After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master - Chapter 212

Chapter 212: Wanwan and Fufu

“Still not convinced?”

Chu Xianning’s fist was already unclenched.

She was somewhat reluctant to strike again, seeing how battered Jiang Huai looked, likely bruised all over under his clothes, his face swollen like a pig’s head.

Taking a deep breath, she suddenly felt an indescribable sensation in her heart, as if she had lost something.

“Of course not convinced!”

“I admit you’re talented. You’ve mastered Flowing Wind Returning Snow, and your Overlord Art is also very good. If it weren’t for my Void Refining first-level spiritual energy, perhaps I would have lost to you already. Alright, I won’t make you crawl around like a little dog in the courtyard. Just admit defeat.”

As soon as Chu Xianning said this, Jiang Huai, who had been plotting how to tease her later, suddenly paused. Master Chu Xianning was so considerate of him, yet he was filled with despicable thoughts.

Jiang Huai… you’re really a scoundrel.

Jiang Huai even seriously considered admitting defeat.

What if he won and bullied Chu Xianning later, and she became upset and troubled after her initial embarrassment?

But when he looked up again into Chu Xianning’s eyes, into her gentle gaze, he suddenly wanted to hold her tightly in his arms.

“Master, hug me and I’ll admit defeat,” Jiang Huai muttered softly.

“I won’t,” Chu Xianning turned her face away.

“I’ve already been kind enough not to make you crawl like a dog.”

“Hmph, I gave you a chance,” Jiang Huai lifted his chin proudly.

After silently reciting in his mind, Jiang Huai used the five high-grade experience scrolls. In an instant, his cultivation aura changed, and the spiritual energy of Divine Transformation at the seventh level flooded into his dantian. The injuries on his body also healed rapidly due to the influx of spiritual energy. He looked into Chu Xianning’s eyes,

“Master, be careful.”

With that, he initiated the eighth level of Flowing Wind Returning Snow’s Remnant Snow Steps and threw a punch. Chu Xianning was taken aback.

The two of them immediately tangled in the courtyard. Chu Xianning had suppressed her spiritual energy to only the first level of Void Refining. As long as Jiang Huai could deplete her spiritual energy, it would naturally mean his victory. Chu Xianning was not a physical cultivator and had never practiced any body strengthening techniques.

Jiang Huai’s punches became faster and faster, each one landing on her spiritual energy shield, shattering it. Chu Xianning, accustomed to being filled with spiritual energy, was now somewhat unable to cope. Jiang Huai didn’t need to hold back or worry about injuring her. Given Chu Xianning’s body, tempered by spiritual energy over the years, his punches, even if they landed on her, would be nothing more than a tickle.

Chu Xianning’s breathing was no longer as steady as before, becoming increasingly disordered, which was a taboo in combat. Once the breath was disturbed, it was akin to being thrown off balance. Jiang Huai’s punches grew more fierce, and he used all the moves Chu Xianning had previously used against her. Her spiritual energy shield was completely shattered, leaving her without the slightest strength to fight back.

Even though her cultivation was at the first level of Void Refining, Jiang Huai himself had the fifth level of Overlord Art to bolster him. Now, with the spiritual energy of Divine Transformation at the seventh level, he had more than enough to use. Chu Xianning’s spiritual energy was waning, and her physical strength was rapidly declining. Sweat beads formed on her pale forehead, and as they evaporated, the scent of flowers filled the courtyard.

The despicable Jiang Huai took advantage of Chu Xianning’s momentary lapse to trip her with a mischievous leg sweep.

Already off-balance, Chu Xianning staggered, and Jiang Huai, like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, brought her down with a thud.

…

A wave of floral fragrance wafted over.

Jiang Huai paused because, at that moment, Chu Xianning’s soft body was pressed beneath him. Just as she tried to struggle, Jiang Huai pressed his hand on her shoulder, looking into her cool eyes.

“Master, your Void Refining first-level spiritual energy is completely exhausted. So, I’ve won, right?”

Chu Xianning’s eyes stared intently into his.

“Where did you get this cultivation from?”

“I obtained some secret techniques in the last secret realm that can temporarily boost my cultivation. I can use them once in a while, but the spiritual energy can’t be stored. Even if I don’t use it, it’s about to dissipate. None of that matters now. Have I won?”

“With such techniques, you should keep them for your protection… and you used them to bet with me?”

Chu Xianning took a deep breath, a hint of annoyance in her eyes.

“I don’t usually fight with others, so I know what I’m doing.”

Jiang Huai was very close to Chu Xianning at this point. As she spoke, her breath seemed to fall on his face, and he just looked at her.

“Anyway, I won.”

“Scoundrel.”

“Say what you will,” Jiang Huai replied guiltily,

“Master, it’s time to close your eyes.”

“I…”

Chu Xianning couldn’t bring herself to say she was reneging on the bet. She might be able to act unreasonably like Luo Yueguan, but she still couldn’t close her eyes,

“Get off me.”

Reluctantly, Jiang Huai stood up from Chu Xianning, who felt soft and fragrant. He reached out his hand to her, but she didn’t take it, standing up on her own. She looked at Jiang Huai in silence for a moment,

“What… do you want to do?”

“I won’t say, just close your eyes, Master.”

Chu Xianning’s eyes began to show panic, and she turned her face away.

“I am your master. You can’t go too far…”

“What counts as too far?”

Jiang Huai countered, asking Chu Xianning.

“You can’t… kiss me.”

Just saying this made Chu Xianning immensely embarrassed, her ears turning a faint pink.

“So Master thinks I would kiss you?”

Jiang Huai blinked innocently at her.

Chu Xianning was taken aback.

But Jiang Huai pretended to ponder at that moment.

