“Hmm? What’s this? It’s so soft…”
*Squish, squish.*
Shen Qingyi gave it a squeeze.
Whatever she was holding felt incredibly soft, bouncy, and firm.
And it felt quite familiar, almost as if…
Just as she reached an answer in her mind, the voice of the person she was thinking of sounded in her ear.
Su Qiulian chuckled softly against her ear.
“What’s this? Does Little Shen like this part of me so much? You have to give it a squeeze every time!”
As she spoke, she grabbed Shen Qingyi’s hand and gave herself another squeeze.
Shen Qingyi’s face flushed instantly, and she yanked her hand away, shouting, “Who — who likes it?! You dead pervert!”
“Eh? I clearly agreed to Little Shen’s three conditions. Why are you still calling me a dead pervert? Little Shen doesn’t keep her word!”
“You!”
Shen Qingyi was furious, but she suddenly snapped back to reality and quickly grabbed Su Qiulian’s hand.
“Great! You’re finally awake! Come on, let’s get out of here!”
Since Su Qiulian was teasing her, she was definitely conscious.
Since she was awake, why stay?
They had to leave immediately.
She still needed to go pull Bai Luoshuang out!
Fortunately, Su Qiulian didn’t refuse her.
She let Shen Qingyi lead her by the hand toward the exit.
Just before they reached the courtyard gate, Su Qiulian glanced back.
The drizzling rain had long since stopped.
Under the wooden window, another Shen Qingyi was still mending the clothes Su Lianyi had torn.
She was careful and fully focused, not noticing the departure, nor did she look up.
After watching for a moment, Su Qiulian sighed.
‘No matter how beautiful a dream is, I still have to pursue the reality in the palm of my hand.’
Su Qiulian looked down and squeezed Shen Qingyi’s small hand.
Hmm, very soft.
Shen Qingyi didn’t mind her little movements.
She was busy groping forward with one hand while leading Su Qiulian with the other.
Afraid she would run into a doorframe, Su Qiulian quickly moved in front of her to lead the way out.
Only then did she realize that except for her and Shen Qingyi’s Small Courtyard, the surrounding space was a total void.
She and Shen Qingyi were currently walking on nothingness.
Once out of the gate, Shen Qingyi took the lead.
After all, this illusion was meant to trap Su Qiulian.
However, after they had walked for a bit, Su Qiulian suddenly froze at the sight before her.
“What’s wrong?”
Shen Qingyi asked, sensing her stop.
Su Qiulian didn’t answer.
In her field of vision, two figures suddenly emerged from the endless darkness.
“Mom? Where are you going?”
One of the figures spoke.
It was the child she had with Shen Qingyi in the illusion, Su Lianyi.
At 16, she was already a graceful young lady.
Standing beside her was that girl from the Town’s East with the two hair buns — the Fox she liked.
The two of them leaned against each other, sharing an umbrella, their eyes fixed on Su Qiulian.
Su Qiulian was speechless.
She stood there with her mouth open, staring at them, neither moving nor making a sound.
Even if it was an illusion, the two girls before her were her daughter and her future daughter-in-law.
One she had raised, and the other her daughter loved and she herself approved of.
Her heart felt tight.
‘If the real Shen Qingyi can replace the illusionary one, what can replace my daughter?’
As she thought this, the two girls walked up to her and passed by.
Su Lianyi said behind her, “Mom! If you’re going out, remember to bring back two sticks of sugar-coated haws! No, three! Mother loves them too.”
“Okay, okay…”
Almost out of instinct, Su Qiulian subconsciously agreed.
Beside her, Shen Qingyi was completely bewildered.
“Okay? Okay to what? What’s wrong with you?”
“No… nothing…”
“Then let’s go?”
“Yeah…”
Su Qiulian suppressed the indescribable feeling in her heart.
She took one last look at Su Lianyi and the other girl’s retreating figures before continuing out with Shen Qingyi.
Just as they were finally about to leave the darkness, Su Lianyi’s voice rang out behind her again.
“Mom!”
Su Qiulian spun around and saw Su Lianyi standing under the courtyard gate, waving to her from afar.
She shouted, “Mom! Come back early for dinner! Otherwise, Mother will be angry!”
She just stood there waving, not demanding that Su Qiulian stay.
Su Qiulian couldn’t hold back anymore.
She grabbed Shen Qingyi and held her by the shoulders, asking, “Little Shen! You have to give birth to a little fox for me in the future, okay?”
“Huh?”
Shen Qingyi had no idea why she was suddenly bringing this up.
She was about to refuse directly, but Su Qiulian pulled her into a hug, burying her face in her shoulder.
Her voice trembled.
“If Little Shen doesn’t agree, then I’m not leaving!”
“You!”
Shen Qingyi was truly exasperated to the point of laughter.
But she was in a hurry to get out, so she nodded perfunctorily.
“Fine, fine, fine! I’ll give birth, I’ll give birth! Let’s just go!”
Unexpectedly, upon hearing her agree, Su Qiulian changed her tune.
“Then two!”
“I’ll give birth to an egg! Give you an inch and you take a mile!”
“Hehe, two fox eggs are fine too. Little Shen is the best!”
“I’m too tired to even argue. Move it!”
“Got it!”
Shen Qingyi finally succeeded in pulling Su Qiulian out.
After exiting the Vortex of Love and Desire, Su Qiulian’s Divine Sense cleared, and the external Evil Thoughts within her body were all purged.
She was no longer restrained.
At the same time, she noticed that there was another Vortex of Love and Desire within this Six Desires Life Realm — and the person inside was Bai Luoshuang.
“Why is she here? Was she tainted by Evil Thoughts too?”
Su Qiulian asked.
“Oh, not quite. She’s just being an idiot!”
As Shen Qingyi spoke, she pulled Su Qiulian toward Bai Luoshuang.
“Is Little Shen going to pull her out too?”
Su Qiulian asked.
“Yes!”
Shen Qingyi replied.
The moment she nodded, Su Qiulian grabbed her.
“Isn’t it enough to just save me? Why bother with her?”
Hearing her dissatisfaction, Shen Qingyi turned around and asked, “Do I look like the type of person to leave someone to die?”
“Of course not…”
Su Qiulian shook her head, thinking of the scenes from her memory.
“Exactly. So since I saved you, I have to save her too!”
Shen Qingyi said.
Su Qiulian looked at her serious expression and remained silent for a while before asking in a low voice, “Does Little Shen really like her too?”
“I…”
Shen Qingyi couldn’t say.
Was it love, or was it the Predecessor Memory acting up?
Combined with her own sense of responsibility, she couldn’t let either of them go.
Su Qiulian’s question made her stop to think.
‘Do I really like them?’
‘Am I succumbing to the memory and responsibility, or am I listening to my own heart?’
But she didn’t have any more time to think.
Outside the *Six Desires Turbid World Scroll*, Su Meiyin watched the two people who had already emerged from the Vortex of Love and Desire.
She grabbed Pei Xianyun’s restless hand and asked, “Mei Yin! They’ve already come out. What are you still waiting for?”
Pei Xianyun remained silent.
Looking at Su Meiyin’s face so close to her own, she eventually just sighed.
Then, the hand seal in her fingers changed once more.
Immediately, a new change occurred within the Six Desires Life Realm.