Ao Qing still did not quite understand, but before he could figure out what was happening, Medusa had already come before him. She wrapped both arms around him, her entire body hanging from his waist.
Although Qing Lin's heart pounded at the sight, her expression remained unchanged. She silently withdrew from the room.
Zi Yan, meanwhile, flushed crimson. Watching Ao Qing and Medusa's intimate behavior, she felt not only shy, but also something she could not quite put into words. Perhaps... envy?
A young maiden's heart was naturally full of longing. In Zi Yan's eyes, Ao Qing was no longer merely an older brother.
She simply had not yet noticed this change in herself.
Still, seeing Qing Lin obediently leave the room, Zi Yan was not about to be a third wheel. She hurriedly left as well, leaving the scene to her Brother Ao Qing and Sister Medusa to discuss life.
After Zi Yan and Qing Lin left, Ao Qing and Medusa had even less to hold back.
The two simply and deeply became one...
Two hours later, Medusa lay tenderly in Ao Qing's arms, her slender index finger stroking his chest.
"Where did you go these past few days, Qing Ge? Why didn't you tell us? Do you know I was worried sick? I thought you'd run into some kind of trouble."
Ao Qing held Medusa slightly tighter, taking in her distinctive scent as he explained.
"Cai Lin, I actually went into seclusion these past few days to cultivate and break through.
"You know I'm already at the Dou Saint realm. Breaking through is extremely difficult. Besides accumulating cultivation, I also need to seize that sliver of insight, that chance for a breakthrough.
"So when I sensed that I was about to break through that day, I did not