Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Let me go!" Zhu Qiutang became particularly embarrassed and angry.

"No, will you look at me with cold eyes again in the future?"

"I don't!"

"Still being stubborn!" Jiang Li slapped him again.

Jiang Li felt the soft touch on his hands, and he always felt that if he hit him a few more times he would get addicted. Zhu Qiutang was biting her lips at this moment, but she didn't struggle, probably because she was afraid that Jiang Li would hit her again.

"No means no..." Her voice became aggrieved again.

"Really?" Jiang Li finally let go of his hand that was holding her wrist, gently held her shoulders and watched her turn around, looking into her eyes, which were slightly red.

"When I first met Miss Qiutang, she was a cold, arrogant and charming woman. Why do she always have red eyes like a rabbit now?"

Zhu Qiutang became more and more embarrassed and annoyed by what he said. She couldn't help but raise her leg and stepped on Jiang Li's foot.

"it hurts!"

"I clearly didn't use any strength."

"Then I didn't use any strength just now, why are you panting?"

"I didn't!" Zhu Qiutang widened her eyes and looked up at Jiang Li's face. Jiang Li was smiling at her. After several seconds, she turned her face away, "I know why Taozhi likes you."

"So does that mean you like me too?"

"no!"

"Okay, okay, I was too heavy-handed just now, so I'll be gentler this time."

"You still want to hit me?!"

Jiang Li leaned close to Zhu Qiutang's ear and said, "But it's really comfortable. I'm worried what if I get addicted to it in the future?"

Jiang Li's hands touched her snow-white buttocks too much again, and this time he kneaded and squeezed them gently. Zhu Qiutang found that she was so powerless in front of Jiang Li, as if all her thoughts were controlled by him, leaving her no room for struggle at all.

But... she found that she didn't seem to hate this feeling.

"You...are such a bastard."

"Be a bit of a jerk to me, otherwise you will push me away." Jiang Li said this, but he was still reluctant to let go. Zhu Qiutang's legs slightly moved closer together, and her voice became very guilty, "Why don't you go bully Taozhi?"

"Why do you always think about her?" Jiang Li looked at her playfully. "According to your little idea, snatching the man who should be your sister, wouldn't that be a very satisfying thing?"

Zhu Qiutang's breathing became a little faster, "It's obviously you who want to pester me."

"Yes, it's all my fault, but since I'm wrong, I might as well just let it go on like this."

Jiang Li's hands gently rested on her waist again, counting each of her ribs with his fingertips. Zhu Qiutang felt her cheeks getting hot. She had never felt this way in the past twenty years. She clearly felt warm, but she was also extremely scared. She subconsciously said, "Can you... spare me?"

"Ok?"

"Don't...give me hope..."

"I said I won't give up on you, but you start to doubt my words again. I will be very angry if you don't trust me." Jiang Li grabbed her hands together again, raised them high, and turned her body around. Zhu Qiutang was forced to bend down slightly, so her snow-white buttocks under her skirt were slightly raised.

"Find a fight!"

There was another "pop" sound.

Shame, fear, warmth, panic, tension, uneasiness, excitement, all kinds of emotions spread and fermented in Zhu Qiutang's mind. Jiang Li hit her five times this time, and Zhu Qiutang just groaned but stopped talking, as if she was accepting the punishment obediently.

After Jiang Li finished beating Zhu Qiutang, he released his hand that was holding Zhu Qiutang's wrist and gently hugged her from behind.

"I know what you are worried about, and I know what you are afraid of. I know everything about you. Even if you push me away again and again because of panic, it doesn't matter. I will always be by your side until the day you take the initiative to smile at me."

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Chapter 161: Chapter : Backsliding

Jiang Li had never thought that there would be a day when he would sincerely say these words.

In the past he could always tell lies without any burden, but now the feeling of telling the truth made him feel very strange. He suddenly thought seriously whether his liking for Zhu Qiutang was out of pity, but after thinking for a few seconds he immediately gave up on this question.

To this day, he still hasn't truly believed in love, so why bother looking for reasons?

At this moment, he and Zhu Qiutang were sitting on the bluestone under the gardenia tree. The sun was bright and gentle, and spots of light fell on Zhu Qiutang's cheeks. Jiang Li took advantage of her inattention and leaned close to her and kissed her on the cheek.

