He Was Jealous Again

"I was joking..." Xiao Qinghe said sheepishly.

Ouyang Susu had a crush on their master, so it was understandable that she was jealous he had seen their master naked. But what was Xie Jun getting angry about?

They were all men. What was so strange about bathing together and seeing one another naked?

"You really know Master Yu Qing well, Senior Brother Xiao. Tell me more about him." Ouyang Susu looped her arm through Xiao Qinghe's, smiling radiantly.

Xiao Qinghe silently reminded himself that he was a cannon-fodder simp.

Ouyang Susu had countless men fawning over her. If she hadn't wanted to find out their master's preferences, she would never have bothered being nice to him.

But Xiao Qinghe was having trouble handling this. "Junior Sister, we can talk without all this."

Keep your hands to yourself.

Your future husband is watching!

With a dark expression, Xie Jun strode over and yanked Ouyang Susu away. "If you have questions, ask me!"

He was jealous again!

Xiao Qinghe practically wanted to set off firecrackers in celebration. He asked the Hellish System, "I'm helping the female lead's romance with Xie Jun along. Shouldn't I get a reward?"

System: [...]

What was that silence supposed to mean?

And what about the readers?

In a melodramatic Mary Sue romance, wasn't the female lead winning over the most handsome man in the whole book more exciting than those two men messing around with each other?

Xiao Qinghe gazed tearfully at the sky, unable to understand why the readers weren't excited anymore.

Ouyang Susu, on the other hand, was having a wonderful time.

She seemed to have figured out the trick. Whenever she came looking for Xiao Qinghe, Xie Jun would appear a moment later, take her away, and then stay by her side for the rest of the day.

Whenever she asked Xiao Qinghe for something, no matter what it was, Xie Jun would beat him to it.

There were no exceptions. It worked every time.

Munching on the lotus pastries Xie Jun had just brought her, Ouyang Susu gently swung her legs on the bench. Her voice was as clear as a songbird's. "Senior Brother Xiao, I don't want lotus pastries anymore. I want roasted sweet potatoes. Could you go down the mountain and buy some for me?"

Though she called out sweetly to Senior Brother Xiao, her beautiful eyes kept darting toward Xie Jun.

Master Yu Qing had gone into seclusion again. Even if she knew his preferences, she couldn't see him. Fortunately, she now had something that interested her more-

Watching Xie Jun get jealous over her.

Xiao Qinghe knew perfectly well that she was using him to test Xie Jun and make him jealous. Apart from feeling sorry for Xie Jun, all he could do was play along.

But it was already getting late.

"I like them too, but the sun's about to set. How about I buy them another day?"

"But I want them right now!"

What bad intentions could such a sweet, charming female lead possibly have?

"...Fine. I'll go down the mountain and buy them for you."

Xiao Qinghe had just started to rise when Xie Jun shoved him firmly back down. Through gritted teeth, he said, "I'll buy them!"

With that, he pushed off on his toes and raced down the mountain.

The Demon-Slaying Sect's territory was vast. Even flying on a sword, a round trip down the mountain to buy roasted sweet potatoes would take at least an hour.

Xie Jun had yet to learn the Sword-Riding Art. No matter how fast he ran, he wouldn't be back for at least four hours.

Xiao Qinghe frowned. "Junior Sister, it'll probably be the middle of the night by the time he brings the roasted sweet potatoes back."

"Then I won't wait. Mother says staying up too late makes you ugly. I need my sleep."

What happened to her kind, innocent characterization?

Girl, you're going to lose your male lead like this!

Xiao Qinghe tried a roundabout approach. "Roasted sweet potatoes are best eaten hot. If you leave them until tomorrow, they probably won't taste good."

"Then I just won't eat them." Ouyang Susu looked utterly innocent.

Xiao Qinghe's entire worldview shattered.

Before he could try to persuade her, Ouyang Susu fluttered away like a colorful butterfly.

She! Just! Left!

The female lead's characterization had completely fallen apart!

How exactly had she won Xie Jun over? Purely because the book was called Every Handsome Man Spoils Me?

As the female lead's devoted supporting male character, Xiao Qinghe felt all his fawning had been for nothing. Suddenly, he felt a bond of sympathy with Xie Jun, his fellow sufferer.

Being saddled with a female lead like this couldn't be easy for Xie Jun either.

