Chapter 74 p1: I’m Sorry
Inside the bathroom, the sound of the faucet was “splashing.”
Yu Chujin was burying her head, scrubbing the wet and sticky marks on her hands. The wet and sticky feeling on her fingertips was quickly washed away by the water, but the smell, not surprisingly, remained.
The scent of Qingli, it lingered.
She turned off the faucet, and the bathroom returned to quiet. Yu Chujin propped herself up on the sink and looked at herself in the mirror.
Her hair was wet, and water droplets were dripping down her cheeks. Her cheeks were flushed, just like a steamed shrimp.
She let out a long sigh, took a moment to recover, and smiled at the mirror. It’s okay. I’m just helping a little animal relieve its discomfort. I shouldn’t think too much.
Qingli and a little animal were no different. If she had to say the only difference, it might be that she didn’t belong to the category of “little animal,” but to “large animal,” a huge animal.
In short, it was okay. Yu Chujin kept comforting herself, kept building up her psychological defenses.
After staying in the bathroom for about ten minutes, her psychological defenses were built up, and she began to deal with the changed bedsheet.
A large part of the bedsheet was wet, and it was full of Qingli’s scent.
Yu Chujin didn’t dare to look closely. She threw the bedsheet into the washing machine, pressed the start button, and the washing machine began to “rumble.”
Listening to the sound of the washing machine, she let out another long sigh and took another moment to recover.
After she had adjusted enough, she pushed the door open and left the bathroom.
In the room, Qingli was rolling on the bed, and the bed board was “creaking.” Besides the creaking of the bed board, there was also the sound of her humming a tune contentedly.
The tune she was humming was one she had learned from Yu Chujin.
Before, when Qingli was rolling around, it was because she was uncomfortable from not being able to relieve herself. But now, she was rolling around because she was completely relaxed.
As for why she was completely relaxed, the lingering touch on Yu Chujin’s hands, the lingering smell, was the best answer.
Yu Chujin’s fingers slowly curled into a fist without a trace, and her hands were uncomfortably behind her back.
“The new bedsheet has just been laid. Don’t roll on it. It’ll get wrinkled again,” Yu Chujin coughed lightly and put on a natural look as if nothing had happened.
Qingli stopped rolling. Her tail was raised, and her eyes were shining as she looked at her, “Yu Chujin, you’re done washing. You’ve been washing for a long time. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
Yu Chujin subconsciously replied, “Isn’t that because you got me all…”
Her words came to an abrupt halt.
“Forget it. That’s not the point. Did you learn what I taught you just now?” Yu Chujin coughed lightly again, her forced naturalness a little strained.
“I’ve learned it. It’s very comfortable…”
“Shut up!”
Before Qingli could finish, Yu Chujin directly cut her off. Because of her panic, her tone became fierce, “You don’t have to express your feelings so clearly every time.”
Qingli blinked her eyes, “So fierce. Why don’t I need to express my feelings?”
“You don’t need to, so you don’t need to. Since you’ve learned it, in the future, you can do it yourself. Anyway, that’s what I mean. You understand,” her words paused for a moment, and her face showed suspicion, “You should understand, right?”
Qingli got off the bed, barefoot, her tail raised, and came in front of her.
“I understand. I learn very quickly,” Qingli came close to her, “I’ve learned it. I can help you.”
Qingli’s hand, at an extremely fast speed, went behind her and landed accurately on the back of her waist, stroking her coccyx.
The cold touch of her fingers made Yu Chujin’s body stiffen. Her nose was filled with the scent of fresh grass.
After she came to her senses, she pushed her away, “What are you doing? Why are you touching my butt?”
Qingli was pushed and stumbled back. She looked at her with a puzzled and aggrieved expression, “I’ve learned it. Why didn’t you let me help you? You even pushed me. You pushed me so hard. I’m a little sad.”
Qingli would usually express her emotions very clearly and directly, just like now, she was clearly expressing that she was a little sad.
Yu Chujin was silent for a moment, helpless and amused. Who would have thought that this snake would have understood it wrongly?
