Someone Is Lost

Su Qing was a bit helpless with this little fellow... Some little ones were truly impervious to reason.

However, Su Qing didn't plan to continue her persuasion. She would wait for another opportunity to coax her later.

In any case, Su Qing was in no hurry.

Whenever this silly cat started learning spells, it wouldn't be a big problem.

After giving the silly cat's head a flick, she stretched her limbs and stopped bothering with her.

Coal Ball, having been flicked, was quite displeased and bared her teeth at Su Qing for a while.

Seeing that Su Qing was ignoring her, she decided to ignore Su Qing as well. She trotted off with her fish jerky to find Ao Yiyi and Su Qingyu.

Su Qing might bully her, but Su Qingyu certainly wouldn't...

In fact, Su Qingyu even called her the Black Mysterious Great General.

And so...

The two of them played together quite happily.

It was just that Su Qingyu liked to rub her even more than Su Qing did.

Aside from that, Su Qingyu was much more adorable than Su Qing.

Coal Ball approached Su Qingyu and, seeing that she was still doing her homework, crouched beside her and began eating her fish jerky.

When Su Qingyu saw Coal Ball arrive, she instinctively reached out to pet her.

However, Ao Yiyi saw this and gave her head a light tap, saying, "If you don't finish your homework, you'll be lectured by Sister Su."

Hearing those words, Su Qingyu swallowed hard.

She immediately retracted her hand and obediently returned to her homework.

In this world, Sister Su was the ultimate authority...

Since she couldn't afford to provoke her, it was better to be well-behaved.

She would wait until she was strong enough to beat her in the future before acting up in front of Su Qing.

Su Qing didn't pay much attention to the little black cat.

She simply sat in her chair, continuing to wait for the arrival of the Scorpion Spirit, Jin Xin.

Time passed slowly.

Jin Xin didn't arrive, but Su Qing did receive a few patients.

Although there weren't many sick people left in Linzhou City, there were always some. A medical clinic would never truly lack guests because people always get sick.

Su Qing could cure them for a time, but she couldn't cure them for a lifetime. She could eradicate one disease, but she couldn't guarantee they wouldn't contract another.

Moreover, those who came here for medical help weren't only from Linzhou City.

Su Qing naturally had no reason to refuse patients. She diagnosed each person seriously and provided treatment...

Although they weren't fully recovered by the time they left, they would slowly get better after taking her prescriptions for a while.

After seeing off the last patient, Su Qing stretched.

Then, looking at the setting sun outside, she thought to herself, "It's this late and she still hasn't arrived. Could she have run into trouble on the road? Or is the girl actually directionally challenged and got lost?"

Su Qing naturally knew that not everyone's Cloud Soaring Technique was as fast as the Somersault Cloud.

But she found it somewhat difficult to understand why it had taken this long to get here.

The only things she could think of, aside from running into trouble, was that she had accidentally gotten lost.

The trope of a girl being directionally challenged wasn't exactly a fresh concept.

But... to be honest, Su Qing didn't quite believe that.

After all, although that Scorpion Spirit Jin Xin had a strange mind, she was generally quite reliable.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't have gotten lost.

"I wonder what happened to her?" Su Qing rubbed her chin and shook her head, thinking, "Forget it, she'll find her way here sooner or later. She's such a powerful demon; there's no need for me to worry about her constantly."

With that thought, Su Qing didn't plan to wait any longer.

She stood up and said to Ao Yiyi, "Yiyi, call Hu Lin'er and Li Yichou. We're going home!"

Ao Yiyi nodded and said, "I'll go right now."

Before long, everyone was gathered.

Hu Lin'er asked, "What is Miss eating tonight? I heard a new tofu shop opened recently. How about we buy some tofu?"

"It's this late? Is it still open?"

"There should be some! Won't we know once we go look?"

"Alright then! Since you're cooking today, you can make whatever you want."

After a brief conversation, they closed the clinic and headed back to their residence.

Shortly after the group left, a woman holding an umbrella with a cold expression circled around and arrived at the clinic's door.

