Senior Sister Is Too Weak and Cannot Take Care Of Herself (Transmigration) - Chapter 36

Now that the sect competition was finally over, Tang Huan had secured her spot in the secret realm. She also knew how to escape the control of Ren Jingmu’s protagonist’s halo. Even with a few bumps along the way, the result was still a good one. Tang Huan was overjoyed.

“Senior Sister, let’s celebrate!”

After returning to Baiwu Peak, Tang Huan became her usual clingy self around Qin Su. She tried to make her presence known by cooking a huge meal and even digging up a jug of wine she had buried under a tree a few days ago. The Lunar New Year was approaching. On her way down the mountain, Tang Huan had seen lanterns being hung. She had buried the wine for the New Year, but with the secret realm trip so close, she figured she’d be celebrating in the secret realm, so she dug it up early.

Baiwu Peak (Baiwu Peak) was already rich in spiritual energy, and the wine had been buried under the tree for a while. It had soaked up the spiritual energy and became incredibly smooth and mellow. The aroma was so inviting it smelled like a refreshing fruit juice. Tang Huan couldn’t help but have a few extra glasses.

Qin Su seemed completely normal at the dinner table. She was as gentle with Tang Huan as she always was, and even though her body was frail, she still had two cups of wine with Tang Huan. Qin Su’s demeanor seemed to suggest she hadn’t noticed that Tang Huan had intentionally kept her distance at the martial arts stage. Tang Huan breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the gentle and increasingly beautiful woman in front of her, a little pang of guilt welled up in her heart. She reflected on her actions and realized that it wasn’t just because of those people who were trying to pair her up with Qin Su. In her interactions with Qin Su, she had always felt a subtle sense of inferiority.

Tang Huan often had a dreamlike feeling when she was with Qin Su. The more time she spent with her, the more profound that feeling became. Qin Su was such a wonderful person that Tang Huan felt as if no one in this world was worthy of her. Tang Huan couldn’t understand what she had done to deserve Qin Su’s special treatment. She felt as if her current life was a stolen one. This feeling drove her to constantly want to be good to her Senior Sister. After all, with Qin Su’s talent, there were so many people in the sect who admired her. If Qin Su wanted to, she could have a life a thousand times better than this.

When they were alone on Baiwu Peak, Tang Huan could ignore this strange feeling and focus on being good to her Senior Sister. But in front of others, Tang Huan couldn’t help but want to retreat and avoid her, as if she were a stain on Senior Sister’s brilliant and beautiful life. It was as if she instinctively wanted to run away.

Maybe this is the pressure of raising a perfect character! She had gotten a character who was far more perfect than she had expected. She knew she wasn’t good enough, but she selfishly wanted to delude herself and not have others expose the truth. Tang Huan reflected on her mindset and felt that it was all wrong. She was afraid that the rumors would upset Qin Su. She was afraid that someone else would point out the fact that she didn’t deserve to be by Qin Su’s side. She couldn’t help but become overly cautious and anxious. But her original intention for staying by Qin Su’s side was to make her happy. Her current actions were clearly a betrayal of her original intention.

I’m so awful! Thinking this, the sweet wine she was drinking seemed to have become bitter. Tang Huan’s heart was filled with an even greater sense of guilt, and her desire to make it up to her Senior Sister became even stronger. She put down her wine cup and looked at Qin Su with a pleading gaze. “Senior Sister, we’re going to the secret realm soon, and when we come back, it’ll be next year. I want to go back to my cave to have a little get-together with my friends. Can you come and join us?”

A cultivator’s lifespan was very long. Other than the young disciples who had just joined the sect, no one else had any concept of the New Year. But Tang Huan was different. In her previous, short life, living for one more year was like getting another life medal. This was the first New Year she was celebrating after giving up her past life and gaining a long lifespan. It held a different meaning for her. Tang Huan also wanted Qin Su to experience the joy of celebrating with loved ones.

As Tang Huan had expected, Qin Su refused. Qin Su looked a little dazed, as if she hadn’t expected Tang Huan to invite her. She was stunned for a moment, then spoke in her usual gentle voice. “Junior Sister, I’m afraid I’ll disturb your fun. I won’t go.”

Tang Huan had already prepared herself for Qin Su’s refusal. She immediately used her trump card. She walked around the table and squatted next to Qin Su. She took Qin Su’s arm and began to act cute. “Please, Senior Sister, my favorite Senior Sister in the whole world, please say yes and come with me…” Qin Su’s eyelashes trembled slightly. Tang Huan could clearly see that she was wavering. But Qin Su didn’t give in as she usually did when Tang Huan acted cute.

Qin Su looked up, pursed her lips, and asked, “Who are you planning to invite?”

“Just a few people. You know them all,” Tang Huan said, counting them on her fingers. “Ah Qi, Mengyao…” She paused and then added one more. “And Liu Fei.” Liu Fei was a cold person who only cared about his sword, so he needed to relax a little. Plus, Tang Huan felt guilty about what happened with the secret realm spot.

When she heard Liu Fei’s name, Qin Su’s brows furrowed imperceptibly, and her eyes instantly grew cold. “Junior Sister,” she said gently but firmly, shaking her head. “I still can’t go.”

Tang Huan’s eyes went wide. She didn’t expect that even acting cute wouldn’t work. She guessed that this might have been beyond Qin Su’s current limit. Not wanting to force her, she forced a smile. “Okay then! I’ll take you with me next time.”

Tang Huan was disappointed, but she was afraid Qin Su would see it, so she pretended that everything was fine. The atmosphere between them seemed the same as always: a loving older sister and a respectful younger sister. But when Qin Su entered her room, Tang Huan’s face immediately fell. She was still diligent, so she reviewed everything she had learned from watching the matches and wrote them down in her notebook before falling asleep.

