Chapter 47 The Childhood Betrothal of a Miao Girl (Part 17)
The next chapter begins the long storyline "Obtaining the Saintess's Treasure." If you don't want to read that, you can skip directly to Chapter 58, where Shui Mingsheng obtains the treasure, and Jiang Yiqing protects her with genuine affection.
The two walked back hand in hand. Shui Mingsheng's expression was frightening all the way, causing passersby to keep their distance. Jiang Yiqing also didn't seem very happy.
Finally back in the dormitory, Shui Mingsheng turned around and locked the door. Then he turned back and stared at Jiang Yiqing with dark eyes.
Jiang Yiqing was genuinely a little scared, because she had never seen Shui Mingsheng like this before.
“Jiang Yiqing, you’ve never gone out for coffee with me alone before, how could you go with her?”
“We did drink it. We drank Starbucks together before school started,” Jiang Yiqing said.
"...You didn't order coffee back then."
"Nonsense and unreasonable arguments."
“No, I won’t allow it,” Shui Mingsheng said. “If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have tied you to my side so you couldn’t go anywhere.”
“Shui Mingsheng, you’re finally telling the truth. You don’t want me living outside at all, you’re just pretending to be generous.”
Shui Mingsheng felt a pang of pain in her heart. She felt that the love potion was causing her heartache, but perhaps, her heart had always been this painful, and could be so easily swayed by someone.
“You discovered it.” Shui Mingsheng said with certainty, not as a question.
Jiang Yiqing also felt that her words were a bit harsh. She said, "...Mingsheng, I didn't mean it."
Shui Mingsheng took her hand and said, "This is our Shui family's Sound-Listening Gu. It can track the whereabouts of anyone who hears your voice. Its function is even comparable to the Spirit Snake Gu. But to you, it's just a bracelet, and a bad thing that I'm monitoring, right?"
When Shui Mingsheng gave her the jade bracelet, she hesitated about whether to tell Yi Qing the truth, but she was afraid that Yi Qing would mind. She also wanted to ensure Yi Qing's safety, so that she could keep track of her every move even when she couldn't see her.
"I didn't say it was bad, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
"If I tell you, will you agree?"
"..." No, Jiang Yiqing believes that no matter how much two people love each other, they should still give each other space to manage their own affairs.
"See? That's what I said."
"So you were eavesdropping on me, weren't you?" Jiang Yiqing asked her. "Shui Mingsheng, if we hadn't gotten married, you would have already broken the law."
"Breaked the law?" Shui Mingsheng was a little angry: "So you're starting to study the law now, huh? I've broken more than one law. I came here from Miao territory without taking a car, straight here. So, Officer Yiqing, are you going to arrest me?"
Jiang Yiqing fell silent. She should have realized that when she and Zhao Xiran came out, they forced Shui Mingsheng to show herself. She knew that Shui Mingsheng would come directly, but she didn't think about the impact this would have on her.
"Look, you'll definitely laugh at me—this woman, even using a teleportation gu to come here, she must be crazy, right? This suffocating love, I can't take it anymore. We've only been together for a short time, and you're already having trouble taking it..." Shui Mingsheng said with a bitter laugh, "Clearly, I'm the one who can't take it."
Shui Mingsheng couldn't bear the separation, so he planted a love potion, but they still parted ways. She was the biggest fool in the world, actually willing to be slowly tortured to death.
It was very quiet. Shui Mingsheng felt uneasy and said again, "I'm the only one who's worried about you, missing you, and unable to sleep. Am I the only one like this?"
“I told you I would go back this weekend,” Jiang Yiqing said. “Besides, I’m an adult now and I can take care of myself.”
"Yi Qing, are you still going to argue with me?" Shui Mingsheng took a step forward. Jiang Yi Qing had never seen her so dangerous before.
