Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 1048: Delicate Couple’s Battlefield, Doubting and Questioning Each Other (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1048: Chapter 1048: Delicate Couple’s Battlefield, Doubting and Questioning Each Other (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Qin Ruan suddenly relaxed upon hearing this, no longer worried about being seen in her disheveled state, and her tense body relaxed as well.

However, the next second, she realized how ludicrous such a thought was.

While Third Master promised not to enter the changing room, he indeed did not do so, but he made her compensate in other ways.

Huo Qiang, standing guard at the door, caught every sound from inside the room with his keen hearing.

Sometimes the sounds were muffled, and other times they were as clear as if they were right by his ear.

An embarrassed expression appeared on Huo Qiang’s ordinarily plain old face.

Having flown back overnight, Third Master was still able to cultivate a relationship with Madam at this time, which showed his mental and physical condition were much better than Huo Qiang had imagined.

Huo Yunjiao had never let go of Qin Ruan’s fox tail from the beginning and was extremely interested in it.

Despite Qin Ruan’s embarrassment and her desire to hide it, Huo Yunjiao played with the fox tail he had missed for a thousand years whenever he wanted.

Each time the red, flame-shaped tip of the tail trembled at Qin Ruan’s reactions, he felt a profoundly secret sense of achievement.

However, as the morning sun rose, the fox tail gradually became transparent until it disappeared entirely.

Exhausted and sleepy, Qin Ruan couldn’t even keep her eyes open.

She fell into a deep sleep on the bed and didn’t see the process of the fox tail disappearing.

Lying beside her, Huo Yunjiao’s hand paused slightly on her waist as he lifted a strand of her damp hair from her face.

"Don’t—"

Qin Ruan murmured in her sleep, raising a feeble hand to push him away.

Unfortunately, she was physically unable to.

Before her hand could touch the one Third Master had on her cheek, her arm weakly fell to the side of the bed.

Huo Yunjiao’s expressionlessly tranquil gaze lingered on Qin Ruan’s sleeping face.

Because they had not yet reached the end of their journey, his lips were tightly pursed, and a forbearing expression appeared on his handsome face.

After a long while, Huo Yunjiao’s beautifully thin lips parted slightly, letting out a sigh.

Without looking at Qin Ruan again, he got up without any reluctance and walked towards the bathroom.

...

The day had already broken brightly outside, and Qin Ruan, still asleep, was awakened by the sound of children’s laughter near her ear.

Her tightly closed eyes trembled lightly, a sign that she was about to awaken.

In the room where Huo Yao and Huo Anqi were playing with Third Master, the laughter suddenly stopped.

They leaned over the bed, both sets of eyes fixed on Qin Ruan.

As Qin Ruan’s fox-like eyes slowly opened, Huo Yao’s smile brightened radiantly, and he happily called out, "Mommy!"

Huo Anqi also called out, "Mommy."

His little hand holding a strand of Qin Ruan’s hair, his pudgy little face appeared very composed.

Qin Ruan was still in a half-dazed state of awareness and frowned unconsciously upon seeing her two sons, not out of displeasure at Huo Yao and Huo Anqi’s presence, but because her waist was really sore.

Her hand instinctively moved under the blanket to rub her waist.

But halfway through, the movement suddenly stopped.

Memories of Third Master’s return flooded Qin Ruan’s mind, along with the bizarre and frightening incident of her growing a large tail.

Disregarding her physical discomfort, she sat up swiftly and flung off the blanket to check her condition and see whether she really had grown a tail.

"Ruanruan, the children are still here,"

said Huo Yunjiao, sitting at the foot of the bed, holding a cup of water, his demeanor gentle, promptly voicing his caution.

Qin Ruan suddenly remembered that under the covers, she was naked.

Hearing the voice of the third master, her consciousness fully regained clarity, her sharp eyes slightly lifted, as she stared intensely at the neatly dressed man at the end of the bed.

"Third, master!"

Qin Ruan called out with clenched teeth, her tone carrying a mix of shame and indignation.

Her sudden outburst intimidated the two young children beside her, causing the smiles on Huo Yao’s and Huo Anqi’s faces to vanish as they looked at her nervously.

Huo Yunjiao calmly smiled, stood up, and came over to Qin Ruan, reaching out to tidy her disheveled hair.

He cooed softly, "Don’t be angry, I just missed you so much that the self-control I used to take pride in disappeared in front of you."

"Slap!"

Qin Ruan slapped his hand away, her brows and eyes filled with fierceness, as she demanded, "Stop talking nonsense. What’s that about the tail?"

Huo Yunjiao looked down at his reddened hand’s back, his affectionate eyes carrying a faint and distant coldness, his handsome face showing a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

However, the moment he looked up, his expression instantly returned to his usual warm and cheerful smile, his eyes gentle and indulgent.

He raised his hand, ruffled Qin Ruan’s messy hair like consoling a child, and asked with a smile, "Ruanruan, where did this tail come from?"

