, I was afraid that A-Qing would be unhappy if she found out I had lied to you..."

As she spoke, Xiao Wu looked pitifully at Lin Qingmo: "A-Qing, I really didn't mean to! I just... I just couldn't think of how to tell you..."

Xiao Wu spoke softer and softer until it was almost a mosquito's hum.

She buried her head low, twisted her hands together, and curled up into a tiny ball.

"A-Qing, please don't be angry with me, okay? I really didn't mean to hide it from you."

The dormitory was silent for several seconds.

Then she heard a long, relieved exhale.

Lin Qingmo leaned back, the back of his head against the wall, and the smile on his lips slowly widened.

It was the expression that appeared only after a hypothesis had been confirmed, a mixture of satisfaction, relief, and a subtle excitement.

"Really."

His voice conveyed a sense of exhilaration.

"What do you mean, 'as expected'?"

Xiao Wu cautiously opened one eye to look at him.

"A-Qing, you... you're not angry with me?"

Why should I be angry?

Lin Qingmo looked down at her.

The little rabbit nestled in his arms, its long eyelashes fluttering.

Her eyes were red and swollen, as if they might burst into tears at any moment.

He couldn't resist reaching out and ruffling her head, making her smooth black hair a mess.

"It's good that you admit it."

"I was just guessing, not entirely sure. What I said just now was actually to trick you."

Xiao Wu's eyes widened suddenly. "Huh?!"

"Otherwise what?"

Lin Qingmo raised an eyebrow. "I don't have mind-reading abilities, how could I be 100% sure?"

"But your reaction has already told me the answer."

"..."

Xiao Wu opened her mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.

Finally, she angrily punched his chest. "A-Qing, you're so mean! You almost scared me to death, you know that?!"

"That's not my fault, it's because you felt guilty, Xiao Wu."

Lin Qingmo grabbed her hand that was swinging at him and held it in his palm.

His hands were much bigger than hers, able to completely envelop hers.

He gently rubbed her hand twice with his thumb.

In this ambiguous atmosphere, Xiao Wu's face was flushed, her eyes still bore traces of tears, but the corners of her mouth were curved in a smile.

She nestled in Lin Qingmo's arms like a satisfied cat, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on his chest.

"Okay, I'm really not angry with you, and you shouldn't be angry with me either, okay?"

Xiao Wu's nose tingled, and the emotions she had been holding back suddenly welled up inside her.

She threw herself into Lin Qingmo's arms, buried her face in his chest, and said in a muffled voice, "A-Qing, I thought you were going to scold me."

Why would I curse at you?

Lin Qingmo put one arm around her waist and continued to ruffle her hair with the other.

"It's a normal reaction for you to conceal your identity."

"If it were me, I wouldn't easily reveal myself if I didn't know who was in the group."

He paused, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"But now that you've admitted it, I'm even more certain of something else."

Xiao Wu tilted her head back from his embrace, resting her chin on his chest. "What is it?"

"There are other people in the Chat Group who are also hiding their real identities, just like you."

Xiao Wu blinked, pondered for a moment, and then nodded vigorously.

"There definitely are." Her fingers stopped at Lin Qingmo's chest. "And more than one."

Why are you so sure?

"Intuition."

Xiao Wu looked up. "And there's still observation."

"As I just said, some people's words and actions have a deliberate quality."

"For example, when discussing certain topics, they might suddenly become very quiet, or answer questions in a very vague way."

"Some people give me a strange feeling; they seem to deliberately avoid certain topics, or they react particularly sensitively at certain times."

"Especially when faced with some of the questions you asked, A-Qing, that I felt I couldn't answer, and it seemed like everyone else was deliberately not answering either."

"This feeling of being cautious can only be understood by those who are also deliberately hiding their identities."

"So who do you think it could be?"

Xiao Wu tilted her head and thought for a long time before finally shaking her head, "I can't say for sure who it is."

"But A-Qing, if you want to confirm their identities, I can help you probe them."

"For example, deliberately saying probing things in the group chat to see whose reaction is off-topic --"

"Need not."

Lin Qingmo shook his head and refused for the second time, his smile still carrying a deep meaning that Xiao Wu couldn't decipher.

"Let's skip the testing phase and go all out."

"What's big?" Xiao Wu's curiosity was piqued again.

Lin Qingmo leaned close to her ear and whispered a few more words.

Xiao Wu's expression became even more interesting after hearing this.

First came shock, then a suppressed laugh.

She stared at Lin Qingmo with wide eyes, and after a long while, she managed to stammer out, "Are you serious?"

"Very serious."

"What if things go wrong?"

"It's going to get out of hand."

Lin Qingmo smiled like a fox, "Because the initiative is in my hands."

Xiao Wu stared at him for a long time, then buried her face in his chest and laughed, her shoulders shaking.

"Alright, I'll go along with whatever A-Qing wants to do."

"But A-Qing, there's something I absolutely must tell you."

"What's up?"

Xiao Wu raised her head and looked intently into his eyes.

"Thank you."

She spoke slowly, and every word came from the heart.

"If you hadn't revealed the secret in the Chat Group, I would have had no idea that Tang Hao had been secretly watching me, nor would I have known Tang San's true identity."

"If I remain in the dark, I might unknowingly become someone else's Spirit Ring one day."

Her eyes welled up with tears again, but this time it wasn't from feeling wronged, but from genuine gratitude.

"A-Qing, you saved me."

Seeing her so serious expression, Lin Qingmo felt a deep chord being plucked in his heart.

Xiao Wu looks incredibly alluring like this.

He didn't say anything, but simply lowered his head and kissed her.

Xiao Wu's eyelashes fluttered violently, then slowly closed.

She wrapped her arms around Lin Qingmo's neck, her fingers running through the hair at the back of his head, and she softly sank into his embrace.