Volume 3, Chapter 275 – She Was Trying to Drive Me Away on Purpose!

Crack.

Inside the room, the door frame where Bu Lianshuang had been gripping it caved in with a faint dent.

“Sister…” Lu Zhuxin tugged at Chi Xiyan’s hand. “This has nothing to do with Sister Shuang’er. It’s my fault. I was the one pestering Sister Shuang’er all last night and wearing her out. Please don’t blame her, alright?”

Bu Lianshuang went still.

The little fox was speaking up for her?

Outside, Chi Xiyan’s brow added another line. “Who exactly are you calling sister?”

“Mm…” Lu Zhuxin quickly covered her own mouth. “Sorry, Sister. I misspoke again. I shouldn’t be calling Shuang’er my sister…”

Chi Xiyan said coolly, “I’ve said it before. She is the maid, and you are the mistress. Master and servant should each behave accordingly.”

“I bought her into the Chi household to protect you and serve you. Not for you to put her on a pedestal like some idol.”

“Go pull her out of bed. What kind of mistress lets herself be walked all over by her own maid?”

“Mm…” Lu Zhuxin dipped her head slightly, hesitation crossing her face. “But isn’t that a bit harsh, Sister? Shuang’er didn’t sleep all night last night, because of me.”

Chi Xiyan let out a cold laugh. “She’s a cultivator. She isn’t that fragile. Now that she’s entered the Chi residence, she follows the Chi residence’s rules. If you can’t manage her yourself, I’ll do it for you.”

With that, Chi Xiyan stepped past Lu Zhuxin and walked straight toward Bu Lianshuang’s room.

Lu Zhuxin watched her go with interest, the earlier hesitation and awkwardness already gone from her face.

She was curious what would happen when Bu Lianshuang and Chi Xiyan collided again.

Would there be a fight?

The atmosphere was certainly there for one. Come on, just go at it already!

Lu Zhuxin loved nothing more than watching women fight.

Though of course, she also knew that realistically it probably wouldn’t come to that.

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Still, she was curious. How far would that little she-wolf go for her?

Last night, Lu Zhuxin had pushed that little she-wolf to her limit.

She’d gone that far, stopping just short of outright forcing herself on her.

Would the little she-wolf still like her after all that? Would she still be willing to cooperate with her?

Chi Xiyan walked toward Bu Lianshuang’s room with a cold expression.

She didn’t believe a word of what Lu Zhuxin had said.

Her little sister was a mortal and didn’t understand cultivators.

But Chi Xiyan was a Fourth Realm cultivator, and she knew perfectly well what a Fifth Realm cultivator was capable of.

Lan Shuang’er was a Fifth Realm body cultivator. Body cultivators had formidable constitutions. Forget one sleepless night, even sustained physical activity over several days and nights wouldn’t put a dent in their stamina.

Something was off between these two.

Whatever they had gotten up to last night, how had it managed to wear out a Fifth Realm cultivator so badly that she still wasn’t up?

The more she thought about it, the more something uncomfortable stirred in Chi Xiyan’s chest.

This was only the first day.

Just as the air around Chi Xiyan was growing noticeably colder, a soft creak broke the silence.

Bu Lianshuang’s door swung open.

Bu Lianshuang stepped out fully dressed and gave Chi Xiyan a small bow. “I apologize, Miss Xiyan. I ran into a little trouble with my cultivation last night. My body isn’t feeling quite right… cough, cough…”

Bu Lianshuang raised her hand to cover her mouth and coughed lightly a few times.

Chi Xiyan instinctively stepped back half a pace.

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She narrowed her eyes and looked Bu Lianshuang over from head to toe.

Pale complexion. Exhausted eyes. Her qi was slightly disordered.

Those were indeed signs of cultivation going wrong, of qi and blood surging in reverse.

A Fifth Realm martial cultivator, making a mistake like that?

And then Chi Xiyan noticed something else. The girl’s eyes were faintly, unmistakably red around the rims.

That wasn’t a symptom of cultivation going wrong.

This female martial cultivator had been crying?

Her little sister had made her cry?

Chi Xiyan’s mind was full of questions.

She hesitated a moment, then slowly stepped forward and took Bu Lianshuang’s wrist through the thin gauze of her sleeve.

What she read in the pulse matched what she’d already observed.

This female martial cultivator had indeed sustained some internal injury.

The injury was the kind caused by qi and blood colliding and damaging the internal organs during cultivation.

It was a common occurrence among lower-ranked martial cultivators.

“You have some internal injuries.” Chi Xiyan said. “Go to the medicine hall later and get some pills to treat them.”

“Take the day to rest. I’m taking Muxue to the study hall today, so I won’t need you to come along for now.”

She couldn’t accompany the little fox today?

Bu Lianshuang felt a small jolt in her chest.

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But under Chi Xiyan’s gaze, she could only nod. Then, her eyes slid briefly and unreadably to Lu Zhuxin, standing not far off.

Lu Zhuxin noticed.

Internal injuries? Last night I only teased this little she-wolf a little. Nothing else actually happened. Those injuries are ones she just inflicted on herself right now.

Ha. The little she-wolf reacts quickly enough.

A bit stiff, but it’ll hold up.

Good enough.

Lu Zhuxin smiled and tugged at Chi Xiyan’s sleeve, pressing close with familiar ease. “Sister, let’s go, let’s go! Hurry up and teach me how to cultivate!”

“You impatient little thing.” Chi Xiyan shook her head helplessly and ruffled Lu Zhuxin’s forehead.

For some reason, Chi Xiyan felt this girl had become even more clingy than before.

She had always been affectionate, but not quite like this.

Why? Was it because of Lan Shuang’er?

Chi Xiyan felt faintly puzzled. She stole a glance at Lan Shuang’er, who wore the same placid expression as always, as though everything were perfectly normal.

Yet Chi Xiyan still felt that something wasn’t quite right.

Had these two always been this distant with each other?

Or was it different from what she’d assumed?

“Come along. I’ll take you to the study hall.” Chi Xiyan smiled helplessly, pushing the thought aside for now.

“Yes, yes!”

Chi Xiyan led Lu Zhuxin away.

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As they left, Lu Zhuxin leaned against Chi Xiyan with easy familiarity and glanced back at Bu Lianshuang with a smile.

Bu Lianshuang watched it all.

Her face remained as still as ever, but hidden beneath her sleeves, both hands had balled into fists, nails biting into her palms.

Little fox, why are you doing this?

The eighteenth concubine. Sharing a bed with so many girls.

All those infuriating things you said. Were you trying to pick a fight on purpose, to drive me away?

Bu Lianshuang bit lightly at her lower lip.

She had cried all night. Her heart had ached all night.

And just now, the little fox’s deliberately familiar act had sent another stab of pain through her chest.

But just now, something had suddenly come back to her.

Something about how the fox clan’s heat period worked.

When a fox demon’s heat period was approaching and desire stirred, their pheromone scent would leak out beyond their control.

Over these past few days, the little fox had shown no sign of anything unusual. Not even a trace of pheromone scent escaping.

The wolf clan were extraordinarily sensitive to smell. Even the faintest trace of a fox’s pheromones would be detected immediately.

The little fox had been lying. She wasn’t anywhere near her heat period at all.

There was another thing too. When a fox was aroused and courting, their fox ears and tail would emerge without them being able to stop it.

Putting it all together, Bu Lianshuang realized something.

Last night, the little fox had never had any intention of actually doing anything.