The Family Head of This Generation (Girls' Love) - Chapter 9

The sky gradually darkened, and the moon hung high on the treetops. The night birds also cried mournfully. At the speed of her lightfoot movement, she was quickly approaching the depths of the Haotian Secret Realm. Hearing the occasional brutal sounds of demon beasts tearing their prey coming from deep within the forest, Zhao Ziyan abandoned the idea of continuing her journey. There were many demon beasts in the Haotian Secret Realm. If it weren’t for the fact that the Gu King raised by Zhao Wenxiu had the ability to communicate with all insects, knowing in advance from the poisonous insects which direction had powerful communal demon beasts, Zhao Ziyan would not be able to guarantee her safe return from the Haotian Secret Realm. The Haotian Secret Realm was too mysterious. Humans had explored it for tens of thousands of years, yet they still could not uncover its mysterious veil.

Casually killing a third-grade demon beast, Zhao Ziyan forcibly occupied the nest of the Sub-Lizard Beast. Due to the Sub-Lizard Beast’s delicious and resilient meat, it was a rare delicacy in the Cang Yi Continent. Zhao Ziyan had been craving it since she ate it once at the Zhao family. However, the Sub-Lizard Beast was too rare. Because of its delicious meat, it had already been hunted to extinction. Perhaps it could only be found in some unconquered secret realms of the Cang Yi Continent. Since dinner was sorted for tonight, Zhao Ziyan didn’t abandon the drunk Zhao Wenxiu to look for prey. Zhao Wenxiu was truly a woman who caused worry. If it weren’t for the powerful reconnaissance ability of the Gu King she raised, Zhao Ziyan would have abandoned Zhao Wenxiu and left a long time ago.

“So fragrant.”

Zhao Wenxiu twitched her delicate little nose. Smelling the aroma in the space, she suddenly felt an empty stomach. With her brain still fuzzy, she swayed and stumbled towards Zhao Ziyan.

“You’re awake. If you’re awake, wash your face and eat dinner.” Zhao Ziyan said with a straight face, ignoring Zhao Wenxiu’s drooling expression over the roasted meat in her hand. She was too tired to complain about Zhao Wenxiu’s thick skin. Even if she didn’t want to feed her the roasted meat in her hand, she couldn’t outdo Zhao Wenxiu’s shameless persistence.

“Oh! Ziyan is so considerate of Auntie. Auntie… must reward Ziyan well. Ziyan, Auntie wants you to feed me…” Zhao Wenxiu drunkenly collapsed into Zhao Ziyan’s arms, her words slurred with alcohol. The Hundred Flowers Brew was mellow and sweet to drink, but its after-effect was too strong. Zhao Wenxiu was still half-drunk, without a trace of her usual imposing manner when arguing with Zhao Ziyan.

“If you wake up and don’t hang yourself from a southeastern branch out of shame, I will feed you. Go and wash your face obediently.”

It was better to humor a drunk woman, otherwise, if she went into a drunken frenzy, Zhao Ziyan really wasn’t confident that she could conquer Zhao Wenxiu. Thinking back to her childhood, Zhao Wenxiu once showed off her summoning technique in front of her. With her single command, the insects from the four surrounding cities of White Tiger City all swarmed towards the Zhao mansion in dense numbers. Those poisonous insects and creatures submerged the entire Zhao mansion and also gave the young Zhao Ziyan a high fever for three days from fear. Even now, Zhao Ziyan still felt her scalp prickle at the thought of those dense masses of insects.

“No! I want Ziyan to feed me!”

Zhao Wenxiu straddled Zhao Ziyan, her small mouth mischievously blowing hot air onto Zhao Ziyan’s neck. Seeing Zhao Ziyan shrink her neck from the tickle, Zhao Wenxiu giggled. Her drunken little face was still slightly flushed, like a ripe apple, unusually adorable.

“Fine, I’ll feed you. Go take a bath after eating. I don’t know how you can stand the smell of alcohol all over you. You are already at such an age, yet you still play such childish games. Don’t you know shame?”

