Daughter of Tai Sui

As the morning light shone like gauze, You Su slowly opened her eyes in the brocade quilt.

He instinctively touched his chest; the warmth of his Mistress's embrace from the previous night still seemed to linger on his skin. The lingering lotus scent on her clothes intertwined with the warmth of her embrace, weaving a beautiful dream he didn't want to wake up from.

So he closed his eyes again, as if that would prolong that warm night.

He was held in the arms of his teacher's Mistress, who was like a mother to him, like a child. He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned against her broad chest, which was open only for him, saying sweet words like, "Mistress is so good. I want to stay with Mistress forever."

Although the Mistress blushed with embarrassment on her cool and elegant face, her movements remained as gentle as water.

Finally, unable to resist any longer, You Su shyly buried his head in the woman's arms, his hands involuntarily returning to his Mistress's burning sincerity.

He still remembers the sudden tremor of the delicate body in his arms, the shock transmitted from his Mistress's heart to her fingertips, and the immense stimulation brought the detoxification process to an end.

The Mistress remained silent, simply carrying him back to bed, leaving him a clean handkerchief still scented with lotus fragrance for him to clean himself, before fleeing from the boy's room as if escaping.

Although You Su himself knew that he had taken a big step this time, the guilt could not outweigh the lingering feeling. The soft touch on his fingertips was unforgettable, and he would probably never forget this experience for the rest of his life.

But... it was still a bit too presumptuous. My Mistress, being such a reserved person, was probably frightened by me...

You Su was worried that this touch would make his Mistress feel resistant and unwilling to be intimate with him again, so he decided to get up immediately to see what was going on.

If it were to affect their relationship, he was prepared to pay any price to apologize.

He suddenly snapped back to reality when his fingertips touched the silky Shark Silk curtains.

The jade-carved bed railings gleamed with a warm luster, and a branch of summer red plum blossoms slanted into the window lattice with a diamond pattern.

The red plum blossoms that bloom in summer are a rare and precious variety, and the Sword Sect's courtyard certainly couldn't afford to grow such flowers. You Su had already guessed that this wasn't a beautiful dream, but reality.

A faint, sweet fragrance wafted in the air. You Su sniffed, as recognizing a woman by her scent was always one of his specialties. He then came to a conclusion that surprised even himself: it was his junior sister's fragrance.

"Have you heard? The man the Second Young Lady brought back has been lying on the Jade Bed for almost half a month now..."

Shh! Who do you think this is? This is...

Whispers drifted from beneath the window. You Su silently rolled off the bed, his bare feet treading across the tiled floor. Through the crimson gauze window, he saw two little snake demons with double buns whispering to each other, their colorful scales peeking out from behind their ears.

"Click."

The sound of plum branches snapping under the weight of snow startled the little demons, making their scales stand on end. You Su closed his eyes and lay back on the couch. He didn't know why, but he himself was also frightened.

"Who let you here? I told you you don't need to help me."

The beaded curtain suddenly rustled, the sound as clear as shattered jade startling the two little demons, who hurriedly bowed.

Upon hearing this, You Su's fingers curled slightly. The time they had spent apart had not diminished the unique sweetness in that voice. Memories of laughter, anger, and scolding surged up like rumination, revealing an even deeper sweetness.

"Aren't you going to the medicine shed to check on the fire?" Ji Lingruo placed the copper basin on the flower stand, her blue skirt sweeping across the threshold, scattering fallen petals. "If Granny Liu finds out you've neglected your duties..."

Only after the footsteps of the little snake demons had completely disappeared did You Su dare to lift her eyelids a crack.

The girl was wringing her handkerchief with her back to him. Her thin gauze dress hugged her slender figure, and the tassels at her waist swayed gently with her movements—she had become much thinner.

Without much thought, You Su figured out the reason—because he was 'dead'.

The moment the warm handkerchief touched her forehead, You Su almost broke through her disguise.

The girl's fingertips were colder than he remembered, yet her wiping movements were even more meticulous, from her brow bone to her chin, as if she were polishing a fragile jade statue. He smelled the newly added scent of wormwood from her sleeve, mixed with an almost imperceptible odor of blood—she must have cut her finger again while testing the medicine.

"These mischievous little snakes love to peek at you... Did they disturb you?"

You Su almost answered, but from her junior sister's rambling, she realized that her junior sister was talking to herself.

"Master said you were breaking through to the Feather Transformation stage, but how can you break through like a dead person..."

The handkerchief suddenly became soaked with dark water stains.

Looking through her eyelashes, You Su saw a tear fall into the copper basin, the ripples reflecting the girl's reddened eyes.

She trembled as she pulled back the thin blanket and wiped herself from her chest down to her feet. The girl's care was a little clumsy, but exceptionally patient and meticulous.

You Su knew she was never a patient girl, yet she could stay up all night picking a basket full of wild chrysanthemums for him, and wipe every corner of his body while he was unconscious.

