Yun Yun in Peril! The Fish Was Burnt Again, but It Smelled So Good!

"I still have to leave!"

Hearing Qi Fan's resolute tone, Yun Yun's delicate body trembled violently. She raised a hand and pointed at the Mountain Cave entrance, saying angrily:

"Leave? Fine!"

"Since you insist on leaving, then leave right now!"

"Go on!"

"Mm."

Seeing Yun Yun grow angry, Qi Fan immediately stood up and walked toward the Mountain Cave entrance without looking back.

Watching Qi Fan's departing back, Yun Yun's eyes instantly grew moist, and two trails of aggrieved tears slid down her cheeks.

He... really left?

Did he really just leave like that?

After leaving the Mountain Cave, Qi Fan breathed in the fresh air outside, yet he did not feel refreshed at all.

"Ahh..."

Qi Fan let out a long sigh.

He was not actually stupid.

How could he not understand Yun Yun's feelings?

But if this continued, he could not guarantee that he would not develop feelings for her.

He had to admit that Yun Yun was beautiful and alluring, but Qi Fan valued what was inside her even more. She truly was a good woman!

Precisely because she was a good woman, he had left so decisively.

If he really fell for her—

How would Yan'er see him in the future?

She had only been gone for a few days, and he was already finding her a stepmother?

That was not how a father should set an example!

"Forget it. She can move around now anyway. She's a Dou Huang Expert, after all. She shouldn't be incapable of taking care of herself, right?"

Qi Fan muttered, glanced back at the Mountain Cave once more, then headed alone into the forest.

Inside the pitch-black Mountain Cave.

When Yun Yun did not see Qi Fan return for a long time, her heart... completely shattered!

She understood.

That man was not coming back.

Slumped on the ground, tears flowing from her eyes, Yun Yun gave a self-mocking smile.

"How ridiculous!"

"I, Yun Yun, actually fell for a man I've known for less than a day and whose name I don't even know!"

Just then, Yun Yun's nose twitched as she suddenly caught the scent of something burnt.

"The fish... is burnt?"

"Burnt is burnt, then!"

Yun Yun had been starving, but now she had no appetite at all...

Her beautiful eyes slowly shifted from the charred grilled fish to the burning flames.

At that moment.

The flames were filled with Qi Fan's smiling face...

"I brought this on myself. There was grilled fish to eat and water to drink, but here I am chewing on flatbread."

Qi Fan had reentered the forest an hour ago. Sitting on a tree branch, he struggled to bite into a dry, hard "iron cake."

His tone was full of helplessness.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for checking in at the Fifth-Order Magical Beast Territory of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. You have obtained 50,000 Points and one Amethyst Spirit Crystal!

"Uh... Fifth-Order Magical Beast Territory?"

Hearing the notification in his mind, Qi Fan's mouth twitched.

"The most dangerous place really is the safest place!"

"This flatbread is so dry. I still need to find some water..."

"Awoo~ Awoo~"

Just as Qi Fan was about to get up and fetch some water from the river, a series of wolf howls suddenly entered his ears.

Qi Fan's expression immediately changed. He hurriedly stood up and looked toward the source of the sound.

"That direction is..."

"No way, right?"

Qi Fan frowned deeply, casually tossed the flatbread aside, and raced in that direction.

Elsewhere.

The injured Yun Yun had been blocked at the cave entrance by a pack of Magical Wolves with bloodthirsty maws wide open.

Staring at the pack, Yun Yun's eyes revealed fear.

Her strength had yet to recover. Even though the strongest of these Magical Wolves was only second-order, she had no ability to fight back at all.

If not for the burning firewood Qi Fan had lit earlier in her hand, the wolves would have already pounced on her.

"What do I do?"

Yun Yun's breathing quickened. Looking at the wolves surrounding her in a fan-shaped formation, she no longer knew what to do.

At her peak, she could naturally have dealt with them all in a single sword strike.

But now...

"Awoo!"

