Chapter 85: This Saintess’s Feet Are Sore (4000 words, two chapters in one)

Waking up in the morning, Lin Xun subconsciously reached out to the side of the bed. When he touched his wife’s tender and smooth waist, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he pulled her close, hugging her tightly from behind.

Facing his wife, Lin Xun buried his head in her hair, embracing his soft wife and smelling her pleasant fragrance, about to drift back to sleep.

“The sun is already shining on your butt; it’s time to get up…”

Jiang Qingshang covered her husband’s hand clasped in front of her with her small hand and complained softly, though her voice was groggy as if she hadn’t had enough sleep.

“No rush, let’s sleep a bit longer.” Lin Xun rubbed his head against his wife’s hair. “If you don’t sleep in on a day off, then the day off will be meaningless.”

“Only you have so many fallacies.”

Within Lin Xun’s embrace, Jiang Qingshang turned around, her soft body shrinking into his arms as she buried her head in her husband’s shoulder.

Half an incense stick later, Jiang Qingshang nudged against her husband’s chest and opened her small mouth to lightly bite his shoulder. “It’s really time to get up. If we don’t, Yaya will go hungry.”

“No, I have no strength in the morning. I need a kiss from my Queen to wake up.”

“No strength, yet you’re holding me so tightly?”

“I have no strength to let go.”

“Hmph.” Under the covers, Jiang Qingshang lightly kicked her husband’s shin, then struggled to open her groggy, adorable eyes. Like a lark, she gave Lin Xun a light peck on the lips.

“Didn’t feel it,” the husband said.

So, the wife gave him another peck.

“Still didn’t feel it,” the husband continued to act shamelessly.

The wife opened her pink lips, and her silver teeth lightly bit down on her husband’s lips.

“Ow, ow, ow~~~”

The shameless husband’s arms loosened slightly. The wife’s lips curled up, and after one last peck on his mouth, she slipped out of his embrace like a liquid kitten.

Sleeping in without his wife wasn’t perfect, so Lin Xun could only groggily get up as well.

Jiang Qingshang dressed Lin Xun, and Lin Xun combed Jiang Qingshang’s hair and drew her eyebrows.

Since Jiang Qingshang was naturally beautiful and didn’t need makeup at all, she could walk out of the room after a simple grooming and hair arrangement.

After washing up, Jiang Qingshang went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Lin Xun, who was originally helping in the kitchen, was kicked out again by his wife because his hands and feet wouldn’t stay still.

With no other choice and feeling bored, Lin Xun had to go tease Yaya.

The door opened softly, and the fluffy fox ears of Yaya, who was lying on the bed, twitched.

Then her nose sniffed. Smelling the scent that made her feel safe, Yaya hugged her fluffy, snow-white fox tail and drifted back into dreamland, a bit of drool staining her white tail.

“Yaya, time to get up.”

Walking to Yaya’s bedside, Lin Xun first rubbed her ears.

Daily ear rubbing complete.

“Mmm…” Yaya’s head rubbed against Lin Xun’s broad palm as if she wanted to push it away, putting up a weak resistance.

“Yaya, if you don’t get up soon, you’ll turn into a little fat fox.” Lin Xun smiled and pinched Yaya’s nose.

Yaya’s small face gradually turned red.

With a “humph,” Yaya’s small hands pulled at Lin Xun’s large palm. Lin Xun didn’t use force and followed her lead. As a result, his big hand replaced Yaya’s tail and was held in her arms, and she seemed to sleep even more soundly.

It was just that the back of his hand had replaced Yaya’s tail and was now stained with her drool.

“Yaya, if you don’t get up now, all the candied haws will be eaten by Sister Qinger.”

“Mmm… Yaya wants to eat candied haws. Candied haws.”

Yaya mumbled in her sleep, seemingly making her final stand against the warm blankets.

In the end, candied haws triumphed over sleeping in, and Yaya groggily opened her round, large eyes.

“Brother Lin Pei. Candied haws~” Yaya let go of Lin Xun’s hand, rubbed her eyes, and sat on the bed in a duck sit, her snow-white long tail swaying gently from side to side on the thin quilt.

“Wash your face and brush your teeth first. I’ll buy them for Yaya after breakfast.”

“Mhm~”

Yaya nodded her small head groggily and subconsciously opened her small arms toward Lin Xun.

Lin Xun placed his hands under Yaya’s armpits and lifted her into his arms.

“Wash your face.”

“Mhm~”

“Open your mouth, time to brush your teeth.”

“Mhm~”

In the courtyard, Yaya, still with her eyes closed and half-asleep, sat on Lin Xun’s lap like a Little Fox Demon doll, letting Lin Xun “manipulate” her.

“Don’t drink it; that’s mouthwash.”

