After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

But to Shi Yan's surprise, upon hearing his words, the little girl seemed unable to hold back any longer. Her soft little hands immediately wrapped around his neck, and she burst into tears in his arms, like a puppy that had been bullied by the neighbor's naughty cat.

"Ugh... Waaaaaah!!!"

Tears smeared all over Shi Yan's chest and neck.

The teacher was caught off guard.

She's seen it all... but this is a scene she's never seen before.

The little girl's reaction was like...

I felt like the bad guy threatening the little girl, wanting to eat her up.

The teacher could only lift the girl's body and let her sit sideways on his lap, providing her with a position that was... easier for her to cry.

Shi Yan always dotes on all girls.

He gently stroked the girl's soft back, pressed down on the back of her head, and rested his chin against her head.

Feeling the girl in his arms sobbing and trembling, Shi Yan vaguely sensed something was amiss.

A faint fragrance wafted in the air.

very special.

Like the scent you smell when you stroll through a walnut grove after a morning rain, watching the pale white walnut blossoms swirling and falling in front of you.

"Was Xiao Moyi bullied?"

Shi Yan hugged the little girl tightly.

Shi Moyi shook his head vigorously, but... the girl's hand gripping Shi Yan's chest tightened even more.

It even hurts a little.

Because of the vow... she couldn't even tell Shi Yan if she was bullied.

He could only look at Shi Yan pitifully.

If the little girl weren't crying so hard, Shi Yan would definitely have already taken out the ruler to teach her a lesson about why the flowers are so red.

But... she looked at Shi Moyi glaring at her.

The teacher suddenly misunderstood something big.

The little girl doesn't mean... that she's the one who bullied her, does she?

hiss--

It doesn't seem to have any problems.

This is exactly the place where I dragged the little girl out last time when I was strolling around with Shangyue Qingqing.

"Ahem..." Shi Yan quickly changed the subject.

"If Xiao Moyi gets bullied by bad people, you must tell your older sister."

"Your sister will beat her drum for you!"

Because of the vow, Shi Moyi couldn't even speak about what happened to Qingqing last month; she could only stare at Shi Yan.

If this were a comic book, Shi Yan would probably be sweating profusely.

"broken..."

"The bad guy is myself."

How can you beat your own drum? This posture seems quite difficult to achieve.

Otherwise, I'll just let the little girl's older sister, Shiwei, take the punishment for me.

"what--"

"Achoo..."

At Xingtian Square, Shi Wei, who had finally recovered a little, suddenly felt a chill creep up her spine.

People are sitting in the square when disaster strikes from the sky.

Taking advantage of the moment when the little girl seemed to have calmed down a bit, Shi Yan quickly grabbed her hand and put her down.

Shi Moyi was still a little reluctant to leave Master Shiyan's embrace.

But Shi Yan immediately got up, and she had no choice but to obediently let Master Shi Yan take her hand.

The girl's small hand was held tightly by Shi Yan's interlaced fingers, and the little girl gripped her hand tightly.

She looked up at Shi Yan.

His expression was unpleasant.

There was no trace of being bound by silk or satin on my body, and the terrible things that happened before seemed to be just my nightmares.

But... just a little bit of recollection.

They were tightly bound, their eyes covered, and their mouths gagged.

Held in the devil's arms, I felt my body slowly going numb from being bound too tightly, and the pricking sensation seemed to return.

It's too real.

But... whenever he tries to bring up the girl from the Uezuki Sect, it's as if an invisible hand covers his mouth, silencing him.

All of this tells Shi Moyi... that it wasn't a dream.

That really happened.

She looked up at the sun.

The position of the sun seemed unchanged from before he met the terrifying woman from the Upper Moon Sect.

I was threatened...the time of the attack...

It disappeared as if it had been cut out.

It seems... it was all a nightmare I had, only this nightmare was so real that it even affected reality.

Shi Moyi had such a dream.

I've also seen... nightmares like that become reality.

She shrank back and glanced at Shi Yan.

Then he bit his lip hard.

That was the last nightmare.

Reality and dreams seemed to intertwine, as if she were standing on the boundary between reality and illusion.

He shook his head vigorously and gripped Shi Yan's hand even tighter.

Shi Moyi tried his best to banish all those chaotic thoughts from his mind.

There was only one thought left—

"Own..."

"I must find a way to remind Master Shiyan."

"That woman has ill intentions towards Master Shiyan."

Gently wiping away the little girl's tears, she also placed her own handkerchief into Shi Moyi's hand.

"I'll take you home first."

"If you're too sleepy..."

"I'll just go home and take a nap."

Shi Moyi lowered his head, clutching the handkerchief that smelled of Master Shi Yan tightly.

"That's right..." she racked her brains, "Shouldn't Master Shiyan be at the Enlightenment Conference...?"

"Why did you suddenly come back?"

Shi Yan's expression suddenly froze.

She couldn't very well say that because she wanted to consider the upcoming Shy Luo Field, she decided to go back to "Huangtian Houtu" to ask around about when the people from "Qinglian Sword Sect," "Taiyi Sect," and "Qinghai Demon Sect" would arrive.

So I can make arrangements for my own affairs after this... no, I mean adjust my plans.

After a moment's thought, Shi Yan smiled at the little girl beside him, "The clan leader asked me to prepare for receiving guests from other holy lands..."

Shi Yan silently shifted the blame to Shi Hongjian.

I believe that if I whisper something in Shi Hongjian's ear about this small matter, she probably won't refuse.

I was trying to help her share the burden.

"Sigh..." To Shi Yan's surprise, Shi Moyi looked completely bewildered.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yan suddenly sensed something was amiss.

"The matter of receiving guests from other holy sites..." Shi Moyi looked up at Shi Yan with his little head tilted up.

"Didn't the clan leader hand it over to Sister Shi Jiangyou?"

A smiling young girl immediately came to mind.

"Um..."

"It would be too much pressure to put all such troublesome things on one person."

"The clan chief asked me to help her with some of the burden."

Anyway, Shi Yan from other sects doesn't care about the reception.

Shi Yan only wanted to solve his own little problem.

"I see..." The little girl nodded after hearing Master Shiyan's vague reply.

It seems a bit strange.

However... this isn't a question that absolutely needs an answer.

"That..."

"I'll take Master Shiyan to find Sister Jiangyou."