"Xiao Lou no longer exists in this world. Xiao Lou died long ago, back then. Tell him to consider me dead..."
With that, the red figure flickered and vanished into the distance.
Luo Li followed close behind. Suddenly remembering something, he glanced back at Xie Jun with a slight frown. "Why is that man's child mixed up with humans?"
Seeing the red-robed youth fly farther away, he hurried after him. "My beloved consort, wait for me!"
"Shut up! Stay away from me!"
The two red figures, one behind the other, disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The koi sank to the bottom of the pond, and its waters gradually grew still.
Yet Xiao Qinghe stared at the waist ornament in his hand, unable to calm down for a long time.
It was a waist ornament fashioned around a jade pendant. The pendant looked old and somewhat worn, but he could still faintly make out the character "Qing" carved into it.
Qing?
Master?
Did getting this jade pendant count as completing the mission?
At least I can tell Master for certain that Xiao Lou is still alive!
"Senior brother?" Xie Jun's anxious voice reached him. "Are you hurt?"
The gauzy veil covering her face had fallen off at some point, leaving her concern plain to see.
All the affection he had lavished on this junior sister hadn't been wasted.
"I'm fine." Xiao Qinghe raised a hand to ruffle her hair. "You, on the other hand, are injured. Didn't I tell you not to move around? You never listen!"
"I couldn't just stand by and watch you get hurt."
"You really are..."
Xiao Qinghe was about to scold her and tell her to take better care of herself when a messenger pigeon suddenly flew over and landed on his shoulder.
Xie