She looked up at the clinic's sign, then at the tightly closed doors, and muttered to herself, "Am I late?"

The newcomer was none other than the Scorpion Spirit, Jin Xin.

In fact, she had arrived in Linzhou City quite early.

But to avoid scaring mortals, she had landed outside the city... and then entered among the crowds.

After all, she remembered Su Qing's lesson about not scaring mortals... Otherwise, she would have certainly descended directly in front of the door from the sky, rather than going outside the city first and then taking this long detour.

However, she actually regretted doing so because after entering the city... she had gotten dizzy wandering around here.

Although this place wasn't as large as the capital of the Women's Kingdom, it was a place she had never been to before...

Furthermore, the map Su Qing had given her was exceptionally abstract... If one looked from the sky, it was easy to find, but trying to navigate from the ground after finding it made her confused.

And so, she got lost.

She had to ask for directions all along the way before finally finding this place.

Although Su Qing didn't believe such a great demon would get lost in a place like this, just as Jin Xin had exceeded Su Qing's expectations before, she had done so again.

This girl simply couldn't be understood using common logic.

At that moment, Jin Xin looked at the door before her, pondering what to do...

"Forget it, I'll stay at an inn for a night and come find her tomorrow."

Fortunately, Jin Xin ultimately didn't choose to stand at the door all night to give Su Qing a big surprise the next morning.

On the other side, Su Qing was teasing Su Qingyu in the courtyard...

Su Qing didn't have many daily entertainment activities... it was either teasing the little cat, bullying Su Qingyu... or dealing with medicinal ingredients.

Life in the mortal world was mostly quite plain and boring if one stayed in one place.

However... as she was teasing, her clone over here began to get a bit distracted.

Before long, she simply made an excuse to go to sleep.

As for the reason!

Naturally, the main body was a bit overwhelmed and had to focus on things there.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, another night had passed.

When Su Qing woke up in the morning, she was yawning incessantly...

"What's wrong, Sister Su? Did you not sleep well last night?" Ao Yiyi was chanting the morning scriptures. Seeing Su Qing yawning, she paused and asked.

Su Qing waved her hand and said, "It's fine, it's just that the main body ran into some trouble, so I didn't rest well, which made my spirit a bit poor over here."

"I see... then remember to take a good rest during the day, Sister. If there are guests and I can't treat them, I'll call you then," Ao Yiyi said caringly, without asking what Su Qing was busy with.

Su Qing nodded slightly and said, "I'll have to trouble you then."

"It's no trouble, there isn't much I can do anyway," Ao Yiyi shook her head and said. "By the way, Hu Lin'er is already making breakfast. If there's anything Sister Su wants to eat, it's not too late to say so."

Su Qing smiled and nodded, but she didn't go to tell Hu Lin'er what she wanted...

She was very casual about what she ate, so she didn't particularly care.

She just sat in the courtyard, sinking her consciousness into the body on the other side...

When she woke up in the morning, not only was it busy here, but it was also busy on the other side!

After all, there was still a Big White that needed to be well taken care of.

Yesterday was...

Before long, Su Qing and the others arrived at the clinic again.

However, when they arrived, someone was already waiting outside the clinic.

And this person was none other than the Scorpion Spirit, Jin Xin.

Although she hadn't waited here all night, she had come out early in the morning to wait.

"You've certainly come early." Looking at Jin Xin, Su Qing yawned and couldn't help but smile. "Why didn't you come yesterday?"

"There was a small accident on the road." Jin Xin naturally knew that getting lost was a bit embarrassing, so she didn't plan to tell Su Qing the truth about her being directionally challenged.

Su Qing nodded and said, "Since you're here, follow me inside! I'll tell you about your arrangements later."

Jin Xin didn't have a single objection and nodded obediently, saying, "I'll listen to you."

This attitude drew the curiosity of the others.

Li Yichou looked at Su Qing and couldn't help but ask, "Miss... who is this?"

Seeing this, Su Qing explained, "An old acquaintance. You can just call her Jin Xin."

