There was nothing special in the bedroom, and after a few glances at the layout of the room, Qin Yi was ready to leave the bedroom.

Just as Qin Yi was about to leave the bedroom, his eyes were attracted by a portrait at the head of the bed.

The woman in the portrait is dressed in plain clothes and has a bright smile.

The moment he saw the portrait, Qin Yi's face suddenly sank.

"It turned out to be Liu Nianxin!" Qin Yi was shocked in his heart.

"Yes, I should have guessed a long time ago, the rabbit and the hippopotamus came to this planet to find me, and since they are here, then Liu Nianxin must be there. Thinking about this, Qin Yi's mood gradually calmed down.

"The most important thing at the moment is to leave here as soon as possible before Liu Nianxin comes back, and then look for an opportunity to secretly monitor Liu Nianxin. Qin Yi made up his mind in his heart, so he hid his breath and hid it not far from the bamboo house.

Since this place is Liu Nianxin's residence, then Liu Nianxin will definitely return here, so all Qin Yi has to do is wait.

As long as Liu Nianxin returned to the bamboo house, Qin Yi could carry out the next plan.

Qin Yi waited until sunset, and the bamboo forest finally had some movement.

It was a group of demon beasts, rushing into the bamboo forest in a panic.

There were a large number of demon beasts, at least tens of thousands, but for some reason, Qin Yi didn't feel the powerful blood qi fluctuations from those demon beasts.

In other words, these demon beasts are all ordinary demon beasts that rely on flesh and blood.

"This Liu Nianxin is really interesting, what can such a demon beast be for. Qin Yi felt very speechless, these demon beasts, Qin Yi felt that he could kill dozens of them with one punch, and even kill them all with one sword trick.

Since the suppressive power of the bamboo forest had no effect on Qin Yi, Qin Yi's hiding was very good, and he didn't find Qin Yi's existence until Liu Nianxin walked to the bamboo house.

Although Qin Yi's existence was not discovered, Liu Nianxin still felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at her in the dark, which made Liu Nianxin have to maintain a high level of vigilance.

After Liu Nianxin returned to the bamboo house, he didn't find anything unusual, Liu Nianxin returned to the bedroom, found a white dress, and then walked into the bathroom and began to wash, the whole process lasted about half an hour, when Liu Nianxin walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, he found that there was one more person in the room.

That's right, the extra person is none other than Qin Yi.

"You're really good, so you can find it. Qin Yi's sudden appearance shocked Liu Nianxin.

When the rabbit and the hippopotamus orcs activated the teleportation formation in the ruins of the Liu Family Tavern and found it, Liu Nianxin turned off the teleportation formation as soon as possible, cutting off any accidents.

But as a result, Qin Yi still found here, and he also found this planet in a spaceship with Qin Dabao.

This made Liu Nianxin how could he not be shocked.

"You seem nervous. Qin Yi asked with a smile.

"You think too much, this is my house, you broke into my house, you should be nervous. Liu Nianxin directly ignored Qin Yi and walked towards the bedroom wrapped in a bath towel.

The bedroom door was not closed, and Liu Nianxin took off the bath towel in front of Qin Yi.

This made Qin Yi almost bleed from his nose again.

Qin Yi felt very sorry, because her current identity was a woman, if a man saw such a scene, I am afraid that the next thing would become indescribable.

Dressed in a white skirt and veil, Liu Nianxin walked out of the bedroom generously and came to Qin Yi.

"Don't you have anything to ask me?" Qin Yi couldn't help but ask.

"If I say no, will you believe it?" asked Liu Nianxin rhetorically.

"To be honest, I don't believe it. Qin Yi stared at Liu Nianxin meaningfully, and she found that Liu Nianxin was so beautiful, she had a figure and appearance that made men unable to refuse.

"That's it, anyway, even if I really answer, you won't believe it. Liu Nianxin smiled faintly, and then said: "Actually, I really don't have anything I want to ask you, if you have to ask you a question, then you have to reluctantly ask one." ”

Liu Nianxin's expression became serious, she looked Qin Yi up and down, and muttered for a while, before she slowly spoke: "It's better like this, you go take a shower first, and then change into clean clothes, girls still have to be clean." And you are in a special period during this time, so you have to take more care of yourself. ”

Liu Nianxin's words made Qin Yi's cheeks redden, and at the same time, Qin Yi was also crazy in his heart.

