14: Chapter 14 Junior Sister's Possessiveness

The lingering, amorous atmosphere within the Listening to Rain Pavilion had not yet dissipated.

Jiang Nian lay atop Su Ye; those apricot eyes, originally hazy, suddenly became clear the moment she heard footsteps outside the door.

They even carried a hint of heart-stopping cold light.

It was the instinctive reaction of a mother beast guarding its food, sensing its territory being encroached upon.

"Huu..."

She straightened her body and let out a long breath of stale air.

As she moved, her waterfall-like dark hair slid down, covering the large expanse of snowy, creamy spring scenery on her chest.

But compared to the physical discomfort, what filled her heart more was a kind of secret, twisted pleasure.

"Senior Brother is mine now."

"Really... he is mine now."

Jiang Nian lowered her head, looking at Su Ye, who was still in a "coma."

The man's face remained pale, but the pain between his brows had dissipated; those thin lips, originally tightly pressed, looked incredibly alluring at this moment.

"Senior Brother, lie there obediently."

"Nian Nian will be right back."

She planted a gentle kiss on Su Ye's forehead.

Her movements were soft, as if she were soothing a rare, priceless treasure.

Immediately after.

The pale green dudou was long gone, and she casually grabbed a wide white robe.

It was Su Ye's clothing.

She donned it without any hesitation; the robe was oversized, hanging loosely over her petite frame, revealing only a glimpse of her delicate collarbone and faintly visible calves.

Within the collar, the clear, cool scent unique to Senior Brother still lingered.

This made her feel incomparably at ease.

"Step, step, step."

The footsteps stopped three feet outside the door.

Following that.

There was a suffocating silence.

Su Ye lay on the bed, his Divine Sense fully active.

Although his body could not move, the fire of gossip in his heart was already burning fiercely.

[System Prompt: Important plot character detected approaching.]

[Character: Ji Wanshuang (Fourth Junior Sister/Original Female Lead)]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Fifth Heaven]

[Current Emotion: Conflict, guilt, confusion, and... a trace of hard-to-detect anticipation.]

Su Ye chuckled inwardly.

Anticipation?

Anticipating what?

Anticipating seeing me cold and dead?

On this Purple Bamboo Peak, if one were to ask who hurt the original owner the most, besides that Lin Feng who broke his Meridians, it would be this Fourth Junior Sister, who was usually as cold and aloof as a Fairy.

The original owner had given her his heart and Soul.

Top-Grade Spirit Stone? Given.

Protective Magic Treasure? Given.

Even during that Secret Realm trial, the original owner had endured a heavy blow from a Yao Beast just to keep her safe.

And the result?

As soon as Lin Feng, that "Child of Destiny," appeared with a few sweet words and his so-called "Protagonist Halo."

This ice beauty seemed to lose her mind, turning around to stand on Lin Feng's side and accusing the original owner of being "narrow-minded" and "suppressing fellow disciples."

Now that I have become a vegetative state person.

Why is she running over to my place instead of spending time with that pretty boy?

"Creak—"

Just as Su Ye was lost in thought.

Jiang Nian had walked to the door.

She did not open the door completely, only pulling it open enough for one person to slip through sideways.

Then.

She leaned lazily against the doorframe, blocking the gaze from outside that wanted to peek in.

Outside the door.

Stood a woman dressed in snow-white Taoist robes.

Her skin was like congealed fat, and her features were like a painting.

Her whole body exuded a cold aura that kept people at a distance, like a snow lotus blooming on the peak of the Heavenly Mountain.

It was none other than the Purple Bamboo Peak Fourth Junior Sister, Ji Wanshuang.

At this moment, she was holding an exquisite food box.

That face, which was usually as cold as frost, now carried a hint of hesitation and uncertainty.

The moment the door opened.

A wave of heat mixed with a rich medicinal scent and some indescribable odor rushed toward her.

Ji Wanshuang subconsciously frowned.

This smell... was very strange.

In the past, this Third Senior Sister was always timid and submissive, following behind Senior Brother like an invisible person.

But now, she was different.

Her hair was messy, and the corners of her eyes and brows carried an astonishing allure.

Especially that obviously ill-fitting male robe.

That was... Senior Brother's clothing?

Ji Wanshuang's heart skipped a beat.

An inexplicable sense of panic instantly surged into her heart.

"Third Senior Sister, why are you... in Senior Brother's room?"

Ji Wanshuang's voice was somewhat dry.

Jiang Nian tilted her head slightly.

Those seemingly harmless big eyes were now filled with undisguised mockery.

She raised her hand and slowly tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear.

In that movement.

It became the most glaring evidence.

"Do I need to report to you where I am?"

Jiang Nian's voice was very soft, yet it carried a bone-chilling coldness.

"It is you, Fourth Junior Sister."

"Why are you not cultivating at your Green Water Pool, but instead running to this Listening to Rain Pavilion?"

