Jiang Huai sat in the pavilion.
His heart felt a little emptier, as if something was missing. Luo Qingyu had stayed at the Tian Xuan Sect several times before, but each time Jiang Huai sent her away, his heart hadn’t felt much reluctance. This time, however, there was an inexplicable sense of loss.
After this separation, they wouldn’t meet again until the Moon Wave Continent Grand Competition, which was nearly a month away.
At this moment, Jiang Huai was playing Five in a Row Chess with Bai Li. They were truly evenly matched opponents, locked in a fierce and difficult battle.
Wen Wanwan had gone down the mountain to complete a Sect Mission and would return in a few days. The mission she accepted was quite simple: to eliminate a Foundation Establishment ferocious beast that was causing chaos in a village. For her, who had already reached the Nascent Soul cultivation level, it posed no difficulty, so Jiang Huai wasn’t overly worried.
“Sigh, Qingyu left so quickly. I originally wanted to sleep with Qingyu for a night, but she was always occupied by you every night,” Bai Li said nonchalantly, idly swinging her white and tender little feet. A few days ago, she and Jiang Huai had gone to the Ziyun Pavilion of the Tian Xuan Sect. As the host, Jiang Xiaohu had bought her many beautiful dresses. Now, she was wearing a sleeveless purple qipao, and her legs beneath the qipao were snow-white and delicate.
“Heh heh, even if you asked Qingyu, she might not sleep with you,” Jiang Huai replied.
“Sigh, Qingyu also forgets her friends when she sees a handsome man,” Bai Li said, resting her chin in her hand and looking up at Jiang Huai. “Wanwan isn’t here these few days, and Qingyu isn’t here either. Will you be unable to sleep alone at night?”
“I’ve slept alone for so many years, how could I not be able to sleep?”
“It’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to frugality. Such a simple principle,” Bai Li said, a playful glint in her eyes.
She had also felt that she would never be lonely before, that being alone was fine. But later, she met Jiang Huai, and together they explored and adventured in secret realms. After they parted, she began to toss and turn inexplicably in her bed, experiencing an inarticulable longing for a warm embrace.
“Then if I really can’t sleep, won’t that be a test of our brotherhood?”
“Shameless!” Bai Li rolled her eyes at him and couldn’t help but reach out and tap his head. “I used to tease you, but you’ve become increasingly shameless recently.”
“That’s you being unreasonable. How can you tease me, but I can’t tease you?”
“Because I don’t really want to sleep with you, but maybe you really want to sleep with me?” Bai Li’s lips curved upwards. Jiang Huai gazed at her, “You’re just spouting nonsense.”
“Oh? Then don’t make those noises when you see me naked,” Bai Li stuck out her tongue innocently at him. “As long as you don’t make noises, I can believe you. Do you want to take a challenge?”
“…” Jiang Huai was left speechless.
“Don’t even mention ‘noises’…” Bai Li’s foot under the table lifted and rested on his leg. Her white and tender toes poked his lower abdomen twice. “Some people might get excited when they see a girl’s little feet.”
“Sorry, I don’t feel anything at all.”
“What about when I step on you?”
“Still nothing.”
“Then let’s try?”
“No, that won’t do.” Jiang Huai quickly grabbed Bai Li’s ankle.
In the end, he still couldn’t outwit Sister Bai Li.
…
The summer daytime had become unusually long.
In the courtyard, Chu Xianning was wearing a white spring dress. The dress was slightly transparent, and the embroidery on it lay like a painting against her snow-white shoulders. In the past, Jiang Huai would always secretly steal a few more glances at this time; after all, looking wouldn’t break any laws, and his Master wouldn’t be angry. But this summer, he seemed to have restrained himself considerably, rarely looking at Chu Xianning’s profile as she lost in thought. Only when he accidentally glanced at her occasionally was he still inevitably struck by her beauty.
“Those spirit medicines, what do you plan to do with them?” Chu Xianning asked calmly.
