Early in the morning, Luo Qianning blocked He Qiu’s doorstep, which troubled him greatly.
He hadn’t even had time to wash up or tidy his appearance, and just moments ago, he had been lying in Miss Meng’er’s arms after they had finally cleared up the confusion in their relationship.
Under these circumstances, Luo Qianning’s sudden visit caught He Qiu unprepared.
But then again, He Qiu could hardly complain.
First, Luo Qianning was his senior sister by seniority.
Second, she had once saved his life, making her his benefactor and honored guest.
Finally, he had been too impatient yesterday and had done something very excessive to Luo Qianning, a girl, which required a formal apology.
“Ah…”
Heaving a sigh, He Qiu signaled Zi Menghan with his eyes to clean up the bed, then tidied his own clothes and roughly combed his just-slept hair before going out to greet her.
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Just like yesterday, Luo Qianning appeared at He Qiu’s doorstep on time, her face as naturally cute as ever.
However, this time, when she saw He Qiu, she didn’t give him a good face.
Instead, she puffed out her cheeks, glaring at him with a fierce yet cute look as if she had seen an enemy, grinding her teeth for a long while.
“Senior Sister Qianning, what business brings you here so early?”
He Qiu knew she was still holding a grudge over yesterday’s skirt-lifting incident, so he wisely lowered his posture a bit.
“You tell me!”
After running away yesterday, Luo Qianning was filled with grievances.
Every time she recalled He Qiu’s contemptuous gaze and disdainful sneer, her anger flared up.
She really wanted to grab this annoying wicked junior brother, tie his hands and feet with a rope, hang him from a tree, and spank him hard!
Clearly, junior brother was a good person—he helped the needy when going down the mountain, and his personality was usually quite good.
But why, when facing her, Luo Qianning, couldn’t He Qiu be a bit gentler? Why did he have to disdain her like this? She always felt he was targeting her.
Fuming, Luo Qianning walked into the house and sat down in the same spot as yesterday, crossing her arms in a sulk.
He Qiu picked up the teapot, respectfully poured Luo Qianning a cup of tea, then sat across from her and said with an apologetic smile,
“Ah, Senior Sister Qianning, I went too far yesterday… See, I wanted to apologize to you today.”
“I don’t want your apology.”
After a long moment, Luo Qianning finally squeezed out a cold sentence.
He Qiu was taken aback and drew in a cold breath.
‘This little senior sister is indeed not easy to fool. She seems still angry.’
There was no way around it.
He was at fault first, and she had also done him a favor.
Naturally, He Qiu didn’t mind letting Luo Qianning vent her emotions and spending some effort to coax his senior sister out of her little temper.
That was his duty.
Offering an apology was no big deal.
He had to have the courage to face what he had done, and besides, if you get hit, you stand at attention.
Thinking this, He Qiu continued with an apologetic smile,
“Then, Senior Sister, how do you want me to express my apology?”
“…”
After a brief silence, Luo Qianning finally stared at He Qiu with her beautiful eyes and said with a hint of resentment,
“I want you to take responsibility for me!”
“Responsibility…”
He Qiu’s smile turned stiff.
“Specifically, how should I take responsibility?”
“You’ve sullied my purity. I want you, junior brother, to be my cultivation partner and obey me in everything for one month!”
“This… if word gets out, it won’t be good…”
“Hmph, don’t misunderstand~”
Seeing He Qiu’s difficulty, Luo Qianning couldn’t help but feel a bit smug.
She snorted and explained,
“The point isn’t for you to be my cultivation partner; the point is for you to listen to me for a month. As for the title… that’s just secondary! It’s just a name we set up casually. It’s not like we’ll actually do anything inappropriate between a man and a woman!”
“Then when you say obey you in everything, does that mean things like serving tea and water for senior sister?”
He Qiu thought about his marriage engagement with the eldest senior sister and was still a bit worried, so he asked in detail.
Luo Qianning was prepared for this.
