Chapter 39: What Happened That Night
Bai Shuixin couldn’t figure anything out, so she could only let him go back for the time being.
Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He put on his clothes, said goodbye to Bai Shuixin, and walked out of the room in a few steps.
Nothing had happened. It seemed his gamble had paid off.
[Mission complete. Reward has been distributed.]
Seeing the mysterious gift package, Su Yan walked out of the room with an excited expression.
This scene was completely witnessed by Lin Qingyue.
The young girl was very puzzled. It was just a physical examination. Why was her Senior Brother so excited? His face was flushed. What had he and their Master done in there?
…
Su Yan gave his little junior sister a perfunctory reply, ignored her curious face, and hurried back to his own room.
“Let’s see what I can get from the mysterious gift package.”
Su Yan shooed the little fox out of the room, took out the gift box with an excited expression, and with a thought, the gift box opened.
“Eh, where’s the stuff?”
Just as Su Yan was about to ask the system, he suddenly felt something in his hand.
He looked down and saw a white silk fabric. It was soft and incredibly smooth to the touch, like a young girl’s skin.
“This is…”
Su Yan was a little confused. He looked at the white silk fabric in his hand over and over again, and his face suddenly turned red.
He recognized what this was. Weren’t these stockings? And a pair of white ones at that. How could the mysterious gift box produce something like this!
“Damn system, are you messing with me?”
Su Yan was furious. What happened to ascending to the heavens in a single step? What was the meaning of giving him a pair of stockings?
[Ascending to the heavens in a single step was just the host’s fantasy. The system made no such guarantee. It was stated beforehand that the items from the gift box are random. They may be very valuable, or they may be worthless.]
“Don’t try to fool me!”
Su Yan gritted his teeth. “You clearly said before that the items from the gift box are related to their owner. But this is the cultivation world! How could there be something like stockings!”
[The host is just inexperienced. The cultivation world is vast and boundless, and there are all sorts of small worlds. Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.]
“You!”
Su Yan nearly died from anger. He really wanted to go to his Master to verify it and slap the system in the face.
But what if, and he was just saying what if…
Bai Shuixin really did have such a pair of stockings, and he went over with them to verify it, asking, “Master, are these stockings yours?”
If Bai Shuixin saw that her personal belongings had been taken by him, wouldn’t she beat him to death on the spot?
[In short, this system will not deceive the host. If there are no other questions, this system will temporarily go offline.]
Giving him no chance to refute, the system went silent, no longer responding no matter how much he called.
“Damn you, dog system!”
After cursing, Su Yan looked at the stockings in his hand and began to feel troubled.
What use did a grown man like him have for a pair of stockings? Was he supposed to wear them himself? He wasn’t a pervert!
“Should I burn them?”
Su Yan looked at the stockings in his hand. They were smooth and delicate to the touch and even had a faint, fresh scent. This was definitely a top-quality item among hosiery. It would be a shame to burn them.
Stockings of this quality would be a priceless treasure in some people’s eyes. Although he didn’t have that kind of fetish, he couldn’t bear to part with them either.
“Forget it. I’ll just store them away properly.”
Su Yan decided to put the stockings away. Maybe they would be useful someday.
At this thought, Su Yan found a wooden box in his room, intending to fold the stockings and place them inside.
However…
As he was folding them, he discovered a problem. Su Yan found a hole in the stockings, which looked a bit like a tear.
Su Yan was a little bewildered. Stockings related to his Master, a hole in the stockings… connecting the two, his expression couldn’t help but turn strange.
“Is this the style of the stockings, or was it done by someone?”
He couldn’t figure out the answer. Su Yan put the stockings in the box and then stored it away in a cabinet.
…
The morning sets the tone for the day. When the sun first rises, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is at its most active, making it the best time for cultivation.
On any other day, Lin Qingyue would not have missed this opportunity to become stronger. But today was different. She was slacking off.
Ever since her Master had examined Su Yan’s body yesterday, she had been agonizing all night over what her Master and Senior Brother had actually done in that room.
“Nothing happened between them. I’m just overthinking it.”
She tried to comfort herself with these words, but every time she did, she couldn’t help but recall the excited expression on her Senior Brother’s face as he walked out of the room.
He was so excited his face was red, his exhilaration impossible to hide. If it were just a simple physical examination, how could he have shown that kind of expression?
Something must have happened. That must be it!
At this thought, Lin Qingyue felt as if her heart was blocked by something, a heavy, suffocating feeling.
“No, not even Master is allowed! Senior Brother is not allowed to have the scent of any other woman on him! My scent alone is enough!”
Lin Qingyue’s head was lowered, her cheeks shrouded in shadow.
She didn’t know what was wrong with her. The longer they spent together, the less she felt like herself. This desire to possess her Senior Brother all to herself—when had this change occurred?
“Junior Sister, why are you spacing out here instead of practicing your sword?”
Su Yan walked over to Lin Qingyue and asked curiously.
She was acting strangely today, actually slacking off.
“Are you alright?”
Su Yan reached out and patted Lin Qingyue on the head. It was a habitual gesture he used to show concern for his little junior sister.
Lin Qingyue, who was immersed in her fantasy, felt her head being stroked. She cooperatively nuzzled against it and subconsciously said, “Yes, just like this. Senior Brother can only be close to me.”
“Hehe, hehehehe…”
With her head still lowered, a strange laugh escaped the little junior sister’s lips.
Su Yan was startled.
Although the voice was too low for him to make out what she had said, he had heard that strange laugh.
What’s wrong with Little Junior Sister? This aura, as if she’s turning to the dark side, what’s going on?
“Senior Brother, what’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?”
In the moment Su Yan was stunned, Lin Qingyue also snapped back to reality. Her dark expression vanished, replaced by a brilliant smile.
Bright, lively, beautiful…
Su Yan looked at his little junior sister, still a little shaken. Had he seen wrong just now? Was he hallucinating?
“N-nothing…”
Su Yan shook his head and said, “I just wanted to ask if you’d like to cultivate with me.”
After several months of practice, although Lin Qingyue’s cultivation level was still insufficient, her swordsmanship was already taking shape. Su Yan wanted to spar with her and give her some simple guidance.
“In a little while, I won’t have this chance anymore.”
Su Yan was well aware of his own talent in swordsmanship. After several years of learning, he was still a half-baked amateur. He could only show off a little now while he still had the chance.
“Of course! I’d love to,” Lin Qingyue said with a smile. As long as she was with her Senior Brother, she was happy to do anything.
