Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 21
The journey was quite monotonous, especially with the three travelers each preoccupied with their own thoughts.
Lan Feier, for her own safety, tried her best to minimize her presence and never initiated conversation.
Wen Wuning, to protect Lan Feier, also didn’t show any closeness to her in front of Sheng Baihe. Besides, Wen Wuning was inherently a woman of few words.
Sheng Baihe, on the other hand, frequently tried to strike up conversations with Wen Wuning, who acted as if she hadn’t seen or heard him, her icy aura clearly signaling her refusal to engage.
Sheng Baihe didn’t mind at all and even seemed to enjoy it.
Gendered talent was a peculiar thing. Just like the common belief during their school years that boys were generally better at logical thinking and suited for science, while girls were better at emotional thinking and suited for humanities, although this view was very one-sided, some phenomena could only be explained by gendered talent, such as a sense of direction.
Like most girls, Lan Feier had a terrible sense of direction. Once she stepped out, she couldn’t distinguish east, south, west, or north. If you asked her for directions, she could only point forward, backward, left, or right.
Similarly, Lan Feier discovered that Wen Wuning also seemed to belong to this category.
During several joint discussions about the direction of travel, Sheng Baihe also noticed this from the occasional confused and hesitant expressions on Wen Wuning’s face.
After that, Sheng Baihe’s greatest pleasure was to pull out the map frequently and invite Wen Wuning to discuss the route together.
Although she was directionally challenged, Wen Wuning would never entrust such an important matter as determining the direction and route entirely to Sheng Baihe, but looking at the map was truly too difficult for her.
Every time she looked at the map and determined the route with Sheng Baihe, Wen Wuning’s expression wouldn’t be too good.
Confused and trying hard to listen but really unable to understand, she gradually became irritable.
However, she couldn’t show these confusions and impatience, nor could she shirk her responsibility.
No wonder Sheng Baihe enjoyed it so much.
“For at least the next month or two, we’ll have to camp out in the wilderness. This area is sparsely populated. To the northwest is a miasma forest stretching for thousands of miles, and to the southwest are desolate swamps. The roads are not easy to travel. Senior Sister, which direction do you think we should go?”
Unknowingly, Sheng Baihe had moved very close, close enough to kiss Wen Wuning with a turn of the head. Wen Wuning retreated vigilantly.
Sheng Baihe smiled and pointed to a spot on the map. “Senior Sister, you decide.”
Wen Wuning stopped looking at the map. Anyway, she couldn’t understand it. Instead, she couldn’t help but suspect, “Have we gone the wrong way? Why is this road so difficult to travel?”
Sheng Baihe, who was being suspected, wasn’t annoyed. He leaned back slightly and comfortably against the tree. “It’s a bit difficult for us, but for Foundation Establishment or even Golden Core cultivators, it would be a piece of cake.”
Actually, Sheng Baihe wasn’t completely without pressure. In the book, when they set off, both he and Wen Wuning had already established their foundations, but now they were still far from that.
Wen Wuning had nothing to say to Sheng Baihe’s explanation. She looked back at her junior sister, who was sitting alone on the other side of the fire, gnawing on a rabbit leg. Her junior sister had been like an invisible person all along. Even when Sheng Baihe was occasionally absent and only the two of them were together, she rarely spoke.
“Senior Sister.”
Sheng Baihe’s voice suddenly came closer. Wen Wuning was startled and retreated, asking in a cold voice, “What are you doing?!”
Sheng Baihe glanced at the girl who was wholeheartedly gnawing on the rabbit leg, his gaze deep. He didn’t like Wen Wuning staring at others. “Senior Sister, you’re distracted. Important matters come first.”
Wen Wuning pondered for a moment, chose a direction she thought would be easier to travel, immediately got up, and returned to her original position to sit down and meditate.
Sheng Baihe’s gaze was unrestrained, following her like a shadow.
During this time, he also glanced at Lan Feier, who seemed completely oblivious, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes. This person was really in the way. If she wasn’t here, in this desolate wilderness, something would definitely happen between him and Wen Wuning.
Sheng Baihe’s gaze was too blatant. Wen Wuning couldn’t enter a meditative state at all. She abruptly opened her eyes and glared at Sheng Baihe, but seeing that Sheng Baihe didn’t hide anything, he instead laughed loudly, got up, patted the corner of his clothes, and openly teased Wen Wuning, “We haven’t bathed for several days of travel. The dust is truly unbearable. I saw a small waterfall when we came. Senior Sister, would you like to go together?”
Wen Wuning was first stunned, then her face turned icily cold. With a whistle, a streak of green light flew out. Sheng Baihe blocked two moves, laughed loudly, and flew away. “Senior Sister isn’t in the mood today. Then we’ll do it another day.”
The green sword returned to Wen Wuning’s hand.
“This sword is quite useful.”
Lan Feier, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb, suddenly looked up and praised. Wen Wuning glanced at her, feeling annoyed and not wanting to speak. She closed her eyes, wanting to take advantage of Sheng Baihe’s absence to meditate, but because she was fretful and agitated, she couldn’t at all. She simply stood up.
“Senior Sister, are you also going to bathe?” Lan Feier said sarcastically.
“You!” Wen Wuning turned back and glared at her angrily. Because of her anger, the usually cold and beautiful woman now had flushed cheeks, a patch of vibrant color.
No wonder Sheng Baihe liked to tease her.
“Senior Sister is too easily provoked. No wonder Senior Brother Sheng likes to tease you.”
Wen Wuning froze! She trembled with anger.
Not blaming Sheng Baihe? Then blaming herself?! Blaming herself for not being shameless enough?!
Seeing Wen Wuning’s indignation, Lan Feier calmly tore off a piece of rabbit meat and chewed, saying, “Senior Sister’s strength is equal to Senior Brother Sheng’s. As long as you are careful and wary, he won’t have a chance to take advantage. As for these verbal cheap shots that don’t hurt, just let him be. We still need him to get to Lingyun Mountain.”
After all, they were two directionally challenged people.
Seemingly not noticing that Wen Wuning was already burning with anger, Lan Feier continued, “At least he’s still putting on a show for now. If one day he loses his patience, he’ll kill me first, and then you—”
*Snap!*
A flying stone struck the rabbit meat in Lan Feier’s hand, knocking it away. Lan Feier looked up and saw Wen Wuning’s face flushed red with anger, even the tips of her ears seemed red. Her lips trembled slightly with fury.
The dark eyes, flickering with fire, were filled with tears, as if carrying the brilliance of a full night of stars.
Forcing such a vivid expression out of a cold person.
Lan Feier wiggled her finger that had been hit, picked up the rabbit meat that had fallen on the grass, blew away the grass clippings, and continued eating.
With this appearance, not to mention Sheng Baihe, even she, a woman, would want to take her to bathe by the river.