181: Chapter 181: The Black Cat's Blessing (Twenty-Two)

Qianye slowly crouched down.

She stared at her with an innocent expression.

"I already said I'd save you and get you out, understand?"

The girl stared at her blankly, and the next second, the pain in her abdomen deepened again.

"You don't understand?"

The girl gritted her teeth, lowered her head, and nodded slightly twice.

"Hee hee~"

"Wouldn't it have been better if you were this obedient earlier~"

"Don't worry, Big Sister, I'll get you out of here right now."

Qianye flashed a sweet smile and pulled the person up from the straw mat.

As the girl stood up, bright red blood seeped out again.

"Ah, Big Sister is bleeding."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Big Sister won't blame me, right!"

Qianye blinked, staring at her innocently, her hands moving incessantly as if trying to stop the bleeding, but only causing the blood to flow even more.

The girl let out a muffled groan.

"No... no need, I, I'm fine."

The voice was gritted through teeth.

Looking at the top of Qianye's head, the girl's face twisted, and a flash of eerie green light passed through her eyes.

"Then let's go."

The moment they stepped outside, a drizzle began to fall, and before they had walked many steps, the rain grew heavier.

Qianye held up her hong ling umbrella, looked at the puddles on the ground, and then looked at her own little leather shoes.

"Hey, I'm feeling a bit unhappy."

Qianye turned back, staring at the girl, a red light flickering in her eyes.

"Big Sister is truly annoying."

"I dislike rainy days the most~"

"Can't Big Sister think of a way~"

Qianye held the umbrella, tilted her head, and stared at the girl with clear, innocent eyes.

"You, what are you talking about!"

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A moment later,

Qianye looked at her blood-stained shoes and sighed softly.

"Sigh, these are one of my favorite pairs of shoes."

Master, don't you think these words sound familiar?

The spider lily in Qianye's arms swayed its body.

"Do you think you've been living too comfortably?"

Qianye held the flower pot with one hand, her tone full of threats.

No, no, no, Master, I didn't say anything.

You heard wrong.

Good grief, I forgot, Master's mood is unpredictable.

"Hmm?"

Instantly, the spider lily stopped moving, not daring to provoke her again.

On the ground,

bloodstains mixed with rainwater, and the girl's figure lay in the sewage.

Motionless.

The hong ling umbrella stood to the side, dripping with what might have been rainwater or blood?

At this moment, the sky returned to a gray, hazy state.

"Wouldn't it be better to be obedient?"

After cleaning herself up, Qianye sauntered away from the place.

After she left,

a figure quietly appeared and dragged the person lying on the ground away.

Time passed little by little,

Qianye wandered around the entire village, but did not see a third person.

The entire village was deathly silent.

Night arrived quietly.

"Ho ho ho..."

"Ho ho ho..."

The sound of gongs and drums.

The entire square was brightly lit.

Among them were the sounds of children chanting.

From a few trees not far from the square, Qianye heard the commotion and lazily stretched.

Standing up, through the leaves, Qianye clearly saw what was happening in the square.

In the center of the square, a figure was tied to a pillar, surrounded by a circle of flames.

This figure was very familiar to Qianye; it was the very girl who should have been lying in a pool of blood.

Around her, a group of children in black cloaks were chanting something.

Qianye judged that they were a group of children through their childish voices.

Further out was a circle of adults holding torches.

Each one of them stood motionless.

And in the innermost part of the square was a high platform, where a coffin was placed.

Qianye observed calmly, not knowing what kind of ritual this group of people was trying to perform.

The chanting continued.

Suddenly,

black mist attacked from all directions, mixed with the sound of cat meows.

"Meow~ Meow~"

"Ah..."

"It's Lord Curtain Shadow!"

"Lord Curtain Shadow!"

Instantly, the entire square knelt down.