Snowfall and the Wedding Day (Part Two)

Everything went even more smoothly than You Su had imagined.

Almost without a ripple, as dusk completely fell and the night sky was filled with the brilliance of stars and moon, the clear Lotus Birth Pool reflected the starry sky, and bright red candles were lit on the table, casting a blush on everyone's face.

You Su thought it would be a very long night, but in the blink of an eye, the banquet came to an end.

"A blessed union, a happy marriage; may you be forever united like swallows in flight; may the auspicious gates open and blessings shine upon you, as husband and wife, of one heart, enter the palace."

He Shutong spoke sternly, acting as both the sole witness and the master of ceremonies.

Wangshu obediently led You Su to kneel down together, facing the lotus beauty standing in the pond.

Ji Lingruo stood to the side, her beautiful eyes glancing around, her expression somewhat complicated as she looked at the two figures in profile.

This was You Su's first time attending a wedding, and also his first time being a groom. Despite boasting that he had more experience in the human world than his senior sister, he didn't realize he had to kneel, while his senior sister realized it first, clearly indicating that she and his Mistress had rehearsed beforehand.

"We're all family, so let's keep things simple. We'll skip the elaborate rituals like the 'Stepping into the Void' and 'Raising the Heavenly Venerable.' I'll perform the coming-of-age ceremony for you. After you've bowed to Heaven and Earth, you'll be recognized as dao companion by the Heavenly Dao."

"I will follow my Mistress's arrangements."

You Su knelt firmly, meticulously. He felt his heart pounding like a drum, extremely nervous.

"Wangshu, you go first."

Wangshu lowered her head slightly, revealing her smooth, jade-like swan neck.

He Shutong gathered the girl's snow-white hair and used a blood-jade hairpin to tie Wangshu's hair into a bun, a style she had just entered her boudoir.

"You Su, it's your turn."

You Su quickly lowered her head and saw He Shutong take out an exquisitely decorated feather crown from somewhere and slowly put it on You Su's head.

The two did not pursue elaborate wedding attire, such as phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, but simply dressed, yet these two headdresses added a sense of ceremony.

After the ceremony, He Shutong's eyes showed satisfaction, and her gaze softened.

Let's pay our respects to heaven and earth.

"Master... let me do it."

Ji Lingruo suddenly spoke up, interrupting He Shutong was preparing to conduct the ceremony herself.

He Shutong looked at the girl with slight surprise, her eyes seeming to ask, 'Is it alright?'

Ji Lingruo nodded gently. It was inappropriate for her master to act as both matchmaker and elder in the wedding arrangements.

Although she felt a deep bitterness in her heart, she sincerely wished the newlyweds well. Of course, she wanted to give them a perfect wedding ceremony, and it was definitely not for her own sake to feel involved.

"Then... I'll have to trouble Lingruo."

He Shutong also sensed the girl's determination and was once again moved by her magnanimity. She secretly resolved that she must remind Wangshu to treat this junior sister even better in the future.

Ji Lingruo a few light coughs, then raised her head, feeling herself becoming nervous, and solemnly said:

"Bowing to Heaven and Earth!"

You Su and Wangshu obeyed the order and knelt down, each tapping the ground lightly once.

"Bowing to the parents twice!"

You Su and Wangshu bowed to He Shutong again. Unlike bowing to heaven and earth, You Su's bow to He Shutong was extremely heavy, and even a red mark appeared on his forehead.

He Shutong pursed his lips, knowing that this was the young man expressing his respect in his own way. Because in his eyes, this elder was far more important than heaven and earth.

"Third, husband and wife bow to each other!"

You Su and Wangshu finally stood up, and they both turned to face each other.

Without hesitation, the two bowed simultaneously, facing each other in a deep bow.

In that instant, You Su felt as if a thread had been drawn around him, invisibly connecting him closely with the woman in front of him.

"The ceremony is complete, please rise."

He Shutong smiled serenely, feeling a sense of relief. She felt that this was not only a great achievement for the two of them, but also for herself. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and no mishaps occurred because of her.

You Su couldn't wait any longer and grabbed Wangshu's hand. But she found that her senior sister's hand was warm and hot, and realized that her senior sister was also very nervous, because this innocent girl only had body heat when she was extremely excited.

