Hearing Yan Qi’s words, both Li Caifeng and Bai Yuling froze for a moment.
Soon, Bai Yuling snapped out of it and smiled, patting Yan Qi’s little head in praise.
“You’re such a clever kid, Xiao Qi.”
After saying that, Bai Yuling looked up at Li Caifeng and said,
“Alright, Caifeng, I’m no longer inviting you out for a big meal as an apology—now it’s just because I want to spend some time with your family. How about it? You can’t say no to that, right?”
“As long as it’s not an apology, I’ll accept your invitation.”
“Then it’s settled.”
“Mhm.”
After the two friends made their agreement, neither said anything more.
Soon, Li Caifeng left Longyuan Elementary School with her husband and daughter, while Bai Yuling stood by the roadside, watching them until they disappeared from sight.
Just as Yan Qi’s family was busy heading to the hospital for a check-up, the internet in Xia was being swept by an unprecedented storm.
The cause of this uproar wasn’t celebrity gossip or some scandal involving foreign officials.
Instead, it was a terrorist attack at Fangfeng City’s train station—one witnessed live by tens of millions of Xia citizens—involving supernatural forces and abyssal monsters, ultimately suppressed by a mysterious young woman in green.
Topics like The Fangfeng City Train Station Terrorist Attack, The Mysterious Girl in Green, A Stunning Beauty, and The Mysterious Monsters quickly trended as people across the country debated them.
Countless videos related to the incident were uploaded to video-sharing platforms.
Online forums were flooded with posts about the attack and the enigmatic girl in green.
Even on obscure websites, the moment someone brought up the events at Fangfeng City’s train station or the mysterious girl, crowds of people would immediately jump in to argue and speculate.
After all, before this incident, no one had ever imagined that supernatural powers truly existed in their world—let alone that such terrifying monsters were real.
And no one could have guessed that the person who effortlessly wiped out those monsters would be an unbelievably gorgeous young woman in her twenties, the kind of beauty you’d never forget after just one glance.
……
“Phew, finally home—I’m exhausted.”
After a whole afternoon of running around, Yan Qi finally made it back just after sunset. The moment she saw the couch, her eyelids heavy with fatigue, she rushed over and flopped onto it without a care for appearances.
“Hey, Xiao Qi, if you’re going to sleep, you need to take a bath first.”
Seeing her daughter sprawled on the couch, looking drowsy and anything but ladylike, Li Caifeng knew she was genuinely exhausted. Still, she shook her gently to keep her awake and reminded her.
Hearing this, Yan Qi weakly raised five fingers.
“Mm, I know… Just five more minutes…”
As soon as she finished speaking, her hand flopped back onto the couch like liquid.
Watching her daughter in this state, Li Caifeng pressed,
“Xiao Qi, I know you’re tired and want to sleep, but that doesn’t mean you can skip bathing. Get up now.”
Unable to endure her mother’s nagging any longer, Yan Qi reluctantly dragged herself up from the couch. Fighting back her drowsiness, she trudged upstairs.
After obediently showering and changing into fresh clothes as her mother had instructed, Yan Qi finally surrendered to her exhaustion. She turned off the lights, curled up in her soft bed, and soon drifted into a deep, sweet slumber.
And so, Yan Qi spent her second day in this new world.
Early Tuesday morning, the blazing sun shone directly on her face, the unbearable heat finally rousing her from sleep.
“Ugh… What time is it? Why is the sun so strong?”
Still disoriented, Yan Qi reached for her phone to check the time—only to remember that it had been destroyed in yesterday’s chaos.
“Ah… Should I ask Mom and Dad for money to buy a new one?”
She withdrew her hand, sat up, and rubbed her eyes, briefly entertaining the thought. But remembering how hard her parents worked for their money, she quickly dismissed the idea.
Better to earn the money for a new phone myself.
Putting the matter aside, Yan Qi felt a pressing need to use the bathroom. She got out of bed and made her way down the familiar hallway to the second-floor bathroom. After making the same mistake as yesterday—still not fully accustomed to her new body—she finally took care of business.
Once she had washed up and changed, the refreshed white-haired, red-eyed little girl hurried downstairs.
Entering the living room, she glanced at the wall clock and was stunned to see it was already 11 AM. No wonder the sun had been so intense—it was practically noon.
“Strange… It’s so late. Why didn’t Mom wake me up for breakfast?”
Puzzled by her mother’s uncharacteristic silence, Yan Qi called out,
“Mom? Where are you?”
When no answer came after several seconds, she thought to herself,
No response… Did she go out to buy groceries?
With that in mind, she walked over to the coffee table in the living room—where she found a note left by her mother.
“Xiao Qi,
By the time you read this, I’ll probably be at the market with your dad buying groceries. If everything goes smoothly, we’ll be back by noon, so don’t worry.
If you’re hungry, heat up the egg drop soup I left in the fridge and cook some noodles to go with it.
Also, I’m sure you’re wondering why I didn’t wake you up like usual today.
After everything that happened yesterday, I thought letting you sleep in might help you recover, so I decided not to disturb you.
Love,
Mom.”