The moment the firewood in Yun Yun's hand went out, the Wolf King let out a savage howl, and the pack charged viciously at Yun Yun!

At the sight, Yun Yun's face went pale with fright.

Who would have thought that she, the dignified Sect Mistress of the Misty Cloud Sect, would be torn apart and devoured by wolves today, dying here!

"Damn it!"

Sorrow filled Yun Yun's eyes. At this moment, she did not want to die at all!

Not for the Misty Cloud Sect, nor for her disciples, but for the man who had just left—the man whose name she still did not know!

What...

was his name?

Thinking of this, Yun Yun gave a sorrowful smile and slowly closed her eyes, waiting for death to arrive!

"Awoo!"

With an enraged howl, the second-order Wolf King had already rushed before Yun Yun. Its gaping maw, still hung with strips of flesh, viciously bit toward her neck!

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a piercing sound suddenly cut through the air!

"Bang!"

With a muffled impact, the Wolf King's body was directly blasted away.

"Are you alright?"

Hearing that familiar voice with her eyes closed, Yun Yun's eyes flew open!

Before her stood that dreamlike figure!

"Is this a dream?"

Two streams of crystalline tears could no longer be held back as they slid down her exquisite cheeks.

"Can you stop worrying about whether it's a dream or not? Get inside!"

An angry rebuke exploded beside Yun Yun's ear.

Yet at this moment, not a trace of resentment remained in her heart. There was only a warmth gentler than the firelight from before!

He had come back!

"Mm~ Be careful."

Yun Yun smiled sweetly, then obediently walked into the Mountain Cave.

"Ahh... what a cursed fate!"

Qi Fan sighed, then turned his gaze toward the dozen or so wolves staring at him.

"What are you looking at? You... come at me!"

Qi Fan:

╭∩╮(￣▽￣)╭∩╮

Unlike Yan'er's one-handed provocation a few days ago, Qi Fan, as her father, provoked them with both hands!

Even wolves could sense the mockery in that gesture.

"Awoo!"

At the furious howl of the Wolf King that had just been sent flying, the wolf pack lunged at Qi Fan, tearing and biting toward him!

"Fuck!"

Qi Fan had been worrying over where to vent the frustration in his heart, and a curse immediately burst from his mouth.

"Buzz!"

The aura of a Five-Star Dou Shi surged violently from Qi Fan's body.

Without any flashy moves, Qi Fan raised a hand, formed it into a palm, and met the wolf pack head-on!!

"Hmph~"

Inside the Mountain Cave, a stunning curve rose slightly at the corner of Yun Yun's lips.

Yet a smug little snort came from her tender lips.

"Bastard. You kept saying you were leaving, but when I was in danger, didn't you still come back?"

"You're about the same age as me, yet when you scold people, you show no mercy at all. And I even..."

Muttering to herself, Yun Yun's gaze shifted to the fish roasting over the flames. Her pretty face immediately froze.

"Looks like... it's burnt again?"

"But this time, it smells really good!"

Sitting on the ground, Yun Yun listened to the sounds outside.

The wolf howls, initially fierce, gradually faded into the distance, but the man she was waiting for still had not returned.

After waiting for a while longer, Yun Yun finally could not hold herself back. Gritting her pearly teeth, she stood up.

At that moment, her fair jade-like hand clenched, and a strange longsword shot into her grasp. She said coldly:

"Amethyst Winged Lion King, if you let anything happen to him, or if he leaves me behind again, I'll turn your entire Magical Beast Mountain Range upside down!"

Amethyst Winged Lion King:

(⊙o⊙)...??

Had this woman gone mad?

Your man threw you into my mountain range. What does that have to do with me?

With that, Yun Yun was about to rush out of the cave.

However, at that moment, the familiar male voice came weakly from the cave entrance.

"You woman, won't you stop until you get me killed?"

"You're back!"

Seeing that figure return, Yun Yun's pretty face first lit up with joy, then abruptly changed.

"You... how did you get hurt?"