Xiao Wu gives Lin Jiang an essential oil back massage!

Soft light filled the room, while steam from the hot water and the rich, relaxing fragrance of the essential oils in Xiao Wu's basket permeated the air.

Xiao Wu crouched down and placed the wooden bucket by Lin Jiang's feet. With gentle movements, she helped him remove his shoes and socks, then immersed his feet in water at just the right temperature.

With her head lowered, her long scorpion braid slipped over her shoulder, hiding the tips of her ears, which had turned bright red.

Then, she took out a soft towel and dried his feet.

She knelt on the carpet beside him, took out the essential oil from the basket, poured some into her palm, and rubbed it warm.

"I... I'm starting?" Her voice was barely louder than a mosquito's buzz, and she hardly dared to lift her head.

"Mm." Lin Jiang responded lazily and relaxed his body.

Her small, slightly cool hands, slick with essential oil and trembling almost imperceptibly, gently pressed against Lin Jiang's firm calf muscles.

The instant her fingertips touched his skin—

Buzz!

An overwhelmingly intense, electric-like sensation suddenly shot into Xiao Wu through her fingertips!

Lin Jiang's Bewitching Touch activated without a sound!

"Mm..." Caught off guard, Xiao Wu let out a short, nasal whimper.

What that touch brought was far more than ordinary skin-to-skin contact—it was a tingling numbness and flutter that reached deep into her soul!

It was as though every inch of his skin was radiating a fatal attraction toward her!

A strange, surging heat erupted from the deepest part of her body, sweeping through all four limbs and every bone!

Her arms went weak, and her body swayed slightly against her will, nearly collapsing.

Her heart pounded like a drum, while her breathing became hot and rapid.

A rich hormonal scent spread uncontrollably, blending with the fragrance of the essential oil and brewing an atmosphere of extreme intimacy.

Forcing herself to endure that dizzying, unfamiliar pleasure, she pressed harder with her fingertips and kneaded the muscles in his legs.

Her voice was clearly breathless and trembling as she asked weakly, "Is... is the pressure... okay?"

Lin Jiang leaned back onto the soft bed with a comfortable sigh, his voice lazy and husky. "It's fine. Very comfortable."

He closed his eyes, wholly immersed in the enjoyment.

Waves of delight surged through his heart. Awesome! A gorgeous hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form is kneeling here and giving me a massage! This feeling... this treatment... it's simply incredible!

Hearing his approval, the taut string in Xiao Wu's heart loosened slightly. Yet the faint magnetism in his words made her heart skip a beat, and she murmured, "Th... that's good..."

Holding her breath, she focused all her attention—or rather, tried to redirect the attention that was about to spiral out of control—onto her hands.

Her slender fingers, slippery with oil, kneaded and pressed the meridians and muscles in his legs with varying pressure, from his sturdy calves to his smoothly defined thighs, leaving no inch untouched.

Her movements were unpracticed, yet earnest enough. Her fingertips occasionally trembled out of control, instead lending the massage a different kind of teasing allure.

At last, after finishing the massage of his legs and feet, Xiao Wu let out a light breath. Fine beads of sweat had already formed at her temples, whether from the heat or her nerves, she did not know.

At that moment, Lin Jiang lazily turned over and sat up with his back to her.

Without the slightest hesitation, he raised a hand and removed his upper clothing, casually tossing it aside before naturally lying prone. His broad, smoothly contoured, sharply defined back was fully revealed before Xiao Wu.

He turned his face slightly and gestured to the bottle of essential oil beside him. "I'll trouble you with my back too."

Xiao Wu's breath caught sharply!

Under the lamplight, Lin Jiang's back was broad, his shoulder blades clearly outlined and powerful. The lines ran all the way down into his loose waistband, sketching an alluring silhouette brimming with strength.

Merely touching him through his clothes earlier had already left her flustered. Now that he was completely exposed before her, the visual impact was even more overwhelming!

"O... okay..." Her voice was dry. Almost on instinct, she poured more essential oil into her hands and rubbed them warm.

Soft sensations pressed together through a thin layer of fabric, and both their bodies stiffened.

Lin Jiang clearly felt that, aside from those small hands, cool, smooth, and slick with essential oil, which had begun to roam awkwardly over his back muscles—

There was also...

This unexpected "additional service" made Lin Jiang narrow his eyes comfortably, and an extremely soft, ambiguous hum slipped from his throat.

The instant Xiao Wu heard that hum, her whole body jolted as if struck by electricity!

She bit down hard on her lower lip to hold back the whimper that nearly escaped.

She could only use all her strength to lower her burning face even further.

Her fingers mechanically kneaded his tense back muscles while her mind had already turned into a complete mess...

Outside the room.

Tang San was still kneeling dejectedly on the cold floor, his forehead pressed against that tightly shut door—the door that had cut off all his hopes.

"Why... Xiao Wu... my foot-soaking water..." he muttered. Tears mixed with the grime on his face and streamed freely down, as though the whole world had abandoned him.

That mournful, desolate BGM began looping automatically in his mind at maximum volume—"Snowflakes drift~ North wind howls~ Heaven and earth~ a vast~ expanse~~"

Meanwhile, Lin Jiang was enjoying the clumsy yet earnest kneading of the small hands behind him.

And that...

The fragrance of essential oil intertwined with the sweet scent unique to a young girl, filling the small room and creating an intoxicating atmosphere.

[Ding!~ Detected that subsystem-bound user (Xiao Wu) has successfully completed the mission!]

The cold, efficient notification sounded abruptly in the depths of his mind like a precise time signal, forming an extreme contrast with the warmth coursing through his body.

[Mission reward feedback settlement in progress...]

[Congratulations, primary controller Lin Jiang. Feedback reward obtained: Soul power level increased by one!]

[Current level: 29!]

[Bewitching Touch upgraded to Lv. 2!]

"Mm—!!!"

Almost at the same moment, Xiao Wu, who was straddling his waist and back with both hands still pressed to his skin, felt as though an incomparably powerful current had violently pierced through her entire body!

The even more domineering, invisible spiritual ripple produced the instant Bewitching Touch leveled up made Xiao Wu's mind buzz, turning everything blank in an instant!

All the suppressed and accumulated sensitivity and fluttering born from both her soul beast instincts and a young girl's feelings—

Were amplified to the utmost limit at this moment!

Her hands, which had still been trying to move, instantly lost all strength and slid down limply.

As though every bone had been pulled from her body, she could no longer maintain her straddling posture. Her vision went dark, and she completely, bonelessly collapsed forward.

She did not move at all, as if she no longer had the strength even to lift a finger.

Only unconscious, faint tremors and her wildly pounding heart proved that she had not fainted.

Lin Jiang turned his head slightly, catching a glimpse from the corner of his eye of several damp strands of hair stuck to the side of her face.

"Already... can't take it?"

His low voice carried undisguised teasing amusement as it softly echoed through the quiet room...