Unable to contain himself any longer, You Su sat up as the girl turned to wash a towel on the flower stand, and finally saw Ji Lingruo's profile clearly.

The fine blue scales behind the girl's ears gleamed like glass, and her upturned emerald snake eyes were wide open, the natural crimson at the corners of her eyes becoming even more shimmering with tears.

"When... when did you wake up?" The girl subconsciously took a half step back, but her voice trailed off with a sob.

You Su didn't give her a chance to escape. He grabbed Ji Lingruo's slender waist and pulled the startled girl into his arms.

His long, black hair cascaded down his pillow, and as he gazed at her beautiful face so close to his, he could no longer contain the emotion welling up inside him.

"Junior Sister," he called softly, as if he had returned to the time when he took in this stubborn Xiao Qing back in the sect.

Ji Lingruo instinctively hugged You Su tightly, but then seemed to remember something and wanted to pull back.

"You bastard! Let go!" Ji Lingruo pounded on his shoulder.

"I won't let go, I won't let go even if you kill me." You Su smiled happily.

Ji Lingruo couldn't break free, she pounced on him and bit his shoulder, her sharp fangs piercing his skin.

You Su groaned and pulled her closer, greedily inhaling the sweet scent of her hair. He thought to himself that the heartache he had caused his junior sister was likely a thousand times, ten thousand times, more than what the girl was now retaliating against.

The girl seemed to have tired of biting, and slowly withdrew her lips and teeth. Looking at the two marks she had left, she felt a pang of pity, choked back tears, buried her face in his neck, and wrapped her legs around him like snake tails, as if afraid he would disappear again.

"They say... you died after the incident on the Immortal Island..." Her voice was trembling and barely audible, "But I refuse to believe it! I know you wouldn't want to die!"

"With you here, of course I wouldn't want to die."

You Su stroked the slightly protruding snake bone on the back of her neck. His fingertips trembled slightly, still finding it hard to believe that this scene was real. He had really seen his junior sister.

Ji Lingruo slowly raised her head, her golden-green pupils reflecting his gentle features. Recalling the anxiety of the past six months, and the tears she shed in the dead of night while clutching the Immortal Sword her senior brother had given her, an overwhelming sense of grievance welled up, and tears streamed down her face like a burst dam.

You Su was deeply moved. He simply kissed the girl's falling tears, tasting the faint saltiness, as if this was how he could swallow the same grievances as the girl.

"I'm sorry... I... I have my reasons. I'm also afraid every day that I'll never see you again..."

Ji Lingruo just cried, and no one could console the broken beads. You Su could only hold her tightly, feeling sorry for her, and let her vent her pent-up emotions.

They nestled together like that for a long time until the girl's crying finally stopped.

Ji Lingruo she had cried herself to sleep, "Let me go... someone will see..."

"I won't let go." You Su kissed the corner of her lips, acting as domineeringly as a thug.

Ji Lingruo felt a bittersweet feeling in her heart, her pretty face already flushed red, like the vibrant red plum blossoms outside the window.

"Why are you all scruffy?" Ji Lingruo looked at You Su's sharper features and couldn't help but run her finger along them, as if she could feel the vicissitudes the young man had experienced. She felt a pang of tenderness in her heart and almost shed tears again.

"Did you experience a lot in Bei'ao...?"

Do you know where this is? It's my home.

Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?

The girl kept asking questions, her words unable to fully express her concern.

You Su remained silent. His strong arms suddenly tightened, and the Xiao Qing in his arms instantly froze into a stone statue, even its ankles turning a faint pink.

"None of that matters," he whispered against her thin, delicate ear, his fingertips tracing her spine as she trembled with tension. "Holding you in my arms right now is the most important thing. I'm afraid this isn't real."

The morning light streamed through the carved window lattice, casting a soft glow on Ji Lingruo's trembling eyelashes.

The girl gently returned the kiss. "Is it really true now?"

"It's fake, because the real junior sister can stick out her tongue," You Su teased.

"You're talking nonsense! My real junior sister wouldn't even kiss you!" Ji Lingruo turned her face away in a huff, then, as if remembering something, she tried to break free from You Su's embrace.

"Tell me, what is your relationship with Ganlong Venerable of the Northern Ao Continent?"

The sudden question caught You Su off guard, and before she could even answer, another question followed.

"And Bai Ze, who is Bai Ze? Is he also a demon?"

"She was a little girl who turned out to be Divine Beast. She helped me a lot, so I adopted her as my little sister..."

You Su automatically ignored the difficult questions and selectively answered the easy ones. Little did he know that even the easy questions contained hidden traps.

"Sister?" Ji Lingruo sneered. "What kind of sister kisses her brother goodbye? You and this sister really have a deep sibling bond!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Lingruo twisted her hand hard on You Su's waist, causing You Su to beg for mercy repeatedly.

"By the way, why aren't you answering Ganlong Venerable's question?"

