Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Nan Zhi pursed her lips tightly.

She felt as if a feather had scraped her heart, and maybe more than just her heart.

The little tiger’s eyes were red, her fists were clenched, and her voice was trembling.

How could she ask such a thing?

It turned out that she had misunderstood.

So Nan Zhi put her palm on the back of Yu Shu’s hand and said softly, “I know what I’m doing. How could I seek death?”

The green smoke from the incense burner curled up, and it inappropriately floated between the two of them. Nan Zhi looked at Yu Shu through the slender smoke— usually, the redness in the corners of her eyes was due to anger, but now Yu Shu seemed extremely unhappy.

She was even a little silent, as if she didn’t want to talk to anyone.

She couldn’t help it. She reached out her fingertip and poked Yu Shu’s waist. She asked softly, “Why aren’t you talking?”

In an instant, her finger was caught. She subconsciously looked up.

Yu Shu, who noticed her gaze, turned her body slightly. She seemed to not want to make eye contact with her. She lowered her voice. “Don’t provoke me anymore.”

Nan Zhi pursed her lips and admitted her mistake. “I was wrong.”

But Yu Shu didn’t say anything anymore. She turned her head away again and looked at the window.

She was ignoring her again.

Nan Zhi thought for a while. She reached out her other hand and lightly poked Yu Shu’s waist again. She said softly, “Don’t ignore me, okay?”

She didn’t respond to her. Nan Zhi retracted her fingertip. It hovered in the air for a second, and her fingertip reached out again, but the next second—

Her hand was clenched, and Yu Shu also turned her head. But this time, Nan Zhi couldn’t say anything in a joking tone anymore.

Yu Shu was crying.

Tears fell, and they landed squarely on the back of her hand.

Nan Zhi inexplicably panicked. She quickly took out a silk scarf, but before she could wipe the tears from the person’s eyes, her collar was grabbed.

“I told you not to provoke me.” The corners of Yu Shu’s eyes were red, and her voice was thick with emotion. She gritted her teeth and said, word for word, “Why do you always provoke me?”

In fact, Nan Zhi felt a burning sensation when the tears fell on the back of her hand, but it was only when Yu Shu spoke that the uncomfortable burning sensation spread to her.

She didn’t feel the discomfort in her neck. She raised her fingertip and touched the corner of Yu Shu’s eye. Knowing that she was in the wrong, she made her voice gentle and slow. “How could I have a thought like that? It would take many, many years to visit all the places that the Young City Lord wants to see. And… my original intention was to know if you were safe as soon as possible, not to seek death.” Nan Zhi’s eyes were serious. “I will study many, many spell formations, and I will rush to you as soon as possible, and I will also take you away from danger as soon as possible.”

Their eyes met. Yu Shu just quietly looked at Nan Zhi. Suddenly, she stood up and pulled Nan Zhi forward.

Nan Zhi stumbled forward inadvertently.

“Bang—”

She fell onto the bed.

She clutched the back of her head where she had hit it and looked at Yu Shu, who had pulled her, in confusion.

“…Young City Lord?”

The person walked closer against the light, her steps slow. Soon, her figure covered the light coming from the window.

Nan Zhi blinked. She clearly saw the face as beautiful as jade from a distance getting closer, and Yu Shu closed her eyes.

“Hiss…”

Nan Zhi was absolutely certain that Yu Shu was biting her.

The smell of bl00d filled her lips and tongue. Soft lips also covered hers. The tip of her tongue opened her lips and teeth. The person who bit her awkwardly licked away the bl00d. Later, she slowed down her movements. Her lips were gently pecked little by little. A familiar faint fragrance lingered in Nan Zhi’s nose.

The long and gentle kiss lasted for a long time. It was so long that she opened her eyes and saw the slender smoke from the incense burner floating toward the window.

At this moment, her collar was lightly pulled.

Nan Zhi’s thoughts slowly came back. Her eyes were dazed for a second. She quickly held down Yu Shu’s hand—

“Wait…”

The sash of Yu Shu’s skirt was untied, and it spread open. She could see her delicate collarbones, which didn’t often see light, and the small mole in the middle of her collarbones.