"How did she see it, could it be that this is also the secret of the blood clan?" Qin Yi was super speechless in his heart.

"What, aren't you happy?" Liu Nianxin couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw that Qin Yi had not replied.

"It's not. Qin Yi shook his head, and then said: "I just think that we are enemies, you treat the enemy so kindly, and you care about the enemy so much, aren't you afraid of luring the wolf into the house and causing trouble?"

Hearing this, Liu Nianxin actually laughed.

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The Dragon Abyss is located on a deserted island in the northern hemisphere of Planet 2, and the abyss is thousands of feet deep underground, like a giant beast with a deep maw, trying to devour everything around it.

There is perennial fog, the further down, the more dim the light, and the colder and colder, the bottom of the abyss, even more dripping into ice, the cold is pressing, if ordinary people come here, they will be frozen to death.

"Click, click, click......"

I don't know what the sound is coming from the bottom of the abyss of the Dragon Domain, it sounds like it makes people feel creepy.

About two hours passed, only to see in the abyss fog, a black eagle flew out, on the back of the black eagle, sitting a boy who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, the young man's eyes were closed, the corners of his mouth were bloodshot, and his face was a little pale, but the young man's body had a nine-colored divine light flashing, isolating all the surrounding fog, and where the young man passed, the void was pulled, and the sound of shattering was made.

After the black eagle flew out of the abyss of the Dragon Domain, it let out a terrible howl, and then flapped its wings and flew high, disappearing in an instant.

Not long after the black eagle eagle left, under the abyss of the Dragon Domain, a black shadow of at least a thousand feet roared and rushed out, it was actually the figure of a black dragon, but the figure of the black dragon was very blurry, and it had begun to dissipate before it broke out of the abyss of the Dragon Domain.

Then, the abyss of the Dragon Domain began to collapse, and the entire desert island began to sink into the sea.

This is not the first time that the Dragon Abyss has collapsed, it happens almost every year, and then a few months later, the Dragon Abyss will resurface from the sea.

......

In Bailu Academy, a young man sat in front of the steps of the academy, his expression a little blank.

There is also a purple-clothed girl beside the young man, with a beautiful appearance and an indescribable beauty, but the girl's face is like frost, and she seems to be very angry.

"Lin Mu, let me ask you one last time, will you participate in this Lishan Hunting Competition?" The purple-clothed girl had beautiful eyes like a knife, staring at Lin Mu angrily.

The young man named Lin Mu smiled bitterly, but he didn't say a word, he raised his head and looked at the cyan mountain peak in the distance, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, a little guy sweated profusely and ran to Lin Mu, panting and saying to Lin Mu: "Young Master Mu, the Seventh Elder has passed away!"

The little servant's name is Yang Jie, he is the most trusted person around Lin Mu, responsible for Lin Mu's big and small things, the age is similar to Lin Mu, although he is the master and servant, but the two are called brothers in private.

Lin Mu still didn't say a word, stood up and quickly left the steps of the Egret Academy, and rushed towards the family.

"Although the dead ghost father ignores me, it's like he doesn't have my son, but after all, it's blood and kinship, he died so suddenly, I have to bury him alive. On the street, Lin Mu thought like this in his heart, and it was strange to say that Lin Mu didn't feel the slightest sadness about his father's death.

The Lin family is a big family in White Deer City, and the Zhang family, the Lei family, and the Li family each dominate one side of the city, which can be described as the emperor of the soil, occupying more than seventy percent of the resources of White Deer City.

In the era of Xiuzhen civilization, martial arts flourished, and the children in the city, eight or nine times out of ten, practiced martial arts, martial arts were all way, talent and resources were indispensable, so the development of ordinary people's children in martial arts was very limited, and they could only stay in the awakening realm for life, even if they were born in a big family like the Lin family, not all children could get enough cultivation resources, such as Lin Mu, the cultivation resources they got every month were also very small, and there was little help for the improvement of cultivation.

Therefore, five years have passed, and Lin Mu's cultivation is still in the late stage of Qi cultivation, and this kind of cultivation can be said to be completely at the bottom among the younger generation of the Lin family.

