Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 121 Qiu Pi

As soon as she entered the villa, she rushed up to the second floor, not even bothering to ask Xiaobai if anything had happened, and went straight to Qiu Pi's room. However, just as her hand grasped the doorknob, the door opened from the inside.

Qiu Pi stood in the doorway wearing only a bathrobe, the unfastened robe revealing his muscular chest and well-defined abdomen.

As soon as Geng Miaowan saw him, she rushed to him and asked, "Have you been in the room the whole time? Has anything happened? Or did you hear any strange noises?"

Qiu Pi was taken aback by her barrage of questions, then chuckled softly, "I'm standing right here, aren't I? But you, catch your breath first. What happened?"

She looked him over and found that apart from his face not looking quite right, there was nothing else wrong with him. She had been worried that Thousand Faces of Sorrow had come looking for him since it had suddenly disappeared, but it seemed it had escaped somewhere else. She replied, "It's nothing serious. Xu Ruwen and the others found traces of Thousand Faces of Sorrow, but it escaped when they got close. I was worried it would come looking for you."

"I've been in the room the whole time and haven't found anything strange," Qiu Pi said, as he casually adjusted his robe and fastened his belt.

"That's good." Seeing that he was alright, Geng Miaowan breathed a sigh of relief. However, noticing that his complexion seemed worse than yesterday, she asked with some concern, "Why do you look so pale? Are you alright?"

Seeing her looking him over, Qiu Pi lowered his head, straightened his robe with both hands, and said, "It's nothing, I just didn't sleep well."

He went back to his room to rest before eight o'clock in the evening. How come he still can't sleep well every day? Geng Miaowan looked at him suspiciously. And when did he become so concerned about his appearance? It was just a bathrobe, but he kept tying it up and tugging at it.

She remembered that when she first arrived, he practically wanted to strip naked and parade around in front of her.

"you……"

"If you have nothing else, I'll go to sleep now." Qiu Pi said, turning slightly as he went back into the room, just in time to avoid her hand that was trying to pull at his robe. He closed the door before she could answer.

Looking at her empty hand, Geng Miaowan felt that Qiu Pi seemed strange today, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She knocked on the door and said, "If you're not feeling well, go to the hospital to get it checked out."

"I'm fine, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep." After a while, Qiu Pi's voice finally came from inside the door.

Before long, Peng Yuxian and Xu Ruwen returned. The ghost that had blocked their way was very cunning. It didn't fight them head-on at all, but instead tripped them up a few times from the shadows before running away.

The next day, Qiu Pi didn't leave his room all day, not even eating the food delivered to his door. On the third day at noon, just as Geng Miaowan was hesitating whether to call someone to rush into his room to check if he was still alive, the door opened.

The three people in the living room stared in astonishment as Qiu Pi came down from upstairs.

Qiu Pi was wearing a bright red suit. His handsome face no longer showed the haggardness of the past few days. It was rosy and glowing. His eyebrows were high and his eyes were full of spring. He looked very pleased with himself.

Xu Ruwen whistled. He joked, "Qiu Pi, have you had a sex change?"

Geng Miaowan approached him and looked him over for a while. She asked, "Are you alright?"

Qiu Pi raised an eyebrow and asked in return, "What could possibly be wrong with me?"

She shook her head. Qiu Pi in front of her really did seem perfectly fine, just like when she first met him. Even his month-long mental fatigue was gone; he was practically a different person from the one she had seen that night.

Although she had a gut feeling that something must have happened to him, seeing that he seemed perfectly fine, she couldn't tell whether it was something good or bad. She could only tell Xu Ruwen and the others to be extra vigilant and keep a close eye on him.

And she herself stayed by his side without ever leaving his side.

Some time passed, and none of their worries came to pass. Qiu Pi seemed to have returned to normal, and Qianmian Shang had not reappeared since his disappearance that day. Life was peaceful, so peaceful that Geng Miaowan felt something was amiss.

Even so, Geng Miaowan dared not let her guard down.

Peng Yuxian and Xu Ruwen took turns going out to look for clues every day, and even Xiaobai was often not at home, but Qianmian Shang seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Qiu Pi's chest wound has not changed. It has been two or three months since it was discovered, but it has remained a pinkish-red color.

That night, Geng Miaowan still had to examine the wound on his chest. Qiu Pi found it too troublesome to take off and put on his clothes every time, so he usually examined him after he had taken a shower.

In his words, since he was going to take his clothes off anyway, he might as well take them off completely. However, under her insistence, he obediently put on his bathrobe.

When Geng Miaowan entered the room, he had just finished showering. Upon seeing her, he teased, "Oh, you're here so early. Are you eager to see my body?"

After spending several months together, Geng Miaowan's reaction to his words had successfully shifted from initial silence to complete indifference. She walked up to him and said, "Enough talk, take off your clothes."

"So eager, huh..." Qiu Pi looked at her with a half-smile, his hand reaching out to stroke her face, but she turned her head away. He withdrew his hand somewhat awkwardly, "You're getting more and more boring."

When she first arrived, he would always make her blush with pleasure, but now she doesn't react at all.

“You’re just getting more and more bored,” Geng Miaowan retorted.

She reached out and pulled his robe aside slightly, revealing the scar on his left chest. It was still a fleshy pink, but because he had just taken a shower, the water-soaked skin made it appear even redder.

How could there be no change after so long? She really couldn't understand it. "Have you felt any discomfort or other strange sensations in your body?"

"Of course."

"where?"

“It’s right here,” Qiu Pi said, pointing to his left chest.

"Here?" Geng Miaowan's expression tightened. She reached out and touched the mark. "Is it uncomfortable here? How is it uncomfortable?"

Seeing her nervous expression, Qiu Pi smiled. He took her hand and placed it on his chest. "Touch it like this, and it will feel better."

Geng Miaowan was stunned for a moment, then realized she had been tricked. She slapped his hand with her other hand, "How can you say such things? You scared me to death. Be careful you don't become like the boy who cried wolf. I don't believe that Qianmian Shang will really come looking for you next time."

She tried to pull her hand away, but Qiu Pi held it firmly and pulled her into his arms. Her face was almost pressed against his bare chest.

"Geng Miaowan, when will you truly care about me, instead of just caring about Qianmian Shang?" His voice was low and husky, as if it contained a thousand unspoken words. (To be continued.)