Let them offer their loyalty!

Hearing what Shen Lingshuang said, Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh.

"Start from making the Cataclysmic Potion for me?"

He reached out and flicked Shen Lingshuang on the forehead, teasing the girl, "Why don't you start from the Cataclysm itself?"

"Ouch!" Shen Lingshuang winced in pain, clutching her little head, and looked at Qiu Tu with a petulantly fierce expression, puffing up with anger, "You're such a violent maniac! A jerk!"

"After so many days not coming home, the first thing you do when you return is hit someone!"

If it had been Liu Fuping or Qin Shuman who were angry now, Qiu Tu would probably try to comfort them. But….this is Shen Lingshuang we're talking about.

Considering this little masochist, Qiu Tu, who had already figured out her personality, continued nibbling on his corn, and said with a smile, "Then you don't like it?"

Shen Lingshuang turned her head away, pouting, "I don't like it!"

After saying this, she sneakily glanced at Qiu Tu's reaction.

Seeing that Qiu Tu, unaffected, continued to nibble on his corn, she stiffly held on for one second… two seconds… and couldn't bear it anymore.

She bared her little fangs and leaped onto Qiu Tu, biting towards the corn and complaining, "Eat, eat, eat, that's all you do, not even thinking of comforting someone! Bad guy!"

Shen Lingshuang's actions were so unexpected that… Qiu Tu was startled and reflexively took the corn away from his mouth.

He really did not have any other bad intentions, he was just purely protecting his food.

However, he hadn't anticipated that… their movements now took on a different flavor…

Seeing Qiu Tu move the corn away, Shen Lingshuang, who was flying towards him, realized something was off. Her eyes widened as she reflexively tried to pull back, but how could she stop her momentum mid-air!

So, as her expression changed, all she could do was retract her tiny fangs and try to lessen the weight of her body.

Thus… what had started as a completely normal struggle turned into something that seemed like falling into someone's arms and… a forceful kiss.

Shen Lingshuang flew into Qiu Tu's arms. Their lips gently touched.

Qiu Tu, smelling the pleasant fragrance of gardenias from Shen Lingshuang, feeling the softness between their lips… was also a bit dazed…

Time seemed to stop at that moment. Their lips pressed together, cuddled close, staring wide-eyed at each other, the atmosphere turned incredibly strange…

But the next second, Qiu Tu started laughing.

He gently pried open Shen Lingshuang's cherry lips.

Shen Lingshuang made a soft "Mmm~", tried to resist, but before she could do anything, she stopped again…

This lasted for several minutes.

Until both of them could hardly breathe, Shen Lingshuang, with blushing cheeks, pushed Qiu Tu away and hopped off the sofa!

After jumping off the sofa, despite clearly being shy, she still tried to act tough, speaking with feigned fierceness, "You, you took advantage of me!"

At this moment, Qiu Tu felt not the slightest guilt for taking advantage, as he leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, touching his mouth and reminiscing, "Pretty sweet."

Shen Lingshuang's face turned bright red at once.

She pointed at Qiu Tu, "You, you… you…"

Qiu Tu laughed, "Indeed very sweet. Don't you ever feel how sweet you are?"

Shen Lingshuang, clearly too embarrassed, immediately covered her face and ran off.

Watching the little girl's adorable escape, Qiu Tu laughed heartily twice, feeling like he had made a profit—after Shen Lingshuang left, her corn was all his now!

And to say, the Wang Family's Aunt's corn really was quite delicious!

While Qiu Tu continued to lower his head and gnaw on the corn, Shen Lingshuang timidly poked her little head out from the bedroom.

With her face still red, but showing a defiant expression, she called out, "Hey, Qiu Tu."

Qiu Tu looked up from Shen Lingshuang's corn, his face full of question marks, "What's up?"

Shen Lingshuang softly said, "That, that was... my first kiss."

Qiu Tu paused for a moment, then said with a smile, "As if it wasn't for me."

"Huh?" Shen Lingshuang looked at Qiu Tu with surprise, her face growing even more bashful.

As if she had thought of something, she coyly asked, "It was also your… your first kiss? Then the two of us…"

Qiu Tu nodded, "Right. Today's first kiss."

Shen Lingshuang: ??

"Jerk!" Shen Lingshuang stamped her foot in frustration, and closed the door, ignoring Qiu Tu!

After teasing Shen Lingshuang for a while, Qiu Tu felt much better. The tension in his heart about tomorrow night's big battle also seemed to have eased a lot. This was an unexpected surprise.

After dinner, Qiu Tu washed up and then got into bed to sleep with Shen Lingshuang in his arms.

Perhaps it had been several days since she had been held to sleep, Shen Lingshuang was a bit uncomfortable, always fidgeting.

In the end, only after Qiu Tu had given her butt a few firm spanks did the little girl blush and stop squirming…

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[Jia Shu's Assassination (13 hours)]

[Evil God's Watch (∞)]

A night without words. The next day.

Qiu Tu awoke from his slumber to find Shen Lingshuang still nestled in his arms.

Looking down, he saw Shen Lingshuang blinking her big, watery eyes back at him.