Lin Mu moved out of the Lin family as early as five years ago, and the reason for this is ridiculous, it turned out to be his dead ghost father secretly operating, as for why Lin Mu's father did this, I'm afraid only he knows, Lin Mu's father except for sending him some dispensable cultivation resources every month, he doesn't care about Lin Mu's life or death on weekdays, even if Lin Mu had an argument with someone outside and was seriously injured, Lin Mu's father didn't go to visit.

Lin Mu has never seen his mother since he was a child, and he has asked his father more than once about his mother, but for this matter, no matter how Lin Mu asked, Lin Mu's father didn't say a word, and even when Lin Mu asked him in a hurry, he would teach Lin Mu a hard lesson. Lin Mu's father is a master of the Bitter Sea Realm, and he almost didn't beat Lin Mu to death.

From now on, Lin Mu will never ask his father about his mother again.

In the Lin family's house, the guards regarded Lin Mu's arrival as if it were a delusion, Lin Mu didn't care about it at all, the most important thing now is the father's funeral, as for the Lin family, it probably won't have anything to do with him in the future.

It's just that not long after entering the mansion, Lin Mu met his cousin Lin Feng, Lin Feng was followed by a somewhat bloated young man, the young man was a member of the Li family, and his relationship with Lin Feng was very good, seeing Lin Mu at this moment, the corners of Lin Feng's mouth showed a contemptuous smile.

"Who should I be, it turns out that you are back, it's okay, you can take your waste dad and get out of my Lin family, your father and son are simply a shame for my Lin family, now that your waste dad is finished, the Lin family will have no place for you in the future." Lin Feng sneered and walked in front of Lin Mu, and threw a punch on Lin Mu's chest, the punch was too strong, Lin Mu flew out directly upside down and smashed on a rockery, his chest was hot and painful, and the corners of his mouth were even more bloodshot.

"Lin Feng, I have no grievances with you, why are you always hostile to me?" Lin Mu stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and asked.

"Hehe, you're still pretending to be confused with me. Lin Feng came to Lin Mu's side again, reached out and grabbed Lin Mu's shoulder, and lifted Lin Mu up, Lin Feng's expression also became hideous from this moment: "You'd better stay away from Ye Qingyao, otherwise, I will definitely not spare you like this next time." ”

After Lin Feng finished speaking, he threw it hard, and Lin Feng fell to the ground heavily, only to make Lin Mu dizzy and almost faint.

Lin Feng, the genius of the Lin family, was only nineteen years old and had already built a foundation for the cultivation of the late stage, such cultivation, even if it was placed in the entire White Deer City, it could be among the forefront, so Lin Feng did have the ability to be arrogant.

Behind Lin Feng, the bloated young man had been watching all this coldly from beginning to end, and he had no sympathy for Lin Mu's situation.

Lin Mu lay on the ground for at least half an hour, and then he recovered a little, he stood up with difficulty, and limped towards his father's residence.

"Lin Feng, I remember you, aren't you the cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, I really think how great I am, one day, when I return to the foundation building realm, I will definitely beat you so that your parents can't recognize you. Lin Mu clenched his fists and looked firm, but there was no hatred in his eyes, just anger.

Speaking of Lin Mu, it can be said that he is a legendary figure, his qualification and talent are rare in the Lin family for a thousand years, born with a nine-grade spiritual root, he was already a cultivator in the late stage of Qi cultivation at the age of ten, and he was promoted to the Dan Realm in the same year, and at the age of thirteen, he was promoted to the late stage of the Dan Realm, such a cultivation talent, even in the entire Planet 2, or even the entire Terran world, can not find a few. If there is no accident, Lin Mu, a rising young genius, will step into the realm of Taixu before the age of thirty and create a legendary life belonging to Lin Mu.

But when Lin Mu was fourteen years old, the four major families of White Deer City joined forces with the White Deer Academy and sent the elite children of the family to the Dragon Domain Abyss to practice, and only Lin Mu survived one of the hundred and twenty-one people, and Lin Mu's Nine Rank Spiritual Root was also abolished in the Dragon Domain Abyss, becoming the lowest half-grade Spiritual Root, and his cultivation even fell into the Qi Cultivation Realm, so he lost the aura of genius and was gradually abandoned by the Lin family.