Zhao Ziyan pushed away the mischievous Zhao Wenxiu with a cold face. It had only been one day since entering the Haotian Secret Realm, but Zhao Ziyan had already witnessed no less than thirty battles: demon beasts against demon beasts, demon beasts against humans, and humans against humans. There were people fighting and killing each other for a rare flower or herb, engaging in fierce battles, and enemies meeting with intense hatred. In just one day, countless cultivators had died in the Haotian Secret Realm. The entire Haotian Secret Realm was stained crimson by the slaughter, with bl00d permeating and corpses everywhere. Who was right or wrong didn’t matter; the strong were respected.

If the stable days in the Zhao mansion allowed Zhao Ziyan to tell herself that the world was peaceful through self-deception, then the trip to the Haotian Secret Realm made Zhao Ziyan fully realize the cruelty of this world. If the world of her previous life was characterized by human indifference, then the world of this life was one of blatant, ruthless predation: the strong preyed on the weak, and the weak devoured the weaker.

“Ziyan, Auntie wants to bathe with you. When you were little, Ziyan didn’t dislike Auntie. Now that you’ve grown up, Ziyan is not cute at all, only knowing how to make Auntie angry all day. Give me back my little Ziyan!” After being pushed away, Zhao Wenxiu immediately clung back to her, mumbling accusations that Zhao Ziyan made her angry.

“I…”

Zhao Ziyan was speechless. She ignored Zhao Wenxiu’s nonsense, allowing her to fuss over her body. Zhao Ziyan’s face was slightly red. She silently recited, “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. A beauty is a disaster, do not provoke.” The time and place were wrong right now. No matter how much she provoked her normally, she couldn’t harbor improper thoughts about Zhao Wenxiu right now. Otherwise, when Zhao Wenxiu sobered up, who knew if the ferocious Gu Saint Auntie of the Southern Frontier would be ashamed enough to have murderous thoughts of silencing her.

“Hungry.”

Seeing that Zhao Ziyan had no intention of responding, Zhao Wenxiu opened her mouth pitifully, staring at Zhao Ziyan’s expressionless face with watery eyes. Seeing Ziyan skillfully slice the large piece of roasted meat into small pieces, Zhao Wenxiu waited for the food to be delivered to her mouth. The mentally unclear Zhao Wenxiu regarded the person next to her as her sole reliance.

After feeding Zhao Wenxiu’s small mouth, Zhao Ziyan also casually ate a few bites. Having seen too many red and white, broken corpses today, Zhao Ziyan didn’t have much appetite, even for such a delicacy. Zhao Ziyan recalled how her heart trembled with fear the first time she saw a fragmented corpse. Now, facing corpses everywhere, she felt not much of an impact. Was she numb, or had she adapted to the survival rules of the Cang Yi Continent? Zhao Ziyan didn’t know. Regardless, she had taken the first step towards maturity, no longer as naive as she once was.

“Auntie, don’t move. I’ll take you to bathe.”

Zhao Ziyan hesitated for a moment, but eventually picked up Zhao Wenxiu by the waist. Given Zhao Wenxiu’s current groggy state, who knew how long it would take for her to stumble to the bathtub where she had prepared the water for her.

Zhao Wenxiu, with unfocused eyes, looked sideways at Zhao Ziyan holding her. She didn’t speak, only burrowing into Zhao Ziyan’s arms. If Zhao Ziyan had paid attention, she would have noticed that her formidable Gu Saint Auntie’s ears were so red they were almost bleeding. When Zhao Wenxiu was conscious, she realized she was being held in Zhao Ziyan’s arms. After drinking, she felt completely weak, unable to even lift a finger. Recalling what she did while drunk, her face instantly flushed crimson. Not only was she held by her niece, but she had also flirtatiously seduced her niece and taken advantage of Zhao Ziyan. Thinking about it, she decided to continue feigning unconsciousness! She had completely lost face.

…

A minute later, Zhao Ziyan stared blankly at Zhao Wenxiu, who was now asleep in her arms. She truly didn’t know what to do. Wasn’t she just making a fuss a moment ago? Now she was asleep.

