Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 476 Yogurt
The night is as dark as ink and the moon is bright and clear.

Ji Xueruo sat cross-legged beside the table, the moonlight flowing through the veil onto her dark gauze, like a thin layer of frost.

She stroked the remaining scroll on the desk with her fingertips, but her eyebrows were not on it, making her look rather nonchalant as she sat there flipping through the papers, as if she was trying to cover up her mistake.

Suddenly, she heard a slight sound of the window frame. When she looked up, she saw a stealthy figure climbing in through the window. His black hair was slightly messed up by the night wind, and there was a red plum petal on it.

She knew that this guy would definitely come tonight.

"How dare you come!" she scolded in a low voice.

The boy's movements did not stop at all, but he grabbed the window latch with his backhand, his movements were so gentle as if he was afraid of breaking a pool of spring water, and his movements were so smooth as if he often sneaked into girls' boudoirs:
"Hush, don't worry, Xue Ruo. I bypassed the elders on night watch and didn't even scare away a bird."

He walked to the girl's side and shook the half-melted ice cup in his hand, as if he was back home:

"Iced plum sour cream. Sister Hongxiao said it's a reward for meritorious officials. Would you like to try it?"

Ji Xueruo turned her face away and stared at the shadow of the white plum branch on the table: "A hero should go through the front door instead of climbing through the window."

"I'd like to go through the front door, but I'm afraid the clan leader won't let me in." You Su laughed and opened the lid of the cup himself, taking out the bowl of beautiful pink and white dessert.

Ji Xueruo was speechless after hearing this, so she had to change the subject: "I'm afraid this reward is not from me, but from you, the great contributor."

"That's perfect. I was just afraid that I would bring it back to you because it was your reward. I tried a bite and it tasted good, but it was a little too sweet. One person might get sick of it, but it's just right for two people. Come on, open your mouth."

As he said this, he scooped a spoonful of sour cheese with a spoon and pretended to feed it to the majestic patriarch.

Ji Xueruo leaned back and frowned, "How dare you! Are you giving me what you've already eaten?"

Upon hearing this, You Su raised the cup on her desk, drank it all and said, "I don't mind the water you drank, try it."

Ji Xueruo knew that she couldn't do anything about this guy's shamelessness, so she stepped back a little, narrowed her beautiful eyes and said:
"You share the yogurt with me, what about my junior sister?"

"I brought her another ice cream and she ate it all by herself."

"So what you brought for her was specially bought by you, but what you brought for me was given to me by someone else?" Ji Xueruo raised one of her eyebrows and stared at You Su with ill intent.

You Su smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking to himself that this proud little snake was waiting for him here. He had no choice but to eat the spoonful of sour cheese himself, then put the ice cup on the table and gave up the idea of ​​feeding it with his own hands.

Ji Xueruo pursed her lips slightly when she saw You Su's lost expression, "Why don't you explain?"

"I have resentment in my heart, what should I explain?"

"You have a grudge? Where does your grudge come from?"

"I brought this plum blossom sour cheese only to remind the tribe leader that I did a good job for the snake tribe once and for all. Even Sister Hongxiao and the others knew that they should reward me, but you, as the leader of the tribe, turned a blind eye to it." You Su seemed to be unsatisfied and scooped another spoonful into his mouth.

"Didn't you say that you have to work harder when living under someone else's roof? Since it's your job, why talk about reward?" Ji Xueruo felt a little distressed when she saw You Su taking one bite after another.

"You are the clan leader, and your subordinates say they don't want rewards. Then you should reward them. Otherwise, how can you make them willing to work for you again?"

Ji Xueruo sneered, snatched the ice cup that he had almost eaten and put it next to her hand, as if to protect the food:
"We, the snake race, are not as hypocritical as you humans."

You Su looked at her furrowed brows and felt that she used to be scary, but now she only thought it was cute:

"I don't think it's me being hypocritical, but I just care too much about my leader."

"What did you think about me?"

"Miss Xueruo rewarded everyone in front of so many tribesmen, but she only praised me. I saw that several elders who disliked me showed their disapproval. But I didn't complain at all, because I knew that Miss Xueruo was under tremendous pressure to give me the opportunity. If she took the opportunity to reward me heavily at this time, it would inevitably cause suspicion from the tribesmen. So she deliberately didn't reward me in public to prove that you are devoted to the tribe and gave me the opportunity only for Bingshi, not for me."