And Lin Mu's father was also deprived of all the real power of the elder from that time, so it can be said that Lin Mu's father was only a nominal elder in the Lin family.

For these, Lin Mu could only shake his head and smile bitterly, with his current situation, he couldn't change anything at all, his nine-rank spiritual root had been devoured, and now he was just a half-inch spiritual root waste, and it was impossible for the family to pay attention to such qualifications.

"The most important thing at the moment is to bury my father first, and then leave White Deer City. Lin Mu thought so in his heart, and before he knew it, he had already come to his father's residence.

Lin Mu's father's name is Lin Shuheng, he is the seventh elder of the Lin family, Lin Shuheng's cultivation is not very high, and the cultivation in the early stage of the Yuan Infant can only be regarded as a medium combat power in the Lin family, if it weren't for Lin Shuheng's outstanding contribution to the family when he was young, he would not have become an elder.

Came to Lin Shuheng's residence, Lin Mu was full of emotion for a while, this strange and familiar place undoubtedly evoked too many memories of Lin Mu, but Lin Mu had a resolute personality, and this emotion only appeared slightly in his heart, and was soon left behind by him.

Lin Shuheng, the seventh elder, has almost no status in the Lin family, so no one in the family came to mourn after his death, but only symbolically gave some funeral expenses, as for the scenery funeral, it is completely impossible.

Looking at Lin Shuheng, who was lying on the bed with a slightly thin body, Lin Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Dad, Dad, why are you so troubled, even if our father and son leave the Lin family, they can live a very beautiful life, and they will not fall to the point where they are now." Can you see that this is the family you have to protect even at the cost of your life, and now that you are really dead, there is not even a person who came to the funeral. ”

"Dad, don't blame me, your son and I are so capable, I can only find a quiet place in White Deer City to bury you. Lin Mu walked to the bed, stretched out his hand and stroked Lin Shuheng's forehead, with a little sadness in his heart.

Lin Shuheng's body is very thin, when he was lying on the bed before, Lin Mu didn't notice it, until he picked up his father, Lin Mu realized that his father's body bones were so thin, no wonder his father died when he was in his forties, it seems that his treatment in the Lin family is indeed very poor.

"Dad, it seems that you are right, my nine-rank spiritual root will be abolished, and if you stay in the Lin family, you will only be looked down upon by others, and you and my father and son will never turn over in the Lin family, if I leave the Lin family, there may be a glimmer of life." Lin Mu sighed, picked up Lin Shuheng and walked out of the room.

White Deer City is very large, and Lin Mu carried Lin Shuheng on his back to look outside White Deer City for several hours before he found a satisfactory place. Lush forests, surrounded by mountains, and a lake, and the aura of this place is also very strong, which is very suitable for a long sleep.

Lin Mu carefully put down Lin Shuheng under a thick tree, and began to dig a pit, although Lin Mu had no tools, but the sevenfold cultivation of the Awakening Realm was solid, and in less than half an hour, Lin Mu dug a big pit, which was more than enough to accommodate one person.

Lin Mu took out a straw mat from the storage bag and spread it at the bottom of the pit, and then jumped out of the big pit, ready to take his father down, but at this moment, Lin Mu inadvertently found that his father's right hand actually moved, Lin Mu was stunned, and immediately rubbed his eyes, making sure that he was not mistaken, because when Lin Mu looked again, his father's right hand moved again.

Lin Mu's face changed color as soon as he brushed it, and he hurriedly took a step back, accidentally tripped over the root of the tree, and fell into the sky.

"Dad, don't scare me, although I can't shed a single tear when you die, it doesn't mean that I am unfilial, Dad, look, after you die, the people of the Lin family will ignore you, or will I personally go to the Lin family to carry you out....." Lin Mu's face turned blue, Dad, this is ..... It's a corpse!

"Ahem, cough, cough......" After hearing Lin Mu's words, Lin Shuheng coughed violently, and then sat up straight with great difficulty, raised his head, and looked at Lin Mu with a bright look.

