Chapter 3: The Playful Eyes

On a small dining table, Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu sat facing each other.

After handing her the cleaned carrots, Ye Qiu buried his head in his bowl of white porridge, mixed with his stored pickled vegetables, savoring a unique taste.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, nibbled on her carrots, enjoying the crunchy texture. 

With a carrot in one hand and the other supporting her chin, Xiao Wu asked, "Hey, Ye Qiu, my martial soul is the Soft Bone Enchanting Rabbit. What's yours?"

"Sharingan!" Ye Qiu replied without lifting his head.

"Sharingan? What kind of martial soul is that? Show me!" This naive rabbit, just out of the Spirit Beast circle, was full of curiosity about new things.

Supporting herself on the table, she somersaulted directly to Ye Qiu's side.

Directly bringing her head in front of him, she scrutinized him thoroughly. "Is it related to the eyes?"

Smelling the waft of carrot, Ye Qiu clenched his fist. He felt a bit helpless dealing with this rabbit without boundaries; at the moment, he couldn't beat her in a fight.

"look, this is the Sharingan!" Ye Qiu pointed to his eyes, and a blood-colored pattern emerged as a tomoe(litterlly mean jade hook) slowly rotated.

Xiao Wu stared into his eyes, and after a moment of astonishment, her rabbit ears began to sway. Muttering to herself, "So beautiful."

"Hey! What are you doing?" Ye Qiu gently pushed Xiao Wu's shoulder, but there was no response.

As if enchanted, Xiao Wu stared at his eyes, revealing a fascinated expression. Her face, originally rosy, even began to blush.

Watching her face getting closer, Ye Qiu had no choice but to directly slap her.

"Ah! Ye Qiu, why did you hit me?" Xiao Wu covered her face, looking at him with a dodging gaze.

"If I don't hit you, you'd stick your face to mine. You rogue rabbit!"

"I'm not a rogue rabbit! Don't call me that!" Xiao Wu was annoyed.

"You just wanted to take advantage of me a moment ago!" Ye Qiu took a few steps back, keeping a safe distance.

"You're talking nonsense!" She didn't know why she suddenly lost control earlier; she just felt that Ye Qiu had become much more attractive.

Rubbing her reddened face, she stamped her foot in embarrassment, raising a small fist at Ye Qiu. "Anyway, you can't call me that way, or else, Sister Xiao Wu will deal with you!"

"Whatever you say, I'm going to wash the dishes." Ye Qiu waved his hand, not wanting to get beaten.

"Humph! Consider yourself sensible!" Xiao Wu hummed twice, then went to the door to play with the little white rabbit in the cage.

"What happened just now? Was it under an illusion?" Ye Qiu was curious about the situation just now. He hadn't made any movements, but Xiao Wu's rabbit had suddenly become abnormal.

"Looks like I can try again later." Looking at the eyes reflected in the water and glancing at Xiao Wu outside, he whispered to himself.

...

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and the two got along quite well. The silly rabbit, from being initially overbearing, became much more obedient.

During this time, Ye Qiu also continuously improved his physical fitness through exercise and elevated his mental and soul power through meditation.

Although the Sharingan hadn't changed much, he estimated, based on Xiao Wu's perception, that his current soul power was at level 4. Ye Qiu speculated that the Sharingan would reach the state of three tomoe when the soul power was completely innate.

As for the more advanced Mangekyō Sharingan, he still had no clue.

One morning, Ye Qiu, as usual, peeled the rabbit off him.

Skipping the morning exercise, he prepared carrots and waited for Xiao Wu at the dining table.

"Ye Qiu, good morning!" Soon, Xiao Wu's crisp voice sounded in his ears, a bit embarrassed.

"Morning, hurry up and have breakfast!" Ye Qiu remained calm.

"Okay!" Avoiding his gaze, Xiao Wu nodded gently.

Watching Xiao Wu, who was burying her head in a carrot, transforming from a lively rabbit into her current ostrich-like appearance, Ye Qiu couldn't help but support his forehead. This was all his fault.

After multiple experiments, he could confirm that his Sharingan seemed to be a bit perverted. During eye contact, it seemed to have a fatal attraction to the opposite sex. Every time Xiao Wu, as the experimental subject, would lose her mind, face turning red and her heart start pounding.

Yesterday, unable to stop him in time, Xiao Wu caught him and took several bites. That's how this obedient rabbit came to be.

As for whether this influence would strengthen with the evolution of the Sharingan, whether it was short-term or long-term, these questions still awaited verification.

Looking at Xiao Wu, who had lost her former vitality, Ye Qiu felt he should say something. "There's no need to dwell on what happened yesterday; that was just an accident."

As he spoke, he smoothly served her a bowl of porridge.

"I understand." Taking the porridge, Xiao Wu raised her slightly reddened face, lowered her brows, seemingly a bit unhappy, pouting. "Sister Xiao Wu doesn't dwell on such things!"

"That's for the best!" Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiao Wu didn't seem eager to get up.

Snap! She slammed the bowl heavily on the table and shouted at Ye Qiu, "What's there to be fine about? Hmph!"

"I'm full and don't want to deal with you!" After saying that, Xiao Wu left the stone house, carrying the cage containing the rabbit.

"Just a moment ago, everything was fine." Ye Qiu scratched his head, not understanding what had gotten into this silly rabbit.

Glancing at the carrots that were usually completely eaten but were now only half left, Ye Qiu knew she hadn't eaten enough.

Not bothering to chase after her, he silently cleaned up. Ye Qiu had already become accustomed to this temperamental behavior of hers; each time, she couldn't bear it, taking the initiative to make amends.

With Xiao Wu temporarily running away from home, there was no one to practice actual combat with him.

Ye Qiu could only finish the planned exercises first and then sit cross-legged on the bed to meditate. After all, the martial soul was the foundation. Reaching the state of three tomoe as soon as possible would make subsequent cultivation much faster.

"Ah! My little white."

Another morning arrived, and as Ye Qiu looked at the scattered rabbit fur in the cage, Xiao Wu's exclamation sounded, and the carrot in her hand no longer seemed appealing.

"Ye Qiu! Where's my little white?"

"it's in the pot!" Ye Qiu pointed to the small stove under the eaves.

"What!?" Xiao Wu exclaimed, "Ye Qiu! You're too much. Little white is so cute, why did you eat little white!"

"Tomorrow, we're going to the Nouding City. There's no one to take care of it here, and it's inconvenient to bring it on the road, so it's better to put it out of its misery!"

Ye Qiu squatted in front of the fire, responding calmly and adding more firewood to the stove.

Xiao Wu's eyes were filled with mist, and she gritted her teeth, pouncing on Ye Qiu. "Ah~ Ye Qiu, I'm going to kill you!"

"Hey, you're fierce." Ye Qiu, who was pinned down by Xiao Wu and scratched, struggled.

'No choice.'

Helplessly, Ye Qiu had to activate his martial soul, and his eyes turned blood-red, captivating. He brought them close to Xiao Wu.

As soon as the two gazes met, Xiao Wu's crimson eyes became unfocused.

Stopping her actions, feeling Ye Qiu's breath, her face slowly turned red, possibly out of anger.

"I don't want to deal with you anymore!" Rising, she kicked Ye Qiu and ran back into the house.

"Hoo~" Ye Qiu let out a breath, feeling the effectiveness of these eyes, but couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

'The Sharingan is also known as the Mirror of the Heart. I don't have any dirty thoughts, do I!'

End of Chapter