Jiang Yiqing took a step back, while Shui Mingsheng moved forward, forcing Jiang Yiqing to the edge of the bed. She sat down on the mattress, and Shui Mingsheng leaned in, his longing reaching his heart before his anger.
She kissed her passionately, savoring her soft lips, her hands roaming over the body she had longed for day and night, a voice in her head telling her—yes, this is what you want to do, this is what you want to do.
She's gone mad. She's really gone mad.
Jiang Yiqing tried to get some air, but she forgot how to breathe and could only let herself fall onto the bed. All she could see was Shui Mingsheng's figure.
She tried to push her away with one hand, but Shui Mingsheng was only wearing a shirt, and her hand was like a tease, which made Shui Mingsheng even more frantic as she left marks on her body.
When Jiang Yiqing realized where she had left her mark, she exclaimed, "Are you crazy? I have class tomorrow!"
"Then go ahead and do it," Shui Mingsheng said. "Let everyone know, Jiang Yiqing, who's sleeping with you!"
Jiang Yiqing trembled with anger and couldn't help but slap Shui Mingsheng across the face. The crisp sound echoed in the narrow space, and both of them were stunned, staring at each other.
"That's outrageous!" Jiang Yiqing complained. "It wasn't me who put the love potion on you!"
She tried to mask her inner turmoil with her voice; she was not the kind of person who would do such a thing, how could she hurt the person she loved most?
"...Yes, I'm sorry, Yiqing." Shui Mingsheng covered her face, repenting to herself, feeling that she really had a problem. She had frantically planted a love curse on the person she loved, but even she could not have imagined that the love curse would drive a person so crazy.
Or perhaps, she knew she was acting so madly, only to use the love potion to mask her true desires.
"...Yiqing, you don't hate me, do you?" Shui Mingsheng suddenly looked up at Jiang Yiqing again, afraid of seeing disgust in her eyes.
After calming down, Jiang Yiqing also began to reflect on her own problems. She was too busy and didn't think things through from Shui Mingsheng's perspective. Shui Mingsheng, who had planted the love potion in her, would only feel ten or a hundred times worse than her when faced with their separation.
She enjoyed her passionate love, yet claimed she couldn't tolerate her excessive possessiveness. No, that's not right; she loved Shui Mingsheng, therefore she loved all of her.
Thinking about it this way, I couldn't stay angry at all.
Jiang Yiqing touched her red cheeks, looked at her panicked eyes, and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you. I'm the bad guy."
Shui Mingsheng laughed out loud, took her hand, and said, "I'm not in pain."
Jiang Yiqing poured a glass of water for Shui Mingsheng to drink.
"...You're not angry anymore?"
"Why are you still angry?" Jiang Yiqing said, "You've just gotten through this, won't something bad happen to you?"
"Don't worry, it's called a rule, but not everyone will follow it."
Jiang Yiqing touched the red spot on her arm where the love potion had been implanted and asked, "Does it still hurt here?"
Shui Mingsheng placed her hand on his heart and said, "You should ask here."
"Does it hurt?" Jiang Yiqing asked.
"Much better." Shui Mingsheng turned her face to the side and said, "Give me another kiss and I'll feel better."
Jiang Yiqing kissed her on the cheek again and asked, "Shouldn't we replenish the nutrients for the love potion?"
"How about tonight?" Shui Mingsheng smiled slyly. "Yi Qing, you feed it, and I'll feed you."
"……good."
“If you don’t like this bracelet, you can take it off,” Shui Mingsheng said again.
"Wasn't this a gift for me? You want it back?"
"Then it's settled, you're not allowed to take off the bracelet when you take a shower."
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Yiqing tapped her forehead and said, "There's so much greenery in Miao territory, hasn't it purified your mind?"
"It can't be purified anymore, I'll only go crazier." Shui Mingsheng asked seriously, "Yi Qing, will you hate me like this?"
Jiang Yiqing played with a lock of Shui Mingsheng's hair in her hand and said, "People who are not family will not enter the same door."
