X
Join our Discord server and get release updates for every novel you follow.
Join the Server“Jiu’er, hurry up! If we’re any slower, the lanterns will all be sold out!”
At the market, Bai Jiujiu was panting, her short legs hurrying behind Bai Hun’er.
Having grown accustomed to a monster’s body, returning to a weak human form—even though three years had passed—she still hadn’t gotten used to it.
Three full years had passed since entering the nightmare space. At first, Bai Jiujiu had remained vigilant toward the mother and daughter monsters before her, but she was won over by Su Po’s sweet potato porridge.
Bai Jiujiu had successfully surrendered to her stomach, choosing to eat her fill first before anything else.
In the blink of an eye, three years had gone by, and Bai Jiujiu had come to understand her new family’s identities.
Her father, Bai Hegui, was the top scholar of the Chu Kingdom, a student of the Son of Heaven. But because he refused to bribe corrupt officials, he was framed and imprisoned, then exiled to Drifting Sand Island, where he was rescued by a wandering knight and had lived incognito ever since.
He had a bit of cultivation, but it had stagnated at the Spirit Movement Realm.
Her mother, Su Po, claimed to be a fox clan princess who had fled from Qingqiu. Her story was somewhat similar to that of Su Ling’er. She was severely injured in her original form and rescued by Bai Hegui, falling in love with him at first sight. She gave herself to him to repay his kindness, and their human-monster union had birthed quite a few poignant love stories.
It felt a bit like the *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio* from her past life.
Su Po was currently at the Yin Spirit Realm. The union of human and monster, defying the natural order, had made further progress in cultivation impossible for her.
As for their child, a rare human-monster hybrid, she was the one now pulling Bai Jiujiu along, staring intently at the market. That was Bai Hun’er.
At first, Bai Jiujiu hadn’t noticed anything strange. But after three years, Bai Hun’er’s body had begun to develop, and Bai Jiujiu finally recognized why she felt so familiar.
Wasn’t this Chi Hun herself, the one who had sent her into the dreamfall?
Except that the other was still a little girl, still bearing the shadow of Chi Hun, just half a head taller than Bai Jiujiu.
To be precise, one was a death sentence, and the other was a death sentence followed by dismemberment.
So she had really been sent two hundred years into the past, replacing the famous Bai Jiu’er of the Taiching Celestial Meridian?
And who would have known that the heinous criminal Chi Hun and Bai Jiu’er of the Taiching Celestial Meridian were sisters—not by blood, but in spirit?
No wonder it was Bai Jiu’er who shattered the dreamfall and arrested Chi Hun in the end.
No wonder Chi Hun had been so… no, so morbidly obsessed with Bai Jiu’er.
“Jiu’er, what’s wrong?”
Seeing Bai Jiujiu lost in thought, Bai Hun’er trotted over and bent down to ask with concern.
Over these three years, the one who cherished Bai Jiujiu the most was not necessarily her mother Su Po who had brought her back, but rather Bai Hun’er, who practically never stopped talking about Bai Jiujiu.
However, Bai Hun’er didn’t understand why her little sister always avoided her or would occasionally peek at her during training.
No matter—today, her little sister was all hers.
Looking at Bai Hun’er’s kind yet slightly naive smile, Bai Jiujiu couldn’t reconcile it with the manic laughter of Chi Hun.
“Mm, nothing’s wrong…”
Though they had lived together for three years, Bai Jiujiu had tried various ways to break the nightmare.
But after less than a month of attempts, she had chosen to live a lazy life of eating and sleeping.
A little snake was just a newborn baby; what could she do?
After she learned to speak, she had questioned her parents.
But both were shocked that she could fluently speak a sentence just after learning to talk. Her father Bai Hegui was especially thrilled and personally taught Bai Jiujiu to read and write.
Through this opportunity, Bai Jiujiu thoroughly learned about human affairs.
She had, in a way, filled the gap in her understanding of human society.
“Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival! The King of Chu has personally ordered a general amnesty for the whole nation. Father says that every Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is the fullest, and it’s the perfect time for families to reunite!”
This world also had a Mid-Autumn Festival. However, compared to once a year in her past life, this world celebrated it only once every ten years. When Bai Jiujiu was at Cloud Summit Mountain, due to her narcolepsy, she had never properly celebrated a festival.
Only her eight-thousandth birthday had felt somewhat decent.
Today, the family of four had put on new clothes and gone to a nearby town to buy ingredients for tonight’s feast. Bai Hegui and Su Wan went to the market for vegetables, while Bai Jiujiu and Bai Hun’er were given free time to see the lanterns and buy colorful fruit candies with their allowance.
Bai Jiujiu was experiencing this world’s Mid-Autumn Festival for the first time. Compared to the quietness of her past life, this world was much livelier.
“Jiu’er, look! That fox lantern is so pretty!”
Bai Hun’er pulled Bai Jiujiu’s hand and led her to a lantern vendor, pointing excitedly at a fox-shaped lantern.
The excitement doesn't stop here! If you enjoyed this, you’ll adore The Boy Who Bit Moma's Leaf. Start reading now!
Read : The Boy Who Bit Moma's Leaf
If You Notice any translation issues or inconsistency in names, genders, or POV etc? Let us know here in the comments or on our Discord server, and we’ll fix it in current and future chapters. Thanks for helping us to improve! 🙂