Qin Xiangyi’s explanation finally put Jing Shuxuan at ease.
Watching as the grilled meat was ready again, she hesitated for a moment, then picked it up, planning to get on good terms with Qin Xiangyi’s so-called “magical beast.”
“Mere human, do you think you can buy me off with just a piece of meat?” Peony scoffed at the sight, but her mouth didn’t stop—she stretched her head out and ate the meat without any hesitation.
Qin Xiangyi could see Peony, but Jing Shuxuan couldn’t; all she saw was the meat on her chopsticks disappearing.
She looked surprised and fed a few more pieces to the “magical beast,” while Peony, playing the part, accepted them all.
Jing Shuxuan relaxed a lot and soon started chatting and laughing with Qin Xiangyi.
The topics were all things Qin Xiangyi couldn’t really keep up with—school, work, friends—every one of them made this Qin Xiangyi’s head hurt.
She could only respond half-heartedly, occasionally letting Peony pretend to be the magical beast to help cover for her.
“But this magical beast can actually turn invisible.
If it grows up, its future will be limitless.”
The conversation shifted back to the “magical beast.” Invisibility was pretty overpowered in Qin Xiangyi’s eyes, so she’d set it as a rare skill—even among the seven chosen ones, very few could turn invisible.
And this setting, Qin Xiangyi had gone wild adding it to the flower people’s camp.
They could turn invisible, fly, do anything.
Of course, the reason for this wasn’t to make the flower people look cool, but because their good looks would put them in danger, so she gave them a bunch of escape skills to keep them safe and avoid making the readers feel bad for them.
Of course, Qin Xiangyi couldn’t say any of this out loud.
Even if she tried to make the novel sound all grand, she still felt super embarrassed.
She forced a smile, repeating to herself, “They’re just tools,” so she wouldn’t end up getting pissed off by her own world.
Seeing Jing Shuxuan working so hard to praise her, Qin Xiangyi could only keep smiling and pretend not to care.
“It’s not a big deal.”
Jing Shuxuan was even more exasperated.
“Xiao Yi, you sound like you need a beating.
This is an invisibility skill, you know.”
Qin Xiangyi laughed, thinking Jing Shuxuan’s attitude was even more interesting—she kept saying she hated the chosen ones, but seemed to know all about them.
With that in mind, Qin Xiangyi’s gaze dropped, wondering how to get a kiss from Jing Shuxuan.
Jing Shuxuan had no idea.
She noticed Qin Xiangyi staring at her lips and nervously asked, “Is it in front of me right now?” Qin Xiangyi nodded in response, and Jing Shuxuan, even more curious, reached out carefully, trying to find the magical beast.
“Where is it?” she asked again, looking a little excited.
Qin Xiangyi saw this as a chance, and since the barbecue was almost done, she moved over to Jing Shuxuan’s side and grabbed her hand.
“Over here.”
She pulled Jing Shuxuan’s hand through the air, testing how much Jing Shuxuan trusted her.
“It won’t bite me, right?”
“It won’t.”
“Why can’t I feel anything? Can’t it just stop being invisible?” Jing Shuxuan kept asking.
This time, Qin Xiangyi shot Peony a look, signaling her to reach out.
Peony was annoyed, but to keep the lie going, she stretched out her hand.
She was wearing a standard red ancient-style robe, and mischievously brushed her silky sleeve against Jing Shuxuan’s hand.
At that moment, Jing Shuxuan really felt like she touched something and jerked her hand back in fright.
Qin Xiangyi took the chance to hug Jing Shuxuan, but unfortunately, Jing Shuxuan turned her head the wrong way—otherwise, Qin Xiangyi would have completed her mission.
She thought it was a shame, but she was willing to do anything to survive.
Jing Shuxuan was both excited and scared, and also noticed how close Qin Xiangyi suddenly was, but her focus was still on the “magical beast.”
“I think I really touched it.
It felt kind of smooth, and I could even smell something like flowers.” Jing Shuxuan described what she felt, and Qin Xiangyi was a bit stunned.
Normally, when a flower person is hiding, they block human senses, let alone let someone smell their scent.
But thinking about it, Jing Shuxuan was recognized by the system as a flower fairy, so maybe that’s why she could sense flower people, and Qin Xiangyi didn’t dwell on it.
After all, Qin Xiangyi’s current mission was to kiss her little sister, create flower people, and help the Flower God Huang Quan get strong enough so she could rely on her.
That way, even if the gods came down from the heavens to cause trouble, she’d be fine.
She’d already been in this world for almost a month, but only had one flower person and had met two flower fairies, which made Qin Xiangyi really worried about her situation.
Because of that, she tried even harder to get close, planning to sneak a kiss by accident.
But then she remembered her annoying setting required a kiss to last a full minute, so she gave up for now, pulled away from Jing Shuxuan, and casually kept answering her questions.
“Maybe it’s because it looks cute.”
“Cute? I’ve heard a lot of low-level magical beasts look cute to trick humans, but what kind of cute comes with a floral scent?” Jing Shuxuan was confused, still waving her hand in the air, trying to feel the magical beast again.
Qin Xiangyi started picturing what she thought a cute magical beast would look like and said slowly, “It’s a flying teddy bear, with wings like a bat.”
As soon as she said it, Qin Xiangyi could picture the bear in her mind.
She even remembered seeing a story before she came to this world, where a princess was petting it, and it escaped from its cage while she was at it.
But because the description sounded so real, Jing Shuxuan believed Qin Xiangyi even more and kept asking, “Can it stop being invisible? I want to see it.”
Qin Xiangyi looked over at Peony not far away and hinted, “She hasn’t been tamed yet, so she can’t control her powers.
I’ll show her to you another time, Sister Xuan.”
Jing Shuxuan suddenly understood and even felt a little embarrassed.
“Look at me getting all excited—I forgot you went to Paradise City to learn how to control chosen one powers.”
Qin Xiangyi just smiled and didn’t say anything, relieved that she’d finally managed to bluff her way through.
Peony, meanwhile, seemed to have found a perfect excuse to cause trouble.
She sprinkled chili on Qin Xiangyi’s barbecue and grabbed a spoon to help herself to some food.
Luckily, they were in a private room, or who knows what kind of scene they would have caused.
But maybe because Qin Xiangyi mentioned awakening her powers, Jing Shuxuan’s attitude became even warmer.
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