After Transmigrating, I and the Female Lead Both Found It 'Really Fragrant' (GL) - Chapter 25
As soon as Liu Shuang walked out of the bedroom, she saw Shen Qiqi squatting at the door, her face buried in her knees, curled up like a little mushroom shrouded in a dark cloud.
She walked over and said softly, “Junior Sister?”
The junior sister suddenly raised her face, her nose was red, and her voice was hoarse, her eyes lit up, “… You didn’t leave?”
Liu Shuang explained, “I went back to my room to get something.”
Shen Qiqi was still squatting on the ground, looking up at her, saying listlessly, “Oh… I thought you didn’t wait for me and left on your own.”
Liu Shuang heard the grievance in her tone, was silent for a moment, and said, “I wouldn’t.”
There was a sudden silence between the two of them again.
Liu Shuang was not usually a talkative person, and she usually relied on Shen Qiqi to liven up the atmosphere, but today the other party didn’t seem to be in the mood, and the atmosphere was particularly quiet.
Their eyes met, and in the silent silence, Liu Shuang decided to take the initiative and reached out to her, “Let’s go.”
Shen Qiqi suddenly felt rebellious and turned her head away, saying softly, “No.”
Liu Shuang pursed her lips slightly, a little at a loss, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Qiqi looked at the ground, her eyes fierce, “I’m upset, I can’t walk.”
Even when she was throwing a tantrum, she looked like a little wild cat baring its teeth and claws, arching its back, and puffing up its tail. It was completely harmless, arrogant, and endearing.
Liu Shuang felt as if she had been scratched by a small paw, her heart both soft and itchy, and she suddenly wanted to laugh.
She gently raised the corner of her lips, bent down to look at Shen Qiqi, and said, “Then how can my Junior Sister be in a good mood?”
Shen Qiqi lowered her head and said stubbornly, “I don’t know.”
You better use your clever little brain to figure out how to coax me, don’t be ungrateful!
Liu Shuang had never coaxed anyone before, and “don’t cry” had been her limit. She thought for a moment and said softly, “I was negligent earlier, I should have explained it to you beforehand. I won’t leave you alone again.”
Such a simple promise, but she said it as if it weighed a thousand pounds.
Shen Qiqi looked at her, her eyes sparkling, “Really?”
Liu Shuang clenched her hand at her side and nodded.
“Then you also can’t suddenly ignore me,” Shen Qiqi said softly.
“Okay, I’ll definitely pay attention to you.”
Shen Qiqi frowned, “Also, if there’s anything bothering you, just say it, don’t keep it bottled up inside.”
The female lead is really too reserved, she needs to learn how to express herself.
Liu Shuang agreed readily, “Okay, I’ll tell you everything.”
Shen Qiqi was easily appeased, and she smoothed out her clothes with satisfaction, “That’s more like it.”
She used her hand to support her knee and slowly stood up, but unexpectedly, her legs were numb and sore from squatting for too long, and her vision went black. She fell forward uncontrollably and was caught by Liu Shuang.
The familiar faint fragrance was like a wave of mist, enveloping her all at once.
Shen Qiqi shivered and buried her face in her shoulder, motionless for a long time.
For various complex reasons, they both tacitly avoided mentioning what happened last night.
It was as if it was a spring dream that left no trace, and even after waking up for a long time, she was still moved…
But something had changed.
For example… when Liu Shuang held her, Shen Qiqi would subconsciously think of the other person pinching her chin and suddenly kissing her, their lips entangled in a wet and suffocating pleasure.
She couldn’t help but blush and murmur, “Shen Qiqi, over 20 years old, gave her first kiss to her ‘own daughter’, I’m really going to die…”
Her voice was too soft for Liu Shuang to hear clearly. She looked down at her and asked puzzled, “What?”
“Nothing.” Shen Qiqi took two steps back, not daring to look directly into her eyes, “Let’s go, or we’ll be late.”
Their flying sword sped through the air at lightning speed, finally managing to arrive at the Xueya before the bell rang.
The others were already used to seeing the two of them coming to school together, but Liu Shuang had just returned from confinement, and rumor had it that she had an affair with Miss Shen. This news had spread indirectly throughout the cultivation world, attracting the meaningful gazes of many disciples.
Someone whispered, “Did you see, that’s Liu Shuang!…”
“Oh, isn’t she the Qingfeng disciple who violated the rules, was confined, and is now involved with the Sect Master’s daughter?”
Of all people, Fu Luo was the most displeased. She had pretended to be injured just to strike a blow at Liu Shuang and hoped to use these 30 days apart to directly break up Shen Qiqi and Liu Shuang. But unexpectedly, the two were still inseparable, which was really annoying!
Seeing the two of them sneaking in through the back door, Master Xu Fu frowned displeasedly, “Hurry up and get back to your seats!”
Liu Shuang took her seat and listened to Master Xu Fu’s lecture on the recent rampant activities of demons in the Qingli Sect, where many disciples had suddenly been killed, putting the sect in a precarious situation.
