**Chapter 296: Next Time, I Want to Play This Too**
The young man’s sleeping face was serene.
Mu Sanniang suddenly wanted to capture this moment.
However, such magic is said to require extremely high cultivation to be performed.
She was just a minor in Qi Refining Second Layer, so naturally, she was far from being able to achieve it.
She could only lean down, her eyelashes as thin as cicada wings fluttering gently.
She still remembered a clear morning from several years ago when her younger brother had been forced to stay overnight.
At that time, the boy posed just as he was now, wanting to kiss her.
In fact, she had already woken up back then.
Now, Chen An was the same.
The two locked eyes.
The girl’s glistening red lips were gently bitten, looking very enticing.
So, Chen An wisely closed his eyes again.
The corners of Mu Sanniang’s lips curled slightly, and as they parted, a warm breath brushed against her face.
It felt ticklish.
Then, she leaned in.
As a grown woman, she was more proactive than before.
Instead of kissing his cheek, she opted for a direct and genuine kiss.
The young man recoiled like a turtle, seemingly thinking that if he didn’t open his eyes, he could pretend nothing was happening.
But at the moment their lips met, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes in surprise.
Mu Sanniang didn’t give him a chance to speak.
Accompanying that was the aggressive little snake of her tongue.
The young man found himself quite passive and felt too shy to pretend to be asleep. He wanted to say something but ended up mumbling incoherently.
At that moment, Mu Sanniang had already closed her eyes.
The girl’s body pressed down completely onto him, leaving him no chance to escape.
Logically, it was impossible for Chen An, a peak Qi Refining cultivator on the brink of Foundation Establishment, to be so easily subdued by her.
But perhaps it was due to her identity as “Sister,” or perhaps someone was just pretending on the surface.
Anyway…
After all, they had been close since childhood, so what was wrong with a kiss?
…
About ten minutes later.
Chen An pulled the girl’s soft body away from him.
Feeling inexplicably hot, he slightly opened his collar to get some air.
A gentle breeze wafted in through the window at the head of the bed.
This gradually calmed his restless heart.
He took a deep breath and turned to look at her.
The girl’s dark hair flowed like a waterfall, casually spilling across the bed. Her slender figure and snowy white skin were revealed, and her skirt accidentally lifted, showcasing her fair and plump calves.
It resembled a beautifully rendered painting.
With her light blue eyes wide open and no hint of evasion, the girl quietly stared back at him, radiating a faint glow in the night sky.
After a brief silence, she spoke up.
Her voice was soft.
“Brother, will you blame me?”
Chen An was momentarily stunned before shaking his head.
“How could I?”
He blurted out instinctively, “Even if everyone in the world blames Sister, I won’t.”
It wasn’t a solemn promise — it was just a pure, unconditional trust like that of Mu Sanniang towards him.
Hearing his words, the girl lowered her gaze.
Her red lips parted slightly and then closed without a sound.
The myriad emotions in that fleeting moment might only be known to her.
She almost revealed everything that had happened in the afternoon to her brother.
But at the last moment, she forcefully held back.
That knife was too strange, to the point of sounding somewhat sinister.
Mu Sanniang hadn’t yet decided whether to accept it.
But the experiences and hardships she had faced over the past seven years had made her deeply understand a principle.
She could endure mediocrity, endure pain.
But she absolutely could not bear to become a burden to her brother.
The key was that if she did not find a way to become stronger, her brother would certainly not abandon her.
And with that would come the burden of having to devote much of his energy to taking care of her sister instead of focusing on his cultivation and pursuing immortality.
To resolve all sources of problems, one must become strong…
The girl’s palm quietly clenched.
On the outside of the bed, her subtle tension didn’t escape Chen An’s notice.
He frowned slightly and moved closer.
The young man disliked misunderstandings and did not enjoy hiding things.
He asked directly, “Sister, you seem to have something on your mind?”
Being caught out, Mu Sanniang’s heart tightened.
“No… it’s nothing.”
Her expression remained unchanged as she shook her head gently.
This was her first lie to her brother, and it should also be the only one.
No, it wasn’t a lie.
It was just that she hadn’t thought it through or confirmed it yet.
On the day she tried something, she could be honest with her brother…
Mu Sanniang thought to herself.
Chen An looked at her, nodded, his expression natural, and didn’t pursue it further.
The young man then turned his gaze to the sky outside, feeling that it was getting late, and prepared to get off the bed.
He said, “Now that I’ve seen Sister safely back to the mountain, I can be at ease. I’ll head back to the Inner Sect.”
A hand quickly reached out, grabbing the corner of the young man’s garment.
Chen An turned back and saw the girl pursing her moist red lips, shaking her head slowly.
He was taken aback. “What’s wrong?”
Mu Sanniang lowered her head, a bright blush blooming on her fair neck.
“Wait a moment…”
She softly said, using her delicate fingertips to twist her skirt, revealing her foot wrapped in white stockings, presenting it in front of the young man.
There was a hint of delicate coquetry in her voice.
“Brother, you haven’t helped me wash my feet in a long time.”
The young man, who was about to leave, faltered for a moment.
He unconsciously glanced down; as the white stockings rose, the entire curve of her small leg was revealed, presenting a remarkably beautiful shape.
Especially from his current angle, with the skirt concealing some parts, it inevitably sparked intriguing thoughts.
Chen An immediately cleared his throat and said seriously, “Sister has ordered, I cannot refuse.”
In the room, a fire line flickered to life, heating the clear water in a wooden basin.
This was the marvelous application of fire element magic, further showcasing its exquisite skill under the young man’s command.
Every move he made seemed to exude an effortless mastery.
Of course, he had been doing the same thing since childhood; how could he not be skilled?
However, the process of slowly peeling off the white stockings, no matter how many times he had done it, still made his heart race.
His fingertips inevitably brushed against the girl’s skin, bringing a slick and smooth sensation.
…
Night enveloped the surroundings.
The area around the house was extremely dark and quiet.
About several dozen meters away in the dense forest, there were sporadic sounds of insects chirping.
A crimson figure stood quietly among the trees.
From her vantage point, she could just barely see through the window of the house and observe the happenings inside.
The red skirt rustled in the evening breeze, lifting her dark hair.
The bangs on her forehead danced in the wind, then slowly fell back down.
What had originally been a meticulously styled hairstyle now appeared somewhat disheveled.
The light in the forest was dim, making it hard to discern the expression of the girl in the red skirt.
Only her soft brows and eyes could be vaguely seen.
She thought to herself, Next time, I want to play this too.
