Jinhsi slowly opened her eyes from the bed, and what came into view was Changli's eyes filled with concern.
"Master?"
Seeing Jinhsi wake up, Changli quickly helped her sit up, handed her a cup of water, and asked, "How do you feel?"
Looking at Changli's eyes with a hint of worry, Jinhsi finally showed a smile. The snow outside the window slid off the roof, falling to the ground and melting into running water.
"I succeeded, Master. I saved the Sentinel and protected Jinzhou."
"Mm, I know." Changli's brows curved with a smile. Jinhsi had never disappointed her.
"By the way, where's Zane? Is he okay?"
Hearing Jinhsi mention Zane, Changli opened the folding fan in her hand, cing her red lips, unable to stop herself from laughing.
"He's fine, but not entirely fine."
Jinhsi frowned slightly at this. With her master's personality, she usually wouldn't say something so ambiguous. But since Master said Zane was fine, then the latter half probably meant he had caused some trouble again…
'But what exactly did he do?'
At that moment, from the corner of her eye, Jinhsi caught sight of a small white figure flashing past outside the door. That appearance seemed somewhat similar to her, and also carried a bit of Rover's shadow.
Jinhsi's eyelids twitched, a trace of surprise appearing on her face, her muscles tensing up instinctively.
"Master, just now I saw outside the door…"
"That white little girl?" Changli naturally knew what Jinhsi was asking about. The curve of her lips grew even deeper, almost breaking into laughter.
"Why don't you guess who it is?"
———
Switching perspectives, although the injuries on Zane's body had been completely healed by the power of time sequence, the mental exhaustion could not be made up for. Watching Jue leave with Jinhsi, once his mind relaxed, he fell into unconsciousness.
It was precisely for this reason that he luckily avoided a round of discipline from Rover.
A slick sensation brushed across his fingertips, pulling Zane's consciousness out of the haze. Immediately after, a sharp pain dragged him completely out of the darkness.
"Hiss…"
With a sharp intake of breath, Zane suddenly opened his eyes.
"Someone's trying to kill… huh? Who are you?"
At this moment, sitting on the chair by Zane's bedside was a little girl, delicate and adorable like a finely crafted doll.
Her hair was fluffy, tied into two small buns on top of her head. On her forehead was a dragon-shaped mark, giving this cute little girl a layer of mystery.
Her small face was full and soft, her fair and delicate skin carrying a faint rosy glow. Her cherry-colored lips lightly smacked together, as if savoring something.
As if sensing Zane's gaze, the girl's body stiffened. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and even her swinging little feet stopped.
For some reason, facing Zane in this state made her feel a bit scared.
"I… I…"
The little girl stammered, afraid Zane would make some inhuman request again.
After all, in practical terms, Zane was her Arbiter's man.
She just didn't know if Jinzhou's laws were well established… it seemed she should urge Jinhsi to complete the relevant laws as soon as possible.
At the same time, Zane noticed a small row of bite marks on the index finger of his right hand. Recalling the warm, wet sensation from before…
"Help! There's a p*rvert!"
Zane's pig-like scream instantly echoed throughout Hongzhen.
The girl looked at Zane, who had a completely violated expression, then turned to look at Rover, who was radiating dark energy. She immediately looked like she was about to cry.
"Arbiter… no… I didn't…"
"No need to say more, I understand."
Little girl: 'No! You don't understand!'
At this moment, Zane finally caught onto something from the little girl's words…
"Arbiter?" Zane frowned, shock filling his eyes. Although it didn't quite make sense, after eliminating all the wrong options, even if the remaining one seemed impossible, it had to be the correct answer.
"Could it be that you are…"
Seeing her identity about to be exposed, the little girl let out a long breath. She was still hoping Zane would help clear her suspicion.
"That's right, I am the Sen..."
"The daughter of the Sentinel and Rover!"
"..."
"Pfft hahaha…" Stelle, who just happened to pass by, spat out the water in her mouth and was now rolling on the ground laughing while holding her stomach.
Beside her, the Doctor, who was holding a bowl of medicine, looked at Rover, whose dark aura had practically solidified, then looked at the medicine bowl in his hand, and directly threw the bowl along with the medicine into the nearby trash can.
'...Forget it, no saving him, just bury him.'
Above Mt. Firmament, only Rover's furious, teeth-gritting roar and Zane's pleading cries echoed.
The sound reverberated through the empty valley, lingering for a long time.
This wasn't domestic violence, this was flirting.
Fortunately, Rover knew Zane's habit of causing antics, and he was also the hero of this trip to Mt. Firmament. So she didn't hit too hard.
Just about the level of a bone fracture with one punch.
Not enough to kill someone.
After a short period of "pleasant" interaction, Zane groaned and lay face down on the bed with his butt raised.
"Rover, I have a question."
Having just vented, Rover was slightly sweaty, and even her mood had improved a lot, so she answered readily.
"Go ahead, what is it?"
"Why do you always go after my butt? Do you have some kind of special hobby?"
The girl, who had witnessed everything, immediately slapped her forehead, her heart full of bitterness, 'Can't you learn your lesson!?'
But this time, Rover didn't get angry. Instead, she thought for a moment and said playfully, "Then what should I do?"
"If I don't go after your backside, should I go after your front instead? Or…" A charming and seductive smile appeared on Rover's face.
"Or do you want me to go after your front?"
Little girl: 'You can even take this road!?'
From this moment on, she began to realize that turning into a little girl was a huge mistake. If things went wrong, she might end up becoming a tool for flirting between this abnormal couple.
Feeling the air in the room gradually heating up, the little girl quickly spoke, afraid that if she was even a second late, something might happen to her too.
"I am Jue."
"Oh, I knew that."
Seeing Zane's calm expression without any surprise, it was Jue's turn to be shocked.
"You already knew?"
"Yeah." Zane gritted his teeth and rolled over. After all, keeping his butt raised the whole time was pretty tiring.
Finding a comfortable position to lean on, Zane explained matter-of-factly, "What normal little girl would stay alone in a mentally and physically healthy man's room, biting and licking a man's finger?"
Rover: '!!'
A surge of killing intent came from behind Jue. The little girl trembled as she turned her head. At some point, Rover, who had been sitting on the chair, was now standing right behind her, her golden eyes having turned into vertical pupils.
Jue, in her girl form, froze, cold sweat instantly soaking through her thin dress.
"Arbiter… um… I was actually checking Zane's body."
[🎉 Shoutout to Kyle and Walter for joining p@treon. It motivates me to keep bringing you better stories. Thank you very much.🤗]