Chapter 408: Chapter 225: If You Rip Them Again, There Won’t Be Any Left to Wear..._2
At this moment, she could basically say her Middle Spirit Platform Realm was stabilized, with no more feelings of hollowness.
Looking back at her once weak self just a few months ago, without even a Demon Pill, she felt all of this was too wonderful.
Instead of attributing all the credit to You Su, she thought it better to say she had the insight to recognize talent. After all, what normal female cultivator would fancy a blind guy working as a little apprentice in the rundown Sword Sect of Chuyun City?
Suddenly, the young woman noticed a slight movement at the door. She straightened her posture without turning back:
"What kind of rude disciple just barges into someone’s room without knocking?"
"Didn’t you use to enter Senior Brother’s room without knocking before, too?"
You Su sat down beside Ji Lingruo with an embarrassed smile. Because the young woman had just bathed, the rising steam carried her captivating fragrance, which made You Su take a deep breath involuntarily.
"Junior Sister, you really smell nice..."
Ji Lingruo reacted to this extraordinarily cheesy romantic line with a roll of her eyes, but her cheeks turned a little red.
"Has Senior Sister gone to rest?"
"Mm. Senior Sister now refuses to sleep without hearing the line ’I’ll be back’ from Grey Wolf."
You Su gave a helpless smile.
"You really know how to placate young girls. What’s the surprise you prepared for Senior Sister?"
Ji Lingruo couldn’t help but give in to her curiosity.
"A set of Go pieces made of jade, along with a Go manual. Senior Sister learned Gomoku in just a few days and got better than both you and me combined. She seems interested in board games, so I figured I’d let her dive into the profound game of Go."
"All jade? That’s not cheap... You’re quite generous to Senior Sister." Ji Lingruo pouted her red lips and turned her head toward the young man, "What about mine?"
You Su was well-prepared and pulled out a flat-bottomed iron pan from the Qiankun Bag.
Ji Lingruo’s eyes widened: "What’s this?"
"A pan." You Su set the iron pan in place and smiled, "Hasn’t Junior Sister always wanted to make crispy pancakes but found the big iron pan on the peak too hard to handle? I specifically ordered a small flat-bottomed pan, made from the best iron. It’s non-stick and great for cooking pancakes. This way, you can freely showcase your culinary skills."
The bottom of the pan was engraved with a hammer emblem, the mark of the Refining Treasure Sect.
Others went to the Refining Treasure Sect to acquire Divine Weapons, while You Su foolishly paid good money to make a cooking pan.
Ji Lingruo was amused and exasperated at the same time. She punched You Su lightly on the thigh:
"Who gifts a pan as a surprise gift for a girl?"
"Huh? You don’t want it, Junior Sister? I’ll return it tomorrow, then. They might refund me some material cost, and then I’ll get you another present."
As he spoke, You Su prepared to put the pan back into the Qiankun Bag, but Ji Lingruo grabbed it and weighed the pan in her hand.
"You’re such a miser, sending a gift and then wanting it back. This is a pan made by the Refining Treasure Sect. Even if I don’t cook pancakes, it would be good for bashing people. This time you’ve accidentally hit the mark, so I’ll reluctantly accept it."
Ji Lingruo’s face lit up with a smile as she put the iron pan into her own Qiankun Bag.
Though her words seemed reluctant, her actions were anything but.
What she valued wasn’t the pan, but the fact that the young man remembered her casual complaints and was willing to spend money on her small grievances.
You Su was taken aback for a while upon seeing this.
The surprises he had prepared for the two girls were actually just excuses for his investigation at the He Family, and these gifts were something he thought of on the fly.
Yet neither girl was disappointed with the gifts, nor felt he was being perfunctory. Instead, they all gladly accepted their gifts without exception.
At this moment, only four words appeared in You Su’s mind, "What have I done to deserve this?"
"Junior Sister... I want to eat your crispy pancakes the morning after tomorrow."
"The morning after tomorrow? If you want to eat them so much, why not tomorrow morning? I can get up a bit earlier."
Receiving the gift made Ji Lingruo very pleased, and she didn’t retort with prickly words like she usually would.
"Because tomorrow morning, Junior Sister definitely won’t be able to get up."
You Su’s eyes were fervent, his words unwavering.
These words made the young woman tense all over, suddenly feeling a rush of heat flooding her body. She blinked her eyes nervously:
"Who told you... if I want to get up early, I can very well do that..."
The young woman pretended to be confused, assuming You Su was talking about her being a late riser.
You Su wasn’t a fool; being able to enter this room meant there was a chance. The young woman’s shy refusal, he took as part of the fun.
So, You Su moved his stool a little closer, his firm chest almost touching the young woman’s fragrant shoulder.