Feeling the tickle of her long eyelashes on his chin as Shen Lingshuang fluttered her eyes, Qiu Tu couldn't help laughing.

After horsing around in bed for a while, he gently smacked the girl's pretty buttocks a few times, "Alright. Time to get up."

"Today, I still have a lot of work to do!"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Shen Lingshuang also obediently got up.

She went to freshen up first, then casually tied her hair into a high ponytail and hummed a tune as she began to make breakfast at home.

It was at this moment that Qiu Tu realized Shen Lingshuang had somehow managed to create a small kitchen in his less than twenty-square-meter apartment.

Looking at the small area fully equipped with firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and watching the girl busily and competently working there, Qiu Tu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of home.

After breakfast, Shen Lingshuang helped Qiu Tu fetch his uniform, stood on tiptoe, and tenderly helped him put it on, looking very much like a diligent wife...

Seeing Qiu Tu off at the door, he gently hugged Shen Lingshuang and turned to leave.

Just then, Shen Lingshuang standing at the door called out to him, "Qiu Tu."

On hearing this, Qiu Tu curiously turned to look at her.

With her hands behind her back, and her feet scuffing the ground, Shen Lingshuang hesitated before saying, "Qiu Tu, can I buy something?"

This was the first time Shen Lingshuang had taken the initiative to want to buy something, so Qiu Tu was also somewhat curious, "What is it?"

Shen Lingshuang said a bit embarrassedly, "A communicator..."

She bowed her head, looking a little aggrieved as she said, "It's just that, you often suddenly don't come home..."

"I'm always anxious when I'm home alone, worried about your safety."

"Sometimes I'd try to contact you using Eagle, Ah-Kun, and their communicators."

"But they all say you're busy, and if you're not contacting me there must be a reason, telling me to just patiently wait."

"So..."

Seeing the girl looking so pitiful, Qiu Tu's gaze softened. He gently touched her head, "Sure. If you want to buy one, just buy it."

"Do you have money on you? Do you need me to give you some more?"

On hearing Qiu Tu's agreement, Shen Lingshuang's world seemed to suddenly fill with color, her eyes lighting up as she smiled, "No need, no need!"

"I have money! I didn't spend that much buying Cataclysmic Material!"

"Besides, I've been making potions myself and selling them, so I have even more money now!"

As she spoke, it seemed she remembered something, and she slapped her forehead with her hand before saying, "Oh! That's right!"

"Look at me, I almost forgot again!"

Saying this, she hurried back into the house with a pitter-patter of her feet.

After a moment, she came before Qiu Tu with a small bag she had sewn by hand and handed it to him with both hands.

Qiu Tu took the bag and asked curiously, "What's this?"

Shen Lingshuang grinned, showing her cute little canines, and said cheerfully, "These are the Cataclysmic Potions I've made by collecting Cataclysmic Material during this time. They each have different effects."

"Worried that you'd use them incorrectly, I've also annotated the name and effects of the potions on the bottles. You can study them yourself."

"Actually... I wanted to explain them slowly to you last night, but you, but you..."

At this point, Shen Lingshuang recalled the first kiss they had shared last night, and her face turned red.

Seeing her like this, Qiu Tu's gaze became even more gentle. He hugged the girl once more and bent down, pressing his lips again against hers before whispering, "Today, I gave my first kiss to you as well."

Having said that, Qiu Tu left coolly with the potions.

Meanwhile, behind him, Shen Lingshuang blushed, pursed her lips, and watched Qiu Tu's retreating figure, steam practically coming out of her embarrassed head...

However, after being dazed for about two seconds, Shen Lingshuang suddenly snapped out of it!

Wait a minute, he gave his first kiss to her yesterday and today. What about the day before yesterday, and the days even before that?!

"Pah! Jerk! He definitely went out to fool around these past two days!" Thinking of this, Shen Lingshuang instantly snapped out of her daze, her hands crossed in front of her chest as she stormed back into the house.

But after sitting idly at home for a while and thinking about Qiu Tu's dangerous life outside, she let out a small sigh and got ready to go out to buy a communicator...

...

At this time, having kissed Shen Lingshuang, Qiu Tu also hummed a tune as he went downstairs to drive.

When he got into the car, he licked his lips, still tasting the sweetness...

"This girl's lips really are delicious..."

Thinking this, Qiu Tu did not start the car but first opened Shen Lingshuang's package, intending to see what she had prepared for him.

The package contained three potions in total. It wasn't a large number, but considering the short preparation time of just over a week, Shen Lingshuang's refining speed was very fast.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu grabbed the first potion and examined it.

In delicate script, it was labeled "Nameless Potion."

"Nameless Potion?" Qiu Tu hesitated for a moment, then started reading the explanation.

"Byproduct of a failed attempt at making 'Petrification Skin Potion'."

"Based on the trial with Xiao Bai the dog, after drinking, it does not petrify the skin. But... one can turn into a little stone."

"Should be reversible after 2 hours."

Qiu Tu: ???

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I was blocked again, thus the delay.

Three chapters, ten thousand words haha. Seeking Monthly Tickets! Continuing the ten thousand-word challenge tonight!