You've Fallen for Him

The next morning, early.

While Xiao Mo was reading in the courtyard, he saw Bai Ruxue walking towards the courtyard step by step with a young girl in a green dress.

Bai Ruxue's fair and tender little face was full of happiness.

The girl held by Bai Ruxue, however, lowered her head, her expression a little nervous, and seemed somewhat unwilling.

Upon seeing Xiao Mo, Bai Ruxue quickened her pace and pulled the girl into the courtyard: "Xiao Mo, this is my sister. Her name is Bai Qingliu, and she just came of age this year. I usually call her Xiao Qing, so you can call her Xiao Qing too."

The sisters were both exceptionally beautiful, but their styles were different.

Bai Ruxue had a graceful figure and a charming appearance, looking endearingly naive and easy to fool.

Xiao Qing, on the other hand, had a more slender build and her eyes held a cautious wariness, making her look much smarter than her sister at first glance.

"Greetings, Miss Xiao Qing," Xiao Mo said, rising and bowing.

"Hmph!" Xiao Qing lifted her chin.

It's this stinky man who stole my sister away.

Forcing me to see my sister only once or twice a month, and making me sleep alone every night!

If it weren't for my reluctance to part with my sister, and the fact that cultivating as a snake alone is truly too boring, I wouldn't have come down the mountain!

Seeing her sister's little mouth pouting as if it would reach the sky, Bai Ruxue secretly transformed. The tip of her white tail flicked Xiao Qing's backside.

Xiao Qing yelped slightly in pain, bit her thin lips, and, performing the human etiquette her sister had taught her, bowed: "Xiao Qing. Greetings, young master. Xiao Qing and my sister will be bothering you a lot from now on."

"You are too kind, Miss Xiao Qing. It is your sister who has been taking care of me," Xiao Mo smiled. "It's just that my room might not be large enough, so Miss Xiao Qing will have to share a room with your sister."

"No bother, no bother," Xiao Bai quickly said on behalf of her sister. "We've slept together since we were little, so we're used to it."

Xiao Qing also nodded: "I like sleeping with my sister."

"That's good," Xiao Mo smiled. "Miss Xiao Qing, please make yourself at home. From now on, we're all family."

"Who's family with you? Hiss."

Just as Xiao Qing was quietly muttering, the tip of Bai Ruxue's tail flicked her sister's backside again.

Tears welled up in Xiao Qing's eyes.

She felt like her backside must be red from her sister's spanking.

"Then Xiao Mo, you continue reading. I'll take my sister to get familiar with the room."

With that, Bai Ruxue pulled Xiao Qing into the room and closed the door with a "bang."

Looking at the closed door, Xiao Mo couldn't help but smile: "It seems Miss Xiao Qing has some opinions of me."

In the boudoir, Bai Ruxue placed her hands on her hips and pouted at Xiao Qing: "Xiao Qing, do you remember what you promised me?"

"I remember," Xiao Qing said, touching her backside.

"Then tell me what those things are."

"The first thing is, you're not allowed to reveal your identity."

"Mhm, and then?"

"The second thing is, you must treat Xiao Mo the same way you treat me, and not cause him any trouble."

Bai Ruxue bent forward: "So you need to be obedient, not just to me, but also to Xiao Mo, understand!"

"Understood, sister," Xiao Qing said reluctantly.

"Xiao Qing," Bai Ruxue stroked Xiao Qing's head. "Xiao Mo is a very good person."

"But sister, we are Yao, and he is human. How can a Yao and a human live together? What if he finds out?"

"Don't worry," Bai Ruxue straightened her willow-like waist and patted her sister's shoulder. "He's very silly, a bookworm, he won't find out. Look at me, I haven't been exposed for so long, have I?"

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Xiao Qing looked at her sister's smug expression and wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.

That's right.

Why hasn't my sister, who is so silly, been discovered?

Could it be that Xiao Mo is even sillier?

"In short, as long as you don't show your tail and eat mice secretly, you won't be discovered, understand?" Bai Ruxue reminded her again.

"Understood, sister."

Xiao Qing sighed inwardly.

Things have come to this. I'll listen to my sister for now and live with this human for a while.

"Come on, sister will take you grocery shopping. This afternoon, I'll teach you how to cook and do laundry. Let me tell you, there's a lot to learn in these things."

Bai Ruxue pulled her sister out of the room.

About thirty minutes later, Bai Ruxue and Xiao Qing, carrying a basket, arrived at Huang Village.

"Several nearby villages set up stalls in Huang Village. I usually buy my groceries here, but some of the old ladies will try to cheat you, so you have to bargain. Watch carefully, sister."

