After Transmigrating, I and the Female Lead Both Found It 'Really Fragrant' (GL) - Chapter 38
Seeing that he had been exposed, Zhao Ke had to admit, “Your Senior Sister saw that you weren’t feeling well today, so she specially asked me to bring this to you.”
Shen Qiqi lowered her head and said nothing, her eyes fixed on the bowl. At the bottom of the white porcelain bowl, the soup was clear, and plump wontons floated to the surface one by one, and the steaming white mist filled the air, warming her long eyelashes.
She sniffed and suddenly asked, “Why didn’t she come herself?”
Zhao Ke smiled bitterly, “She said she was afraid you wouldn’t want to see her.”
Shen Qiqi rested her cheek on her hand, holding the spoon in her hand, and pursed her lips slightly, “Hmph, why wouldn’t I want to see her?”
Seeing her mood improve slightly, Zhao Ke persuaded, “Junior Sisters, you two should talk things out and make up soon.”
“I want to too,” Shen Qiqi nodded while stirring the golden soup with a spoon, muttering, “But my Senior Sister is very stubborn.”
She’s so shy and has so many thoughts, even when sending something, she doesn’t dare to show her face and has to ask someone else to bring it over.
Zhao Ke was eager for them to reconcile, so he pulled up a chair and sat down beside her, his expression earnest as if he were praying, “Senior Sister Liu is very good, she cares about you more than anyone else.”
Shen Qiqi nodded upon hearing this. That’s true, the female lead always repays kindness, and I’ve been so good to her, she definitely won’t forget.
She scooped up a small wonton and swallowed it in one gulp, her cheeks bulging slightly, and her eyes lit up slightly.
The soup was delicious, sprinkled with her favorite pepper and sesame oil, and the wontons were tender and chewy, making it very addictive.
“Delicious,” she mumbled indistinctly, swallowing several in a row, “My Senior Sister’s cooking is the best!”
Zhao Ke looked at her expectantly, “So can you forgive Senior Sister Liu?”
Shen Qiqi glanced at him, puzzled, “Why are you so nervous about me and Senior Sister having a conflict?”
Zhao Ke sighed helplessly, “I… I’m just, I’m just worried about the two of you.”
“Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother.” Shen Qiqi finished the wontons in a few bites, lazily sprawled on the wooden chair and rubbed her stomach, “Please tell my Senior Sister that the wontons are very delicious, but next time it would be best if she delivered them herself.”
Zhao Ke agreed, pushed open the door and left. After closing the door, he realized belatedly: Am I becoming their messenger again?!
He shook his head with an amused and helpless expression and left with the bowl.
Shen Qiqi sat alone in the room, the oil lamp on the table cast her shadow long and narrow, and the wax in the candlestick had solidified and hardened, with a moth clinging to the edge and fluttering its wings slightly.
In the small square window, the starry night and the moon were trapped inside, like a black and white sketch.
She supported her face with her hands, her gaze fixed, and after a long time, she sighed softly.
Sigh… Should I take the initiative to apologize to the female lead?
Caring too much can lead to confusion. Liu Shuang would lose her temper, which also shows that she is worried about herself. It’s understandable for her to be angry and scold her.
Shen Qiqi looked troubled, not knowing what to do when the door was knocked again.
She was startled and looked at the door, “Who is it?” Could it be Senior Sister?
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ke’s voice came from behind the door, “Junior Sister!”
Shen Qiqi’s elated mood instantly dropped, and she lazily stood up, “Senior Brother, is there anything else?”
Zhao Ke said loudly, “I left something here, open the door.”
Shen Qiqi frowned, feeling a strange sense of foreboding. Zhao Ke only had the wontons in his hands just now, and he didn’t take out anything else, so how could he have left something here?
She hesitated for a moment, walked to the door, placed her finger on the latch, and softly asked, “Senior Brother, what did you left?”
“……..”
Outside the door, Zhao Ke was silent for a moment, and the knocking sound rang out again.
Dong, dong, dong.
“Junior Sister, I left something in your room, open the door.”
Shen Qiqi was startled and heard Zhao Ke repeat endlessly:
“Junior Sister, I left something in your room, open the door.”
“Junior Sister…”
His tone was as usual, but he kept repeating the same sentence over and over again, endlessly, and it sounded very strange. Shen Qiqi’s expression changed, she took a few steps back, and suddenly a chill ran down her spine.
This definitely wasn’t Zhao Ke, it was most likely a broken record.
Every word, every tone and intonation, every pause and turn, was exactly the same!
It’s impossible for a normal person to make the pronunciation details of each word exactly the same… This is simply beyond human capabilities.
Fine sweat broke out on Shen Qiqi’s forehead, and she slowly retreated to the table, one hand resting on her natal sword, “Bi Chi.”
She tried to adjust the spiritual energy in her body, but since the battle with the Mirage Turtle this morning, the old man had disappeared, and the dantian couldn’t continue to operate. Her spiritual energy seemed to be blocked, and it was always intermittent, making it difficult to use smoothly.
If that thing wasn’t really a “person,” once the prohibition on the door was broken, she would probably… be in danger!
The bright candlelight flickered left and right, illuminating her pale face.
Outside the door, the creature wearing “Zhao Ke’s” skin continued.
“Open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door…”
Dong dong, dong dong, dong dong!
The knocking frequency became faster and faster, as if it wasn’t a hand knocking, but something heavy was hitting it over and over again, and the not-so-thick door was shaking, making a muffled sound that couldn’t bear the weight.
Obviously, it had discovered that it couldn’t get in, and after a strange noise, it began to become hysterical, like a stuck tape recorder:
“Junior, Junior, Junior, Junior, Junior, Junior, sister, sister, sister, you, you, you, you, you, you, open, open, open, open, open, open the door, the door, the door, the door.”
