Chapter 30: I Want Sister to Help Me Bathe

Pei Ruyu, of course, was too embarrassed to stay at Jiang Ying’s place.

After settling Miao Qingzhi into her room and repeatedly reminding her of the doctor’s instructions, she slunk away, not wanting to disturb the two who seemed to have a lot of catching up to do.

After all, no matter how sour or jealous she was, she still believed in Miao Qingzhi’s unwavering love for her.

They were just childhood sweethearts. If they’d had a chance, how could it have been her turn?

Since it was her turn, didn’t that mean the childhood sweetheart had no chance?

Which girlfriend could be as considerate as her?

Pei Ruyu gave herself another thumbs-up for her magnanimity.

After leaving, her first priority was to ask Si Yao to borrow her renovation team.

Mm, just give the little girlfriend a little freedom first.

Once she was done having fun, she’d formally extend the cohabitation invitation!

On the other side, the moment Pei Ruyu left, Miao Qingzhi first tore off the medicated gauze on her palm.

After simply flexing her injured hand, when she opened her palm again, the hideous wound on it had instantly healed back to normal.

Jiang Ying handed Miao Qingzhi the elevator pass to the basement.

“Haven’t been here for a few days. Your little darlings have missed you to death.”

Miao Qingzhi missed her little darlings too.

Putting away the gauze for future use in her continued act, she headed to the basement.

In the center of the stone platform by the poison pool, a row of silver cups was vibrating and trembling in mid-air.

Not only were the poisonous creatures in the pool trembling in fear, even Jiang Ying only dared to stand far away at the door watching Miao Qingzhi’s movements.

Miao Qingzhi raised her hand and lightly cut her wrist. Blood slowly flowed down, falling onto the silver cups.

Before the blood even hit the ground, it was instantly devoured and dispersed.

Only when the trembling gradually subsided did Miao Qingzhi lick the wound on her wrist, stopping the bleeding on her own.

The wound instantly healed, leaving no trace of injury.

Only then did Miao Qingzhi collect the row of silver cups, hanging them one by one on her waist as accessories.

Really beautiful and stylish.

A few insatiable little darlings were still jumping and making a fuss. Miao Qingzhi could only gently pat those silver cups, licking the bloodstains on her lips as she coaxed them warmly.

“That’s all. Can’t have any more. I have to wait until I’ve coaxed your mommy before I can give you extra meals.”

So many little darlings, most of them had been refined using Sister’s blood.

Sister didn’t raise them, so now she had to raise them all by herself. It was really quite tiring.

She would settle this account of “abandoning the wife and children” with Sister sooner or later.

Only after all the fierce gu creatures had calmed down and stopped their rampage did Jiang Ying dare to approach, laughing. “Looks like that heartless woman is still useful. Congratulations, junior sister. You’ve finally broken through this three-year bottleneck.”

Miao Qingzhi could practice gu at age three. After she learned to read, she could restore many lost gu arts recorded by their ancestors just by reading ancient texts.

She wasn’t just the pride of their sect, but an undisputed genius among her peers in the clan.

But three years ago, she suddenly stagnated. Not only was there no breakthrough, even sacrificing herself to the gu couldn’t refine new ones.

It was fortunate she still had quite a few gu refined in her early years, barely maintaining the sect’s current glory, so they wouldn’t fail some orders.

If it hadn’t been for meeting Pei Ruyu at the beginning of the year, using her blood as a guide to help her refine new gu, Jiang Ying didn’t know who their sect could send to this year’s Gu King Competition.

Examining the new gu in the silver cups on her junior sister’s waist, Jiang Ying directly asked, “Can you give me one of the newly refined Dream-Weaving Gu?”

Miao Qingzhi refused decisively. “No. There’s only one left. If I give it to you, what will my sister use?”

“Hey, I’ll trade you something good.”

Led by Jiang Ying into the small room next door, looking at the dazzling array of various “instruments of torture,” even Miao Qingzhi, who was usually expressionless, couldn’t help widening her eyes.

Collars, bells…

Vibrating, sucking, various shapes and styles.

There were also those with spikes, wooden horses, and all sorts of other random things.

Among all the toys in that room, Miao Qingzhi could only bring herself to pick up the lightest little leather whip and give it a flick.

Hearing the whistling sound as it cut through the air, Miao Qingzhi said helplessly, “Senior sister, I just want her. Not her life.”

“Don’t worry, this kind of thing can’t kill people. Besides, don’t forget that this time you only got a three-month approval to leave the mountain. If the time is up and you haven’t formed a marriage contract with her, you know the consequences.”

Jiang Ying pressed her hand on Miao Qingzhi’s shoulder, looking into her eyes, her gaze full of cold, sinister intent. “So don’t be soft-hearted. If the soft approach doesn’t work, use the hard approach. Even if you have to tie her up, you must bring her back. Understand?”