Bai Ruxue turned around and shouted to an older woman, "Grandma Li, how much for this crucian carp?"

"What! Thirty-three wen?"

"I know this fish is very fatty, about three catties, but this is too expensive!"

"Twenty-five wen, and I'll take it."

"Really not, twenty-eight wen is still too expensive."

"Just twenty-five wen."

"Grandma Li, please sell it to me, please sell it to me. Look how pitiful this fish is, it must be suffering if it's not eaten. Grandma Li~~~" Bai Ruxue shook Grandma Li's arm.

"Alright, thank you, Grandma Li."

Bai Ruxue happily handed over twenty-five wen in copper coins, then picked up the fish and put it into the bamboo basket.

"How was it? See? That's how you haggle," Bai Ruxue said proudly to her sister.

"." Xiao Qing's mood was complicated.

Although she hadn't interacted much with humans.

Was haggling really like this?

"Sister, this doesn't seem difficult," Xiao Qing said.

"Who says it's not difficult! But ever since Xiao Mo passed the imperial examination, haggling has indeed become easier for me. Everyone for miles around takes good care of Xiao Mo," Bai Ruxue said.

"Then sister, when other men sell you things, do you also act spoiled like this?"

"How is that possible?" Bai Ruxue shot her sister a look. "If they want to sell, they sell; if not, I'll go to someone else. I only act spoiled towards one man."

"Who?" Xiao Qing asked curiously.

"Silly girl," Bai Ruxue gently flicked her sister's forehead. "It's Xiao Mo, of course~~~"

Saying this, Bai Ruxue happily walked forward and continued grocery shopping.

And just as her sister said, she only acted spoiled towards older women.

As for male vendors, she would generally state a price, and if they agreed, she would buy; if not, she would turn and leave.

After buying the groceries, Xiao Qing followed her sister home to cook.

Xiao Qing knew her sister was very clumsy.

But seeing her sister so skilled at starting the fire and cooking, she knew her sister must have practiced many times and suffered a lot.

During lunch, her sister would specifically leave the meat in the dishes for Xiao Mo to eat, not touching a single piece herself.

Only after Xiao Mo put down his chopsticks would her sister eat the leftover meat.

But Xiao Qing also noticed that this human man would deliberately leave behind many dishes that her sister liked to eat.

In the afternoon, Xiao Qing began to help her sister clean the courtyard. From the rooms to the yard, her sister cleaned meticulously.

After cleaning the courtyard, her sister would also take a book and sit in the yard reading with Xiao Mo.

However, Xiao Qing noticed that although her sister was reading, her mind was entirely on Xiao Mo.

As soon as Xiao Mo reached out, his sister would pour him a cup of tea.

When Xiao Mo tilted his neck, his sister would stand up and massage his shoulders.

It was as if she knew what he was going to do with every movement he made.

As evening approached, Xiao Qing had to follow her sister to the kitchen to cook again.

After dinner, her sister rolled up her sleeves and boiled water for Xiao Mo to bathe.

These were all trivial matters, and Xiao Qing, just watching, found it boring and troublesome.

"Sister, you do these things every day, isn't it tedious?"

Seven days after arriving in Shiqiao Village, Xiao Qing asked while bathing with her sister in the tub.

"Tedious? Why?" Bai Ruxue blinked. "I find it very happy."

"Why would you be happy?" Xiao Qing didn't understand. "Doing laundry, cooking, cleaning the yard, and boiling hot water for him to bathe, what's so happy about that?"

"Well..." Bai Ruxue said, scrubbing her sister's back, thinking about how to answer. "Sister doesn't know either. It's just that as long as I can be by his side, as long as I can do things for him, even the most insignificant little things, I feel very happy."

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Xiao Qing didn't understand the meaning of her sister's words.

But as the days passed, Xiao Qing found that this man seemed quite good.

He had a very good temper and always had a gentle smile on his face.

And when she wanted to learn to read, he would patiently teach her.

Ten more days passed, and Xiao Qing found that she had actually gotten used to this kind of life.

But on the seventeenth day of Xiao Qing's arrival in Shiqiao Village.

That night, Bai Ruxue had an accident while absorbing the moon's essence.

When Bai Ruxue woke up in the morning, her face was pale and she felt weak all over, as if an ordinary person had caught a cold.

"Sister, you should rest well today. I'll take care of the housework," Xiao Qing said with concern, looking at her sister.

Fortunately, her sister's condition wasn't serious; a couple of days of rest would be enough.

"But Xiao Qing, can you really do it well?" Bai Ruxue worried.

It had taken her a full two months to completely learn all these household chores.

