Chapter 1127: Chapter 618: The Source of Xiaohua’s Fear (Double-Length Part 2)

Moreover, Wen Li’s other half is not an ordinary Raccoon Flower Demon. Before going to Chaoyun, Wen Li, as a weapon of war, had hands stained with uncountable blood after being blinded by demon nature...

After separation, the blood, karma, and everything else were detached from Wen Li and added to Xiaohua, who should have existed in the first place...

Bearing the burden of karmic debt and having reaped countless lives, Xiaohua... Initially, it wasn’t this harmless-looking creature. Zhu Pingniang was even prepared to take Xiaohua’s life once Wen Li and Xiaohua were completely severed.

After all, Xiaohua is not like ordinary demon races. If left to grow, it could very likely become a generation of irrational, cruel, and terrifying Great Demons.

Of course, later on, Xiaohua met Xu Chang’an.

And then...

There was no "then."

The terrifying dark sides, a nature equivalent to the Heart Demon, all vanished when stroked by Xu Chang’an... Turning from a dreadful demon into a cute creature that runs to catch fish every day, clasps its paws in greetings to Xu Chang’an, and is greedy for food.

Zhu Pingniang didn’t understand how Xu Chang’an was able to purify Xiaohua, who was filled with karmic debt, but... looking back now, Zhu Pingniang finds it only natural that Xiaohua was purified by Chang’an, after all, Chang’an has so many secrets, what’s a mere Half-Demon to him.

But...

What does this have to do with Yun Qian?

Even if the murderous aura on Xiaohua dissipated, in the end, its personality did not change, why should it be afraid of Yun Qian?

"Ms. Yun, Xiaohua is really afraid of you." Zhu Pingniang asked incredulously.

"I think so." Yun Qian nodded, still remembering the trembling figure of Xiaohua nestled in her lap... Speaking of which, Yun Qian didn’t know why the little creature was so afraid of her.

Often, just being able to sense that she was frightening was enough to prove the strength the other possessed.

But after thinking carefully, Yun Qian understood the reason.

She would know what she wanted to know, and the reason Xiaohua feared her was because, at that time, as a stranger who wanted to pet it like Xu Chang’an did, the little creature resisted, wanted to bite her, and genuinely released malice towards her.

That was indeed [Malice].

But because of the name Xu Xiaohua, Yun Qian ignored this malice.

Yet the world itself wouldn’t allow any creature to show malice towards her, so Xiaohua was warned by a warning from the supreme entity, naturally inciting the most primal fear in a creature.

Of course, it was only a warning since Xiaohua couldn’t be harmed.

’Ah...’

After realizing this, Yun Qian wondered whether it really had nothing to do with Miss Guan Yun this time?

Not exactly, the warning was only part of Xiaohua’s fear.

The other part was the fear of the ’unknown,’ after all, at that time, Yun Qian only lightly pinched its head and it couldn’t move.

Moreover, being Xu Chang’an’s pet, after being stained with his aura, when Xiaohua looked at Yun Qian, it vaguely sensed some strange areas.

Like even the ’supremacy’ that warned it was afraid of Yun Qian...

Under all these influences, the fact that it didn’t pee on Yun Qian, soil her clothes, and even dared to jump into Xu Chang’an’s arms and complain about Yun Qian’s ’torment’ when he returned...

Xu Xiaohua was indeed already considered ’fearless.’

But...

It’s all because it bears the surname Xu.

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Zhu Pingniang: "..."

Zhu Pingniang and Wen Li exchanged a glance, a rare moment of mutual understanding.

They were both extremely puzzled as to why Xiaohua would fear Yun Qian; it was utterly baffling...

"Ms. Yun, what did you do to Xiaohua that day?" Zhu Pingniang couldn’t help but ask.

"...Me?" Yun Qian thought for a moment.

I didn’t do much.

In her view, for a raccoon flower to be given the last name "Xu" by Xu Chang’an was in itself an absolute recognition, so how could she harm a little pet her husband loved?

Oh.

Yun Qian remembered something. When her husband returned, he had mentioned that something she did made Xiaohua uncomfortable.

