Chapter 110: Kicked Out

After saying her final words, the Evil Self transformed into a mass of Spiritual Power and merged back into the body, leaving Meng Li standing there alone, utterly dumbfounded.

“Ah, you can play it like that too?!”

Meng Li’s face now bore an expression uglier than crying. She wanted to say more, but a slender willow-leaf finger had already landed on her shoulder. Though the person behind her said nothing, Meng Li didn’t dare imagine what state she’d end up in on the bed later.

“Junior Sister…”

“Senior Sister, say no more!”

“???”

Situ Xue had only uttered two words before Meng Li suddenly spun around, grabbing those slender, jade-like hands. Then, with burning eyes, she looked at the Senior Sister who had just moments ago been so conflicted.

“Junior Sister, what are you…”

“If Senior Sister truly is as the avatar said, then in the end, it’s still Junior Sister’s fault. It’s Junior Sister who overlooked Senior Sister’s feelings…”

As Meng Li spoke, she gently stroked the willow-thin fingers in her hands, her words filled with endless tenderness. Situ Xue felt something was off and was about to speak, but the petite figure stood on tiptoe and pressed a finger to her lips.

“I…”

“Senior Sister’s love runs so deep—how could Junior Sister possibly see it…”

The words in Situ Xue’s mouth still couldn’t come out. But Meng Li seemed to have found her rhythm, slowly stepping forward. Somehow, before this petite figure, Situ Xue’s presence weakened.

“What Senior Sister wishes for, is it not also what I desire? But in the end, it’s all just a fleeting illusion, a reflection of the moon in the water—nothing real…”

“Isn’t it still the same meaning in the end…”

“So even if it’s mutual, Senior Sister, we still can’t happen…”

As Meng Li spoke, she even managed to squeeze out a few tears, as if she truly were a deeply passionate lover. But Situ Xue saw right through it. Her tone grew colder as she watched her little Junior Sister’s performance.

“Junior Sister has said so much, yet it’s nothing more than acting like a sentimental plaything, casting me aside once more…”

Situ Xue brushed the hair by her ear, but the coldness in her eyes could no longer be concealed. A cracking sound echoed through the room. Meng Li was shocked—the crisp sound, like shattering glass, appeared out of nowhere.

“Senior Sister! You! What are you doing?!”

“I’ll cripple my own Dao Heart. I want to try and see whether this heart is merely pretending or if it’s truly been as hard as iron all along…”

The moment those words were spoken, Meng Li panicked. She’d been planning to muddle through and stall, but she never imagined Situ Xue was utterly determined to have her.

Even if Situ Xue’s Dao Heart truly shattered, wasn’t that supposed to happen years later in the plot? They weren’t even at that point yet, and the other was already about to cripple her own Dao Heart. Meng Li felt like her entire being was about to fall apart. And if Shizun were to witness such a scene—

“I merely sent you to call your Senior Sister, and you managed to stir up this kind of drama. It seems keeping you around is out of the question…”

Then she’d be nailed to the wall with a sword, turned into a specimen. Just the thought made Meng Li rush forward frantically, throwing herself at Situ Xue. But what could merely knocking her down do against someone crippling their own Dao Heart?

“If I become a cripple, would Junior Sister still tolerate me? I truly want to see…”

“No! Senior Sister, have you gone mad?! Why do this to yourself?!”

“I’m perfectly clear-headed. If it truly ends up like the person in the dream, then being a cripple would be more peaceful…”

She hadn’t been this Junior Sister for long. By all logic, Situ Xue shouldn’t have had much contact with her. How could she be this infatuated? Meng Li couldn’t understand, and even less could she understand the other’s self-destructive act to force her hand.

“You! You’re completely unreasonable!”

Meng Li didn’t feel wronged. She simply bent down and forcibly kissed her. Situ Xue had only been stirring her Spiritual Energy to provoke the other—she never expected Meng Li to make such a move.

“Satisfied now? If you’re satisfied, stop this at once, lest someone sees! If word gets out, they’ll say Junior Sister bullied Senior Sister!”

Situ Xue’s eyes were somewhat cold. She hadn’t yet recovered—the sensation, like a dragonfly skimming the water, still lingered on her lips. Meng Li wiped the corner of her mouth, her face bright red. After all, being so forward just now was something she found embarrassing herself.

