Chapter 208: A Little Ant

Bai Luoxue’s words slowly drifted through the kitchen.

Looking at the young girl before him, Lin Xun stood frozen in place.

In Lin Xun’s mind, Wang Chen’s words from back then couldn’t help but surface.

Bai Luoxue was different from Wang Chen.

Although Wang Chen was dazed and cute, she would feel happy, she would feel sad, and she would even pout her little lips to stand in front of him, telling him not to bully dark brake.

For Wang Chen, Lin Xun was her everything; her every joy and anger were centered around him.

Possessing the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, Wang Chen, aside from being dazed and cute, had all the normal emotions and could even see the emotions of others.

And for Bai Luoxue, Lin Xun was perhaps also her everything.

Because of her Master’s orders, Bai Luoxue wanted to control Lin Xun.

Once she controlled Lin Xun, she would stay by his side forever.

However, this wasn’t because of so-called ‘affection.’

For Bai Luoxue, even if she stayed by Lin Xun’s side day and night in the future, it would only be due to the restrictions of her Cultivation Technique.

Or perhaps, it was because Bai Luoxue no longer knew what she should do; she only knew to stay by Lin Xun’s side and control him well.

Bai Luoxue understood neither sorrow nor joy, much less so-called liking and love.

Yet, whether it was Bai Luoxue or Ruo Wangchen…

When they spoke the same words, Lin Xun’s heart trembled each time.

Back then, Lin Xun’s heart moved for Wang Chen because of that silly girl’s obsession with him, because that silly girl treated a stinky man like him as her everything, yet he hadn’t responded to her.

Similarly, there was also the guilt he felt toward Wang Chen from the beginning.

If he hadn’t teased Wang Chen back then, she wouldn’t have grown thousands of strands of affection, nor would she have placed him in her heart, hindering her Great Dao.

As for his heart moving for Bai Luoxue—to be precise, it wasn’t a romantic stirring, but rather feeling pity for this girl.

So what if she was born with a Bewitching Bone? Does being born with a Bewitching Bone mean she must be treated as the Saintess of the Huanxi Sect?

Because of her Cultivation Technique and Cultivation, must she be devoid of all emotion, heartless and desireless?

When she said the words “Eat me,” Lin Xun knew that what she felt for him wasn’t liking, but merely what she perceived as her mission as the Saintess of the Huanxi Sect.

“Why would I eat you? You’re not even tasty,” Lin Xun snapped at her. Bai Luoxue lowered her head and looked at her arm, her eyes blinking repeatedly.

It was as if the girl’s eyes were saying, ‘You haven’t even bitten me, how would you know I’m not tasty?’

“Alright, enough nonsense. Drink the porridge, drink the porridge.”

Lin Xun extinguished the stove fire, grabbed a piece of floral-patterned cloth to wrap around the clay pot’s handle, and carried the egg drop porridge out into the courtyard.

“What are you standing there for? Go get a pair of chopsticks, or a spoon will do.”

Lin Xun shouted unceremoniously at the girl still standing in the kitchen.

Clearly, he was the one eating for free, yet Lin Xun didn’t act like a freeloader at all.

“Oh, okay.” Bai Luoxue nodded, set down the kitten in her arms, rinsed both the spoon and chopsticks with water, and then used her inner lining to wipe away the water stains.

Of course, Lin Xun didn’t see this step.

“Here.”

Like a little wife who was completely submissive to her husband, Bai Luoxue ran out into the courtyard and held out the chopsticks and spoon to Lin Xun.

Lin Xun took them and began devouring the egg drop porridge in the courtyard.

The taste of the egg drop porridge was quite good, very similar to the taste of what Qinger made, but not exactly the same.

If he had to say what the difference was…

Then, the egg drop porridge Qinger made was like wine brewed from peach blossoms—sweet, delicious, and intoxicating.

While the egg drop porridge Bai Luoxue made had a sense of clear springs and white snow—fresh and pleasant.

It was like pastries made with the same process, but Qinger used peach blossoms as ingredients, while Bai Luoxue used elegant Winter Flowers.

But regardless, both were delicious!

Lin Xun felt that the taste of this egg drop porridge hadn’t worsened at all.

“Is it really that good? Eat a bit slower.” Seeing Lin Xun’s ravenous eating, Bai Luoxue was truly worried he might choke.

“Mmph mmph mmph! (It’s fine, I won’t choke to death, it’s delicious!)” Lin Xun continued to eat without stopping, waving his hand to indicate there was no problem.

What a joke—if he didn’t eat faster and Qinger came back to find him not at home, wouldn’t he be completely done for?

*Gulp!*

The last mouthful of egg drop porridge was swallowed. The Little Calico Cat jumped onto the table and looked at the clay pot, and the Little Calico Cat was stunned!

Why did this human eat even cleaner than if it had licked it?!

“Alright, next.”

Lin Xun wiped his mouth and stood up from the stone stool.

“Next?” The girl looked at Lin Xun in confusion.

Then both the girl and the cat saw Lin Xun walking toward the kitchen.

Lin Xun came out again, carrying the egg drop porridge Bai Luoxue had made earlier that had already gone cold.

Bai Luoxue stepped forward, reaching out to take the clay pot filled with egg drop porridge from Lin Xun’s arms. “It’s cold, and it’s all clumped together. It won’t taste good.”

“It’s fine, don’t mind me, I’m starving.” Lin Xun swatted Bai Luoxue’s hand away.

The moment he touched the back of her hand, that bone-eroding bewitching intent once again drilled into Lin Xun’s body, invading toward his heart.

‘Crap, I forgot she has a natural Bewitching Bone.’ Lin Xun quickly dispersed the bewitching intent and continued his meal in the courtyard.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xun set down the clay pot and headed back to the kitchen.

Every time Lin Xun came out, he would be carrying a pot of egg drop porridge Bai Luoxue had made previously. Every time, Bai Luoxue didn’t want Lin Xun to eat it, but Lin Xun would always snap at her and then finish the porridge.

“This one is burnt.” Bai Luoxue reached out again to take the clay pot from Lin Xun’s arms.

“Can’t eat it just because it’s burnt? Are you being fair to the hard-working farmers?”

Lin Xun let out a full burp; his breath was entirely the scent of egg drop porridge.

Lin Xun could guarantee that he wouldn’t want to eat egg drop porridge again for an entire winter.

But even so, Lin Xun continued to bury his head in his food!

If Yaya saw this, she would definitely call him a professional!

It turns out Brother Lin is even better at eating than Yaya!

Standing beside Lin Xun, she watched as all the egg drop porridge she had made was finished by him, with not a single drop left.

Even now, as Lin Xun buried his head to finish the last pot of already burnt egg drop porridge, Bai Luoxue couldn’t help but gently press her hand against her heart.

Perhaps even the girl herself hadn’t noticed that a certain part of her heart seemed to have loosened slightly.

It was like a stone being gently pecked by a little ant.

Although it had almost no effect, at the very least, a little ant had now appeared beneath this empty stone.

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