"Don't be afraid, your father and I haven't died yet, it's just that my cultivation is out of the way, fortunately, your kid has been carrying me around for so long, otherwise, I might have really been buried alive by you in a daze. Lin Shuheng's tone was very soft, and he didn't blame Lin Mu, which made Lin Mu very unaccustomed, because over the years, Lin Shuheng didn't have a good face every time he saw Lin Mu, either yelling or directly punching and kicking, which caused a great psychological shadow to Lin Mu.

"Old... Daddy, you're really not dead?" Lin Mu took a step back and asked cautiously.

Lin Shuheng glared at Lin Mu, and said angrily: "What, do you just want your father and me to die so much?"

Lin Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, of course not, you are my father, although in your heart it is like you don't have my son, but you are still my father after all." ”

"Stinky boy, it seems that you have a deep misunderstanding of my father!" Lin Shuheng sighed, then waved his hand, signaling Lin Mu to come closer.

How dare Lin Mu, he took two steps back again, waved his hand and refused: "Dad, don't be impulsive, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Lin Shuheng smiled bitterly, and did not force Lin Mu anymore, but took a deep breath and said directly: "Lin Mu, haven't you always wanted to know about your mother, I have been refusing to tell you before, because with your current strength is too weak, even if you know those things, you can't do anything, but it will only increase sadness, and even leave demons in your heart, which is very detrimental to your cultivation." ”

"But now, I don't have to worry, because the sleeping spiritual veins in your body can be awakened immediately, as long as you awaken the sleeping spiritual veins in your body, you can immediately restore the Nine Rank Spiritual Root, and even if it is your mother's family, they will not dare to underestimate you at that time. Lin Shuheng said to Lin Mu with a smile.

"Daddy, I don't understand what you mean. Lin Mu was confused, and couldn't help but raise his head to look at Lin Shuheng, and asked, "Dad, you said that there are still sleeping spiritual veins in my body, but why can't I feel it?"

Lin Shuheng didn't explain anything immediately, but waved his hand again to signal Lin Mu to step forward, this time Lin Mu did not refuse, but came to Lin Shuheng's face, Lin Shuheng carefully looked at Lin Mu for a long time, then reached out and patted Lin Mu's head, and then took a purple dragon-shaped jade pendant from his neck and handed it to Lin Mu.

"This jade pendant was left by your mother, and if you meet your mother in the future, she will recognize you. After Lin Shuheng handed over the jade pendant to Lin Mu, the look in his eyes dimmed a lot, and he looked like he was angry, and it seemed that he would die at any time.

"Daddy, you haven't told me what the sleeping spiritual veins in my body are. Lin Mu put away the dragon-shaped jade pendant and continued to ask.

But no matter how Lin Mu asked, Lin Shuheng didn't answer, he raised his right hand again, stroked Lin Mu's face, and had a satisfied smile on his face.

"Mu'er, Dad, I still have some very important things left in the Lin family, you have to go and get them back, it can be regarded as the last thing I left you for Dad, of course, not to let you go now, but to wait for the sleeping spiritual veins in your body to awaken before going. Lin Shuheng admonished, and then took out a storage bag from his arms and handed it to Lin Mu.

"The things in this should be enough for you to awaken the sleeping spiritual veins in your body, but unfortunately, Dad, I can't see the day you awaken the spiritual veins. Lin Shuheng's tone became weak.

"Mu'er, although my father's attitude towards you has been very bad over the years, but that is not my father's intention, you are my father's only son, how can my father bear to treat you like that, but my father has to do that, I hope you don't hate your father in your heart. Lin Shuheng stretched out his hand and patted Lin Mu's head, and his eyes became moist.

"Mu'er, Dad is really tired, you let Dad sleep for a while. After Lin Shuheng said this, he closed his eyes, and his vitality was losing rapidly, this time he was really dead.

"Daddy ....." held Lin Shuheng's right hand that had fallen down, and two lines of tears flowed from Lin Mu's eyelids.

.........

After burying Lin Shuheng, Lin Mu was about to return to the Lin family, but at this moment, a surprising thing happened, the dragon-shaped jade pendant suddenly shone brightly, the nine-colored light curtain changed brilliantly, and the dragon-shaped jade pendant also began to melt, and finally condensed into a golden oval sphere, and rushed directly into Lin Mu's dantian.