"But tomorrow, I won’t be able to get up either."
Ji Lingruo hesitated, not quite daring to look at the chest so close to her. She leaned her body slightly, avoiding You Su’s approach, but didn’t completely change her position.
"I-I haven’t recovered yet..."
"Junior Sister didn’t look unrecovered while running around Henggao City’s streets loaded with snacks."
You Su leaned forward, getting even closer.
"You’re talking about this... I’m so tired from walking today... my legs are still sore..."
"Then let me massage them for you, Junior Sister."
You Su didn’t hold back and directly bent down to lift the girl’s calf.
Her skin felt silky and soft to the touch, indeed Junior Sister had worn stockings again.
"Please don’t... I’m down to just two pairs... if they get torn again, there won’t be any left..."
Ji Lingruo was held by the leg, trying to escape, but You Su’s massage left her powerless, her apricot eyes watery as she begged for mercy.
"Is there a Qianhua Pavilion branch in Henggao City?"
You Su continued his touches, unable to let go.
"No... yes, maybe..."
Ji Lingruo was a bit incoherent.
"So is there or isn’t there?" You Su raised an eyebrow.
"Mm... ah..." Ji Lingruo’s body trembled, pressing down on You Su’s mischievous hand in shame and annoyance, "Henggao City is the top city in Central Continent, how could it not have one! But these snow silk stockings are rare, only sold at the main branch of Qianhua Pavilion in Brocade City, and limited stock... where could you possibly buy them..."
You Su smiled with hidden meaning, "Seems like Junior Sister already asked while shopping today..."
"I-I just thought they looked nice and wanted to buy a few more... You can’t see them, so how could you appreciate them?"
Ji Lingruo bit her lower lip, trying to hit You Su’s sore spot to turn the tables.
"How do you know Senior Brother can’t appreciate them? I could even say Senior Brother is the most knowledgeable about appreciating such things in the world. If I find that fabric master from Qianhua Pavilion, I could teach her to design flowers on them." You Su said confidently.
"No one’s better at playing tricks than you..."
Ji Lingruo couldn’t escape his grasp, simply gave up, complaining bitterly.
"It’s all thanks to diligent cultivation. Hehuan Skill Hundred and Eight Skills, Eighty-One Arts, and over a hundred miscellaneous skills, Senior Brother knows them all by heart."
You Su spoke with a tone full of pride.
Ji Lingruo rolled her eyes charmingly, thinking she knew a lot too, and once her cultivation caught up, she would definitely torment him until he begged for mercy.
"Today is your return gift, do not be greedy..."
Ji Lingruo slowly let go of pressing You Su’s hand.
However, upon hearing this, You Su pressed his body forward, "Seems like Junior Sister still hasn’t mastered it well, how can this be called greedy? We are part of the Mandarin Duck Sword Sect, dual cultivation is the harmony of yin and yang, a natural and just thing. Why not take a shortcut instead of stubbornly being an ascetic cultivator?"
This statement made sense, Ji Lingruo also thought it was best to practice sword skills during the day and be trained by swords at night. Such a cultivation plan should be the quickest and most relaxed way to enhance strength.
One has slow progress with closed-door cultivation, while another has rapid improvements and feels very comfortable, Ji Lingruo certainly knew how to choose wisely.
Besides, You Su’s vigorous yang energy indeed needed regular release, dual cultivation was nothing but a benefit for both of them.
Only the girl’s modesty prevented her from being bold, feeling shy she murmured:
"Still, not every day..."
"Rest assured, Junior Sister, normal practice also allows for breaks, I will definitely leave plenty of resting time for you."
You Su supported Junior Sister’s back, his Sword Intent already high.
"It’s you who need the rest... let’s go to the bed..."
But You Su suddenly lifted the girl directly, placing her on the dressing table.
"No, right here is perfect."
The sound of tearing fabric followed.
...
"You must hold onto two stones; one must block, one must pursue flight..."
Fairy Wangshu flipped through the chess manual her junior brother gifted her, playing with the pieces he also gave, competing against herself.
On the board, black and white pieces were interspersed, each hiding their own deadly traps.
On the chessboard, the black pieces surged like a dragon, attacking continuously, aiming to defeat the white pieces utterly.
Yet, the white pieces persistent and unyielding, slowly grasped the strategy of using softness to overcome strength in relentless attacks, even hinting at swallowing the black dragon.
At this moment, it was hard to determine a winner.
Fairy Wangshu held the black pieces in her left hand and white in her right, immersed in the way of chess.
This girl, bored for decades, now smiled with her eyebrows, feeling deeply:
Junior Brother is really good to me... Junior Brother gave me such a wonderful gift, so what should I give him in return?
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