"What do you need my hair for?" Ye Jiqing was clearly on guard against me; he feared I might betray him.
I didn't respond to him, just coldly stared at Ye Jiqing.
Rescuing him was a gesture of goodwill, not a debt I owed him; I wasn't eager to explain too much to him.
I had already started to consider ways to escape if he refused to give me his hair, as Beichen and I had no quarrel with this demon.
When the time came, we would just need to abandon the car and leave Ye Jiqing to him.
Beichen and I would probably be fine.
Even if the demon implicated Beichen and me because of Ye Jiqing, the two of us together.
should be able to fight the demon to a draw.
As malicious thoughts swirled in my mind.
Ye Jiqing, hesitating, gritted his teeth and pulled out his hair for me.
I quickly pulled out a human form patchwork from my pocket and threaded Ye Jiqing's hair into it.
At that moment, Ye Jiqing's neck was fiercely grasped by Xia Xi.
Xia Xi's face was full of hatred, her grip extraordinarily strong.
Ye Jiqing's face quickly turned purple from lack of oxygen, and he was minutes away from death.
I swiftly placed my palm on Xia Xi's skull and whispered a Taoist incantation, "Hurry, hurry like a decree!"
"Ah—" Xia Xi screamed in pain and let go of Ye Jiqing.
As I increased the force of my hand.
Xia Xi roared unwillingly and crashed out of the vehicle.
However, she quickly got up from the ground and chased us down again, crazed.
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At that critical moment of life and death.
I threw the Patchwork Man threaded with Ye Jiqing's hair out of the car; it immediately took on Ye Jiqing's form in the darkness.
The Puppet stood frailly in the middle of the road; as my lips touched, it spoke, "Xia Xi, I'm right here, I'll go with you. Stop implicating others."
"Hehehe, you should have done this sooner, Ye Jiqing! You must die!!" Xia Xi pounced and began biting fiercely at the Puppet.
Inside the car, the wind whistled through.
All three of us were chattering our teeth.
Ye Jiqing, seeing another "himself" being devoured to the bone, was completely petrified: "..."
"Beichen, lower the barrier," I said, seeing Beichen still stiff, I suggested.
As Beichen lowered the barrier, he said, "Isn't this a bit unkind?"
"We'll get off the highway and switch cars," I said.
We exited the highway and reached the suburbs of city B.
It was already noon the next day.
Ye Jiqing, in the back seat, had frozen into a slumber.
After being awakened, he was still somewhat dazed.
I said to him, "If you're alright, we won't go to the hospital; just head to your house."
"I... should be fine, just a bit cold," Ye Jiqing said, shivering.
Now it was daytime, and the temperature was relatively high.
The three of us still went into a shopping mall and each bought a coat to wrap around ourselves.
Then we took a taxi to Ye Jiqing's house.
"Ye Jiqing, did you abuse cats?" I asked bluntly as I got out of the car.
Ye Jiqing, in a daze like a wandering soul, stiffened at my words, "No, how could I possibly do that..."
"You're still trying to deceive me now?" I glanced at the villa and said lightly, "Xia Xi moves so nimbly; she could only be a cat, not any other animal."
"Do you mean Xia Xi's body was... possessed by a cat?" Ye Jiqing began to tremble.
Seeing him so terrified, I didn't pursue further: "Let's just go to your house for now."
"Oh." Ye Jiqing went and pressed the electronic doorbell.
Seeing it was Ye Jiqing through the peephole, the servant opened the door.
Beichen and I followed Ye Jiqing into the villa.
As soon as Ye Jiqing entered, his parents greeted him, "Qingqing, you're finally back! What's been going on with you these past few days? Your phone was off, we couldn't reach you, and you didn't reply to any texts."