"It’s that tail with a clump of red at the tip, shaped like a flame." Qin Ruan even spread her arms to demonstrate, "It was about this big, maybe even bigger!"

Huo Yunjiao’s handsome face took on a serious expression, touched Qin Ruan’s forehead, and said earnestly, "Were you dreaming?"

A flicker of annoyance flared in Qin Ruan’s eyes as she clenched her teeth, "Last night, you clearly saw it and even touched it!"

She couldn’t understand why this man was playing dumb.

Huo Yunjiao feigned aggrievement, "That’s unfair to me, I only arrived on a plane early this morning and got to the Qin Family around four in the morning."

"That was in the morning!" Qin Ruan stretched her arm out of the covers, pointing at the red handprint on it, her voice strenuously maintaining calm, "You clearly assaulted me and told me that was my tail."

Qin Ruan clearly remembered him telling her that the tail was hers.

Then, without allowing her even a moment to react or accept, he utterly consumed her.

Huo Yunjiao shook his head, unable to help but smile, and reached under the covers to rub Qin Ruan’s lower back, asking gently, "Then tell me, Ruanruan, why did the tail disappear?"

Feeling his large palm massaging her waist, easing her discomfort, she relaxed and began to enjoy it.

Upon hearing the third master’s inquiry, she furrowed her brows and said despondently, "I don’t know."

Qin Ruan even reached down to feel her waist, trying to find any traces of the tail that had grown.

Unfortunately, she found nothing in the end.

She even truly began to wonder if it had all been a dream.

Huo Yao stood beside the bed, barely daring to breathe as he watched his father deceive his mother.

His chubby little face was tight, looking very solemn.

When he saw his father this morning, he felt both shock and delight.

The shock was seeing his father emerge from his mother’s room, carrying with him an aura that terrified him, an intangible force so oppressive he couldn’t breathe.

The delight was that he finally saw his father regaining his memory.

No words needed, it was a connection transmitted through their bloodline, which he could clearly sense.

Recalling the many years he and his brother had cycled through reincarnations, struggling for survival in the blood pools of Purgatory, nearly having their souls scattered numerous times through the painful experiences, Huo Yao’s body involuntarily shivered, the lingering pain as if still residing in his body.

His mother endured ninety-four years in Purgatory, undergoing the Nether Fire Burning every single day.

Every now and again, his father would join her, dragging his weary body to silently endure the pain alongside her.

He would only dare extract the Puppet Power that sustained his and his brother’s souls from their mother after she had passed out, as well as the Divine Power split from their father’s soul. Only the combination of these allowed him and his brother’s spirits to remain intact.

Back then, his Spiritual Wisdom partially awakened, he connected with his father’s Divine Sense in the blood pools of Purgatory.

The little one, he only knew to cry out for his father, his mother, the pain, and his faint Spiritual Wisdom already knew that his mother didn’t want him and his brother anymore, crying out to find his mother.

With the passage of lengthy years, he understood how difficult it was for him and his brother to survive.

He learned what his father and mother had sacrificed, and what kind of price they would eventually pay.

"No!," Qin Ruan suddenly exclaimed.

Her eyes, sharp and unusually rational, fixed intently on the Third Elder, as she raised her hand, imprinted with nail marks from the pinch.

Qin Ruan said with a firm tone, "This is you pulling on my tail and bullying me, I pinched it because it hurt at the moment, that tail was definitely not a dream!"

Huo Yunjiao lowered his gaze, looking at the crescent imprints in her palm, he sighed softly while holding his forehead.

He regretted not checking Qin Ruan’s palm.

He sighed deep within, knowing this matter could no longer be concealed.

Qin Ruan’s bloodline had just awakened, and it lasted for a short time; no one knew when it would awaken again.

But the next awakening was definitely not going to be soon, and it’s very likely that it won’t just be a tail appearing next time.

Qin Ruan, gripping Huo Yunjiao’s sleeve, asked in a deep voice, "What exactly is going on?"

Having inexplicably grown a tail, and this matter was still being concealed from her by the Third Elder, Qin Ruan sensed a strong scent of conspiracy.

Seeing the suspicion in her eyes, Huo Yunjiao waved his hand at his two sons, "You two go out first, I need to speak with your mother for a moment."

Huo Yao immediately grabbed Huo Anqi’s little hand, without saying a word, and turned to run out the door.

The brothers stood in the corridor, Huo Anqi harshly shook off Huo Yao’s hand, his dark eyes glaring at him, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Huo Yao blinked his clear, fox-like eyes, "What have I hidden from you?"

Huo Anqi scrutinized him up and down, disdainfully said, "I always felt something was off with you just now in the room, you were thinking about something, and there was a stink coming off you."

Huo Yao immediately waved his little fists, shaking them in front of his brother.

He bared his teeth, feigning anger, "Get lost!"

Huo Anqi pursed his lips, his little face also frowning.