It was unknown when You Su had slowly pressed forward, and the usually strong Ji Xueruo was forced to lean back repeatedly with her eyes flickering.

"So our wise and selfless clan leader, I have suffered a great injustice. Even if you don't reward me openly, you can reward me in private, right?"

Ji Xueruo had no way to retreat. The young man's eyes were so close to her that a blush swept across her face.
"Don't be so clever. I don't have so many thoughts... I am just sure that if I don't reward you, you will definitely..."

Before she could finish her words, the girl shut herself up and glared at the smiling boy with shame and anger.

"What am I sure of? I am sure... that I would break into the clan leader's bedroom at night and ask Miss Xueruo for a reward in private? It turns out that Miss Xueruo deliberately designed for me to come at night."

The boy's warm breath brushed across my cheek, but it was more scorching than the hot wind under the scorching sun.

Ji Xueruo was so embarrassed that she didn't even have the courage to push You Su away. Knowing that she had been tricked, she could only turn her head away to maintain her pride:

"Don't get carried away. What reward do you want for a mere ice room?"

You Su did not answer immediately. Ji Xueruo was secretly curious. When she turned around again, the spoon drew a silver arc and brought the trembling sour cheese to her lips.

"Open your mouth." You Su's thumb gently rubbed across her tightly pursed lips.

The girl's back was straightened. As the head of the clan, she normally had to maintain her dignity even when eating. But at this moment, it was as if all her strength had been drained away, and she could only let the boy's spoon press against her lips.

The moment the icy sweetness exploded on the tip of her tongue, she heard her heart beating like a drum.

The sour cheese was wrapped with finely crushed plum petals, and the coolness transformed into a refreshing fragrance between the teeth. You Su's fingertips were still resting on her jaw, and his fingertips gently stroked her muscles that were tense due to tension.

"Is it sweet?" You Su's voice was filled with laughter. "I knew Miss Xueruo liked it."

"Who, who likes it..." Ji Xueruo turned her face away, and suddenly felt a little bit of sour cheese on the corner of her lips. There was no trace of her usual dignity.

She hurriedly raised her hand to wipe it, but You Su grabbed her wrist first.

"You like it. I don't dare to ask you directly, but I can always ask them indirectly. Sister Hongxiao said that the clan leader is very hard-working and is extremely restrained in eating and drinking. But even in the hot summer when you have a poor appetite, you will eat up all the desserts after the meal. But even though you love sweets so much, you only ask for a small portion every time. I feel sorry for Miss Xueruo, so I thought of leaving this yogurt for you."

The young man whispered softly, his fingertips brushing against her lips, his movements so lightly as if he was afraid to scare away the greenbirds on the eaves.

Ji Xueruo stared at him blankly, but You Su put the scraped sour cheese into his mouth and sighed as if savoring it:

“It’s even sweeter.”

Ji Xueruo was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to hide under the table, but suddenly she felt wronged. She was the clan leader, but the armor on her body seemed to be nothing in front of this young man, leaving only a heart beating wildly in the warm night.

"Open your mouth." He handed over another spoonful.

"You're being too self-indulgent..." She cursed angrily, but opened her mouth obediently, allowing the second spoonful of sour cheese to slide into her lips.

As the icy sweetness melted on her tongue, she suddenly realized that the tiredness of being the clan leader was dissipating along with the sweetness in her mouth, leaving only the handsome face of the young man and the moon half covered by clouds outside the window.

"The glorious snake tribe leader, it turns out that he also licks the spoon with his tongue like a little snake when eating dessert." You Su couldn't help but teasing as he looked at the ice cup that was fed clean.

Ji Xueruo kicked him with her jade foot in anger, then sat up straight and said, "The rewards are over, nothing else—" "There's one more thing." You Su interrupted, "One request."

"What do you want?"

"Please help me regain my memory, Miss Xueruo."

"What nonsense are you talking about..." Ji Xueruo was a little confused, but instinctively felt that You Su would not plan anything good again.

