My Girlfriend is a Cold and Aloof Sickly Beauty 220

Chapter 220: Mutual Understanding

After Xiao Linghan’s complete soul was transferred to the plum tree, in the hot early summer of June, the tree bloomed profusely.

This meant that Xiao Linghan had also “taken root” in this world. If, after a hundred years, when her karma was fulfilled, she didn’t want to reincarnate, she could become a plum tree spirit, living as long as the tree itself.

Cang Ling even skipped her evening game livestream, shrinking her soul form to the size of a palm and sitting on a branch of the plum tree.

Xiao Linghan also separated a part of her soul and sat with her.

There was no one in the small courtyard at night, and their conversation wouldn’t reach the Jiang family, so Xiao Linghan decided to properly apologize to Cang Ling.

“I’m sorry, I accidentally saw your memories during the separation,” she said. “If you mind, I can seal them away and pretend I never saw them.”

Cang Ling instinctively replied, “It’s fine, it’s all in the past, I don’t mind, no need to apologize.”

Xiao Linghan, however, looked at her uncertainly.

“But I feel like you’re… a little angry with me now?”

Her intuition was also very sharp, especially when it came to sensing Cang Ling’s emotions, she shouldn’t be mistaken.

But since Cang Ling didn’t mind her seeing those memories, why was she angry?

Noticing Cang Ling’s silence, Xiao Linghan panicked. Before she could apologize, she heard Cang Ling whisper, “I’m not angry at you, I’m angry at myself for not being skilled enough…”

Xiao Linghan: ?!

She was even more panicked now!

She instinctively wanted to ask, but forced herself to wait for the young woman to explain. After some thought, she didn’t say anything, just hugged her.

“…Aren’t you angry with me, Your Highness?” Cang Ling asked, nestled against her ear.

Xiao Linghan had no idea why she would be angry with Cang Ling, but she knew how to deal with her. “Do you want me to be angry with you?”

Seeing the young woman shake her head vigorously, she asked again, “Then… what do you think you did that offended me? Tell me, so I can clear up this misunderstanding.”

Cang Ling buried her face in Xiao Linghan’s neck.

“Do I have to say it?” she asked, her voice barely audible.

Xiao Linghan immediately denied, “It’s okay if you don’t want to! It’s perfectly fine!”

After about five seconds of silence, Cang Ling took her hand. “Let’s go back to the Xie family’s home.”

Xiao Linghan immediately separated enough of her soul to materialize and followed her back to the Xie residence.

For some reason, Cang Ling locked the bedroom door tonight, then sat down on the edge of the bed.

“I can’t explain it clearly, but… maybe we can try again,” she said, looking at Xiao Linghan seriously, as if seeking her consent.

“Come on, whatever it is, I’m ready!” Xiao Linghan felt that there was nothing they couldn’t do. Her soul’s continued existence was thanks to Cang Ling’s actions and their shared causality.

She felt Cang Ling’s hand on her shoulder, then their foreheads touched.

The next moment, an indescribable sensation spread through her body from the point of contact.

Unexpectedly comfortable and relaxing, but at the same time… a thrilling shiver that made Xiao Linghan almost unable to endure, wanting to do something to Cang Ling, who had evoked this feeling.

She managed to restrain herself, but a moment later, Cang Ling clung to her like a koala, kissing her lips, a soft moan escaping her throat.

Xiao Linghan: …

Older and more experienced than Cang Ling, she finally understood what was going on!

No wonder Cang Ling had found it difficult to articulate, she would probably be the same.

“Are you afraid, Cang Ling?” she asked softly, noticing that her own voice was trembling. “If you don’t want to, we can stop here; if you do, you can do anything to me.”

The seven emotions and six desires, the matters of the heart, were things Cang Ling had been studying both in life and after death, but they were still a source of confusion for her.

“…Anything?” Cang Ling asked, dazed. “Then… then please forgive my presumption…”

During the long night, she tried everything she had read about on Xiao Linghan.

But that wasn’t all. She even asked Xiao Linghan to choose the parts she was most interested in and try them on her.

Xiao Linghan felt that this was the most absurd and willful request she had ever heard, both in life and after death.

But she still did it.

However, their souls were as cold as ice, the touch greatly diminished—replaced by a shiver from the depths of their souls.

It was this shiver that bound their souls together, sharing each other’s feelings.

“Is this what they call ‘spiritual intercourse’ in novels?” Cang Ling asked softly the next morning, after a sleepless night.

“If you think so, then it is,” Xiao Linghan said, turning over and hugging her relatively smaller soul form. “I don’t quite understand the state of souls, how do you feel?”

“It was great,” Cang Ling snuggled in her arms. “Then are we… ‘together’ now?”

Xiao Linghan hummed in agreement, ruffling her hair. “Where do you find these strange things? If I were alive, you would have worn me out!”

Cang Ling giggled, trying to act cute.

