Chapter 174: Still Only Able to Spoil You

The night curtain was deep, drowning the world.

Chen Shu finished his shower and walked into the courtyard to cool off, looking up at the stars at the same time.

There was no moon tonight; at first glance, there were only two or three bright stars, but they could not withstand a closer look—the more one looked, the more there were, until they were too numerous to count.

A side room nearby had been strangely sealed off; previously, this room was used for storing sundries and parking the small motorcycle, but today, for some reason, the windows had been bricked up tight with mud and bricks, and the door had also been more than half sealed.

Chen Shu thought for a moment, then turned and went upstairs.

"Knock, knock."

He knocked on the door symbolically, and hearing no sound from inside, he pushed the door open.

It wasn't locked from the inside either.

The light in the room was very gentle.

Chen Shu walked a few steps and saw Qingqing leaning against the head of the bed, wearing a new ice-silk camisole nightdress, holding a "book almost finished" in her hands. He immediately let his face fall and walked over, pounced onto the bed, hugged Qingqing's waist through the quilt, and asked about the fragrance on her body:

"Ah Qingqing, I suddenly feel like my injuries have worsened!"

"Are you very uncomfortable?"

"Yes." Chen Shu nodded repeatedly, looking pitiful, "So uncomfortable."

"Then what can be done to make it better?" Qingqing moved her gaze away from the book and looked at him very calmly. She was asking in all seriousness, and no one could see any hint of teasing.

"I need to see black silk stockings."

"Heh..."

"Can I?"

"Go fool a ghost." Qingqing pursed her lips and continued flipping through the book.

"Ah, you are so heartless..."

"Continue."

"You are no longer the cute Qingqing you were; you are so cold-blooded! You are also no longer the Qingqing who keeps her word; you go back on your promises!"

"Continue."

"You clearly promised me!"

"..."

"Look!! You don't even want to say 'continue' anymore, you just dismissed me with a look!" Chen Shu couldn't help but feel sad, "It's truly heartbreaking!"

"Is that so?"

"Oh, by the way, why did you brick up the windows and door of that side room?"

"Because it needs to be sealed."

"Why?"

"I am going into seclusion."

"?"

"I am going into seclusion for about a month. During this month, I must stay in a small, dark space where there can be no light, no wind, no insects allowed to intrude, no communication with anyone, and not even any unnecessary sounds allowed in." Ning Qing's fingers paused on the page, but she turned her head to look at him with a calm expression, as if she could see his questions, "During this time, I will have Xiaoxiao deliver food and water to me through a two-way opening window."

"Ah?"

"Yes, we will not be able to see each other or communicate for a month."

"What is the point of that?"

"To separate myself from this world and be left with only myself, so as to perceive the world and myself on a deeper level, and thereby better communicate with the rules of the world."

"Won't you be lonely?"

"I will feel loneliness, and at the same time, I will feel the emotions that are the opposite of loneliness."

"That's very profound."

"A little bit."

"Then what will you do if you can't stand it?"

"You can sing to me from outside."

"Didn't you say there can't be any other unnecessary sounds inside?"

"Yes."

"Then can you hear it?"

"I won't hear it; I will set up a Soundproofing Array."

"Then why do you still want me to sing?"

"That way, when I am lonely, I will think that there is someone outside singing to me. Thinking that you are singing to me, I won't be lonely."

"Amazing, amazing."

"A little bit." Ning Qing pursed her lips and asked again, "Can you sing?"

"I can!"

"Good."

Ning Qing revealed a smile.

It was so beautiful it made one lose their focus.

Chen Shu blinked, just about to say "We won't be able to see each other for a month, aren't you going to wear black silk for me to see?", when he suddenly froze. He then lifted the quilt on Qingqing, meeting no resistance at all.

The nightdress fabric was light and thin, and beneath the hem were a pair of long legs.

They were truly long—long and straight, with a perfect shape, wrapped in a thin layer of black silk. The texture was delicate, the color uniform, and the transparency was just right.

The shape of her legs was perfectly outlined.

Chen Shu stared, stunned.