"Great! Now, my disciples, He Shutong's disciples, are no longer just like family, but truly one family..." He Shutong said with great emotion.

"Why only mention the disciples? Mistress and we are family too."

You Su finally got his wish and was in high spirits. There was a time when he thought he was the most unfortunate person, but now he felt that he was the luckiest person in the world.

"That's right." He Shutong smiled and nodded. "It's getting late. Wangshu has been with me for three days, so it's time to return the favor. You two are newlyweds, so you must have a lot to talk about. You should go now. Lingruo and I also have some things to say."

Although the wedding gift wasn't presented in the bridal chamber, it was essentially an unspoken understanding.

Ji Lingruo pursed her lips, knowing that He Shutong was trying to get rid of her for the two of them. Although she felt helpless, she couldn't be so ignorant as to be rude.

"Yes, senior brothers and sisters, you go ahead, I'll take care of things here."

You Su couldn't bear to do it, but Ji Lingruo's mind was made up.

He could only sigh inwardly and silently remember his junior sister's kindness.

Watching the two walk away hand in hand, Ji Lingruo a little lost, He Shutong took it all in.

"Three years ago, when you first joined the Mandarin Sword Sect, I thought it was your good fortune to be Mandarin Sword Sect. Now, however, I feel that it is You Su's good fortune to have you."

"Thank you, Master..."

"No, I should thank you on Wangshu's behalf."

You Su and Wangshu did not return to their room, but instead sat in the courtyard looking at the sky.

The stars and moon in the sky suddenly dimmed, and in a short while, large patches of clouds covered them. Actually, there wasn't much to see.

In fact, You Su did not want to take the relationship of dao companion so seriously. It was not that he did not value this status, but that he did not want to change the way he interacted with his senior or junior sister for the sake of a so-called title.

"What are you thinking about, Junior Brother?" Wangshu looked at You Su quietly, her blue eyes sparkling.

"I think I'm very lucky." You Su grinned. "When I first met my senior sister in Chuyun City, she held me in her arms when I was all disheveled. I never imagined I would be involved with such Fairy. At the time, I was worried about my junior sister and also worried about getting my senior sister's clothes dirty. I never expected that the Fairy would not only become my senior sister first, but also my dao companion now."

Wangshu turned her head and said softly:

"But from the moment we met, I felt that my junior brother was different... It was a very special feeling that I had never experienced with anyone else. So this kind of luck could only befall my junior brother."

Could this be love at first sight?

You Su was deeply moved. His senior sister's unintentional words were telling him that he was not just one of the lucky ones among millions of ordinary people, but that he was special because he was special.

"Thank you, senior sister."

Just then, You Su suddenly felt a chill on the back of his hand, which was then melted into water by his body heat.

The world was completely silent; with his keen hearing, he could even hear the soft patter of tree branches and grass being pressed down.

He knew that the snow had finally fallen.

Snowflakes drifted down from the sky, reflecting the faint moonlight. As the night wind blew, they resembled a group of elegant dancers performing their final dance before merging into the earth.

Wangshu opened her palm, letting the snow fall into it.

"One piece, two pieces, three or four pieces..."

She examined the snowflakes in her hand and, surprisingly, recited the poem that You Su had once given her.

It's clear that the girl really loves snow.

She was as pure as snow, and was sent to Heavenly Dao by the heavens. Seeing the snow was like seeing her former self.

"It's a pity the snow just started falling, otherwise we could have built a snowman."

You Su squeezed Wangshu's hand, "Senior Sister, are you cold?"

Wangshu certainly wouldn't feel cold because of the snow, even though snow covered her body. But as if she had thought of something, she nodded immediately:

"It won't be cold if you go to your junior brother's room."

You Su raised an eyebrow, feeling as if his junior sister's words sounded like something someone had taught her...

He then took his senior sister's hand and returned to the 'wedding room' that his junior sister had carefully decorated for him.

"Did my junior brother prepare this for me?"

Wangshu around the room and felt that it was quite different from the room of her junior brother that she remembered.

"Actually, it was prepared by my junior sister," You Su said honestly.

"Junior sister is so kind."

"That's right."

Wangshu seemed to remember something, and pulled You Su to sit on the bed:

"The bed is warm, let's sit on the bed."