"Won't you get bored?" Zhu Qiutang looked straight ahead, looking calm.

"You have a point." Jiang Li did not refute, but soon he gently put his arms around Zhu Qiutang's shoulders and moved slightly closer. This time he did not kiss her cheek, but gently kissed her neck.

This ambiguous distance made Zhu Qiutang's body suddenly tense up, and gradually her body became soft. When Jiang Li let go, there was already a faint mark on her neck.

Jiang Li took out a mirror and proudly showed her his masterpiece. Zhu Qiutang bit her lip and there seemed to be anger in her eyes, but Jiang Li's face showed no guilt at all. He said calmly, "If you are not satisfied, then I will kiss you back?"

"I'll bite you!"

"Come on, come on."

Zhu Qiutang really pounced on him, slightly opened her pink lips, and gently bit his neck with her teeth, but she didn't dare to use force. Jiang Li's hand gently stroked her hair and lowered his head to smell the pleasant fragrance on her body.

In the end, Zhu Qiutang just took a light bite to express her anger.

The two continued to sit on the bluestone. Zhu Qiutang looked straight ahead. After several seconds, she asked, "How did you and Taozhi know each other?"

"Want to know?"

"Ah."

"Kiss me and I'll tell you."

"Are you really... not annoyed?" Zhu Qiutang turned her head, her tone seemed to reveal impatience, but when she saw Jiang Li's gentle eyes, her impatience gradually melted away. She said as if she was angry, "Kiss me if you want." Then she came over and kissed Jiang Li on the lips.

"This story starts with a man called Jun Moxiao..."

Jiang Li told Zhu Qiutang the story of Jun Moxiao, his first meeting with Zhu Taozhi, and everything that had happened in the past few years. Zhu Qiutang listened quietly until Jiang Li finished his story. She said again, "You've been with her for so long and you didn't like her. But you've only been with me for two days..."

"I'm greedy for your body." Jiang Li interrupted her.

Zhu Qiutang was stunned.

Jiang Li came closer again, shamelessly burying his face in her shoulder, "I have known her for so many years, and I have never touched her, but I have touched you, and I lust after your body, I am a slut."

"Will she not still allow you to have whatever you want?"

"But I like you better this way."

"It's clear that I look exactly like her."

"No, your voice should be colder, and your eyes should be prettier. When you are so cold and blush, you are much prettier than hers."

"I won't let you touch me again." Zhu Qiutang bit her lip lightly.

"People will desire more and more for things they can't get. That's why I like you more. It's too easy to bully Zhu Taozhi. People won't cherish things that are easily obtained." Jiang Li bit Zhu Qiutang's ear again.

"Even if I let you touch me... you'll get tired of it."

After saying this, Zhu Qiutang regretted it again. She knew what she was doing, but it was all subconscious behavior and difficult to control. She was in pain because of this. When she turned her head, she saw that the expression on Jiang Li's face had become cold.

"You really can't learn to be obedient." Jiang Li looked at her coldly.

"I have always been like this!" Zhu Qiutang answered, raising her face slightly, but when she said this, she always felt as if her heart was pricked by a needle and it was twitching with pain.

What made her feel the pain was Jiang Li's cold eyes.

Jiang Li looked at her coldly. If he looked at her with such cold eyes, perhaps her heart would gradually freeze.

But the next second, Jiang Li reached out his hand, pinched her face, and pulled it wantonly for several times. Then he moved closer and looked into her eyes, "Do you think I'm angry?"

"If you have always been like this, then why are there sadness in the corners of your eyes? You clearly know that you will be sad if you say these words that push me away, but you still can't help but want to say them because you are afraid. You always lack a sense of security. But because of this, once you have something you can rely on, you will be more afraid to get it, because getting it means losing it one day, and after losing it... you will never be able to become the self-sufficient person you used to be."

"I'm not a very patient person. I never made any promises in the past. In fact, I'm more like a scumbag, always wantonly playing with other people's feelings and feeling complacent about it. But because of you, I actually made a promise that I didn't even think I could keep."

Jiang Li looked at the beautiful pair of eyes in front of him.

"I'm not angry. When I get back, I will find a way to solve your bad luck as soon as possible." Jiang Li rubbed Zhu Qiutang's face again, let go of his hand and smiled at her.

"Come on, pick some flowers and make a wreath for you."

Jiang Li held her hand and walked towards the flower field in front of them.