“Mhm~ Gulp.” Yaya swallowed it in one go.

“Brother Lin.”

“Hmm?”

“It’s so salty.”

…

After washing up, Yaya was mostly awake, and Qinger’s breakfast was also ready.

In the courtyard, the young wife, the cute little girl, and the lazy Lin Xun ate breakfast together as warmly as a family of three.

After breakfast, Lin Xun coaxed Yaya into going to her room to paint with her brushes, then he began to explain to his wife about Yaya staying at their house.

However, Lin Xun would definitely have to adapt the story.

“Qinger…”

Lin Xun looked directly into Jiang Qingshang’s eyes, appearing extremely sincere.

“That night, Miss Chu suddenly came to our house. She said she had urgent business and had to leave, so she asked me to take care of Yaya for a bit.

Seeing that Miss Chu was in a hurry, I agreed to help out. But Miss Chu hasn’t returned… Anyway, this is a letter Miss Chu asked me to give to you, Qinger.”

Lin Xun took the envelope out of his sleeve.

Taking the envelope, Jiang Qingshang looked at her husband apologetically. “Husband, I’m sorry, this letter…”

This letter definitely involved her identity, but for now, her identity couldn’t be known by her husband.

Jiang Qingshang didn’t think Yaoyao would accidentally reveal her identity; otherwise, her husband, as a Mortal, wouldn’t be so calm.

Before her husband became a Cultivator, if he knew she was Jiang Qingshang, he probably wouldn’t be able to accept it right away.

So she planned to wait until after she obtained the rootless fruit to “cultivate” with her husband. When the time was right, she would tell him everything.

“It’s fine.” Lin Xun waved his hand and lowered his head to drink his egg drop porridge. “Qinger, don’t mind me.”

After all, it was a letter between best friends; it was normal for her to be embarrassed.

Jiang Qingshang smiled slightly and opened the envelope in front of Lin Xun.

In fact, Lin Xun only needed to glance to see the contents of the letter, but he just drank his porridge without his gaze shifting at all, and Jiang Qingshang didn’t use any concealment.

It seemed their trust in each other even surpassed their trust in themselves.

【Qingshang, by the time you see this letter, I will have already left Luo City. I’m sorry, but actually… I am an undercover agent for the Ten Thousand Demon Sect. Our meeting back then was also orchestrated by the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

But Qingshang, you are my first friend in the Myriad Laws World, and also my most important friend.

Furthermore, I already hated the Ten Thousand Demon Sect for treating me as a Cauldron. Therefore, all the information I previously leaked to them was just perfunctory and wouldn’t threaten the Zilin Holy Land.

But regardless, I deceived you, and I have no face to ask for your forgiveness. I can only leave this letter and entrust Young Master Lin to deliver it.

Actually, I come from the Demon Race World and belong to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan.

Three hundred years ago, there was a rebellion among the lords in the Demon Race World…

…So, Yaya is actually my elder sister.

However, I have already used a fox clan Secret Technique to hide my sister’s Bloodline, sealed her memories, and her cultivation has been dispersed, causing her body to regress into that of a child.

Even someone in the Spirit Refining Realm wouldn’t be able to detect my sister’s Bloodline without intentional investigation, and the possibility of her memories awakening is minuscule.

The most likely outcome is that my sister will gradually grow up, no longer being the sister of the past, but Yaya.

Therefore, please allow me to take the liberty of making a deal with you, Qinger.

If I, a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, can once again ascend to the position of Demon Emperor and bring my sister back in the future, I am willing to grant the Zilin Holy Land three requests within my power.

If I lose my life in the Demon Race World, Yaya can become a Disciple of the Zilin Holy Land, and Qingshang, you don’t need to tell her the truth.

Argh! Forget it! I’m done with the nonsense! (A heavy ink blot).

In short, Qinger, you must already know that I’m an undercover agent for the Ten Thousand Demon Sect. You’re not stupid (Wait, after meeting Lin Pei, you’ve become stupider and stupider, and after getting married, you’ve become stupid to the extreme, with nothing but him in your head).

But anyway, I just consider you my bestie, and you’re the only bestie I have.

You have to help me with this whether you want to or not. Besides, whether I live or die, the Zilin Holy Land is getting a huge bargain, okay?

My sister is a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, you know? Her Bloodline is perfectly preserved. I can’t say for sure about the Ascension Realm in the future, but she’s definitely guaranteed for the Immortal Realm.

And a thousand years ago, my sister was originally the number one beauty under heaven in the Demon Race World.

I don’t believe it. When my sister grows up, with you and my sister, these two great beauties, when your Holy Land recruits students in the future, won’t those stinky men come running over like crazy?

Alright, that’s all.

