Chapter 20 Sword Cultivator: "I want to squeeze in with Teacher Qin."

Jiang Yan lay on the bed, looking listless and exhausted.

Qin Lan coughed guiltily for a while, then asked, "Does it hurt now?"

Jiang Yan smiled weakly: "Teacher Qin, you've asked this twenty-one times tonight."

Qin Lan pretended to be impatient: "I'm asking you, just answer."

“A little bit,” Jiang Yan said.

Qin Lan immediately tensed up, afraid she might hurt Jiang Yan badly. The woman smiled again and reassured her, "After all, it's been three years... It's normal to feel a little pain after such a long time."

Qin Lan angrily tossed her curly hair: "Then why didn't you answer when I asked you earlier?"

"If I told her, would Teacher Qin still be so focused on making me... taller?" Jiang Yan chuckled softly, her eyes incredibly alluring. She wiped away her tears, but the beauty mark under her eye still shone brightly, making her even more seductive.

Qin Lan wanted to scold her for being shameless, but remembering that the person was still in pain, she pursed her lips and remained silent. She picked Jiang Yan up and placed her in the bathtub, then turned on the tap and soaked her in it.

Qin Lan returned to the bedroom, put on a new set of bedding, and then stood under the shower to take a shower.

As she was applying shower gel, she noticed that Jiang Yan had opened her eyes at some point and was looking at her.

Qin Lan didn't bother to hide it and let her see it openly.

After being stared at for a full five minutes, she couldn't take it anymore: "Have you looked enough?"

Jiang Yan gave a weak smile, so weak that Qin Lan couldn't bear to scold her: "Is Teacher Qin shy?"

"...No, I didn't." Qin Lan felt ashamed when she said it, so she quickly turned off the shower, blushed, and put on her bathrobe.

"Teacher Qin is so beautiful." Jiang Yan's words almost made her slip.

She adjusted her collar, went over to test the water temperature, and said, "Don't add any more hot water, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

Jiang Yan looked at her and weakly stretched out her hand: "Teacher Qin, can you carry me out?"

The moment Qin Lan's eyes showed tacit approval, Jiang Yan softly hooked her arm around her neck. She pulled her out, and as she covered her with a towel, Jiang Yan leaned close and whispered in her ear, "So, who is Xiao Ma?"

Qin Lan was so terrified by the ghostly scent that she nearly fainted. Clutching her chest, she cursed, "...Jiang Yan, are you crazy?! You're like a persistent ghost!!"

"Of course, I was hoping you'd accidentally blurt it out," Jiang Yan readily admitted. Seeing her plan fail, she wasn't upset at all; instead, she became even more interested in the secret Qin Lan was so determined to keep hidden: "Even someone as straightforward as Teacher Qin wouldn't tell, it seems it's something that makes Teacher Qin very shy—"

"Shut up!" Qin Lan was both ashamed and angry. She reached out and covered her face with a towel, then carried her out of the bathroom and put her back on the bed.

She hastily covered Jiang Yan with a blanket and was about to go to the second bedroom to sleep when Jiang Yan, who seemed to be asleep, grabbed her hand: "Teacher Qin, is it okay to lie here?"

"No way." Qin Lan poked her forehead with his fingertip. "Don't even think about it."

Jiang Yan blinked pitifully, "Please, please."

Qin Lan fell silent, Qin Lan turned off the light, and Qin Lan lay down.

After a while, thinking Jiang Yan was asleep, she dared to turn over. Turning around, she met Jiang Yan's tired eyes, which were slightly red in the dim moonlight, startling her: "Why are your eyes open?"

"I'm looking at Teacher Qin's sleeping face," Jiang Yan said in a hoarse voice, still staring at her without blinking.

Qin Lan couldn't understand: "What's so interesting about the back of a head?"

Jiang Yan said softly, "I've been looking forward to seeing only the back of the head."

Qin Lan's heart softened suddenly, and she raised her hand to close her eyelids: "Don't look anymore, go to sleep."

She withdrew her hand, and Jiang Yan indeed didn't open her eyes, lying there very obediently. Qin Lan couldn't help but look at her for a while, when Jiang Yan suddenly moved, startling her so much that she quickly closed her eyes again.

