The vicious female Ye Youcha, who is in Shura Field every day

Chapter 279 Confession
Bai Qi's silence was like a dull knife, slowly grinding at her heart.

She lowered her eyelashes and was about to let go when he suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Yue'er."

Bai Qi's voice was somewhat hoarse, and his usually smiling fox-like eyes were now dark and brooding, as if he were suppressing something. "Then please tell me, who exactly are you?"

Su Xiyue's heart skipped a beat. Bai Qi had asked her the same question before at the hot spring at the bottom of the cliff, but she had managed to brush it off then.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and she subconsciously said, "I am Su Xiyue."

"You might be Su Xiyue."

Bai Qi stared into her eyes and said, word by word, "But this Su Xiyue is not that Su Xiyue."

She was shocked, her back tensed instantly, and she felt a panic she had never experienced before.

Had he seen through me? Did he know I wasn't the original owner of this body?
Otherwise, they wouldn't have said something like "This Su Xiyue is not that Su Xiyue".

She couldn't fathom Bai Qi's thoughts, nor dared to speak recklessly.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Su Xiyue tried to remain calm and pull her hand away, but he gripped it even tighter.

"Can't understand?"

Bai Qi chuckled lightly, but there was no smile in his eyes. "In the entire Beast World Continent, whether in the Upper or Lower Domains, you are the only female who has awakened superpowers. Moreover, the speed at which your superpower has advanced is unbelievable. In just over half a year, you have advanced from the first rank to the peak of the seventh rank. Don't you think that's abnormal, Yue'er?"

He stared at her incredibly nervous face and continued digging: "You know a lot of things we don't, and you can make all sorts of delicious food, as well as many exquisite yet very practical items. The wolf tribe never eats birdseed, let alone knows how to process it, and of course, they don't know the uses of ores. And those threshing machines, threshing tools, and the shower gel, soap, toothbrush, kitchen knife, etc. that you use for bathing... all of those seem to have appeared out of thin air, and don't belong to this world."

"That's the Beast God..."

"Beast God?"

He interrupted her, his gaze piercing her soul: "Moon, you always use the Beast God as an excuse, but the Beast God wouldn't bestow so many things upon a female for no reason. Even if you are exceptionally talented, the Beast God would at most guide you in your dreams and teach you some knowledge to improve the tribe, but wouldn't bestow upon you those strange, yet very useful and convenient items."

Su Xiyue's fingertips trembled slightly.

She knew Bai Qi was smart, but she didn't expect that he had suspected her long ago, but he had kept it to himself.

No wonder his favorability rating keeps rising.

If she hadn't risked her life to shield him from a fatal blow while heavily pregnant, Bai Qi's affection for her would never have reached 90%.

Cold sweat beaded on her back, her hands clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

I should have thought of it earlier.

Bai Qi is cunning, extremely intelligent, and very cautious in his dealings with others. He can be said to be the most cunning being in the entire beast world.

The old fox was referring to him.

Those excuses that used to get by are probably all loopholes in his eyes.

She also thought of Ye Ling, Mo Lin, Qing Zhu, Xuan Ming, Xuan Yuan Ming, and Feng Su.

Aside from Xuanming being a bit oblivious, the others are all incredibly intelligent, and they probably already have their suspicions about her, but they just haven't said it out loud.

Xuan Yuanming had used his identity transformation card on her, and his favorability rating was 100%, so he would naturally assume that she was the original owner of the body.

Ye Ling and Qing Zhu may also have doubts, but they probably don't care about such things.

What about Mo Lin?
Is this the reason why his favorability rating has remained at 90 and can't go up?
Su Xiyue's heart skipped a beat.

Mo Lin was always taciturn, but her dark eyes always made her feel exposed.

She suddenly remembered the look in Mo Lin's eyes when she first took out the kitchen knife—it was a scrutinizing gaze.

I just didn't take it too seriously at the time.

Are Su Lie, the priest, and everyone in the wolf tribe also suspicious of her?

Or perhaps everyone already knew she was an imposter.

But because she knew so much and could lead the wolf tribe to become stronger, everyone tacitly pretended not to know.

Or is it really that superstitious about beast gods?

If it's the latter, that's fine; if it's the former...

She dared not continue thinking about it; the more she thought about it, the more panicked and frightened she became.

Bai Qi took in her flustered expression and basically understood what was going on.

What was once just suspicion has now been confirmed.

If he is right, Yue'er's soul must come from a highly advanced world.

Perhaps he is carrying some special treasure.

A treasure that allows people to conjure things out of thin air.

"Moon, you don't need to be afraid."

Seeing her flustered expression, Bai Qi felt a pang of pity and softened his tone considerably, "I don't want to pry into your secrets, it's just..."

He paused, seemingly considering his words, "I just want to understand you better, to get into your heart. If you trust me, tell me your true identity, and I will never reveal it to a third party."

"Of course, I also want to know about the treasure that Yue'er possesses that can conjure up items."

Bai Qi didn't know it was a system; he only thought it was some kind of treasure from a higher world.

Su Xiyue was inwardly shocked, never expecting that Bai Qi had guessed this step.

Even if she were willing to tell him her secret of coming from the apocalypse.

The existence of the system must never be revealed.

Otherwise, she would be instantly eliminated by the system.

Although the system never said anything about erasing her, it did give her a stern warning not to reveal its existence to anyone.

Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious.

“I…” She felt a lump in her throat and didn’t know how to start speaking.

Bai Qi suddenly released her, took a half step back, and his ten snow-white fox tails gracefully unfurled in the morning light: "You don't need to answer me now."

He turned to look at the orcs mining in the distance, his profile appearing particularly profound in the shadows of the trees: "I can wait, until the day you're willing to tell me."

Su Xiyue stared blankly at his retreating figure.

This cunning old fox, who always seemed to have it all figured out, actually gave her a way out.

"Bai Qi."

She suddenly spoke, "If... I mean if, I really wasn't the original Su Xiyue, what would you do?"

Neither of them noticed a golden hem of clothing peeking out from behind the rocks not far away.

The golden hem of the garment swayed gently and quickly disappeared from sight.

"What can you do?"

Bai Qi turned around, a familiar smile curving his lips. "Will I hate you? Leave you?"

He suddenly moved closer, his gaze fixed intently on her, a gentle smile on his face: "Moon, I love you as you are now. The you who would shield me from harm, cook delicious food, and lead the tribe to a better future."

As for who you are...

He chuckled softly, "Does it matter?"

Su Xiyue's heart skipped a beat, and she just stared at him blankly, as if she had gone mad.

[Ding! Bai Qi's favorability +5, current favorability 95. Please keep up the good work, host.]

The system notification brought me back to my senses, and I felt a lump in my throat.

It turns out he had already accepted this fact.

Bai Qi looked at her reddened eyes, then suddenly pulled her into his arms, his voice low and husky: "What I care about is whether you have me in your heart."

A faint sound came from behind the rocks.

Xuan Yuanming clenched his fists tightly, his dark golden eyes peering through the cracks in the rocks, staring intently at the two intertwined figures.

Bai Qi narrowed his beautiful fox-like eyes slightly, turned his gaze to the direction from which the noise came, and frowned, saying, "Someone is eavesdropping."

Su Xiyue tensed up instantly and looked in that direction, but only saw a patch of rocks and no one.

I wondered if someone or some small animal was hiding there.

"Don't be afraid, I'll go take a look."

Bai Qi released her, and in a flash, he appeared behind the rocks.

However, there was nothing there except a few pebbles and weeds.

But Bai Qi was certain that something had indeed been there just now.

A faint trace of ambergris lingered in the air, a scent unique to dragons.

Bai Qi's eyes darkened slightly, and he instantly realized that the person who had just been hiding here was Xuan Yuanming.

He turned back to Su Xiyue's side, his expression unchanged: "It was probably a small beast; it has already run away."

He wanted to tell her that the person in the shadows was Xuan Yuanming, but he didn't want her to be frightened, so he changed his words to "little beast."

As for Xuanyuan Ming, I will find a way to handle it.

Su Xiyue nodded without thinking much about it.

After they talked things out, the previous barriers disappeared, and they became close again.

The two were about to return to the mine.

Suddenly, a system alarm sounded in her mind: "Warning! Identity conversion card is about to expire. Xuan Yuanming's perception of the host's identity is distorted. Please remedy the situation immediately."

Su Xiyue was startled. How could the identity conversion card suddenly become invalid?
She clearly remembered that the card should still be valid for another year, but less than a month had passed.

Thinking of the commotion behind the rocks just now, could it be that Xuanyuan Ming was hiding there?
But if it's Xuanyuan Ming, why would Bai Qi lie to him?
He knew perfectly well how deep Xuanyuan Ming's obsession with the original owner of this body was.
"Master, why did the identity conversion card expire prematurely?"

She suppressed her panic and anxiously asked herself the same question.

The system's voice was unusually serious: "Host, Xuan Yuanming's obsession with the original owner is too deep. In addition, he overheard your conversation with Bai Qi just now, and his subconscious has begun to resist the effects of the identity conversion card."

Her breath hitched. In other words, Xuan Yuanming had begun to suspect that she wasn't the original owner of this body?
More precisely, he overheard her conversation with Bai Qi and already knew that she was not the original owner of the body.

Otherwise, the subconscious would not resist the conversion card.

"What are the remedies?"

She asked anxiously.

"Two options."

The system quickly replied, "First, immediately use the second identity conversion card and the second memory cutter."

Su Xiyue frowned, thinking to herself, "Where would I get a second identity conversion card? Besides, didn't you say that the memory cutter can only cut the memories of the target person, but cannot change Xuan Yuanming's obsession and feelings for the original owner?"

She also had another thought in her mind: since Xuan Yuanming already knew, she might as well lay all the cards on the table and see if he would kill her.

Keeping it a secret forever isn't a good idea.

The two had been together for some time and had been intimate.

Even if it can't compare to his obsession with the original owner, there must still be some feelings involved.

Moreover, she always felt that Xuan Yuanming didn't truly love the original owner, but rather it was just a long-standing obsession.

"Host, you've misunderstood."

The system explained in her mind, "The Memory Cutting Scissors cannot directly change Xuan Yuanming's obsession and feelings for the original owner, but it can cut out the memory fragment of Xuan Yuanming just hearing your conversation with Bai Qi. In this way, he will not doubt your identity because of this memory. If he does not doubt, he will not resist the Identity Transformation Card, so the effect of the Identity Transformation Card will still be there, only the duration may be shorter than before."

(End of this chapter)