Ten days before the Lantern Festival, Jiang Huai once again attempted to unleash the sword energy of the second level of the Junlin Sword Technique but failed.
It wasn’t a complete failure, as he only mastered two-thirds of the eighty-eight sword energies required, each containing a different sword stance. The execution was somewhat scattered, preventing him from achieving perfection.
Jiang Huai looked up at Ning Yuzhu before him.
Lately, he had been exceptionally well-behaved. Whether it was Ning Yuzhu quietly sitting beside him at night while he was fishing, their souls merging during sword practice, or their time cooking together, Jiang Huai had been the epitome of uprightness and gentlemanly conduct, unlike his previous roguish demeanor. It was rare for him to suppress his true nature for so long.
“Tomorrow morning, we’ll take the Spirit Boat to Shiz,” Ning Yuzhu said indifferently.
She looked at Jiang Huai before her, and for some reason, she felt a sense of unfamiliarity. Perhaps she had grown accustomed to his roguish ways, and now, with him acting like a gentleman, she felt somewhat lost. Even when she subtly hinted that he could do certain things, Jiang Huai acted as if he didn’t understand her implications at all.
“Understood. Thank you for your trouble, Senior Disciple Sister.” Jiang Huai replied softly.
His face was filled with a gentle and respectful expression, leaving Ning Yuzhu unable to find any flaws. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, she felt a strange unease.
Then, Jiang Huai suddenly leaned closer, reaching her ear, and whispered a few words in a low voice. Ning Yuzhu’s body suddenly trembled. She looked up at him; his face still held an innocent expression, but Ning Yuzhu instinctively clutched the hem of her skirt, a sense of panic and unease rising within her. She instinctively pressed her legs tightly together.
***
Late at night.
Ning Yuzhu had just finished bathing. She didn’t put on her underwear but instead donned a maid dress that barely reached halfway down her thighs. After dressing, she slightly bent over and put on sheer white lace-trimmed ankle socks on her white and tender little feet.
Yes, this was what Jiang Huai had whispered in her ear.
He had asked Senior Disciple Sister to obediently wear the maid dress and cute lace-trimmed white socks and wait for him in the courtyard that night.
Ning Yuzhu had thought Jiang Huai would renege on their bet. The bet was something she had proposed impulsively, and with Jiang Huai’s recent upright behavior, she wouldn’t have brought it up again if he had backed out. Yet, he had deliberately brought it up again.
She began to wait with a sense of foreboding. As the moonlight shone brightly, Jiang Huai gently pushed open the courtyard door and quietly approached.
Subconsciously, Ning Yuzhu pressed her legs together and said coldly, “You’re here.”
“Why does Senior Disciple Sister’s voice sound so full of resentment?” Jiang Huai chuckled and winked at Ning Yuzhu. Ning Yuzhu turned her face away. “If you don’t want to fulfill the bet, just back out.”
“Heh, the first duty of a gentleman is to keep his word.” Jiang Huai approached Ning Yuzhu, looking into her eyes. “If I can’t kiss Senior Disciple Sister’s lips, kissing her jade ( ) is also very good.”
Jiang Huai was thick-skinned, and this phrase wouldn’t make him feel the slightest bit of shame. Instead, Ning Yuzhu’s toes instinctively curled. She was sitting on a bamboo chair, becoming flustered and uneasy. But Jiang Huai gave her no chance to struggle. He directly reached out and pulled Ning Yuzhu to sit by the stone table. He then sat on a nearby bamboo chair, looking at Ning Yuzhu, who was pressing down on her skirt hem with her hands. Jiang Huai looked up at her. “Is Senior Disciple Sister shy?”
This sentence seemed to activate something within Ning Yuzhu. She instinctively moved her hands away, and her white and tender little feet lightly kicked his chest. “If you want to kiss… come, don’t say these nonsensical things.”
“It’s not just kissing.” Jiang Huai gently grabbed her delicate pink knee and parted it slightly to the sides. “Didn’t you say you wanted to serve me well?”