Besides, it’s useless even if you don’t agree; Young Master Lin has already promised to help me take care of Yaya.

As for my deal with Young Master Lin, I won’t tell you.

Oh, right, right… there’s one last sentence. I’ve wanted to say it for a long time. I’ll probably die in the Demon Race World and won’t be able to come back, so if I don’t say it now, it’ll be too late.

Qingshang!

Your husband is really great!

Bleeeh~~~ (sticks out tongue)】

After reading the letter, Jiang Qingshang narrowed her eyes, her beautiful eyebrows twitching slightly, and the letter in her hand was crumpled into a ball.

“Qinger… Is Miss Chu okay?”

Sensing the chilly gaze from beside him, Lin Xun shuddered and slowly looked up, only to see Qinger’s “kind” eyes.

What’s going on?

Did Chu Yaoyao say something nonsense in the letter?

Why is Qinger looking at me like she’s looking at Hong Shixian?

“It’s nothing, it’s just that Yaoyao won’t be back for a while.” Jiang Qingshang smiled with curved eyes. “But husband…”

“Yes!” Lin Xun sat up straight.

Putting down the letter, Qinger sat in Lin Xun’s lap, her slender arms hooking around his neck and her head resting on his shoulder:

“Yaoyao isn’t the type to owe favors to others lightly. Since you helped her, husband, she must be very grateful. So, what did Yaoyao give you?”

“That…” In Lin Xun’s mind, Chu Yaoyao’s words about “repaying with her body” suddenly surfaced, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

“Husband’s heart rate has accelerated.” At some point, Qinger’s small ear had pressed against Lin Xun’s chest.

“Qinger, listen to me!” Lin Xun hugged his wife’s slender waist, his brain working at full speed. “I’m a very upright person! I definitely didn’t give Miss Yaoyao a second glance!”

“Really?”

“Really!”

“Yaoyao’s legs are very white, aren’t they…”

“They are quite white—wait, no! Qinger, listen to me!”

“Husband.”

“Yes!”

“Where is our washboard?”

…

After finishing a painting of a roast chicken in her room, Yaya happily skipped out, wanting Brother Lin to praise her.

But as soon as she hopped out, Yaya saw Brother Lin kneeling on a washboard, while Sister Qinger sat in front of him. While kneeling, Brother Lin was massaging Sister Qinger’s legs.

“Brother Lin, what are you doing~~~”

Yaya ran forward and asked curiously.

“Yaya, you wouldn’t understand. Your Sister Qinger’s feet are sore, so I’m giving her a massage.”

In front of Yaya, Lin Xun tried his best to salvage his family “status.”

“Good men like your Brother Lin are rare nowadays.”

“Hmph~” Jiang Qingshang crossed her arms and pouted, turning her head away, but she didn’t expose her husband.

“Then Big Brother, why are you kneeling on a washboard?”

“Well… fine… actually, your Sister Qinger is angry…” Lin Xun gave up… “Eh?” Yaya looked at Sister Qinger and said in confusion, “But Sister Qinger looks very happy~”

“Oh?” Lin Xun suddenly perked up and turned to look at Qinger, but he was met with his wife’s translucent little foot.

“Don’t look!” Her white foot stepped on Lin Xun’s face, her cheeks blushing.

“Yaya…” Lin Xun held his wife’s small foot in his hand and turned his head away from her white sole. “Yaya, at a time like this, you shouldn’t speak out Sister Qinger’s thoughts.”

“Ah, why?”

“Because a girl’s mind is the hardest thing to guess. When you grow up and become a young lady, you’ll understand.”

“Oh.” Yaya felt a little disappointed at not getting an explanation. She really wanted to grow up quickly~

“Yaya, come here.” Jiang Qingshang retracted the small foot he was playing with and smiled as she patted her lap.

“Okay.” Yaya walked over to Jiang Qingshang.

Holding Yaya in her arms, Jiang Qingshang said gently, “Shall Sister teach Yaya a mantra?”

“A mantra?”

“Yes.”

“Whatever Sister does, Yaya does too.”

“Mhm, mhm.”

“Lin Pei, this Saintess’s feet are sore.” Jiang Qingshang stretched out her white, slender legs in front of Lin Xun.

“Lin Pei, this Saintess’s feet are sore,” Yaya said in her childish voice, stretching out her adorable short legs.

Lin Xun: “…”

Jiang Qingshang: “Hmm?”

Yaya: “Hmm?”

Lin Xun smiled and shook his head. “Yes, my two Highnesses.”

Jiang Qingshang and Yaya looked at each other, their shoulders shaking as they couldn’t help but giggle softly.

One big, one small, the gentle giggles of the young woman and the little girl echoed through the courtyard.

Simple and happy.