Su Guqiu had told her that Su Yuqing was no longer the original Su Yuqing. Because someone had entered Su Guqiu's courtyard, she had only heard this sentence and left in a hurry. Now that she thought about it, could it be that Su Yuqing was impersonated?
Was the current Su Yuqing impersonated by that Jiuying?
Qin Jiujiu was startled by her own thought. At the same time, Su Yuqing's refined and gentle face flashed in her mind. She wanted to drive this absurd idea out of her mind, but only this could explain everything. Su Yuqing's eyes had suddenly flashed that night, and now that she thought about it, it was indeed a bit sinister and terrifying.
Qin Jiujiu became more convinced of her idea, after all, she had witnessed a typical example of a complete mismatch between appearance and character later on – Li Zheng.
"It has done so many evil things in this year, it's simply detestable!" The young man said indignantly, his fair face also tinged with a hint of blood from anger.
Qin Jiujiu comforted him, "Those dozen or so girls were still alive a few days ago, but as long as this Jiuying is not eliminated, they are in greater danger. We don't know why he captured those girls yet."
Bai Qianluo had also been imprisoned that day. Those girls were unharmed. It seemed that after Jiuying brought them back, apart from bringing them food and counting them daily, he had no other actions. It seemed that the previous statement that Jiuying was lustful could be overturned.
But if it wasn't for lust, why did he demand a monthly sacrifice from the villagers?
All these questions had to be solved with Xie Yun and the others. Qin Jiujiu pondered and began to search in her Qiankun bag. She wanted to find the communication talismans. She had forgotten about this just now, she was too preoccupied with figuring out this matter.
Qin Jiujiu sent a message to Xie Yun through the communication talisman, informing them of her location and also mentioning the suspicions she had discovered. Then she stood there and continued to chat with Tian Wu, waiting for them to come to the dungeon to find her.
"Brother Xie will be here soon to rescue you..." Qin Jiujiu looked at the young man. Without saying much, this young man was quite handsome, like a modern fresh meat. However, Qin Jiujiu still felt that his White Tiger form was cuter.
Qin Jiujiu swallowed. Tian Wu looked at the young girl in front of him. She was staring at his face with her apricot eyes, her eyes bright, looking like she had ill intentions towards him. Although her appearance was cute, Tian Wu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy under her gaze.
"What are you staring at me for?"
Qin Jiujiu was originally a little embarrassed to say her thoughts, but since he asked first, she would follow up.
"It's nothing, actually. Can you turn back into a little tiger..."
Qin Jiujiu's voice got smaller and smaller, but her eyes became brighter and brighter. Tian Wu understood her thoughts. She wanted to take advantage of him. How could a dignified divine beast be taken advantage of by her?
Tian Wu arrogantly raised his chin and turned his head away, acting as if he didn't want to talk to her.
She wanted to pester him further, but was soon embraced by Bai Qianluo. Qin Jiujiu was full of disbelief. She really hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly.
"Sister Bai, why did you come so fast?"
She thought it and asked it. Bai Qianluo saw that Qin Jiujiu was not injured, and then she felt relieved and let go of Qin Jiujiu.
Jiu Jiu's smiling appearance clearly indicated that she was fine. It seemed she hadn't seen Jiuying yet.
Bai Qianluo knew Qin Jiujiu very well. This girl was not brave. If she saw Jiuying, she would definitely be frightened.
"We saw you hadn't returned for a long time, so we knew something had happened to you. We couldn't find you, so we came here to try our luck. We didn't expect you to be here. Jiu Jiu, why did you come back here?"
When everyone saw that Qin Jiujiu was fine, they naturally had to ask about the cause and effect.
Qin Jiujiu secretly glanced at Xie Jing. She had noticed earlier that Xie Jing had also come. She naturally wouldn't think that he came to rescue her like Bai Qianluo and the others. Either he had his own business to attend to, or it was because of the protagonist effect, after all, they always appeared together in novels.
Qin Jiujiu was still very worried about Xie Jing doing bad things behind her back. This was, after all, the author filling in the plot holes, and it was related to Xie Jing's blackening. She couldn't be careless, so she decided to focus her attention on Xie Jing from now on. In the past few months, she had spent all her time increasing the favorability of the male and female protagonists. From now on, Xie Jing was her重點關注對象 (key focus)!