In the darkness, the bed in front of her was pressed against her, and the woman's warm body pressed close to her. She adjusted her position and snuggled into her arms, obediently hugging her arms and legs.

Her obedient demeanor made Qin Lan's heart flutter, her heart pounding wildly, inwardly screaming, "She's so cute, so cute!" But she remained frozen for a long time before slowly reaching out to adjust the blanket towards Jiang Yan, finally restraining herself to place her hand on Jiang Yan's back and close her eyes.

Damn it, how could she find Jiang Yan cute! She's her enemy!

Qin Lan struggled for a while, but couldn't resist the sleepiness and closed her eyes.

God knows, one day she was actually able to have sex with Jiang Yan and then fall asleep peacefully in each other's arms. Before falling asleep, she vaguely thought that she had been worried about falling into Jiang Yan's hands during the day, but how come she actually fell for her that very night?

It's all Jiang Yan's fault for seducing Yin.

She couldn't help but hug Jiang Yan even tighter. Curled up in a ball, Jiang Yan was still terribly uncomfortable; her spine was so thin it bulged out. Tomorrow she needed some nutritious food, and the cook who had come with her should make some bone broth…

Qin Lan forced herself to stay awake for a while, but finally couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep.

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As usual, Xiaoqing went to wake Qin Lan up.

She entered the password and went into the house, only to find it very strange.

Qin Lan doesn't like to draw the curtains when she sleeps; she prefers the feeling of moonlight shining on her bed. So she usually hangs sheer curtains, and they're often left open.

But this morning the thick curtains were drawn tightly, making the room seem particularly dark.

Xiaoqing turned on the light and found several pieces of women's clothing scattered on the ground. However, she was too embarrassed to look closely, assuming that Qin Lan had just carelessly tossed them aside.

It's normal for a young lady to be a little lazy.

She carelessly stepped over the pile of underwear and called to Qin Lan to get up: "Sister Qin, Sister Qin, get up! The sun's already high in the sky!"

Qin Lan opened her eyes, covered her mouth and yawned slightly, then propped herself up on the bed and poked the bulge in the blanket.

"Get up, time to go to the film set."

Xiaoqing: "???"

"Sister Qin, who are you talking to?"

Only then did she notice there was a second person on the bed, and her face turned pale as she stared intently at the bulge. It wasn't until the bulge moved on its own, and a hand with a red string pulled back the blanket covering its head, that she heard, "Hmm... what time is it?"

Xiaoqing stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The bulge was still rising, and a naked woman emerged. The woman turned her head wearily, revealing a bewitching fox-like face, her hair disheveled, staring at her.

Xiaoqing screamed and crawled into the closet: "Aaaaaaah, there's a ghost!"

Jiang Yan paused, her still sleepy eyes staring blankly at Qin Lan.

"Put your clothes on quickly, what kind of behavior is this in broad daylight?" Qin Lan awkwardly looked away, noticing out of the corner of her eye that the woman's naked body was patchy. She blushed slightly and added, "Is anything bothering you?"

Jiang Yan laughed and gently shook her head: "I've never felt so comfortable before."

Qin Lan's face, which had just cooled down, became hot again. She simply turned around and put on her clothes, saying, "Alright, alright, hurry up and put your clothes on."

"Are you embarrassed, Teacher Qin?" Jiang Yan chuckled, slowly picking up the clothes from the ground. "Why didn't you dress me last night?"

Qin Lan casually made up an excuse: "I'm tired, sleepy, and too lazy to move."

"Okay." Jiang Yan looked at her slyly, "Can I use Teacher Qin's restroom?"

"Use it then," Qin Lan said sullenly.

They talked about things that could shake up the entertainment industry, as if the third person in the closet didn't exist.

Xiaoqing crawled out shakily, and Jiang Yan happened to be passing by, which frightened her so much that she stared blankly.

"Assistant Xiaoqing, your collar is crooked." The vixen smiled, reaching out to straighten her collar, which infuriated Qin Lan, who glared at Xiaoqing. A fragrant breeze wafted by, and Xiaoqing stood there, stunned, pointing at Qin Lan with trembling hands: "Sister Qin... Sister Qin, you and her..."

"You can only tell Bai Ai, no fourth person can know, understand?" Qin Lan slipped on her slippers and went to the second bedroom to wash up: "If you have nothing to do, tidy up the room, don't cosplay as a silly goose."

