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Qin Xiao...

Qin Xiao stood not far away, not knowing whether he should step forward.

The man who just broke through the sky should be in the Earth Realm. It is normal for Lan Huaiqiu, who is still in the Chen Realm, not to be able to react.

only……

Qin Xiao glanced at the conspicuous wound on the girl's face, frowned, closed his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh.

what to do……

Qin Xiao secretly observed Lan Huaiqiu. Lan Huaiqiu was trembling all over, lowering her head, burying her eyes in her forearms, tears mixed with blood soaking her clothes, and her simple dress was damaged by the sliding just now, and was stained with large patches of dust.

Lan Huaiqiu didn't wait long. He only maintained this action for a few seconds before wiping his eyes hard to suppress his choking sobs.

Lan Huaiqiu performed the action that Qin Xiao was most familiar with - he held back his tears and stopped crying. His tearful eyes were sharp and firm, as if for something.

Lan Huaiqiu took a deep breath and exhaled with trembling lips. She tried hard to calm herself down. She bent down and brushed the dust off her skirt. The wound on her face stopped bleeding. She looked up to check the direction, but suddenly stopped.

Qin Xiao appeared in front of her without her knowing. Seeing her looking at him, he handed her a handkerchief and asked, "What happened?"

The tense Lan Huaiqiu suddenly relaxed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately... he didn't see it.

"Nothing... nothing." Lan Huaiqiu took the handkerchief, thanked him, and forced an ugly smile, "I accidentally fell just now, and my face was scratched by a thorn..."

"It hurts so much that I'm crying..." Lan Huaiqiu laughed dryly and lowered his eyes to avoid looking at him, feeling helpless for the low-level lie he told. Fortunately, Qin Xiao didn't ask any more questions, but just said "Then walk carefully next time" and that was it.

"...What about you? Why are you here?" Lan Huaiqiu calmed himself down, rubbed his slightly red eyes, and asked with a chuckle.

They were almost at the northwest corner, and she remembered that he and Mo Hanyu were heading southeast.

"I..." Qin Xiao slowly looked away, feeling a little guilty, "I got lost."

"...Huh?" Lan Huaiqiu was stunned.

Qin Xiao touched his cheek, a little embarrassed: "I accidentally separated from Mo Hanyu, and wanted to find him back, but I didn't expect..."

"Is that so...haha." Lan Huaiqiu's eyebrows twitched and he laughed dryly twice, "Then you have to find--"

"Qin Xiao? Why are you running around?"

Mo Hanyu suddenly appeared behind Qin Xiao and stabbed him in the shoulder with a knife: "I've been looking for you for a long time, why are you running around?!"

"It hurts! I'm lost..." Qin Xiao felt the pain and turned his head back, rubbing his chopped shoulder, "Why are you so cruel?"

"That's not you... Is it really that heavy?" Mo Hanyu wanted to snort coldly, but perhaps seeing that his expression was too painful, he couldn't help but ask softly.

"Of course." Qin Xiao said unhappily, "You didn't use any light or heavy hands."

"...I'm sorry, I was too anxious." Mo Hanyu felt a little guilty and raised his hand to rub his shoulders.

Qin Xiao waved his arm and refused: "No need."

Mo Hanyu paused, then silently retracted his thoughts, lowered his eyes, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Huai Qiu, you are here - what happened to your face?!"

At this time, Qiu Puyue also came over, and the moment he saw Lan Huaiqiu clearly, a cold murderous aura emanated from his whole body.

"What happened? Who did it?!" Qiu Puryue raised her hand and wanted to touch her wound, but was afraid of hurting her, so she had to retract her hand.

"No, nothing… I accidentally fell while walking… Haha, I was too reckless." Lan Huaiqiu avoided her gaze and laughed dryly.

No one present would believe such a low-level lie, but no one exposed it. Qiu Purue looked at the wound on her face distressedly. Mo Hanyu's eyes sank slightly and he looked at Qin Xiao.

"Crush this and apply it on your face." Qin Xiao suddenly threw her a small porcelain bottle containing a pill.

"Ah...thank you." Lan Huaiqiu was stunned. He smelled the scent of the medicine in the bottle and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The fragrant elixir powder was applied to the wound, and it melted into the crack in the blink of an eye, healing it as before.

"Recovered?" Qiu Puryue was surprised, "Where did you get this from?"

"My father gave it to me."

Every time Qin Xiuyun saw him, he would bring him a few bottles of elixirs, which were used to treat various diseases. Most of them were of intermediate or low level, and a few were of high level. However, what Nangong Huaxue gave him was more mixed. The alchemists in the palace would give him some regardless of success or failure. The good ones were bottled, and if they failed, they could use the residue to forge their bodies for cultivation.

Qin Xiao never subdivided the pills given by the two people. He stuffed them all into the storage ring. Except for the one given to Yun Qi, he had not used it yet.

