Chapter 525: Chapter 519: Don’t Do This Next Ti
Su Jing slowly sat up straight, not uttering a single word, her lips tightly pressed into a bright red line.
Seated amidst the jade stones in the lake, her blushed cheeks turned to one side, her ink-black hair damp and resting on her snowy shoulders, her strands of hair floated like seaweed with the waves, contrasting her clear skin, adding a hint of tender shyness within the stark black and white.
One arm cradled her knees, the other hand covered her belly, lost and unsure, while her small, white, cute ears drooped back against her head.
She looked like a bullied little rabbit with nowhere to seek comfort, not even knowing how to let out a cry in anger and embarrassnt.
In the dark night, the two sat back to back.
Baili An fumbled with the pebbles at the bottom of the pond, overwheld at that mont with sha, at a loss for words, and regret, emotions so heavy he could hardly breathe.
What on earth was happening today…
After thinking it over carefully, he felt that remaining silent and avoiding the situation was truly cowardly and despicable. Baili An rubbed a pebble with his palm and said anxiously, “I…I’m sorry, Miss Jing. I was disrespectful just now. If…if you’re still angry, you can slap twice more?”
Su Jing’s ears drooped even more, and her jade-like feet hidden in the lake water anxiously tapped the stone surface.
Her voice, cold as shattered Kunlun jade, did not change tone, and her mood was hard to discern: “You poked .”
Yet as soon as she spoke, it conveyed an inexplicably aggrieved complaint.
Baili An was experiencing for the first ti that even such a cool and chilly tone could lt a person’s heart.
He was so taken aback by her blunt words that he was rendered speechless for a long ti.
But, unexpectedly, Su Jing’s voice ca through once again.
“Just a poke.”
Baili An: “…”
“And one slap back.”
“…”
“That should settle it.”
“………”
Baili An felt as if he heard grinding teeth behind him, and she spoke irritably, “Don’t do this again next ti.”
How does it feel…
Her temperant…
Is unexpectedly good.
Is that it? It’s settled just like that?
According to the tales, proud won who had their bodies glimpsed would erupt in a fairy’s wrath, chasing Baili relentlessly.
How co when it ca to her, a simple admonition against future behavior sufficed?
Thinking of this, Baili An couldn’t help but admire Jiujiu. How thrilling and righteous must her destruction of Su Jing’s mask have been to enrage her to the point of drawing her sword against her own sect?
An incense stick’s worth of ti had fully passed.
The little mountain lord was punctual, carrying a pile of washed and stead dry clothes back to the shore of the lake, her little head slightly confused.
With flushed cheeks, she looked at them both, shy and excited, thinking humans truly were the most deceitful and pretentious.
When she was around, the two behaved with all the propriety expected of a gentleman. No sooner did she leave than their blindfolds seed to be tossed aside, and even the withered vine among their hands seed to have gotten much shorter.
She placed the neatly folded clothes on the dry bluestone, within easy reach of them both.
After setting down the clothes, the girl shyly covered her cheeks with her hands, her ten fingers widely spread to reveal a pair of innocent, adorable eyes. She pretended to be well-behaved and said, “Brother, I’ve put your clothes here. They’re clean and dried with a magical treasure, ready to wear.”
All the while, her eyes never left him.
Baili An’s face darkened. He wanted to rush ashore and explode her little head, “Is it a good view?”
The little mountain lord laughed sweetly, innocently bright, “Indeed, it’s a good view. But brother, you look very different now compared to just before—it’s amazing.”
The girl who had been sheathed in the skin of a harmless and cute lamb suddenly revealed the nature of a little devil, flashing her small tiger teeth from her lips.
Her small hands gestured two uneven circles in the air and repeated, “Really amazing~”
Baili An successfully plucked a smooth pebble from the bottom of the lake and threw it at her little head.
The two quickly got dressed, and the sound of bells and drums ca from the distant palace.
This signified that the night banquet had started.
In the deep darkness of the forest, the glow of night lamps and candles shone, and Baili An knew that soone from the Qingxuan Sect must be looking for them.
“Regardless, thank you for resolving the issue today.” Although this girl was rather scheming, she still did him a huge favor.
The girl rubbed her shoulders, yawned, and waved her hand, “You don’t need to be polite with , brother. I just like your scent and didn’t want other fragrances to cover yours.”
How was he supposed to respond to that? Could it be that he should express his gratitude by giving her a piece of his clothing to reflect his appreciation?
That all sounded terribly seedy.
However, the girl was not overly insistent: “You’re the new City Lord of Xianling City, right? The night banquet is not to be delayed; you’d better go.”
Baili An invited, “Would you like to co with to take a look?”
The girl shook her hand, thinking if she went her identity would be exposed, which wouldn’t be fun at all. She feigned tiredness, waving her hand, “I won’t join you, brother. I’m a bit sleepy.”
Baili An, knowing that her health was delicate and she couldn’t afford to strain her spirit, didn’t press further. Before leaving, he asked, “May I have your na, young lady, so I can find you in the palace in the future?”
The little mountain lord smiled, her eyes curving like crescents: “Brother, you can call Junjun.”
After bidding farewell to the girl, the two of them gradually distanced themselves along the quiet forest path, soon disappearing into the night.
The night grew deep, and the spring cicadas began their song.
The girl looked up at the full moon shining in the center of the lake, in no hurry to leave Bichao Lake.
She ca under a peach tree, idly plucking the strings of an ancient zither on the stone table, producing a few elegant notes.
The wind rose through the forest, brushing across her young and delicate face. Draped in the white robe of a female official, she stood coldly in the windy foliage. Gradually, she drew a clear line from the innocent liveliness expected of her youthful age.
Unconsciously, her eyebrows furrowed in tune with the music, and the shadows cast by her thin and soft lashes seed to sink deep into her eyes, making her seem lonely and isolated.
If Baili An were to see her now, he would be extrely surprised at the change in her temperant, bearing no trace of the girl’s coy innocence.
Just then, a delicate Silver Scorpion leisurely climbed onto the stone table.
The little mountain lord lifted her eyelids, the loneliness and isolation in her pupils seeming entirely to dissipate like an illusion.
Staring at the little Silver Scorpion on the table, she rested her cheek in her hand and thoughtfully said, “Little Scorpion, I understand if Sister Green Gourd is afraid of you, but why… is he even more afraid than she is?”
As the night breeze unfurled a cascade of silvery white skirts, the little scorpion on the table morphed, becoming a tall and handso woman.
The Silver Scorpion accessory in her hair gave off a particularly demonic aura, yet her voice was full of grievance as she complained, biting her sleeve, “Your Highness, you’re getting more and more heartless, wuu wuu wuu…”
The little mountain lord raised an eyebrow and chuckled, “I didn’t summon you; it’s just that your true form is a bit too startling. Why are you acting so aggrieved with ?”
The woman in the silver dress slamd the table indignantly: “Your Highness, that’s a man. I have been cultivating for a thousand years in this lake, having never seen a man before, and here you bring one who is undressed, almost blinding , wuu wuu wuu…”
The little mountain lord fluttered her eyes, “Is it really that distressing? I think brother’s long legs and slender waist are quite nice to look at.”
The silver-dressed woman continued to whine, “You’re too thoughtless! This Bichao Lake is where the fairy descent to clean her feet and bathe. Bringing an unfamiliar man here, I feel defiled!”
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