Xiaoqing desperately wanted to prove herself. Besides being innocent, carefree, easygoing, and guileless, she possessed many qualities that made her suitable for the assistant job. For example, despite her petite stature, she could open a durian with her bare hands, she was wide awake even when not sleeping, and she had a Level 2A Mandarin certificate. Well, she didn't know what Qin Lan had initially seen in her. Bai Ai had once bluntly advised Qin Lan to her face: "I think you should find a more capable assistant. Xiaoqing is new to the job and has no experience whatsoever."

Xiao Qing's head drooped down. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Qin Lan slowly applying lipstick to herself, her fingertips tracing a line that went beyond the lip line, making her look inexplicably alluring and charming.

"No change."

"Okay, what's the reason?" After only three days of contact, Bai Ai realized that Qin Lan was a bit stubborn, and you couldn't change her mind.

Xiaoqing's eyes lit up, and she quickly peeked at Qin Lan. The woman, her fingertips stained with lipstick, was studying a new way of applying eyeliner, her tone particularly perfunctory: "Just for fun."

Bai Ai: "......"

"It's just for the festive look." Qin Lan made a very hasty decision about becoming her personal assistant. From then on, Xiao Qing followed Qin Lan wholeheartedly. Although the young lady often complained about her, she knew that Qin Lan was the best boss in the world.

Therefore, she always stood on the same side as Qin Lan and was Qin Lan's most loyal soldier. In the past, when Qin Lan complained about Jiang Yan, she was always the one who spoke up for Qin Lan with the most genuine feelings.

So when the annoying Jiang Yan suddenly turned into the Jiang Yan in the boss's bed, Xiao Qing was completely dumbfounded.

Jiang Yan, toothbrush in her mouth, strolled to the bathroom in the second bedroom.

Qin Lan was squeezing toothpaste when she looked up and saw a pair of bare, long legs reflected in the mirror. She paused for a moment and asked, "Why aren't you wearing pants?"

"Hmm...I forgot." Jiang Yan lied casually, wearing her shirt on top, the hem barely covering her thighs. "Teacher Qin, which one is the face wash?"

Qin Lan grabbed a bottle from the sink and threw it to her.

"Thank you so much, Teacher Qin." Jiang Yan stood next to her, holding a cup, and began rinsing her mouth.

"No, guess why I came here?" Qin Lan laughed in exasperation.

But Jiang Yan turned around and winked at her, then made a face: "I want to squeeze in with Teacher Qin."

Qin Lan had originally planned to go back there; brushing their teeth and washing their faces together would feel more intimate than sleeping together. But then she remembered the information she had researched later: after sleeping with someone, you should provide ample companionship… especially for a bottom.

So she moved aside and silently began brushing her teeth.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the film set one after the other.

The assistant director was the first to spot Qin Lan and immediately turned to report to Yu Jintang: "Teacher Qin has arrived, and she looks to be in excellent spirits. Teacher Jiang has also arrived, and she looks just as good."

"Really?" Yu Jintang turned her head with delight: "That's great, then today's scene can be saved..."

She froze, staring blankly as Qin Lan walked briskly towards her, until the beautiful woman stood right in front of her and waved, "Hey, are you dumbfounded?"

Yu Jintang stared at Qin Lan: "Something's wrong with you."

Qin Lan, her face flushed, glanced at her and said, "Something's not right."

Yu Jintang took a step back and looked her up and down: "You look like you've eaten Tang Sanzang's flesh."

"What are you saying?" Qin Lan said lightly, swaying her hips gracefully as she went inside to get her makeup done in her high heels.

Yu Jintang turned to see Jiang Yan's reaction, only to find that she looked even better, as if she had taken an elixir.

Jiang Yan smiled, waved, and showered everyone she passed by with compliments.

"Good morning, Director Yu, good morning, Assistant Director. The weather is really nice today, it must be because the two directors are so beautiful. Ah, is that our set for today? It's really nice, I've never seen such a beautiful design before."

The assistant director frowned: "She's so cheerful it's almost crazy."

Yu Jintang grimaced as if she had a toothache, "Two people can't both be abnormal at the same time, unless..."

Unless they end up together. Yu Jintang thought to herself.