“Everyone be careful recently, and don’t go out wandering around. If you encounter anything strange, report it to the peak masters immediately,” the old man said. “Also, in the previous promotion competition, Xiao Wen, a disciple of the Yufeng Peak, violated the rules and injured someone after the competition. Master Feng has decided to expel him from the inner sect. He will be an outer sect disciple from now on.”
The crowd was in an uproar. Someone asked directly, “Master, why wasn’t Liu Shuang expelled from Qingfeng Peak even though she also injured someone?”
A large number of malicious glances were thrown at her.
Someone said sarcastically, “How can that be compared? Our Senior Sister Liu has someone to protect her, right?”
“Ha! If you don’t have the ability, just find someone with ability to rely on. That’s great, I want that too.”
“Pfft, so she’s taken, huh? She can be summoned at will, just like a dog.”
“Bang!”
With a loud noise, a table was kicked far away.
The others shut their mouths in unison.
Liu Shuang looked over in response, Shen Qiqi leaned against the back of her chair, maintaining the posture of kicking the table. Her usually smiling face was expressionless, and her eyes were cold.
“So what if I protect her?” she said coldly, cracking her wrists, as if she was really angry. “I not only protect her, I want to beat someone up now.”
Hearing that she was going to fight, everyone turned around quickly and sat up straight.
If Shen Qiqi really did hit someone, they wouldn’t dare to fight back!
Master Xu Fu was so angry that his beard trembled, “What are you talking about! What are you talking about!! Shen Qiqi, this is class time!”
“There are too many demons and ghosts here, chattering away. I’m just helping you tidy up the environment and purify the air,” Shen Qiqi said sincerely. “Otherwise, people will say that our inner sect disciples only gossip and are jealous, and that would be bad.”
Many people’s faces turned green upon hearing this.
“Presumptuous!” Master Xu Fu roared, but he didn’t dare to say the word “b1tch”. “You, you… get out!”
“I’m not going,” Shen Qiqi shook her head, “They started it.”
Master Xu Fu had already experienced the young lady’s stubbornness and took a deep breath, “Then what do you want?”
Shen Qiqi said with a smile, “They go out, and I’ll go out with them, otherwise no deal.”
She’s simply out of control.
Liu Shuang suppressed a laugh and reached behind her, patting Shen Qiqi’s back from top to bottom, soothing her like a pet.
Shen Qiqi glanced at her, sitting up slightly, her triumphant look as if she were seeking credit.
She felt like a school bully who had just rescued a damsel in distress, and she was feeling particularly accomplished.
Master Xu Fu’s eyes widened, “You!”
“Master, I know you are upright and discerning. Senior Sister Liu was just maliciously slandered by some people, and you certainly wouldn’t deliberately favor those disciples, would you?” Shen Qiqi blinked earnestly, looking at him, “Would you? Would you? Would you?”
She thought to herself: Don’t argue with me, I’m an old keyboard warrior.
Master Xu Fu stared at her for a long time without saying a word.
He didn’t like Liu Shuang, and he certainly wouldn’t deliberately try to suppress those rumors. On the contrary, he was enjoying it and fueling the fire.
But if someone brought up this issue, and he still did nothing, it would make him seem like he had no teacherly morality.
In the end, he snorted and waved his sleeve, “…Forget it, let’s continue the class!”
The matter was thus dropped.
The table had been kicked away, and the space in front of Shen Qiqi was empty, which looked particularly abrupt.
She whispered to Liu Shuang, “Senior Sister, I don’t have a desk.”
Liu Shuang moved her desk to the right and said softly, “Make do with this.”
Shen Qiqi rested her elbow on the desk, propping her chin, and stared at her without blinking, “Senior Sister is so kind.” Gentle, lovely, beautiful, everything about her was good.
Liu Shuang thought she was silly and couldn’t help but ruffle her hair, “Junior Sister is good too.”
With just one sentence, she smoothed away Shen Qiqi’s previous unhappiness. The little girl turned her head happily and began to listen to the lecture attentively.
Although Master Xu Fu was not a good person, he was quite serious about his lectures. Today, he was talking about the ancient history of the cultivation world.
Shen Qiqi immersed herself in the world she had created in her mind, and halfway through the class, she felt a little tired and couldn’t help but lie down, resting her head on her arm.
Liu Shuang glanced at her and said softly, “Tired?”
“Yeah,” Shen Qiqi half-closed her eyes and lowered her voice, following her, “Last night… we went on for too long.”
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to mention last night, as if it were a secret code, adding a layer of hidden meaning to those two words, as if it were a secret code understood only by the two of them.
Liu Shuang paused and moved her desk closer to her, saying, “Then you sleep for a while.”
Shen Qiqi tilted her head to look at her, her eyes sparkling with amusement, “Aren’t you going to supervise me studying hard?”
“No need to study,” Liu Shuang sighed, “Sleep, I’ll call you later.”
Shen Qiqi nodded softly, closed her eyes facing her, and half of her face was a light pink, her eyelashes long and thick, and her appearance was too cute.
Liu Shuang couldn’t help but touch her head again, and accidentally touched her forehead, feeling a little hot.