She had taught her so that she could be self-sufficient, not so that she could help…
“That’s not what I meant. I taught you so that you could…” Her voice stopped, and she didn’t know what to say next.
Compared to Qingli’s direct expression, when Yu Chujin talked about these topics, she was more or less a little shy.
She had never openly discussed such topics with others in her life.
What self-sufficiency, what DIY. Although it was inevitable, to talk about it face to face with someone was still too awkward, too shameful.
Even if the person opposite her was a snake, she was a snake that had transformed into a human.
Yu Chujin stopped talking. Qingli tilted her head in confusion, “Why did you stop talking?”
Yu Chujin bit her lip and suppressed the shame in her heart, “I taught you so that next time, you can solve it yourself. It’s also more convenient for you to solve it yourself. You don’t have to ask for help. Don’t you think so?”
Qingli tilted her head from left to right, “Then I’ll help you.”
Yu Chujin was choked, “How did it get to you helping me again? We’re not talking about the same thing. Do you have to help me or something?”
“Yes, I have to help you. It will be comfortable.”
“Can’t you be a little more proper? Can’t you be a more proper snake?”
“What’s not proper? This is my duty as a mate. You are my duty.”
“Duty? Don’t care if it’s a duty or not,” Yu Chujin took a deep breath, forced a smile, and gritted her teeth, word by word, “I, don’t, need, it!”
Being clearly rejected, Qingli pouted and aggrievedly hugged her own tail, and looked at her own tail over and over.
She mumbled, “You don’t need it? Why don’t you need it? Doesn’t Yu Chujin think my tail is strong? Why?”
Qingli was in her daily self-doubt. On the one hand, she doubted that her tail was not strong. On the other hand, she was aggrieved.
Yu Chujin looked at her pitiful appearance, hugging her tail, and couldn’t bear it. She sighed softly.
But in the end, she still didn’t care about her. She couldn’t just let her “help” because of her soft heart. If she really let her help, what would that be?
This life was a mess.
Yu Chujin was not well. She had braced herself and taught her for a long time. She had thought that she could retire with success after that. Unexpectedly, not only had she not taught her, but she had also taught her more and more crookedly.
Qingli looked down at her own tail, then up at her, her ears drooping, and from time to time, she would whimper to express her sadness.
Yu Chujin felt a big headache. She ignored her sadness and glared at her, “Stop hugging your tail and making that face. Put your tail away and go to sleep.”
Qingli: “Alright, go to sleep. Good night.”
Qingli obediently put her tail away and obediently returned to the tatami mat.
Ten minutes, she fell asleep, sleeping very soundly and relaxed.
She was sleeping soundly, but Yu Chujin was suffering. She was sniffing the ambiguous scent in the room, tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night.
Qingli was sleeping in again. Yu Chujin discovered that every time after that, she would sleep longer than usual.
Not only that, but her appetite would also be particularly good the next day. Usually, one basin of meat a day was enough for her, but on the second day after that, she would not feel enough even after eating a large basin of meat in one meal.
A snake that could be finished with a couple of pats. How could she look as if she had consumed a lot of energy?
Yu Chujin couldn’t help but want to laugh, but she definitely wasn’t laughing at the snake, and she wouldn’t admit it either.
The snake had no idea that she was being laughed at and was visibly happy and comfortable. Her tail would unconsciously come out and sweep the ground from time to time.
Seeing that she was not full, Yu Chujin ordered some more fresh meat online. It would probably be delivered in about half an hour.
Yu Chujin didn’t want to go out. Ordering fresh meat online was also convenient, but she had to recognize some brands. Although some meat was said to be fresh, Qingli wouldn’t eat it after it was delivered.
A person might not be able to tell whether it was fresh meat or not, whether it was today’s fresh meat, but this snake could tell with just a sniff.
The meat she didn’t eat was 100% not fresh. Qingli had a very high requirement for the freshness of her ingredients.
The resources on the deserted island were abundant, and there were all kinds of animals. Qingli lived on the deserted island and had never been short of food.
Every time, she would catch a very large animal, eat one meal, and then not want it anymore. The next time she was hungry, she would go and catch another one. It was very extravagant.
