"You… you're shameless!"
Bai Heng was shaking with anger. She grabbed the only thing within reach—her own fluffy tail—and, completely refusing to lose, leaned forward and bit Wei Qing's arm.
"This is blackmail! Blatant blackmail!"
"I even helped you, you cold-blooded, ungrateful bastard—and you dare treat me like this?!"
A light sting spread across Wei Qing's forearm. He lowered his head and looked at the fox who'd latched onto him like a furious little animal. For a second, he genuinely forgot to push her off.
"…Are you a dog?"
Bai Heng mumbled something unintelligible through clenched teeth. Instead of letting go, she even ground her teeth a little—except the pressure was so weak it was basically a tickle.
She lifted her eyes and glared up at him, stubborn as hell, her expression practically screaming: "Try me. I don't believe you'll do anything."
Wei Qing sighed, reached out with his free hand, and pinched her nose with perfect precision.
"Mm—!"
Her breathing cut off, Bai Heng held on for three whole seconds, then finally couldn't take it anymore. She had to open her mouth to gasp for air, cheeks puffed up like a hamster stuffed with grains.
"WEI QING! You bastard!"
"Right back at you." Wei Qing rubbed his arm where there wasn't even a mark. "You attacked first—well, you bit first."
"Dog confirmed."
"You're the dog! Your whole family is dogs!"
"And you deserved it!" Bai Heng flopped back onto the bed, hugging her knees, burying her face. Her voice came out muffled. "You only know how to bully people."
There was something in that last line—barely audible, but unmistakably wronged—and it stopped the next sarcastic remark at Wei Qing's throat.
The room went quiet for a moment. Only their slightly rough breathing remained.
"Bai Heng," Wei Qing said.
"This isn't exploitation."
"It's… cooperation. A cooperation that benefits both of us."
"Pah!" Bai Heng snapped her head up. "Nice wording. It benefits you, sure. How does it benefit me? Besides humiliating myself, what do I get?"
"Safety," Wei Qing answered simply.
"If my identity is exposed, what do you become, as the person who was 'close' to me?"
"Sheltering a fugitive. Collusion. Accomplice."
Bai Heng's pupils shrank. Her mouth opened—then nothing came out.
Because she knew it.
The past few days, she and "Dian Dao" had been far too close, far beyond what monitoring should look like. If Wei Qing's identity ever blew up, her behavior wouldn't just be "suspicious." It would be damning.
She had thought about it before.
She'd just been avoiding it—drowning it under anger, embarrassment, and the chaos of everything else.
Wei Qing's voice softened slightly.
"I didn't think that far when I came to find you. That part is on me."
"So we keep the misunderstanding alive. You become the 'victim' who was deceived by 'Dian Dao.' When something happens, you have room to maneuver."
Bai Heng forced herself to glare. "You think I'm scared of that?"
Wei Qing paused.
She wasn't.
Not really.
After a short silence, he said, flat and direct:
"I'm leaving."
Bai Heng's heart dropped.
"…What do you mean?"
"I thought… I thought there was some hidden reason behind what you did back then!"
Wei Qing looked at her. "Did you forget what I am now?"
"I'm a Stellaron Hunter."
"I came to the Luofu for that Stellaron."
Bai Heng exploded instantly.
"You three-loyalty traitor—Destruction Emanator, Stellaron Hunter—what the hell are you even?!"
"I actually thought you were forced!"
Turns out you're just a complete piece of shit!"
She looked ready to lunge again.
Wei Qing immediately pressed a palm onto the top of her head, casually pinning her in place like a cat being held down for its own good.
"You've got me wrong," he said. "Everything I do is for the greater good."
"Oh?" Bai Heng snapped, eyes blazing. "Then explain it, 'Qingzhou.' Explain your 'greater good.'"
Wei Qing gave a short laugh, utterly unrepentant.
"You mortals wouldn't understand my ambition."
"I'm saving the universe."
That, of course, made Bai Heng even angrier.
"Bullshit! Save the universe my ass!"
"So abandoning the Luofu was 'saving the universe'?! Is the Luofu some evil lair trying to end the world?!"
"How do you, a Destruction Emanator, even have the face to say that?!"
She was so furious she looked like she might bite him again out of sheer civic duty.
Wei Qing kept his hand on her fluffy head, steady, not letting her charge.
"An evil lair? Of course not."
"The Luofu is good. My Master is good. You're all good people."
"Then why—!" Bai Heng nearly screamed.
Wei Qing cut her off, tone calm now, the joking edge fading.
"Didn't I tell you already?"
"I came to the Luofu with a different purpose."
"Before I was 'Wei Qing'… I was already 'Qingzhou.'"
Bai Heng froze.
Right.
This bastard never truly belonged to the Hunt in the first place.
Wei Qing continued, his words unhurried, like he was stating an unpleasant fact rather than making an argument.
"Just like the rumors say—Nanook created me."
"I'm a Destruction Emanator built to counter the Abundance."
"Maybe that's exactly why, when I first arrived at the Luofu… Lan still chose to bless me."
Bai Heng clenched her teeth, but her voice dropped into something closer to confusion.
"Then what about the Abundance?"
"Yaoshi made you an Abundance Emanator—publicly. In front of everyone."
Wei Qing's expression didn't change.
"Maybe Yaoshi doesn't care."
"That Path has always been like that."
Bai Heng's fingers curled into the blanket. "And Finality?"
"You even joined the Stellaron Hunters. What do you have to say for yourself now, you three-loyalty traitor?"
Wei Qing clicked his tongue softly.
"Finality, huh…"
"That's a long story."
"But if it's too long, then I won't waste words right now."
"I'll explain it to you—slowly—later."
Then, to Bai Heng's utter disbelief, his expression shifted again. A small smile returned—light, almost gentle.
He removed his hand from her head and, instead, casually tugged one of her fox ears.
"Bai Heng."
"Quit your job."
"Come join the Stellaron Hunters."
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