319: Chapter 319 Warm up the bed properly, Sister Qingli is coming over tonight.

Xiao Nianyin squatted on the ground, continuing to massage Xu Ruyu's feet.

It had to be said that her technique had improved significantly since the last time.

Although it was still unfamiliar, the strength of her fingertips and her handling of the Acupoints already had a hint of a professional masseuse.

After all, she was once a Saint Realm Expert with an understanding of the human body far exceeding that of ordinary people; once she lowered herself to learn, her progress was naturally rapid.

Xu Ruyu closed his eyes, enjoying it so much he almost groaned. After a long while, he finally spoke lazily, "Alright, that's enough. Get up."

Xiao Nianyin felt as if she had been granted a grand pardon and quickly stood up, stretching her somewhat numb legs.

She glanced at Xu Ruyu, and seeing that he still had his eyes closed, she quietly turned around, preparing to leave this place that made her feel entirely uneasy.

"Where are you going?"

Xu Ruyu's voice rang out behind her, unhurried, yet it made her footsteps pause.

Xiao Nianyin turned around, lowering her eyes. "It's getting late. I'm going to rest in the outer room. If you need anything, call me anytime."

"Rest in the outer room?" Xu Ruyu opened his eyes, looking at her with a half-smile. "Have you forgotten your status?"

Xiao Nianyin's heart sank abruptly.

"A Bed-warming maid is supposed to warm the bed." Xu Ruyu pointed at the bedding, his tone matter-of-fact. "Go, warm the quilt well. This Sect Master is going to rest."

Xiao Nianyin felt a rush of heat surge to her head, and her cheeks instantly burned.

Warm the bed...

Warming the bed again!

She remembered the last time Xu Ruyu had her warm the bed.

That night, she had curled up under the covers, her heart in turmoil, both afraid that he would actually do something to her and yet... harboring a faint, inexplicable expectation.

During those nights in Ningyin Hall, although they began for the sake of healing, those repeated intimate contacts and the extreme experiences that left her craving more had long since buried an indelible mark deep in her heart.

Xu Ruyu's special Physique and his tireless ability were enough to make any woman lose herself to him.

As a woman, how could she not want it?

Especially after her cultivation was sealed, that instinctual desire would pop up from time to time, leaving her restless.

Every time she saw Xu Ruyu, she would think of those nights, and the extreme pleasure that almost made her lose control.

If not for her pride and status as the former Sect Master, she might have already... last time.

But now, Xu Ruyu was making her warm the bed again.

He... he wouldn't tonight, would he...

Xiao Nianyin's heart rate suddenly quickened, the blush on her face deepening.

She bit her lip and lowered her eyes, not daring to look into Xu Ruyu's eyes, yet her feet felt as if they had taken root; she couldn't move, nor did she want to.

Warm the bed... then warm the bed.

Anyway... it's not like she hadn't done it before.

With her head lowered, she slowly walked toward the bedside, her hand already resting on her belt.

Just then, Xu Ruyu's voice rang out again, light and airy, yet it felt like a bucket of ice water being poured over her head:

"By the way, warm the bed a bit better. Sister Qingli is coming over tonight."

Xiao Nianyin's hand suddenly froze.

She abruptly looked up at Xu Ruyu, her eyes filled with disbelief.

What... what did he say?

He wanted her to warm the bed, only for another woman to sleep in it?

What did he take her for?

A Bed-warming maid... was she really just a maid for warming the bed? Not even qualified to get into the bed? Just a tool used to warm the quilt?

A sense of shame and humiliation she had never felt before exploded in her chest like a volcano!

She, Xiao Nianyin, was once the dignified Sect Master of Hehuan Sect, a Saint Realm Expert, a being looked up to by countless people in the Cultivation World!

It was one thing to fall so low as to be a Bed-warming maid for a boy at the Qi Refinement Stage, but now she actually had to warm the quilt for another woman and then stand by and watch?

This was no longer just humiliation; this was blatant degradation!

"Xu Ruyu!"

Xiao Nianyin turned around abruptly, her icy blue eyes burning with a raging fire as she stared fixedly at Xu Ruyu.

Her chest heaved violently, her voice trembling with rage: "You... what do you mean by this?"

Xu Ruyu looked at her in this state but only raised an eyebrow, looking innocent. "What do you mean, 'what do I mean'? Warming the bed. Didn't you hear me?"

"You want me to warm the bed, and then let Qingli sleep in it?!" Xiao Nianyin's voice was almost squeezed through her teeth. "Xu Ruyu, just what do you take me for?!"

"A Bed-warming maid," Xu Ruyu replied matter-of-factly. "Didn't you already know that yourself?"

"You—!"

Xiao Nianyin was so angry her whole body shook, and the finger she pointed at Xu Ruyu was trembling.

She took several deep breaths before she could barely suppress the towering rage in her heart, saying word by word, "Xu Ruyu, I, Xiao Nianyin, can be so humble toward you because I owe you, and because I need you right now!

But that doesn't mean I can be so lowly as to warm the quilt for another woman, and then stand by and watch you... watch you..."

She couldn't go on, her face flushed bright red, and tears were faintly swirling in her eyes.

Those were tears of humiliation, tears of anger, and also tears of grievance.

When had she, Xiao Nianyin, ever suffered such an insult?

"Xu Ruyu!" She suddenly looked up, staring straight into his eyes, her voice sharp. "Do you want me, Xiao Nianyin, to stand right by the bedside now and serve you while you two frolic under the covers?!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she herself was stunned.

How could such words come out of her mouth?

Xu Ruyu was also stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing with a "pfft."

He laughed so hard he bent over, tears almost coming out, pointing at Xiao Nianyin while laughing: "You... your imagination... is quite rich!

Hahaha! Serve us while we frolic? Grand Sect Master Xiao, your thoughts are a bit dangerous!"

Xiao Nianyin was so ashamed and annoyed by his laughter that she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

She bit her lip and turned her face away, not looking at him.

Once Xu Ruyu had laughed his fill, he slowly pulled back his smile, looking at Xiao Nianyin's back, which was trembling slightly from shame and anger, his gaze gradually becoming calm.

"Xiao Nianyin," he spoke, his voice no longer teasing but carrying a faint sense of detachment. "Have you mistaken one thing?"

Xiao Nianyin did not turn around.

"Do you think you are still that high and mighty Sect Master of Hehuan Sect?" Xu Ruyu said slowly. "Do you think you are still that Saint Realm Expert who can manipulate others at will, whom everyone has to look up to and flatter?"

Xiao Nianyin's shoulders trembled slightly.

"Right now, you are my, Xu Ruyu's, Bed-warming maid." Xu Ruyu's voice was calm, almost cold. "You only need to do your duty: warm the bed, prepare the water, and be on call.

As for who I, Xu Ruyu, sleep with or who I am with, is that any business of yours, a Little maid?"

Xiao Nianyin turned around abruptly, staring at him fixedly, the tears in her eyes finally unable to be held back as they streamed down.

"Xu Ruyu! You... how can you..."

"How can I degrade you like this?" Xu Ruyu finished the second half of the sentence for her, then nodded. "Yes, I am degrading you. What, not satisfied?"