Pleasure First, Suffering Later

Pleasure First, Suffering Later

"Wow, this altered outfit is so pretty. It suits me perfectly."

Tang San had altered a piece of clothing into a dress.

Of the three outfits Tang San had altered, this was the one she was most satisfied with.

Before she knew it, it was already noon.

"I finally altered an outfit I'm satisfied with. Now I can go look for poison."

Tang San wiped the sweat from her forehead as though she had accomplished something tremendous.

After dawdling all morning, she was finally going to look for medicinal herbs.

But Tang San stood up and touched her flattened stomach. Licking her lips, she said,

"It's noon already? I need to eat lunch before I'll have the strength to look for poison. I'll cook first. Once I'm done eating, I won't care about anything else—I'll go straight out to find poison! Mm-hmm! No more procrastinating. Absolutely no more procrastinating!"

Tang San's gaze was firm. She had made up her mind.

"Wah... I'm so full. What do I do? I don't want to move again..."

Since Xiao Yexuan was not around, Tang San had made herself a lavish feast—things she normally could not afford to eat.

And just like that, she had eaten herself into a fat cat again.

Full and satisfied, she was too lazy to move.

"There's still plenty of time, and I have the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Those hidden poisons won't be as hard to find as I imagined. Let me rest for half the day."

Tang San climbed onto the bed, found herself an excuse, hugged the big fox tail, and prepared to sleep.

Yet once she got into bed, she was not as sleepy as she had expected. She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Even though she could not sleep, Tang San did not want to get up and work.

It seemed that as long as she did not have to work, Tang San could do anything else.

As Tang San hugged the big fox tail and looked at the device attached to it,

she remembered what had happened in the bathroom last night.

Shame and curiosity immediately made Tang San blush furiously again.

What had it felt like back then? Tang San could not remember.

Even when she tried to think about it now, she could not recall it. It had probably felt good, very good.

Otherwise, her body would not have gone soft like a puddle of water.

It was as though her whole body had been released.

The more Tang San thought about it, the more curious she became.

Poking her head out, Tang San looked outside. Xiao Yexuan really was not there. Even now, she had not caught even a trace of his scent.

It seemed he had left long ago.

Since she was so curious, and it could make her feel so good, then perhaps... she could try it again?

The moment Tang San thought of that, her heart trembled. She fiercely slapped herself across the face.

"How could I think of doing something like that?! Aahhh! Why?!"

Tang San found it unbelievable, and she began to doubt herself.

"Instead of thinking about such nonsense, I should go out and find poison! I'll find poison and kill Xiao Yexuan! Right, right! Find poison!"

Tang San faced herself squarely once more.

But the moment she climbed out of bed, her head began spinning. She was so tired.

Especially with her chest feeling like two giant pandas were sprawled across it, weighing down her waist until she could not even straighten up.

Tang San flopped back onto the bed.

"Getting up feels awful. I really want to feel good... I want to keep lying here forever..."

Tang San muttered to herself, struggling intensely.

"Wuwuwu... What's wrong with me? I'm so lazy! How did I suddenly become like this? Is this really me?"

"No! No! I can't keep doing this. I need to pull myself together! I need revenge! I need to go out!"

"But when soldiers head to the front lines, they eat a hearty meal first and make themselves comfortable. Only then do they have the motivation to charge into battle and kill the enemy."

"Then I... if I reward myself properly, I'll be able to properly go look for poison..."

"Yes! That's it!"

Tang San suddenly found the motivation to work hard.

Making herself feel good—the thing that made her feel good was naturally what she had done in the bathroom last night.

Tang San still felt a little ashamed, but when she thought about it, she was only doing this to encourage herself to work hard.

What was there to be ashamed of?

This was clearly something incredibly great, something incredibly exciting!

With that thought, Tang San suddenly felt no guilt at all.

Then, with flushed cheeks, Tang San licked her fingers...

and began doing something naughty.

By evening...

"My head is so dizzy..."

"Aahhh! My vision's gone blurry. How am I supposed to work like this..."

"I should rest! It'll be dinner soon anyway. I'll look for poison after dinner!"

Tang San painfully climbed out of bed and began preparing dinner.

Even now, Tang San had made no progress at all in finding poison, yet she had done so many other things.

Her head was dizzy, but she felt a little better while cooking. After eating, she felt completely refreshed. Even if she did it a few more times, it would be fine.

"No, no, no! If I don't go find poison now, there won't be any chance once Xiao Yexuan comes back."

Tang San shook her head hard. She could not delay any longer.

But Tang San had barely taken two steps...

when her expression turned ugly.

She had eaten too much... and had to use the bathroom.

This was not something she could put off. Tang San hurried into the bathroom.

An hour later, Tang San walked out of the bathroom with a dizzy head.

Sigh, the bathroom really was a good place to do bad things.

Luckily, her legs had gone numb. Otherwise, she could have played in there for several more hours.

"There isn't much time left. Go find poison." Tang San's gaze was extremely firm now. She could not let anything else distract her.

She had to search for poison properly and seriously.

"Huh? The quilt... why is it all dirty?! Aahhh! Isn't this..."

Tang San glanced at the bed as though saying farewell to it,

but then she saw something unbelievable. Her bed looked as though it had been flooded.

Could this bed still be used?

But that was not the issue now. If Xiao Yexuan came back and saw this terrible bed,

he would definitely discover what Tang San had been doing while he was away.

She absolutely could not let Xiao Yexuan find out about this.

She had to destroy all of this.

She, Tang San, was the very symbol of being Pure and Untainted. How could she possibly do such things?

So Tang San tossed the matter of finding poison to the back of her mind.

Hugging the quilt, she went to the water's edge to wash it.

Although washing quilts and bedsheets was even more exhausting than searching for things, Tang San worked very seriously now.

She even found some fragrant medicinal herbs and sprayed the entire house, including the bathroom.

Her goal was to keep Xiao Yexuan from noticing any lingering strange smells.

After washing the quilt clean, she cleaned the room again.

Tang San felt that it was already deep into the night.

She felt Xiao Yexuan would be back soon.

Time had passed so quickly.

And what about her? It seemed she had done everything, yet also done nothing at all.

After all, Tang San was already panting from exhaustion and had no strength left.