However, not long after leaving the door, Ning Rongrong, a support system Spirit Master, was already struggling with her stamina.
"Hiss~"
Bending over and supporting her knees, she was panting heavily, but her left hand, holding Ye Qiu's, remained tightly clasped.
She straightened up, wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and observed Ye Qiu from the corner of her eye, seemingly wanting to speak but hesitating.
"Why aren't you running anymore?" Ye Qiu pretended not to notice, looking at her playfully.
The indescribable gazes from the Sect members just now had made him extremely uncomfortable.
"Hmph! Miss! I can't run anymore~"
Seeing Ye Qiu's gloating expression, she frowned.
Her words, initially firm in tone, softened towards the end, and she stared at Ye Qiu with a longing, pitiful gaze.
"Uh, what's wrong?"
"Ye Qiu~" Ning Rongrong leaned close to Ye Qiu, even resting her head on his shoulder.
Her small mouth moved close to his ear, and her soft voice, accompanied by warm breath, made his earlobe flush.
"How about you carry me?"
"Ah?" Ye Qiu looked at her in surprise, tilting his head, wanting to create some distance between them.
This person, she just said they would walk together!
"No?" Seeing his lack of reaction, Ning Rongrong lowered her head, a little disappointed.
"Alright!" Ye Qiu smiled helplessly, and could only squat down to let her climb onto his back.
"Yay!" Hearing him agree, Ning Rongrong immediately let go of Ye Qiu's hand, jumped up, and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Aside from her lack of chest, her body proportions were quite good, and carrying her didn't feel heavy at all.
"So fragrant~" As soon as Ning Rongrong lay on Ye Qiu's back, she smelled a faint fragrance, and the fatigue on her body seemed to alleviate quite a bit.
She sniffed lightly with her delicate nose, slowly burying her head into Ye Qiu's neck.
Feeling the warm breath against his neck, Ye Qiu moved, his body feeling a little awkward.
He regretted it somewhat in his heart; he shouldn't have used that fragrant Spirit Ability!
Walking along the road, Ning Rongrong's muffled voice came from Ye Qiu's neck and entered his ears.
"Ye Qiu~ Why can you use Xiao Lan's Spirit Ability?"
Ning Rongrong was not stupid; she had noticed this long ago.
"…" Ye Qiu's footsteps paused, and his face became serious.
"Miss Rongrong! That matter seems to have nothing to do with you, does it? I don't want to talk about it!"
"I, I didn't ask you to talk about it!"
She thought Ye Qiu was angry, and her arms around Ye Qiu's neck tightened, trying to lean over to see his expression.
Unfortunately, her neck wasn't long enough, so she could only forcefully turn Ye Qiu's face towards her, looking at him seriously.
"I just wanted to say that I'll help you keep it a secret!"
Too close!! Ye Qiu's pupils constricted slightly; their red lips and white teeth were almost touching.
"I'm serious! Don't be angry, okay?" As Ning Rongrong's upper and lower lips met, they also brushed against Ye Qiu's.
"Oh, oh…" This time, Ye Qiu truly couldn't take it anymore, and he nodded blankly.
"Why is your face so hot?"
"Uh, nothing, nothing!"
Ye Qiu turned his head away and continued on his way.
…
Walking along the road, after a long silence between them, Ye Qiu's face was a little flushed.
It wasn't from exhaustion, but from being teased.
Ye Qiu really couldn't bear it anymore.
"Ning Rongrong! Don't mess around!"
"Then are you still mad at me or not? You're not even talking to me~!"
"No! If I were mad, why would I still be carrying you?"
Ning Rongrong's red lips pressed against Ye Qiu's ear, occasionally pursing them, and then gently biting him.
"Don't call me Miss Rongrong anymore! Call me Rongrong, otherwise I won't just bite once later!"
"Alright, alright, Rongrong, stop playing, or I'll really throw you off later!"
…
In the end, Ning Rongrong did not actually make Ye Qiu carry her all the way to Heaven Dou City.
In a small grove outside Heaven Dou City.
Space rippled, a transparent vortex appeared, and the figures of Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong emerged there.
"Ye Qiu, I didn't expect your Spirit Ability to be so powerful, even more miraculous than Grandpa Bone's!"
Ning Rongrong gently wiped the sweat from Ye Qiu's forehead.
Ye Qiu, however, stared blankly at Ning Rongrong with a pair of dead fish eyes.
On his face and ears, there were not only some vermillion lip prints but also tiny teeth marks.
"Haha~" Looking at her masterpiece, Ning Rongrong's small face was flushed, as if she had been drinking.
"Miss Rongrong—"
"Hmm?" Ning Rongrong glared, pouting, already eager to act.
Under her intense gaze, Ye Qiu quickly changed his words.
"Rongrong, can you get down now?"
"No way! The kiss I gave you earlier was payment~ You have to carry me into the city!"
"What payment!? You clearly bit me on your own accord just now!"
"Mm! That's right." Ning Rongrong smiled and nodded.
She quietly watched Ye Qiu, remaining silent for a long time, thinking that all her previous groundwork should be enough by now.
She put away the struggle in her eyes, then pressed her face against Ye Qiu's, her voice becoming a little low, and looked at him with a resentful gaze.
"Yes…"
"You noticed too? Today, I've been taking the initiative the whole time~ So… when will you, this scumbag, also take some initiative?"
Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Ye Qiu froze in place.
Even though Ning Rongrong was vigorously rubbing his cheek, he showed no reaction.
His azure eyes glanced at her jade-like face beside him.
Ning Rongrong also stopped her movements, quietly meeting his gaze.
Watching Ye Qiu's eyes grow calmer and calmer, for some reason, her heart suddenly began to panic.
"Miss Rongrong… You should know, I already—" Ye Qiu's calm voice had just come out when Ning Rongrong frantically covered his mouth.
"Enough, enough! Don't say it!"
She buried her face in Ye Qiu's shoulder, "Miss doesn't want to talk about this topic right now!"
"Then, Miss Rongrong, do you want to get down first?"
"I won't!" Ning Rongrong stubbornly clung to Ye Qiu's neck, refusing to let go.
"I don't want you to call me Miss Rongrong!
"Isn't it enough that I don't want you to take the initiative anymore!? Anyway, anyway, I just want you to carry me!"
Ning Rongrong's voice carried a hint of a sob.
Ye Qiu also felt that his shoulder seemed to have become a little damp.
"Phew~" Ye Qiu also felt a bit depressed; he really did seem to be a scumbag.
Not taking the initiative, not refusing, not taking responsibility.
He had almost completely embodied these three principles!
After a long silence, he felt the warmth radiating from Ning Rongrong on his back.
Scene after scene from the past flashed before his eyes; ever since she met him, she seemed to have cried quite a few times.
"Miss Rongrong… I need…"
"Hiss~"
As soon as his words fell, a sharp pain came from his shoulder!
This time, she didn't hold back, and her voice became much colder.
"I already said it! Call me Rongrong!"
"Also, I don't want to talk about this topic anymore, we're going into the city now! Immediately, right now!"
"Alright, Rongrong." Ye Qiu nodded numbly, slowly walking towards the Heaven Dou City gate.
Actually, what he wanted to say just now was that he needed a little time!
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