If she let go, the next things would be obvious.

But.

Their eyes met. Yu Shu’s gaze was burning, and a determined and serious light flowed in her almond-shaped eyes. She said, “You know, we’re going to become Daoist partners in three months.”

Nan Zhi was stunned. Yes, the tiger from Yulin City had gone to the Eastern Sea to propose, making a big fuss.

“Although I don’t know why you always refuse, but if I’m rejected this time, I’ll never be so proactive again.”

“Nan Zhi, I’m not like this with everyone, and not everyone can be like this with me.”

Yu Shu pursed her lips tightly. Her gaze was serious, but seeing that Nan Zhi wasn’t saying anything, her eyes turned red again.

The green smoke from the incense burner curled up. During those moments when they looked at each other, Nan Zhi suddenly realized—

From the beginning to the end, Yu Shu was serious. Her indecisiveness and concerns seemed so hypocritical in comparison. Because from the moment Yu Shu proposed marriage, she had been ready. She was ready to become Yu Shu’s Daoist partner, in every sense of the word.

And from the beginning to the end, she knew that this little tiger from Yulin City was an existence that couldn’t be wronged anywhere. She had been wronged and cried with red eyes several times, which might not have happened even a hundred years ago.

So, Nan Zhi leaned in.

Yu Shu was stunned, as if…

“Young City Lord.” Nan Zhi curved her lips, revealing her white teeth. “These things, the Dragon Clan also has.”

Yu Shu was stunned.

From the moment she realized it, the mole on her collarbone began to feel hot. Her ears and face were also hot. Her eyes were filled with a warm shyness. Not wanting Nan Zhi to see it, she simply lowered her eyes and said coquettishly, “Lecherous dragon.”

Nan Zhi did not comment. After a while, the wind rose on its own. The window closed, and the bed curtains were lowered.

And now—

Yu Shu, who was riding on her a moment ago, was no longer aggressive. She was softly lying on the bed.

When she was a young tiger, Nan Zhi only felt this tiger’s spoiled and willful nature, but after the change in Spring City, she felt that this tiger was soft and cute.

She had such a big temper. When they first met, she made her unhappy, and the rope was easily put on, and the dagger was mercilessly stabbed. How could she be like this now, ending with tears and always having that powerless “Don’t provoke me” on her lips?

But now, she couldn’t say it anymore.

Nan Zhi’s gaze lowered, falling on Yu Shu’s collarbone.

A black speck of ink was dyed on the white paper, and it was in the perfect position. It was very beautiful. Following Yu Shu’s breathing, her lips landed on the corner of Yu Shu’s mouth, and then on the speck and the…

She really couldn’t speak anymore.

Yu Shu was mumbling intermittently, “Nan, Zhi.”

Sometimes low, sometimes slow, one after another.

Actually, Nan Zhi wasn’t keen on this kind of thing, but—

Her fingertips moved slightly, tentatively testing the water temperature in the pool. This time, it was a little different from the pool in her sect.

It was like a sugar cube melting in warm water. That soft feeling was about to melt.

“Nan, Zhi.” Yu Shu looked at her with a red face and suddenly said.

Nan Zhi’s movements paused. She thought that something had made Yu Shu uncomfortable, but she didn’t expect… She propped herself up and gently kissed her.

Yu Shu seemed to have changed. She became keen on kissing and softly calling her name. Every time her fingertips moved slightly, she would cling to her and kiss the corner of her mouth.

Nan Zhi didn’t plan to be a beneficiary for no reason. The genetic inheritance of the Dragon Clan was also faintly emerging, saying—

Yu Shu really liked her now, and she also had to do things that made Yu Shu happy.

So, she kissed her on the corner of her eyes, between her eyebrows, and the corner of her lips.

Then came her white collarbones, the speck of ink, the… on the snowy mountains, and the pool that was a little different from the one in her sect’s back mountain.

It started to rain outside. The wind blew through the window, and the curtains were blown up and fell down. The bright moon gradually disappeared in the west.