Xiao Qing had only been learning for a little over half a month.

"I can, Sister. Just rest well. Otherwise, how can you work in your condition? What if you reveal your tail?"

"Alright then."

Bai Ruxue had no choice but to agree.

After Xiao Qing tucked her sister in, she walked out of the room.

Coincidentally, Xiao Mo had also just woken up.

Xiao Qing told Xiao Mo that her sister was sick, but it wasn't serious and they didn't need to call a doctor; she'd be fine in a couple of days.

Xiao Mo went into the room to visit Bai Ruxue.

Bai Ruxue also assured him she was fine and would recover soon, as she had before.

Xiao Mo thought it was probably a minor issue with Bai Ruxue's cultivation, but likely nothing serious.

Otherwise, Xiao Qing would have been more anxious than him.

After Xiao Mo left, Bai Ruxue sat in her room and watched through the window as Xiao Qing folded Xiao Mo's clothes, piece by piece.

Xiao Qing was doing a very good job.

Yet, Bai Ruxue felt a strange pang in her heart.

These were things she should have been doing herself.

By noon, Bai Ruxue felt much better and restless. She wanted to go to the kitchen to cook for Xiao Mo.

But Xiao Qing pushed her sister out, "Sister, you rest. I'll cook."

Before long, Xiao Qing brought the dishes out from the kitchen.

"Brother Xiao, Sister, I'm not a very good cook, so please don't mind if it's not tasty."

"Not at all, Xiao Qing, your cooking is delicious."

"Really? Then Brother Xiao, please eat more."

"Okay."

"Sister, you eat more too."

"Ah, okay."

Bai Ruxue took small bites of the food in her bowl.

Xiao Qing's cooking was indeed delicious.

It was a good thing Xiao Mo enjoyed Xiao Qing's cooking.

But...

Bai Ruxue just felt a heaviness in her heart, as if something was blocking it.

In the afternoon, lying back on the bed, Bai Ruxue looked through the window as Xiao Qing poured water for Xiao Mo and massaged his shoulders.

She watched Xiao Mo teaching Xiao Qing to read and write.

She heard Xiao Mo occasionally praise Xiao Qing, saying, "Miss Xiao Qing is truly intelligent."

Bai Ruxue felt an even greater tightness in her chest.

Why?

What was wrong with her?

Had her illness worsened?

In the evening, Aunt Chen heard that Ruxue had caught a cold and specifically came to Xiao Mo's courtyard to visit her.

"You silly girl, you're usually quite healthy. How could you catch a cold in the middle of summer? I've brewed some medicine for you and put it in this gourd. Drink a bowl before bed, and heat up the rest to drink again tomorrow morning. You'll be better soon."

Aunt Chen said to Ruxue in the room.

"Thank you, Aunt Chen," Bai Ruxue took the gourd and smiled faintly.

However, the young girl soon lowered her head as if she had something on her mind.

"Ruxue, what's wrong?" Aunt Chen asked.

"Nothing, Aunt Chen," Bai Ruxue quickly shook her head. "I'm perfectly fine."

"Don't try to fool me," Aunt Chen gave her a look. "You're simple-minded; everything shows on your face. How could I not know if you have something on your mind? Hurry up and tell me. You can't keep worries in your heart when you're sick, or you won't get better."

Bai Ruxue gently bit her thin lips, her eyes showing a hint of hesitation, her fingers kneading the quilt restlessly.

Aunt Chen wasn't in a hurry, slowly waiting for her to open up to her.

"Aunt Chen," Bai Ruxue said after a long while, looking up.

"Mm."

"Today, Xiao Qing took care of Xiao Mo for me. She folded his clothes neatly, cooked delicious meals, and cleaned the courtyard thoroughly. I should be happy, but why, why do I feel so empty inside? And sometimes my chest feels tight, like I can't even breathe."

Bai Ruxue clutched the blanket with her small hands.

"Aunt Chen, what kind of illness is this?"

"Huh?"

Aunt Chen was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to understand something, a smile playing on her lips as she said, "Let Auntie guess, is it when Xiao Qing gets close to Xiao Mo, or when they're being affectionate, that your chest feels so heavy?"

"Mhm, mhm."

"When Xiao Mo praises her, you know you're happy for your sister, but there's also a strange sense of loss inside."

"Yes, yes."

Aunt Chen pointed to the woman's heaving chest. "Does it sometimes ache here, like you've been drinking vinegar?"

"That's right! I never used to feel this way. Aunt Chen, how did you know?"

"Silly girl."

Aunt Chen sighed and gently tapped the woman's forehead.

"You've fallen in love with him."