Chapter 323 - 0206 Eating Fruits (Two-in-One)_2

"These are all small matters," Li Zhibai immediately said.

She didn’t consider it something worth boasting about, nor was she boasting. However, looking at Yun Qian’s calm gaze, Li Zhibai always had a feeling that... Yun Qian was very satisfied with herself.

What was she satisfied with?

Satisfied with being able to have children?

Sometimes Yun Qian’s words were really perplexing, and Li Zhibai found this topic somewhat strange as well.

"By the way, Ms. Yun, how old are you this year? I still don’t know." Li Zhibai tried to change the topic.

Yun Qian blinked, thinking that this way of switching topics was as awkward as hers, certainly the type Xu Chang’an liked.

"Twenty-four," Yun Qian said this number with a normal expression.

This was the age Xu Chang’an reported to Qinling when she was at the Upper Celestial Bright Peak, and she remembered it.

"Twenty-four... that’s about right," Li Zhibai actually thought Yun Qian seemed more mature but at most with the demeanor of someone twenty-five or twenty-six. A difference of two or three years didn’t really matter.

She sighed, saying, "Sure enough, you’ve grown up taking care of Chang’an, which naturally makes you seem more mature."

"He takes care of me," Yun Qian corrected.

"He’s your steward; isn’t it supposed to be this way?" Li Zhibai laughed, "Ms. Yun is superior, being with him is indeed care."

But then she saw Yun Qian lost in thought.

Yun Qian looked up, her gaze falling on Li Zhibai’s face, saying, "To him, you are also superior."

"I’m just a teacher," Li Zhibai shook her head. "Muyu Peak provided me with Spirit Stones; I teach the disciples here at Sword Hall. It’s fair exchange, not superiority."

She was Xu Chang’an’s teacher, not his master.

A single word apart, a world of difference, they cannot be equated.

Li Zhibai’s expression was a bit odd.

Not sure if it was an illusion.

Since just now... Yun Qian seemed to be continuously linking her with Xu Chang’an?

This can’t continue.

"Ms. Yun, don’t speak, let me do your lip color for the last time," Li Zhibai said.

"Okay."

Sure enough, concerning makeup, Yun Qian quieted down.

——

Finalizing Yun Qian’s makeup.

Li Zhibai hesitated for a long time, but in the end still took the initiative to bring up the topic again. Really... if no one talks, the atmosphere becomes too quiet, and her attention would always fall upon Yun Qian’s stunning appearance.

This is very bad.

"Ms. Yun."

"Hmm?"

"Actually, what you do with Chang’an at night is different from the so-called Yin Yang Dao; the dual cultivation method of the Immortal Sect is fundamentally different from the bedroom matters mentioned in medical books," Li Zhibai seriously said. "So, I still hope you view dual cultivation and those things separately."

Seriously treat it as cultivation, not enjoyment.

Cultivation is the main point, Wen Chun is supplementary; one cannot make a mistake on this.

Li Zhibai said this, but then saw Yun Qian shaking her head.

She paused: "Ms. Yun, I’m not deceiving you, what I said is true, you cannot connect dual cultivation with Wen Chun, this will truly affect cultivation."

"Not just the night," Yun Qian said.

"...?" Li Zhibai did not react for a moment.

"Not just in the night, but during the day it’s best to have wine accompany, or else he won’t be happy," Yun Qian looked at Li Zhibai’s eyes slowly filling with a slight different color in the mirror, thinking surely... she was a traditional and disciplined woman.

"..."

Li Zhibai’s emotions calmed down, she realized once again the gap between her and Yun Qian, this married woman, and couldn’t help but frown.

What a Xu Chang’an.

Appears gentle and harmonious, but actually declares during the day... right.

Didn’t expect him to be such a rule-breaking person.

But also has nothing to do with herself.

Yun Qian nodded, saying, "In general, having such affairs for cultivation, I’m very happy, so I must thank sister."

"There’s no need for thanks," Li Zhibai did not know what kind of mood she was in saying such words, but she already realized, she still, as when they first met, couldn’t quite handle Yun Qian.