Everyone expected today to go smoothly, but no one expected it to go this smoothly. The two teachers, who previously seemed to be fighting in bed, are now behaving like a married couple, making love in front of the camera.

Moreover, even after leaving the camera's view, they were still very much in love, and the crew even heard conversations like "You go first" and "No, please go first."

While everyone was stunned, they began to secretly speculate about how the two teachers had cultivated their relationship the day before.

"Cut!" Yu Jintang silently pulled out a handful of glutinous rice and stared at Qin Lan, who was speaking gently to Jiang Yan: "I don't care who you are, get off Old Qin right now!"

Qin Lan: "?"

Yu Jintang threw a handful of glutinous rice into the air and shouted, "Retreat!!!"

Qin Lan dodged aside: "Are you crazy?"

"Are you really Lao Qin?" Yu Jintang asked with a look of suspicion.

Qin Lan rolled her eyes: "Your butt is especially round. You used to compare it with ours when we were kids. Back then—"

"Stop!!!" Yu Jintang quickly said, "Thank you both for your hard work. Let's all rest for an hour and go have lunch!"

Qin Lan glanced down at Jiang Yan and asked in a low voice, "Did I crush you?"

Yu Jintang took out glutinous rice again.

"No." Jiang Yan's face flushed suspiciously. "Teacher Qin, aren't you tired after holding on for so long?"

Qin Lan gave her a meaningful look: "Stop asking questions you already know the answer to. Don't you know how strong my arms are?"

She was just making a joke, and without even looking at Jiang Yan, she pushed aside the heavy curtains and fled with an arrogant and haughty expression. Suddenly, she heard Jiang Yan laughing so hard she almost fell over behind her, her clear and melodious voice echoing in everyone's ears.

She laughed uncontrollably, collapsing onto a brocade quilt, her body trembling with joy.

Yu Jintang exclaimed in horror, "Oh no, there's something dirty here!"

"What's wrong with Teacher Jiang? Has Teacher Jiang gone mad? Call the doctor!" The assistant director was terrified.

"What's the use of calling a doctor?" Yu Jintang, with her experience, said, "We need to have a shaman perform a ritual! Go find someone quickly!"

After saying that, he sprinkled glutinous rice all over Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan laughed until tears streamed down her face. She finally sat up, propping herself up on the bed, her tearful eyes watching Qin Lan's retreating figure, still smiling.

She washed her face, and her assistant brought her a boxed lunch.

As soon as she opened the lunchbox, she saw Xiaoqing sneakily approaching, handing her something from behind her back, her arm stretched out far out, her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings: "Ahem, Teacher Jiang, my master asked me to give this to you."

Jiang Yan accepted the gift knowingly and placed it in an inconspicuous spot. Then she smiled at Xiao Qing and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Assistant Xiao Qing. It's hot, have a cup of lemon tea, be careful not to get heatstroke."

That's what they said, but what they handed over were two cups of lemon tea.

Xiaoqing opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing. She thanked him very deeply and then left in a very solemn manner.

Xiaoqing's profound expression earned her a sharp rap on the head from Qin Lan: "Are you trying to be a philosopher? Give me your drink."

Xiaoqing looked at her with teary eyes: "Sister Qin, you've changed. You've become like a venomous woman in love."

Qin Lan sneered, "What are you saying? It's as if I only turned into a poisonous woman today."

Xiaoqing trembled and moved a little further away from her: "Sister Qin, drink some water to calm down. This is Teacher Jiang's water."

Qin Lan sprayed a mouthful of lemonade onto the fan: "What are you talking about???"

Xiao Qing, with a straw in her mouth: "?"

Qin Lan snatched the lemon tea from her hand: "Don't drink it. You never know how to watch what you say."

Xiao Qing, completely bewildered: "???"

Qin Lan transferred a red envelope to her and then started to shoo her away: "Alright, it's just a cup of water. What's so great about this lemon tea? Go buy something better."

Xiaoqing left happily.

Qin Lan sent everyone away, and only after making sure no one was at the door did she insert the straw and take a sip.

"This silly child," she muttered with satisfaction, "It's better if he's a little silly, so I don't have to kill him."

With its smooth texture, balanced sweet and sour taste, and refreshing coolness, it is truly a ray of sunshine in the sweltering summer.