Shui Mingsheng then kissed her fingers, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Jiang Yiqing looked into her eyes and said, "Don't come to see me with dark circles under your eyes next time, it makes me feel bad. I'll take you on a tour of the school again tomorrow, okay?"
Upon hearing that she could visit the school, Shui Mingsheng became interested. She wanted to see for herself where Yi Qing was studying, since she would be staying there for a long time.
The next day, Jiang Yiqing became a little tour guide, leading Shui Mingsheng on a tour of various parts of the campus.
When they arrived at the music room, they all heard a beautiful piano melody.
They stopped and listened without saying a word, because they had heard this song at their wedding.
"Please come in," a female voice said as the music ended.
The two walked in hand in hand and saw the piano club teacher sitting in her seat, smiling at them.
The floor of the music room is engraved with waltz steps, the window curtains sway in the wind, and the early autumn sunlight shines in, warm and inviting.
The piano music started playing again.
Shui Mingsheng whispered to Jiang Yiqing, "Yiqing, you like the piano, right? We'll have a piano at home soon, so you can play it whenever you want."
Jiang Yiqing felt a warmth in her heart and said, "Mingsheng, let's dance."
Shui Mingsheng immediately understood; for a Miao girl, dancing the waltz was a piece of cake.
"good."
Jiang Yiqing had rehearsed in her mind countless times what it would be like to dance the waltz with Shui Mingsheng. To this day, she still remembered the way Shui Mingsheng danced with her when they first met.
As the light and beautiful piano music played, the two danced hand in hand, their white skirts flowing, their smiling faces radiant. With each light step, their inner anxieties were soothed by the music, and they felt light and carefree.
“Yi Qing,” Shui Mingsheng said.
"What?"
"I love you."
While the two were close together, Shui Mingsheng turned his head slightly and kissed her ear.
Jiang Yiqing trembled slightly and her steps faltered for a moment, but she quickly caught up with the rhythm again.
Jiang Yiqing looked at her stubbornly, as if warning her not to attack again, and Shui Mingsheng planted another kiss on her hair.
Jiang Yiqing's heart was filled with excitement, and her legs felt weak.
Her body clung tightly to Shui Mingsheng, like a climbing plant that would die without her, like a trumpet vine. Their relationship was one of symbiosis.
"Do you love me?" Shui Mingsheng asked Jiang Yiqing in her ear. Her ear was Jiang Yiqing's weakness, and whenever she did this, Jiang Yiqing's body would only become weaker.
“…No.” Jiang Yiqing said sarcastically.
The waist in her palm trembled. Shui Mingsheng laughed, "Don't lie to me, you clearly want it."
"……I love you."
“Speak louder,” Shui Mingsheng continued in a seductive voice, “You know what I want to hear.”
Shui Mingsheng's eyes were filled with a misty moisture, as if the rainy season had arrived. She hadn't seen Shui Mingsheng for so long, and she actually missed her very much. She buried herself in her books, just to distract herself.
Jiang Yiqing moaned softly, saying intermittently, "Jiang...Yiqing...loves...Shuimingsheng..."
Shui Mingsheng's voice seemed to seep into the depths of her mind, making Jiang Yiqing's head feel numb and tingly.
"Good boy, you deserve a reward. Come back to see me this weekend."
The two thanked their teacher, left the music room, and sat down on a bench next to the enormous banyan tree. Whenever Jiang Yiqing saw this huge banyan tree, she would think of the vast mountains and dense forests of Miao territory. So, she would often come here to stroll around when she had nothing else to do.
Jiang Yiqing wanted to abandon everything right now and return to Miao territory with Shui Mingsheng. However, she had many obligations and responsibilities that she had to fulfill, so she couldn't do that.
Jiang Yiqing forcibly pulled herself back to her senses, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm going to punish you."
"What punishment will you give me?" Shui Mingsheng asked.
"It makes me lose interest in studying."
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