After transmigrating into the body of the Jade Rat Spirit, I became Nezha's adopted sister.

"Ah!" Caught off guard, Nezha instinctively grabbed her shoulder, his short legs flailing in the air. "What are you doing! Put me down!"

Bai Yeying put him down after she had turned him around enough, and before he could react, she leaned down and kissed his chubby little face.

With a loud pop, the sound was loud.

Nezha froze completely. He covered his cheek where he had been kissed, staring at her with wide eyes. His face turned red at a visible speed, from his cheeks all the way to his ears, and even his neck turned pink.

"You...you..." He pointed at Bai Yeying, his hand trembling, "How could you..."

Bai Yeying looked at him with a smile: "Then do you know who I am?"

Nezha was both ashamed and angry, and stared at her without saying a word.

Bai Yeying squatted down, looked him in the eye, and said earnestly, "My name is Bai Yeying, and I know you."

"You know me?" Nezha frowned. "But I've never seen you before."

"You'll see me again someday." Bai Yeying reached out and ruffled his little head. It felt so soft and fluffy, much nicer to rub than Nezha when he was an adult. "And you'll be a very important person to me."

Nezha was stunned. He looked at the smiling girl in front of him and a strange feeling welled up inside him. They were complete strangers, yet he felt inexplicably close to her.

"Someone very important?" he repeated softly.

"Yes." Bai Yeying nodded. "A very, very important person."

Nezha pursed his lips and suddenly asked, "Then why did you turn into a rat? Are all gods this strange?"

Bai Yeying was taken aback by his question, then smiled and said, "This was an accident. My coming here was an accident, but meeting you wasn't."

"Oh." Nezha nodded, then suddenly remembered something, "So when are you leaving?"

"I don't know," Bai Yeying replied honestly. "It might be soon, or it might take some time."

Nezha let out an "oh" and didn't say anything more. He just sat back down on the threshold, hugged his knees, and stared blankly at the courtyard.

Bai Yeying sat down beside him. She had grown taller in her human form, and had to bend over to be level with him. After thinking for a moment, she simply transformed back into her original form, jumped onto his lap, and curled up in a ball.

Nezha looked down at the tuft of white fur on his knee, a slight smile playing on his lips before he quickly suppressed it and asked curtly, "What are you doing?"

"Just keeping you company while you space out," Bai Yeying yawned. "I have nothing else to do anyway."

The two, one big and one small, sat quietly like that, and before they knew it, Bai Yeying had fallen asleep.

In her dream, she was drinking with Nezha in the Cloud Tower Palace. That guy, unusually, wasn't being stubborn and said some sweet words, making her overjoyed. She was about to lean in and kiss him...

Suddenly, the world spun around her, and Bai Yeying woke up with a start, finding herself wrapped in a warm, soft cloth. The surrounding light was dim, and she was swaying unsteadily, vaguely hearing the sound of her heart beating.

She was stunned for two seconds before she realized: she had been put in someone's arms.

Bai Yeying peeked her little head out from the gap in the cloth, and what she saw was a shimmering expanse of water.

sea?

She looked up and saw a young yet familiar face.

Nezha had changed into clean clothes sometime during the day. He was a small figure, but dressed very neatly. He was squatting on a rock, idly throwing stones into the sea.

The pebble bounced a few times on the surface of the sea before sinking into the water, creating ripples that spread outwards.

"Awake?" Nezha noticed the movement in his arms, looked down at her, her small face was expressionless, but her eyes were bright, "You slept for a long time."

Bai Yeying jumped out from his clothes and landed on his lap, shaking off her ruffled fur: "Why did you put me in your clothes?"

"You're asleep, I can't just leave you on the ground," Nezha said matter-of-factly, then added, "Besides, you're all fluffy and warm."

Bai Yeying couldn't help but chuckle. This little guy clearly just thought she was cute because she was fluffy, but he insisted on giving this kind of reason.

"Where is this?" She looked around and saw the azure sea and rugged reefs, with the outline of mountains faintly visible in the distance.

"East Sea." Nezha threw another pebble. "I sneaked out. It's so stuffy at home."

Bai Yeying's heart skipped a beat. The East China Sea? Could this child be coming to...?

Just then, Nezha suddenly pointed to the sea and exclaimed, "Look, what a huge fish!"

Bai Yeying looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a dark figure rapidly approaching on the sea not far away. As the figure drew closer, she realized it was a monster with a blue face and fangs, wielding a steel fork, riding the waves.

"Where did this little brat come from, daring to run wild in the East Sea!" The monster was none other than the Sea Patrol Yaksha, baring its teeth and roaring like a broken gong, "Disturbing the peace of the Dragon Palace, you'll pay with your life!"

Before he finished speaking, the steel fork, carrying a strong wind, was already aimed straight at Nezha's face!

This attack was swift and brutal, clearly intended to kill. How could this demon be so ruthless towards a child who looked no more than six or seven years old!

Bai Yeying's eyes turned cold, and she was about to make a move, but before she could make the first move, Nezha had already moved.

He didn't even stand up; he just casually tossed his hand...

A golden light shot out from his wrist!

"boom!"

The yaksha screamed as its entire body was struck by the golden light. It flew out like a tattered sack, tumbling several times on the sea before crashing into the water and never resurfacing.

The golden light flew back to Nezha's wrist and transformed into a golden bracelet, which was the Qiankun Ring.

Nezha looked down at the bracelet on his wrist, then looked up at the sea, frowning slightly: "So weak?"

Bai Yeying was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

His reaction and tone were exactly like Nezha's when he was an adult.

"So what if he's dead?" She jumped off his lap, landed on the rocks, transformed into human form, and said calmly, "To kill a child like that, who can you blame but yourself for being less skilled?"

Nezha was startled by her sudden transformation into human form, but quickly regained his cool expression. He looked up at her, his eyes bright: "How do you keep changing shape?"

"I can change it whenever I want." Bai Yeying rubbed his little head, looked down at him, and said, "That move you made just now was pretty impressive."

Nezha's lips curled up slightly, then quickly flattened, and he raised his chin: "Of course."

Before the words were even finished, the sea suddenly began to churn.

A column of water shot skyward, and amidst the surging waves, countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals escorted a giant dragon as it broke through the water. The dragon was entirely blue, its scales shimmering eerily in the sunlight, its whiskers billowing, its eyes wide open, exuding a menacing aura.

"Who dares to kill my patrolling sea yaksha!" The dragon roared, and the giant dragon transformed into human form, landing on the back of a sea turtle, holding a halberd, and glaring angrily at the two people on the reef.

The newcomer was none other than Ao Bing, the third prince of the East Sea Dragon King.

Ao Bing was indeed handsome, dressed in white robes and a jade crown, with a face as fair as jade. However, his face was full of anger at this moment, which ruined his handsome appearance.

"It's you two?" His gaze fell on Bai Yeying and Nezha, his eyes filled with contempt. "A little brat and a snot-nosed child, how dare you act so presumptuously in the East Sea?"

Nezha stood on the reef, looking up at the majestic Dragon Prince. There was no fear on his little face; instead, he frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Bai Yeying looked down at him: "Are you scared?"

Nezha shook his head and asked in return, "Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid."

"I'm not afraid."

Seeing that these two humans dared to ignore him, Ao Bing was even more enraged: "You ignorant fools! Today, I, the Crown Prince, will show you that the majesty of the East Sea Dragon Palace cannot be challenged!"

With a wave of his halberd, countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals swarmed forward.