The girl who has evidence of the boy's infidelity is like someone who has wielded a weapon more powerful than Immortal Sword, unleashing a continuous barrage of attacks:

"Senior brother, how can you be so biased? You only mentioned recognizing a younger sister, but why didn't you mention recognizing an older sister? 'Sister Sovereign Lord One,' that sounds so nice... Everyone says that the women of Bei'ao are as cold and noble as snow, but I think that's all nonsense!"

"You Su, do you only like to 'eat the grass near your own nest'? You won't eat it unless it's someone close to you, right? You think it's better to have another sister or younger sister so you can provoke her? Otherwise, why did you always call her 'Junior Sister'? Ha! So this is the kind of person you are!"

Ji Lingruo she spoke. While she was anxiously waiting for him at the port of Bei'ao, worried about his safety, he was flirting with another woman in Bei'ao. He truly deserved to be called her good senior brother!

"No, junior sister, where did you hear this? I'm definitely not that kind of person!"

You Su also had her own grievances to express, because the Sovereign Lord One had clearly provoked her first before calling her "sister."

"From where? What, are you afraid I have information channels you don't know about?" Ji Lingruo bit You Su's shoulder hard again.

You Su wasn't stupid. There were only three people in the world who knew about the Sovereign Lord Sister... no! There were four! Besides himself and the Sovereign Lord Sister herself, there were only Qianhua Venerable and Bai Ze, who were hiding on the ship at the time.

It's obvious that the one who stirred up trouble between him and his junior sister must be that wicked Little Dog Qianhua!

"Junior sister, don't believe what Qianhua Venerable says! She's a bad woman! Have you forgotten how she harmed me and my senior sister back at Lotus Peak!"

"Oh? So you dare say that everything she said was false? You went to Bei'ao and didn't recognize a younger sister or an older sister?"

The girl had long seen through You Su. She hated him for his womanizing and risking his life, but she didn't know whether to be angry or worried.

Just as You Su was wondering where to begin, he suddenly felt a tightness in his lower body, realizing that his 'evil' thing was being mercilessly grabbed by his junior sister.

"Not daring to answer means you agree! You've gone too far! Now that you're in Japan, I'll have to keep a close eye on you!"

Ji Lingruo pouted her thin lips, looking so sullen that You Su found it adorable. He even felt that being captured by his junior sister was a wonderful pleasure.

Noticing that You Su had even adjusted her grip to make it more comfortable for her, Ji Lingruo knew what wicked thoughts the senior brother of the Joyous Union Sect had in mind. She immediately withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and in her embarrassment, she punched You Su hard in the chest, not even feeling guilty for making him cough.

"Dad and Mom are hugging each other, how embarrassing!"

The beaded curtain rustled softly, and the two turned their heads simultaneously. They saw a beautifully sculpted little girl clinging to the doorframe, her bright black and white eyes shining like stars.

You Su subconsciously loosened her grip a little, feeling embarrassed to be affectionate in front of the child. She was about to say, "Where did this brat come from, randomly calling his parents his father?" But upon closer inspection, she realized something was wrong.

The image of the little girl clutching his clothes on the icy beach that day suddenly became clear to me. How did she manage to follow him here?

"How... how did you get here?"

"It was Nian Su who brought Daddy home!" The little girl skipped and jumped towards the bed, her skirt fluttering like a butterfly. "Nian Su wants to come too!"

You Su instinctively caught her, but felt as if he were holding nothing at all, as if he were holding a handful of flower petals.

Ji Lingruo clenched the blankets with her fingertips. She wanted to pull the girl away because she had known from the beginning that this was not her child—she was Tai Sui.

The evil spirit that once possessed her body, originally intending to harm her but ultimately giving up because her senior brother disliked her.

She didn't die at all, so in the dream she experienced, she would say at the end that she would come back and take her senior brother away.

His Demon Core had been repaired and perfected by the Tai Sui Power, and that Demon Core, which was like a living thing, already had a strange quality to it. Now that he thought about it, it was clear that Tai Sui had taken up residence in his Demon Core.

Now this guy is actually pretending to be their daughter to steal her senior brother, which she absolutely cannot accept.

But the truth she was about to blurt out hesitated for a moment. She thought of her senior brother, who always attracted a lot of attention from women. If he really knew that she had given birth to a daughter for him, he would definitely be preoccupied with her from now on.

Thinking of this, she withdrew her hand from the girl's grasp.

You Su then realized what was going on; the name "Nian Su Nian Su" already explained everything.

He felt a throbbing pain in his temples and tugged at Ji Lingruo's sleeve, only to see the girl with her eyes lowered and silent, as if she were agreeing.

Suddenly, a flood of emotions surged into the boy's chest, almost causing him to lose consciousness.

Suddenly, a corner of the jade curtain was lifted by the wind, and Ji Xueruo's figure stopped at the side of the window frame.

She had intended to visit the boy as well, and also bring her sister a plate of chilled plums, but then she heard her sister say, "Our daughter."

Her fingers tightened suddenly, and she silently withdrew from the courtyard, as if she had never been there.