"I... ruffled its fur the wrong way." Yun Qian tilted her head: "Does that count?"

"Ruffle against the grain?" Miss Lu was stunned, then nodded thoughtfully: "It seems this Raccoon Flower’s nature isn’t bad."

Soft and gentle like Yun Qian, now the Raccoon Slave of Flower Moon Building, daring to ruffle them backward, otherwise, they’ll slap you with a paw.

"..."

Wen Li didn’t speak, but the confusion in her eyes deepened.

That day, it was the first time Xiaohua met Yun Qian... How could it endure Yun Qian’s actions?

Wen Li knew very well that even if it were Yun Qian, let alone the junior brother Xiaohua adored and favored most, if treated that way, it would at least bump into him dissatisfied with its muzzle, let alone Yun Qian, a stranger.

But Yun Qian wouldn’t lie.

Wen Li’s brows furrowed slightly, instinctively feeling that there was something very important behind this, so she subconsciously looked towards Zhu Pingniang, the senior.

"Why are you looking at me? How would I understand this?" Zhu Pingniang waved her hand and asked Yun Qian: "Perhaps, is it because of what you just mentioned about not liking Raccoon Flowers? Could Xiaohua have sensed that? That little creature is quite clever."

"I don’t dislike Raccoon Flowers," Yun Qian said.

"Eh?"

Zhu Pingniang waved her hand:

"Didn’t you say you didn’t want to be a Raccoon Flower in your next life?"

"I don’t want to." Yun Qian tilted her head, eyes puzzled.

Not wanting to become a cat has nothing to do with whether she likes Xiaohua or not, right?

She loves her husband but never thought of becoming like him; that would be a strange thing.

"So you don’t dislike Raccoon Flowers." Zhu Pingniang thought to herself that with Yun Qian ruffling the cat backward, anyone else would think it was intentional.

"He said if there’s a chance to have a little pet, he’d hope for it to be a raccoon," Yun Qian said gently, her fingers twisting lightly together: "So I think so too."

Yun Qian also knows her husband wants one, possibly two daughters in the future, so he might be raising Xu Xiaohua as a daughter now, so how could he dislike it?

"...Strange, really strange." Zhu Pingniang grew more confused.

Yun Qian is harmless, doesn’t dislike cats, why would Xiaohua fear her?

So, it seems that the problem is very likely not on Yun Qian’s side but on Xiaohua’s?

Indeed, just because Xiaohua fears Yun Qian doesn’t mean Yun Qian has issues, it could very well be that the Raccoon Flower is the one with a problem.

Realizing this, Zhu Pingniang suddenly felt a light-bulb moment.

"Ms. Yun, on that day, when Chang’an was not around, when you were alone with Xiaohua, what did that cat do to you?"

"Nothing much, it just trembled lightly while I held it in my arms," Yun Qian replied truthfully.

"Is that so? How about at first sight?" Zhu Pingniang prompted further.

"...Hmm..." Yun Qian thought for a moment, then said: "At first sight, it wanted to bite me."

"Ah!?" Miss Lu cried out before Zhu Pingniang and Wen Li could react, urgently asking: "Miss Yun, are you okay? How could that Raccoon Flower be so unruly?"

Miss Lu was very worried.

Although the family cat is clean and wouldn’t spread any diseases, a bite from a cat can be very painful, and with Yun Qian’s delicate skin, if bitten, wouldn’t it hurt for a while?

"It’s okay, it didn’t bite me," Yun Qian blinked and said: "It... was somewhat reasonable."

Xu Chang’an once said that daughters, even if unreasonable, need to be sensible.

As Miss Lu breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Pingniang suddenly clapped her hands: "Don’t put that little thing on a pedestal, it doesn’t even know how to spell sensible. Ms. Yun, you are weak, if it wants to bite you, you probably can’t dodge..."

Zhu Pingniang laughed playfully.

"It didn’t bite, probably because Xiaohua came to its senses at the last moment..."

She figured out everything and looked at Wen Li: "I know why Xiaohua fears Yun Qian."

"...Why?" Wen Li still didn’t understand.