Chapter 233: So, I Like You This Much

"Sis... Sister?"

Shui Bing'er couldn't help but cover her lips and giggle at the sight of Qin Jian's dazed expression.

"I am a few years older than you, so what is wrong with being your sister?" she said with a beaming smile.

Qin Jian looked a bit confused: "But that timid and fearful look you had back then is so deeply ingrained, I simply can't think of you as a sister..."

"Times change, and so do people..."

Shui Bing'er leaned lazily against the sofa, tapped Qin Jian on the forehead with one finger, and chided: "If we couldn't be lovers, who would want to be your sister?!"

Hearing this chiding, Qin Jian felt his entire body go soft.

It had to be said, the Shui Bing'er he met again gave him a completely different experience.

The timid look was completely gone, replaced by that perfectly mature, elegant charm, like a little claw occasionally teasing his heart.

Qin Jian couldn't help but grab her finger, saying with a strange look: "Sister?"

Shui Bing'er trembled, and a flush appeared on her Ice Jade-like face.

She hadn't expected that hearing Qin Jian call her sister would actually give her such a strange, stimulating sensation...

"Can Sister hug you?" Shui Bing'er asked, blinking her Ice and Snow-like eyes.

She had originally thought Qin Jian would definitely agree, but was surprised to see him shake his head vigorously, saying helplessly: "No, for the time being, we cannot have such contact."

"Oh..."

Shui Bing'er responded in a low voice.

Seeing her look somewhat disappointed, Qin Jian couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't worry, in a while it will be possible... uh..."

In a while, meaning he would have to break up with Huo Wu first...

Qin Jian clutched the back of his head in a headache.

Instead, Shui Bing'er smiled softly: "It's okay, as long as I know you will always like me, it doesn't matter if we can't hug, even if we stay as brother and sister... it doesn't matter..."

Seeming to sense that Qin Jian's mood was a bit low, she suddenly stood up, leaned over toward Qin Jian, and unintentionally revealed the beautiful scenery at her chest.

"Do you want to see me dance... 'One Minute One Second'?" she said, her red lips slightly curled.

Qin Jian's gaze immediately left the snowy peaks and became bright with greed.

"Hehe..."

Shui Bing'er chuckled softly, her figure spinning as she shifted into a position where she was sitting on his lap.

"Click."

The Soul Guidance Device that stored the accompaniment was opened, and the beautiful, seductive music began to play.

Then, facing Qin Jian, Shui Bing'er began to sway slowly...

The perfect dance moves and the perfect figure, combined together, were displayed before Qin Jian's eyes in the most seductive way.

He stared blankly as Shui Bing'er sat on his lap, dancing the most enchanting moves in the world, his body instantly stiffening.

"Truly... a temptress..."

He muttered, his gaze unfocused, and unable to resist, he forgot the taboo, hugged her directly, and flipped her over onto the sofa.

"Pfft..."

Sure enough, a mouthful of blood sprayed out; the power of harmony could not be resisted.

Shui Bing'er let out a cry: "Ah!"

But Qin Jian was stunned, because this time he only spat out a little bit, and before he could even loosen his grip on Shui Bing'er, the urge to vomit blood was gone.

"What... is going on?"

He was still pinning Shui Bing'er down, his eyes full of curiosity.

An Ice Jade hand reached over, gently wiped the blood from the corner of Qin Jian's mouth, and then she hugged him tightly, resting his head against her softness.

"From now on... let Sister protect you... no matter what happens, I am willing to help you..."

Shui Bing'er's soft murmurs woke Qin Jian up, and his eyes widened: "Could it be because you want to be my sister?!"

"?"

Shui Bing'er was full of question marks.

Qin Jian was also wearing a look of bitter laughter.

He hadn't expected such a powerful rule to be so full of loopholes; could he just hug her by acknowledging her as his sister in name? Then what was the point of him breaking up with her so painfully back then...

In the future, he might as well acknowledge more sisters, um... and daughters or something...

After all, hugging and kissing one's own daughter... that probably counts as normal?

If that doesn't work, he could even acknowledge a master-disciple relationship? After all, aren't female disciples and female masters meant for... cough...

"Qin Jian, Qin Jian! What just happened to you two? Why did Bing'er cry out?"

Huo Wu rushed out in a flurry, wrapped in a bath towel without even drying her hair.

But then she saw Qin Jian and Shui Bing'er huddled together on the sofa, and what's more, there was a pool of blood nearby, and when she thought of Shui Bing'er's cry just now...

"You... you guys..."

The thick-skinned Huo Wu pointed at them and blurted out: "Are you guys that fast? You finished it all while I was taking a shower?!"

Black lines crawled all over Qin Jian's forehead.

The two stood up, and Qin Jian said irritably: "What kind of messy things are you thinking about!"

"I'm going to take a shower too."

Shui Bing'er didn't say anything, just smiled sweetly and went to take a shower.

"Did you guys really not do anything?" Huo Wu's eyes were full of suspicion.

Qin Jian reached out and gave her head a tap, then pulled her to sit down: "Come here, I'll dry your hair."

As he spoke, he walked into the bathroom without any avoidance, ignored Shui Bing'er's half-undressed body, and calmly walked out carrying a towel.

"You..."

Huo Wu's gaze was somewhat complex: "Are you and Bing'er still as close as ever?"

"Huo Wu..."

Qin Jian pressed his lips together firmly, but in the end, he still did not lie to her: "I have never wanted to let her go; I just have no choice..."

Huo Wu did not speak anymore.

Qin Jian stepped forward, picked up a towel, and gently wiped her hair.

Feeling his gentle actions, a hint of softness flashed in Huo Wu's eyes, but it was quickly covered by a look of bewilderment.

"Why... can't you belong only to me..." she murmured in a low voice.

Qin Jian wiped her hair in silence, saying nothing.

"I have never been able to figure these things out, and I hate complicated relationships the most."

Huo Wu looked up, grabbed the hand he was holding the towel with, and stared straight at Qin Jian with her fiery eyes: "If... if you can't let go of Bing'er, then... I... I... I..."

As she spoke, a light mist began to permeate her eyes.

Yet no matter how she made up her mind, she still could not say those words.

She finally realized just how much she liked the handsome youth before her.

From a long time ago, from when he taught her Ring Fusion, from when he held her hand to seize first place, from when he turned the tide, she had already liked him so, so much.

As for why she later became best friends with Shui Bing'er, and why she always made time to go to Tianshui Academy, it was also because she wanted to try her luck and see if she could meet him...

"So I like you this much..."

Huo Wu covered her mouth, and large tears dripped down.

And at this moment, Qin Jian's soul power reached Level 48.

Unable to say the words to break up, Huo Wu instead became even more aware of Qin Jian's position in her heart, understood her own feelings better, and understood how unwilling she was to lose him...

(End of this chapter)