"Could it be..."

Jiang Nian's lips curled into a mocking arc.

"That Junior Brother Lin Feng cannot satisfy you, and you have remembered the benefits of Senior Brother?"

This sentence.

Was like a thunderclap on a clear day.

Ji Wanshuang's cold, aloof face instantly turned as pale as paper.

"Third Senior Sister! What nonsense are you spouting!"

She was filled with shame and anger, her fingers gripping the food box turning faintly white from the force.

"I... I just heard that Senior Brother's injuries were severe, so I specially brewed some 'Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Soup' to come and see him."

"See him?"

Jiang Nian put away her smile, her gaze becoming incomparably sharp.

"Where were you when Senior Brother's Meridians were completely broken?"

"Where were you when Senior Brother's Golden Core was shattered, and his life and death were unknown?"

"Oh, I remember now."

Jiang Nian pretended to suddenly realize, tapping her chin with her finger.

"That day in the main hall."

"When that scum Lin Feng slandered Senior Brother for practicing Demonic Technique and wanted to cripple his cultivation."

"You, Ji Wanshuang, were standing right by Lin Feng's side."

Every word.

Was like a sharp knife, stabbing fiercely into Ji Wanshuang's heart.

Ji Wanshuang's body swayed, her face deathly pale without a trace of blood.

"I... I was..."

"I thought Senior Brother really practiced Demonic Technique; I just didn't want him to go astray..."

"Enough!"

Jiang Nian coldly interrupted her defense.

"Go astray?"

"Ha! What a 'righteous' Fourth Junior Sister who destroys her own kin."

"How Senior Brother treated you, who on Purple Bamboo Peak does not know?"

"The Barrier-Breaking Pill for your Foundation Establishment was obtained by Senior Brother risking his life to kill a Yao Beast in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range."

"That Profound Rank High Grade 'Frost Cold Sword' of yours was obtained only after Senior Brother begged the Artifact Refining Hall Elder for three days and three nights."

"And the result?"

"Just because that Lin Feng gave you some unknown 'Beauty-Fixing Pill' and complimented you with a few sweet words."

"You fed all of Senior Brother's decade-plus of kindness toward you to the dogs!"

Jiang Nian became more agitated as she spoke.

She stared fixedly at Ji Wanshuang, the disgust in her eyes almost overflowing.

"An ungrateful wretch like you, do you even deserve to mention Senior Brother's name?"

"Do you even deserve to stand at the door of this Listening to Rain Pavilion?"

Ji Wanshuang was forced to retreat step by step by the scolding.

She wanted to refute, she wanted to explain.

But it felt as if a ball of cotton was stuck in her throat; she couldn't utter a single word.

Because everything Jiang Nian said was the truth.

That day in the main hall.

When Lin Feng accused Senior Brother, she had indeed wavered.

Looking at Senior Brother's expression of utter disappointment, she had actually felt a trace of regret in her heart.

But that trace of regret was quickly covered up by Lin Feng's righteous words.

Until... until she heard that Senior Brother had truly become a vegetative state person and would never wake up.

That overwhelming panic and regret completely engulfed her.

She had been unable to sleep for the past few days.

Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw the way Senior Brother used to smile at her.

So she brewed this bowl of lotus seed soup.

She wanted to come and see him, wanted to say sorry to him.

But now.

She couldn't even enter the door.

"I... I just want to see Senior Brother for one look."

Ji Wanshuang bit her lower lip, her eyes slightly red, her voice carrying a trace of pleading.

"Just one look."

"See him for one look?"

Jiang Nian sneered, her body still blocking the door firmly, not giving an inch.

"No need."

"Senior Brother is doing very well now."

"With me and Second Senior Sister taking care of him, we don't need a hypocritical outsider like you."

Speaking of this.

Jiang Nian seemed to think of something, the arc of her mouth becoming increasingly eerie.

She deliberately turned her body slightly, revealing a corner of the bed inside the room.

Although one couldn't see the person on the bed clearly, the messy bedding and the clothes scattered on the floor all indicated what had just happened.

Ji Wanshuang's pupils contracted violently.

Although she had not experienced matters of the heart, she was, after all, a cultivator, not some child who knew nothing.

This scene... this scent... and the obvious traces on Jiang Nian's body...

An absurd and terrifying thought exploded in her mind.

"You... you and Senior Brother..."

Ji Wanshuang pointed inside the room, her fingers trembling violently.

"What?"

Jiang Nian raised an eyebrow, her face not showing the slightest shame, but instead carrying the boastfulness of a victor.

"Are you surprised?"

"Senior Brother is poisoned, and only the method of Yin and Yang harmonization can cure him."

"If I don't save him, should I rely on an 'Ice Fairy' like you who only knows how to side with outsiders?"

Jiang Nian stepped forward.

She reached out and pushed Ji Wanshuang without any politeness.