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The entrance to Wanhua Valley.

It was already evening, the rays of setting sun were pouring down, Zhu Taozhi was standing in the flower field, her delicate little face full of anger at the moment, she had been in the Valley of Flowers for two days, she had been looking for flowers for a whole day yesterday, and finally found a superb ice-blue iris, this iris belonged to the water element and was of no use to her, she had originally planned to give it to Jiang Li, but when she used the sound transmission jade to start calling Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang, she found that she could not get in touch with them at all, she finally got in touch this morning, but listening to Zhu Qiutang's tone, she always felt particularly uneasy in her heart.

Until Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang appeared in front of her again.

Zhu Qiutang's eyes were still cold, while Jiang Li was still gentle and smiling. The two walked in front of Zhu Taozhi. Zhu Taozhi knew that it was meaningless to ask Zhu Qiutang, so she looked at Jiang Li angrily, "Where have you been?"

"I was walking in the secret realm and got trapped, then encountered bad luck." Jiang Li shrugged helplessly, while Zhu Taozhi's eyes were staring at him, as if trying to smell a lie from him.

"Really?" Zhu Taozhi took a step forward.

"Of course it's true." Jiang Li answered frankly. Zhu Taozhi looked at Zhu Qiutang again. She was about to speak, but gave up. She didn't know if Zhu Qiutang would say something deliberately to destroy their relationship after she opened her mouth.

She snorted coldly, clearly looking unhappy. Her eyes moved around Jiang Li's body, and after a moment she was suddenly startled.

Because it was only at this moment that she noticed that Zhu Qiutang was wearing an exquisitely woven wreath on her head.

This wreath is very beautiful. Zhu Taozhi looked at Zhu Qiutang in front of him and gritted his teeth slightly, "Did you make it yourself?"

Zhu Qiutang tilted his head, "What does it have to do with you?"

This sentence made Zhu Taozhi even more angry. She looked at Jiang Li again and asked, "Did you write this for her?"

"Ah... yes." Jiang Li nodded, then took out another white wreath like a magic trick and placed it on her head, "I made one for you too, doesn't it look good?"

"Why does she have one too?"

"Because she happened to be with me, I just made one more." Jiang Li answered innocently, but Zhu Taozhi still looked gritting her teeth. She took off the wreath and angrily put it on Jiang Li's head.

"I do not want it!"

She turned and left.

Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang stood there. Zhu Qiutang looked at Zhu Taozhi's departing back. After a few seconds, she asked, "Aren't you going to catch up?"

"I was just thinking about catching up and saying something." Jiang Li scratched his head.

"She's actually a very gentle person, she just needs some coaxing." Zhu Qiutang said softly.

"It's okay to coax her now." Jiang Li looked at Zhu Qiutang, "But what about in the future?"

"after?"

"Then if she finds out that you and I are together, it might not be as simple as just coaxing her?"

"I don't like you and I won't be with you."

"Okay, here I go again, give me a kiss, I understand." Jiang Li moved closer and kissed her on the lips.

After being kissed like this, Zhu Qiutang took a step back in a hurry. Her fingers grabbed the hem of her skirt, her cheeks flushed, "Shameless."

"Okay, I'll go and coax her." Jiang Li looked at the figure in the distance that was about to disappear from his sight, and hurriedly chased after it.

Zhu Taozhi was still wearing the clothes that Jiang Li had given her last time, a black and white satin dress with white lace edges and a bow tied around her waist. Her white and tender calves were covered by knee-length white stockings. She clearly had the figure of a queen, and looked very adorable at the moment. Jiang Li had already caught up to her. Zhu Taozhi quickened her pace, and Jiang Li tried hard to keep up with her.

"I want to tell you something very important."

After Jiang Li said this, Zhu Taozhi finally stopped. She stopped and turned to look at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li looked at her very frankly, and then asked, "Are you angry?"

"I told you...I don't like her."

"I know." Jiang Li looked at the bamboo peach branch in front of him. He had a lot to say but couldn't.

He wanted to tell Zhu Taozhi that your sister actually loves you very much, and she is even willing to give up herself for you, just hoping that you can survive.

But he couldn't say these words. After a long silence, Jiang Li sighed softly.

"I just made her an extra wreath as well."

"I don't want the same thing as her."

Zhu Taozhi's voice sounded a little aggrieved.