Cheng Xiaoxiao had licked Wan Xia’s hand, so she could taste its fragrance in her mouth and her body was covered in it.

She felt so peaceful that it seemed as though Wan Xia was embracing her and lulling her to sleep.

Cheng Xiaoxiao rubbed Wan Xia’s arm with the baby bird on her head as she acted cute to Wan Xia.

This time, Wan Xia didn’t pull the lion cat into her arms. Instead, she pulled her arm away from the lion cat apologetically.

“I am so sorry, but you heard her! I have to go back to my quarters to handle things, so I probably can’t spend time with you for a few days.”

Wan Xia randomly twirled a tuft of the lion cat’s fur as she apologized.

If Wan Xia could stay, Cheng Xiaoxiao was willing to let Wan Xia carry her all day and play with her!

However, she could not do it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao reckoned something had happened to make Xiao Yue so flustered. Also, Xiao Yue mentioned something had happened to Xiao Qin when she got here. Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about Xiao Qin going crazy and trembled thinking about it.

She was afraid of letting Wan Xia go back.

Xiao Qin posed a huge danger!

In modern times, she would be considered mentally ill and would need treatment at the hospital.

Since Wan Xia wasn’t a physician, there was nothing she could do about Xiao Qin’s condition.

Cheng Xiaoxiao knew she shouldn’t think this way. Xiao Qin was ill and Wan Xia was her closest kin, so Wan Xia had to do something about it.

However, Cheng Xiaoxiao was Wan Xia’s best friend, so she cared about Wan Xia’s safety more.

Naturally, it did not matter how Cheng Xiaoxiao felt about the matter.

Wan Xia was close to Xiao Qin, so the moment Wan Xia saw Xiao Yue showing up here, she became very distracted.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t bear letting Wan Xia worry about Xiao Qin, so she nodded her head obediently and went to the far end of the table with the baby bird.

Wan Xia did not linger and even forgot about her embroidery thread basket as she looked for Xiaowu.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was waving her paw behind Wan Xia, but Wan Xia did not have the time to turn and look.

After Wan Xia left the room, Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly lost all interest to play now that only the baby bird was around.

Since Wan Xia had left, perhaps Chu Yunshen…

No, she wasn’t allowed to think about him!

Stop thinking about Chu Yunshen!

Cheng Xiaoxiao was determined to find something to do to pass the time.

For instance, she could get the baby bird to fly for her to see.

Five minutes later…

“Meow!”

Cheng Xiaoxiao kept urging the baby bird to jump off the edge of the table, but it kept looking at her innocently.

Stop looking at her!

The baby bird always tried to pull this ruse and Cheng Xiaoxiao was absolutely sick of it, so it could forget about getting away with it this time!

Cheng Xiaoxiao did not know what to say about the baby bird. She had a rough idea of its usual tactics by now.

It always pretended it was unable to fly. In reality, it must be mocking her inside for her stupidity!

Perhaps the baby bird found it entertaining when Cheng Xiaoxiao kept teaching it to fly.

“Chirp chirp!” The baby bird jumped up in front of her and chirped ingratiatingly when Cheng Xiaoxiao stopped talking to it.

It was so noisy!

Stop chirping already!

If it refused to fly this time, she would not allow it to come close!

Cheng Xiaoxiao pushed the baby bird far away and didn’t allow it to come near.

The baby bird thought she was playing with it, so it tried coming towards Cheng Xiaoxiao again.

Sadly, Cheng Xiaoxiao placed her paw against its head and left the baby bird chirping anxiously as it marched on the same spot.

The road ahead for Cheng Xiaoxiao was long in terms of raising a child. Cheng Xiaoxiao was already upset, so this made her even more annoyed.

Sure enough, she must be having a bad streak of luck, so she kept failing to succeed.

Cheng Xiaoxiao pondered to herself. Perhaps she ought to go to a temple and get a talisman after praying to some deity.

Speaking of talismans, Cheng Xiaoxiao and the baby bird had inadvertently discovered a talisman in the room when they were playing.

The talisman was chucked deep at the bottom of the bed. If the baby bird wasn’t hiding from Cheng Xiaoxiao, she would never go so far under the bed.

In the past, Cheng Xiaoxiao was oblivious to talismans and was unable to learn more about them, so she naturally took no interest.

However, things were different now!

She was now the proud owner of the “Miracles of Magic Book”. Since she had nothing better to do now, perhaps she should investigate this talisman.

Where did the talisman come from?

Cheng Xiaoxiao stopped trying to tease the baby bird and quickly searched high and low for the crumpled piece of talisman.

She also told the baby bird to help her with her search.

For some reason, even though they were different species and there was a language barrier, they ended up capable of reading each other’s minds. Cheng Xiaoxiao certainly had major success in this area when it came to educating the baby bird.

Found it!

Cheng Xiaoxiao watched as the baby bird pulled a piece of crumpled yellow paper from its cage and brought it to Cheng Xiaoxiao.

After the baby bird spat the yellow ball of paper from its mouth, Cheng Xiaoxiao saw the paper covered with glistening bird slobber.

Cheng Xiaoxiao hesitated briefly about touching it before she was overwhelmed with curiosity. She promptly opened the talisman with her paws.

Despite being covered with Uncle Gen’s blood, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t let go of the “Miracles of Magic Book”. What was a little saliva, right?

