Hiss… it hurts!
As Mo Huaiyu’s consciousness slowly returned, he immediately felt a piercing pain radiating from within his body, accompanied by an overwhelming sense of exhaustion.
It felt exactly like waking up the day after sprinting one thousand meters when you hadn’t exercised in ages.
Before he could even open his eyes, the fatigue was followed by a sensation of softness.
Soon, the pleasant fragrance of flowers teased his senses. Feeling that soft touch and the floral scent, Mo Huaiyu opened his eyes just one second later.
There was a saying that if a woman looked down and could not see her own toes, she was a peerless beauty.
Of course, from another perspective, if a man looked up and saw half the sky covered, she was also a peerless beauty.
The first thing that entered his vision was a pair of majestic, semicircular shapes.
In the past, he would often see such a sight upon waking from an afternoon nap.
However, compared to the past magnificence that nearly blocked his entire field of vision, these currently only covered half the sky.
This allowed him to see a cool, stunningly beautiful face, unlike before when he would only hear her voice without seeing her person.
Mo Huaiyu saw that the beautiful eyes before him were no longer icy.
At this moment, they seemed to contain a pool of autumn water, rippling with the waves of spring.
Seeing him wake up, a look of joy surfaced in those lovely eyes.
“Good morning, Junior Brother Mo,” An Ruoxi whispered, her voice as clear and cold as an icy spring.
His head still groggy, Mo Huaiyu realized he was currently sleeping with his head pillowed on Sister Ruoxi’s jade-like thighs.
A delicate, peach-like fragrance lingered around him, making him feel as if he had fallen into a soft ocean of peach blossoms, a place where one would never want to leave.
“Little one, are you awake?”
Another soft, magnetic voice rang out.
Mo Huaiyu turned his head to look and saw a plump, beautiful woman sitting not far away.
Her gaze carried a hint of pity, as if she were looking at a cute puppy that had been injured, but there was also a measure of approval.
An Ruoxi had already told Ming Yuhe everything that had happened.
The fact that the little guy had thrown himself in front of her precious disciple without hesitation had significantly increased her favor toward him.
“Peak Master… Peak Master Ming!?”
Seeing the mature beauty, Mo Huaiyu’s brain instantly cleared.
Realizing he was still pillowed on Sister Ruoxi’s lap while her Master was right there, he hurriedly tried to sit up.
However, just as Mo Huaiyu made it halfway up, waves of pain surged through his body.
Then, a fair, jade-like hand pressed against his chest, instantly pushing him back down.
His head landed once more on the soft, slender thighs.
It was soft and bouncy, and the floral fragrance surrounding him immediately eased his pain, even making him feel comfortable enough to want to keep sleeping.
“Junior Brother Mo, don’t move,” An Ruoxi said, lowering her head.
A few strands of hair from her temples fell onto the youth’s face as her hand brushed the stray hairs from his forehead.
“Master just checked your injuries. Although your physical body isn’t wounded, your Spiritual Power was overextended, causing damage to your Meridians. Moving too much will strain the injured Meridians, so for now, Junior Brother Mo, stay lying down and be good.”
Mo Huaiyu originally wanted to say it was no big deal and that this little bit of pain was nothing, but when he saw the flash of tenderness in the cool beauty’s eyes, he swallowed his words.
Although he could be a bit straightforward, he wasn’t someone who didn’t understand romantic atmosphere.
Since Sister Ruoxi had said so, he could only enjoy this lap pillow, which felt entirely different from Sister Yuyun’s.
Fortunately, Sister Yuyun wasn’t here. Otherwise, she would definitely pull him away forcefully.
He still remembered that time when the beautiful sister who gave him the Path-Enlightening Tea wanted to clean his ears; she had patted her rounded, slender legs and told him to lie down.
In the end, just as she finished and before he could get up, they happened to run into Sister Yuyun.
That was the first time he had seen Sister Yuyun fly into a towering rage, and he had been trembling in fear for a long time afterward.
“Junior Brother Mo, how does your body feel?”
An Ruoxi asked with a concerned tone.
“It’s alright. Other than feeling a bit tired, there’s nothing seriously wrong.”
Such an intimate posture made Mo Huaiyu feel a bit awkward.
After all, counting the time they met at the Dao-Asking Convention, he and Sister Ruoxi had only known each other for a few short months.
At the convention, the cool beauty had been cold and distant toward everyone, including him, acting as if she couldn’t be bothered with anyone.
Now that Sister Ruoxi was suddenly being so intimate, Mo Huaiyu found it a bit difficult to adjust.
“Right! What happened with Tianshui City in the end?”
Mo Huaiyu asked, finally remembering the situation.
“The person you fought is dead. The City Lord was crippled by Master, and another person managed to escape. However, it doesn’t matter. That person’s cultivation was only at the mid-stage of the Cave-Heaven Realm, and they took a hit from Sister; even if they didn’t die, they are surely disabled. The rest have been taken back to the Yuling Sect.”
“I see.”
Mo Huaiyu felt it was a bit of a pity that one person escaped, but as long as the mastermind didn’t get away, it was fine.
He had sensed something was wrong the moment they arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion.
An Ruoxi looked down at the youth’s handsome, delicate face.
She hesitated for a moment before her red lips parted slightly.
“Junior Brother Mo, back then… why did you choose to face an enemy in the Cave-Heaven Realm?”
“Uh…”
To be honest, he hadn’t thought much of it at the time.
He had simply seen Sister Ruoxi suddenly become weak and her aura wither, and he wanted to protect her.
On one hand, Sister Ruoxi had taken good care of him, and on the other… she was his fiancée, after all!
“Because I didn’t want to see Sister Ruoxi get hurt.”
As soon as Mo Huaiyu spoke, An Ruoxi’s eyes flickered.
She immediately turned her face to the side, showing only her profile to the youth.
‘What happened? Did Sister Ruoxi get upset because I said that?!’
Mo Huaiyu realized he might have said the wrong thing.
Speaking of which, Sister Ruoxi had always seemed uninterested in men.
How long had they known each other?
Much of why she treated him so well was likely because of the Marriage Contract.
By subconsciously saying something so cheesy, hadn’t he just made Sister Ruoxi angry?
It was over. His slip of the tongue had probably reset Sister Ruoxi’s favor of him to zero.
Mo Huaiyu: (╥﹏╥)
‘Dummy,’ the cool, older sister thought silently to herself.
Due to the angle and the view being blocked, the youth could not see that her earlobes were bright red.
A delicate flush had surfaced on her beautiful face, and the coldness in her eyes had melted away, leaving them watery and soft.
“Mm~”
Ming Yuhe watched the little drama between the two from a short distance away, nodding her head in satisfaction.
The little guy’s performance pleased her greatly.
To protect Ruoxi, he had acted without hesitation despite the enemy being several major realms above him.
She had no objections to entrusting Ruoxi to a young man like him.
Furthermore, looking at the bashful Ruoxi and the flustered youth who felt he had said the wrong thing, Ming Yuhe couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
It was good to be young.
She had no intention of telling the boy about Ruoxi’s current shy expression.
Doing that would be far too boring.
Love required some bumps in the road to last forever.
If something was gained too easily, it wouldn’t be cherished.
As she looked at the handsome youth, Ming Yuhe felt that if she were a few hundred years younger, she might have even developed feelings for this little guy herself.
He truly was a cute and satisfying young man.
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