After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

He wasn't facing a girl several realms below him, someone he could bully with his power. Instead, he was facing... a peerless beauty whose cultivation level was in no way inferior to his own.

Xing Qiluo pulled Shi Yan into the courtyard.

"My eldest sister isn't here today..."

"Mother took my little sister to tutoring."

In the chaos, with just a few words, Xing Qiluo had almost revealed all of their family's wealth.

The Xing family now consists only of Xing Qiluo, Xing Qiyan, and... Xing Jiu, who I only glimpsed briefly before and who has a homebody personality.

In other words-

The only woman in the Xing family who can keep Shi Yan completely under her thumb is not at home now.

Let alone Hoshiki.

If Shi Yan wanted to, Xing Qiyan, Xing Jiu... would be nothing more than fish on a chopping board. As long as Shi Yan had a single thought, they would be unable to escape his clutches.

Of course... Shi Yan, though wicked, is not some villain who 'abducts women'.

As Shi Yan passed through the hanging flower gate, he immediately saw the girl picking vegetables in the courtyard.

The girl sat on a swing on the side of the yard, her body bent over, her shoulders almost touching her knees, showing how flexible her body was.

Moreover... his features are completely different from Xing Qiyan's almost unremarkable characteristics.

The girl's figure was excessively beautiful.

Even though the nightgown was already quite loose, you could still vaguely spot the little monster hidden under the girl's nightgown.

This is also why the girl's shoulders were 'almost' resting on her knees.

Because... there's simply no more room to pile them up.

Hearing the noise coming from the hanging flower gate, the girl almost subconsciously straightened her back and tilted her head to look at the hanging flower gate.

One glance—

He then saw the figure of the girl he had been longing for.

Her ears were almost instantly stained with blood, and the girl's face was filled with a look of panic and fear.

"Sister...Sister..." The pleading look in her eyes and her voice were almost choked with sobs.

Just being stared at by that girl made it feel like I could barely move my toes.

Only one thought remained in her mind.

I've been tricked by my second sister again...

When her second sister sent her a telepathic message asking her to prepare the vegetables, Xingjiu had already vaguely realized something.

Usually, the second sister would bully the fourth sister in these kinds of situations.

But... today he suddenly asked me to pick vegetables, there must be something fishy going on.

However, Xingjiu didn't think too much about it.

After all, she's my second older sister. Even if she's deliberately bullying and teasing me, how far can she go?

But... Xing Jiu never expected this.

Xing Qiluo actually brought her a big surprise.

This time is different from the last time.

Last time, Xingjiu was only hiding behind a corner when Shiyan caught a glimpse of her; she could still deceive herself—

They realized they hadn't been seen, or that Master Shiyan hadn't even noticed them, and then they quickly ran away.

But now... he's completely exposed to Master Shiyan.

There's absolutely no way to deceive myself.

Xingjiu could only lower her head in a panic, her hands completely stopped moving, the girl's slender toes almost touching, and her ear tips so delicate they seemed to drip water.

They have the same name.

Xingjiu seemed much more timid than the little girl from Frost Rainbow Valley.

Shi Yan looked at the girl in the courtyard.

His introverted demeanor was so endearing, that flustered... wanting to avoid your gaze, yet secretly... secretly watching your own reaction.

She's so cute that it makes you want to tease her even more.

So, Hoshiki is a bad person.

She seemed to have anticipated her potential failure and had already prepared to use her younger sister as a shield before even meeting Shi Yan.

Anyway... Xingjiu really likes Shiyan, right?

Hoshiki knew the scrolls in the girl's room like the back of her hand.

"That's my little sister, Xing Jiu~" Xing Qiluo slowly seized the opportunity to catch her breath, "She likes you a lot~"

"Sister...Sister!" Upon hearing Xing Qiluo's words, Xing Jiu could no longer contain herself.

The girl hurriedly tried to stand up, afraid that Xing Qiluo would reveal everything about her collector, Master Yan's scroll.

