After Transmigrating, I and the Female Lead Both Found It 'Really Fragrant' (GL) - Chapter 42
Liu Shuang’s expression tensed, and she quickly withdrew the demonic energy.
Shen Qiqi’s face was pale, and a strand of hair stuck to her cheek. In just a short time, her thin inner garment was soaked with sweat. Liu Shuang held her, like holding a fish scooped up from the water, wet all over.
She couldn’t understand why Shen Qiqi was in such pain. The demonic energy she released had no attack power, and in theory, it wouldn’t damage her dantian or physical body at all. There was no reason for such a violent reaction.
Shen Qiqi curled up into a ball, her whole body burning hot, and she made heavy breathing sounds in her arms, as if she was suppressing pain, intermittently, and very heartbreaking.
It seemed that her body was very resistant to her demonic energy.
Liu Shuang pursed her lips, and suddenly felt a little at a loss. Since her bloodline awakened, because of her special body, she was not easily injured, and even if she was injured, she could recover quickly, so she had not deliberately learned those healing and pain-relieving spells and incantations. Now she had a lot of fighting power, but she couldn’t help Shen Qiqi calm down.
Liu Shuang dared not use the demonic energy casually anymore, so she took out a pain-relieving pill from her pouch and handed it to Shen Qiqi’s mouth, feeding it to her. “Eat it.”
Although Shen Qiqi was hazy, she still listened to her, opened her mouth obediently, and slowly swallowed it with warm water, lying listlessly in her arms, weak and powerless.
The medicine would take a while to take effect. Liu Shuang poured a basin of warm water and wiped the sweat off her face and body with a cloth, changed her into a clean set of clothes, and covered her with a quilt.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Qiqi’s breathing gradually slowed, and her complexion visibly improved.
She buried everything below her neck in the quilt, revealing only a palm-sized face, her face was snow-white, her lips were pale, and she looked pitiful.
It must be because of the demonic energy that she was in so much pain.
Liu Shuang sighed softly and reached out to touch her forehead with the back of her hand. The temperature had already come down.
Shen Qiqi’s eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyelids, her pupils gradually focused, and she said in a soft voice, “Senior Sister…”
Liu Shuang responded softly, “I’m here.”
Shen Qiqi looked around and finally saw Liu Shuang beside her, her eyes lit up slightly. She bit her lip, like a sick child, and coquettishly called out to the other party, “My stomach hurts.”
Liu Shuang helped her tuck in the quilt and said softly, “I gave you some medicine just now, does it still hurt?”
“A little bit,” Shen Qiqi pulled her hand out of the quilt and opened her arms to her, her voice weak, “Senior Sister, hug me.”
Liu Shuang’s heart trembled slightly, so she lay down and gently hugged her into her arms.
Shen Qiqi buried herself in her neck, rubbed against her shoulder, and mumbled softly, “Why does my stomach suddenly hurt? I think I’m on my period…”
Liu Shuang pretended to be unaware, coughing lightly: “…Perhaps it’s because of the fright today and catching a cold.”
At first glance, the female lead’s explanation made sense. Shen Qiqi, without any suspicion, nodded in agreement, smelling the faint fragrance on Liu Shuang, and her mood immediately calmed down a lot.
Liu Shuang looked at her, her heart filled with complex emotions. Recalling the complex ancient text she had seen in the spiritual sea, she suddenly felt that everything in front of her was becoming confusing.
She was silent for a moment, and finally sighed softly: “Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow.”
Shen Qiqi shook her feet and whispered, “I can’t sleep a little, are you tired, Senior Sister?”
Liu Shuang shook her head and looked at her: “Does it still hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt anymore.” Shen Qiqi rested her head on her arm, the moonlight outside the window was bright, making her pupils light. “Thank you for taking care of me today, Senior Sister. If you’re tired, just go to sleep first, I can be alone.”
Liu Shuang pursed her lips and hesitated: “Have you ever felt unwell on weekdays?”
Shen Qiqi thought for a moment and replied sincerely: “I’ve always been fine.” She eats well and sleeps well. Except that the old man occasionally brushed his presence in her dreams, and the golden finger he gave her was unreliable, her cultivation speed was indeed very fast, but it would disappear inexplicably. As for the severe abdominal pain just now, she didn’t know if it was because of him.
She reasonably suspected that the old man was deliberately punishing her because he saw her getting closer to the female lead.
Liu Shuang paused: “…That’s good.”
She secretly guessed: Could it be that she didn’t know about the abnormality of her dantian? But that didn’t make sense. When cultivating, all cultivators could see the condition of their bodies, and Shen Qiqi couldn’t possibly not know.
“By the way, Senior Sister, I was thinking…” Shen Qiqi’s expression suddenly became tangled, and she said, “What if we… were seen by them today?”
