Chapter 60: Rumors
“Damn it! What is this all about? If I had known, I wouldn’t have been so curious!” Ling Ling cursed inwardly.
When she saw Su Yan again at noon, Ling Ling’s gaze was extremely unfriendly. Because she didn’t know how to do laundry, she had gone to great lengths, and because she had poured too much detergent, a large amount of white foam had been produced.
Looking at the scalding water, and thinking about the residue on the clothes, she felt that both her hands had been defiled.
“Why are you staring at me, Senior Sister?”
Su Yan noticed Ling Ling’s sharp gaze and felt bewildered. He thought it was better to stay away from her. She seemed very strange today.
And so, because he couldn’t complete Bai Shuixin’s mission, Su Yan chose to stay here for the time being. He wasn’t in a hurry. Anyway, if the stalemate continued and their Master got impatient, he wouldn’t be the one in trouble.
Seeing that he hadn’t made a move, Ling Ling felt a little restless. This wasn’t what she had imagined.
The Su Yan in her memory was a lecher who would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t get intimate with a woman for a day. But now, three days had passed, and he hadn’t sought her out once.
And…
“He seems to be avoiding me.”
Ling Ling noticed that whenever Su Yan saw her, he would leave immediately, as if she were some kind of monster. This made her feel very uncomfortable.
“He really is avoiding me.”
Noticing this and confirming it repeatedly, Ling Ling felt extremely strange. After all, according to the Su Yan in her memory, this shouldn’t be happening at all.
“Could it be that he’s playing hard to get?”
Ling Ling guessed in her heart, but she quickly dismissed this idea, because Su Yan was really avoiding her, looking as if he didn’t want to see her at all.
At this thought, Ling Ling felt a little upset. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but seeing that Su Yan’s attention was not on her and that he was deliberately distancing himself from her, she felt a tightness in her chest, as if she were sick.
“No, I can’t let this go on. I have to go find him!”
Another day passed, and Ling Ling finally couldn’t take it anymore. She told herself that it wasn’t that she wanted to see Su Yan, nor was she worried about their relationship becoming distant.
It was just that they were away from home, and as a senior sister, it was her duty to care for her junior brother.
“What are you doing here?”
Seeing Ling Ling appear, Su Yan’s body trembled. He was really scared by her repeated mood swings, not knowing when his senior sister would have an episode.
“What do you mean by that? As your senior sister, can’t I come and see you?” Ling Ling said, a little embarrassed.
“Of course, of course. This is your home.”
Su Yan sat up straight, his face cold, and said no more.
Ling Ling found a place to sit down. Seeing him like this, she didn’t know what to say.
To be honest, she regretted it a little. She had had a good relationship with Su Yan before. How did it become like this?
“It’s not my fault.”
Ling Ling thought of the memory in her mind. Those lewd scenes made it difficult for her to let go for a long time.
It was impossible for her to treat him as before, but she couldn’t bear to cut off their relationship. She didn’t know what she wanted.
“Whatever I want, it’s not this.”
At this thought, Ling Ling took a deep breath. She told herself that since she didn’t want to be content with the status quo, she should do something. First, she had to break the silent atmosphere, starting with initiating a conversation.
But…
“What should I say?”
Ling Ling’s eyes shifted. “The weather is nice today!”
Su Yan looked up at her.
Ling Ling continued, “By the way, are you hungry? Have you eaten today?”
“I’ve already eaten,” Su Yan said faintly.
The conversation ended there. Cold sweat dripped from Ling Ling’s forehead.
Damn it, what’s wrong with me? Why am I asking such stupid questions? I have to find a topic quickly!
Wait! I’ve got it!
Ling Ling’s eyes lit up. “Master sent you down the mountain this time. Finding me was just on the way. The main purpose was to have you gain experience, Junior Brother. I haven’t seen you for a few months, and you’ve improved so much.”
This was both an excuse to chat with him and what she was thinking in her heart. A few months ago, Su Yan was still in the early Foundation Establishment stage. Now, he had broken through two realms in a row. It was truly breathtaking.
“It was just a sudden enlightenment,” Su Yan explained. In this cultivation world, there was nothing that enlightenment couldn’t explain. There were countless cases of breakthroughs due to enlightenment in history. He was nothing.
“I see.”
Ling Ling smiled lightly, but she was secretly anxious. Was the conversation about to end? That wouldn’t do!
“To have such an opportunity is inseparable from your own intelligence, Junior Brother. I underestimated you before. By the way, you’ve been out for half a month, right? Have you reported your safety to Master?”
“Of course.”
Su Yan nodded and said, “I sent a messenger jade slip a few days ago and had a simple exchange with Master. I told her about the situation here. Master told me to tell you to prepare yourself. When you get back, she’s going to spank you hard.”
Hearing Su Yan’s words, the corner of Ling Ling’s mouth twitched slightly. She felt her rear was a little swollen, and a phantom pain faintly emanated from it. What if she didn’t want to go back even more now?
“Is that so? Didn’t you explain to Master that I have a reason for staying here…”
“What reason?”
“Ah, this…”
Ling Ling’s eyes flickered. She couldn’t find a suitable reason for a moment. She couldn’t possibly tell the truth; that would be too shocking.
“Senior Sister is really lying.”
Su Yan sighed. He felt more and more that something was wrong with Ling Ling. The old Ling Ling was so obedient. She would never disobey their Master’s orders, nor would she be so hot and cold towards him, acting so strangely.
“Could she be affected by a heart demon?”
Su Yan had heard that high-level cultivators would encounter heart demons. In mild cases, their temperament would change drastically. In severe cases, they would become crazy. Could this be the case with Senior Sister Ling Ling?
“I’m not lying. Of course, I have my reasons for not saying,” Ling Ling quickly changed the subject. “By the way, have you heard, Junior Brother? A major event has happened in the city recently. The Joyful Union Sect got into a fight with someone. The cause was harassing a man.”
“Faced with a demonic sect, ordinary people would just endure it. Who knew that the man’s identity was special? He was a direct disciple of the Jade Stream Sect. Now the matter has blown up, and the two groups started fighting in the street.”
Hearing the gossip of cultivators, Su Yan was immediately interested.
“And then?”
“Then the enforcement team came and stopped their fight. I thought the matter was over, but I didn’t expect them to start fighting again yesterday.”
From Ling Ling, he learned the whole story. It all started with a chance encounter half a month ago, which escalated from a verbal conflict to a physical one, and it still hadn’t stopped.
Wait, half a month ago?
Su Yan suddenly remembered. Wasn’t that the time he had arrived here? At that time, he had seen a cultivator harassing a man. Could it have been them?
“It’s a good thing I didn’t go up.”
Su Yan was a little scared. He hadn’t expected the Joyful Union Sect disciples to be so bold as to dare to fight in the street.
