"Yeah, only you can call me that, but from now on, you have to do it secretly and make sure no one else knows I’m Xiaoguai. Absolutely no one can know that there are demons in this world."
When Wen Xiao’ai said "secretly", she even lowered her voice unconsciously, as if truly afraid others would discover she was Xiaoguai.
"Then why are you willing to tell me? And why must you make sure I believe you?"
"Because you’re Jun Moyan, silly. If I don’t tell you, how will you take care of me? I can’t go home, I have no money on me, and I don’t know how to take care of myself. Besides you, I don’t know anyone else."
Jun Moyan felt somewhat happy when he heard these words.
He used to detest clingy things, but now he actually liked this feeling of being depended on.
"Don’t worry, I won’t talk."
"Hehe~" Wen Xiao’ai giggled, suddenly remembering her little bell.
"By the way, Jun Moyan, where’s the little bell you rewarded me with? Do you have it?"
"It broke. I’ll send someone to fix it tomorrow, and make it a bit bigger."
"Didn’t you say that even if I grew up it wouldn’t choke me? How did it still break?" Wen Xiao’ai wrinkled her little nose.
"...I didn’t expect you to grow so big." Now you’ve become a person~
"Humph~" Wen Xiao’ai huffed dissatisfaction but said no more.
In the middle of drying her hair, Wen Xiao’ai suddenly remembered something important and exclaimed excitedly. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel·fiɾe·net
"Jun Moyan, I suddenly remembered something very important."
She was so excited that her little hands instinctively grabbed his clothes, her face full of annoyance, not even caring about drinking her milk.
Jun Moyan paused, glanced at her, then continued to blow-dry her hair.
"Wuu... I forgot," Wen Xiao’ai pouted, a somber look on her small face.
"We shouldn’t have come back so soon; I still need to find my way home. You should have taken me to the little forest first."
"Now, we are so far away from it."
"When we were in Holy City, why didn’t you remind me?"
"I... forgot too." Jun Moyan looked a bit perturbed.
"Humph..." Wen Xiao’ai pursed her little lips, seemingly unhappy.
"Forget it, it’s not too late to go back to the little forest once my inner core is completely repaired. Otherwise, even if we go now, with insufficient mana, I still won’t be able to go home. And I don’t want to go back yet~"
"When will your inner core be fully repaired?"
It depends on how powerful the energy in your body is~
"Once your inner core is fixed, will you go back?"
Jun Moyan lowered his gaze slightly, his mood suddenly becoming inexplicably agitated.
"But I will definitely come back to visit you and bring you a lot of Immortal Fruit you’ve never tried," Wen Xiao’ai said with a smile.
"Hmm..." Jun Moyan responded absently, suddenly asking, "Can you turn back into a cat?"
"Only after my inner core is fully repaired."
"What’s the matter, are you unhappy?"
"No. You sneaking over here, your clan must be worried about you, right?"
"Of course they’re worried, they would definitely come looking for me if they knew I was here."
Jun Moyan’s hand holding the hair dryer paused slightly, feeling even worse.
"It’s just... they don’t know I’ve come to the Human Realm. I lied to them saying I was going into seclusion in Qin Mountain Cliff Cave and told them not to disturb me, that I would be out in six months. They definitely think I’m still in seclusion there." Wen Xiao’ai was filled with regret.