"Take your lotus seed soup and get lost."

"Go back to your Green Water Pool, or go find your pretty boy Lin Feng."

"In any case."

"Don't disgust Senior Brother here."

"And don't come to disgust me!"

"Bang!"

The food box fell to the ground.

That bowl of Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Soup, which had been carefully brewed for three hours, spilled all over the ground.

The white lotus seeds rolled onto the bluestone slab, stained with dust, appearing exceptionally glaring.

Ji Wanshuang stumbled back a few steps.

Her pride, her self-esteem, at this moment were trampled under Jiang Nian's feet and crushed to pieces.

She looked at the Third Senior Sister before her, who once didn't even dare to speak loudly.

Now, she stood like an insurmountable mountain, lying between her and Senior Brother.

"You... shameless!"

Ji Wanshuang held it in for a long time, finally trembling as she spat out this sentence.

"Shameless?"

Jiang Nian laughed.

She laughed until she was trembling, laughed until tears were about to come out.

"As long as I can save Senior Brother, as long as I can stay by his side."

"What is shame worth?"

"It is you, Ji Wanshuang."

Jiang Nian's gaze turned cold, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.

"You want to play the saint while being a whore."

"Your heart has clearly strayed to the ends of the earth, yet you still pretend to be deeply affectionate while bringing medicine."

"You are the one who is truly—shameless!"

After saying this.

Jiang Nian did not look at Ji Wanshuang again.

"Bang!"

With a loud noise, the door slammed shut in front of Ji Wanshuang.

That decisive sound seemed to sever some kind of past bond.

Outside the door.

A cold wind suddenly rose, blowing through the bamboo forest and making it rustle.

Ji Wanshuang stood there blankly, looking at the tightly closed door, as if her Soul had been drained away.

The lotus seed soup on the ground was still steaming.

But her heart had already turned ice cold.

...

Inside the door.

Jiang Nian leaned back against the door, her body slowly sliding down.

Her chest heaved violently, and a crystal tear slid from the corner of her eye.

It was not sadness.

It was excitement.

It was the feeling of catharsis that had finally erupted after being suppressed for so long.

"Huu... huu..."

She gasped for air, her hands clutching the robe on her body tightly, as if it were her only reliance.

And on the bed.

Su Ye, who had "listened in" on this entire drama from start to finish, felt—absolutely ecstatic in his heart!

[Ding!]

[Congratulations Host!]

[Watched the prelude to a magnificent "battlefield of love."]

[Detected that Third Junior Sister Jiang Nian's possessiveness toward the Host has greatly increased, Darkening Value +10%.]

[Detected that Fourth Junior Sister Ji Wanshuang's mentality has collapsed, producing strong feelings of regret, and her Luck value is fluctuating violently.]

[Achievement Unlocked: <The Highest Realm of Eating Soft Rice Hard · Someone Guarding Food>]

[Reward: Divine-Grade Acting Card (One-time use), Earth Rank Spiritual Artifact <Love-Lock Ring>, Luck Value +500.]

Su Ye silently gave Jiang Nian a thumbs up in his heart.

Well done, Third Junior Sister!

This trash-talking ability is leagues above that violent maniac Second Senior Sister who only knows how to use her fists!

This speech not only scolded Ji Wanshuang into a bloody mess, but also placed herself on the moral high ground.

Comfortable!

Too comfortable!

Su Ye felt that although he was lying still, this release of anger was more satisfying than doing it himself.

This is how it should be.

Being a villain requires the awareness of being a villain.

Since he was already "eating soft rice hard," he might as well eat it thoroughly.

Let the Junior Sisters fight for his affection and fight each other.

This is what it means to be a qualified vegetative state Senior Brother.

Like a kitten seeking comfort, she burrowed back into Su Ye's arms.

This time.

She held him very tightly.

Wishing she could knead herself into Su Ye's bones and blood.

"Senior Brother..."

"You are mine."

"No one can take you away."

"That Lin Feng won't do, and Ji Wanshuang won't do either."

She whispered in Su Ye's ear, her voice carrying a trace of pathological persistence.

"Nian Nian will become stronger."

"Strong enough... to kill everyone who wants to hurt Senior Brother."

Warm breath sprayed onto Su Ye's neck.

Although Su Ye's body could not move, he couldn't help but shiver in his heart.

Holy crap.

This statement...

Why is it getting more and more criminal?

A moment ago, it was "Green Tea flavor," why has it suddenly turned into "Yandere flavor"?

System, are you sure this Darkening Value is only 10%?

Why do I feel like this girl is about to pull out a kitchen knife at any moment?

Just as Su Ye was worrying about whether he would be casually killed by this seemingly weak Junior Sister out of "love turning into hate."

Jiang Nian's fingers suddenly began to gently draw circles on his chest.

"Senior Brother."

"The poison seems... not yet"