"I see... I didn't expect an old acquaintance of Miss to come looking for her." Li Yichou nodded and said, "Miss's friend is indeed as beautiful as Miss. If I were a man, I'm afraid my heart would have been stolen away by now."

Hearing this, Su Qing smiled slightly and said, "She actually doesn't mind women."

Li Yichou was stunned, then smiled awkwardly and said, "But I don't have any thoughts about that lady; it was just a simple observation. Miss, please don't tease me."

Su Qing nodded, really wanting to say that Jin Xin indeed didn't mind women—in fact, she practically wished women would like her...

However, seeing Li Yichou's expression, Su Qing didn't say anything more.

After all, not everyone was like them.

And Su Qing didn't think she was some 'master seductress' capable of turning every woman she met.

Jin Xin heard their conversation, turned her head to Li Yichou, and said, "I'm sorry, I probably won't like you, because I came here wanting to fall in love with Sister Su..."

Li Yichou was stunned for a moment, her eyes blinking... her brain couldn't quite process this.

"Yes, Sister Su said that love grows with time, so I've come to try it out," Jin Xin continued, seeing her confusion.

Li Yichou's brain was even less able to process it now. She rubbed her brow, and after confirming she hadn't misheard just now, she let out a breath and said, "I... I understand. Then I wish you early success, Miss Jin Xin."

Jin Xin smiled slightly and said, "I will work hard."

Su Qing: "..."

"Don't let the child hear this!" Su Qing covered Su Qingyu's ears, also shielding those sparkling eyes that showed infinite interest.

No matter how the little girl struggled, she couldn't break free from Su Qing's arms.

On the side, Ao Yiyi looked at Jin Xin with some surprise.

She didn't find it strange.

Her surprise was simply that the other party could express her desires so calmly.

This was quite an extraordinary thing.

As for Hu Lin'er...

She was also slightly surprised at first.

But after a moment, she revealed a knowing smile.

She sent a Sound Transmission: "Congratulations on adding another member to your harem, Miss!"

Hearing the girl's Sound Transmission, the corner of Su Qing's mouth twitched, and an anger vein popped on her forehead.

If she didn't think violence was bad, Su Qing would really want to open a hole in this brat's head to see what she was thinking.

Su Qing was helpless... but there was nothing she could do.

"Great, now both the main body and the clone can't wash themselves clean even if they jumped into the Yellow River." Su Qing sighed in her heart, then was too lazy to explain further.

Furthermore, Su Qing still felt that Jin Xin's way of thinking had major issues.

Huge ones!

She didn't know how this girl had become like this, or if she could still be saved.

But Su Qing was too lazy to keep thinking about it.

The priority was to end this farce.

She spoke up, "Alright, come into the clinic! How long do you all plan to stay blocked at the door?"

Hearing Su Qing's words, the group stopped standing at the door and followed her into the clinic.

Once inside the clinic, Su Qingyu ran off to play with Coal Ball, while Li Yichou watched over the little ones to prevent any accidents.

As for Ao Yiyi and Hu Lin'er, they each had their own things to do.

"I've made a fool of myself before you," Su Qing said to Jin Xin.

Jin Xin shook her head and replied, "Not at all... Sister's friends are very interesting. I like them too..."

"As long as you don't dislike them!" Su Qing smiled helplessly and said, "Alright, let's not talk about them. Let's talk about you first."

"Me?"

"Yes! After all, there are already enough people here, so you can't help out here anymore," Su Qing nodded and said.

"Then where should I go? I want to stay by Sister's side! Because that makes it easier for love to grow with time... that's what the books say," Jin Xin thought for a moment and said.

"What kind of books have you been reading these past few days..." The corner of Su Qing's mouth twitched as she said, "But forget it, let's not mention that. Don't worry, I won't let you leave too far from here. I plan to have you open a shop next door..."

"Open a shop?" Jin Xin was a bit confused and asked.

"Yes, you can open whatever kind of shop you want... as long as it's not a funeral parlor or a medical clinic." To prevent this girl with a hole in her brain from choosing those two industries, Su Qing blocked the path in advance.

"I see... is anything else okay besides those two?"

"Of course."