In Song Yao's room, Zhaozhao was sitting on the swivel chair. Silently, she turned the chair around so that her back was to Song Yao.
She couldn't quite bear her cousin's gaze.
"Tsk! Turn back around," Song Yao commanded impatiently.
"Okay." The chair was a bit high. Zhaozhao pushed the ground with her toes and slowly turned back.
Song Yao had rehearsed what she was going to say countless times in her mind before asking with a headache, "Did you really watch the videos I showed you before carefully?"
Zhaozhao, who had completed her "homework" carefully, couldn't stand her cousin's doubt. She tightened her face and said, "Of course! I really watched all of them, cousin. Do you want to check?"
Song Yao was so angry that her temples twitched. She pinched Zhaozhao's face and gritted her teeth, "Then explain to me. If you've watched them, why did you still go and kiss Su Yuan? And what's this about giving him a 'status'?"
Zhaozhao felt a bit pained from Song Yao's pinching. She said pitifully, "Because I don't want to be a heartbreaker..."
"What?" Song Yao couldn't believe her ears. What was she talking about? A heartbreaker? Was that something a naive girl like her could be?
Song Yao sneered, "Heh... Someone like you? A heartbreaker? You're more likely to be the one being heartbroken."
Zhaozhao was a bit unconvinced, but still explained seriously to Song Yao, "No. Sister Fox said that if I like someone, I should be responsible for him. I like Su Yuan. If I'm not responsible for him, the demons on his side will laugh at him."
"..." Song Yao smiled and rolled up her sleeves, then walked towards the door.
"Cousin, where are you going?" Zhaozhao followed like a little tail.
Song Yao replied, "To skin the fox."
Zhaozhao rushed up to stop her cousin and hesitated for a while before whispering, "Forget it, cousin. I don't think you can beat Sister Fox..."
"You—" Song Yao was both angry and amused. "You must be sent by heaven to torture me!"
Zhaozhao pulled Song Yao back to sit down and was very confused. "Cousin, why are you so angry?"
Looking at Zhaozhao like this, Song Yao sighed tiredly. What kind of old Taoist on the mountain was so unreliable? He just raised the child but didn't teach her the things she should know at all.
"You don't need to be responsible for Su Yuan. There are many kinds of likes. Kissing is not something friends can do casually. You must remember this," Song Yao taught the child earnestly.
Zhaozhao asked, "Then what does the 'status' Sister Fox mentioned mean?"
Song Yao was stunned. She really hadn't thought about defining such a thing in the first twenty years of her life, and for a moment, she didn't know how to explain it.
Zhaozhao counted on her fingers on her own. "Sister Fox said the highest - level status is husband and wife. Su Yuan is so good. I don't want to let him down. I want to give him the best!"
Song Yao finally understood that it would be impossible to explain things clearly to Zhaozhao, who was out of touch with society, in a short time. So she found another way.
"She's wrong. Those nine - tailed foxes only think about falling in love all day long. There's nothing else in their heads. True friendship is no worse than love. Giving him the status of 'best friend' is also the highest - level one. There's absolutely no need to be 'husband and wife'."
"Really?"
Song Yao affirmed, "Yes! That's right!"
"Moreover, a husband - wife relationship requires getting a marriage certificate. You'll have to be with him for the rest of your life. You'll eat together and sleep together. Are you willing?" Song Yao added and asked her.
Zhaozhao thought for a while and then shook her head. "No!"
No, she still had to go back to Wutong Mountain. She couldn't always be with Su Yuan. And they couldn't sleep together either. She shed leaves in autumn, and it would be discovered.
Song Yao was satisfied. "So will you still kiss him and be his wife in the future?"
Zhaozhao replied, "No, no."
Song Yao was relieved of a worry and let out a long breath.
"Okay, it's already late at night after all this fuss. Go to sleep." Song Yao stretched and was about to walk towards the bed.
Zhaozhao nodded, got up, and said goodbye to Song Yao. "Then I'll leave first, cousin. Bye."
Song Yao stopped. "Wait, where are you going?"
Zhaozhao looked innocent. "I'm going to my room to sleep. I saw it. It's the room next to yours. My name is on it."
Song Yao's eyes were complicated. She reached out and grabbed Zhaozhao, stammering, "Are you still angry?"
Zhaozhao was broad - minded and had already forgotten the conflict with Song Yao before. At this moment, she had no idea what Song Yao was talking about.
But Song Yao took her confusion as a confirmation. She lowered her eyes, blushed, and apologized, "Sorry. I was wrong today. I shouldn't have called you a fool."
Zhaozhao understood. She smiled stupidly, looking innocent. "It's okay. I'm not angry anymore."
"Really?"
"Really. And Zhaozhao wants to thank cousin for protecting me!"
Speaking of this, Song Yao was curious. "What happened later? Why do I have no impression at all?"
Zhaozhao's heart skipped a beat. Why no impression... Of course, it was because she had fed Song Yao and Jiang Rang the Xiaoyao Pills given by her third senior brother.
"Ah... Later, I used the formation to beat Jiang Rang and those hounds severely! You fainted from the pain, cousin. Of course, you don't remember." Zhaozhao felt that she was really becoming a bad demon. She was getting more and more proficient at lying.
Song Yao thought of the Nine - Curve Spirit - Transforming Formation and didn't suspect anything.
After the two sisters cleared up their misunderstandings, Zhaozhao insisted on going to her own room to sleep, so Song Yao had no choice but to let her go.
Before leaving, Song Yao seemed to remember something and said casually to Zhaozhao, "Oh, by the way, you'll participate in the exchange conference between the Xuanmen and the Demon Management Bureau the day after tomorrow."
"Ah?" Zhaozhao looked confused. "Me? What will I do?"
Song Yao patiently explained to Zhaozhao that every year at the exchange conference, the Xuanmen would send its disciples to compete with the demons from the Demon Management Bureau, aiming to learn from each other.
The Song family was a prominent family in the Xuanmen. In previous years, it was always Song Yao, the only junior of this generation, who participated in such competitions. But this time, Song Yao was injured and couldn't compete. Since the Song family couldn't be absent, of course, it had to be Zhaozhao who took her place.
Zhaozhao asked weakly, "Fight with demons?"
Song Yao thought she was nervous and comforted her, "It's okay. Don't be too nervous. I'll take you to get familiar with the Xuanmen's scientific Taoism tomorrow. Don't be afraid."
Zhaozhao thought that if she went to fight with other little demons, would this be what was called "killing each other" in the books? She left with a heavy heart.
At night, Zhaozhao was sleeping soundly. The little leaves on her head secretly came out to breathe and swayed on top of her head.
A flash of fire appeared, and a man with multiple eyes appeared in Zhaozhao's room.
It was her master, the Chongming Bird.
Chongming looked at the sleeping Zhaozhao. He pointed his index finger at Zhaozhao's forehead from a distance, and a divine bird seal appeared on her forehead.
The seal was loose... Chongming squinted his eyes and cast a spell again to reinforce the seal.
After a moment, the little leaves on Zhaozhao's head trembled and disappeared. Zhaozhao turned over uncomfortably.
Chongming looked at his little disciple and shook his head helplessly.
Chongming turned his hand, and a raging fire suddenly appeared. A wisp of spiritual energy was drawn out of Zhaozhao's body and gathered into the shape of a demon pill in Chongming's hand.
At the same time, Su Yuan in the Wuyuan Cold Pond opened his eyes.
The dragon scales were moving!