Although she was unable to speak due to the curse, the female ghost was, in fact, still somewhat conscious.
Silently feeling the little girl’s gentle comfort, the female ghost’s heart was in turmoil. A searing emotion, hot and intense, rose from the depths of her soul. Even the invading chill of the Nine Nethers could not suppress her shock and excitement.
See, this was her little lady. Soft, sweet, simple, and easy to deceive. It truly made her love her to the bone; she didn’t want to ever let her go.
Silently, she contended with the Nine Nethers. The female ghost’s mood was better than it had ever been before.
At night, the ghost city’s true form was revealed. It was dilapidated and rotten beyond repair. Skeletons of all shapes and sizes filled the entire city, an extremely bizarre and terrifying sight.
Aside from the sounds of lightning, thunder, wind, and rain, the entire city was plunged into silence.
Inside the dilapidated temple, the sound of Youyou’s faint, shallow breathing was exceptionally peaceful. Her little face was flushed, and her entire body was curled up in the soft, warm lovers’ quilt, with only a few messy strands of dark hair peeking out. A thin layer of frost had formed on them.
An unknown amount of time passed before a barely audible click was heard. The female ghost transformed from a skeleton back into an unrivaled beauty. She gracefully lifted the covers and slipped into the bed, gently pulling the little girl out from under the quilt.
“My lady.”
The female ghost’s voice was ethereal and bewitching, like the most fragrant and mellow wine in the world. She caressed the little girl’s face and kissed her lips with an almost pious reverence, extending her small tongue to probe inside.
“Mmph.”
Asleep, the little girl was disturbed by the foreign object in her mouth and began to squirm about. The female ghost’s eyes grew dark, and two small flames seemed to flicker within them.
Her fair, jade-like fingertips flicked lightly near the little girl’s yang fire. The female ghost desperately wanted to kill the little girl right then and there, but in the end, she couldn’t bear to.
“Forget it. I’ll let my lady off this time.”
Having been a vengeful ghost for several hundred years, Saintess Na Lian still greatly cherished the warmth of her lady’s body. In any case, even if she did nothing, the little girl wouldn’t live for much longer.
“W-Wuyou?”
“What, has my lady slept herself silly? You don’t even recognize Wuyou anymore, hmm?”
Gazing teasingly at Youyou, the female ghost’s eyes were smiling. Her devastatingly beautiful face was absolutely stunning. Her body followed her heart’s desire as she pressed closer, holding the back of Youyou’s head to deepen the lingering, intimate kiss.
Mm, my sweet girl is truly too delicious, the female ghost mused to herself mid-kiss.
“Er.”
Her head, already a little muddled from just waking up, had now turned completely to mush. When the kiss ended, Youyou, feeling soft and boneless, collapsed weakly onto Wuyou, her eyes vacant. Even the heavy curtain of rain outside couldn’t bring back the slightest bit of her senses.
Compared to yesterday, Youyou’s treatment had clearly improved again. Using her fingers as a comb, she gently smoothed the little girl’s hair. The female ghost silently recited an incantation for cleaning and washing, and instantly, all the sweatiness on Youyou’s face and body vanished.
In the ghost city, only a few short hours in the afternoon were sunny. The female ghost closed her eyes, mentally noting down all the pretty and fun places in the city one by one, when she was suddenly thrown into disarray by a wet sensation on her chin.
“It’s sweet.”
Sticking out the tip of her tongue, Youyou licked Wuyou’s face, making a few smacking sounds. Her misty eyes gradually regained some of their sparkle.
‘Xixi, Wuyou’s face is sweet like a popsicle, how did she do that?’ Not forgetting to express her surprise and envy to the system Xixi, Youyou bit Wuyou’s chin, leaving behind her saliva and a faint teeth mark.
After constantly eating dry, tasteless mantou, Youyou was very averse to them now. Although she was always well-behaved and wouldn’t voice her complaints to the system, the taste on Wuyou was still a pleasant surprise. Ying, it’s sweet! Even though it’s not as good as spicy food, it’s still super awesome! onomatopoeia
And so, Youyou, having discovered a treasure, began to tirelessly nibble on Wuyou’s face. In the system space, Xixi’s cat face twitched. Having been with its host for so long, it naturally understood its host’s meaning.
It held a moment of silence for the female ghost, but when it saw the expression on the female ghost’s face, Xixi’s vertical pupils widened, and it really wanted to knock some sense into its foolish host who was so carelessly provocative.
“Tsk, my lady is so eager. Are you trying to eat Wuyou?”
The word “eat” was pronounced slowly and heavily. The female ghost squinted her eyes, enjoying Youyou’s licking. That light, fluttering touch was clearly not enough for her.
Startled by Wuyou’s words, Youyou sheepishly let go of her, saying awkwardly and softly, “Um, Wuyou, can I take a bite of mantou, and then kiss your face?”
Wuyou: …
Xixi: …
“Hahahahahahaha—”
A burst of pleasant, unrestrained laughter echoed through the small temple. Youyou’s face grew redder and redder, until she finally, in a fit of pique, burrowed under the covers and refused to move.
“Haha, alright, alright, Wuyou will stop laughing. Come on out, don’t suffocate yourself.” Patting the little girl through the quilt, the corners of the female ghost’s eyes were crimson, her ghostly energy dancing about chaotically. “If my lady suffocates and something bad happens, Wuyou’s heart will surely ache.”
“Hmph.”