The voice slowly changed, shedding Zhao Ke’s disguise, sometimes as rough as a big man, sometimes as soft as a woman, sometimes as sharp as a baby, sometimes as withered as an old man, changing unpredictably, as if there were a million different people screaming in your ear, making a chaotic and piercing sound.
Shen Qiqi held the sword in her backhand, her heart pounding.
Pop.
A slight sound, the oil lamp on the table flickered and went out.
“Junior Sister Liu, Junior Sister has finished eating, she asked me to tell you something.” Zhao Ke stood in front of Liu Shuang’s room and said honestly, “She said the wontons were very delicious, but next time it would be best if you delivered them yourself.”
After a moment, a clear and cold voice came from the room, “I know, thank you.”
Zhao Ke hesitated, “Then… I’ll go now?”
“Mm, thank you.”
Zhao Ke turned to leave. He saw that the surrounding houses were brightly lit, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, and the distant mountains seemed to be covered with a silver coat.
Just then, the light in Shen Qiqi’s room suddenly went out.
“That’s strange,” Zhao Ke was startled and looked puzzled, “She just finished eating, did Junior Sister go to sleep so early?”
The door behind him suddenly opened, revealing Liu Shuang’s ugly face, staring at him intently, “What did you just say?”
Zhao Ke explained, “I saw that Junior Sister’s room was dark, so she must have gone to sleep.”
Liu Shuang’s expression changed, and she looked up, her toes lightly touching the ground, and she instantly disappeared.
••••
So noisy, so loud.”
In the pitch black, Shen Qiqi broke out in a cold sweat, her vision blurred, she could no longer see anything, and she could only fall to the table in a weak state.
She felt like she was going crazy.
Now that she had no spiritual energy and couldn’t use a voice transmission spell to call the others, and the monster’s voice seemed to be able to destroy people’s minds and interfere with their will, leaving her powerless to struggle.
The banging on the door continued to accelerate, the monster’s perseverance was astonishing, as if it was determined to never give up. The prohibition on the door seemed to be gradually weakened by its violence, loosening and wobbling.
Shen Qiqi gripped the sword in her hand, if it broke in, she could only fight to the death.
Suddenly, the monster stopped talking and suddenly let out a sharp cry, like fingernails scratching across a blackboard, thousands of voices mixed together, like the dying screams of someone in extreme pain.
A bang sounded behind the door, as if something had exploded.
Then, the door was suddenly kicked open, and the bright moonlight poured into the dim room, illuminating the face of the person who came in.
Shen Qiqi raised her head with difficulty and saw her face in a blur.
Dressed in white like snow… it was Liu Shuang.
She relaxed, and the sword in her hand clattered onto the table.
“Senior Sister…”
Liu Shuang strode over to Shen Qiqi and hugged her.
“Are you hurt?”
Shen Qiqi buried her face in her neck, and after a long time, she nodded slightly, then shook her head.
Liu Shuang hugged her tighter, patting her back over and over, as if comforting a frightened child, and whispered, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.”
Shen Qiqi clutched her waist, only then realizing that she had been trembling all this time.
Zhao Ke arrived shortly after and, upon seeing the scene, his expression changed, “What happened?!”
The door seemed to have been violently knocked by something unknown, and it was twisted almost out of shape. If it hadn’t been for the previous prohibition holding on, it would have probably fallen apart.
Shen Qiqi trembled all over, buried herself deep in Liu Shuang’s arms, curled up into a small ball, in a posture of extreme dependence, the two of them pressed tightly together, almost without any gap.
Feeling strange, he looked at the two of them, feeling that their posture was too intimate. But then he saw Liu Shuang look up and say to him softly, “Senior Brother Zhao, please watch over Qiqi.”
Zhao Ke was surprised, “Then you…?”
Liu Shuang lowered her eyes, and her gaze turned cold, “I have something urgent to deal with.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiqi suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed her sleeve tightly, the back of her hand turned blue, and her fingertips turned red.
Liu Shuang looked at her, her gaze softening slightly, “Don’t be afraid, nothing will happen.”
Shen Qiqi stared at her persistently, her voice as thin as a mosquito, “Where are you going?”
“To find someone,” Liu Shuang gently pried her fingers open, paused for a moment, and lightly kissed her forehead with cool lips, “…Be good, I’ll be back soon.”
••••
Liu Shuang waved her hand in the air, and a mass of black mist enveloped her, and her figure instantly became transparent.
And the Sect Masters outside the water mirror saw only a “Liu Shuang” who was calmly returning to her room.
Dozens of miles away from the village, Liu Shuang stopped and threw out what she had caught.
With a plop, a strange and ugly creature was thrown to the ground by her.
It was a strange and ugly creature, dirty all over, with a tumor-like bulge on its forehead, barely recognizable as a face, five or six eyes embedded in its deep purple skin, atrophied limbs like a baby, less than a meter tall, and a long tail curled around its ankle.
Seeing Liu Shuang, it opened its mouth again, but couldn’t make any scream.
Liu Shuang raised her chin slightly, and an inorganic red flashed in her eyes.
“What are you?”
The monster trembled all over, trying to escape, but was trapped in the center by the black mist. It looked mournful and its voice was hoarse and strange, “I’m just… hungry…”
Liu Shuang pursed her lips slightly, “…Why did you choose her?”
The monster stuck out its tongue and licked its lips, its eyes flashing with greed, “She, she has no spiritual energy. The smell on her body is also very fragrant, she looks… delicious…”
Liu Shuang pursed her lips slightly, “…No spiritual energy?”
Thank you everyone, I’m late again…