When Chu Ge got home, Qiu Wuji had already returned. Freshly washed and fragrant, her hair still wet, she was lounging lazily on the living room sofa, watching their own TV series.
Seeing him return, Qiu Wuji turned her head and smiled brightly. "Feier really is pretty!"
Chu Ge glanced at Qin Feier on the screen and did not think she was particularly pretty. If she was, it was because she was imitating Qiu Wuji.
Once again, he felt caught between dreams and reality. Had what happened earlier been real?
In the mortal world, they had only been gone for a day, yet so much had changed both inside and outside the book.
A moment ago, Qiu Qiu had still been the Emperor of the Arctic, fighting the Void Sun Rat alongside him at the Northern Celestial Pole and collecting the Pillar of Heaven. Now she was lounging at home, a modern girl through and through.
There was always an unreal sense of time and space overlapping, much like Zhu Mengmeng's earlier experience, as though he had just woken from a dream.
"A knockoff is still a knockoff. She's nowhere near as pretty as you." Chu Ge leaned against Qiu Wuji, a little tired, and gently breathed in the fragrance of her hair.
Qiu Wuji laughed. "Don't underestimate Feier. Without her, this show might not have been such a hit."
"Uh, how big a hit is it now?"
"...It's only been a day. It's just as popular as when you last checked. How long did you think it had been?"
Chu Ge froze for a moment, then sighed. "Right... I should be used to it by now, but it still always feels like a dream."
Qiu Wuji smiled and ruffled his hair. "You simply haven't cultivated for long enough. What