Chapter 68: Who put a steamed bun on my face!

As the rich and pure spiritual energy flowed ceaselessly into Ye Ruyan's body like a tide,

Ye Ruyan's wounds, which originally covered her entire body, began to heal at an astonishing speed.

Time quietly passed,

Not long after,

Only to see the previously skin-split, flesh-torn horrifying wounds gradually close and scab over.

The newly grown tender pink skin gradually covered the previous scars,

However, the enormous bun on Ye Ruyan's face remained conspicuously present.

Although the injuries in other parts of her body had significantly improved,

she still kept her eyes tightly shut, showing no sign of waking.

Ye Xiuxiu, seeing this, had no choice but to resort to the Great Awakening Technique again.

Ye Xiuxiu took a deep breath and raised her palm,

and mercilessly slapped the bun on Ye Ruyan's face hard.

Only the crisp, loud slaps sounded one after another,

continuing without pause.

Thus, after slapping it more than ten times in succession,

Ye Ruyan finally opened her eyes slowly amidst a violent shaking,

her gaze dazed and bewildered.

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Ye Ruyan had just opened her mouth to speak,

but found her throat extremely dry,

and could only produce a weak sound.

"How did this happen to me?"

She struggled to move her eyeballs,

trying to recall what had happened before,

but her mind was a blank,

only an overwhelming sense of weakness surged up like a tide.

Especially when she felt a burning pain on her cheeks, she instinctively reached up and touched them.

If she didn't touch it, she wouldn't know; but upon touching, she jumped in fright.

She froze instantly, murmuring with a face full of doubt:

"Huh?! Who put a steamed bun on my face?"

At that moment, Ye Xiuxiu, standing nearby, hurriedly explained:

"Ruyan sister, you were accidentally knocked unconscious by my attack just now."

"I went to great lengths to just now wake you from your unconsciousness."

Ye Ruyan blinked her eyes,

and only after a while did she gradually realize what had just happened, as if waking from a dream.

Ye Xiuxiu's first move was an extremely powerful lightning strike,

and she had thought she could dodge it,

but the lightning suddenly bent,

and then struck her squarely and hard!

Afterward, she lost consciousness.

"Sister Xiuxiu… do you still hold a grudge against me?"

Ye Xiuxiu slightly nodded and spoke softly:

"If I said I had no resentment at all, that would definitely be a lie. After all, you almost killed me back then!"

Saying this, Ye Xiuxiu paused,

then added:

"But anyway, those are things of the past; now we're even!"

Although she said that,

however, deep in Ye Xiuxiu's heart,

she actually had no intention of truly letting Ye Ruyan off the hook.

You see,

Ye Xiuxiu's main trait is holding grudges,

Forgive?

Forgiving her is God's business,

while my job is to send her to meet God.

Upon hearing Ye Xiuxiu's words,

Ye Ruyan's anxiously hanging heart finally settled back a little,

"Sister Xiuxiu, thank you so much for forgiving me!"

"But… what on earth is this bun that suddenly appeared on my face?"

While speaking, Ye Ruyan cautiously reached out and lightly touched the swollen bump,

the result was an immediate sharp pain that made her suck in a breath of cold air.

All five facial features twisted into one lump,

Seeing Ye Ruyan's unbearably painful expression,

Ye Xiuxiu couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling:

"Hehe, just now I saw you still unconscious,

so I thought I'd quickly try to wake you up."

"Maybe… hmm, perhaps I was just a tad too forceful…"

Listening to Ye Xiuxiu's lukewarm explanation,

Ye Ruyan's mouth corner twitched uncontrollably a few times.

Hmph!

What does "a little too forceful" even mean?

This is plainly just taking the chance to settle a personal vendetta!

I foolishly thought Ye Xiuxiu had completely let go of past grievances,

Turns out it was all an illusion!

I never expected the usually gentle Ye Xiuxiu to hide so deeply,

If not for today's sudden lightning that almost split her in two,

Ye Ruyan would probably still be lost in the fantasy that Ye Xiuxiu had already forgiven her.

At this moment she still felt lingering fear, her body trembling slightly,

Ye Xiuxiu had somehow become this powerful without a sound,

If Ye Xiuxiu wanted to kill me, it would only require a little effort.

Ye Xiuxiu helped her to a nearby bench and sat down to rest.

At that moment, Bai Qingxia also stepped forward lightly,

with a seemingly sincere apologetic smile on her face.

However, the apologies she uttered,

were no different from what Liu Yuesong had said before,

nothing but some harmless, hollow words.

Bai Qingxia, with a beaming smile, said to Ye Ruyan:

"Ruyan, why don't you go inside and rest properly?"

"Or I could inform your mother to come pick you up and take you home, that works too."

Hearing this, Ye Ruyan waved her hands repeatedly, shook her head, and replied anxiously:

"No need, no need!"

"Madam, I can just sit here for a while,"

"Besides, Xiuxiu has already healed all my injuries!"

When Ye Ruyan finished speaking,

if it weren't for Ye Xiuxiu and Bai Qingxia's superhuman tolerance,

they probably would have burst out laughing long ago.

After all, who could have thought,

that this little girl with a bun‑shaped swelling on her face,

could so calmly say that her injuries had already healed?

"Then you just rest a bit first; I'll go prepare the meal now."

Bai Qingxia's mouth corner lifted slightly,

after revealing a gentle smile, she turned toward the kitchen.

Ye Xiuxiu, familiar as ever, knelt down, eyes half‑closed,

and began cultivating the Hongmeng Creation Scripture.

Ye Ruyan, leaning on the chair, couldn't help reaching out to gently touch the round, plump bun on her cheek,

the pain made her grit her teeth and grimace.

Hmph, you damned Ye Xiuxiu,

just you wait for me!

After that,

Ye Ruyan swiftly shifted her attention to the quietly lying Jinhua cat with its little golden body nearby.

This time she came not merely to spar with Ye Xiuxiu,

she has always harbored ulterior motives,

and her sole purpose now is to find a way to capture this Jinhua cat,

then use the Beast Taming Ring to force it to obediently recognize her as master!

That's why she hasn't come to see Ye Xiuxiu these past days,

because she finally found the Beast Taming Ring.

Ye Ruyan waved at the Jinhua cat,

and took a Jinhua Peach from her satchel,

the Jinhua cat let out a meow and leapt into Ye Ruyan's arms,

biting the Jinhua Peach and ate it.

Ye Ruyan glanced at Ye Xiuxiu,

Carefully took out a silver-white golden hoop from the storage bag.

(End of chapter)