(First update)
Oh! How mortifying! Just as Zhang Hong was about to move, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Her lovely face grew hot, and she chided herself in vexation, abandoning the idea. Seeing the two of them like this, jealousy surged sky-high in her heart. How awful! If I show myself now, won't that tell them I was peeping? The thought made her feel embarrassed again. She had also just heard Liu Xian'er say something about helping her, as though Liu Xian'er had run into some trouble. Had she reached a bottleneck in her cultivation method, just like Zhang Hong? Thinking this, she hesitated again, then told herself sulkily, I'll settle accounts with you two later!
How annoying! Being that beautiful is bad enough, but even her skin is that lovely! Looking at Liu Xian'er's skin, smoother and more lustrous than fine mutton-fat jade, she felt a pang of envy. Her own skin, tempered with diamond grass, was already wonderfully flawless, yet compared with Liu Xian'er's, it still fell just a little short. Feeling somewhat resentful, she decided that out of sight was out of mind and quietly withdrew from the cave entrance.
But as she sat outside the entrance, an inexplicable wave of sour bitterness welled up in Zhang Hong's heart, and tears streamed down her face. Suddenly, she felt so weak and helpless. She began fretting over what she might gain or lose, her thoughts spinning chaotically. Now that Li Xiaoya had Liu Xian'er, would he no longer want her? What exactly was going on between Liu Xian'er and Blue Ice? How should she get along with Liu Xian'er? Would Liu Xian'er's master, Fairy Qingxia, demand that she leave Li Xiaoya? The more she thought, the more tangled her mind became.
She did not know how much