Her long, slender legs shifted uneasily beneath her Dharma Robe. The elegantly poised Situ Xue lay on the ground, while the soft, petite Meng Li straddled her waist. The dynamic between them seemed to have flipped.

“Such an embarrassing thing—forcing someone to do it right in front of you. Senior Sister truly has impressive methods…”

“I did enjoy it a little…”

Meng Li’s words carried a hint of reproach, but the blush on her cheeks had long betrayed her. In that moment, seeing the other about to cripple her own Dao Heart, she had truly panicked and resorted to this desperate measure, bending down and kissing her.

As the saying goes in romance novels, when faced with someone you can’t communicate with, silencing them and seizing the right to speak is the superior choice. Meng Li had indeed done just that—silencing Situ Xue and gaining the right to speak. It was just that the atmosphere had become a touch ambiguous.

“If Senior Sister is willing, even if I must humble myself here, what harm is there~”

Straddling Situ Xue’s waist, Meng Li, who had initially been all refusal, now found her inner resistance greatly diminished after this incident. Looking down at Situ Xue beneath her, that naturally cold countenance appeared even more stunningly beautiful from this angle.

A touch of softness appeared in Situ Xue’s eyes. She reached out, wanting to touch the other’s cheek, and Meng Li cooperatively leaned down. In the game, Situ Xue had always been the kind of beautiful that made people fall for her. Now, she was not only touchable but reachable. For a moment, Meng Li felt that even being treated like that wouldn’t be so bad.

“Bam!”

Just as this atmosphere was growing thicker, a kick came flying from behind. Before Meng Li could react, she was kicked away. Looking closely, it was her Evil Self, who had just moments ago dissolved into Spiritual Power and hidden back inside her body, now standing right behind her.

“Are you kidding me? Who wants to watch this kind of mutual, gentle exchange?! What I want to see is you, this damned original, pinned down on the bed by Senior Sister, turned into the same state as your True Self!”

“And when did you come out to cause trouble again?! You’re infuriating me!”

Meng Li recovered, rubbing her aching head where she’d hit the stone wall. She turned around angrily to face that face identical to her own. Though their appearances were similar, the smug aura radiating from the other was absolutely teeth-grinding.

“I just used you as an attack once. Was that really worth this?!”

“Hah, ‘just.’ I can block for you, but you can’t use me to block. You, the original, can’t even understand this principle, and you still want to get intimate with Senior Sister~”

Meng Li didn’t care what was coming out of the other’s mouth right now. All she wanted was to roll up her sleeves and show the other why flowers were so red. At this moment, Situ Xue leaned against the wall and slowly stood up, watching the two identical figures before her. The expression on her face had reverted to its previous cold and aloof appearance.

“Today’s matter must be the result of wine clouding judgment. Junior Sister, let us treat it as if nothing happened…!”

“Ah, wine clouding judgment? But Senior Sister, your whole body doesn’t carry even a hint of alcohol. How could you possibly…?”

Meng Li, who had been about to make a move, turned around in confusion upon hearing these words, only to find Situ Xue’s cheeks slightly flushed as well. She wanted to say more, but a single sweep of a sleeve sent her flying out. The Evil Self, who had only been out for a few minutes, was also struck back into Spiritual Power.

“Hey!”

Meng Li felt the world spinning around her. She lost all sense of direction, only feeling the back of her head suddenly collide with something soft before the rotation stopped. Rubbing her aching forehead, she sat up, utterly bewildered.

“What’s going on? Senior Sister Situ is really something else—changing attitudes every moment!”

Meng Li rubbed her head in frustration. Just moments ago, everything was clearing up beautifully, nearly reaching the point of fish and water blending, but then that Evil Self had ruined it. And then suddenly, such a shift in attitude. Being kicked out so abruptly left Meng Li in a terrible mood, though she had to be grateful for the cushioning airbag beside her that spared her serious injury.

“Where has this sent me? Is this still within the sect? Thank goodness for these two buns, or I’d have fallen to my death… wait, two buns…?”

Meng Li turned around and looked at the two plump, round buns before her. The folds of clothing draped over them, creating a sensation of imminent exposure that was utterly intoxicating. Meng Li seemed to finally realize something and tremblingly raised her head.

“Truly, Junior Sister, the two of us really are fated. Here I am, just sunbathing, and I still run into Junior Sister~”

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