Liu Shuang shook her head: “The water mirror perceives the emotions of the participants and generally won’t violate our privacy. Things like sleeping, bathing, and going to the toilet will be consciously skipped, unless…”
“Unless what?”
“Unless what is done is too outrageous.”
Shen Qiqi’s eyes widened in surprise.
Liu Shuang frowned and explained: “A long time ago, during a trial, a female cultivator was injured and the participants who were with her took advantage of her being incapacitated and did many nasty things to her… At that time, because such things involved privacy, they were not recorded by the water mirror. Later, the female cultivator pointed out the evil deeds of the participants, but no one present could testify for her, so it had to be dropped.”
Shen Qiqi’s eyes widened, very surprised: “This?!”… I remember, I actually wrote such a crazy plot, and at that time, in order to round up the logic, there was no one else.
This behavior can be considered exploiting a loophole, and it doesn’t really violate the rules of the trial.
The cultivation world is not as glamorous as people imagine. On the contrary, if they want to subdue someone, they don’t need to do it themselves at all. They can just use magic weapons or spells… It’s easier than ordinary people.
Liu Shuang continued: “That participant was a famous young talent at the time, and no one believed he could do such things. Because the female cultivator couldn’t prove that this had happened, she was ridiculed and scorned in her sect and eventually died of depression,” Liu Shuang said.
It was so depressing.
Shen Qiqi gradually recalled the subsequent plot—after the female cultivator died, with her grievances unresolved, she turned into a vengeful spirit, haunting that person for the rest of his life, driving him mad, and forcing him to confess the truth of the matter. This incident eventually caught the attention of the Danfa Hall, which led to a change in the rules of the water mirror.
“It was truly cruel,” she sighed, and then whispered, “But we seem to be quite outrageous too, aren’t we?”
Liu Shuang said, “…Don’t worry, if they really saw us, we would have been forcibly removed from the Nightmare Realm and kneeling at the Cliff of Reflection to await punishment.”
Shen Qiqi suddenly realized, sitting up straight: “That’s true!” Since no one found out, let’s pretend nothing happened!
Liu Shuang sighed and pulled her into the quilt: “Okay, it’s getting late.”
Shen Qiqi smiled and grabbed the other person’s hand, gently squeezing her fingertips: “I’m still a little awake, why don’t you sing me a lullaby, Senior Sister?”
It was just a casual remark, but unexpectedly, Liu Shuang thought for a moment and actually nodded.
Shen Qiqi: Suddenly excited!.jpg
She leaned closer to Liu Shuang, her eyes shining brightly: “Really? Really? What are you going to sing?”
Being stared at so enthusiastically, Liu Shuang’s ears turned slightly red, and she said softly, “…I don’t sing often, it might not sound good.”
She wanted to lower Shen Qiqi’s expectations, but unexpectedly, the other party’s expectations had instantly reached their maximum.
In the original book, the female lead only sang for the male lead. Could she not be excited about this kind of VIP treatment?
Shen Qiqi quickly covered herself with the quilt, adjusted her posture, and assumed a listening position: “Hurry up, hurry up! More, more!”
Liu Shuang: “…”
She cleared her throat, recalled the songs she had heard as a child, and gently opened her lips.
It was a lullaby without lyrics, the melody was winding and melodious, and her cold and gentle voice was like a misty moon, making people unconsciously think of their distant hometown and the light snow falling on the eaves.
Liu Shuang’s usual speaking voice was already very pleasant, which added to the tone of the song. Even though it was just a simple hum, it was incredibly moving.
Shen Qiqi listened in a daze.
When the song ended, Liu Shuang stopped singing and looked at her junior sister who was lost in thought, and waved her hand in front of her eyes.
Shen Qiqi came back to her senses and looked at her seriously: “It’s beautiful! Senior Sister, what song is this?”
“I don’t know,” Liu Shuang raised the corner of her lips, her eyes soft. “Before I entered the Qingli Sect, I stayed in a farmhouse at the foot of the mountain, and every night I could hear that mother singing to her son, it was this lullaby.”
The mother gently pushed her son’s cradle and fell asleep in the chirping of fireflies on a midsummer night.
The female lead’s childhood was incomplete, and hearing such a gentle and loving little song for the first time, she couldn’t help but remember it.
Shen Qiqi looked at her, her eyes sparkling, and then she said solemnly, “Then I’ll sing for you too.”
Liu Shuang replied softly, “Mm.”
“Let’s go to sleep, Senior Sister,” Shen Qiqi wrapped her arms around her waist and closed her eyes, “Goodnight.”
Liu Shuang looked at her deeply and said, “…Goodnight.”
They slept foot to foot, with a cool breeze passing by, and had a dreamless night.
••••
“Knock, knock, knock!”
A hasty knock on the door broke the morning tranquility.
“Excuse me, is anyone in there?”
Liu Shuang slowly opened her eyes, her brows slightly furrowed.