In an instant, Lin Mu's spiritual veins recovered, and the devoured Nine Rank Spiritual Root also manifested again, and at the same time, Lin Mu's cultivation was also climbing rapidly, and he actually directly broke the barrier and directly entered the cultivation of the Yudan Realm. Moreover, Lin Mu could clearly feel that his cultivation was only one retreat away from being promoted again.

"I didn't expect the dragon-shaped jade pendant left to me by my father to have such an effect, but Dad, why didn't you take it out earlier, if you took it out earlier, wouldn't my cultivation be able to recover earlier?" Lin Mu smiled bitterly in his heart.

Nine Rank Spiritual Root, the perfect cultivation of the Dan, such a cultivation is already a leader in the Lin family, this should be a thing worth celebrating, but at this moment, Lin Mu is not happy no matter what.

"Daddy, Daddy, you haven't told me what kind of existence my mother's family is, if this jade pendant is something from my mother's family, then this jade pendant is used by me, it should cause dissatisfaction in my mother's family, and I think there will be trouble to find me soon." Lin Mu told Lin Shuheng's grave money about the sadness and pain of these years, but Lin Shuheng could no longer answer him.

stayed like this until nightfall, and then Lin Mu got up to leave.

He wants to go to the Lin family to get back what belongs to his father.

Lin Mu came to the Lin family in a very low-key manner, and then went directly to meet the ancestor of the Lin family.

Originally, it was impossible to see the ancestor as Lin Mu, but as soon as Lin Mu showed his talent for the Nine Rank Spiritual Root and the consummate cultivation of the Jie Dan Realm, all the people who stood in the way retreated.

They all knew that the young master Lin Mu back then was back, and this time, I was afraid that no one would be able to stop the young master Lin Mu from pouting.

As Young Master Lin Mu, the future of the Lin family will definitely be in his hands.

Lin Mu saw the ancestor and explained his intentions, without any obstacles, he got the items left by Lin Shuheng, which was a silver ring, the ancestor of the Lin family said that this ring is a very special storage vessel, and it was also handed over to the family by Lin Mu's father for safekeeping, Lin Shuheng once said, but when Lin Mu's cultivation reached the realm of knots, he could receive this ring unconditionally, if Lin Mu could not reach the realm of knot pills for the rest of his life, then this ring would be placed in the storage cabinet of the Lin family forever.

"No one has seen the ring, not even me, so you can rest assured. The ancestor of the Lin family said to Lin Mu.

"Thank you, Ancestor. Lin Mu hurriedly thanked him, and then prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, I still have something to tell you. "The ancestor of the Lin family called Lin Mu.

"Ancestor, please speak. Lin Mu said respectfully.

"That's right, the family's attitude towards you over the years has really been very bad, on behalf of the family, I would like to express my most sincere apologies to you, as compensation, from today on, the family will unconditionally satisfy all your cultivation resources and living resources. The ancestor of the Lin family said seriously.

"Okay, I got it. In this regard, Lin Mu was very casual and didn't seem to care at all.

Yes, after experiencing so many things, he has also seen the sophistication of human feelings, and tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, for these external things, Lin Mu has long been indifferent.

After bidding farewell to the ancestor, Lin Mu returned to the White Deer Academy, Lin Mu is a disciple of the White Deer Academy, and has been cultivating in the White Deer Academy all these years, but now, his cultivation has reached the realm of the Jie Dan, plus he is the son of a big family, Lin Mu can already apply for graduation.

But Lin Mu didn't want to graduate from the academy so quickly, he also wanted to do something that he hadn't had the opportunity to do as a disciple of the White Deer Academy.

When he was about to return to his residence, Lin Mu saw a familiar figure squatting on the steps in front of the door from a distance.

After seeing that figure, Lin Mu felt very warm and happy in his heart.

Lin Mu sped up and came to the door, and after looking at the face that accidentally fell asleep, Lin Mu carefully sat down beside her, and then stretched out his hand and took her into his arms.

"Lin Mu, you're back!" a gentle and beautiful voice echoed in Lin Mu's ears.

"Why did you wake up so quickly, I thought it would make you sleep more comfortably. Lin Mu smiled.

Hearing Lin Mu say this, her smile became even more charming: "Lin Mu, have you finally begun to accept me?"

"Silly girl!" Lin Mu reached out and pinched the silly girl's face, smirking happily.