“Senior sister, don’t interfere.” Miao Qingzhi’s gaze was deep and cold, and she replied coldly, “I said, she’s mine. And only I can bully her. Understand?”

Although the words were sinister, in Jiang Ying’s eyes, this was genuine protection.

Speechless for a moment, Jiang Ying could only squeeze out helplessly, “You just spoil her.”

Only then did Miao Qingzhi break into a satisfied smile.

Just then, Pei Ruyu’s WeChat message popped up at an inopportune moment.

【What are you doing? Still not done catching up?】

Looking at the message on her phone, then at the whip in her hand, Miao Qingzhi casually typed three words.

【Thinking of you】

The clingy Pei person immediately called her.

Before answering, Miao Qingzhi casually took out the last Dream-Weaving Gu and placed it in Jiang Ying’s palm.

A crystal-clear green light lay in her palm.

“Use blood as a guide. It can control seven days of dreams, with real sensations. Use it sparingly. It’s quite taxing on the body.”

Miao Qingzhi spoke from personal experience. Before leaving, she waved the whip at Jiang Ying.

“Send me some tutorial videos. The gentle kind. My sister is afraid of pain and can’t handle anything too intense. Thanks, senior sister.”

Jiang Ying could only watch as her junior sister’s face changed in an instant. The moment she answered the phone, she had already retracted all the coldness around her, and with a pitched-up, clingy voice, called out “Sister.”

Jiang Ying almost got goosebumps all over.

On the other end of the phone, Pei Ruyu, hearing that voice, laughed happily, but still maintained her airs and scolded, “Thinking of me but took so long to answer? Little liar.”

The little liar continued to fabricate without changing her expression.

“I was changing clothes. Is that not allowed? Or does Sister want me to chat with you without clothes on?”

Pei Ruyu’s face instantly flushed. She quickly lowered her voice and reminded her, “Ahem, be good. Remember to keep your clothes on at someone else’s house, you hear?”

Miao Qingzhi on the other end of the phone laughed lightly, teasing, “Don’t worry. Since Sister isn’t here, even if I take them off, no one would see or touch.”

…

After that phone call, Pei Ruyu was teased until her face was bright red.

Day one of her wife not being by her side. Missing her.

And the Pei person who failed to bring her wife home, under the added pressure of Ms. Fang’s disappointed expectations, received nothing but resentful looks and constant nagging.

It was while she was sitting in the living room being scolded after dinner that Bai Qingjia came to return the car.

Pei Ruyu only hurriedly left a “something came up” and fled out the door.

In the underground parking lot, Bai Qingjia was leaning against the car door waiting for her.

Looking at the car keys calmly handed over by the other, this time without any fuss or fight, Pei Ruyu felt it was a bit too smooth.

This was nothing like Bai Qingjia’s usual temperament.

Pei Ruyu suspiciously reached for the keys. The moment she touched them, the other suddenly raised her hand.

“Drive me back.”

Pei Ruyu: “…”

She knew it wouldn’t be that easy.

She directly took out her phone. “I’ll call you a ride.”

Bai Qingjia sneered. “Twelve years ago, you could ride a bicycle with me on the back, panting, through every street and alley. Now, it’s just one step on the gas pedal, and you’re not willing?”

Pei Ruyu frowned and looked down, not taking the bait, just saying, “Where are you going? I’ll call you a car.”

Bai Qingjia’s expression froze for a moment, then she softened her face and took the initiative to stuff the keys into Pei Ruyu’s hand.

“Last time.”

No longer the aggressive attitude, Bai Qingjia just murmured dejectedly.

“Consider it a proper goodbye.”

Pei Ruyu looked at her silently, only quietly gripping the keys in her hand.

Those memories were too long, too many.

Mentioning any of them brought back deep, unforgettable memories.

Besides the arguments and exhaustion, this was, after all, someone she had once cherished at the bottom of her heart. Pei Ruyu ultimately couldn’t be too cruel.

Watching the tears gradually well up in those eyes, Pei Ruyu finally sighed and compromised. “Get in.”

Fine, just giving her a ride.

One last time, and then she’d drive her completely out of her life.

The moment she sat in the driver’s seat, Pei Ruyu belatedly realized this wasn’t as simple as she had thought.

The seat was adjusted too far back. Even with her legs fully extended, she could barely reach the brake.

This distance was definitely not a position Bai Qingjia, at her height, would normally drive in.

Before she could figure out the other’s intention, Bai Qingjia, who should have sat in the passenger seat, had already opened her door and straddled her lap.

The moment the door was pulled shut, the seatbelt was also buckled by the person sitting on her lap.

???

Pei Ruyu quickly reached out to push her. “What are you doing?!”

But the other directly wrapped her arms around her neck and pressed close, stopping at that close distance.

That triumphant smile was nowhere near the dejected look from just now.

“Isn’t it obvious? Want to try car sex with you.”

Pei Ruyu was furious. “Bai Qingjia, are you crazy?! Get off!”