In Xingjiu's view, that was an absolute... absolutely secret that Master Shiyan could not know.

But... Xingjiu hadn't even stood up yet when she seemed to have lost her balance and sat back down on the swing. The swing tilted so much that it looked like the girl was about to fall.

Shi Yan finally let go of Xing Qiluo's hand.

Her figure transformed into the wind that passed through the hanging flower gate, appearing behind Xingjiu and supporting the girl's shoulder.

Xingjiu immediately flinched like a startled rabbit, her shoulders trembling, before she finally leaned weakly against Shiyan's chest.

The back of my head... feels so soft...

The girl's eyes seemed to be filled with dizziness.

"Are you okay?"

Only when she heard Shi Yan's gentle voice did she almost shudder, her whole body shrinking back, "No...it's nothing."

Xing Qiluo slowly regained some of the initiative.

Although... it came at the cost of sacrificing his own sister.

"Xiao Jiu, please stay with Miss Shi Yan for a while—" Xing Qiluo slowly stepped into the courtyard, ignoring Xing Jiu's almost pleading look. "I'm going to change my clothes and then I'll cook for you."

"Sister...Sister..." Xing Jiu looked at Xing Qiluo with a pitiful expression, her mouth slightly open.

However, Xing Qiluo completely ignored Xing Jiu's pitiful appearance as if she was pleading for help, and turned to walk towards her room.

Shi Yan did not go around the swing; she stood quietly behind Xing Jiu.

She could clearly feel the girl's nervous heartbeat and her uncontrollable breathing.

Shi Yan understood that Xing Jiu was bait thrown out by Xing Qiluo, like a lizard losing its tail.

But... the bait in front of us is just too tempting.

The teacher did not want to refuse.

Shi Yan didn't go around the swing because he was worried that Xing Jiu would become even more nervous after seeing him. He gently held the girl's slender shoulders from behind.

Xingjiu's body tensed up immediately.

Shi Yan waited until the girl gradually relaxed before speaking softly.

"Hello, I am Shi Yan."

Putting aside the fleeting glimpse of the previous encounter, this should only be the first time she and Xingjiu have met.

"I...I know..." The voice murmured like a cat's meow, and the courtyard fell silent.

Xingjiu lowered her head, and Shiyan could see that her neck had become even redder than before.

Clearly, Xingjiu realized that she had said the wrong thing.

Shi Yan released her grip on the girl's shoulder, walked around the swing, and squatted down in front of Xing Jiu.

Xingjiu, who had just had her shoulder released by Shi Yan, subconsciously looked up and around, as if afraid that Shi Yan would disappear.

But when he saw Shi Yan walk around to his front, he lowered his head and looked at his toes nervously.

Xingjiu was also wearing those round-toed wooden clogs.

Girls' cute toes seem to want to disappear into the clogs.

Shi Yan helped the girl pick vegetables. "Did you hear that from Ayan?"

"I promised her."

"Once I reach the Nascent Soul Realm, I will come to Jizhou to see her."

Shi Yan practically coaxed Xing Jiu down the steps, "Hmm..."

The girl's voice was softer than a rabbit's.

She was just picking vegetables with her head down, but Shi Yan could sense that the girl was slowly relaxing.

Occasionally... Xingjiu would dare to look up at Shiyan slightly.

Shi Yan pretended to be carefully selecting vegetables with her head down, but in reality... she was looking down on Xing Jiu's little actions from the perspective of a demon.

Xingjiu kept stealing glances at Shiyan.

good looking.

It's a thousand times, ten thousand times more beautiful than it appears in the scroll.

The teacher chatted casually with the girl, making small talk.

The girl was excessively honest, with a soft heart. She was practically ready to confess everything, from whether she hadn't worn a bra today to whether her older sister had washed the sheets again last night.

Xingjiu's gaze was almost glued to Shiyan.

like--

I love it.

The more introverted a girl is, the more her affection accumulates and ferments, the richer and more intense it becomes.