Xiao Qinghe crouched outside the courtyard, feeding the mosquitoes and yawning with exhaustion.

Only when the moon hung above the willow branches did he finally hear returning footsteps.

Xie Jun had returned, dusty and travel-worn.

To keep the roasted sweet potatoes from going cold, he had even tucked them inside his clothes.

Xiao Qinghe sighed. "Junior Sister went back."

Xie Jun didn't seem to care. He simply took the roasted sweet potatoes out of his clothes. "Senior Brother, didn't you say you liked them?"

The young man's eyes were clear. After running all that way, his forehead was beaded with sweat, and he was still panting.

It was such a thoughtful gesture that Xiao Qinghe couldn't bear to refuse.

Since the female lead wasn't going to eat them anyway, Xiao Qinghe dug in without a trace of guilt.

Xie Jun watched him, something unreadable in his gaze beneath the moonlight. "Senior Brother, do they taste good?"

Xiao Qinghe nodded.

Xie Jun smiled.

A smile of pure satisfaction blossomed across his almost unnaturally beautiful face.

Xiao Qinghe thought he could seize this chance to salvage the female lead's image. "Junior Sister is innocent and naive. She wasn't deliberately making things difficult for you. Don't take it to heart that she didn't eat the roasted sweet potatoes."

"She can eat them or not. I don't care," Xie Jun snorted.

He hadn't bought them for her in the first place.

Xiao Qinghe had no idea what was going through his mind and assumed he had developed a grudge against the female lead.

This was very bad.

He had to find a chance to get them together again, or the female lead's romance would fall apart.

Just then, a blaze of torchlight suddenly appeared ahead.

Their fellow sect disciples came rushing over, their faces full of anxiety. "Senior Brother Xiao, have you seen Junior Sister?"

Xiao Qinghe startled. "She went back ages ago. What happened?"

Several senior brothers exchanged frightened looks.

"Junior Sister is missing!"

"The Demon-Suppressing Tower has been acting up repeatedly lately. With Junior Sister suddenly disappearing, could it be..."

The Demon-Suppressing Tower?

Xiao Qinghe quickly recalled the relevant scenes from the original novel.

In the original novel, a sudden disturbance at the Demon-Suppressing Tower gave a demon creature the chance to escape. It captured the female lead when she was alone. At the critical moment, Xie Jun descended from the sky to rescue the beauty. Feelings blossomed between them, and they shared an intimate, sensual interlude with nothing hidden from each other.

Because the demon creature that captured the female lead was a pervert, she had been stripped naked by the time Xie Jun found her!

Clothes-ripping temptation and soaking-wet temptation played out one after another.

Melodrama and sensuality were served up in one big stew, leaving the readers clamoring for more.

Sure enough, the system's electronic voice sounded.

[Host, please advance the main plot: outwit the Octopus Monster!]

The long-awaited main plot had finally arrived!

Xiao Qinghe's expression turned serious. "Don't panic! Junior Sister hasn't been missing long. Even if a demon creature captured her, it can't have gotten far!"

Reassured, the others quickly scattered to conduct a thorough search.

Xiao Qinghe asked the system silently, "Give me a hint. I'll go deliver some perks to the female lead!"

Ouyang Susu had her own female lead halo, so there was no damn way she would die. This part of the story was intimate and steamy, with Xie Jun putting on a soaking-wet show while rescuing her. Wasn't that practically delivering perks to the female lead?

The system fell speechless for a moment, then spoke in the same electronic voice as that lousy navigation app.

[Continue straight. In 500 meters, turn right beneath the Long-Life Tree.]

It even had route guidance?

The Hellish System had finally proved reliable for once.

"Junior Sister is this way. Junior Brother, follow me!"

Xie Jun didn't move.

Ouyang Susu wasn't worth risking his life to save. Besides-

"Senior Brother, you can't beat a demon creature. Don't go."

If I don't go, who's going to take you there to score points with the female lead?

"As long as you can beat it, that's enough. You definitely won't die, and you definitely won't let me die either." Xiao Qinghe grabbed his hand and raced off along the system's route like a roe deer running wild.

Xie Jun stared blankly at the hand holding his.

So warm.

And so firm.

Did his senior brother trust him so much that he was willing to place his very life in his hands?