Let me Touch your Tail

Chapter 170

Tu Shan Yu instructed the palace guards to take the Elder of the Medicine God Sect to the side hall for rest, while she personally led Ren Qingyue to the Moon Pavilion.

"Little sister, this place is often cleaned, so it's very tidy," Tu Shan Yu said as she walked ahead. When there were no outsiders around, her tone became more courteous. "You won't be disturbed at all while staying here."

Bai Jin bounced around, saying cheerfully, "Cousin, you're finally back! Now that you're here, the Moon Pavilion feels lively again. How wonderful!"

Ren Qingyue remained silent.

As they walked, she naturally noticed some familiar sights. Although she had little impression of Qingqiu, a sense of inexplicable familiarity began to emerge the moment she entered the palace gates. When the Moon Pavilion came into view, a vague image flashed through her mind.

In that image, it seemed a woman was teasing her with a tassel from a sword. She was very small, barely larger than a palm, with tiny claws and a tail no bigger than a fist. She would stumble after taking a few steps, amusing the woman, who laughed with eyes sparkling.

Ren Qingyue shook off her reverie and glanced at the stone pillar beside the palace, where the words "Moon Pavilion" were carved. She pondered for a long time.

She hesitated to change places, but the threads of familiarity tugged at her heart. Whether Tu Shan Yu meant it or not, this behavior felt like an unintentional offense, yet she couldn't refuse as decisively as before.

Just then, footsteps suddenly approached from the shaded path behind them.

Tu Shan Yu and Bai Jin turned simultaneously.

When they saw who was coming, Tu Shan Yu's expression changed slightly. "Mother!"

The Fox Queen had returned in a hurry, likely having heard the Fox Emperor mention Ren Qingyue. But he wasn't sure if the Fox Emperor had also told her about Ren Qingyue's reluctance to acknowledge them...

Bai Jin, however, had fewer concerns. Upon seeing the Fox Queen, she ran towards her excitedly, waving from afar. "Aunt! Look who it is!"

The Fox Queen immediately spotted the young woman standing with Tu Shan Yu.

The girl was strikingly beautiful, her demeanor cool yet polite. If one looked closely, they could see a resemblance in her features to both herself and the Fox Emperor.

Ren Qingyue had also turned to face her. From a distance, they exchanged glances.

In that moment, it felt as if a soft light illuminated the space between them. The woman walking towards them seemed to overlap with the faint images left in Ren Qingyue's memory, and she thought she heard a gentle call: "Zi'er."

Zi'er.

When she was young, she had been separated from her family and fell into a miserable state. When she first transformed, a farmer had taken her in, and she could hardly speak. She only remembered a woman calling her "Zi'er," which was all she could say.

As for how to write the character "Zi," she had no idea.

So the farmer had asked the village schoolteacher to give her a name: Ren Qingyue.

Later, with natural disasters and wars, the family faced hardships and had no food to cook, so the farmer sent her to a mountain temple in exchange for some silver.

If it hadn't been for Yan Yuanqing passing by, who saw her plight and recognized her potential for cultivation, she might still be wandering in the mortal world.