Bai Qingjia directly grabbed her face and pushed her back into the seat.

“Isn’t this what you wanted? Finding a little girl to make me jealous isn’t something you’re doing for the first time. Playing hard to get again, huh? Fine, fine, you win. This time I’ll admit defeat first, okay?”

Pei Ruyu’s face flushed with anger. She grabbed her wrist and pulled it down.

“That was then, this is now. Haven’t I made myself clear? I’m very satisfied with my current life! And I really don’t want to be entangled with you anymore! You have a husband, I have a wife. Can’t we just live our own lives in peace?!”

“What if I don’t have a husband?”

Pei Ruyu froze for a moment. When she came to her senses, she was even more furious.

“Do you have to humiliate both me and yourself like this to be satisfied?!”

Her phone on the side rang at that moment.

It was Miao Qingzhi calling.

In the heat of anger, Pei Ruyu decisively rejected the call, while pushing Bai Qingjia.

“Get off!”

The hand pushing her was grabbed tightly by Bai Qingjia and pressed against her chest.

“Two years without touching. Don’t you miss it?”

Pei Ruyu’s fingertips trembled slightly.

The piercing pain she hadn’t felt in a long time suddenly flared up at that moment.

Pei Ruyu instantly lost all strength to resist, collapsing weakly against the seat.

Fortunately, it was just a moment of pain, not the continuous pain to the point of fainting like before.

The phone rang again. Still Miao Qingzhi calling.

By the time Pei Ruyu recovered from the pain, she had already dazedly answered the voice call.

“Sister, what are you doing?”

No one could notice the gu mark that suddenly appeared on Pei Ruyu’s chest.

Pei Ruyu didn’t even understand how she had confusedly answered the call.

Hearing the coquettish, intimate question on the other end, cold sweat broke out on Pei Ruyu.

“Pei… mm…”

Seeing that Bai Qingjia dared to speak at a time like this, Pei Ruyu, in her guilt, instinctively raised her hand to cover her mouth.

“Sister, why aren’t you saying anything?”

The other end of the phone seemed to have heard nothing from this side.

Phew, luckily the little jealous jar didn’t notice.

Remembering that night in the hospital room when she was forced to sit on Miao Qingzhi’s waist and grind.

That repeated “your good bestie” had left a considerable psychological shadow on Pei Ruyu…

So at a time like this, with a bit of wishful thinking, Pei Ruyu instinctively chose to hide the truth.

“Nothing. Just missing you.”

The other end of the phone let out an ambiguous laugh.

But the hand covering Bai Qingjia’s mouth was bitten hard by her.

The first bite landed on the root of her middle finger by her lips.

With all her strength, it immediately drew blood from Pei Ruyu’s finger.

Pei Ruyu was in so much pain she was sweating, but she didn’t dare make a sound. She could only put down the phone, turn on speaker, and use her other hand to push Bai Qingjia’s face away.

The two were wrestling and fighting fiercely in the car, but Miao Qingzhi on the other end of the phone seemed to know nothing, only smiling.

“Then do you have time now? The wound on my chest can’t get wet yet. I want Sister to come help me bathe. Is that okay?”

Those ambiguous words, soft tone, sounded like an invitation to a romantic encounter to the two mature women in the car.

Bai Qingjia bit down even harder.

Pei Ruyu had just freed her middle finger when the side of her palm near her pinky was bitten hard again.

Afraid of being heard by the person on the phone, Pei Ruyu could only grit her teeth and endure the cry of pain that almost escaped.

The little girl on the other end of the phone, getting no response, even let her tone drop a little.

“If… if Sister is really busy, it’s okay. You do what you need to do. I’ll just let Sister Jiang Ying help me wash first.”

“NO!!!”

The moment she imagined that scene, Pei Ruyu was hit with a double dose of anger.

She gritted her teeth and controlled the surge of intense emotion for a moment, trying to soften her tone as much as possible, so as not to take out the anger Bai Qingjia had provoked on Miao Qingzhi.

“Wait for me. I’ll be right there.”

With that, she immediately hung up.

“You actually answered that? I didn’t know you liked it this exciting, Pei Ruyu. Why hang up? Why not let your girlfriend listen to how we do it and see if it’s more fun?”

The gu mark on Pei Ruyu’s chest, which had just faded, appeared again.

When Pei Ruyu regained her senses, her palm had already landed hard on Bai Qingjia’s face.

The two, who had been in a fury, fell silent at the same time.

Meanwhile, after hanging up the phone, Miao Qingzhi’s face was left with only cold, sinister intent.

Jiang Ying continued to pour her a cup of specially brewed medicinal wine, taking the opportunity to egg her on.

“See, I told you a dog can’t change its eating habits.”

Miao Qingzhi downed the wine in one gulp, curving her lips eerily.

“It’s fine. Tonight, I’ll make her know who the master is.”