After thinking it over, he still said, "You definitely are hiding something from me!"

Huo Yao sneered, "Aqi, don’t go looking for trouble, if you want to fight just say so, your brother is ready!"

Huo Anqi furrowed his brows, "Really nothing?"

"No, nothing!"

Huo Yao’s voice, assertive even in its youthful tone.

After speaking, he walked away without looking back.

As he turned around, that fierce little face immediately showed a bitter expression.

Huo Yao kept complaining in his heart, having a clever and sharp little brother made life very difficult.

Although he also didn’t know much, letting Huo Anqi know those things could stir up his rebellious streak.

He was, after all, the next heir to the Netherworld designated by their father.

If something happened to Huo Anqi, he did not want to endure the agony of being soaked in the blood pool of the Netherworld Purgatory again.

Inside the room.

After the children left, Qin Ruan also pulled on the Third Elder’s sleeve, demanding, "Why did you hide it from me?!"

Huo Yunjiao scooped her up, blankets and all, holding her in his arms, and explained in a gentle, measured tone.

"You reacted strongly to that tail, I was afraid you couldn’t accept it at the moment."

Qin Ruan struggled in his arms, her tone unhappy, "That still doesn’t give you the right to lie to me!"

Huo Yunjiao’s hand rested on her lower back where the tail had grown out before, his tone leaving no room for doubt, "Ruanruan, it has already disappeared."

Qin Ruan suddenly realized that his attitude was off.

She turned her head and fixed her gaze intently on the man, not missing any emotion on his face, and asked aloud, "Why are you so accepting of this?"

Huo Yunjiao’s eyebrows slightly raised, his lips curving into the perfect arc, as a teasing smile appeared on his handsome face.

"Ruanruan, you’ve forgotten. I really liked the birthday gift you received last year. It suited you very well."

He was referring to those three days and nights she had spent in the dark room before the year.

Seeing the genuine expression on his face and a lingering fondness, Qin Ruan rolled her eyes at him in an inelegant manner.

She pinched her fingertips together, nervously playing with her fingers, still not understanding how the tail had suddenly appeared.

The tail in her mind was beautiful and shocking to her.

Such a beautiful, fluffy, and large tail, it was like something from an animal.

But what kind of animal could it be, and why did it appear on her body?

Huo Yunjiao’s seductive jaw rested on Qin Ruan’s shoulder, he asked with anticipation, "Ruanruan, will it grow back?"

From his words, his affection for that tail was evident.

Qin Ruan gave him a sidelong glance and scoffed, "If it comes back out, I’ll chop it off!"

At her words, Huo Yunjiao collapsed on her shoulder, laughing uncontrollably. His cheerful laughter reached Qin Ruan’s ears, inadvertently making her body, already tingling, recall the memories from a few hours earlier.

All in all, it made her feel uncomfortable all over.

Qin Ruan lifted her head, annoyed, "Enough, stop laughing. I’ll get angry if you keep it up."

Huo Yunjiao slightly contained his laughter, still full of anticipation, "I really wish, Ruanruan, that you could have such a tail every day."

"I’d rather you kill me!"

Qin Ruan let out a cold chuckle.

She wrapped herself in the blanket, left Huo Yunjiao’s embrace, and got out of bed to walk towards the bathroom.

Huo Yunjiao sat on the edge of the bed, watching her retreating figure, then suddenly called out, "Ruanruan, if you could grow a tail, would you still be human? If it comes out again, could you tell me?"

Qin Ruan, holding the blanket wrapped around her, slowly turned around. Those cold, emotionless eyes stared seriously at the man sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Sir, what about you? Your body is clearly protected by the Heavenly Dao’s Purple Energy, so why is there Evil Qi that contradicts it? And the Buddha Beads on your wrist, why do they release a mysterious power to protect you? What exactly are you?"

Huo Yunjiao was caught off guard, his gentle eyes fixed on Qin Ruan, his face as indulgent as ever, "I too want to know. If possible, I would like to live a long life, to always be by your side along with Ayao and Anqi."

Sir’s face, although smiling, harbored a sense of loss and regret in his eyes, and the hint of barely concealed sorrow in his tone made Qin Ruan feel his deep-seated unwillingness.

Her assertive demeanor dissipated, her eyelids drooping slightly as she spoke in a barely audible whisper, "I will find out the origin of that tail."

With that, she turned and walked into the bathroom.

The bathroom door swiftly closed under Huo Yunjiao’s watchful gaze.

His smile faded, and he covered his mouth as he coughed softly a couple of times.

Feeling the moisture in his palm, he did not put his hand down, instead, he quickly left the room.

In the hallway bathroom, Huo Yunjiao rinsed the blood from his palms, then spat again.

He looked up at his reflection in the mirror, his pale face reflected back at him.

The words he had just spoken to Qin Ruan were his true feelings.

If possible, he really wished to live a long life this lifetime, staying by their side to make this brief life as fulfilling as possible, leaving no regrets for the future.