Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

Chapter 330 - 190: Hidden Beauties in the Golden Chamber; A Young Girl’s Feelings

The Fairy Wangshu lowered her gaze and unwrapped the oiled paper, revealing the half portion of matcha cake she had been most curious about during lunch.

Those clear blue eyes quietly watched Ji Lingruo’s back, and the white-haired girl softly murmured in a voice only she could hear:

"Thank you."

...

In truth, Ji Lingruo hadn’t quite regarded Fairy Wangshu as her senior sister yet; she wasn’t someone who easily grew familiar with others.

Even You Su had only gained her complete trust after a long period of companionship.

But for some reason, when Ji Lingruo looked at this solitary and enigmatic fairy with astonishing cultivation, she always felt that Wangshu was the one who needed protection.

Clearly, in her imagination, this future senior sister should have been a solemn ascetic, wholly devoted to her path. But in reality, she was a down-to-earth girl, who could jokeingly address each other as ’fairy.’

So every time she noticed the melancholic gaze of Wangshu while watching her and her senior brother eating heartily, Ji Lingruo couldn’t bear it and inexplicably developed a sense of empathy and protectiveness.

That feeling of wanting to do something but being unable to, she knew it well from the times when she was unable to normally cultivate.

That’s why she shared the matcha cake she intended to enjoy alone with Fairy Wangshu, hoping this girl who refused to take off her mask would taste it in solitude.

"Ah, what if she really loses it? That was worth five Spirit Stones..."

Ji Lingruo lamented to herself.

If Wangshu really wanted to eat it but was too embarrassed to remove her mask in public, she should have bought an extra portion to enjoy privately herself; why should Ji Lingruo make such a self-sacrificial gesture?

Ji Lingruo shook her head, already regretting her sentimental actions, and decided that next time, she would thoroughly exploit You Su to compensate for it.

Soon, she arrived at the bathhouse.

Seeing the warm yellow light shining through the window paper, she realized someone was already inside.

It was obviously her senior brother.

The sound of splashing water mixed with the relaxed humming of a youth enjoying a hot bath transported Ji Lingruo back to her time in Chuyun City.

Looking at the paper-thin window, as fragile as a cicada’s wings but still impenetrable, she became annoyed, silently cursing why she couldn’t just see through it like humans watching a shadow play through shoddy window paper.

Recalling the small hole in her senior brother’s room window, Ji Lingruo couldn’t help but entertain a mischievous thought.

Perhaps make a hole in this paper too?

No, no! I’m not a pervert! My senior brother is blind; I can’t bully him like this!

But I really want to see his abs...

Just as she was thinking this, a male voice came from the bathhouse:

"A bit harder on the back rub..."

"Mm... just like that, perfect, a bit more pressure on the shoulders too."

What’s going on?!

Isn’t my senior brother bathing alone? Is someone helping him with his shoulders?!

Immediately, Ji Lingruo glanced back at Fairy Wangshu’s room, and the candlelight inside remained as before.

It wasn’t Fairy Wangshu, so who could it be?

Ji Lingruo furrowed her delicate brows and carefully poked a chopstick-thick hole in the window paper with her pinky finger.

She squinted one eye and peeked through the hole. The scene was blurry at first, then gradually became clear.

A bare-backed boy was leaning against the edge of the pool, steam rising around him. Two extremely scantily dressed beautiful women knelt behind him, one massaging his back, the other kneading his shoulders, cooperating seamlessly.

Ji Lingruo’s eyes shot with fury, astonished that her senior brother would dare keep women hidden away like this!

Utterly shameless! Disgraceful!

Anger surged within Ji Lingruo, but somehow, instead of barging in, she found herself unable to tear her gaze away. Watching the women serve her senior brother, she became all the more entranced...

What the heck!

Ji Lingruo stumbled back abruptly, pinching her burning cheeks hard, snapping herself out of it.

Her blushing face recalled that time after the purification ceremony at the Snake Blood Pool, why, upon learning her senior brother was involved with her sister, was she so angry... yet still chose to let herself enjoy it first?

Before climbing the mountain, she had planned to ignore him for three days, but why did she so easily forgive him once she was there?

I can’t be... Impossible!!

This is all my senior brother’s fault!

The sister can be forgiven! But that doesn’t mean these unknown women can!

The redness on her face mostly faded as she marched angrily to the bathhouse door and, with no hesitation, kicked the newly built door open.

"All of you, get out!"

Ji Lingruo roared like a strict wife catching her husband in an affair.

Startled by the outburst, You Su was so shocked that his bravado crumbled.

"Junior sister?! I’m bathing, can’t you wait until I’m done? Telling me to get out is completely unreasonable."

You Su quickly sat up and turned, covering himself.

"Oh, calling me unreasonable! What about you? Aren’t you heartless, cruel, and unreasonable?!"

Ji Lingruo was so furious her temples throbbed, her fists clenched as if about to strike.

You Su nearly blurted out without thinking, ’Where am I heartless, cruel, or unreasonable?’

Fortunatly he resisted the impulse brought on by fragmented memories, saying instead:

"Junior sister, calm down a little first."

"Calm down?" Ji Lingruo fixed her eyes on the women’s hands on You Su’s back and shouted, "How dare you continue?!"

But the two women seemed oblivious to her words and continued rubbing You Su’s back.

You Su chuckled, seemingly unbothered by Ji Lingruo’s anger.

Ji Lingruo was trembling with rage, ready to tear down a door panel to use as a weapon, making the three wrongdoers pay the price.