Si Qing had no courage to tell the truth.
He could only whimper and beg Qi Yu for affection.
Qi Yu snorted and pushed his head away, "Get lost, don't hug me. Do you think I don't know it was you who had everyone follow? You traitor."
"Sister! Eeee-wu wu wu..." Si Qing neither denied nor admitted, just held onto her leg and pretended to cry.
Qi Yu couldn't shake off this clingy person, so she simply sat down and refused to speak, her sulky face clearly showing she was angry.
The others touched their noses and went about their business.
Shao Feng leaned in to appease her, "Yu Yu, be good~ You're so amazing, Daddy thinks your repair skills are fantastic."
"Heh," Qi Yu rolled her eyes.
Hypocrites, liars, they actually followed her secretly!
It was one thing to follow secretly, but now they all wanted to pretend nothing had happened.
Hmph!
Hmph hmph!!
"Yu Yu~" Shao Feng reached out and hooked his daughter's hand.
Qi Yu shook her hand away. Kang Yi Sheng turned his body and sat facing another direction, ignoring him completely.
Shao Feng looked at An Nuo, spread his hands, and looked wronged.
Although following was indeed a bit immoral, he wasn't the only one who did it.
Qi Yu was just ignoring him.
However, soon, Qi Yu's actions made Shao Feng realize that she wasn't just ignoring him, but everyone.
Even Yan Hua was not spared.
Chen Xi held his precious jade coral, delighted to see it perfectly intact. He re-hung the jade pendant at his waist, this time adding several protective layers.
To prevent this jade coral from being deliberately broken again.
After securing his jade coral, he happily ran over to coax Qi Yu.
Qi Yu didn't want to pay them any mind.
She was angry.
So, upon returning to the South Sea, she ignored everyone, eating and doing things alone, leaving everyone else behind.
Si Qing looked at An Nuo and Shao Feng, tears welling up in his eyes, "What should we do? My sister is definitely angry, otherwise she wouldn't keep ignoring me. Does anyone have a way to make girls happy?"
Shao Feng spread his hands, "It was your terrible idea to follow them. We were curious and went along, so now we're suffering. Not only is Qi Yu ignoring you, she's ignoring all of us."
"Dad, are you being reasonable? What do you mean it was all my terrible idea? I originally just said I wanted to go with Master, who knew you all would clamor to go together? So, this isn't my responsibility alone," Si Qing insisted on not taking the blame, "If anything, we all made a mistake."
"Cough, cough, cough," Shao Feng looked up at the sky, feeling a bit guilty.
An Nuo, Yan Hua, Chen Xi, Jin Yan, Yu Yuan, and the others all looked somewhat uncomfortable.
Yue Zhi Yin squatted outside Qi Yu's room with a worried expression, "So, esteemed sirs, can we stop talking about useless things and think about the real issue? How do we appease Qi Yu?"
At this question, everyone fell into thought.
Like prisoners, they squatted one after another outside Qi Yu's room, drawing lines on the ground with stones, contemplating how to appease Qi Yu.
Yan Hua sat cross-legged on the ground, his voice calm, "If you ask me, whoever first suggested following should be responsible for appeasing her."
Si Qing patted the ground and leaned in, "No way! Why should it be me? You all followed too! I can't be the only one dealt with by Sister!"
"See, those are his true feelings," Yu Yuan said, arms crossed, "Si Qing, even if we were willing to share your suffering, your sister might not be able to deal with us. So, in the end, she can only deal with you, right?"
Si Qing: "..."
He took a deep breath.
He depressingly realized that Yu Yuan was right.
Qi Yu didn't deal with anyone else, only picked on him. Besides being the main culprit, the most important reason was that among this group, he was the easiest to bully.
Wuwuwu.
Thinking of this, Si Qing suddenly stood up, looking very tragic, "You bunch of people. When you were secretly following, you were all curious and wanted to join the fun. But when something went wrong, you all want me to take the blame. It's truly hateful. So be it, if I don't go to hell, who will! I'll just..."
He originally wanted to say, "I'll go in and appease Sister."
But before he could finish, Yan Hua used magic to throw him into Qi Yu's room.
"You should go to hell anyway. Go on," Yan Hua threw him in and then turned to beckon the others, "Let's go."
And so, everyone scattered.
Inside the room.
Si Qing, thrown in by Yan Hua, looked at Qi Yu, who squinted and appraised him, appearing pitiful, weak, and helpless.
"Why did you come in?" Qi Yu teased him, "Don't you have a mirror? You can spy, why bother coming in?"
"Sister!" Si Qing was about to kneel, "Sister, are you still angry? Wuwuwu, why don't you just beat me up."
Qi Yu didn't stand on ceremony and immediately took out a row of weapons for him to choose from.
"..." Si Qing fell silent, then reached out and wiped his face, attempting to negotiate, "Sister, the requirement doesn't have to be so strict. If you can't bear to hit me, you can change it to me agreeing to one of your conditions."
"Oh?" Qi Yu immediately nodded upon hearing this, then told Si Qing in a very calm tone, "Then I want to refine a type of่่ซ (gu worm). Go get a tray and ask Senior Brother, Master, and Mom and Dad for a drop of blood from each of them."
Si Qing: "...A drop from each person? Everyone?"
Qi Yu nodded.
Si Qing pursed his lips, fell silent for a moment, and then changed his tune, "Sister, how about you just beat me up instead."