Qingqing's voice rang in his ears: "You only have ten seconds, the timer starts now..."

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

Anyway, it's only ten seconds, touching it for a moment shouldn't be a problem, right?

There shouldn't be a problem, right?

It's not like I haven't touched it before!

I've even touched it when it was bare; this is practically the same as wearing a pair of pants.

Chen Shu hesitated, then reached out his hand.

"Seven."

He glanced at Qingqing.

He placed his hand over it.

So smooth.

It even carried body heat.

As his palm slid across, he could even faintly hear a soft, crisp, and pleasant hissing sound of friction.

"Slap!"

Qingqing swatted his hand away.

You only hit me after I touched it?

Chen Shu grinned and subconsciously mocked Qingqing: "Your reaction speed is so slow today, huh?"

"Five."

You skipped a number in the middle, didn't you?

"Four, three..."

Chen Shu hurriedly reined in his cheeky aura and stood with his hands behind his back, looking cheeky.

The camisole nightdress and black silk stockings actually collided to create a peculiar temptation, even with a hint of eroticism. Yet, this was also the aloof Qingqing. Strangely, this contradiction didn't activate any extra sexiness; instead, aloofness and sexiness coexisted, refusing to blend.

"One."

Qingqing pulled the quilt over herself and continued to look down at her book.

Chen Shu was silent for a moment, looking at the solid-colored quilt cover in front of him, pursed his lips, and turned his head away: "It's not as good-looking as I imagined; aloof is still better."

Qingqing pointed at the door without even lifting her head.

Chen Shu, however, lingered and refused to leave: "When does your seclusion start?"

"Not good-looking."

"It's good-looking, it's good-looking... I'm asking you."

"Tomorrow."

"Have you told your teachers?"

"I have."

"They all agreed?"

"I got full marks in all subjects last year."

"You're amazing, you top student."

"..."

"Then will you eat breakfast tomorrow?"

"At noon."

"So I won't be able to see you after noon."

"Yes."

"Then what about my Lazy Cancer? There will be no one to supervise me." Chen Shu scratched an itch, "Children without parents are very likely to go astray."

"Your curse is already cured."

"When?"

"A few days ago."

"Nonsense! I've still been lazy these past two days!"

"Believe it or not."

"I don't believe it!"

"Too lazy to deal with you."

"..." Chen Shu's expression was complex, "Then when will you finish your seclusion?"

"May 26th."

"One month and one day?"

"Yes."

"Aren't you going to watch your roommate's final?"

"Not interested."

"You're so indifferent to your roommate?"

"..." Ning Qing pursed her lips indifferently, her gaze still fixed on the book, "I already know the result, and I can also deduce the general process."

"Impressive, impressive." Chen Shu paused, then simply climbed onto the bed and lay down beside her with the quilt between them, "Then can you play with your Mobile Phone inside?"

"What do you think?"

"Then give the Mobile Phone to me; I'll keep it safe for you. Since we're old acquaintances, I'll charge you a little less for the safekeeping fee."

"Mm."

"So straightforward?"

Chen Shu became suspicious instead: "You didn't change the password, did you?"

"No."

"That's good."

Chen Shu was about to live a life of luxury for a while.

It just so happened that he was short on cash lately.

"..."

Ning Qing took her eyes off the book page, turned her head, and stared at him coldly: "If you dare to spend my money on a massage, you're dead."

"That won't happen, I'll definitely use my own money for massages."

"?"

"Haha, just kidding! I definitely won't go! I haven't been for a massage in a long time; I've been training at the Martial Academy, and after training, I find a big muscle-head to massage each other. A big muscle-head's grip is much stronger than the female technicians at massage parlors!"

"..."

Chen Shu lay there chatting with her until very late, only one was lying under the quilt, and one was lying on top of the quilt.

It was a pity that Qingqing never showed any intention of going to the bathroom.

Chen Shu felt deeply regretful.

The next day, morning.

Chen Shu stood in the courtyard, staring at that side room, and felt exceptionally uncomfortable thinking that Qingqing would be staying inside for a month.