"I'm serious." You Su knelt in front of her, his eyes were particularly sincere. "Although I have broken through to the Feather Transformation Realm, I still feel empty and without any sense of reality. But I think this realm should not be unfamiliar to you and me, because in the Jade Ring Pool we even broke through to the Half-Step Void Realm. So... I would like to ask Miss Xueruo to help me recall the feeling at that time, maybe I can really climb to the Feather Transformation Realm."

Ji Xueruo was stunned when she heard this. She looked at the boy's serious expression and murmured, "Is this...really feasible?"

"You won't know until you try." You Su smiled, "Every time I recall the reincarnations I spent with Miss Xueruo, all I can think of is Miss Xueruo's smiles and frowns, and I have very few memories of the breakthrough experience. If I don't really need it, I would rather have only Miss Xueruo in my memories."

Ji Xueruo's cheeks flushed with heat from these words, her eyes avoided, and she didn't dare to look You Su in the face.

She bit her lower lip lightly, feeling a conflict within herself. On the one hand, she felt that this request was really embarrassing, but on the other hand, she remembered the phrase 'you won't know until you try'.

If this method is really feasible, it will not only allow You Su to make further progress in her cultivation, but also benefit herself as well.

At this point, she couldn't tell whether this was the boy's true thoughts or a trick he used to trick her into practicing dual cultivation with her brother-in-law again.

She only knew that if there really was a chance for her to return to that precious memory of reincarnation thousands of times, she would not be able to refuse.

"Ling Ruo... do you know?"

"She knows." You Su had held her hand without her knowing.

Ji Xueruo glared at him in reproach, but did not withdraw her hand, "Remember to tell her that we are here to practice..."

Her voice was as light as a mosquito, but it seemed to give You Su great courage:

"Yes, of course it's for training."

The candlelight flickered in the room as two people sat facing each other.

Scenes from the past kept emerging in the girl's mind, her cheeks became hotter and hotter, and those intimate moments with You Su now came flooding back like a tide, making her a little overwhelmed.

The moment their fingers were intertwined, all the reluctance turned into a faint sigh.

Outside the window, the cicadas' chirping suddenly faded, leaving only the moonlight and the sweet fragrance. In the overlapping shadows of the two figures, a gentleness that was more real than an illusion was woven.

It was not until the end that Ji Xueruo understood the purpose of this evil-minded guy bringing a cup of yogurt to her. All the nice things he said before were just sugar-coated bullets.

His real purpose was simply because during the reincarnation of the illusion, the opportunity for him to break through the feather transformation was precisely because he had liberated his nature at that time...

……

A day later, the ice room was immersed in icy mist. You Su stood under the blue brick wall with his sleeves rolled up, stroking the newly chiseled volcanic rock mold with his fingertips.

In order to repay Miss Xueruo's kindness, he specially called Hongxiao, Xiaoling and other girls to conspire for the great cause again.

There were seven glass cups on the table, filled with ice cream of different shapes: sherbet made from frozen milk was piled up into a small hill, topped with crushed sour plums; snow-flake cakes made from pounded glutinous rice were wrapped in gardenia nectar, glowing warmly in the porcelain bowl; the most wonderful thing was the ice jelly filtered through a bamboo strainer, with small ice crystals made of frozen rose dew floating in the amber soup, like the Milky Way was crushed and sealed in the bowl.

"Master You, the stalls at the market are ready." Hong Xiao's silver bell rang at the door of the ice room. Xiao Ling hid behind her, her fingertips holding the hem of her skirt still stained with icing sugar. "Xiao Ling has prepared the small cups you mentioned for 'tasting', that is... that is, for those elders..."

"Are you still afraid that I will poison you?" You Su chuckled. "I have already proved that mortal methods are not necessarily inferior to immortal methods. The same is true for the desserts eaten by mortals. After all, you are all cultivators. In terms of enjoyment, you are actually a million miles away from mortals with shorter lifespans."

The girls all agreed with what he said, without any doubt. The reason was naturally because they had tried all the fresh iced desserts developed by You Su, and they had already been captivated by these delicious desserts.

The market was in the center of the snake clan's ancestral land. Bamboo sheds were set up on both sides of the bluestone road. The stalls that used to sell mermaid silk and spices were now surrounded by snake women whispering to each other.

