Ha, Karma! – Chapter 28
by Little PandaYou must keep liking me, only me.
Chu Zhaoqiu hadn’t expected Fu Lianxue to come over tonight.
Still holding the flowers she had sent, causing mischief in her room.
She was always like this, childishly testing her boundaries.
Fu Lianxue perfectly embodied “your room is my home”.
After their reunion, she had never been polite with Chu Zhaoqiu.
Now she was even tired from scattering flowers, casually tossing them onto the bed before flopping onto the sofa, saying offhandedly: “I’m tired, you scatter them yourself.”
After entering the room, Chu Zhaoqiu followed her usual routineβlocking the door to prevent anyone from coming in.
Then she good-naturedly walked over, picked up the flowers and set them aside, found a box, and patiently collected the fallen petals.
While cleaning up, she asked: “Why did you come over tonight? I thought you’d be resting well at home after your performance.”
Fu Lianxue tilted her head, resting her cheek on her hand: “What’s this, doesn’t the Young Family Master want me to come over?”
She pointed outside the window: “The protective formations around your room have been reduced quite a bit, haven’t they?”
For a demon-hunting family as established as the Chu family, it wasn’t unusual to have demon-catching formations and protective formations set up around them.
She had noticed them the first time she came.
It was fortunate she had the ability, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to climb through Chu Zhaoqiu’s window!
Hearing this, Chu Zhaoqiu smiled and said: “Isn’t it better this way, making it convenient for you to come over?”
“Yes, very good.”
As Fu Lianxue spoke, she raised her finger and flicked out a wave of qi, making a “pa” sound as it hit the box in Chu Zhaoqiu’s arms.
The rose petals in the box instantly scattered out, floating all around.
Fu Lianxue raised her eyebrows proudly, supporting her cheek while smiling mischievously.
“Hurry up and pick them up.”
Dare to give her the green light, better be prepared to face the consequences!
Seeing this, Chu Zhaoqiu showed no sign of anger, calmly raising her hand, and with a flick of her fingertip, the petals followed their falling trajectory back into the box.
She used magic, so she could use magic too.
After collecting all the petals together, Chu Zhaoqiu finally asked: “You don’t like roses?”
Given Fu Lianxue’s behavior, it was hard to imagine she liked them.
Fu Lianxue gave a light snort: “Mm, don’t like them.”
“Then what flowers do you like?”
“Why, can you get whatever flowers I like?”
“I’ll try my best.”
“Oh~ Then I want flowers that look like stars, mm… flowers that grow like small stars all along a strand, and not only that, they must glow, not yellow light, I want purple light, that would suit me better. But such flowers don’t exist in this world, you figure something out yourself.”
“Alright, I’ll figure something out.”
Fu Lianxue adjusted her sitting position, narrowing her eyes to scrutinize her.
“Say, Young Master Chu, aren’t you… indulging me too much?”
No matter what she said, she didn’t get angry; no matter how she messed up her room, she wouldn’t put on a stern face.
Did she still remember that she wanted to kill her?
Was this person’s head not right?
Chu Zhaoqiu countered: “Isn’t this how it should be?”
Fu Lianxue was stunned: “What do you mean ‘should be’?”
Chu Zhaoqiu methodically closed the box full of roses, her voice gentle and measured:
“I like you, wanting to make you happy is how it should be.”
“You’re angry with me, saying I owe you a lot and should compensate you, so this too is how it should be.”
Fu Lianxue didn’t speak.
She gazed into Chu Zhaoqiu’s eyes, and after a moment, suddenly stood up and walked closer.
The distance shortened, their gazes met.
The fragrance from each other’s bodies was clearly perceptible.
Chu Zhaoqiu watched as Fu Lianxue approached, unable to resist, not even having the courage to move a step.
Being close to her, looking at her from such proximityβwasn’t this exactly what she longed for?
“Chu Zhaoqiu.”
Fu Lianxue’s voice fell by her ear, as light as wind whispering.
“You must keep liking me, only like me, you can’t like anyone else, understand?”
As she spoke, her palm gently rested on her arm.
