Shu Wanzhao swore that she simply wanted to hold him back.
But who would have thought that closing her eyes would make her trip without seeing the path, and in her panic, she grabbed onto him, only to be ambushed by the unscrupulous Demonic Qi.
Second Senior Brother had at least a bit of conscience, catching her before she fell—otherwise, she would have definitely given him a demonstration of a face-plant.
Demonic Qi invading her meridians was far from pleasant. This was her first time encountering such a thing, and lying in Second Senior Brother’s arms, she whimpered and pleaded for help from the System.
The System had probably never seen such a foolish person before. After a string of garbled code, it suddenly blurted out: 【You’re even worse than the original host.】
Just as stupid.
It had told her to push him into Falling into Demonic Possession, and she’d ended up getting herself caught in it instead.
Sometimes binding with this kind of host was truly helpless.
But the host really did look pitiful, calling out to it so softly in her heart. The System couldn’t bring itself to scold her anymore, so it could only comfort her: 【Don’t worry. For the physical and mental health of all past hosts, I’m activating the pain-relief program for you. From now on, you won’t have to worry about injuries either. Consider it your newbie gift package.】
Shu Wanzhao’s heavy heart finally warmed.
【So… the pain will disappear, right?】
【No, 70% of the pain will be transferred away. You’ll still be able to feel a little bit of it.】
【…Transferred to who?】
【A lucky character will be randomly selected.】
While the girl and the System were conversing, Xie Hansheng held Shu Wanzhao and dealt with all the Demonic Creatures, then silently treated her injuries.
The original host had never been ambitious and had never truly cultivated seriously. Her cultivation base was still at the Qi Refining Stage. When the Demonic Qi first entered her body, it was like a plague of locusts sweeping through, wreaking havoc on her meridians. Her meager Spiritual Power was utterly routed.
Because of the program the System had activated, 70% of the pain was transferred away, but she still felt a bit of it, and being so delicate, she broke out in a sweat from the discomfort.
Xie Hansheng knelt on one knee, holding her, continuously channeling Spiritual Qi into her. In the dim night, his expression was unreadable. “Why did you save me?”
The mission went wrong.
Shu Wanzhao felt miserable inside, but she still tried to turn things around: “I didn’t mean to…”
She was clearly in terrible pain, yet she pretended to be calm and denied it—was she trying to keep him from feeling guilty?
When Xie Hansheng was young, his family had been poor. His father would beat and scold him and his mother without mercy, and his mother would vent her resentment on him, saying it was all his fault for being an accursed bastard.
After many twists and turns, he learned that he wasn’t his father’s biological son. His mother had married his stepfather under an assumed name to escape her enemies.
After getting his mother, the stepfather revealed his true nature—minor beatings every three days, major beatings every five.
It wasn’t until he was seven that his master saved him and took him into the Sect.
Perhaps his mother had once loved him, but later, under the daily torment, she had completely changed.
He had once believed that anyone could abandon him.
In this world, only by becoming strong himself could he protect his life and avoid being bullied. He never imagined that one day, a body far weaker than his own would stand in front of him when danger came.
Thinking carefully, Little Junior Sister had lost both parents at a young age and had never had a complete childhood either. The master was devoted to cultivation and would never teach her how to be a person.
Actually, Little Junior Sister wasn’t as bad as he had imagined. She was just putting up a front, not knowing how to express her true feelings.
So it turned out he had wronged her before.
A gentle breeze blew, the dark clouds parted, and silver moonlight fell from above. The man suddenly bent down, and under the girl’s stunned gaze, took her hand.
“Junior Sister, forgive my impertinence.”
He lowered his head, and his cold lips landed on her pale ones.
The atmosphere froze instantly.
Shu Wanzhao was completely dumbfounded.
The man’s sharp, biting aura was full of aggression as he unabashedly pressed against her lips. Perhaps it was male instinct—even without experience, he quickly found the trick and tentatively pried open the seam of her lips.
Her eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, and she didn’t even dare to look at the man’s eyes. She was like a frightened quail, not daring to move an inch.
【Brother System… is this right?】
【Ding~ Congratulations, Phoenix-Nest Host. The mission to have Sleeping Dragon Second Senior Brother draw Demonic Qi into his body is complete. The next segment of the plot has been unlocked: provoke his anger and catalyze his Inner Demon. Second Senior Brother’s Demonic Possession progress: 1/5】
【Xie Hansheng absorbed the Demonic Qi from your body, indirectly completing the mission.】
Shu Wanzhao: “…”
No one knew how much time had passed before the man finally released her. His handsome face was faintly darkened by the Demonic Qi, but the tips of his ears were red.
He turned his face away, his voice somewhat hoarse: “Junior Sister, is there anywhere else you feel unwell?”
“Not really.” It hadn’t hurt much to begin with. Shu Wanzhao couldn’t sense anything wrong, and she awkwardly lowered her head, catching the scent of his cold, sharp aura. Her originally pale face flushed with a hint of color as she stammered: “Senior Brother, you just now…”
His body stiffened. “I…”
Although he had done such a thing out of necessity to draw the Demonic Qi from her body, it was still an act of impropriety toward her.
He lowered his gaze to look at her. From his angle, he could only see his junior sister’s disheveled hair—fluffy and soft.
Recalling her soft lips and the faint, elusive fragrance, an inexplicable heat rose in his chest, as if scorched by fire.
“I will take responsibility. When we return, I will go to the master and ask for permission to marry, to have the master give Junior Sister… to me as my wife.”
Apart from leading missions or reciting incantations, Xie Hansheng had never spoken so many words at once.
He took her hand, and his heart unexpectedly felt a hint of nervousness.
This was the first time he had been so close to a woman, and this was what it felt like.
Unexpectedly, she pushed him away directly. “No way!”
Xie Hansheng was stunned. “Why? We’ve already shared intimate contact.”
Shu Wanzhao: “?”
What the heck is this about intimate contact?
Can’t reason with you old-fashioned cultivators.
The male leads should belong to the female lead. She was the female supporting character, and there was no plot where she married the male lead.
She had to follow the plot!
She had been in this world for only an hour and had nearly derailed two plot points already.
Shu Wanzhao just wanted to go home early and had no time to mess around with the male lead. She steeled herself and said without hesitation, “I don’t like you.”
She thought that even a vicious female supporting character should reject a confession with a bad attitude, after all, the original owner was arrogant and looked down on everything, having never thought much of this second senior brother who couldn’t sweet-talk and had nothing going for him besides his face.
The man’s expression shifted subtly, and his aura turned colder by a few degrees.
She shrank her head, afraid he might lash out and hit her, but unexpectedly, his body swayed and he fell with a thud, taking her down with him.
“Second Senior Brother?”
Huh?
Can’t take responsibility, so he just falls asleep?