My Girlfriend is a Cold and Aloof Sickly Beauty 177

Chapter 177: Settling Karma

Just by glancing for a few seconds and meeting Dr. Qi’s gaze, Jiang Xue felt like she would be silenced with acupuncture needles.

She immediately quickened her pace and knocked on the door. After the housekeeper opened the door, she quickly entered the living room, using the excuse of delivering tea leaves, explained her purpose, and sat down to wait, then finally realized: this was the Sui family’s home, and since Teacher Sui had allowed her fiancée’s car into the courtyard, and was even kissing her in the car, it meant that the Sui family had tacitly approved of their relationship!

Teacher Sui wasn’t even flustered, so why was she, an outsider, panicking?!

Realizing this, and recalling Dr. Qi’s warning gaze, Jiang Xue gritted her teeth, noticed that the housekeeper had gone to attend to her own tasks, and stood up, walking towards the door and opening it slightly, preparing to secretly observe and learn some interaction techniques from the two adults.

They were still at it, but now the roles had reversed, with Teacher Sui taking the initiative.

Jiang Xue quickly noticed that, compared to a passionate kiss, Teacher Sui seemed to prefer breaking the kiss into multiple, shorter touches. Although this was more tiring for the initiator, the experience for both was more nuanced.

And it could also heighten the other person’s anticipation. Overall, it was a technique worth learning.

Jiang Xue observed intently and cautiously, her attention almost entirely on their interaction, only her ears paying attention to the sounds from inside the house.

She soon heard the guqin music upstairs stop, but knowing that Xiao Luo had the habit of reviewing after practicing, she felt that she could still watch for a while longer and didn’t return to the sofa.

“What are you looking at?”

A familiar female voice suddenly came from behind, startling Jiang Xue, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

Xiao Luohan had learned to walk silently from her mother in the palace when she was very young. And she was curious about Jiang Xue’s reaction, so she had quietly approached her.

“You scared me!” Jiang Xue whispered, but her feet honestly moved aside, making space for Xiao Luohan to “watch the show.”

Just then, the two in the car seemed to be ending their kiss and getting ready to leave. Xiao Luohan, arriving at the perfect moment, was met with two gazes.

But she wasn’t flustered at all, even nodding to Teacher Sui and Dr. Qi with a smile, then took Jiang Xue’s hand and led her out the door.

So the two “voyeurs” were exposed.

Jiang Xue didn’t react immediately, and by the time she did, the people she had been observing were standing right in front of her.

“Such a well-behaved student you’ve taught,” Dr. Qi said to Teacher Sui, her tone laced with sarcasm.

“And what about your own well-behaved student?” Teacher Sui retorted, her lips still red.

Jiang Xue: …

She hurriedly bid farewell to the two teachers and quickly dragged Xiao Luo away from this awkward situation.

Cheng Shizhu was still waiting in the car outside, humming a tune. Having moved to the driver’s seat, she didn’t know what had happened. Seeing Xiao Luohan get in the car, she casually asked, “Did Professor Yan’s class run late again today?”

Before Xiao Luohan could answer, Jiang Xue said, “There was a different kind of ‘teacher’ who made the class run late.”

Anyway, they had picked Xiao Luo up. On their way back, Xiao Luohan told Jiang Xue about her plans for the National Day holiday.

“I have to be at Ms. Silin’s booth from the 1st to the 3rd, Teacher Sui is taking me to an offline meet-and-greet on the 4th and 5th, and I’m free on the 6th and 7th. I want to go to the photo studio and take some portraits with you.”

It just so happened that Jiang Xue also planned to help Dr. Qi during the National Day holiday, when there would be more patients. Hearing her girlfriend’s busy schedule, her worried heart was finally at ease.

“Then we’ll go to the photo studio on the 6th?” she asked. “Is it the one Teacher Sui usually works with?”

“Yes, we can go to Teacher Sui’s hair salon in the morning on the 6th, get our hair done, and then go to the photo studio,” Xiao Luohan nodded, then said apologetically, “Sorry, I originally planned to try what you mentioned during this short holiday…”

Considering Cheng Shizhu’s presence, she stopped there.

Jiang Xue was now more open-minded. “It’s okay, if you really want to try it, there’s still the night of the 6th.”

And she had the entire 7th to recover!

Cheng Shizhu, while driving, listened to their conversation with part of her attention. Hearing this, she felt that the topic they were discussing was probably what she had guessed, but since she wasn’t as close to them as Xie Xitong, she probably wouldn’t get the details.

But she was still curious, so after dropping them off, she immediately messaged Xie Xitong: 【Help me get some updates, please?】

【XiXi Drifting North: ? Aren’t you at the Jiang family’s home? Why ask me?】

【Spring&Love: They’re too embarrassed to discuss their plans in front of me!】

【XiXi Drifting North: Then ask one of them, I think A-Xue would be willing to tell you.】

【XiXi Drifting North: Yuanyuan and I are still planning our trip to the ice and snow amusement park!】

Meaning, she was busy, so Cheng Shizhu should find out herself if she wanted the gossip.

Cheng Shizhu knew about Xie Xitong and Jiang Mei’s relationship and also understood the purpose of her and Yuanyuan’s trip to the amusement park in Y City. She simply replied with an “OK” and didn’t ask further, planning to wait until after the 6th to ask. Maybe she could naturally observe their progress on the 7th.