But this extravagance was also inevitable. Qingli had the ability to easily catch prey, and the island had enough resources for her to squander. She naturally had no need to wrong herself by eating unfresh things.
Yu Chujin did not dislike her pickiness and would try her best to satisfy her most of the time. After all, this snake had come to human society for her and was living a wronged life.
Her freedom had already been restricted in life. If she couldn’t satisfy her as much as possible in terms of food, then she would be too sorry for the snake.
Fortunately, what Yu Chujin lacked the least was money. Even if Qingli ate a whole pig every day, she could still afford it.
“Ding dong.”
The doorbell outside the yard rang.
The fresh meat she had bought had arrived. She had to pay on the spot. She was originally going to pay with her phone, but she suddenly remembered that she still had some change she hadn’t used, so she temporarily took out the change from the drawer.
Qingli followed her closely, curiously watching Yu Chujin give the money to the other party, then curiously watching Yu Chujin move the meat in, and continuing to curiously watch the change in Yu Chujin’s hand.
“What? Haven’t you seen cash before?” After thinking for a moment, Qingli might have really not seen it before.
Usually, she would pay by scanning a QR code on her phone. There were few situations where she would use cash, which also led to the fact that Qingli might have really not seen cash before.
Yu Chujin spread the cash in her hand and placed it on the table, giving her some general knowledge, “This is called cash, which is also money.”
Qingli tilted her head to the left, “Isn’t money in the phone?”
“The money in the phone is also money, and cash is also money. The money in the phone is more convenient, but you can use cash in an emergency.”
Qingli picked up the hundred-yuan bill on the table, looked at it from left to right, and sniffed it from left to right.
Yu Chujin said with a smile, “You’re still sniffing it. What, can you conjure up money by sniffing it a couple of times?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Chujin’s eyebrows raised, “Oh right. You’re a monster. Turning stone into gold is definitely not a problem. You can’t really conjure up money, can you?”
After speaking, one person and one snake stared at each other. Silence spread.
Yu Chujin shrugged, “Alright, a little disappointing. Forget it, forget it. If you can’t, then you can’t. Anyway, we’re not short of money.”
“You’re disappointed? Don’t be disappointed,” Qingli patted her chest, “I can.”
“You can?” Yu Chujin’s gaze returned to Qingli, “You can conjure up money? Then you can conjure one for me to see.”
Qingli did not show any magical magic, but began to sniff with her nose, one sniff after another.
“What are you smelling? Is there a bad smell?” Yu Chujin had a puzzled expression and also followed her and sniffed.
She didn’t smell anything.
Yu Chujin: “There’s no smell. What on earth are you smelling, you snake?”
Qingli stopped sniffing with her nose and looked at her, saying, “Don’t be noisy. I’m smelling seriously. I’m going to conjure up money.”
Yu Chujin: “?”
What was this all about? Conjuring up money by smelling? Did she have to smell it before she could perform demonic arts?
Yu Chujin did not disturb her and waited quietly, because Yu Chujin was really a little curious whether she could really conjure up money.
Although the way she was sniffing everywhere now was a little silly.
The silly snake sniffed all the way and came to the outside of the yard. Her eyes suddenly lit up.
Qingli: “I’ve found it!”
Yu Chujin had a dazed expression, “What did you find? What did you find?”
Qingli did not answer. In the blink of an eye, Qingli transformed into a small snake.
A pile of clothes was left on the ground. The small snake slithered away.
Yu Chujin hurriedly picked up the clothes on the ground, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, she breathed a sigh of relief.
After breathing a sigh of relief, she cursed, “You’re transforming again. This is in the yard. What if someone sees you?”
Whether someone would see her or not, that didn’t seem to be the point anymore, because Qingli, who had transformed into a small snake, had gone somewhere.
She wanted to see her conjure up money, but she didn’t see any money, and the snake was gone.
What kind of trouble was Qingli going to cause now?
However, the facts proved that Yu Chujin’s premonition was very accurate. This snake was indeed causing trouble.
Because she heard a scream from next door.
“Ah!”
“Ahhh!!”
It was the gentle neighbor sister.