Chapter Eighty-six Snow Eleven

  Dark red, lurking in the delicate green tea cup, faintly showing a sharp and fierce momentum. The thick, blood-like shape seemed to be a warm bed for nurturing life, only waiting for an appropriate moment to let the ferocious creature dormant inside suddenly wake up.

  I don't know if it's because I've been staring at the water in my tea cup for too long, or if it's because of Ruiwen's deliberately mysterious attitude that's making me start to get nervous, but Su Qier feels like this water is getting more and more unusual by the second. She has a wild idea that there's some kind of monster sealed inside this cup. "What exactly is this thing?"

  "Magma water," Shi Ruwen thought that Su Qi's IQ was definitely not enough to understand, so he added, "You can also think of it as magma!"

  "Magma?" Su Qi repeated uncertainly, and then suddenly asked in surprise, "Where did you get the magma from? What are you going to do with the magma?"

  "Otherwise, how can we scare away the Snow Demon?" She Ruiwen was quite unimpressed by Su Qi's exaggerated reaction.

  "The problem is... the problem is..." Su Qi felt like her brain was going to overload, with a huge pile of questions she wanted to clarify, such as how magma could be like water? How several thousand degrees of high temperature could still be steadily contained in a teacup? Why it felt similar to ordinary boiling water when touched... Finally, after stuttering for half a day, Su Qi finally managed to ask the most crucial question, "Why is the Snow Demon afraid of this?"

  "Clumsy! A timely born monster has a fatal flaw, after all!" Xie Ruwen held up his teacup and sat back down on the small stool with elegance, slowly explaining, "Those born in summer are afraid of the cold, while those born in winter are afraid of the heat! The snow demon naturally fears high-temperature things, but ordinary high temperatures can't suppress her. That's why we need to use this!" Xie Ruwen raised his teacup and gestured towards Su Qi Ruo.

  "How did you seal the magma here?" Su Qi stretched out her hand curiously, wanting to pick up the teacup for a closer look, but suddenly remembered the scalding temperature of the cup and had to awkwardly withdraw her hand, continuing to wait for Yang Ruiwen's response.

  "Of course it's a secret!" Shi Ruwen said with a pleased expression. Mei Guangliu glanced at Su Qiruo with a flowing gaze, and with a flick of her wrist, the teacup in her hand disappeared. When she opened her palm again, there was a dark red drop-shaped pendant in her palm.

  "Hehe……" Si Ruiwen picked up the pendant and proudly said to Su Qi, "This pendant is a protective charm that Grandpa gave you, you must wear it well!" With another flick of his wrist, the pendant was hanging on a chain.

  She Ruiwen's skillful sleight of hand made Su Qi'er envious, but the amulet She Ruiwen gave her... no matter how she thought about it, it seemed ominous. Could it be a death token or something?

  Su Qi Ruo stared warily at the necklace in Sheng Ru Wen's hand, thinking to herself how to politely decline his "good intentions". However, Sheng Ru Wen seemed to have seen through Su Qi Ruo's thoughts and surprisingly got up to personally bring the necklace in front of Su Qi Ruo, with an attitude that was essentially going to put it on her himself.

  Shi Ruwen was even more diligent. Su Qi Ruo was even more afraid, and the necklace in Shi Ruwen's hand had already been upgraded to a black and white double soul-locking chain in her eyes. Su Qi Ruo plucked up the courage to ask, "What are you doing?"

  "Hehe...... Put it on for you!" Shi Ruwen replied matter-of-factly.

  Su Qi was startled by She Ruiwen's sinister smile and took a step back, but before she could react, a strong hand grasped her shoulder from behind, exerting just the right amount of pressure to make Su Qi feel inexplicably at ease. As she lost focus for an instant, Lu Ke effortlessly took the necklace from She Ruiwen's hand and removed the thick scarf wrapped around Su Qi. With a light touch, he put the necklace on Su Qi and adjusted the pendant's position, letting it fall perfectly onto her chest.

  It seemed like he was worried that Su Qi would secretly take off the necklace, so Lu Ke reminded him lightly, "Wear it properly." He also casually rewrapped the scarf around Su Qi's neck.

  Su Qi's face turned red as Lu Ke's intimate actions made her feel warm, and she touched the pendant, feeling its warmth dispel the chill of winter. Su Qi lowered her head in thought, wondering if Lu Ke had become gentler recently, although his expression remained unchanged, cold and unyielding, but his actions towards her showed that he had indeed become gentler. Why did he suddenly become gentle? Had something changed between them without her realizing it?

  Shi Ruwen gazed at Su Qi's seemingly shy and introspective appearance, her head lowered in thought, and a spark of anger rose from the bottom of his heart. How could the same thing be so different when he did it versus when Su Qi did it? Clearly, their relationship had improved significantly after the last Spirit Demon Trading Conference, but now it seemed like they were back to square one! Could it be that his charm was no match for Lu Ke's? How could that be possible?!

  "Su Qi Ruo, Su Qi Ruo!" She Rui Wen's low shout abruptly pulled Su Qi Ruo back to reality from her state of deep thought.

  "What's going on?"

  She Ruiwen asked in a bad mood, "Do you know what the pendant Grandpa gave you is?"

  "What is it?"

  She Ruiwen was extremely dissatisfied with Su Qi's nonchalant attitude, and he shot her a fierce glance before speaking, "The pendant seals the Lava Water!"

  "Huh?" Su Qi Yu touched the pendant's position again and asked in confusion, "Why isn't it as hot as before?"

  "Since I've given it to you, of course you have to deal with it!" Si Ruiwen shot a dissatisfied glance at Su Qi, this girl was doubting his abilities again!

  "In that case, can't we make the Snow Demon retreat in disarray?"

  "Of course!"

  "Oh! Thank you!" Su Qi said with a hint of embarrassment, unexpectedly finding out that Yang Ruowen was actually so kind-hearted. Come to think of it, recently Yang Ruowen hadn't been harming her either! She had always suspected that he wasn't quite good?

  Although Lu Ke hadn't spoken much, he had been secretly observing Su Qiruo's expression. Seeing that she seemed to be moved by Ye Ruiwen and was starting to reflect, Lu Ke calmly reminded her, "Anyway, he's just taking advantage of the situation, the snake tribe has never suffered a loss, how would he let the snow demon ruin his plans."

  "What? What do you mean?" Su Qi's attention was diverted to Lu Ke's ambiguous words. However, Shu Ruiwen had already understood the implication of his words - that there was no need to thank her.

  "Hmph!" Si Ruiwen retorted with a sarcastic tone, "Anyway, it's not like it'll harm you either!"

  Two people won't start fighting again, will they? Su Qi hastily interjected, "It's so late, we should head back, or the gatekeeper aunt will get angry!"

  "I'll send you back."

  "Dad will take you home."

  Lu Ke and She Ruiwen spoke at the same time, giving Su Qi a headache. She hastily opened her mouth and said, "Anyway, the snow demon won't come, I'll go back myself!" After finishing speaking, she ran towards the dormitory in a flash of smoke. Alas, if she disappeared, wouldn't those two people fight? Speaking of which, why are these two people still so childish?