You Su smiled bitterly to herself, feeling that her senior sister's transitions were very abrupt, definitely indicating that she had received guidance from a 'master'.

However, he didn't refuse. After sitting down, he placed his senior sister's hand on his thigh and asked affectionately:

"Did Mistress teach Senior Sister something?"

Wangshu hesitated and did not answer.

"Has my senior sister learned to lie too?"

"I didn't lie..." Wangshu lowered her head slightly, then gave a soft "Mmm".

"Forget everything your Mistress taught you, and just follow your senior sister's wishes, understand?"

You Su knew that her Mistress must have taught her senior sister the so-called principles of yin and yang between men and women. Whether one is a dao companion or a normal person, it is something that one should know.

But You Su didn't want to see this as something she had to do today. It should have been a natural and spontaneous thing, but after her Mistress's instruction, it had become a task for her wedding night.

"Um..."

Wangshu suddenly turned her head and looked at You Su earnestly, asking:

"Junior brother, don't you want to cultivate together?"

You Su's lips twitched, thinking to himself, "Here we go again, it's that classic 'Junior brother doesn't want to do anything with me' line again."

"This isn't a matter of whether I want to or not."

"Actually, I can do it..."

Wangshu stammered, seemingly worried that You Su still didn't treat her like a normal woman.

As she spoke, she prepared to remove her Rabbit Mask.

You Su was startled and grabbed the girl's hand. "Senior Sister, your face hasn't been fully formed yet, why are you suddenly taking off your mask?"

"Junior brother, are you scared?"

"Of course I'm not afraid, I just don't want you to be stubborn. Even if you take it off, I still won't be able to see your face."

Upon hearing this, Wangshu finally lowered her hand from the mask.

"I will remove my mask when my junior brother can see it, because I want him to be the first person to see it."

The girl spoke solemnly, which deeply moved You Su.

He blinked. Since breaking through the Water Condensation Realm, his eyesight had improved again. He could even see the shape of a teacup placed a palm's width away. He believed that the day he could regain his sight was not far off.

"I will do my best."

"Um..."

Wangshu shifted her position, sitting closer to You Su. Their shoulders were pressed tightly together, as if they could smell each other's scent.

Wangshu didn't know why, but this desire to get closer to her junior brother grew stronger and stronger.

"Junior brother, tell me a story..."

The groom telling stories to the bride on their wedding night is a truly novel experience.

You Su smiled. "What would you like to hear, Senior Sister?"

"I want to hear a story like Xu Xian and Lady White's."

Well, my senior sister has grown up too. The stories she wants to hear are no longer about the Green Green Grassland.

You Su reached out and gently put his arm around his senior sister's shoulder. This level of intimacy was unprecedented for him, but he felt no qualms about doing it.

After much deliberation, You Su finally chose to tell the story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun.

Perhaps in his eyes, the senior sister who treated him with extreme enthusiasm upon their first meeting was just like Sima Xiangru who sang "The Phoenix Seeks Its Mate" in the main hall of the Zhuo family. It was this straightforward and bold expression that moved Zhuo Wenjun behind the curtain and made his own habitually closed-off heart flutter.

The story was told in great detail, and the red candles had burned down to more than half their length, leaving a trail of red tears on the table.

"Sima Xiangru was wicked; he even wanted to abandon Zhuo Wenjun."

"Zhuo Wenjun's poem 'Ode to White Hair' ultimately won Sima Xiangru's heart back."

"Can that cover up past mistakes?"

"No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes. But... Senior Sister is right, he did indeed do something wrong."

"That's right, if you do something wrong, you should be punished."

Wangshu suddenly clenched her fists. "I did something wrong, but my junior brother hasn't punished me yet."

After hearing her explanation, You Su realized that the troubles at the Qianhua Pavilion were actually the result of her senior sister's inability to resist temptation.

He had originally intended to teach his senior sister a lesson, but after teaching Qianhua Venerable a lesson, he was picked up by the Third Elder and then both entered breakthroughs. So much so that he forgot about the matter when he later received the good news of his breakthrough, but he did not expect that his senior sister, who had done something wrong, still remembered it with trepidation.

He found it amusing; this was only human nature, no wonder his senior sister was so resentful about Sima Xiangru's mistake.

