Chen Xiaoyan opened the door a crack, holding the sun hat on her head, and poked her head out.
She gave a sheepish smile. “Why are you guys here?”
“You’re asking why we’re here? Do you have no idea what happened today? You didn’t tell us anything at all. Honestly.” As soon as she spoke, Mu Qingxue directly scolded her.
“That’s right, that’s right! Even if others couldn’t tell, could we?” Chongchong echoed.
“Uh…” Chen Xiaoyan was left speechless by the rebuttal, not knowing what to say.
“That… well, nothing happened to me.”
“Young Miss, I smell blood.” Suddenly, Qiu Xue stared seriously at the crack in the door.
“The smell of blood?” Chongchong and Mu Qingxue were startled.
Chen Xiaoyan’s face darkened, and she looked at Qiu Xue with extreme helplessness.
This girl really is the one who makes me feel a sense of crisis. She’s truly impressive.
“There does seem to be a bit of a bloody smell.” Chongchong leaned in and sniffed at the door, then her expression changed drastically. She looked at Chen Xiaoyan anxiously. “Sister Xiaoyan, the smell of blood is coming from you. And you say nothing happened?”
“Open the door!” Mu Qingxue shouted with a cold face.
Having no choice, Chen Xiaoyan could only open the door.
Mu Qingxue and Chongchong walked in and circled around her, wanting to see where the smell of blood was coming from.
Finally, when they went behind her, they noticed something was wrong with the hair under the sun hat.
It was actually clumped together.
Mu Qingxue wanted to reach out and touch it, but Chen Xiaoyan quickly took a step back and explained with a smile, “Don’t touch it. I just fell down when I went out. It must be chewing gum stuck on it.”
Mu Qingxue rolled her eyes at her, clearly not believing it.
Whose chewing gum is blackish-red?
Who are you trying to fool?
Seeing that Chen Xiaoyan refused to cooperate, Mu Qingxue immediately gave Qiu Xue and Qianrenxue a look.
“Lingling, Yaoyao, grab her!”
“Yes, Young Miss.”
Qiu Xue and Qianrenxue were already quite skilled. Before she could react, both her hands were pinned.
Chen Xiaoyan was dumbfounded.
“Qingxue, what are you doing?”
“Nothing.”
Mu Qingxue walked over and lifted the sun hat from her head.
The thick blood scab on the right side of her head made all of them gasp.
Mu Qingxue felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stood frozen on the spot, her hand holding the sun hat trembling slightly.
Chongchong covered her mouth with both hands, her big watery eyes wide as saucers, filled with horror.
The Three Snows looked at each other, all seeing shock in each other’s eyes.
Everything was fine last night, and today she suffered such a serious injury.
More importantly, the wound had healed so quickly.
Is this a normal person?
No, should I say, is this even a human?
“What happened here?” Mu Qingxue almost roared this question.
“Wasn’t everything fine last night? Tell me how this injury happened!”
Mu Qingxue’s hysterical roaring not only stunned Chen Xiaoyan but also made the Three Snows look at their Young Miss in disbelief.
“Young Miss, please calm down,” March Without Snow hurriedly advised.
Mu Qingxue ignored her. Her eyes were red as she stared fixedly at Chen Xiaoyan and continued, “I repeatedly told you to take good care of yourself. This is how you take care of yourself?”
“I… I…” Chen Xiaoyan stammered, unable to speak. It was her first time seeing Mu Qingxue this angry.
She was angry like an unreasonable shrew.
“Young Miss!!!”
“Boss Xiaoyan didn’t get hurt on purpose. It must have been an accident.”
Mu Qingxue took a deep breath, trying to calm the anger in her heart. Her tone softened a lot. “How did this injury happen?”
Sigh…
Chen Xiaoyan sighed and told them what had happened, only omitting the part about her going to the hospital for a check-up.
Hearing the sequence of events, Mu Qingxue almost laughed out of anger.
When a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.
“Oh, this…” The Three Snows were speechless.
Was Boss Xiaoyan possessed by a god of misfortune? One piece of bad luck after another.
“Boss Xiaoyan, why did your wound heal so quickly?” Qiu Xue suddenly asked.
As soon as she asked, everyone immediately realized.
That’s right. The injury happened only a few hours ago. Why was it healed so well?
Chongchong clapped her hands and cried out, “Ah! Sister Xiaoyan, are you like me? Do you also have super strong self-healing abilities?”
Mu Qingxue, Three Snows: ???
Seeing their confused expressions, Chongchong patiently explained what had happened to her.
The Three Snows were so shocked their eyes widened.
Good heavens, isn’t this a scientific world?
Why did fantasy suddenly pop out?
We’ve entered the wrong world, hey!
Mu Qingxue’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as she fell into deep thought. Her reaction didn’t seem as shocked as the others.
“Qiu Xue, Qianrenxue, could you please let me go?” Chen Xiaoyan said with a wry smile.
Although their grip wasn’t very heavy, being pinned down felt very uncomfortable. The two of them released her.
Chen Xiaoyan moved her hands around and stated her guess.