A few rays of bright sunlight leaked in through the window, illuminating the entire room. It seemed to be almost noon.
Shen Qiqi beside her mumbled a few words, still closing her eyes, looking irritated: “…Who is it?” Disturbing someone’s sleep early in the morning!
Liu Shuang lifted the curtain and looked, then turned back to cover her with the quilt and said softly, “I’ll go take a look, you sleep a little more.”
“Okay.” Shen Qiqi turned over groggily, burying her head in the quilt like an ostrich.
Liu Shuang smiled helplessly and put on her clothes.
The knocking sound came again, and it seemed like a woman’s voice from behind the door: “Is anyone there?”
From the quilt came Shen Qiqi’s muffled shout: “Shut up!!!”
“Wait a minute.” Liu Shuang responded, opened the door and went out.
A woman was standing anxiously at the door, and when they saw each other’s appearance, she widened her eyes in surprise, “Senior Sister Liu Shuang?!”
Liu Shuang closed the door behind her and glanced at her, asking, “Who are you?”
The woman was wearing the school uniform of the Qingli Sect, dressed like an inner sect disciple, with a pretty and cute appearance. Two white-clothed men stood behind her, who also seemed to be disciples of the Qingli Sect.
As soon as she asked, the expressions of the few people froze, and the white-clothed woman immediately smiled enthusiastically and said, “Senior Sister, don’t you remember me? Yesterday we acted with Senior Brother Zhao, and it was Junior Sister who reminded us not to drink the water from the lake.”
“Is that so.” Liu Shuang said indifferently, “Is there something wrong?”
“It’s a long story. After the lake water suddenly turned into a spirit beast, I got separated from the others and ran around. Fortunately, I met two other senior brothers.” The woman enthusiastically introduced the reason, looked at the two people behind her, and smiled, “We discussed it, and remembered that Senior Brother Zhao said he was going to the mountains, so we walked here together, and then we found this village…”
Her eyes were bright and her smile was radiant: “I didn’t expect Senior Sister Liu to be here too, it’s great.”
Liu Shuang nodded slightly, her words concise: “It’s fine.”
Her attitude was lukewarm, and the woman’s smile became a little embarrassed: “Then…besides Senior Sister Liu, is there anyone else here?”
Liu Shuang went straight to the opposite door, knocked lightly, and said, “Senior Brother Zhao, are you awake?”
Hearing that Zhao Ke was also here, the three of them were overjoyed.
After a while, Zhao Ke came out yawning: “…Junior Sister Liu, why are you up so early?” He was tortured enough by these two young ladies, and he couldn’t figure out what the relationship between these two people was after thinking about it all night, and he hadn’t gotten enough sleep.
Liu Shuang stepped aside, revealing the three people behind her.
The three of them immediately greeted him, chattering like little birds: “Senior Brother Zhao!”
Zhao Ke’s expression was surprised, and he obviously recognized the few people: “Ah, Junior Sister Yue Huai…it’s you…”
While the few of them were chatting, Liu Shuang turned to go back to her room, and heard the door creak open. Shen Qiqi had already pushed the door open, her eyebrows furrowed, her eyes sleepy, and a look of irritation on her face.
Her clothes looked like she had put them on with her eyes closed. They were crooked and the collar was turned inside out, which was very unsightly.
Liu Shuang saw her neck at a glance and was about to speak to her, but it was too late. The three people had already heard the sound and turned around.
“Junior Sister!” Yue Huai exclaimed in surprise, but her smile froze suddenly, and together with the people beside her, she stared at her, her eyes suddenly strange.
Shen Qiqi, who was about to lose her temper, frowned and said fiercely, “What?!” Why are you all looking at me like I’ve eaten a fly!?
In a moment of indescribable silence, Zhao Ke coughed a few times and kindly reminded, “Junior Sister, you… you go back to your room and put on your clothes first.”
Shen Qiqi lowered her head in confusion and looked at her clothes. Besides being a little messy, she hadn’t put them on backwards either, so why were they looking at her like that?
Just then, Liu Shuang suddenly pushed her back into the room and closed the door with a bang.
“Why did you come out without saying anything?”
Shen Qiqi fiddled with her clothes and mumbled, “I saw you go out for a long time… What’s wrong with my clothes? Why are they looking at me like that?”
Liu Shuang sighed and pulled her to the mirror: “Take another look.”
Shen Qiqi looked closely and her pupils shook: “…”
Oh, it wasn’t her clothes that were wrong, it was… the teeth marks on her neck, and the various red marks that Liu Shuang had sucked out last night, colorful and very eye-catching.
She said with difficulty, “…I’ll go out and explain now, you said that you had a nightmare and accidentally bit me, do you think they will believe it?”
Here it is, everyone, thank you very much QVQ
T/N: Hahaha… caught in 24k 📸.