Jiang Xue, on the other hand, had completely calmed down. Since that heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Luohan, she no longer dwelled on living together with Xiao Luo all the time.

Just like her older sister and Xie Xitong, or General Xiao and the astronomer in the ancient world, they could just focus on their own paths, spending time with each other during their free time, and still be happy.

So after the National Day holiday started, she had been helping out at Dr. Qi’s Mu Lin Tang clinic.

At 8:30 AM on the 6th, after breakfast, the two got into Teacher Sui’s car. Passing by the Xie family’s home, they also picked up Cang Ling, who was carrying a camera and a fox-shaped robot.

Uncle Seuss had just sent the newly assembled robot a few days ago. Xiao Linghan’s experience of transforming into a red fox in the dream had inspired him while designing it, so the first improved version was in the shape of a fox.

“Your Highness loves this fox. She asked me to help her possess it as soon as she opened the package,” Cang Ling said, holding up the fox to Jiang Xue and Xiao Luohan. “Its flexibility is truly like a real fox, and any shortcomings can be compensated for with magic and talismans.”

The red fox robot blinked, its fluffy tail swaying gently.

Xiao Luohan couldn’t resist and hugged the fox, interacting with it.

She felt that her elder sister was truly good at playing the role of a fox. In the “mindscape” created by their dreams, Elder Sister, in her red fox form, would nuzzle her with her nose and wrap her in her tail. Now, possessing the mechanical fox, she was just as lively and expressive.

Jiang Xue watched as she petted the mechanical fox, and a strange thought suddenly crossed her mind: It was a good thing that it was Elder Sister Red Fox’s soul inside this fox.

As soon as the thought arose, she quickly dismissed it.

How could she even be jealous of Elder Sister Red Fox?!

The car soon arrived at “Sui’s Hair Salon,” but there was an unexpected visitor standing at the entrance.

Huang Qi was standing under the sign, looking down at her phone. She only looked up and put away her phone when she saw the car approaching.

“What are you doing here?” Teacher Sui asked, rolling down the window. “You’re not welcome here.”

“Getting a haircut,” Huang Qi replied.

“Walk two hundred meters east, there’s another hair salon there,” Teacher Sui said, not buying it, and turned to look at Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue immediately contacted Dr. Qi, sending her a picture of the hair salon entrance.

Seeing their actions, Huang Qi suddenly smiled provocatively. “Are you afraid of me?”

“Afraid of you?” Teacher Sui scoffed. “You dare ask me for a haircut? You should be more worried about me shaving your head bald!”

“That’s precisely why I’m here,” Huang Qi said with a smirk. “I need a shaved head.”

Teacher Sui’s expression changed, and Jiang Xue was puzzled.

Cang Ling, however, had already anticipated this. “‘The Devil’ upright, ‘Death’ reversed, escaping reality, severing ties, yearning for a miracle. Agree to her request, it won’t cause any trouble.”

“Could it be that something is about to happen to the Huang family, and she’s planning to seek refuge?” Xiao Luohan whispered her guess.

“Something like that. In our world’s terms, ‘as long as the green mountains remain, there’s no need to worry about firewood’,” Cang Ling nodded.

“Then we can just let her escape like this?” Jiang Xue was surprised.

“Some judgments are best left untouched by your hands,” Xiao Linghan’s voice came from the mechanical fox. “Just witnessing is enough.”

That made sense.

However, Jiang Xue couldn’t imagine what kind of misfortune the Huang family was facing that would make Huang Qi, who knew the inside story, decide to “seek refuge.”

But Teacher Sui still minded cutting her rival’s hair, so after entering the salon, she first styled Jiang Xue and Xiao Luohan’s hair, deliberately ignoring Huang Qi.

Cang Ling, holding the mechanical fox, sat in the small waiting area, listening to the guqin music and playing with her tarot cards.

Huang Qi sat in the customer waiting area, remaining silent throughout.

It wasn’t until the two girls finished getting their hair done and were about to leave for the photo studio that she finally spoke, “Neither the Jiang family nor your overseas relatives have any ‘Xiao’ branches. You seem to have appeared out of thin air, not like a distant relative.”

Jiang Xue immediately stopped and was about to retort when she heard Xiao Luohan calmly reply, “If having family connections meant becoming someone like you, I’d rather appear out of thin air.”

A rootless duckweed, at least free and unrestrained.

After saying this, she turned and left without looking back. Jiang Xue opened her mouth, exchanged a look with Cang Ling, who had come over, and then quickly followed.

No one paid any further attention to Huang Qi, whose face was a mixture of emotions.

“…Did they find something out?”

But after getting in the car, Jiang Xue still couldn’t help but ask.

“Even if they did, they wouldn’t be able to find the source, let alone investigate,” Cang Ling said, still holding three tarot cards in her hand. “Grandma Xie’s decision to travel the country is also related to this. But based on my current divination, the transtemporal passage we sealed won’t reopen within a hundred years.”

“As for what happens after a hundred years, that’s not something you need to worry about,” she said, a rare hint of helplessness in her tone. “Anyway, it was Your Highness and I who opened the passage. Fate brought us to this world, perhaps to settle this karmic debt.”