Previously, the courtyard had received many spirit medicines sent from all over the Eastern Region. Most of them were medicinal materials for prolonging life, some were even extremely precious. Jiang Huai had tallied them; they were worth nearly six to seven hundred thousand spirit stones.
However, these were gifts from others. Jiang Huai found it troublesome to return them, but selling them directly didn’t feel quite right, as they represented everyone’s sincerity. Jiang Huai scratched his head. “I’ll concoct them all, and then sell some for spirit stones at the Ziyun Pavilion. By the way, Master…”
Jiang Huai walked up to Chu Xianning and took out a spirit stone note worth two hundred thousand. This was given to Jiang Huai by Luo Yueguan last time. He placed the spirit stone note in front of Chu Xianning. “This is the spirit stones Master gave me last time. I don’t have any use for them at the moment, and I have enough spirit stones on hand. Master, please keep it for now.”
Chu Xianning glanced at the spirit stone note on the table, remained silent for a moment, then quietly accepted it and nodded gently.
In the evening, Jiang Huai prepared dinner in the courtyard. After dinner, he picked up a food container and prepared to go out. Bai Li bounced happily beside him and asked curiously, “Where are you going?”
“To see Wen Fufu. Wanwan isn’t down the mountain for a Sect Mission these couple of days, so it’s time to give her her new medicine.”
Bai Li nodded gently and then followed him, and together they arrived at Wen Wanwan’s courtyard.
A few days ago, Bai Li had already visited Wen Wanwan’s courtyard and met Wen Fufu, forming a deep friendship with her. Both of them were loyal readers of A Mumu. Wen Fufu had already learned from Wen Wanwan that Jiang Huai was A Mumu, but she was unwilling to accept it, finding it too disillusioning.
Her most beloved A Mumu, who understood women so well, who was so skilled in matters of romance, was actually the seemingly proper Senior Brother Jiang Huai. She absolutely could not accept it.
Wen Fufu opened the door. At this moment, she was wearing a pink spring dress. The hem of the dress was light and soft, exposing a large area of skin. She always dressed very lightly in the courtyard, as she rarely went out anyway. A few days ago, Wen Fufu, along with Wen Wanwan, Bai Li, and Luo Qingyu, had gone to visit the spirit beast mountain of the Tian Xuan Sect. Wen Fufu couldn’t take her eyes off a snow-white long-haired cat. Luo Qingyu used spirit stones to buy it for her.
Wen Fufu first looked at her sister’s expression. After confirming her sister had no objections, she happily accepted it, so delighted that she wanted to kiss Luo Qingyu. As she opened the door now, she was still holding the cat. Seeing Jiang Huai and Bai Li, her gaze quickly fell on the food container in Jiang Huai’s hand. “Hmm? What delicious food?”
“I made Steamed Pork Ribs with Taro, Braised Spirit Fish, and Scrambled Eggs with Tomato.” Jiang Huai put down the food container. These were meant for Wen Fufu. Wen Fufu set the cat aside and then sat by the table to eat her dinner. Bai Li happily played with the white cat on the ground, chasing it for a while before catching it and rubbing it fiercely.
“Brother-in-law, why are you here?”
“To give you your medicine.”
“Then Brother-in-law is finally going to massage my body?”
Jiang Huai had originally planned to do so. He felt he had a clear conscience. Applying the medicinal liquid to her wasn’t particularly troublesome. At most, she would wear a slightly thinner dress, and the absorption and application through the dress would just be a bit wasteful. Now that he was wealthy, wasting a bit of medicinal liquid was nothing. But since Bai Li was here, it was just right to avoid having to do it himself. He reached out and pinched Bai Li’s cheek. “Come, help me with a small favor. I’ll teach you how to massage Wen Fufu in a moment, and you can massage her the way I massage you.”
“Okay.” Bai Li didn’t mind, not even showing a hint of blushing. She tilted her head. “Do we need to go to the bed?”
“Lie down.”
