Jiang Huai wasn’t just a rogue for a day or two.
If he weren’t afraid of Chu Xianning’s disgust, he would have licked her delicate pink and fair face clean. At this moment, Chu Xianning tugged at his sleeve, leaned closer, and rubbed her cheek against his sleeve, wiping away the water stain. “Here, take it back.”
Chu Xianning adjusted her posture, gazing at the lake. Jiang Huai was able to continue to hug her slender waist. Chu Xianning leaned slightly into his embrace, likely because it was a more comfortable position.
The night was dark and the mountains were chilly, with wind blowing and flowers falling.
This was a scene Jiang Huai had seen in his dreams, and now it had become reality. He was truly holding Chu Xianning in his arms. He had seen the truth beneath Chu Xianning’s cool mask.
His ethereal master had never severed her emotions and desires. She was merely inarticulate and disliked crowds, which was why she seemed cold and aloof.
The lake rippled with the wind, but the fish were slow to bite. Jiang Huai quietly lowered his head, looking at Chu Xianning’s white-stockinged legs beneath her skirt hem. This was a rare sight. Her white-stockinged legs seemed to glow faintly under the ethereal light of the Firefly Stones.
“What kind of stockings is Master wearing?” Jiang Huai finally couldn’t help but ask in a low voice.
“Over-the-knee stockings,” Chu Xianning replied indifferently.
“Is that so…” Jiang Huai’s left hand was still around Chu Xianning’s waist when his right hand had just started to move, showing a hint of restless intent. Chu Xianning had already reached out and coldly slapped his hand away.
“Why did you suddenly hit me?”
“Did you expect me to wait until you touched before hitting you?”
“I haven’t touched you yet, and Master has already assumed I would? What if I just wanted to scratch an itch?”
Chu Xianning turned her head. “Are you saying you’ve been wronged?”
“Yes,” Jiang Huai nodded.
Chu Xianning hesitated for a moment, then gently reached out. Her fingernails gripped the lace trim of her skirt hem and gently rolled it up a few times. The white stockings with lace trim beneath the skirt hem were fully revealed. The elastic band of the lace trim at the top of the stockings tightly bound her snow-white and tender thighs. Her snow-white, slender legs were not lacking in softness. The white and tender skin exposed above the stocking opening was as soft and sweet as milk pudding, making Jiang Huai’s heart itch.
Wait, what did this mean?
Jiang Huai looked up at Chu Xianning, but she merely looked at him with cold disdain, yet said nothing.
This immediately brought back Jiang Huai’s favorite pastime: trying to decipher Chu Xianning’s thoughts and engaging in a battle of wits with her. He cautiously reached out again. Chu Xianning neither dodged nor avoided. Just as his hand was about to touch the soft flesh of her white and tender thigh, Jiang Huai quickly retracted it. Chu Xianning’s raised hand missed, hitting her own leg instead. Jiang Huai looked at the slightly trembling flesh of her leg, his heart itching even more.
Jiang Huai burst into laughter. “I didn’t touch, did I? Hey? Hey heh!”
“So, you don’t want to touch anymore?” Chu Xianning said, making a motion to release her fingers holding the skirt hem. A moment later, Jiang Huai reached out again, his fingertips slowly extending within Chu Xianning’s sight. Just as he was about to touch her thigh, Chu Xianning raised her hand, making him stop. He then looked up at Chu Xianning. “Hahahahahahaha.”
The next moment, Chu Xianning’s hand slapped his hand. Jiang Huai immediately stopped laughing, his eyes dim. “I haven’t even touched yet.”
“Coveting Master’s body is also a sin and deserves punishment,” Chu Xianning replied self-righteously, tilting her chin slightly and curving her lips.
“Alright, alright, whatever Master says is right.” Jiang Huai reached out, his fingertips lightly grasping the elastic band of her white silk over-the-knee stockings. He gently pulled and then released, watching the elastic band snap against her soft and tender thigh. He muttered in a low voice, “Keep track for me. I’ll be punished even more later.”
After that, his fingertips poked her white and tender, soft thigh several times. As his fingertips sank in, they immediately sprang back. It was soft and smooth, so satisfying. Surprisingly, even with him poking like this, Chu Xianning didn’t react. Instead, she continued to roll up her skirt hem obediently, letting him poke her.
Jiang Huai, who had come back to his senses, looked up at Chu Xianning. He was suddenly surprised to discover a hint of pampering in her eyes. However, after their gazes met, that hint of pampering seemed to vanish in an instant, replaced by coldness and disdain.
So, his master wasn’t an emotionless iceberg at all, but merely a master of feigning coldness.
“Have you poked enough?” Chu Xianning asked indifferently.
“I’ve poked enough.” Jiang Huai began to act cautiously again. “But I still have some bad things I want to do, but I don’t dare to say them out loud.”
“Then you’re not allowed to say them.”
Jiang Huai’s chest felt blocked, and he almost choked to death.
Looking at his shocked expression, Chu Xianning tilted her head. “What? Is there anything that your now utterly shameless self doesn’t dare to say?”
“I want to kiss Master’s thigh.” Jiang Huai immediately straightened his back and answered obediently.
Unfortunately, in the next moment, Chu Xianning’s eyes were still disdainful. She poked his forehead with her fingertip. “You can’t kiss my lips, so you’re starting to go crazy and have all sorts of wicked thoughts?”
“Yes, I’ve gone crazy.”
He always acted childish and rogueish in front of Chu Xianning, even acting spoiled and childish. But how could Chu Xianning not know?
It was just another part of their playful shame.
Chu Xianning crossed her arms and looked at him with a cold indifference. “Since when did you have these wicked thoughts?”
