Chapter 239

Chapter 239: Junior Sister, I will take responsibility for you
Yu Zhao glanced over the old ghost’s body and pulled a storage ring off his finger.

The old ghost was dead, so his storage ring was now ownerless.

Yu Zhao sent her divine sense into it, found a jade slip that gave off corrupt qi, and crushed it.

She was about to pull her divine sense back when she suddenly saw a ball the height of a person in the corner of the storage space.

Her heart stirred.

[This seems to be…]

Yu Zhao was not quite sure, so she simply took the spherical object out.

Yao Wu Jilet out a little “huh”, stepped forward to touch the smooth but dull shell, then gave it a kick: “It seems like a dead egg.”

Si Tu Xuan agreed.

The egg had no aura at all, not a hint of life. It really did look like a dead egg.

But Yu Zhao shook her head.

“It does not feel dead. It is more like it is sleeping.”

Ever since Yu Zhao awakened the memories of the Water Spirit Jade, as her cultivation level rose, her five senses had become sharper.

She could sense a faint, almost nonexistent aura still hidden inside the egg.

“I want this egg. You two can split the other things in the storage ring. How about it?”

Yao Wu Jiraised her brows: “Yu Zhao, what do you mean by that, looking down on us? It is just a half-dead demonic beast egg. You can have it. But the rest of the stuff has to be split evenly among the three of us!”

Si Tu Xuan also said: “Fellow Daoist Yu, the three of us travel together because we get along. There is no need to draw such clear lines.”

In the end, under Yao Wu Jiand Si Tu Xuan’s insistence, each of them made a tidy profit, and they continued on their way.

…

Five Elements Dao Sect.

Lan Zi Yu opened the door.

Ye Cong Xin’s bright smiling face came into view.

His brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, then were covered up by a forced smile: “Junior Sister.”

Ye Cong Xin let out a cute little snort: “Second Senior Brother, why do you look so unhappy when you see me? Are you tired of me already?”

Lan Zi Yu denied it at once: “Of course not.”

But in fact, he was a bit tired of it.

His Junior Sister was as cute and lively as ever, but he did not know why she had been clinging to him so much lately.

Lan Zi Yu had enjoyed it at first, but later he gradually grew tired of it.

He had tactfully refused her several times, hinting that Junior Sister should focus her mind on cultivation, but she had countered him with all kinds of reasons.

When he was exhausted from dealing with it, he could not help thinking of Yu Zhao.

When Yu Zhao had still been his Junior Sister, she had never gone against her own will to do things she did not like.

She might not have been as gentle and considerate as Ye Cong Xin, but she had been obedient and well behaved.

[What a pity…]

“Second Senior Brother? Second Senior Brother?”

Seeing Lan Zi Yu lost in thought, Ye Cong Xin’s eyes flashed with resentment.

[Lan Zi Yu really does not know what is good for him!]

[He clearly has feelings for me.]

[Yet whenever I take the initiative, he dodges like I am something dirty.]

[He is so fake it makes me sick.]

[Since that is how it is, he cannot blame me for taking a different path.]

Ye Cong Xin took out a small wine jar, her voice sweet and soft: “Second Senior Brother, I am in a bad mood. Come drink with me?”

Lan Zi Yu hesitated, but when he met Ye Cong Xin’s watery eyes, he still chose to give in.

“Alright.”

Ye Cong Xin’s eyes flashed. She said sweetly: “Second Senior Brother is the best.”

…

Lan Zi Yu was woken up by the sound of sobbing beside his ear.

The crying was soft and pitiful, and he could not hear it clearly.

He found it noisy and wanted to tell the person to be quiet, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his throat felt burning hot, as if half of it had been scorched by hot coals.

Lan Zi Yu gradually sensed that something was wrong and forced his eyes open.

Seeing the familiar decorations, he subconsciously let out a breath.

This was his room.

But the next moment, he suddenly sat up in bed.

Why was there a young woman’s crying in his room?

He turned his stiff neck to look.

His Junior Sister, Ye Cong Xin, was squatting in the corner by the wall, sobbing softly.

Her hair was messy, her eyes red, and her thin lips were swollen and red.

Lan Zi Yu felt like he had been struck by lightning.

[Why is Junior Sister here?]

[Last night… What happened last night…]

He closed his eyes and tried to remember. He vaguely recalled the two of them drinking under the moon.

Later, he seemed to have gotten drunk and said many things.

As for what happened after that…

Lan Zi Yu opened his eyes in despair.

He could not remember.

[Could it be that he lost control after drinking and took advantage of Junior Sister?]

Lan Zi Yu was full of self hatred and raised his hand to slap himself.

The crisp sound made the crying in the room pause for a moment.

Ye Cong Xin seemed to finally notice that Lan Zi Yu had woken up.

Her voice was choked with sobs: “Se… Second Senior Brother… do not hit yourself.”

Lan Zi Yu rolled and scrambled off the bed, kneeling in front of Ye Cong Xin.

“Junior Sister, last night we…”

Lan Zi Yu still held on to one last bit of hope.

[Maybe nothing had happened between him and Junior Sister last night.]

“Second Senior Brother, you were drunk last night. I helped you back to your room, and then… then…”

Ye Cong Xin was sobbing so hard she could hardly speak, as if she had been terribly wronged.

Lan Zi Yu’s voice trembled: “And then what?”

“Then… you hugged me… and then you… wuu…”

The light in Lan Zi Yu’s eyes went out.

[So he really had done something unforgivable to Junior Sister last night?]

His body trembled.

He could not suppress the collapse inside his heart.

[After doing something like this, how could he still face Junior Sister, Master, and his fellow senior and junior brothers?]

[Ding! Warning! Warning! The target capture character’s Luck Value has fallen sharply. Possible suicidal tendencies detected. Host, please stop him at once!]

Ye Cong Xin was still acting with all her might when the System’s voice suddenly rang out in her mind. She almost screamed.

She focused her eyes on him.

Lan Zi Yu’s expression was bleak. He really did look like he had lost the will to live.

[No way!]

[She wanted Lan Zi Yu’s favorability and Luck Value, not a cold corpse.]

“I originally thought that we… Fortunately, Second Senior Brother stopped in time and did not let it turn into a huge mistake…”

Lan Zi Yu’s eyes lit up: “Junior Sister, you mean we did not go all the way last night?”

Ye Cong Xin nodded through her tears, though she felt quite scornful inside.

[Lan Zi Yu had been dead drunk. It had taken all he had just to get onto the bed. How could he have had the strength to do anything else?]

[She had only wanted to nudge things in this direction to gain more goodwill but had almost overplayed her hand, so she could only change tactics.]

Lan Zi Yu fell back to sit on the floor, the back of his heart cold, and only then realized he was covered in cold sweat.

His mind was in complete chaos.

He felt guilty toward Junior Sister.

At the same time, he felt anger at Junior Sister for inviting him to drink last night.

Fear and shock also flashed through him in turns.

For a long time, neither of them spoke.

Ye Cong Xin did not know what Lan Zi Yu was thinking.

She was also afraid of pushing him too far.

So she kept quiet.

The room fell into a strange silence.

He did not know how much time passed.

Lan Zi Yu finally sorted out his messy thoughts.

He raised his head and looked straight at Ye Cong Xin, his voice hoarse: “Junior Sister, I will take responsibility for you.”

No matter what, since things had already happened, someone had to bear the consequences.

He was a man and also a Senior Brother.

He should be the one to step forward.

Ye Cong Xin did not answer right away. Instead, she asked in her sea of consciousness:

“System, has Lan Zi Yu’s Favorability toward me gone over 90 points?”