However, would it be unkind to simply toss Zhao Wenxiu into the bathtub? Not only was Zhao Wenxiu her aunt, but she was also a great beauty. She couldn’t be cruel to women.

After a fierce ideological conflict, Zhao Ziyan’s face couldn’t help but blush. She looked down at the sleeping beauty in her arms and muttered to herself, “Auntie, if you don’t wake up, don’t blame me. I apologize for the offense.”

Suppressing the slight flutter in her heart, Zhao Ziyan’s fingers slowly untied the ribbon fastening Zhao Wenxiu’s clothes, revealing the red dudou (undergarment) embroidered with mandarin ducks underneath. In a short while, the mandarin duck dudou was also slowly removed by the red-faced Zhao Ziyan. Restraining the evil thought of reaching out and touching, Zhao Ziyan quickly removed Zhao Wenxiu’s underpants. Seeing Zhao Wenxiu sleeping soundly, Zhao Ziyan then carried her horizontally and placed her into the steaming bathtub.

“Slap!”

Biting her lip, Zhao Wenxiu fiercely slapped Zhao Ziyan. The blush on her face spread little by little to her neck, making her peerless femme fatale-like face even more tempting.

“Pervert! I will kill you!”

Zhao Wenxiu was furious and embarrassed, no longer pretending to be unconscious. Her hands tightly covered the beautiful nakedness exposed to Zhao Ziyan’s eyes. Her unreliable niece was truly awful! Not only did she get looked at, but she even…

“Since you’re awake, wash yourself!”

Zhao Ziyan said calmly, turning directly to prepare the place for sleeping tonight. Although Sub-Lizard Beast meat was delicious, a beast was still a beast. The Sub-Lizard Beast’s nest had a strong odor. It took a lot of genuine energy to cast several cleansing spells before the smell dissipated. Zhao Ziyan’s demeanor completely forgot that she had just taken advantage of her aunt and been slapped. In fact, Zhao Ziyan was also annoyed in her heart. She was slapped for no reason, but then she remembered that she had indeed accidentally touched that place, and her anger vanished without a trace.

“Zhao Ziyan, turn around!”

Seeing Zhao Ziyan ignore her, Zhao Wenxiu was enraged. She was being ignored! Wasn’t she beautiful? Wasn’t her body attractive? Her vicious tone was exactly like Zhao Ziyan’s when she was being arrogant. It must be said that they were indeed aunt and niece—equally domineering and equally unreasonable.

“Stop making trouble. It’s very late. The bed has been made for you. When you’re done bathing, come and sleep.”

The tone was still calm, but it made Zhao Wenxiu uneasy. Her niece was fearless. Even if she offended the King of Heaven, she would dare to capture the King of Heaven and beat him up. But today, Zhao Ziyan’s behavior was too strange. Not only did she gently hold her, rarely feed her, and even when she slapped her, she didn’t slap back. This was extremely abnormal. When did her unreliable niece become able to control her emotions? It was too abnormal.

“What’s wrong with you today?” Zhao Wenxiu asked cautiously, her watery big eyes full of confusion.

“Nothing. Just a little tired. I carried you and ran all day, exhausting my zhenyuan (true essence).” Zhao Ziyan told the truth. It was true that her zhenyuan was exhausted, but the heart was the most tired. Experiencing too much life and death in one day, she grew weary, but she also understood: in the Cang Yi Continent, the fittest survive, and the weak should go to hell!

“Pervert,” Zhao Wenxiu cursed coyly when she heard she had been carried all day, her face flushing even redder.

After putting on her clothes, Zhao Wenxiu went straight to lie down on the simple bed Zhao Ziyan had prepared for her. Although curious about Zhao Ziyan’s experiences today, she knew Zhao Ziyan wouldn’t tell her.

Having slept all day, Zhao Wenxiu wasn’t sleepy at all. She was full of energy, looking around the place where she was sleeping. Then she saw the shameless Zhao Ziyan casually taking off her clothes to take a bath. Zhao Wenxiu pretended to cover her eyes with her hands, but the eyes that were open wider than usual clearly showed that Auntie Zhao Wenxiu was not pure either…