“It should be related to the Immortal Realm.”
“Stop!” Mu Qingxue immediately cut her off.
“Compared to the truth, what’s most important right now is the injury on your head, do you understand?”
“Agreed.”
Chongchong walked up to Chen Xiaoyan, pulled her over, and sat her down in a chair.
Then she and Mu Qingxue went behind her and gently parted her hair, wanting to examine the wound.
But no matter how they looked, the wound was nowhere to be found.
“Why can’t I see the wound?” Chongchong blinked and muttered blankly.
Chen Xiaoyan touched the right side of her head. It had hurt when she touched it before, but now there was no feeling at all.
Holy cow, such a freakish self-healing ability?
Is it this terrifying?
Doesn’t that mean in the future, as long as it isn’t a fatal wound, no matter how badly I’m injured, I’ll be jumping around again in just a few hours?
“Sister Xiaoyan, are you sure this is where you were hurt?”
“Yes.”
“That’s strange. No wound?”
“Cough, cough. Is it possible the wound has already healed?”
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.
The atmosphere was a bit eerie.
“Sister Xiaoyan, are you human?”
“You little brat, who are you saying isn’t human?”
“Have you ever seen anyone lose so much blood from an injury and have the wound heal immediately?”
“How would I know?”
“Sigh, my Sister Xiaoyan has turned into a monster.” Chongchong sighed deeply.
Chen Xiaoyan turned her head and pinched the girl’s small cheek. “Still being cheeky, are we? Want more?”
“No more, no more! Sister Xiaoyan, gentler, it hurts!”
“Alright, alright.” Mu Qingxue slapped away Chen Xiaoyan’s hand and had Qiu Xue bring a basin of water.
“Go lie down on the sofa.”
“What for?” Chen Xiaoyan was puzzled.
“I told you to lie down, so lie down. Why so many questions?”
The sofa was small, but it was just right for one person to lie across.
Chen Xiaoyan lay down and felt a pair of small hands rubbing around her head. The movements were very gentle.
“Qingxue, are you giving me a massage?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt the force of the small hands on her head grow stronger.
“Hiss—it hurts, it hurts! Can you be a bit gentler? Are you scraping skin?”
“How could I be? I’m helping you with a massage,” Mu Qingxue replied sarcastically.
Chen Xiaoyan curled her lip. Just because I said massage?
Was there a need to be angry?
A woman’s heart is a needle at the bottom of the sea; you can’t guess it.
Qiu Xue came back with the water and placed it by the sofa, under her head.
“Stick your head out a little more.”
“Big sister, if I stick it out any further, my head will fall to the floor.”
“Chongchong, come and hold her.”
“Oh.” Chongchong walked over and held Chen Xiaoyan’s shoulders.
Mu Qingxue scooped up a bowl of water and gently poured it over her head, then began cleaning the blood scab in her hair.
Her technique was not very skilled; it should be her first time doing this.
The eldest Miss Mu was voluntarily helping her wash her hair.
If this were to get out, it would surely drop a lot of jaws.
Chen Xiaoyan thought happily.
“Sister Xiaoyan, what are you grinning at?” Chongchong asked intentionally.
Chen Xiaoyan’s face instantly changed. She said with a serious expression, “I’m not laughing. You saw wrong.”
“Tsk.”
Hearing Chongchong’s disdainful sound, Chen Xiaoyan didn’t care at all.
Better to just quietly enjoy little sister Qingxue’s hair-washing service.
“The blood on your head had already scabbed over, and you didn’t even think to wash it. If we hadn’t smelled the blood, you weren’t planning to wash it, were you?”
“No, I just woke up not long ago. I hadn’t had time to clean it before you guys came.”
“You mean we didn’t come at the right time?”
“I didn’t mean that.”
“Better not.”
After Mu Qingxue and Chongchong worked together to clean the blood scab on her head, they went into the bathroom to wash their hands.
Seeing that there was only a lonely bottle of body wash and shampoo on the shelf next to the mirror, she came out and asked, “Xiaoyan, why are there so few things in your bathroom?”
“It’s always been like this,” Chen Xiaoyan explained awkwardly.
“Eh? Sister Xiaoyan, why are there a pair of men’s underwear here?” Chongchong’s surprised voice came from the bathroom.
Upon hearing this, Mu Qingxue immediately ran back into the bathroom.
Chen Xiaoyan didn’t even have a chance to stop her and was greatly distressed.
It’s over, it’s over. I took a bath last night and left my changed underwear in the bathroom without washing them.
Now how was she going to explain this?
A single girl having men’s underwear in her house—anyone would start thinking things, okay?
Mu Qingxue walked out holding a pair of gray men’s underwear, her face dark.
“Xiaoyan, whose are these?”
Chen Xiaoyan lay on the sofa, a shiver running through her body. She could only thicken her skin and explain, “Those are mine.”
“Yours?” Mu Qingxue glared at her.
Chen Xiaoyan immediately shrunk her neck and nodded in response. “Mhm.”
“You like wearing men’s underwear?”