Ning Yuzhu was speechless for a moment. Instinctively, she rested her calf on his shoulder. But being watched like this made her restless. Moreover, Jiang Huai continued to speak, “Senior Disciple Sister, sit a little closer.”
Ning Yuzhu had no choice but to move her buttocks a bit closer. The stone table was slightly cold. Even through the skirt, the chill seemed to seep into her bones. Yet, as Jiang Huai leaned closer, he gently blew a breath towards her.
Ning Yuzhu’s body shivered, but Jiang Huai didn’t lean any closer. Instead, he reached out and gently grasped her white and tender, soft thigh. “Let me give Senior Disciple Sister a leg massage first.”
***
Even though Jiang Huai hadn’t truly kissed her yet, Ning Yuzhu had already become slightly wet, her eyes glistening with moisture.
Jiang Huai pressed on, “Has Senior Disciple Sister pleasured herself during this time?”
“I… never have.”
“Is that so…” Jiang Huai looked into her eyes. “I’m going to kiss you now.”
Ning Yuzhu instinctively wanted to press her legs together, but all she could do at this moment was to clamp his face tightly between her snow-white and tender thighs.
***
Although it seemed like a low defense, Ning Yuzhu seemed to be able to endure more than Jiang Huai had expected.
So, Jiang Huai had to say some more excessive things. “Senior Disciple Sister, you said you preferred gentlemen, but when I truly act like a gentleman, you seem unwilling…”
“Does Senior Disciple Sister like me acting like this, like a rogue, and like being played with by me so unscrupulously?”
Ning Yuzhu couldn’t speak. Her breathing had become exceptionally rapid. Yet, at the moment her toes tensed and her waist arched, Jiang Huai slowly retreated. He gently took Ning Yuzhu’s hands, which didn’t know where to rest, separated her fingers, and clasped them together. His voice softened slightly. “Let’s rest for a while, Senior Disciple Sister.”
After her body seemed to have calmed down, Jiang Huai slowly leaned closer again.
This cycle repeated three times, and Ning Yuzhu was completely overwhelmed. The hem of her dress was thoroughly soaked by herself, her body trembling uncontrollably, and clear saliva slowly dripped from her delicate pink lips.
Jiang Huai picked her up again, but this time, he gently held her in his arms. Ning Yuzhu’s remaining consciousness thought she would be completely lost at this moment, but she didn’t resist. She waited in trepidation and panic, as if her body was completely intoxicated, allowing him to do as he pleased.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Huai simply held her gently. He took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears from the corners of Ning Yuzhu’s eyes and the saliva from her lips. He held her like this. Ning Yuzhu’s weak body leaned against his. After a while, her breathing finally calmed down. Jiang Huai whispered into Ning Yuzhu’s ear, “Alright, Senior Disciple Sister, rest for a while longer, then go bathe and get a good night’s sleep?”
Ning Yuzhu slowly raised her hand and tightly embraced him with her slender arm. She raised her head slightly, her voice trembling, “You are more of a bastard than a bastard, and more of a rogue than a rogue!”
“You wrong me.” Jiang Huai leaned close to her ear. “Senior Disciple Sister said she likes gentlemen, so I acted like a gentleman. Senior Disciple Sister wanted me to serve her well, so I served her well. Why are you calling me a bastard and a rogue now? That’s unreasonable.”
“Can you… escape your lust?” Ning Yuzhu slowly asked.
“So, I’m preparing to run back to Elder Sister Jiang Zhi.”
“I… can’t I?”
“What if I said I was just waiting for this from Senior Disciple Sister?” Jiang Huai whispered in her ear. Ning Yuzhu didn’t back down, only replied softly, “I’m not afraid.”
“Alright, then please, Senior Disciple Sister, give me a hand…”
Ning Yuzhu slowly stood up from Jiang Huai’s embrace. Before she could say anything, her body was forced to lean against the stone table, her back to Jiang Huai. He gently embraced her slender waist from behind. He leaned close to her ear again, saying, “Senior Disciple Sister, please stand on your tiptoes… and bring your legs together a little.”
