Early the next morning.
While Xiao Mo was reading in the courtyard, he saw Bai Ruxue leading a young woman dressed in a green long dress, walking step by step towards the courtyard.
Bai Ruxueâs fair face was full of joy.
The young woman being led by Bai Ruxue had her head lowered, her expression showing traces of nervousness, and she seemed somewhat reluctant...
Upon seeing Xiao Mo, Bai Ruxue quickened her pace, pulling the young woman into the courtyard: "Xiao Mo, this is my sister, named Bai Liuqing. She just came of age this year. I usually call her Xiao Qing, and you can call her Xiao Qing too."
Both sisters were exceptionally beautiful, but with different styles.
Bai Ruxue had a graceful figure and charming appearance, looking adorably naive, giving the impression that she was easily fooled.
Xiao Qing, on the other hand, had a slender figure, with vigilant and cautious eyes, clearly appearing more intelligent than her sister.
"Pleased to meet you, Miss Xiao Qing." Xiao Mo stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Hmph!" Xiao Qing raised her small chin.
So youâre the hateful man who stole my sister away.
Because of you, I can only see my sister once or twice a month, and every night I have to sleep alone as a snake!
If I werenât so attached to my sister, and if being a lone snake cultivating wasnât so boring, I wouldnât have come down from the mountain!
Seeing her sisterâs lips pouting up to the sky, Bai Ruxue secretly transformed, and her white tail tip slapped her sisterâs bottom.
Xiao Qing winced slightly in pain, bit her thin lips, and performed the human etiquette her sister had taught her, bowing slightly: "Xiao Qing... greets the young master... From now on, Xiao Qing and sister will be troubling you..."
"Miss Xiao Qing, youâre too polite. Itâs your sister who has been taking care of me all along." Xiao Mo smiled, "Itâs just that my room might not be spacious enough, so Miss Xiao Qing will have to bear with sharing a room with your sister."
"Not at all, not at all," Xiao Bai quickly said on behalf of her sister, "Weâve slept together since we were young, so weâre quite used to it."
Xiao Qing also nodded: "I like sleeping with my sister."
"Thatâs good then." Xiao Mo smiled, "Miss Xiao Qing, please make yourself at home. From now on, we are a family."
"Whoâs a family with you... ouch..."
Just as Xiao Qing was halfway through her muttering, Bai Ruxueâs tail tip slapped her bottom again.
Xiao Qingâs eyes welled up with faint tears.
She was certain her sister had slapped her bottom red.
"Well, Xiao Mo, you continue reading. Iâll show my sister around the room," said Bai Ruxue.
With that, Bai Ruxue quickly led Xiao Qing into the room, closing the door with a "bang."
Looking at the closed door, Xiao Mo couldnât help but smile: "It seems Miss Xiao Qing has some opinions about me."
...
In the boudoir, Bai Ruxue stood with her hands on her hips, pouting at Xiao Qing: "Xiao Qing, do you remember what you promised sister?"
"I remember," Xiao Qing rubbed her bottom.
"Then tell me what those things are?"
"First, I must not reveal my true identity."
"Mmm, and then?"
"Second, I should treat Xiao Mo just like I treat sister, and not give Xiao Mo any trouble."
Bai Ruxue leaned forward: "So you need to behave well, not just listen to sister, but also to Xiao Mo. Understand?"
"I understand, sister..." Xiao Qing said reluctantly.
"Xiao Qing..." Bai Ruxue stroked Xiao Qingâs head, "Xiao Mo is a really good person."
"But sister, we are Demons and heâs human. How can Demons live with humans? What if he discovers us..."
"Donât worry," Bai Ruxue straightened up and patted her sisterâs shoulder, "Heâs very foolish, a bookworm who wonât discover anything. Look at me, havenât I been undiscovered for so long?"
"..."
Xiao Qing looked at her sisterâs proud expression, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start.
Yeah.
Why hasnât sister been discovered despite being so silly?
Could it be that Xiao Mo is even more foolish?
"In any case, as long as you donât show your tail and eat rats secretly, you wonât be discovered, understand?" Bai Ruxue instructed again.
"I understand, sister."
Xiao Qing sighed inwardly.
Given the situation, she would first listen to her sister and live with this human for a while...
"Come, sister will take you shopping for groceries. Iâll teach you how to cook and wash clothes at noon. Let me tell you, thereâs a lot of depth to these skills."
Bai Ruxue led her sister out of the room.
About half an hour later, Bai Ruxue and Xiao Qing, carrying a basket, arrived at Huang Village.
"The nearby villages all set up stalls in Huang Village. I usually buy vegetables here, but some old ladies will overcharge, so you have to haggle. Watch carefully, sister."
Bai Ruxue turned around and called out to an old lady, "Grandma Li, how much for this carp?"
"What! Thirty-three copper coins?"
"I know this fish is fat, about three jin, but thatâs too expensive!"
"Iâll take it for twenty-five copper coins."
"Thatâs really not acceptable, twenty-eight copper coins is still too expensive."
"Just twenty-five copper coins."
"Grandma Li, please sell it to me... just sell it to me... look how pitiful this fish is... how much it will suffer if itâs not eaten... Grandma Li~~~" Bai Ruxue shook Grandma Liâs arm.
"Alright, thank you, Grandma Li."
Bai Ruxue happily handed over twenty-five copper coins, then picked up the fish and placed it in the bamboo basket.
"How was that? Did you see how to haggle?" Bai Ruxue looked at her sister with pride.
"..." Xiao Qing felt complicated.
Although she hadnât had much contact with humans.
But is this really how haggling works?
"Sister, this doesnât seem that difficult," said Xiao Qing.
"Who says so? Itâs very difficult! Although since Xiao Mo became a Scholar, itâs been easier for sister to haggle. Everyone in the surrounding villages takes good care of Xiao Mo," said Bai Ruxue.