“Well, it seems that a kiss… wouldn’t be too bad.”

“I said you can’t…”

“But Master, you agreed to it. Now you say I can’t, so just tell me you’re reneging and being unreasonable, and I’ll obediently listen.”

“I…”

Chu Xianning still couldn’t say she was being unreasonable.

“Alright, alright, just close your eyes, okay?”

Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning innocently. She took a deep breath and finally closed her eyes, her delicate eyelashes trembling slightly.

She was ready to be bitten by a dog.

Jiang Huai approached her, silently reviewing his system task.

【Bet with Master Chu Xianning, find a way to coax her into losing to you, and then, while she is fully conscious, let you kiss her lips, neck, and collarbone.】

【Task Reward: high-grade experience scroll*3, Evil-Repelling Ice Silk White Socks*2.】

Chu Xianning was fidgeting with her skirt, seemingly full of unease. Perhaps if Jiang Huai really approached and kissed her, Chu Xianning would have no reason to blame him, and she might just be angry for a while and then be coaxed into forgiving him.

Jiang Huai fell silent for a moment, then moved closer to Chu Xianning.

He smelled the floral scent on her, looked at her slender body, her trembling eyelashes, her slightly pursed lips, and after a moment, he suddenly stretched out his arms and gently embraced Chu Xianning.

Chu Xianning’s body suddenly became somewhat stiff.

But Jiang Huai simply rested his chin on her shoulder and said softly,

“It’s been so, so, so long since I’ve hugged Master, I just wanted a hug.”

One, two, three, four, five.

Five breaths of time passed just like that.

Jiang Huai was only gently holding her body and did nothing else.

After five breaths, Jiang Huai let go, took a step back, and said softly.

“Alright, alright, the bet is settled now, Master can open your eyes, okay?”

Chu Xianning slowly opened her eyes, and those clear, cold eyes looked at Jiang Huai with an especially complex expression.

Jiang Huai just smiled.

“Why is Master staring at me?”

Chu Xianning turned her face away and didn’t look at him.

“It’s nothing.”

“Then I’m going to take a bath.”

Jiang Huai turned and walked towards the bath, while Chu Xianning sat quietly in the pavilion, her eyes gazing at the distant sky. After a long while, she stretched out her hand, her fingertips touching her chest.

In the moment Jiang Huai held her, her heartbeat was indescribably chaotic, and she couldn’t even tell if it was anxiety or anticipation. But in the end, Jiang Huai didn’t kiss her, so she no longer needed to fret over whether she should be angry or, as Jiang Huai said, pretend nothing had happened.

But the rebellious disciple was unexpectedly well-behaved.

Jiang Huai quickly finished his bath and came out. He headed towards the courtyard exit, and after a few steps, he seemed to remember something and said to Chu Xianning,

“I’m stepping out for a bit, Master.”

“Where to?”

“Since there’s nothing else to do, I’ll go play with Wanwan for a while.”

Jiang Huai replied softly, and Chu Xianning nodded slightly without asking further. Watching Jiang Huai leave the courtyard, she was now the only one left.

She was always alone before.

She just looked at the clouds rolling by in the sky until the sunset.

…

In Wen Wanwan’s courtyard.

“Jiang Huai Senior Brother, pick one?”

“-pick what?”

“Fufu said last time you bullied her, and as her sister, I have to stand up for Fufu. Otherwise, what if Fufu complains that I’m biased as a sister and feels secretly aggrieved and sad?”

“So, what are my options?”

“Do you want to be humiliated by me and Fufu with our feet, or… let Fufu sit on Jiang Huai Senior Brother’s chest and let Jiang Huai Senior Brother give Fufu () a good kiss?”

“What kind of option is the second one!!!”

“So, Jiang Huai Senior Brother chooses the first?”

Jiang Huai: ?

Did he fall into a trap?

But Wen Wanwan’s reasoning was so righteous, as a sister, of course, she had to stand up for her younger sister and seek justice.

Thus, Jiang Huai Jr. reluctantly chose the first option and was forced to lie down on the soft big bed. Wen Wanwan and Wen Fufu, dressed in black and white maid dresses, looked gentle and dignified. The little feet under the skirts, wrapped in ultra-thin stockings, appeared hazy and adorably enticing.

“Sister will teach you, not like that, you should do it this way…”

“Jiang Huai Senior Brother, don’t close your eyes.” Wen Wanwan puffed up her cheeks.

“You have to have the attitude of being punished, and watch me and Fufu.”

“Exactly, exactly.” Wen Fufu also puffed up her cheeks, nodding earnestly.

…

“W-what is this for?”

Jiang Huai watched as Wen Wanwan approached and blindfolded him with a ribbon.

“Now Jiang Huai Senior Brother has to guess whose feet will be punishing Jiang Huai Senior Brother next, and if you guess wrong…”

“What happens if I guess wrong?”

“Originally, it was only three punishments, but for each wrong guess, we’ll add one more.”

…

“It’s Fufu.”

“Nope, it’s Wanwan.”

“Wanwan wouldn’t be so clumsy…”

“Wanwan was pretending.”

Wen Wanwan replied innocently, listening to Jiang Huai’s aggrieved voice and starting to giggle.

…

“I can’t take it anymore!” Jiang Huai tore off the blindfold.

“I’m not being reasonable anymore.”

“Ah?”

Wen Wanwan looked at him with a pitiful gaze, but in the next second, she was pinned down beneath him. The pretense of grievance in Wen Wanwan’s eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by a gentle gaze.

“Then… Wanwan wants to lie in Fufu’s arms and be bullied.”

It was clear that Wen Fufu had completely mastered all the ways to handle Jiang Huai Jr.