Qingqing was currently setting up a Soundproofing Spell.

Although this room was originally meant for living in and even had a private bathroom, there was currently no furniture inside at all, not even a table; the miscellaneous items that had been piled up were all moved out, leaving it empty and hollow, and once it was sealed shut, it would be pitch black.

The most terrifying part was the total exclusion of all sound.

Unless one is born deaf, it is actually very difficult for a normal person to adapt to a completely silent environment, and a normal person has never experienced a completely silent environment.

This is far more terrifying than solitary confinement.

And she has to stay for a whole month.

Anyway, if Chen Shu were made to stay inside for a month, he definitely wouldn't be able to stand it; he might not even be able to stand it for a day.

"Qingqing."

"?"

"How about we give up?"

"No need."

"Can you not cultivate it?"

"No."

"It looks so torturous."

"I am confident."

"It's still so torturous."

"It doesn't matter."

"..."

Chen Shu thought for a moment: "Are you afraid?"

"Very afraid."

"Then why are you still cultivating this?"

"A Secret Sect Practitioner must be able to endure loneliness and darkness, must be able to endure emptiness and silence; this universe is just like this."

Ning Qing stopped when she said this. Heavenly Humans are naturally better at enduring these things than Wise Humans, and she, possessing the Heavenly Human Bloodline, is the same, but she is not a Heavenly Human after all. Therefore, she is not afraid of these; what she fears is not being able to see Chen Shu for a month, not being able to hear his voice for a month, and not being able to talk to him.

So she pursed her lips, a faint glimmer flickering in her eyes, and said another sentence:

"I will miss you."

"..."

Secretary Ning's sweet talk is always caught off guard.

The Soundproofing Array was set up properly.

Ning Qing walked back into the room and said to the little girl who was watching a popular science film about the Sword Sect: "Remember what I told you, don't forget."

"I remember." The little girl stared intently at the TV without even turning her head.

"Repeat it."

"Twice a day, at 8:05 in the morning and 6:05 in the evening, each time only a little food and 500 milliliters of water. First open the outer door, place the food and water between the outer door and the inner door, then close the outer door, close it well, and lock it." The little girl still stared straight at the TV and recited it without missing a word.

"And what else?"

"?"

"And what else?"

"..." The little girl was silent for a few seconds, then continued reciting, "I cannot deliver potatoes every meal."

"And."

"Otherwise, I will get beaten."

"Did you remember it?"

"I remembered it."

"Did you take it to heart?"

"I heard you."

"Slap~"

"!!"

The little girl turned her head in an instant, staring straight at her sister, her brows slightly furrowed—

What right do you have to hit me!?

"Slap~"

"..."

The little girl was silent for two seconds, pointed at her sister, and said seriously: "Your personality is terrible!"

"Asking you one more time, did you remember it?"

"Hmph!"

"Haven't had enough yet?"

"I remembered it!"

The little girl said with a straight face, but her eyes were flickering with a faint light—being so fierce to me, may you eat potatoes every day!

"..."

Ning Qing grabbed the little girl and gave her another beating. After she finished, she couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her anymore. Anyway, teaching was useless, and hitting was useless; she wouldn't change either way. This moment fully illustrated the drawbacks of the violent education method. If it were her brother-in-law, she would definitely be trying every possible way, changing up her methods, to send him the things he loved to eat.

Ning Qing glanced at Chen Shu.

This person was still laughing on the side; it was truly speechless.

High noon.

Ning Qing stood in front of the wing room, facing Chen Shu, her expression indifferent: "Joining the Spirit Sect has a hundred benefits and no harm. This is the result I calculated for a long time; it basically won't be wrong."

"Mm."

"Remember to miss me."

"I know."

"Anything else?"

"Sing for you."

"Anything else?"

"As long as I have time, I will come to make delicious food for you."

"See you in a month."

"Okay..."

Ning Qing entered the wing room very calmly, and the bricks and soil on the ground flew up automatically, sealing off this room.

A subtle fluctuation of Spirit Power rippled outward.

The Formation was also activated.