Chapter 274: Transcendent Qing (11)
The self-proclaimed mother’s embrace was, at the very least, impossibly warm.
To Qing, she was a complete stranger—but to the Empress Dowager, she was holding the body of her daughter, the child who had returned from the dead.
Qing couldn’t help wondering where exactly this convoluted backstory had all started to take shape.
Of course, it began when she, guided by a walkthrough, decided to indulge in a little hobby time and enjoy herself while cruising through it all without too much trouble.
But was that really such a sin?
What was so wrong about wanting to breeze through the story, slice down a few enemies, make a few allies, and just admire the finely rendered backside of a beautiful woman from the other side of a screen?
Maybe it was because this body was the only one capable of containing that convoluted setting.
Or maybe this entire world was just a self-contained spinoff that had branched off from the game itself.
Or maybe, somewhere beyond the screen, her real self was still there, clicking away with that perpetually tired expression...
Shit. No. Don’t go there.
Still, it was lucky that she was nestled in someone’s arms—so completely pulled in, like they were trying to melt into one—because even when those dark thoughts flickered through her mind, she didn’t seize up.
And the moment she thought that—