After Lu Shang left with Gu Xiaoying, Gong Shangyu, following Lu Shang’s previous instructions, walked straight to the bow of the spirit boat and took over its control.
As her spiritual power steadily infused into the spirit boat, the corners of her lips lifted slightly with delight.
Being able to witness that rascal Gu Xiaoying getting a taste of her own medicine was truly a rare source of amusement.
Thinking of this, Gong Shangyu leisurely took out her white jade bone fan and gently fanned herself, picturing Gu Xiaoying inside the cabin being put through Shizun’s “devilish special training,” ending up in a pitiful, utterly bedraggled state.
However, not long after, faint noises drifting out from the cabin gradually froze the smile on her face, and in the end, she even grew solemn.
“Oh… Shizun! Not there…*”
At first, it was Gu Xiaoying’s suppressed, trembling little moan, as if she were enduring some unbearable agony.
Gong Shangyu’s hand paused mid-fan, her beautiful brows rising ever so slightly.
But soon, she seemed to think things through and comforted herself inwardly.
“Hm? Essence Cleansing and Marrow Purification… It really does hurt. Making some noises is normal.”
But then, an even clearer, melodious, and coquettish gasp rang out—
“No… Shifu! Be gentler…”
Gu Xiaoying’s voice rose at the end, laced with a charm that words could hardly describe.
The sound bored straight into her ears, causing Gong Shangyu’s fingers on the fan handle to unconsciously tighten.
“Gu Xiaoying! You… you dare to secretly eat!”
Gong Shangyu was about to explode, her heart suddenly pounding, but then she quickly regained her composure, forcefully pushing down all those absurd thoughts:
“No… impossible! Shizun doesn’t even know Xiaoying is a girl!”
“Besides, Xiaoying would never dare to expose herself! She told me herself that Shizun in this life… isn’t he somewhat averse to women?”
“Yes, that’s right! It must be so! This… this must be a side effect from cultivating some special technique, which is why her voice sounds off!”
“And anyway, Shizun has always been upright and above reproach—how could he do such shameful things with Gu Xiaoying…”
Gong Shangyu tried hard to keep calm, but inside, her heart rippled like a lake into which a stone had just been thrown.
Just as Gong Shangyu was growing more and more flustered, desperately trying to find excuses for herself—
Gu Xiaoying’s voice inside the cabin suddenly soared, tinged with sobs and a nearly theatrical tone.
“Oh, chest… Shizun! Slow down…”
“I really can’t fit anymore! I’m going to break!”
Such extremely suggestive words, overflowing with ambiguity and limitless imagination, shattered all of Gong Shangyu’s self-comfort like thunder!
Huh?
Can’t fit anymore?
Going to break?!
Gu Xiaoying, you sneaky cat!
You really did secretly eat!
Yes!
That’s it!
She definitely stole a taste!
After all, the so-called claim that Shizun dislikes women came only from Gu Xiaoying herself!
A few days ago, when Shizun was in Yangzhou City, he showed no obvious signs of being averse to women.
So, this whole claim about Shizun’s aversion to women was probably just a ploy invented by Gu Xiaoying, the sneaky cat, to mislead her!
Yes!
Yes!
That must be it!
That little fox must have intentionally misled her, so she could get closer to Shizun before anyone else!
The moment Gong Shangyu thought of this, she clenched her pearly teeth, then remembered Shizun’s ethereal looks and Gu Xiaoying’s smug, infuriating smile, as well as all the unspeakable things they might be doing in the cabin.
Right now, Gong Shangyu wished she could go back in time and slap herself silly.
After all, if Gu Xiaoying and Lu Shang really did do something, then by sending Gu Xiaoying in herself earlier, she had just handed Gu Xiaoying an assist.
But—Gu Xiaoying actually got to sneak a taste!
And she had just stupidly sent her in, even standing guard out here for the two of them!
Gong Shangyu felt a rush of heat go straight to her head; rage, mixed with the panic of being deceived and beaten to the punch, instantly overwhelmed her!
“Ahhhh… Gu! Xiao! Ying!”
Gong Shangyu couldn’t care less about etiquette or seniority anymore.
She shot to her feet, spiritual power surging in an instant!
“System! Activate time-stop for me!”
Though furious, Gong Shangyu wasn’t stupid.
She knew if she barged in right now, regardless of whether Lu Shang and Gu Xiaoying had done anything, the situation would not be in her favor.
Moreover, she didn’t believe Shizun would take the initiative to do anything with Gu Xiaoying, so if anything really happened between them, it must have been that Gu Xiaoying seduced Shizun.
Having thought everything through, Gong Shangyu decisively activated the time-stop, planning to interrogate Gu Xiaoying.
If she really had done something with Shizun, she would give that little vixen a severe punishment!
As Gong Shangyu activated the time-stop, an invisible ripple seemed to sweep through the world around her, and the flow of time slowed to an almost complete halt.
Even the birds flying through the air were frozen in the midst of flapping their wings.
With an icy mask and razor-sharp eyes, Gong Shangyu instantly flashed to the cabin door, and without thinking, shoved the door open with all her might!
“Gu Xiaoying! You damned little fox, just what are you doing to Shizun—”
Gong Shangyu’s accusations came to an abrupt halt.
The scene inside the cabin was nothing like the indecent tableau she had imagined.
Lu Shang was in the midst of tipping a white porcelain bottle toward Gu Xiaoying, his face sporting a rare “as your master, this is all for your own good” severity.
At this moment, he was like a statue, frozen by the time-stop in place, his fingertips still holding a few plump, spirit-infused Supreme Condensing Qi Pills.
As for Gu Xiaoying, she was slumped on the floor, back against the wall, her cheeks puffed out like a hamster stuffed with food, her mouth clearly crammed full of pills, making even swallowing an ordeal.
Her violet eyes shimmered with crystalline tears, her little face flushed red, her gaze full of despair and helplessness.
Seeing her Shizun frozen by time-stop, and Gong Shangyu standing at the door wreathed in anger, Gu Xiaoying looked as if she’d seen a savior, scrambling and crawling toward Gong Shangyu with tears streaming, all the while making muffled, “mm mm mm” noises with her stuffed mouth.
She even reached out a trembling finger to point behind her at Lu Shang, still poised to force-feed pills, his face blank with confusion, her eyes clearly pleading: “Second Senior Sister, save me! Shizun’s going to stuff me to death with pills!”—a wordless accusation.
Gong Shangyu:
“…”
Staring at this scene full of cultivation hardship, so different from the steamy romance she’d imagined, Gong Shangyu looked down at the folding fan in her hand, now full of cracks from her tight grip, then up at her Shizun’s earnest, innocent eyes, frozen in time…
A wave of intense awkwardness and helplessness instantly swept away all the anger and suspicion that had filled her just moments before.
She let out a long breath, feeling utterly relaxed at last.
“So… it was the pills she couldn’t fit in, huh!”
The corner of Gong Shangyu’s mouth twitched fiercely, and for a while, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
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