Jiang Yuxue immediately tried to find a place to hide. Luckily, her small frame made it convenient to hide herself under the counter, staying as still as possible.
Because Li Junzhe was reborn, he had already unlocked his lightning ability from the start. On the contrary, Jiang Meiling who had to wait for the apocalypse to come before unlocking her ability. Perhaps it had something to do with the time they went back in time.
"Yuxue?" Li Junzhe's footsteps appeared in the kitchen, making her subconsciously hold her breath. "You are not here…"
Li Junzhe stayed in his place, scanning the kitchen while looking for Jiang Yuxue's figure. Then, he walked around, "Yuxue, where are you?"
When his feet came near the place where she had hidden herself, she was alarmed, watching the pair of boots with wide eyes. Then, Li Junzhe walked away while calling her name, intending to go to other rooms to find her.
Jiang Yuxue heaved a sigh of relief after he went, but then she began to feel depression enveloping her heart. She stared at her pair of small, furry arms. Then… her white, fluffy tail circled her small body. She touched it, caressing the soft fur.
It never happened before, during one of her previous reincarnations. She had never turned into a fox. If only Li Junzhe wasn't here, she would have tried to analyze her current form more deeply. Alas, she couldn't find a mirror and even had to hide.
This form somehow gave her hope.
Because she was originally a fox. Until she cultivated to be a demon and was taken in by the fox clan. She thoughtfully stared at her hands. The most pressing matter now… how can she change back?
She didn't sense Li Junzhe nearby, so she carefully creeped out of her hiding place.
However, then she heard a voice that nearly sent her to her next reincarnation.
"Oh… a fox? Does Yuxue hide a fox here and use me as an excuse so she can stay and play with it?" With Su Wenxin's level of strictness, she wouldn't allow Jiang Yuxue to raise an animal that could possibly hurt her. They didn't even have a cat or dog.
The man crouched down, staring at Jiang Yuxue's fox figure. She began to shake, her eyes revealed the terror she was currently experiencing.
"It's alright." His wide palm swooped down and reached for her, who didn't successfully escape. This man was too quick! She already jumped two times, but failed to avoid his hand for the third time.
She wriggled in his hand, trying to make him release her. However, he was very good at measuring his own strength. His grip was tight, but not enough to hurt her.
Her tiny figure tried to bite and claw at him, making some scratches. Li Junzhe frowned when he saw this. Jiang Yuxue bared her teeth, hissing at him.
"Such a wild fox." He looked at her disapprovingly. "Your temper is so big, similar to Yuxue."
Jiang Yuxue felt slightly wronged. That was all an act, ok? She bared her teeth again in disapproval.
"With such a temper… you might hurt her," he had a calculating look in his eyes. "She is not here right now. If I get rid of you…"
Terror wrecked through Jiang Yuxue's body. She almost forgot that behind that angelic and gentlemanly demeanor he often showed to others, he hid a sinister personality!
She struggled even more fiercely after she heard it. If it was one of her previous reincarnations, she might just let it be and go with the flow. But now she could turn into a fox. Her true form!
It didn't matter whether the future would play out just like the usual plot. She wanted to see what would happen now that she had her fox body. She might find a way to go back to the immortal world!
Jiang Yuxue's hard work wasn't in vain. She managed to sink her small teeth into Li Junzhe's finger, making the man loosen his grip. She jumped down and ran away for her life.
Footsteps followed from behind, like the call of a grim reaper.
She quickened her steps until she arrived at her library and slipped inside. Her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest. What to do? What to do?!
Li Junzhe knocked on the door. "Yuxue, are you inside?"
Her eyes were directed at the slightly ajar door, wide. She watched as the door gradually opened. Her heartbeat quickened.
"Yuxue?"
He walked closer to her. "Why do you look so surprised?"
She was stunned. What was he talking about? Then, she realized that the furniture in the room didn't look as gigantic as before. Glancing at her hands, she saw that they had turned into human hands again. Inwardly, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Her attention was back on him, a bit vigilantly. She wondered whether it was her imagination, but this Li Junzhe appeared more dangerous. More keen and calculating.
He was such an excellent actor. All the traces of his murderous intent from earlier were gone. As if he hadn't just planned to kill her supposed fox pet.
"Sorry, I got distracted." She muttered, clutching the book that was so coincidentally laying on the table, near her hand.
Lifting the book and showing the cover to him, she explained, "I just remembered that I need to go to grandma's house in a few days and decided to bring some books."
She pursed her lips. The excuse might not be so convincing. Because, unlike him, Jiang Yuxue didn't like to read books that much. However, what could he do anyway?
"I will make the tea now," she muttered as she stood up from her seat.
However, Li Junzhe shook his head as he glanced at his watch. "No need. I need to go now."
With a relieved heart, she sent him off this psychopath. After she closed the door, she collapsed, rubbing her small, fragile heart. Thankfully, he didn't stay long. Because she just got a notification on her phone that her medicine was going to be delivered soon.
With him around, he was bound to be suspicious.
Jiang Yuxue watched as the people from the pharmacy brought the medicine back and forth to her private house's warehouse. Once a while, she glanced at the gate, fearing that Li Jinzhe would show up suddenly and gave her a heart attack.
After some time, they finished moving the medicine to the warehouse. It was dinner time. She went to store the medicine into the space rings before returning to her bedroom, mulling over what had just happened today.
The spiritual energy in this world was so thin that it was almost unnoticeable, full of pollution. But… It was very effective. She needed to gather spiritual energy for a few years to kill a high level superpower human. All for one attack, but it was proven that spiritual energy can work here.
Unfortunately, her body was completely mortal. The years it took just to gather a bit of spiritual energy made her hopeless. Well, she hadn't tried it yet. Maybe she should try with her fox form?
As she mulled over her thoughts, she fell asleep. After she woke up, she hurriedly went home to join the family's breakfast.
When the breakfast had finished, she realized something. This time around, Jiang Meiling expressed her intention to go to grandma's house because she was grounded, right? What an easy way out. Most likely, she hadn't finished gathering supplies yet.
Jiang Yuxue didn't dwell on the worthless thoughts anymore. The protagonist's luck was always good, anyway. She held up the pair of rings in her hand.
Coincidentally, Jiang Meiling was passing by. She seemed to be attracted by the pair of rings. "Where do you get those rings?"
Did she recognize it as an artifact with space inside? Her pupils dilated in wariness.