Inside the pitch-black Cave, amidst the flickering candlelight, one person and one Fox Demon were separated from each other.
On one side was Tu Shan Huaizhi, whose expression was slightly flustered, having just used a Secret Technique to hide Yun Mu.
On the other side was Shangguan Qiu Yue, who had hurried in, taken off her Cloak, and was full of anxiety.
The two young girls looked at each other, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.
After both stammered for a long time, they turned their gazes aside.
“Damn it, Tu Shan Huaizhi, you’re usually so sharp with your tongue, why can’t you speak now? This person is the fundamental reason Brother Yun Mu suffered so much! Are you going to let her off just because she was somewhat decent to Brother Yun Mu? This won’t do!”
“Ugh… Shangguan Qiu Yue, why are you afraid to speak now… You’ve been outside for so many days, but you still don’t have the courage to talk to a stranger? Little Mu’s scent is right before your eyes, but you’re shrinking back? This won’t do!”
“That…”
They spoke in unison.
“Ah, no… you go first…”
“Fine, I’ll go first then…”
As if they had reached an agreement, the two girls prepared themselves mentally at about the same time, and spoke at about the same time, even making similar movements.
Therefore, after their words collided several times, they fell into silence again.
‘What on earth are these two little ones… doing? Why does watching this make me feel a bit embarrassed too?’
Deep inside the cave, Yun Mu “witnessed” the entire process.
He sat on a stone, his body wrapped in a layer of cherry-blossom pink Power of Yunxi used to hide his presence.
‘Huai Zhi, this girl, there’s no need to hide me, right? After all, Qiu isn’t someone I can’t meet.’
He stood up, wanting to break this farce, but he remembered what Tu Shan Huaizhi had just said to him and sat back down.
‘Forget it, I’ll go out later. After all, according to that girl’s intention, this is also a war between women.’
Thinking this, he casually took out the Zhu Mu Folding Fan from the Yuzhu Bracelet and began fanning himself, looking quite leisurely.
“Forget it, I’ll go first.”
Seeing that the stalemate was not a solution, Shangguan Qiu Yue finally couldn’t help but speak again.
“This Miss, may I ask if you have seen a youth about this tall come by here just now?”
She moved the candlelight to the right side and, using her forehead as a reference, roughly gestured the height of Yun Mu in her memory.
“I haven’t seen him, but I have seen someone about this tall.”
Tu Shan Huaizhi gently waved her hand at a higher position, acting righteously and without any nervousness about lying.
After all, over the past few days, with Eleven’s help, Yun Mu had indeed grown a lot taller.
If he hadn’t taken enough supplements and taken enough Medicine Baths, he probably would have woken up in the middle of the night from the pain of bone growth.
“Ah, is that so? Little Mu wasn’t that tall… wait…”
She lowered her eyes slightly.
“Tsk… Little Mu…”
“Ah? What did you say?”
“It’s nothing, you misheard.”
“Oh… alright. Then, have you seen a youth passing through here with white silk covering his face?”
Shangguan Qiu Yue still did not give up and mentioned another very obvious characteristic of the youth.
“Um, also, he might be accompanied by The Woman in Fine Clothes about this tall, who is very beautiful and has a bit of a… um… heroic and valiant feel.”
She even included Qin Luoyi in the description.
“White silk? No. I have seen someone wearing a Douli.”
“Ah? A Douli? Then, what about that The Woman in Fine Clothes?”
“I haven’t seen her either. That person only had a very cute little girl by his side, and the two of them seemed to have a very good relationship, better than that of siblings.”
“Is that so… alright… thank you. It seems it was my hallucination.”
Sensing the extremely weak scent belonging to Yun Mu dissipating in the cave, Shangguan Qiu Yue raised her hand to put on the hood of her Cloak and turned to leave.
“Hey, Human Race, you intruded into my home without permission and asked me so many questions. Do you plan to leave just like that?”
“Ah? Is this your home?”
She was stopped by Tu Shan Huaizhi’s call.
She turned to look at the Fox Demon, who had her hands on her hips and a serious face, and immediately took off her Qiankun Pouch.
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t know this was your home. This is all my belongings, I can compensate you.”
“I said…”
“I’m here.”
“Do I look that fierce?”
“No, you look very cute. I just feel like I did something wrong, so I want to compensate you for the loss.”
“Ugh… you…”
“Is it not enough? I-I’m sorry, this is all I have right now. If you are not satisfied, I can bring you more later. I-I can write an IOU.”
The humble tone made Tu Shan Huaizhi’s heart tighten for some reason.
She stared at this girl who was about the same height as her and sighed deeply.
“Sigh, you already know I’m not that fierce, yet you’re still like this. Truly,” she raised her hand to push away the Qiankun Pouch the girl handed over.
“How about this, I’ll ask you some questions, and you pick what you want to say to answer me. Once I’m done asking, we’ll be even. How about it?”
“Is that really okay?”
“Of course, this Miss always means what she says.”
“Okay… then I will try my best to answer your questions.”
“Um… what is your name?”
The girl asked, knowing the answer.
“Shangguan Qiu Yue.”
“Shangguan Qiu Yue… Autumn moon, cold as frost… I feel like it doesn’t quite match your personality.”
She rubbed her chin and subconsciously muttered something Yun Mu had muttered before.
“If it’s Shangguan, is it that Shangguan from Li Xun’s Capital City?”
“Yes, it is. You know our family?”
“I know it well enough. After all, your Father, that beas…”
Tu Shan Huaizhi was talking to herself, but then she noticed the girl’s exhausted face.
“Forget it, now is not the time to talk about these things.”
She changed her tune.
“Can you tell me, what is the name of the person you are looking for?”
She still asked despite knowing the answer.
“He…”
“It should be fine, right? It’s just a name. If I encounter him in the future, I, um, I will tell him you’re looking for him. Yes.”
“Really?”
“Really, trust me, I’ll tell him.”
‘Although I will stop you from meeting, um…’
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Qiu Yue’s originally dim eyes instantly brightened up significantly.
“His name is Yun Mu. He is a person who should have existed in my memories, someone I should have always cherished…”
Perhaps she was moved by Tu Shan Huaizhi’s words, or perhaps the girl had been looking for the youth for so many days with no one to talk to and was holding it in too much.
She poured out many things that happened after she woke up, including that Letter.
“Look, this is the Letter I found in the courtyard. Although I lost my previous memories, I am very sure this is my handwriting…”
She took out the Letter she had cherished in the deepest part of her Qiankun Pouch and carefully handed it to the girl’s hand, forcing a smile onto her face.
As for the girl, after taking the Letter, she subconsciously muttered the contents on it, but the more she read, the sadder she felt.