The next morning.
Chu Mo's eyes were still bleary. He blinked twice quickly before his vision cleared, but his head was still a little dizzy. He instinctively reached for something nearby, trying to get up.
Soft~
"Xiao Lu~"
He touched two soft things and didn't react at first, thinking they were Xiao Lu. He pulled them straight into his arms.
"Xiao Lu, are you cultivating? Why are you so soft? And so big?"
Wrapped in a warm embrace in her sleep, Tang Ya murmured, "Mmm~"
Her voice was so sweet it could melt anyone's heart.
But Chu Mo jolted awake. Xiao Lu could make a sound like that? He opened his eyes and saw who he was holding. His heart thudded as he quickly scrambled backward.
"What happened?"
Tang Ya had lost her warm embrace. Her lips pursed slightly as her little hands began groping for the person who had just held her.
"Mmm."
In the end, she hugged the blanket to herself. A smile appeared on her sleeping face. Afraid it might escape, she lifted one pale, lovely leg and pinned it down, revealing a perfectly shaped calf and bare foot, both rosy and plump.
Then she rubbed her little face against the blanket.
Only after making sure he hadn't woken her did Chu Mo breathe a sigh of relief. He had no idea how he would explain this otherwise. Weren't they supposed to be cultivating? How had things ended up like this?
He closed his eyes and went back over the events of the previous night, trying to figure out how it had happened.
When Chu Mo had first sat down beside her, Tang Ya had still been perfectly normal. After they took the pills at the same time, they began cultivating.
As he cultivated, a faint green glow also appeared around Chu Mo, but its range couldn't compare with Xiao Lu's at all. It only shone faintly around his body.
"Compared to this afternoon, my cultivation speed feels a little slower."
After cultivating for ten minutes, Tang Ya opened her eyes and asked Chu Mo, who was beside her.
But Chu Mo was so focused on cultivating that he didn't respond. Tang Ya rested a hand against her lips and began to think. After a brief brainstorming session—
"Right, we need to get closer."
Not wanting to waste the pill, Tang Ya got down on all fours and slowly crawled across the bed, bringing them closer together.
Rustle, rustle~
After adjusting her position, Tang Ya sat right on Chu Mo's lap and leaned against him.
Then came the scene Chu Mo remembered. Since he sensed no killing intent, he hadn't forcibly interrupted his cultivation. By the time he opened his eyes, the pill's effects had worn off.
Startled!
Why was Tang Ya holding him? If he hadn't been able to sense the fluctuations of Soul Power, he might have thought she was simply hugging him in her sleep.
Afraid she might fall or disrupt her cultivation, he had put an arm around her slender waist...
His recollection came to an end. Chu Mo's brow relaxed as he found his answer.
"Could this cultivation-attraction thing count as an unusual kind of succubus physique?"
He looked at the girl beside him, sleeping in an improper position with the skin of her waist exposed.
He'd have to get Xiao Lu back tonight. This was too awkward.
Although he had wicked thoughts about her, things were moving too fast. Besides, he had to avenge Tang Ya first.
Ding ding ding~
Huh?
So many messages this early, and someone had even tagged him. It had to be Meng Hongchen.
Tang Ya was still asleep, so Chu Mo leaned against the bed and opened the chat interface.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Good morning, everyone. Anyone awake?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Anyone awake? Come chat.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: @Revenge Girl, classmate, are you awake?]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: @Chu Mo, is the group owner awake? Do you have any more pills? I want to buy some.]
[Chu Mo: I'm awake. Same price as yesterday. If you buy a lot, I can give you a discount.]
In her bedroom, Meng Hongchen lay on her stomach, waiting for a reply and swinging her legs gently. She looked every bit the sweet young girl.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Give me 50 to start.]
"If I take 50 pills and sell half of them to Big Brother, I can still make a profit."
Meng Hongchen beamed, her eyes slowly curving into crescents. She was overjoyed. Not only could she make back her money, she might even earn a little.
["Chu Mo sent a red packet to Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog."]
["Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog sent a red packet to Chu Mo."]
The whole transaction took less than a minute, and his balance instantly went up by over 40,000.
Chu Mo nodded in satisfaction. Pills really made money.
And if he wanted to make money, he could just keep selling them.
He recalled that Xu Sanshi had lost a Mystic Water Pill yesterday. If he gave it to Xiao Lu to study, perhaps she could figure out how to reduce the cost and produce them in batches. Then he could make a profit on those, too.
Besides, the Mystic Water Pill worked quite well. It'd be hard to split just one. If he really wanted a harem of 30, he'd need at least 30 pills, right?
[Revenge Girl: Wow, Meng, you're rich! You actually bought so many pills. I tried one too, and it worked really well.]
Ju Zi had taken the pill at night, when she had nothing else to do, and cultivated afterward. She'd only finished in the morning. Her progress had definitely been faster than usual.
If she normally gained 2 points from a night's cultivation, after taking the pill she'd gained 6. The effect was quite noticeable.
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Heehee, tell me who you really are, and I'll give you five pills. How about it?]
Meng Hongchen was short on money at the moment, but she was about to fleece her brother, so she'd soon be rolling in cash.
[Revenge Girl: No thanks. I don't usually get noticed anyway.]
[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: All right, I won't force you. But we're at the same academy, so if you change your mind, come find me. The offer stands. I'm off to fleece my brother.]
[Chu Mo: Nice.]
Seeing that, Chu Mo understood why she had transferred the money so readily. She had a plan: she wanted to act as a middleman.
[Grilled Fish Girl: Brother Chu Mo, can I come cultivate with you today?]
[Chu Mo: Well... I can't. I promised Nannan I'd go buy a gift and visit her mother.]
[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Oho, you just met yesterday and you're already visiting her family? That's a little too eager!]
Chu Mo couldn't understand why she hated him so much.
Girls were so hard to understand. He figured she was just tsundere. Maybe she even liked him. Chu Mo thought very highly of himself. Of course, he was wrong.
[Chu Mo: Uh, I'd already promised her, after all.]
[Grilled Fish Girl: All right. What about tonight, after you get back? I can sleep on the floor.]
Right, if he brought over a floor mat, they wouldn't have to end up like this again. Xiao Lu would be back tonight, and her domain covered a much larger area. There was no need to worry about something similar happening again.
[Chu Mo: Sure. It does seem to work for you.]
Mm~
After sending the message, he hopped off the bed, stretched, and went to wash up. When he returned, Tang Ya still showed no signs of waking, but it was getting late. He needed to go get Xiao Lu back.
After a moment's thought, he left a note, then went out and locked the door securely behind him.
"Hmph!"
As soon as he stepped out, he saw Wang Dong'er dressed as a boy, staring at him.
"Uh... I'm curious why you're always picking on me. I don't think I've offended you, have I?"
Chu Mo couldn't hold back any longer and finally asked what had been troubling him.
But he wasn't going to get an answer from Wang Dong'er. She gave another cold snort and turned away.
"Hmph!"
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