Seeing that He Qiu had a good attitude, she also relaxed her demeanor a little and said,
“I won’t treat you like a servant either. I don’t require you to act humble. I just want you to respect me the way you treat Senior Sister Ling Ran, and never look at me with contempt again!”
What really bothered Luo Qianning was that He Qiu always treated her politely on the surface, but when they actually interacted, he repeatedly brushed her off like a child, not taking her seriously, and even finding her troublesome.
Okay, she admitted that she was often absent-minded, didn’t do things properly, and wasn’t very attentive to cultivation.
But that was Luo Qianning’s personality.
She liked to play, and while she liked to play, she was also very interested in He Qiu, this little junior brother.
She quite liked him, and she always felt there was an alluring aura about him.
So, she was actually very childish.
She just wanted He Qiu to play with her.
She didn’t necessarily mean to make her junior brother bow and apologize.
In short, Luo Qianning was throwing a tantrum.
She felt that she and her junior brother were of the same age and should be able to get along well, but her junior brother gave off a very mature impression and showed no interest in her at all.
This made Luo Qianning feel terrible, as if her goodwill was being rejected.
She always felt that she was too childish compared to her junior brother.
He was focused on cultivation, while she was only focused on playing.
By contrast, he clearly preferred to interact with the mature and aloof Saintess An Lingran.
Luo Qianning admitted that she was jealous.
She also wanted her junior brother to spend more time with her, instead of always being around the eldest senior sister…
She just wanted her junior brother to regard her with the same respect, admiration, and even adoration as he did Senior Sister Ling Ran…
That was all.
What An Lingran could give He Qiu, why couldn’t she, Luo Qianning, give? Although she wasn’t a saintess and her cultivation was far inferior to An Lingran’s Spirit Realm Seventh Stage, she wasn’t weak either.
She was also a prodigy little junior sister of the Longyin Sect.
She clearly had a lot of cultivation knowledge to help He Qiu.
But He Qiu didn’t believe in her.
He always seemed to think she was stupid, so he lacked respect and admiration for her.
So this time, Luo Qianning’s surface demand for He Qiu to apologize was actually her real intention: to let him truly recognize her charm through their time together over the next period, and change the status of “Senior Sister Qianning” in his heart!
“So, how about it, junior brother?”
After a pause, Luo Qianning stared at He Qiu with expectant eyes.
Seeing that he was still hesitant, Luo Qianning puffed up her little mouth again and added,
“I heard that junior brother has recently taken an interest in spiritual cultivation? I guess little junior brother plans to study both dual cultivation paths together, right?”
“That’s right…”
“Then that’s easy! I admit that I can’t compare to Senior Sister Ling Ran in sword cultivation, but when it comes to spiritual cultivation techniques, I know much more than Senior Sister Ling Ran!”
With that, Luo Qianning sat up straight, leaned forward, and said seriously,
“If little junior brother agrees to my request and maintains a respectful and admiring attitude toward me from now on, then this senior sister might just give you some guidance in spiritual cultivation~”
Through their recent interactions, Luo Qianning had actually become more and more able to understand He Qiu’s preferences as this little junior brother.
If you talked to him about feelings, romance, or youthful things, it didn’t work.
He wasn’t into that.
But if you said it could help him in cultivation, then you were his benefactor, and almost anything would be negotiable.
If you didn’t believe it, look: after the young man heard that Luo Qianning was proficient in spiritual cultivation and willing to guide him, his originally indifferent eyes clearly gained a bit of luster.
He was wavering! He finally had some respect for Luo Qianning as his senior sister!
The more she thought about it, the happier she became.
Luo Qianning had finally grasped her little junior brother’s weakness.
She finally knew how to make him admire her, just like how He Qiu respected An Lingran!
What An Lingran could do, she, Luo Qianning, could also do!
As fellow progeny disciples of the Xueyin Lineage, Luo Qianning didn’t think she was inferior to the eldest senior sister in any way.
Of course, except for height, figure, and measurements…
…
“By the way, Junior Sister Qianning also wants to cultivate with Junior Brother He Qiu?”