Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

Chapter 298 - 177: We Could Share Senior Brother (By Mistake) (Part 2)

"Besides, all these opportunities came to me because of Senior Brother. If you were to go and undergo the baptism now, surely it would take longer than twenty-four days!"

Ji Xueruo looked at her sister’s admiring eyes, feeling even more pained, unable to discern whether this man was a blessing or a calamity given to her and her sister.

"Let’s discuss this matter later. When you have the ambition to become the Clan Leader, you can propose it openly, and we will compete fairly."

Ji Lingruo waved her hand dismissively, poured a cup of tea for both herself and her sister, and returned to the issue she was most concerned about:

"Sis, even if you envy my demon pill... you can’t act like this... after all, he is my Tao companion."

Ji Xueruo took a sip of tea and almost choked, retorting, "Do you really think I am such a ruthless demon?"

Ji Lingruo blinked her sparkling eyes, implying, isn’t that so?

Ji Xueruo exhaled deeply, feeling her sister misunderstood her too much:

"I never thought of things progressing to this point; it happened purely by mistake, out of necessity."

Ji Lingruo squinted suspiciously, "Really?"

"Absolutely true."

"Then tell me, what exactly did you experience?" Ji Lingruo suddenly sat upright, ready to listen attentively.

Ji Xueruo cast her a helpless glance, reflecting on the past few weeks’ events, so vividly as if it had happened yesterday. She felt a bit nostalgic and didn’t know where to start.

Ji Lingruo watched her sister’s hesitant expression, vaguely guessing something.

Ji Xueruo paused briefly before slowly beginning her narrative:

"To enter the Jade Ring Pool and obtain the Lotus Heart, I pretended to be the granddaughter of a special fisherman outside Jade Ring Lake, concealing the truth about his granddaughter’s accident. As a reward, he could give me a lotus seed as a ticket to enter the pool. One day, your Senior Brother also visited Jade Ring Lake. He hid himself well, not letting anyone realize he was blind; initially, I didn’t recognize him..."

As Ji Xueruo narrated, Ji Lingruo listened more intently, afraid of missing any detail of their interaction.

Yet Ji Xueruo only broadly recounted the sequence of events, bypassing those moments spent with You Su, even intentionally omitting them. She didn’t disclose the method she and You Su used to jointly unravel the illusion.

She felt unqualified to confess to her sister about the process of falling for her sister’s husband, or to recall the illusion. The wager she made at that time prevented her from dwelling forever in that unreality, impeding her progress.

After finishing, Ji Lingruo nodded with lingering fears; simply speaking, the danger level was comparable to what she experienced in Chuyun City. Invariably, Senior Brother became the key to breaking the impasse.

"Rest assured, I’ve already agreed with You Su not to meet again in the future, and I won’t intervene in your relationship with him. This experience was just an interlude; he saved me, and I also saved myself. Although it may sound harsh, I sincerely hope you won’t mind this matter too much. He likes you a lot; doing this surely makes him uncomfortable as well."

Ji Xueruo calmly clarified her relationship with You Su to Ji Lingruo, unwilling for this matter to create a rift between her sister and You Su.

Though explaining to her sister how You Su really liked his junior sister, a sharp pain inexplicably arose in her heart.

"Sis, are you truly willing not to see him again?"

Ji Lingruo asked seemingly casually, nobody knowing what the whimsical girl was thinking.

Ji Xueruo furrowed her refined brows, replied, "Do you think I would really fancy a male cultivator from the Human Race? Don’t forget, our mother’s revenge is yet to be fulfilled."

After speaking, she added, "Though after experiencing all this, You Su indeed proved to be a trustworthy ally, and he altered my perception of male cultivators from the Human Race. Maybe entrusting you to him wouldn’t be a bad thing."

The girl in a blue dress solemnly nodded, doubtful about the term ’ally.’

She wasn’t an idiot; she could always sense that her sister was very restrained in her description, seemingly hiding something. She didn’t intend to expose it, considering the way it sounded, her sister really went through life and death for the Snake Race demon in Jade Ring Pool. Without Senior Brother, she would probably not even have the chance to see her sister again.

Reflecting empathetically, she felt somewhat grateful that it was her omnipotent Senior Brother who stood by her sister’s side. Hence, her urge to accuse her senior brother and sister diminished significantly.

"But even if Sister can avoid meeting again, what if my Senior Brother can’t forget about you?"

Ji Xueruo froze at her sister’s words, realizing her sister truly understood her Senior Brother well. She sighed inwardly, then replied earnestly:

"Are you uncertain about your charm? Do you feel your three years of companionship can’t compare to my half-month of fighting side by side?"

Ji Lingruo, provoked by Ji Xueruo, immediately retorted, "No way! Senior Brother is utterly enthralled by me, don’t you see!"

Yet after finishing, she found herself starting to feel uncertain; she suddenly recalled a phrase her Senior Brother once said in a bedtime story—"childhood sweetheart never matches a sudden encounter."

She abruptly felt quivering with anger, wondering when will childhood sweethearts ever stand up?!

Ji Xueruo laughed disdainfully at her words, unwilling to continue dwelling on herself and You Su. She skillfully diverted the conversation:

"From what I see, inside Jade Ring Pool, he was also infatuated with the Yudie, sneaking out to meet her at night."

Ji Lingruo’s eyes widened immediately, "What?! Are you saying that the disguised Yudie and Senior Brother had something going on?"