She gave up on finding more topics, completed Yun Qian’s light makeup, and looked seriously at the mirror, with all the excess thoughts fading away.

The warm light of the Fire Stone refracted inside the room, like the sunrise creating a warming sensation, causing Li Zhibai’s eyelids to tremble slightly, her whole person appearing momentarily lost because of Yun Qian’s appearance.

The girl’s brows were like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water, face like the bright moon, lips like red dew.

Light makeup has a beauty of its own, at least the elegant woman resembling a classical beauty in front of her, made Li Zhibai realize her vocabulary’s insufficiency, any language used to describe would appear pale.

As long as Yun Qian does not speak, no one would guess that such a clear girl seeming like someone outside the world, was just now chatting casually about the trivial matters between husband and wife.

"Ms. Yun, you are truly beautiful, truly a bargain for Chang’an," she said involuntarily.

"A bargain? I’m the one who has profited," Yun Qian, having been sitting for quite a while, stretched lazily, driving away the residual drowsiness, and then sniffed, looked at Li Zhibai and said, "Sister’s body... does have a pleasant fragrance."

Unlike her, with only a faint smell of soap.

Could this be the natural fragrance of Gui Fu Orchid mentioned in the novels Xu Chang’an copied?

"Ms. Yun, don’t tease me," Li Zhibai thought she had just bathed before coming over, where could there be any incense burning? It was just soap.

Li Zhibai signaled Yun Qian to change sitting position, then skillfully braided her hair. This time, unlike the previous complex hairstyle, she simply tied a bun behind Yun Qian’s head and added a simple tassel hairpin.

Li Zhibai swayed slightly, stood up and stepped back, staring at Yun Qian in front of her, then nodded forcefully.

That’s more like it.

It shouldn’t have been heavy makeup, with Yun Qian having little rouge... it turned out to be a good thing.

The current Yun Qian was so "immortal," she believed Xu Chang’an, looking at such a girl, definitely wouldn’t have any alluring thoughts, and thus wouldn’t disturb her.

Li Zhibai had no intention to distance Yun Qian from Xu Chang’an, but after being fed affection all day, she felt there was nothing wrong with occasionally having light makeup.

Meanwhile, Yun Qian looked at the mirror, feeling uncertain whether satisfied or not with her makeup, but she recalled the "dreams"...

Back then, when she was molding a child from mud, Xu Chang’an immediately picked her up and stated this was very bad.

However, Yun Qian could tell Xu Chang’an actually liked seeing her playing with mud, except he was very rational, knowing when to restrain.

Probably... watching her, such a high and elegant person fall to the mundane, stain with dirt was quite fulfilling, right?

Yun Qian wanted Xu Chang’an to feel accomplished, so this makeup was very nice, soon... he would surely like it.

Next to her, Li Zhibai observed Yun Qian’s satisfaction with the makeup, breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, almost forgot about this matter."

Xu Chang’an is taking Yun Qian to Beisang City to meet Zhu Pingniang tomorrow, looking beautiful today, nothing would happen regardless.

So even with heavy makeup, it doesn’t matter, she need not worry about Yun Qian using her makeup to indulge with Xu Chang’an.

Truly, there she was making a false conjecture.

Just as she was about to say something, Li Zhibai saw Yun Qian turn around and seriously say, "This makeup is very nice, he’ll definitely like it."

"As long as Ms. Yun likes it, I..."

Li Zhibai, speaking while suddenly pausing, the rest of her words stuck in her throat as she watched Yun Qian open a wardrobe revealing a nightgown made of thin veil.

"..."

Li Zhibai suddenly realized.

She misunderstood who held the initiative in this matter of utmost importance.

Li Zhibai recalled Yun Qian’s manner while eating fruits earlier, remembered Yun Qian’s intense care when talking about having a child.

Xu Chang’an’s restraint was ineffective because from beginning to end...

Xu Chang’an was merely a fruit.

Yun Qian was the one eating the fruit.