When Lan Huaiqiu heard his answer, he looked at the mark on the bottom of the porcelain bottle that he had just noticed and frowned.

Lan Huaiqiu seemed to want to say something, but he held it back, returned the bottle to Qin Xiao, and continued to follow them forward as if nothing had happened.

"What? You look like you're worried about something."

In the academy, on a huge tree next to a waterfall, the boy supported himself with his heels, lowered his body, and then pushed his waist upward, moving back and forth.

Miao Kaijie let out a breath, and sweat ran down his neck and throat, seeping into his white shirt, adding more moisture to his already wet back.

The dark shadow standing beside him said nothing and just looked at him quietly.

Seeing that he was ignored, Miao Kaijie didn't get angry. He turned over on his back again, hugged his head with both hands, hooked his heels on the branch, and used force on his waist to move up again.

"4998, 4999, 5000——!"

Miao Kaijie let out a long sigh and sat on the branch to look at him: "What's wrong? Come here and don't say anything."

"You also felt it, the vague aura in the mountains before." Chen Mo looked at him.

"Ah... those are what you are talking about." Miao Kaijie wiped his sweat and laughed, "It disappeared, right?"

"Do you know who it is?"

"Of course I don't know." Miao Kaijie laughed, "Why do you think so?"

"Look at you smiling so happily..." Chen Mo said softly.

"Why, did Senior Sister Xia ask you to ask?" Miao Kaijie gave him a teasing look.

"I'm just curious." Chen Mo had a blank expression on his face. "That group of people should still be in the Xuan Realm. I don't know why they disappeared today. It's very likely that the person they were monitoring left."

"That's right..." Miao Kaijie's smile deepened, his eyes flashed with a dangerous light, and his dark pupils slid across, "Do you have any guesses?"

"Qin Xiao and the others are out." Chen Mo looked at him.

"No, it's not him." Miao Kaijie shook his head, "Those people were here before he came."

"Come to think of it...I didn't hear any piano music this afternoon." Miao Kaijie seemed to be thinking about something.

"Isn't it still early? Doesn't she usually play after sunset?"

"Is that so?" Miao Kaijie's eyes flickered with a deep meaning, "Maybe it's like this..."

Chen Mo frowned slightly.

"Why do you keep looking at me?"

Qin Xiao walked around with Mo Hanyu for a few more rounds, then went back with Lan Huaiqiu and the others.

Walking into the courtyard, Qin Xiao deliberately took half a step behind, looked at Lan Huaiqiu who was staring at him for some reason, and asked softly.

Lan Huaiqiu was startled, as if frightened, and stared at him nervously.

Qin Xiao frowned slightly, waiting for her answer.

"Ah...it's nothing actually." Lan Huaiqiu couldn't help but look away, and saw Qiu Puyue talking to Mo Hanyu. The two of them wouldn't pay attention to this side for a while, so he spoke softly, "It's just...the elixir you gave me before, the bottom of the bottle...is engraved with the special mark of the Yuhua royal family, but you said it was given to you by your father. So..."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao: "Did you see it wrong?"

"...Probably, no?" Lan Huaiqiu couldn't understand what he meant and shook his head honestly.

Qin Xiao: ...

"I told you, you've made a mistake." Qin Xiao remained calm as he took out another bottle and took a peek at the bottom. It was the Qin family logo, so he showed it to her, "Actually, it's like this."

"But..." Lan Huaiqiu frowned in confusion.

"Did you fall and hit your head?" Qin Xiao patted her shoulder with concern. "My home is in Rongcheng, which is very remote."

"Ah... that's probably the case." Lan Huaiqiu actually wanted to refute, but when she thought carefully about the man before, a stream of Qi was injected into her upper Dantian when he slapped her. Although it might not be intentional, it did shake her Dantian for a moment, making her dizzy.

As they were talking, they had already reached the dormitory building. Lan Huaiqiu just nodded and turned around to see Miao Kaijie with his upper body naked.

“Hey, Qin Xiao? Mo Hanyu! Where have you been?!” Miao Kaijie seemed to have just finished exercising, his whole body was steaming, with a white vest hanging on his shoulders. He smiled and waved at them, “I haven’t seen you all afternoon.”

"I went for a walk around the town." Unlike Mo Hanyu who pretended to ignore him and just walked away, Qin Xiao looked at him and answered his question.

"Is that so... Did you bring me a gift?" Miao Kaijie put his arm around Qin Xiao's shoulders and said with a smile.

"No." Qin Xiao said without hesitation.

"Oh, it's so sad..." Miao Kaijie wanted to cry but had no tears.

"You're all sweaty, don't come close to me." Qin Xiao felt the heat coming from him and couldn't help but frowned.

"Ah... sorry." Miao Kaijie let go and spread his hands helplessly, "Be careful next time."

Qin Xiao shook his head gently, said nothing more, turned around and went upstairs.