Hong Xiao placed the carved wooden box on the table. When she opened the box, the cold mist that rose made the girls exclaim - in the six celadon plates, each ice cream displayed its own beauty: small snow mountains made of sorbet were inserted with candied plum branches, ice powder in the glass cups emitted fine rainbow light, and the most wonderful thing was the milk roll frozen in a bamboo tube, wrapped in coconut shreds and glowing softly in the sun.

"This...is this really made of ice?"

Xiao Jin, who was originally curious about what You Su was doing with Hong Xiao, came forward, with the golden scales at the corners of his eyes sparkling in the mist.

There were many snake girls as excited as she was, and everyone gathered around her. This was because the cakes and pastries made by the snake tribe were too simple, and it was the first time for them to see such beautiful desserts.

The development of food, clothing, housing and transportation is closely related to the level of cultural literacy.

Such an impact is undoubtedly huge for these snake women. Women love beauty by nature, and snake women are even more so. When they see these excellent desserts, they don’t even need to know the taste, just looking at them makes them like it very much.

Xiao Ling held the porcelain spoon for tasting, and her voice was like honey: "Sister Jin, try this lychee ice cream. The milk is condensed in a bamboo tube hanging on the top of the ice room, and the lychees are soaked in mint water. You can hear the cicadas chirping when you take a bite." She suddenly remembered what You Su taught her, and her ears turned red. "Master You said that sweetness is the antidote to summer heat, and ice is the clothes of sweetness."

The first snake girl who tasted the sorbet had beads of mist on her eyelashes. When her tongue touched the crushed sour plums, her eyes suddenly lit up: "It's even more refreshing than the plum wine brewed by the elders!" She unconsciously stroked the edge of the bowl with her fingertips, "I always thought that human things were crude, I didn't expect them to be so refined..."

You Su stood behind and smiled without saying anything. The two tribes were originally in opposition, so it was normal for them to slander each other in front of their own tribesmen, just like most people in the human race believed that the demon tribe were all rough and muscular, and they would never have thought that there was such a colorful country of women.

"In my opinion, it's not the human race's things that are exquisite, it's Mr. You's ingenuity that is exquisite and ingenious!"

Hong Xiao happily handed the sugar water to the sisters who were "thirsty for ice", but she did not forget to brag about You Su's contribution.

During this period, she spent a lot of time with You Su, and she felt that the boy was not only handsome, but also gentle, well-informed, and talented. She really couldn't see any flaws in him. Now that she thought about it, it was not surprising that the second young lady fell in love with him.

Upon hearing this, the snake girls cried out in delight and cast fiery glances at You Su, no longer looking at him coldly like they did a few days ago.

You Su not only allowed every woman in the Snake Tribe to use ice at will, but also gave them a deeper level of enjoyment. How could anyone think that You Su was here to cause trouble for them? He was clearly here to help them improve their lives, okay!

Even without Ji Lingruo's previous explanation, they would definitely think that the so-called evil rumors in the outside world were a naked frame-up against Master You!

The hustle and bustle of the market spread like melted sugar water. When the seventh basket of exquisite desserts was snatched away, Xiao Ling suddenly discovered that the snake women who had once looked down on You Su were now surrounding Hong Xiao to ask about the recipe.

You Su was very satisfied with this change. He quietly pulled Hong Xiao over and coughed lightly, "Sister Hong Xiao, the second young lady ordered that the eldest young lady's after-meal desserts should all be replaced with the new styles we made. She said she would definitely like them."

"Miss Second is so thoughtful. I will change it." Hong Xiao agreed with a smile, put the two bowls of iced desserts that You Su asked her to leave alone in a basket and handed it to You Su.

You Su thanked him, took it and left alone.

Hong Xiao looked at the young man's departing back and felt a little curious. Why did she let Young Master You deliver the Second Miss's instructions?

At the same time, in the bamboo hut on Snake Mountain, the sun was scorching and the volcano was burning.

The fairy with a simple and elegant face could not enter into meditation for a long time. Her white silk shirt had long been soaked with sweat, and the gauze with double phoenix pattern on her chest cast a translucent light and shadow in the wet marks.

She unzipped her clothes a little impatiently. This fairy who had always been as indifferent as a lotus actually showed some annoyance at this moment:
"Why is Su'er still not in my dream... He is so reluctant to leave that he even forgot about his master's wife..."

(End of this chapter)