"It's alright, not that great," she said nonchalantly, then picked up her lemon tea and went out to inspect it.

She first went to the director's studio for a stroll. Yu Jintang ate while staring at the monitor, fanning herself with her hand, looking very miserable.

Qin Lan teased Lü Xi, who was sitting by the door, "Little Lü Xi, did you skip class again to come see Yu Guai Guai?"

She winked at him, and Lu Xi blushed with embarrassment: "It's not that I skipped class, school is closed today."

"Hey, hey, that's enough. Kids can't take teasing, let alone an old fox like you," Yu Jintang said, crossing her legs.

Qin Lan chuckled and walked over, circling her twice.

"What are you doing? I'm busy." Yu Jintang chewed on a piece of bok choy.

"It's quite hot today," Qin Lan said.

"Isn't it hot every day?" Yu Jintang glanced at her, puzzled, and then noticed the ice water in her hand.

"You just eat, don't you drink any ice water? It's so hot." Qin Lan held up her refreshing lemon tea.

Yu Jintang: "?"

Qin Lan smiled, switched the cup to her other hand, and then stared at her previous hand in an affected manner: "Oh dear, it's so cold, my hands are freezing."

As she passed Yu Jintang, she lowered her voice and said, "I don't usually like these sweet drinks, but Jiang Yan insisted on giving them to me, sigh..."

She walked away with the lemon tea in her hand, beaming, and gave a seductive smile to the staff member who had just entered the director's studio. The staff member was so stunned that he tripped and fell at the door.

Yu Jintang was silent for a few seconds, then picked up the walkie-talkie: "Everyone, check yourselves. Whose sword has come out on its own? Go to the director's booth to get it."

Upon hearing the news, Xiaoqing rushed over excitedly: "Director Yu, are you also a sword cultivator? I've always wanted to know where we exchange spirit stones?"

Yu Jintang clasped his hands in greeting and said, “Fellow Daoist, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Actually, I’m not the only one in our crew who shares this path. I also know another shameless cultivator, someone who cultivates the Invincible Shamelessness… She has a lot of spirit stones. Go out from here, walk twenty steps forward, and you’ll see a woman wandering around with a lemonade in her hand… Ask her to exchange for spirit stones. The code word is: ‘It’s pretty hot today,’ and your reply is, ‘So shameless!’”

"An invincible sword!" Xiao Qing exclaimed in surprise, "How was this forged?!"

“Sigh…” Yu Jintang shook his head: “She’s too obsessed with the ultimate. Back then, she extracted a bone to forge a sword and nurtured it with her blood essence every day. Now she’s… become one with the despicable!”

"It must be amazing!" Xiaoqing exclaimed, her mouth agape. She eagerly followed Yu Jintang's instructions and went outside, but found no one. She passed Qin Lan countless times, walking away without a second thought. Finally, after Qin Lan had finished touring the director's crew, camera crew, production crew, and supporting actors' dressing room, and was starting to explore the extras' rest area, she heard the long-awaited secret code.

Qin Lan picked up the lemon tea, which was almost as warm as her body temperature, and showed the water droplets on the outside: "It's quite hot today."

Xiaoqing was overjoyed and rushed up to shake her hand: "What a wonderful sword! What a wonderful sword! Is this your sword?!"

Qin Lan slowly turned around and smiled.

"I do have a sword. Would you like to know its name?"

"What's your name?" Xiaoqing was still immersed in the news that Sister Qin had kept her cultivation a secret.

"Remember this lesson for you!" Qin Lan's face suddenly darkened. He activated his Golden Core and unleashed his inner strength, sending Xiao Qing flying back in front of Yu Jintang.

Yu Jintang, with a piece of meat in her mouth, raised an eyebrow as she looked at Xiao Qing at her feet.

With all her might, Xiaoqing reached out her hand and, before losing consciousness, uttered her last words in a trembling voice: "Such powerful... sword intent!"

Lu Xi opened her mouth wide and asked cautiously, "Sister, is she alright?"

"Don't worry too much, little one. What could possibly happen?" Yu Jintang said casually, skillfully folding clothes into a pillow and placing it under her head. "Sigh, Old Qin...didn't I tell you not to expose yourself in front of mortals? Look at this child, she's so scared she fell asleep right away."