The winner of this match was undoubtedly Li Qingqing.
Actually, Zhu Yuexi did have her merits. After all, being able to get hit that many times and still maintain her proud heart counted as a kind of ability.
After that sentence, Zhu Yuexi stood frozen, almost petrified. Li Qingqing, showing martial virtue, did not press her advantage.
Li Qingqing’s goal was to provoke Zhu Yuexi into helping Xu Sheng conquer her faster.
The so-called show of superiority was just a bonus.
With her objective achieved, Li Qingqing wisely fell silent, quietly tidying the room and leaving without saying a single extra word.
Zhu Yuexi understood—if Li Qingqing knew these things, Xu Sheng definitely knew them too.
Eavesdropping could still be excused as curiosity or a strange hobby.
But the stain of water on the floor… how could she explain that?
Zhu Yuexi realized that with the facts laid out, any argument she made would be utterly pale.
She didn’t know how to face Xu Sheng.
‘Listening to the sounds between Xu Sheng and Li Qingqing, I actually did that…’
Li Qingqing’s other words also suffocated Zhu Yuexi. They exposed the points Zhu Yuexi pretended not to see.
Yes, that bastard Xu Sheng… he actually kissed her.
She herself had interacted with Xu Sheng many times, but a kiss? It seemed they’d never had one.
Jealousy surged in Zhu Yuexi’s heart.
Why? Why did Li Qingqing get more from Xu Sheng?
Right—she didn’t actually want anything from Xu Sheng. She just felt wronged that Li Qingqing could surpass her.
For Xu Sheng, Li Qingqing was somehow more special. That was what Zhu Yuexi couldn’t accept.
‘What’s so good about that bitch? She’s just more obedient, willing to open up for Xu Sheng to… My figure, looks, status—I’m better than her in every way. My identity is far nobler than hers, both before and now.’
Zhu Yuexi looked at the tidied room, closed her eyes for a few seconds, then pushed open the door and left.
……
Xu Sheng was reading a book.
‘Is this world really just a dream?’
The more he understood, the more doubts grew in his heart.
He didn’t know if this mindset was healthy, but could all this really be achieved by just dreams and mechanisms?
Some literature, poems, or novel templates in this cultivation world didn’t exist in his original world.
Most had a completely different system…
Xu Sheng even thought that claiming everything here was fake and fabricated would be even more absurd.
He didn’t want to overthink.
He had already transmigrated once—from Blue Star to the cyber world.
Before he could even settle in, he could now freely travel between the cultivation world and the cyber world.
Since he had already confirmed the existence of strange powers, guessing that this cultivation world was real wasn’t entirely baseless.
While Xu Sheng was reading, Li Qingqing naturally placed her hand on his temple.
For a cultivator, the temple was a vulnerable spot.
But Xu Sheng trusted Li Qingqing enough.
Given his cultivation level, even if Mo Ruxue aimed at his temple, she might not actually harm him.
So he had no need to be on guard against Li Qingqing in that regard.
As the massage began, Xu Sheng’s tense nerves, which had been strained from overthinking, seemed to relax.
‘I can doubt whether this is another real world, but I can’t immerse myself in its power—that would be the real deviation from the path.’
Xu Sheng understood this.
He took one of Li Qingqing’s hands. Her hand was always cold, and touching it brought a strange sense of calm.
Just as he was about to say something, the door burst open with a loud bang.
Xu Sheng knew someone was at the door, but he hadn’t expected them to push it open without any respect or manners.
Li Qingqing, who hadn’t sensed anyone at the door, frowned at the sight of Zhu Yuexi entering without even knocking.
“If you have something, why not knock?” Xu Sheng raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
At that moment, Xu Sheng was sitting in a chair, still holding Li Qingqing’s hand.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuexi remembered what Li Qingqing had said earlier:
“All I have to do is push the door open.”
“She can just barge in, so why can’t I?” Zhu Yuexi snorted coldly.
“I feel like my illness has gotten worse. I need treatment.”
Xu Sheng was dumbfounded by her words.
He first looked at Zhu Yuexi, then turned to Li Qingqing.
‘What the hell—what did you dose her with? I told you to provoke her, make her jealous! The effect is this good?’
It seemed Li Qingqing never let him down.
Xu Sheng placed the book on the table but didn’t let go of Li Qingqing’s hand yet.
Zhu Yuexi stared at his hand, gritting her teeth slightly.
Xu Sheng could see the jealousy in her eyes, and a hint of amusement flickered in his gaze.
But since Zhu Yuexi had voluntarily asked for treatment, that was progress—big progress.
He didn’t plan to make things difficult for her at this moment.
After all, when a dog follows the correct command, you reward it.
So Xu Sheng let go of Li Qingqing’s hand. For an instant, a minute change flickered in Li Qingqing’s eyes, but neither of them noticed.
“Very well. You may leave now. I’ll treat Zhu Yuexi tonight,” Xu Sheng said to Li Qingqing.
Li Qingqing nodded.
“Yes.”
She left Xu Sheng’s room without any complaint.
Zhu Yuexi, watching Li Qingqing pass by her, shot a clearly triumphant look.
Seeing Li Qingqing’s retreating figure, Zhu Yuexi felt immense satisfaction.
She turned back to Xu Sheng, whose eyes held confusion.
“What kind of look is that?” Zhu Yuexi felt offended.
“I was just thinking, with your acting and your IQ, Mo Ruxue must have a really heavy filter on you to not see your true nature.”
Zhu Yuexi, being Zhu Yuexi, was easily provoked. At Xu Sheng’s simple remark, she activated her Spine Dragon mode, ready to hiss.
Thinking about it, she was quite like a code-living creature—input a command, and she runs the corresponding code, regardless of the occasion…
“Bastard… what do you mean?”
Xu Sheng raised his hand.
A powerful attraction pulled Zhu Yuexi into his arms.
Zhu Yuexi stumbled, but with little resistance, she sat on his lap.
Xu Sheng didn’t dwell on her earlier attitude.
Leaning close from behind, his cheek pressed against hers, he raised an eyebrow in confusion.
“Are you… looking for me to treat you?”
As he spoke, his hand slid onto her thigh.
Zhu Yuexi was no longer just unopposed—she turned around and directly kissed Xu Sheng on the lips.
……