"Don't cry. Your tears will freeze."
Qin Qi reached out to help Xue Yan wipe away her tears, then took out an Orange.
"Here, have an Orange. It's just an ordinary Orange, but it can bring people happiness."
Qin Qi said with a smile.
"Orange! (Oranges are delicious, sweet, and make Doro happy. Doro likes people and Oranges the most.)"
Doro spoke happily. She liked Oranges and people the most.
She felt that the Oranges people gave her were the most delicious. Eating them always made her heart feel warm!
"Oranges... Little Qin Qi, are you a Food-type Soul Master?!"
Xue Yan stared at the Orange Qin Qi had conjured and froze for a moment. Only then did she realize she had been mistaken.
Doro was not a Food-type Soul Master. The child before her was!
"Yes, but I can only make Oranges and Cookies. Other than tasting good, they don't have any other effects."
Qin Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words Food-type Soul Master before realizing that they seemed to be referring to him.
His soul skills had such little presence that he had forgotten he was a Food-type Soul Master.
"No other effects? How could that be!"
"The Oranges you make are incredibly powerful!"
"After eating one, all the Soul Power in my body was restored, and I felt extremely happy too!"
"All negative emotions and the cold vanished."
Xue Wu hurriedly spoke up. She felt Qin Qi was amazing—truly amazing.
So she did not want to hear Qin Qi say that what he made was nothing special.
To Xue Wu, those were not merely Oranges. They were Oranges that brought her light and hope amid the cold and despair!
"Are they... really that powerful?"
Qin Qi scratched his cheek in confusion and looked at Doro and Guga.
He had always thought the only special effect of his Oranges was summoning Doro.
He had no idea his Oranges had other effects. Doro and Guga had never mentioned it either.
"Doro?"
A question mark visibly popped up over Doro's head. She tilted her head with a troubled expression.
She only thought the Oranges were delicious. Other than that, she did not feel anything at all.
"Guga (Are you asking Guga? Guga doesn't know!)"
Guga also wore a blank, adorable expression. She likewise only thought the Oranges tasted good and felt nothing else.
"Zhongli, what do you think of my Oranges?"
Qin Qi thought that perhaps the two little ones were too special, which was why they could not feel anything.
He turned to Zhongli and asked.
"Sweet, juicy, and quite tasty."
Zhongli gave a very objective evaluation.
"They really are amazing. Just eating one segment of orange restored my Soul Power completely."
As Xue Yan spoke, she ate a segment of orange, and the Soul Power in her body began to recover.
"Mm... I'm so strong!"
Qin Qi looked at Xue Yan. He was now certain that he was strong—very strong.
Why had he not realized it earlier? Because Guga, Doro, and Zhongli were not normal people.
That was why those guys could treat his soul skills like snacks. But in reality, his snacks—
Pah, his soul skills were incredibly powerful, with extremely strong effects!
"Little Qin Qi, we're very grateful that you came looking for us, but now none of us can go back."
Xue Yan looked at the blizzard and hail outside, her expression turning extremely solemn.
Earlier, when there had only been a blizzard, they might still have been able to venture outside. But now, with the hail added—
If they left the shelter of the cave, they would only die faster.
"But with you here, relying on the Oranges, we can definitely..."
As Xue Yan spoke, Qin Qi hugged Doro and Guga, while the two little ones hugged Xue Yan and Xue Wu.
"Guga!"
"Doro!"
The two little ones exerted their power, and everyone instantly traveled through space and time, returning to the warm house.
Without line of sight, they could not teleport to find people, but once they found them, they could just press B to go home.
They had teleported straight home.
"We can definitely survive... We're back! It's a spatial-type soul skill!"
"Th-this is the ability of those two little ones? That's amazing!"
Xue Yan looked at Qin Qi, Doro, and Guga, her eyes full of astonishment.
She had never expected three children with such exceptional talent to be in a small village like this!
One child could make Oranges that restored Soul Power completely, while the other two possessed spatial-type soul skills.
"Ah... It looks like we forgot Zhongli!"
Qin Qi looked around, failed to spot Zhongli, and suddenly cried out.
"Doro!"
"Guga!"
Doro and Guga looked around, then immediately pressed their hands to their cheeks and struck the pose from The Scream!
They had only been focused on teleporting Xue Yan and Xue Wu, so they had forgotten Zhongli for a moment!
"There's hot water in the kitchen. Go drink some yourselves."
"There are blankets on the sofa. Help yourselves—we have to go back!"
Qin Qi immediately took Guga and Doro back to retrieve Zhongli. He vanished as soon as he finished speaking.
Meanwhile, Zhongli...
"Little friend Qin Qi and the others have left."
Zhongli looked back, calmly stating the fact. Then he turned to look at the hailstones smashing against his shield.
"They should come back for me, right?"
"Mm, they definitely will."
Zhongli nodded. Qin Qi would definitely come back for him. For now, he only needed to remain as immovable as a mountain.
Before long, Qin Qi and Doro returned. The three little ones brought Zhongli back home.
"Mr. Zhongli, I'm truly sorry. We accidentally forgot about you."
Qin Qi apologized with great sincerity.
"Doro (Mr. Zhongli, have some tea.)"
Doro guiltily poured Zhongli some tea.
"Guga (Mr. Zhongli, would you like some Cookies?)"
Guga took out her Cookies and shared them with Zhongli as an apology.
"It is nothing, merely a little wind and frost."
Zhongli calmly lifted his teacup, took a sip, and spoke.
"Mr. Zhongli is so emotionally stable!"
Xue Wu looked at Zhongli and felt that his emotions were so stable. Even after that, there was not the slightest fluctuation in his expression.
He had to be a very formidable person, right?
"I also feel an old man's air about him. Could he be a Titled Douluo?"
Xue Yan looked at Zhongli. From every one of Zhongli's movements, she could sense the aura of an elderly gentleman.
Yet his face looked like that of a young man!
She remembered that Titled Douluo could retain their youthful appearance. Could the person before her be an expert at the Titled Douluo level?!
After her surprise subsided, Xue Yan walked over to Qin Qi and pulled out a wallet.
It was stuffed full of Gold Soul Coins.
"Little Qin Qi, consider this payment for saving us. Of course, I know it isn't enough."
"I'll think of another way to repay you later."
Xue Yan looked at Qin Qi, her eyes full of gratitude. In weather like this, amid such a blizzard—
Qin Qi had risked his life to come looking for her and her daughter. He truly was a kind, good child.
A good child like this had to be repaid—properly repaid!
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