She looked at Xie Jing a few more times. She was more and more convinced that he was the one who killed the fortune teller!
In the eyes of others, he was always a gentle and harmless young man, but in her eyes, this was his disguise. She would rather this person had more expressions, even if he looked unapproachable.
But precisely because of this, he made people mistakenly think he was easy to approach.
Xie Jing seemed to feel her gaze, so when she looked at him again, Xie Jing deliberately widened his eyes and looked at her.
He finally felt his heart calm down. Looking at this noisy woman, he felt incredibly at ease.
Qin Jiujiu felt inexplicably guilty and didn't dare to look anymore, so she changed the subject.
She recounted everything to them. Xie Yun and Bai Qianluo naturally began to discuss plans. At this time, Tian Wu, like Xie Jing, was not involved.
Qin Jiujiu couldn't help but look towards Xie Jing again. This time, Xie Jing wasn't looking at her because his gaze was on Tian Wu.
When she looked at Tian Wu again, she found that the young man was gone, replaced by a White Tiger. Qin Jiujiu was secretly delighted. Could it be that Tian Wu had been scared back into his true form by Xie Jing?
Seeing that Tian Wu had turned back into a little white tiger and was curled up in a corner, far away from them, no, far away from Xie Jing, Qin Jiujiu felt that she had finally found a companion. That guy was even more cowardly than herself.
As a divine beast, although Xie Jing seemed gentle on the surface, even appearing easy to bully, the divine beast could still sense the powerful force beneath his disguise!
Qin Jiujiu looked at Tian Wu's pathetic appearance and decided to be a protector of tigers. So she asked Xie Yun to lift the barrier and, under everyone's gaze, ran over and touched the White Tiger's head.
The little White Tiger's body trembled, but because he was small in size, his movements were not large. The little tiger dared not react after being petted on the head, and could only secretly get angry in his heart. He thought Qin Jiujiu would stop after one pat, but that woman seemed to be addicted and kept messing with its head.
The White Tiger felt he couldn't take it anymore and, regardless of his fear, directly turned back into his young human form.
It seemed he couldn't turn back into his true form in front of this woman in the future. He was still a cub, and his reputation would be ruined by this woman!
The young man's peach blossom eyes were full of displeasure and anger. After turning back into a young man, Qin Jiujiu felt she was indeed a bit beastly. Now she couldn't pet him anymore. Actually, she originally wanted to comfort him, but she forgot he was a boy. Boys seemed to hate having their heads patted, so she stopped with an apologetic expression.
It was just that his original form was too pleasant to touch. That sensation, she actually wanted to try it again.
Qin Jiujiu eyed Tian Wu menacingly, determined to have a good petting session next time he transformed into his true form.
Bai Qianluo smiled enchantingly at the sight. Qin Jiujiu always did things that surprised her, but with her presence, their atmosphere clearly improved, and even Xie Jing's emotions fluctuated.
She had just seen Xie Jing staring directly at Jiu Jiu! He always appeared indifferent to everything, but he seemed to be paying a lot of attention to Qin Jiujiu?
Bai Qianluo smiled. As the heroine of this novel, she naturally had a beauty filter, especially in the eyes of the male lead and the second male lead. Qin Jiujiu was mesmerized by Bai Qianluo's smile, and then she looked at the reactions of the other three men.
Tian Wu was still a child. He had just recovered from the humiliation of being petted on the head. At this moment, he was a little afraid of Xie Jing and remained quietly by Qin Jiujiu's side without a sound.
Xie Yun's expression made Qin Jiujiu immediately feel a sense of shipping. It was obvious that the male lead had been completely captivated by the female lead. Speaking of which, the setting for the female lead in the original work was like this – Bai Qianluo was a cold beauty. Although she was favored by her master since childhood, this did not make her spoiled and willful. Instead, it made her cultivate diligently, fearing that she would disappoint her master's expectations. Naturally, with such a setting, Bai Qianluo did not like to smile.
She didn't smile easily, but when she did, she became the focus of the entire audience!
Qin Jiujiu knew this well. Logically speaking, the second male lead, Xie Jing, should also be deeply infatuated with her. The female lead was the only light for the yandere second male lead, wasn't she?
She deliberately looked at Xie Jing, but his expression was still faint, and he didn't seem to be looking at Bai Qianluo.
Qin Jiujiu noticed that his gaze was on Tian Wu?!