So, Bai Li obediently accompanied Jiang Huai to the room, while Wen Fufu stayed in the courtyard eating dinner. Jiang Huai looked at Bai Li, who was lying down obediently. Her eyes were innocent and lazy. He leaned by the bedside and gently began to massage her body, simultaneously explaining the function of each acupoint. After finishing the massage, Jiang Huai blinked innocently. “Remember it?”
“I don’t remember. Do it again.”
“…” This girl was clearly doing it on purpose.
Jiang Huai had no choice but to meticulously massage her again. Bai Li’s body was soft, and he massaged it with almost no guilt. Perhaps it was because they had slept embraced for many nights in the secret realm in the past, or because they had already seen each other’s bodies countless times, or due to various strange coincidences and inexplicable jokes, their relationship had become extremely delicate.
After Jiang Huai massaged her carefully one more time, Bai Li nodded and said she remembered. Then it was Bai Li’s turn to massage Wen Fufu. Wen Fufu went to bathe first. When she returned, she was wearing a simple bathrobe. When Jiang Huai looked at Wen Fufu, he couldn’t help but momentarily hallucinate, as Wen Fufu and Wen Wanwan looked so alike.
This time, it was Wen Fufu who lay obediently on the bed. Bai Li carefully applied the medicinal liquid to her body while Jiang Huai guided her from the side, preventing Bai Li from pressing the wrong acupoints. Wen Fufu’s body couldn’t withstand much stimulation. She looked at Bai Li pitifully. “It hurts a little…”
“Then I’ll be gentler.” Bai Li replied a little embarrassed, her touch slightly lighter. However, she still couldn’t gauge the strength, and it hurt so much that Wen Fufu’s tears were about to fall. Bai Li felt a little ashamed. “Just do it… I don’t seem skilled at this.”
Jiang Huai sighed helplessly and came to Wen Fufu’s side, gently massaging her body, starting from her white and tender little feet. Bai Li went out to play with the cat. The room was suddenly left with only Jiang Huai and Wen Fufu.
Wen Fufu’s bathrobe was thin, and there were still droplets of water on her body that hadn’t been wiped off. A patch of warm, smooth, snow-white skin was exposed at the neckline of her bathrobe. Her cheeks were slightly flushed. Lying on the bed, she looked at Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai’s expression was very serious, but Wen Fufu’s eyes were filled with vigilance. “Will you also use that technique from A Mumu’s book, where as soon as you massage a woman, she quietly becomes smitten, her eyes turn hazy, and she can no longer leave you?”
“That’s an exaggeration, of course.” Jiang Huai looked at her helplessly and pressed her foot sole. Wen Fufu’s pink and white toes curled up, and she mumbled, “Sister is much gentler than you…”
“But your sister isn’t here, so just make do.” Jiang Huai tried to make his movements even gentler. Perhaps it was because Wen Fufu’s body couldn’t withstand much force, or perhaps it was because she had the same physique as Wen Wanwan. Wen Wanwan was the type of person who could soften her entire body just by kissing him while sitting in his arms. It seemed Wen Fufu was similar.
Wen Fufu lay on the bed obediently, allowing Jiang Huai’s hands to do as they pleased on her body. After a moment, however, she suddenly said something that made Jiang Huai feel strange.
“It would have been fine if Sister massaged me after she got back in a few days… Why did Sister ask you to massage me?” Wen Fufu’s voice sounded so innocent, but when Jiang Huai turned to look at her, he seemed to detect a hint of cunning.
“Maybe your sister wants you to get better soon. Don’t overthink it.”
“No, that’s not it.” Wen Fufu blinked innocently. “Sister specifically asked me if I wanted to wait for her to massage me when she got back, or if I wanted her to ask you to do it for her… I chose Brother-in-law.”
“So why did you choose me?”
“Because I’m very curious about the massage method A Mumu wrote about.”
“…That’s for show, you actually believed it.”
“So disappointing.” Wen Fufu glanced at him sideways, her eyes becoming sharp again. “You’re not A Mumu at all. You can’t do what A Mumu can. You’re so weak.”
“…” Jiang Huai was speechless.