“Since I was brought back by Master.”
Chu Xianning’s body trembled slightly. Finally, she couldn’t help but reach out and pinch his ear. “So, you were plotting against me when you were little?”
“You can’t put it that way… When I was little, I treated Master like my mother. Isn’t it normal to want to be closer to one’s mother?” Jiang Huai replied aggrievedly, his ears being held. It did sound reasonable.
Chu Xianning let go of his ear and snorted coldly.
At this moment, she had lowered her skirt hem. Her eyes looked towards the distant lake again, and her white and tender legs swung gently under the skirt hem. Jiang Huai looked at her profile. Even though the atmosphere was strangely quiet again, he felt a sense of peace.
For some reason, he realized that when he was by Chu Xianning’s side, although he often wanted to kiss and hug her, he didn’t actually have that much lust for her body. Perhaps it was because Chu Xianning was like a mother and a teacher to him when he was young. Therefore, if he thought about making Chu Xianning’s body weak and begging for mercy, he would feel a deep sense of guilt?
No, it seemed that as soon as he thought of Chu Xianning’s tearful eyes, actively begging for mercy, Little Huai would start to get restless.
Jiang Huai hurriedly shook his head, pushing the strange thought out of his mind. He looked back at the lake. At this moment, his left hand, which was around Chu Xianning’s waist, couldn’t help but quietly slide down her waist, and then naturally rested on her skirt hem. Through the skirt hem, he poked her snow-white and tender thigh again and again. The soft touch made Jiang Huai increasingly fond of it.
Chu Xianning remained quiet, and Jiang Huai became even more unrestrained. He began to greedily lift her skirt hem a little, his fingertips gently stroking the soft flesh of her thigh wrapped in white silk. The touch of the stockings sent shivers down his spine. Jiang Huai’s heartbeat began to pound. After a long time, he heard Chu Xianning’s indifferent voice, “Are you done playing?”
“I’m done.” Jiang Huai immediately withdrew his hand, acting as if nothing had happened. Unfortunately, Chu Xianning had already turned her head and reached out to him. “Tail.”
“W-what?”
“Tail,” Chu Xianning’s voice carried a hint of reprimand. “Hand over your tail.”
Jiang Huai had no choice but to obediently manifest his tail. The next moment, Chu Xianning reached out and pulled it into her hand. She began to slide her cool and tender little hand gently over his fluffy tail. Her movements were slow and leisurely, but the slower she moved, the stiffer Jiang Huai became, his body tensed tightly. He stammered, “Playing with my tail again… then, what about later?”
“Don’t even think about it,” Chu Xianning’s voice was cold now, but with a hint of laziness. While playing with Jiang Huai’s tail, she said indifferently, “I know what a punishment is and what a reward is.”
“N-no, you can’t just play with it.”
“Then I can poke my leg however I want?”
“Master didn’t say I couldn’t.”
“Are you still arguing unreasonably?” Chu Xianning’s fingertips gently pinched Jiang Huai’s tail. Jiang Huai’s back straightened instantly, but Chu Xianning leaned even closer, looking at his fluffy fox ears. She suddenly leaned in and blew a puff of air into his fox ears.
Jiang Huai trembled all over, as if he had received an electric shock.
“Hmm? Behave now?” Chu Xianning was relentless, leaning close to his ear, her voice both cold and possessing a strange charm. Jiang Huai’s voice trembled slightly. “I-it’ll hurt too much…”
“Is that so?” Chu Xianning stopped her movements, then chuckled lightly. “Is this really just a punishment for you?”
“Of-of course, it hurts, it hurts, yes.”
“Endure it.”
Chu Xianning tightened her grip on Jiang Huai’s tail. Jiang Huai’s tail also became stiff, and his breathing became rapid. After a long while, Chu Xianning finally let go, looking at Jiang Huai, who had collapsed on the ground, panting heavily. She reached out and lightly tapped his lips. “So useless.”
“W-who says I’m useless?” Jiang Huai gritted his teeth and sat up. But when he saw Chu Xianning about to reach out and grab his tail again, he hastily made his tail disappear.
Chu Xianning tilted her head. “You don’t have to go back to your courtyard tonight.”
“How can that be?” Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning with a wronged expression. Chu Xianning’s eyes stared at him for a second or two. “Then you’re not allowed to sleep with me tonight either.”
“Why?”
“Afraid that someone’s desires won’t be extinguished, and he’ll go crazy in the middle of the night.”
Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning’s coldness and disdain. tonight, he seemed to have lost every round in his battle with Chu Xianning. He suddenly wanted to know what Chu Xianning would do if he were completely shameless.
“Master.”
“Hmm?”
“If Master humiliates me severely with her white and tender little feet, I won’t go crazy in the middle of the night.”
The moment he said this, Chu Xianning was initially slightly stunned. A moment later, Jiang Huai regretted it. What if Chu Xianning got angry because he said something so excessive? After all, Chu Xianning was always thin-skinned. He began to panic and wanted to backtrack, but he suddenly realized that his master’s porcelain-like tender cheeks were covered in a blush. Her lips moved, wanting to say something but unable to make a sound. After a long while, she turned her face away and looked at the distant lake.
“I… won’t do things like that… Don’t think about it.”
“It’s… It’s like last time when Master played with my tail with her slender jade feet…” Jiang Huai muttered guiltily.
Chu Xianning still looked sideways at the lake. After a long while, she whispered, her voice very, very small.
“Then… do you want to kiss me, or… you can only choose one.”
Jiang Huai hugged his head and began to panic.
The most painful thing in the world is when the river god asks you if you dropped a gold axe or a silver axe, and you can only choose one.