Qiu Puyue quietly slipped away without knowing when, and in the blink of an eye, there were only two people left at the door. Miao Kaijie wanted to say hello to Lan Huaiqiu and leave, but he paused when he saw the slightly embarrassed traces on his body.

"Why, did you fall?"

Just when Lan Huaiqiu thought that he was going to say hello and leave as he did before, she suddenly saw him come up to her, squinting his beautiful eyes and smiling at her.

"Ah... yes, I accidentally fell." Lan Huaiqiu couldn't help but blush and avoided his eyes in panic.

"Is that so... You're really careless." Miao Kaijie reached out and touched her torn dress, his eyes flashing with a cold light, "You fell to the ground and actually slid for a while, how did you do that?"

Lan Huaiqiu felt that his tone was wrong, but when she looked up, she saw that his eyes were shining and his face was curious, as if he was really curious and wanted to know how she did it.

"...That's right, I was just being careless." Lan Huaiqiu was not good at lying. He lowered his eyes, his gaze wandering around aimlessly.

She didn't know why. She had clearly convinced herself that it was nothing. She had clearly suppressed it when Qin Xiaomo Hanyu asked her. She had clearly chosen such a low-level lie...

But for some reason, I suddenly felt like crying.

My heart suddenly tightened, and a sour feeling filled my nose. Thinking of everything that happened before, tears welled up again, sliding down my eye sockets, and it seemed like they could fall at any time.

"Hey hey hey, why does it hurt so much when you fell?!" Miao Kaijie's surprised voice sounded in his ears. Lan Huaiqiu pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to smile like before, but was pinched hard on the face.

"What a soft face..." Miao Kaijie sighed and blinked, "Why are you crying? If you're hurt, go hug our Senior Sister Xia and cry. She's bored anyway."

As he spoke, I don't know what he was thinking, his smile was mixed with a bit of vulgarity.

Lan Huaiqiu: ...

Lan Huaiqiu was instantly deflated, sniffed, and pushed him lightly in annoyance: "What nonsense are you talking about? And you pinched my face..."

"Oh, I know why you are crying... It's just a small matter, what's the big deal." Miao Kaijie suddenly said with a confident tone, revealing a mysterious smile, his eyes flashing with a penetrating light.

"Wha...what is it..."

When Lan Huaiqiu met his gaze, he was startled and his whole body went cold.

For a moment, she felt that the other party saw through her.

"Oh... isn't it just because..." Miao Kaijie's smile seemed to have a deep meaning, and then he suddenly laughed, "Is the skirt torn? I heard that you just bought it two days ago? Oh, what does it matter? Can't I help you sew it? Look at how cautious you are!"

Lan Huaiqiu: ...

Lan Huaiqiu didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment.

Miao Kaijie was still laughing: "Isn't it just a torn and dirty skirt? Don't worry about my craftsmanship. You won't be able to tell that it has been sewn. I guarantee it will be the same as a new one."

Miao Kaijie even patted his chest.

Lan Huaiqiu: ...

Lan Huaiqiu said numbly: "Tell me, how much do you want."

"Oh, really... look at what you think of me." Miao Kaijie scratched his head and laughed, "10 copper coins, absolutely conscientious."

Lan Huaiqiu: ...

Lan Huaiqiu said expressionlessly: "I understand."

"Hey, hey, don't leave so quickly. Do you want another wash? Just add 5 more copper coins. Hey, don't leave. Let's talk about it——"

"Bang-"

With a loud bang, the door panel almost hit Miao Kaijie's nose. Fortunately, he retracted his feet in time, otherwise he would have hit it.

Miao Kaijie paused, touched the tip of his nose which felt slightly cold, and chuckled, his voice so soft that it seemed as if he was mumbling to himself: "Forget it... As long as I still have the strength, it's fine."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but the door suddenly opened.

“Here, here you go…”

The wrinkled skirt squeezed out from the crack of the door, and the girl just stretched out a smooth and slender arm and handed it to him.

"Give it to me after you sew it... If you want to help me wash it... I'll pay for it." The girl said in a mosquito-like voice.

Miao Kaijie was indeed stunned for a moment, then slowly took the dress. There was still some of the girl's body temperature on the dress, and looking at the thin dress in his hand, the boy's eyes deepened.

"Wait... wait until the 15th of this month, I will give you the money. Before then, I'll keep my money in your debt... Thank you." Lan Huaiqiu felt a little embarrassed. It was the first time she needed to buy something on credit.

"No, no need..." Miao Kaijie patted the back of her hand generously and laughed, "I've kept a record of it. Don't worry, take your time. You can't run away anyway...right?"

"Yes."

Lan Huaiqiu trembled all over when he slapped him, and quickly withdrew his arm and replied softly.

"Then I'm leaving. Bye..." Miao Kaijie knocked on the door twice to inform the other party that he was leaving.

"OK Bye Bye."