"Gu, Guda. (Don't cry, big sister. A little pat, and the pain will fly away.)"
Little Guda placed her tiny wing on Bibi Dong's head and stroked it gently. An invisible, soothing power began to take hold.
"What—what have you done to me? Let me go! Let me go!"
"My will is as strong as steel. You can't imagine what I've suffered!"
"You'll never destroy my resolve for revenge with a trick like this!"
Bibi Dong shouted and thrashed wildly, even hurting herself in the struggle.
Yet beautiful memories kept surfacing in her mind, one after another.
She had grown up in Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji had taken her as his disciple and taught her with care and patience.
He had treated her less like a student and more like his own daughter.
"It's all a lie! Qian Xunji is a monster, worse than any beast!"
Bibi Dong forced those happy memories away and tried to recall her days imprisoned in the secret chamber.
Malice began to creep into her eyes again, and hatred surged in her heart.
"Guda!"
The sudden burst of malice struck Little Guda head-on. She stumbled and fell to the floor.
Black malice stained her little gray wing.
"Gu... Guda."
It hurt so much. Little Guda's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in them.
Little Guda couldn't understand why this big sister had hurt her.
She had only wanted to help. She had only wanted the big sister's pain to go away.
In her sadness, the little pink heart on Little Guda's hat began to fade.
It started turning back into gray fluff.
"What are you doing?"
"Do you have any idea how much you've hurt my child? Now she doesn't even want to grow up!"
Qin Qi flared with anger at the sight. Little Guda