Chen Xiaoyan’s face turned beet-red. She directly buried her face into the sofa and nodded again. “Mhm.”
It’s over. She couldn’t show her face to anyone now.
Chongchong walked out of the bathroom. She had already searched everywhere inside. Now only one place remained. She cast her eyes toward the inner room. Out of curiosity, she wanted to run in and take a look.
Hearing the footsteps fading away, Chen Xiaoyan quickly raised her head. She was instantly terrified.
“Chongchong, what are you doing?”
“Nothing. What’s wrong?” Chongchong stopped, turning back to look at her in confusion.
Chen Xiaoyan gave a forced smile.
“If you’re doing nothing, then come here for a moment. I have something to tell you.”
“Okay.” Chongchong reluctantly looked back at the inner room, then walked over and sat by her legs.
“Something wrong, Sister Xiaoyan?”
Chen Xiaoyan’s eyes darted around as she made up a reason. As long as she could keep this girl from running into the inner room.
“I haven’t eaten lunch yet. Could I trouble you to go out and buy me some?”
Chongchong nodded readily. “Sure! What do you want to eat?”
“Open the map and search for ‘Haoziwei Small Restaurant.’ Go buy a lunch set. I’ll transfer the money to you via the app.”
“Oh, okay. No need for money.” Chongchong searched for the nearby Haoziwei Small Restaurant on her phone. When she saw the distance, she was completely stunned.
With a mournful face, she said, “Sister Xiaoyan, how about you just order takeout? This is dozens of kilometers away! It’s too far.”
Nonsense. Far is good! That way you won’t have the energy to look around.
“It’s fine. Why not let Qingxue drive you there?”
Mu Qingxue gave her a smiling glance and made a hand gesture to Qiu Xue.
“Qiu Xue, drive there and buy it for Xiaoyan.”
“Yes.”
Qiu Xue immediately left the room without any hesitation.
Chen Xiaoyan’s mouth twitched, and she quietly peeked at Mu Qingxue.
Mu Qingxue was also looking at her. The two happened to make eye contact.
“Cough, cough. Have you guys eaten? There’s a restaurant nearby. The owner’s skills are especially great. I used to go there often.”
“I’m not hungry,” Mu Qingxue replied flatly.
“Okay.” Chen Xiaoyan lowered her head again, burying her face in the sofa.
Aside, Chongchong seemed to have understood something.
She finally realized that Chen Xiaoyan was intentionally trying to get her to go to such a distant place to buy lunch.
“Sister Xiaoyan, why did you try to send me away on purpose? Do you want to spend some private time with her?”
Chen Xiaoyan held her head, playing dumb.
Anyway, her reputation was already completely gone at this point.
Whatever. I’ve given up.
“No brain? Can’t you see she wanted to send me away too?” Mu Qingxue was quite speechless at Chongchong’s IQ.
“That seems right.” Chongchong turned her gaze back to the inner room.
Sister Xiaoyan is so anxious to get rid of us. Could there be something shameful hidden in there?
No, I must find a chance to go in and see.
Maybe there’s even a man hidden there.
A man?
Cold light shot from Chongchong’s eyes.
Then, she nudged Mu Qingxue next to her, signaling her to pay attention to the inner room.
Mu Qingxue’s head was full of question marks.
So, Chongchong opened her small mouth slightly and silently mouthed three words: There’s a man.
Mu Qingxue’s spirit was jolted. She immediately wanted to turn around and check the inner room.
But she was pulled back by Chongchong.
She turned back and looked at Chongchong in confusion.
Chongchong pointed at Chen Xiaoyan and said silently: Find an excuse to send her away.
Mu Qingxue nodded and immediately spoke: “Xiaoyan, your hair is already wet. Go take a bath. We can help you blow-dry it later.”
Chongchong chimed in: “Yes, Sister Xiaoyan. If you don’t blow-dry your hair, you’ll easily catch a cold.”
“Oh,” Chen Xiaoyan replied. She stood up and walked toward the bathroom.
But halfway there, she suddenly realized something and turned back to look at them.
“Then what will you two be doing?”
“We’ll be waiting for you to finish, of course.”
Chen Xiaoyan remained silent.
“What is it, Xiaoyan?” Mu Qingxue gave a stiff smile.
“Sister Xiaoyan, why aren’t you going? Careful of catching a cold.”
Chongchong’s acting was the best; she looked completely like a good girl who was worried about her.
But Chen Xiaoyan had long seen through everything.
Letting me go to the bathroom for a shower so you can go into the inner room and search for a man’s things, right?
We’re all foxes; don’t try to play me with ghost stories.
Sigh, whatever.
Looking at the current situation, the more you hide it, the more easily it will be exposed.
Just admit it.
I, Chen Xiaoyan, just like men’s clothes. So what?
Chen Xiaoyan sat back on the sofa. she was ready to speak openly.
“I’m laying my cards on the table. There are some men’s clothes and other supplies in there.”
Noticing the unfriendly looks from the two women, she quickly explained, “Don’t misunderstand. Those things don’t belong