Yu Shu tiredly closed her eyes and leaned on her shoulder. She looked to the side, and after hearing her shallow breathing, she also closed her eyes.

She didn’t know how much time had passed, and the sunlight began to shine through the window.

Nan Zhi, who was always a light sleeper, slowly opened her eyes, but when she did, she was stunned for a moment.

That beautiful little tiger was lying on her left shoulder, and she didn’t know how long she had been looking at her.

“…What’s wrong?”

Yu Shu’s eyes moved slightly. Her gaze moved up, and their eyes met.

Suddenly, Yu Shu leaned in.

She was very close to Nan Zhi, and her dark hair was on the side of her face. Her hair had a light fragrance and lingered in her nose.

At this moment, she slowly said:

“Do you know that I really like you?”

Nan Zhi was stunned, but the answer in her heart was a definite yes.

Since their separation in Yulin City, Yu Shu’s feelings had been completely on her face. She was enthusiastic and sincere, not stingy at all, and it was even obvious, so much so that many people took the opportunity to tease her at the Immortal Sect Conference when Yu Shu wasn’t there.

“Is it that hard to answer?” Yu Shu pouted unhappily and turned her head away.

For some reason, Nan Zhi wanted to laugh. She said on a whim, “Do you know that I do too?”

Yu Shu turned her head back. Her eyebrows were raised, but she lightly said, “Oh.”

Normally, if she looked like this, Yu Shu would follow up with “boring.” Nan Zhi thought that this time would be the same, but in reality, it wasn’t—

Yu Shu didn’t say the usual words. She clung to her and kissed the side of Nan Zhi’s face. Then she ran to Nan Zhi’s ear to show off. “I thought you didn’t have a mouth, but it turns out you do.”

Nan Zhi: …

“But, don’t you think you’ve changed?”

Her tone had a hint of accusation, so much so that Nan Zhi was confused. “What changed?”

Yu Shu lightly snorted.

In the past, when she wanted to please her, she would use words to coax her, but now, she just kept provoking her, and it even made her think that Nan Zhi didn’t have a mouth.

Her eyes were leisurely, and she snorted again. She got out of bed under Nan Zhi’s confused gaze.

Nan Zhi was even more confused. She wanted to get up with Yu Shu but found that— Yu Shu had gotten dressed and put on makeup at some point, while she was still disheveled.

She was silent for a moment. She put on her inner clothes and got out of bed.

Over there, Yu Shu walked leisurely toward her and handed her a set of white clothes, saying with a sense of entitlement, “This time, it’s your turn to wear the same color as me.”

Nan Zhi subconsciously looked to the side, sizing Yu Shu up and down.

The white clothes that suited her the most were on her body. Her figure was slender, her back was straight, but her head was suspiciously turned away, revealing her red ear tips.

Nan Zhi couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“What are you laughing at?” Yu Shu seemed a little unhappy. She pulled back the clothes she had handed to her and said the opposite of what she meant, “Just do as you please.”

“What do you mean?” Nan Zhi helplessly pulled Yu Shu back.

Seeing this, Yu Shu crossed her arms and pretended to be cold. “Wear it or don’t wear it, I don’t care.”

This time, Nan Zhi could only quickly take and put on the clothes, and after she was done, she realized that—

Yu Shu had already prepared to walk out with her arm in arm.

The door creaked open, and the sunlight gathered on their sides. Nan Zhi accidentally caught a glimpse of their shadows leaning on each other, so she couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Yu Shu.

The person who was holding her arm seemed to feel it and looked up at her. “What?”

It was just when the sun was faint, and it was on her face. Her sparkling almond-shaped eyes looked very soft at this moment.

Suddenly, Nan Zhi’s heart began to itch. She retracted her gaze and said naturally, “Nothing.”

Yu Shu gave her a strange look. She didn’t plan to delve into it and walked out with her arm in arm.

After a few steps, she saw Nie Xin with a not-so-good expression.

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment. She asked, “What’s wrong?”

Nie Xin frowned and said concisely:

“She’s been having a nightmare since last night. We medical cultivators have no way, but I heard that the Heaven-Tethered Sect has a dream-entering spell.”