Then she was “attacked” by the “red fox’s mouth,” kissed until she curled up into a ball.

After that, Cang Ling would check on Xiao Linghan’s soul’s stability every day.

—Today was no exception.

“Jiang Xue and Xiao Luo’s wedding will definitely happen,” Cang Ling’s words brought Xiao Linghan back to her thoughts. “It will be next year at the earliest.”

“Did you do a divination?” Xiao Linghan knew that she wouldn’t say such things without basis.

“Yes, but I’m not telling them for now,” Cang Ling nodded. “You know, once certain destinies are revealed, people tend to force themselves to do things they don’t want or shouldn’t do, either to fulfill or avoid them.”

So she simply kept quiet. Taoist Master Xuan Nuo had already done a divination for Jiang Xue before she submitted her university application—”starting something but not finishing it.” There were many possible interpretations, and for now, it seemed that Jiang Xue would give up on the “plus three” master’s program after the five-year program.

After breakfast, they first practiced breathing exercises to absorb spiritual energy, then returned to the bedroom and played Non-Dream on the computer.

The Non-Dream remake hadn’t been officially released yet. They were playing the demo Xiao Luo had received, but it was almost 90% complete, with only a few minor bugs, which didn’t affect the overall experience.

“After the official release, will Your Highness still play the ‘General Qing Wuyi’ route?” Cang Ling asked, controlling her character as it ran around.

“Yes, after all, Qing Wuyi can do so many things, even though it’s easy to die after triggering the battle mode, she’s still my favorite character,” Xiao Linghan nodded. “How should I put it… perhaps it’s a kind of empathy between similar people?”

She had been the Great General when she died, and even though the ancient history of the two worlds was different, it didn’t prevent her from quickly understanding and utilizing the rules of the military.

Moreover, Non-Dream was a game designed for female players, and even in the most desperate situations, there were still opportunities for a comeback or a peaceful retreat. The writers were very kind.

“Then I also want to return to my old profession,” Cang Ling said happily. “Although there are many restrictions in the game, and I can’t use my magic, using divination to help the girls get rid of ‘bad relationships’ is still more than enough!”

The two ghosts’ current job was being VTubers. They didn’t have to show their faces during livestreams, and they used Jiang Mei and Xie Xitong’s ID cards. They kept a small portion of their earnings and donated the rest to those in need.

Cheng Shizhu’s “Poem of Spring” café was one of their joint investments, but for convenience, only Cang Ling was sending money to Cheng Shizhu.

When Xiao Linghan couldn’t go far from home, Cang Ling would go out with the mechanical fox, and while she was reading borrowed books from the library, the mechanical fox would also have a book open in front of it, occasionally flipping the pages with its paw.

Now, things were much easier. They even dared to go to the nearby mountains with dense forests, just to absorb more natural spiritual energy.

Compared to the living, souls had many advantages, but also unavoidable limitations. But for them, as long as they could still exist in this world together, experiencing life’s joys and sorrows, it was the best possible fate.

“Your Highness’s soul is very stable today.”

One day, after Cang Ling finished her usual check-up, she blinked at Xiao Linghan, as if she had something to say but was too embarrassed to speak directly.

Xiao Linghan had become accustomed to this and smiled, pulling Cang Ling closer. “What do you want to do to me again?”

“Your Highness’s soul is very stable now, and I was thinking… of doing something to satisfy my own selfish desires,” Cang Ling stammered slightly, but she could now express her needs more directly to her lover. “Among Taoist Master Xuan Nuo’s books, there’s a spell that can leave a mark on each other’s souls.”

“If we do this, and if we’re fated to meet again in our next lives, these marks will guide us to each other, allowing us to live together as ordinary people.”

“Sure, let’s do it!” Xiao Linghan readily agreed without hesitation.

“But reincarnation depends on Heaven’s will!” Cang Ling said seriously. “What if, in our next lives… there’s a huge age gap between us? Like, if one of us is about to die of old age, and the other is just born…”

“That’s easy, we’ll just leave it to fate in our next lives,” Xiao Linghan didn’t think this was a big deal. “And we don’t necessarily have to be lovers, being family is also good.”

Then she was called a “blockhead” by Cang Ling, who was clearly displeased.

“Blockhead or not, are you willing to have this mark with me?” Xiao Linghan teased her.

The answer was obvious.

And Cang Ling considered this ritual as important as marriage, so it had to be witnessed by their friends and family.

Even she herself was stunned for a long time when this plan first arose.

“…To be honest, I never thought I would be connected to the words ‘friends and family’,” she said to Xiao Linghan. “After all, I was from the Office of Astronomy, and it was difficult for me to truly understand human emotions and worldly connections. I thought… I would always be an aloof ‘observer of humanity,’ both in life and after death.”

“This is a wonderful thing!” Xiao Linghan said with a smile. “People change when their environment changes. As long as you feel comfortable with these changes, just move forward, and leave the rest to me.”