Tang Huan thought she would sleep well that night. She had finally secured a spot in the secret realm and had a brief moment of relief. She thought she would have a good night’s sleep without any dreams. But she never expected to dream of the red-robed Qin Su again.

Is my subconscious really working this hard?! Tang Huan couldn’t help but sigh again. Thinking about the subtle thoughts she had during the day, she realized that she couldn’t afford to be complacent. A sense of determination rose in her heart. She stood up straight, losing her lazy demeanor from before. “Bring it on!”

Work hard, then! She had to work even harder so she wouldn’t feel so insecure standing next to her Senior Sister. There were so many geniuses in this sect. All she could do was work hard.

But the red-robed Qin Su didn’t teach Tang Huan a sword move like she usually did. She looked at Tang Huan for a while, then asked, “Is something on your mind?”

Has my subconscious evolved to the point of giving me a psychological checkup? Tang Huan was shocked again. But at this moment, she only wanted to be a workaholic. Talking would only slow down her sword speed. So she coldly and heartlessly rejected the rare invitation to talk and said with a straight face, “That’s none of your business.”

Red-robed Qin Su’s eyebrow rose again. She didn’t say anything, and then Tang Huan was taught a lesson. It was a new, incredibly difficult sword technique that she had never seen before. Tang Huan was so exhausted she almost fainted, but the red-robed Qin Su didn’t let her go. She created a series of illusions in the sky.

Most of these illusions were typical “killing the wife to prove the dao” stories: a cultivator pushing his wife to a demonic cultivator for a higher cultivation technique; a cultivator using an ancient method to steal his wife’s cultivation; a cultivator killing his wife, who had saved him from a tribulation, to repay his kindness with hatred… Tang Huan couldn’t understand why her mind would conjure up these old, tired romance stories that even the original owner had hated. These were stories from a few hundred years ago!

Maybe I miss reading romance stories too much! A sense of sorrow welled up in Tang Huan’s heart. She hadn’t had a chance to read a good romance story in a long time. Sure enough, my heart isn’t content with this workaholic life.

The “workaholic” Tang Huan practiced her swordplay. The more she watched those old, tired stories, the more she couldn’t stand them. She looked at the red-robed Qin Su with a strange look in her eyes. “Can you change it? Can you show me that story about the rich man that I read? Real life is much more fantastical than romance stories…”

“Which one?” Red-robed Qin Su’s brow furrowed, her eyes filled with confusion.

“You know, the one about the wealthiest man, Liu Fei, getting his first bucket of gold by killing his wife for insurance money!” Tang Huan had felt that the name Liu Fei sounded familiar before. She later remembered that the name was exactly the same as the wealthiest man in her world before she transmigrated.

Before he was exposed, the man had a reputation for being a kind and generous person. It was only after he was exposed that people realized that some people were worse than devils. He had schemed to kill his wife for her insurance money and then used bribes and other evil deeds to become the wealthiest man in the country. He pretended to be a generous person, but in secret, he was using the people he had helped as test subjects for some kind of evil experiment. It was a shame that no one knew where he was hiding, and he was never caught, even after Tang Huan transmigrated.

Tang Huan was in so much pain from practicing that she couldn’t help but retell the story to the red-robed Qin Su. The red-robed Qin Su had a cold personality. She probably didn’t know what to say when she heard the story. She just blinked and pursed her lips, saying nothing. Tang Huan didn’t expect her to say anything. But seeing her like this, she couldn’t help but think of the Qin Su outside of the dream. 

She sighed softly. “Men fall in love and can get out, but women fall in love and can’t. So, it’s best to stay away from love.”

Qin Su’s lips became even more tightly pressed together. She didn’t know why, but she felt a lump in her throat whenever she saw Tang Huan and Liu Fei together. Liu Fei didn’t seem to care about Tang Huan at all and only focused on his sword, but Tang Huan seemed to have a different feeling for him and was even ignoring her. Qin Su instinctively didn’t want to see Tang Huan and Liu Fei happily chatting together, so she refused Tang Huan’s invitation.

She instinctively felt that Liu Fei was not a good match, but she didn’t know how to convince Tang Huan. After some thought, Qin Su went to the sect master. The poor sect master was so scared by the sudden late-night visit from his ancestor. He never expected that his ancestor would ask him such a random question.

“I’ve had many disciples, and I want to ask for your advice: if one of your disciples, ahem, was infatuated with a person you don’t approve of, how would you convince them to stop?”

The sect master’s disciples were always well-behaved and hardworking. He had never had to deal with a problem like this. But since his ancestor was asking him for advice, he had to give his all. He thought about it and remembered the sect’s library. The two of them searched the library for a long time and finally found a few storybooks about “killing the wife to prove the dao.” They planned to use these stories to convince Tang Huan.

Qin Su had thought these stories were a little too much and was afraid they would harm Tang Huan. But she never expected Tang Huan to already know an even more shocking story, and the name of the man in the story was the same as Liu Fei’s. And Tang Huan seemed to be very clear-headed about love and relationships. Qin Su suddenly didn’t know what to say. She was stunned, and then she heard Tang Huan’s voice, which was filled with a hint of fear.

“Thank goodness, Senior Sister has never been interested in any of her suitors in the sect. For a person as naive and stubborn as her, it would be terrifying if she ever fell in love. I wouldn’t know how to convince her to stop…”

For some reason, Qin Su’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. She coughed twice and looked down, pretending she hadn’t heard anything.