A person with a sense of morality will not easily forget their mistakes after making a mistake and feeling remorse. It will become a mark, a knot in their heart, until they receive the appropriate punishment.

"Actually, I didn't want to accept Qianhua Venerable's temptation... but I thought that even if I made a small mistake, my junior brother wouldn't blame me or punish me..."

"So that's why you dared to agree to her request?"

You Su's voice became more serious, "I didn't expect that Senior Sister would be so fearless. Clearly, it's your own lack of willpower that's causing the problem, yet you're still deceiving yourself, using my leniency as an excuse for your mistakes."

"Junior brother, I'm sorry..."

Wangshu buried her head very deep.

"I remember saying when I washed my senior's feet last time, 'If you want to be naughty, you have to pay the price for being naughty,' right?"

Wangshu remained silent, only nodding shyly.

Punishment is punishment, You Su certainly wouldn't say something like, "Let it go this time, I'll spare my senior sister."

"Then, senior sister, stretch out your hand, and I'll give you ten lashes with the ruler. Let's see if you dare to easily accept temptation next time."

Wangshu shook her head in refusal. You Su assumed the girl was afraid and wanted to lessen her punishment, but what she said next shocked him:

"Junior Brother's punishment was too lenient. I would never dare to do it again... Junior Brother should be stricter, just like he was with Qianhua Venerable. She will definitely never dare to do bad things again."

You Su raised an eyebrow, thinking that his senior sister must have only caught a glimpse of what had happened that night when Qianhua Venerable was defeated...

He sensed something was amiss, feeling as if the girl was orchestrating everything, deliberately steer the conversation toward this 'punishment'.

This is something that your Mistress could never teach, because Mistress doesn't know these details and simply couldn't teach it so naturally.

Is this the result of my senior sister following her heart...?

At this moment, You Su realized that her senior sister was indeed a normal woman. She not only had an appetite, but she also had other desires.

Suddenly, he moved his hands down, supporting the girl's slender waist, and flipped her delicate body over, pressing her horizontally onto his knees.

Wangshu, dressed entirely in white, now lay on You Su's lap like a white fish waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board.

You Su put his arm around her slender back and slapped the bulge in her skirt below her waist with his palm, making a muffled 'bang' sound.

"Does Senior Sister realize her mistake?"

The blow landed squarely, but shame outweighed the pain. Wangshu's blue eyes were like water, and a soft moan escaped from her bright red lips beneath the mask:

"You'll dare to do it again next time..."

You Su witnessed the girl's stubbornness once again, and he didn't indulge her. This time, he directly lifted her white skirt and slapped her pert buttocks, which were only covered by thin white stockings, causing a wave to rise.

You Su appeared indifferent, but was actually affectionate. It was unclear whether he wanted to continue punishing his senior sister or was simply indulging in the unparalleled feel of her.

"Senior sister is such a grown woman, yet she still has to be punished like a child who has done something wrong. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Shameless... You'll do it again next time..."

You Su snorted and, without holding back, this time tore the thin silk open.

This otherworldly Fairy, who was seen by outsiders as having extraordinary talent and being the most mysterious and outstanding genius, was being hit hard by You Su on her bare buttocks.

Wangshu's pearly toes curled tightly together, the young girl moaning softly, yet she refused to admit her mistake.

"Your senior sister is in so much pain she's crying, yet you still won't admit your mistake?"

You Su rubbed her fingers together. Her senior sister's body was inherently cold and aloof, and even her tears were cool and refreshing, which was truly astonishing.

"Not strict enough..."

"It seems Senior Sister is more stubborn than I thought. Well then, the real punishment is coming up. If Senior Sister is scared, she should admit her mistake sooner rather than later."

"I'm not afraid..."

For the past three days, He Shutong endured the embarrassment and carefully explained the principles of yin and yang between men and women to Wangshu, who fully grasped them.

In the end, she even complained that He Shutong's explanation was too obscure, and actually started reading the Joyous Union Technique that He Shutong had taken out.

This is a taboo subject in the eyes of many, but Wangshu is completely different; on the contrary, her eyes are full of curiosity and anticipation.

Wangshu He Shutong it be, since Wang Shu was a spirit born of nature, so how could she possibly resist the principles of Yin and Yang?

The snow continued to fall outside the window, and it was the same inside the room.