The little girl was throwing a rare tantrum. Her delicate, tender voice was like a soft hook, scratching at the female ghost’s heart and making it itch.
With a single thought, she made the little girl throw back the covers and crash into her embrace. The female ghost released the control spell and soothingly patted the little girl’s back, teasing, “Is my lady angry now? Then Wuyou’s crime is truly great, isn’t it?”
In the dim light, the human and the ghost leaned against each other, creating an exceptionally beautiful picture. Youyou huffed and puffed, very displeased that Wuyou had used her ghostly spells. She poked gently at Wuyou’s waist, unconsciously acting spoiled.
“Wuyou, Wuyou, let’s leave the ghost city and go somewhere else, okay?… None of the good food here can be eaten, it’s super frustrating!… I don’t want to eat mantou anymore. I want to eat meat, and tanghulu, and barbecue, and ice cream…”
A long string of delicious foods tumbled out of Youyou’s mouth, showing just how desperate she was. The female ghost’s body stiffened slightly, and her ghostly energy once again overflowed uncontrollably, but in the end, she still stroked Youyou’s head and softly said, “Okay.”
“Okay, in a few days, Wuyou will take my lady out.”
She made a promise that would never be fulfilled.
The female ghost let go of Youyou and, under her crystal-clear gaze, curved her lips into a smile. “Then for now, my lady should start eating. The sky is still dark and it’s early, and the rain has a ways to go. After you’ve filled your belly, my lady can sleep a while longer.”
Youyou: …
I really, really don’t want to eat dry mantou, ahhh!
Nibbling on her food one small bite at a time, Youyou stared at Wuyou with an aggrieved expression, her pitiful and alluring appearance on full display.
That afternoon, when Wuyou took Youyou out for a stroll, Youyou’s mood finally began to improve. And so, for the next few days, the most painful part of Youyou’s day was eating mantou, and the happiest was accompanying Wuyou to wander all over the ghost city and play with Wuyou’s original form, the skeleton.
As a person with mild autism who loved to build with blocks, solve jigsaw puzzles, and stack dominoes, Youyou, upon learning that Wuyou was conscious every night, began trying to arrange her messy pile of bones into a human shape.
In the midst of the downpour, Youyou knelt on the splendid red bed inside the dilapidated temple, surrounded by scattered white bones of all sizes.
Her expression was tranquil, her pink lips slightly pursed as she arranged the human bones one by one. Occasionally, she would pause to compare them, lost in thought.
From being choked speechless at the beginning to now simply letting it happen, Wuyou, having long since lost the dignity of a vengeful ghost, had now learned to playfully find fault.
After all, there was no one in the world who understood her own body better than she did. So, whenever Youyou put a bone in the wrong place, the bored female ghost would make that incorrect bone stand up and tremble slightly. As for which place was the correct one?
Of course, she had to let the little lady find it herself!
Youyou played this special and rather morbid game with great delight. As for the other participant, the female ghost, and the bystander, Xixi?
What else could they do but indulge their own lady and host?
It had to be said, Youyou was quite talented in this regard. In any case, after just a few nights, she could already correctly assemble the entire skeleton.
…
It was getting hotter in the ghost city.
In the blink of an eye, it was once again the day of the time reset.
After several consecutive days together, Youyou had grown increasingly familiar with and reliant on Wuyou. In the peach blossom forest that covered the mountainside, Youyou, cupping pink flower petals in her hands, ran giggling up to Wuyou and held the petals before her eyes.
“Wuyou, Wuyou, smell this, isn’t it fragrant? I don’t know why, but a lot of peach blossoms have fallen today. They’re still so beautiful, though. I wish there was a wind.”
If a wind came and made the peach petals dance, that magnificent and dreamlike scene… just thinking about it was beautiful. The sun in the sky looked as if it were on the verge of falling. The female ghost gazed at the little girl’s face, beaded with sweat, the emotions in her eyes complex and difficult to discern.
“Wuyou?”
Tilting her head slightly, she looked at Wuyou in confusion. Youyou realized that Wuyou was sad again.
“Mm, the wind will come.”
Unable to resist, she hugged the little girl tightly. The red robes on their bodies complemented each other. The female ghost caressed Youyou’s earlobe, speaking in a tone that was a mix of sorrow and a sigh: “The wind will come. When it does, Wuyou will bring my lady to see it again. It’s just…”
It’s just that my lady, I’m afraid, will not remember this moment.
“W-Wuyou?”
Youyou didn’t understand where Wuyou’s sadness came from, and just as she was about to say something more, she saw that a rain of fire was actually falling from the sky.
Her eyes flew wide in astonishment. Youyou wanted to scream, wanted to tell Wuyou to run, but she had been frozen in place by Wuyou’s control spell, unable to do a thing.
“Don’t be afraid.”
With a warm, delicate hand, she covered the little girl’s eyes. The female ghost shielded the little girl in her embrace with her own body, whispering bewitchingly in a listless, hoarse voice.
“My lady, don’t be afraid. It will be over soon. It won’t hurt much.”
“It won’t hurt…”
The karmic fire that fell from the sky burned the entire ghost city until not a blade of grass remained. For a moment, cries of misery filled the land. Countless ghosts howled in agony, but they could only endure it.
Youyou’s face was deathly pale. Just as her body was about to disintegrate…
The curse took effect again.
TN: this chapter was so sad to translate omg T^T
Also, we are not near the end lol
false alarm
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