Chapter 272.1: Low Emotional Intelligence Jiang Lingsu
"Isn’t this Senior Brother?"
She knew who it was the moment she saw the username Qiyuann Sovereign.
Precisely because of that, she ground her pearly teeth in anger at the content. "Ignored by Senior Sister Xianxian, he exchanged for a Jade-tier technique and accidentally mentioned it to his busty junior sister. The little junior sister secretly casts affectionate glances? Serving tea and water? Massaging shoulders and back?"
She lowered her head to glance down and blushed slightly.
Spirit Maiden: Senior Brother, what are you doing?!
She demanded an explanation through the Divine Flower Society jade slip. Not long after, a reply came.
Qiyuann Sovereign: I'm attending a banquet. Haa, a close relative of mine passed away, so I'm eating at his funeral banquet.
He was happily eating at the Chen family’s banquet in Maple City. After leaving Wind Thunder Valley, he saw Chen Xiyu still waiting outside for him.
Originally, he couldn’t be bothered to pay her any attention, but then he remembered his Primordial Seed’s corpse hadn’t even gone cold before he left. Besides, he had never eaten at his own funeral banquet before. In the end, he accepted Chen Xiyu's invitation and had her family arrange a banquet for him.
On the other side, Jiang Lingsu's heart tightened, her previous anger vanishing. Could it be that Senior Brother’s relative from the mortal world had passed away?
She had never heard him mention his origins before, so she hurriedly comforted him.
Spirit Maiden: Senior Brother, don't be too sad. You still have Seven-Colored Peak and me, your junior sister. Where are you now? Should I come visit you?
Qiyuann Sovereign: Actually, I wasn't sad before, but after hearing you say that, I feel like I should be a bit sad. Haa... Qi Yuan, you died such a miserable death. Junior Sister, eat more today. Give my funeral banquet a bit more popularity.
There was a saying that the more people who attended the funeral banquet, the greater the glory the deceased had enjoyed in life. Hence why he invited her.
His response stunned Jiang Lingsu. She felt her blood rushing straight to her head and her chest aching painfully. Someone was eating at her senior brother’s funeral banquet! She feared something had happened to him, and that some villain had taken over the jade slip on the other end.
Spirit Maiden: Who are you?!
Spirit Maiden: What did you do to my Senior Brother? If anything happens to him, I won’t let you off!
Qiyuann Sovereign: I am your senior brother. Junior Sister, don't overthink it.
Qi Yuan also realized what Jiang Lingsu meant, and warmth filled his heart. There were still people in this world who cared about him.
Qiyuann Sovereign: The banquet I'm eating is for my character in the game. Haa... He died young. Such a tragic death.
Spirit Maiden: A game?
Hearing that, Jiang Lingsu froze for a moment. She no longer felt that the sky had collapsed. She covered her chest and smiled, though it didn’t reach her eyes. So the banquet is for a game character? Well, that’s just how Senior Brother usually talks.
Anger surged in place of her worry. She suddenly remembered why she had come to question her senior brother in the first place.
Spirit Maiden: Senior Brother, I saw your post on the Divine Flower Society forum! What did you mean by that? A busty junior sister sneaking affectionate glances at you?!
She recalled that day when he had just finished treating her illness. Fresh out of the bath, she naturally dressed lightly, covered in just a thin gauze robe.
No matter how tightly she wore the blue chest wrap, it only covered two-thirds of her snowy white curves. When she walked, they swayed slightly, threatening to spill out at any moment.
So that’s why Senior Brother described me as a busty junior sister, Jiang Lingsu thought.
Qi Yuan gave her an honest reply.
Qiyuann Sovereign: Cough, cough. I made all that up. Although when I described the little junior sister, I borrowed your character setting a bit... I definitely didn't plagiarize you! Junior Sister, if you want to pursue it, I'm willing to pay you three hundred spirit stones in copyright fees!
Spirit Maiden: Is this a matter of spirit stones?
Jiang Lingsu very much wanted to kick her senior brother!
Qiyuann Sovereign: You misunderstood. It's not three hundred in total, it's three hundred every month!
Qi Yuan silently praised his own cleverness. After all, he only intended to hire a supporting cast for one month.
Jiang Lingsu snorted coldly. "Hmph!"
Spirit Maiden: I know why you fabricated all that nonsense. Isn't it just to get people to help support you? Alright, fine. Just one thing, though. Be sure to portray that busty junior sister positively next time!
Qi Yuan's reply came almost immediately.
Qiyuann Sovereign: No problem, don't worry!
This was a trivial matter.
Qiyuann Sovereign: When I return to Seven-Colored Peak, I'll definitely give the spirit stones to you. Oh, right. Junior Sister, while I'm away, if you're not doing well, you can go live in my house.
Qi Yuan felt quite pleased with himself. After all, he felt that his junior sister's house wasn't as good as his. A wooden hut versus a cement house. If houses had ranks, his was two levels higher. Happiness came from comparison.
When Jiang Lingsu lived in her wooden hut before, she probably did not think much about it. However, who was to say she didn’t feel anything when she saw a cement house standing beside the hut? If he had to guess, she likely felt a sense of loss. One could only endure the darkness if they had never seen the sunlight. Once she saw his house, could she still be content living in hers?
Thus, by inviting his junior sister to stay in his cement house, he had displayed high emotional intelligence once again. Besides, it also served as compensation for the deception earlier.
However, in Jiang Lingsu's ears, his words meant something completely different. Is he saying that I am lovesick?!
Spirit Maiden: You're the one who's not doing well! Why would I live in your house? Do you think I miss you that much? Staring at your belongings and thinking of you? Am I that kind of person, Qi Yuan?! Do you think I'm the kind of person who falls into love that easily?!
At this moment, Jiang Lingsu was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, jumping up and down.
Qi Yuan froze. He hadn't expected his outstanding EQ move to provoke such a strong reaction. It seemed she failed to notice his subtlety due to her EQ being a bit low. Was this what people meant by “summer insects couldn't talk about ice”?
Qiyuann Sovereign: Junior Sister, whether you miss me or not, I will still pay those three hundred spirit stones. Don't worry, you won't lose out.
Yet another high emotional intelligence response.
Most likely, Jiang Lingsu was angry because she thought he wouldn’t pay. Unbeknownst to her, he had just stripped the Dark Sun headquarters bare. Did he lack three hundred spirit stones? Of course not.
Jiang Lingsu was rendered speechless by the message for a long while.
Spirit Maiden: Senior Brother, have you uploaded the techniques I gave you?
A cultivation technique could only be uploaded once. If he had already uploaded it, she wouldn't be able to. Meanwhile, he had already uploaded all the techniques she had given him.
After thinking for a moment, Qi Yuan used the president’s jade slip to grant her special privileges. He naturally had to open a back door for his junior sister. Even if she reuploaded techniques, her personal progress bar would still advance, though the overall progress would remain unchanged.
Qiyuann Sovereign: No, go ahead and upload it however you like.
Spirit Maiden: That's good!
Jiang Lingsu felt happy. She was obviously planning to upload the technique to obtain reward. The sense of achievement was addictive. Just then, she thought of something.