Even though her skin was burning and her cheeks were flushed, Ning Yuzhu obediently complied.
Unfortunately, it was different from what she had expected. Little Huai only cruelly teased her white and tender thighs, never reaching the place he should have.
***
In the bathhouse.
Jiang Huai was diligently applying lather to her white and tender long legs. Ning Yuzhu sat there, looking at him with complex eyes.
She couldn’t help but ask, “Why?”
“Why what?” Jiang Huai poked her thigh, feigning ignorance.
“I thought you would take the opportunity to…”
“I’m not ready to take responsibility yet. Senior Disciple Sister has secrets she’s hiding from me, and I haven’t fully understood Senior Disciple Sister yet, so let’s not delve too deeply.”
“You mean, if you get it all over my legs and buttocks, you won’t have to take responsibility, is that right?” Ning Yuzhu tilted her chin up slightly, but Jiang Huai showed no shame. “But I’ve also kissed Senior Disciple Sister well. Senior Disciple Sister wants me to kiss and serve her like this, shouldn’t Senior Disciple Sister take responsibility for me?”
Ning Yuzhu ultimately couldn’t out-rogue him and lightly kicked his waist with her other white and tender little foot.
“I’m being reasonable,” Jiang Huai said, completely unashamed.
“Absurd reasoning.”
“Then Senior Disciple Sister, can you say some absurd reasoning that I can’t refute?”
“I can’t argue with you.” Ning Yuzhu pouted slightly and turned her face away.
“Does Senior Disciple Sister want me to take responsibility? Then Senior Disciple Sister should first tell me what kind of responsibility she wants me to take.” Jiang Huai gently squeezed her leg and asked softly. Ning Yuzhu hesitated for a long time before slowly replying, “Never mind, I didn’t want anything from you anyway.”
“Senior Disciple Sister is so gentle. Being too gentle makes one easy to bully.”
“That depends on how much conscience you have left.” Ning Yuzhu muttered dissatisfiedly. She seemed to have become much more delicate now, perhaps because her legs had gone soft from being rubbed earlier.
“When Senior Disciple Sister acts gently, even I, who am a rogue, would be reluctant to bully her.”
“Sweet talker.”
“From the bottom of my heart.”
Ning Yuzhu turned her face away, not wanting to bother him. But after a while, Jiang Huai came to her other side and began to knead her other snow-white and tender leg, whispering, “Senior Disciple Sister’s legs are so soft, smooth and tender.”
“Do you like bullying me like this?”
“Yes.”
“Then… do you want to do it again?” Ning Yuzhu hesitated for a long time before asking.
“That depends on whether Senior Disciple Sister likes me bullying her like this. It’s not up to me, it’s up to Senior Disciple Sister.”
“You really are washing your hands of it all…” Ning Yuzhu’s eyes grew colder for a moment. After a while, she slowly said, “From now on, you will serve me once, and I will let you bully me like this once.”
“Senior Disciple Sister is so kind.”
“But there’s one more condition.” Ning Yuzhu suddenly turned her head and looked into Jiang Huai’s eyes. “From now on… don’t pretend to be a gentleman in front of me anymore.”
Jiang Huai had wanted to tease Ning Yuzhu further, mentioning that she had said she preferred gentlemen and her ideal Dao Companion was one who treated her with respect. But at this moment, he seemed to glimpse a hint of grievance in Ning Yuzhu’s eyes.
In an instant, his pity surged again. Looking at the watery mist that seemed to be clouding her eyes, he said softly, “Senior Disciple Sister, if you let me kiss you, I’ll agree.”
Ning Yuzhu leaned closer slightly, a look of bewilderment on her face, as if she were at a loss. Until Jiang Huai gently cupped her neck, leaned in, and kissed her.
Almost instinctively, Ning Yuzhu also reached out and gently embraced Jiang Huai, but she unconsciously held him very, very tightly.