She was startled, and parted Shen Qiqi’s hair, pressing her fingertip against her forehead.
Shen Qiqi was touched by her cool fingertips and her heart pounded. Her voice was drowsy and soft as she asked, “What’s wrong?”
Liu Sang said, “You have a fever.”
Shen Qiqi opened her eyes and saw Liu Shuang looking at her with pursed lips and her brows furrowed.
Seeing that she didn’t understand, Liu Shuang repeated, “You have a fever.”
“…Ah.” Shen Qiqi opened her eyes wide in a daze, no wonder she felt so unusually tired today.
“Then it must be you who caught a cold.” She recalled Liu Shuang soaking in a cold spring in the middle of the night, still wearing that thin gauze, and blushed as she whispered, “How come I’m the one who got caught in the crossfire…”
Liu Shuang treated it as nonsense and covered her eyes with her hand, “Close your eyes for a while. I’ll send you back later.”
“Back where?” In the darkness, Shen Qiqi asked stupidly.
“Back to my place,” Liu Shuang said, her voice tinged with helplessness, sounding strangely doting, “I’ll take care of you, little ancestor.”
Shen Qiqi hummed in response, her heart filled with sweetness, but she couldn’t say why.
Master Xu Fu’s voice was very hypnotic, like a long, smelly sock. Soon she fell asleep and had a dream.
In the dream, someone was constantly yelling at her, “Blasphemy! Blasphemy!”
Shen Qiqi retorted, “Who are you?”
The person said, “You don’t need to know who I am, you just need to know who you are!”
Shen Qiqi sneered, “Oh, so who am I?”
The person lowered their voice mysteriously, “The Way of Heaven is you, and you are The Way of Heaven.”
Shen Qiqi was unfazed, “Wow, I’m so powerful.”
“Shen Qi,” the person said sternly, like a thunderclap in her ears, “Don’t forget where you came from. Do you still want to go back now?”
“…….”
Liu Shuang occasionally glanced at Shen Qiqi’s sleeping face. There was a faint blush of illness on her pale face, and there was very little bl00d color on her lips. Her peaceful sleeping appearance was quite endearing. She had looked very unwell since morning, and now she knew she was sick.
Suddenly, Shen Qiqi trembled all over and let out a cry. She opened her eyes wide and breathed rapidly.
Liu Shuang immediately looked over, “Did you have a nightmare?”
Shen Qiqi looked at her for a long time, her hazy gaze slowly refocusing. She took a deep breath.
Liu Shuang waved her hand in front of Shen Qiqi’s eyes and said softly, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Qiqi suddenly grabbed her hand and squeezed her fingertips hard, then released it, saying softly, “Nothing, I had a bad dream.”
Liu Shuang thought for a moment and awkwardly comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, it’s all fake.”
Shen Qiqi couldn’t help but laugh and said, “Senior Sister, you always treat me like a child!”
In fact, in the eyes of Liu Shuang, who had lived for over a hundred years, she was indeed a child, and a particularly innocent one at that.
Liu Shuang raised her lips slightly and said nothing.
Shen Qiqi still lay on the desk and asked her in a low voice, “Is the old man done talking?”
Liu Shuang said, “It’ll be over soon.”
Shen Qiqi forced herself to sit up and listened to the lecture for a while, but her head was heavy and she couldn’t concentrate on anything except Liu Shuang’s words.
If Master Xu Fu knew she had a fever but was still insisting on attending class, he would definitely be moved and praise her for her diligence and eagerness to learn.
Early morning class ended, and Shen Qiqi slowly got up from her seat. Liu Shuang was by her side, supporting her arm as they slowly walked out.
A long, drawn-out “oh” sound suddenly came from the classroom. Several people suddenly walked over and stood in front of them.
“Where are you going?” Seeing the intimate posture of the two, the disciple sneered, “Aren’t you going to do something shameful again?”
Shen Qiqi was feeling unwell and leaned weakly against Liu Shuang, feeling drowsy. Liu Shuang half-embraced her, her cold eyes scanning the faces of these people lightly.
Someone nearby laughed, “Oh, what’s wrong with the young miss? Didn’t you just say you were going to beat someone up?”
“Tsk tsk tsk…”
Someone’s eyes lit up. Now that Shen Qiqi was gone, wasn’t Liu Shuang a sitting duck? Recalling the previous Liu Shuang who could be bullied at will, they couldn’t help but reveal a crooked smile.
Several people stepped forward and surrounded them, while the rest of the people sat in their seats and watched the show.
“Talk, won’t you? Weren’t you pretty fierce just now?” Someone reached out to touch Liu Shuang’s face, but suddenly a huge force grabbed his wrist. With a click, the hand drooped limply, broken.
The others widened their eyes in shock and were stunned.
Liu Shuang looked at them and said calmly, “Scram.”
Senior Sister: Since my junior sister is asleep, I might as well stop pretending.
Thank you everyone~ hehe, I like the ambiguous period too! After all, it’s a sweet romance, so there will definitely be plenty of sugar, don’t worry!!