This was nothing!

Cheng Xiaoxiao did her best not to think about the disgusting details as she pressed the talisman beneath her paw and used her other paw to flip through the “Miracles of Magic Book”.

She couldn’t believe her luck when she found something about the talisman.

However, the description was simply too basic.

The moment Cheng Xiaoxiao saw a single sentence describing the talisman, she felt very stupid for trying.

Stupid talisman!

It was completely useless!

The “Miracles of Magic Book” simply indicated it was for good luck and could prevent evil spirits from invading the user’s body.

After all the effort, the talisman was simply used for good luck! It was no different than the useless amulets that could be obtained at the temple.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was very disappointed. She was extremely disappointed!

She shoved the talisman and book aside and lay prone on the table as she looked at the baby bird unenthusiastically.

Chu Yunshen happened to appear at this moment.

The moment he walked over, he caught sight of the yellow talisman and instinctively wanted to walk out the door and stop entering the premises.

Cheng Xiaoxiao failed to notice Chu Yunshen when he froze. She was still annoyed with Chu Yunshen, so she wanted to turn her head angrily the moment she saw his black robe.

Chu Yunshen was once more angered by Cheng Xiaoxiao’s lousy attitude. He hurried over when Xiaowu told him that Wan Xia had to go back to her quarters, but the lion cat continued to ignore him.

In reality, Cheng Xiaoxiao was rather happy to see Chu Yunshen. Now that Wan Xia had gone back to her room, and the baby bird was just a child, she was genuinely starting to get bored.

Unfortunately, her pride prevented her from being nice.

Also, she was annoyed by the cold look on Chu Yunshen’s stern face.

Cheng Xiaoxiao forgot she was responsible for making Chu Yunshen angry. In any case, Chu Yunshen always had a cool aura.

Since Cheng Xiaoxiao felt her actions were justified, the two of them quickly went into a stalemate.

Based on the lion cat’s personality, she needed coaxing, and going against her never worked out well.

Chu Yunshen knew this firsthand, but he used to insist on doing things his way.

For some reason, he surprisingly decided to change his tactics and treat the lion cat a little more nicely this time.

He had come up with a legitimate-sounding excuse for his actions. This was his lion cat. If he continued blowing hot and cold at her, this ingrate might leave with someone else.

She belonged to Chu Yunshen, so he couldn’t let her run off with someone else.

He recalled the tears falling on the back of his hand this morning as he look at her lonely silhouette from behind…

Chu Yunshen tightened his fists under his sleeves a little. He looked at the yellow talisman on the table and secretly put it away inside his sleeve.

He eventually spoke to the lion cat in a husky tone by her ear, “Did you have fun playing with the jade box?”

Since Chu Yunshen had never openly shown any concern for others, his last syllable trembled slightly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was thoroughly thunderstruck!

Cheng Xiaoxiao swore Chu Yunshen was doing something absolutely illegal!

Did he have to speak so closely to her ears? She could even sense his warm breath on them.

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt her ears tingle. Chu Yunshen’s breath felt particularly warm making her ears feel hot.

If she could see herself right now, she was bound to notice her ears turning light pink and blushing.

If not for the fur, it would have been even more conspicuous.

Chu Yunshen saw the lion cat’s ears trembling, but she refused to turn, so he reached his hand out to embrace her.

Cheng Xiaoxiao could keenly hear Chu Yunshen sighing powerlessly. Everything he had just said kept reverberating in her ears before flowing down to her heart.

She stopped running from Chu Yunshen and fighting him as she thought about what Chu Yunshen meant by this.

Why did he suddenly ask if it was fun to play with the jade box?

Since Cheng Xiaoxiao was a thickheaded woman, she only realized what Chu Yunshen meant after he had already combed through her fur with his hands.

Did Chu Yunshen intend on asking why she stopped playing with the jade box? Why did he think she liked to jade box?

Cheng Xiaoxiao recalled the way she kept holding onto the jade box without letting it go and felt ashamed.

She recalled doing everything with the jade box around.

However, she was simply doing it to retrieve the jade pendant!

The problem was Chu Yunshen didn’t know about her jade pendant!

Anyone would have simply assumed she could not let go of her new toy for a second!

Also, Chu Yunshen was already doing her a favor by not pronouncing her insane from the way she guarded the jade box intensely and refused to part with it.

Had Chu Yunshen brought the jade box back just for her?

Cheng Xiaoxiao was suddenly enlightened!

She finally grew some brains. Regardless of whether she got it right, just thinking about it made her happy.

“Meow.”

Of course, she liked it!

Cheng Xiaoxiao stuck her head out of Chu Yunshen’s arms to express how much she liked the jade box.

Chu Yunshen lowered his head to look at her when he sensed the lion kept moving in his arms.

The lion cat was looking up at him with gratitude beaming in her eyes.

Chu Yunshen smiled almost imperceptibly when he noticed the unanticipated change in attitude in the lion cat.

Even though the smile was brief, Cheng Xiaoxiao saw it.

Was Chu Yunshen smiling?

From the looks of it, he was no longer angry with her.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was always such a dunce.

Chu Yunshen kept breaking his rules for the lion cat. Chu Yunshen had already stopped being angry when he first spoke to her. Otherwise, he would never have asked about the lion cat given his typical personality.