Broken Arrow

"You are my descendant! Yet you associate with these vile and wicked demons. You deserve divine punishment!" The angel's gaze grew increasingly sinister, her white wings slowly turning black. Her aggressive words made Qiao Wei involuntarily take a step back. Suddenly, the angel reached out and tore Yuning's pendant from her neck, then pointed to the three unconscious figures, her voice now thick with temptation: "I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself—kill them! I will protect you, keep you safe! As long as you kill these two original vampires, all the vampires they turned will die as well, and there will never again be such terrifying creatures in this world! Have you forgotten? They all wanted to kill you; they're all evil!"

Qiao Wei looked at their pale faces, wracked with pain, and at the sharp fangs beginning to emerge. She recalled the scene when Luo Chen fed—she had watched a living girl drained of blood. She remembered Luo Xuan’s repeated attempts to kill her to break the curse, her own near-death escapes... Unconsciously, she picked up the wooden stake the angel had somehow handed her, and slowly approached Luo Chen. Kneeling, she raised the stake with trembling hands, her eyes hollow as she prepared to plunge it into Luo Chen’s heart. At that moment, she heard Luo Chen’s weak voice; his pale lips softly uttered two words, "Qiao Wei..."

Qiao Wei suddenly snapped out of it. She looked at the stake in her hand with a pang of guilt, then slowly turned and loudly declared to the angel, "I won’t kill them! They’ve always protected me, kept me from harm. They are my friends!"

The angel was taken aback, gazing at Qiao Wei with reluctant frustration before slowly vanishing into thin air. Suddenly, an exquisite and ornate box fell into Qiao Wei’s hands, its center adorned with the pendant from her neck. She opened it to find a golden broken arrow, its shaft covered in sentences like charms, stained with dried blood. From the treetops came a solemn voice: "Take this arrow. They deceived you; a wooden stake is not enough to kill an original vampire—it can only induce a hundred years of false death. This arrow can truly end them. If, after lifting the curse, they do anything that defies the laws of nature, you must pierce their hearts with it. The road ahead will be difficult; you must be careful."

Qiao Wei nodded, gripping the box tightly. The voice faded, and the three who had collapsed gradually regained consciousness. Qiao Wei hid the disappointment in her eyes, went over to help them up, and spoke in a flat, unruffled tone, "I have the box."

"You’re a useful girl, after all. I’m starving—going to get some food," Luo Chen rubbed his temples, got up, and went in search of blood bags. Rhine shot Qiao Wei a glance, then laboriously followed after him.

Once Luo Chen had gone, Luo Xuan smiled easily and reached out a hand to Qiao Wei, "Qiao Qiao, you’re amazing. Let me look after the box, so no one can steal it."

Qiao Wei’s expression shifted, a hint of guardedness flashing in her eyes. She subtly moved the box away from him. Seeing her unusual reaction, Luo Xuan seemed to realize something. His crimson eyes deepened, "Alright, then Qiao Qiao will keep it." With those words, he prepared to leave, but Qiao Wei’s voice called out behind him, "You were probing my thoughts?!"

Luo Xuan paused, did not turn back, and continued walking forward.

"Why did you lie to me? Aren’t we friends?"

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Last time, Yuning accidentally sent out three days’ worth of chapters at once—so heartbreaking~~
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