Beneath her slightly cool fingertips was a delicate and soft sensation, their four eyes meeting in direct demandβshe wanted even the slightest warmth in her downcast gaze to belong to her.
Domineering, alluring, and deeply ambiguous.
Chu Zhaoqiu suddenly forgot how to speak, forgot how to respond.
Only her heartbeat honestly quickened, her ear tips burning hot.
Looking at her up close, she couldn’t help thinking, what a beautiful pair of eyes…
The next second she heard Fu Lianxue say arrogantly and proudly: “Only this way will I have something interesting to watch when you recover your memories, hahaβ”
The wonderful atmosphere was instantly destroyed completely.
Fu Lianxue imagined Chu Zhaoqiu’s expression after recovering her memories, laughing so hard she doubled over, completely losing her composure.
Chu Zhaoqiu: “…”
She raised her hand to gently support Fu Lianxue’s arm, preventing her from laughing so hard she couldn’t stand steady.
Then looked at her and asked: “You’re not running away this time?”
Suddenly reminded of her embarrassing past, Fu Lianxue stopped laughing.
Chu Zhaoqiu: “Last time when liking was mentioned, you ran away very quickly.”
Fu Lianxue: “…”
Chu Zhaoqiu: “So now you can accept that I like you?”
Fu Lianxue looked at her again, rallying her spirits, and said: “Yes, I can accept it now.”
Then, staring into her eyes, she said: “You haven’t agreed to what I just said.”
“You must keep liking me, only like me, you can’t like anyone else, understand?”
Chu Zhaoqiu met her gaze, and after a moment, slightly nodded her head, responding softly: “Mm, I will always like you, only like you, not like anyone else.”
Sincere, gentle, forthright.
In this matter of liking her, she would always be this serious.
Fu Lianxue again didn’t know what to say.
She was testing her boundaries, yet she was being sincere.
Having lived for so long, she never thought Chu Zhaoqiu would one day speak to her like this.
But since it had happened, why should she avoid it?
Chu Zhaoqiu’s heart was in her hands now, so the person would be in her hands too.
Thinking of this, the light in her eyes flickered with more smugness.
“Remember what you said today.”
She turned toward the window: “I’m going home to sleep, you can play by yourself.”
Just two steps away, someone caught her hand.
She turned back, inadvertently falling into those clear, transparent eyes.
A question fell by her ear: “So what flowers do you like?”
Fu Lianxue was stunned for a moment.
Chu Zhaoqiu’s voice continued: “Can you tell me?”
Fu Lianxue was momentarily speechless.
She had plucked and scattered the flowers she sent, and said she wanted to see her embarrassment after recovering her memories, yet she was still thinking about what flowers she liked…
Fu Lianxue opened and closed her mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.
Her throat felt dry, those sharp words stuck there, unable to come out.
As if possessed, she turned toward Chu Zhaoqiu’s bookshelf, reached up to take down the γRecords of Heaven and Earth’s Spiritsγ and began to flip through it.
Then with a “pa” sound, she put the book on the table, her fingertip pointing at something on the page.
“βI like this flower.”
“If you want to give me one, give me a living one, not a specimen.”
She left as soon as she finished speaking, not looking back, not giving Chu Zhaoqiu another chance to make her stay.
Chu Zhaoqiu watched her leave, then walked to the table to take a look.
On the open page was recorded a flower called “Blue Star”.
Chu Zhaoqiu paused for a moment, turning her head toward the direction Fu Lianxue had left.
Fu Lianxue thought about the Blue Star while flying home.
Blue Star, a flower resembling a dandelion, that would emit a soft blue glow at night.
Bloom after bloom, cluster after cluster, crowding together, like starlight fallen to earth.
The first time she saw this flower was in Chu Zhaoqiu’s sect.
A small patch of Blue Stars grew on the back mountain of their sect, extremely beautiful.
Inedible, unusable in medicine, but perfect for viewing.
It was said that one of their sect elders grew them to please their dao partner [ιδΎ£ | dΓ o lΗ | cultivation partner and spouse].
She had felt quite envious when she saw them back then.
Blue Stars were precious, because their seeds were rare and they weren’t easy to cultivate.
They were even rarer now, listed as one of the rare species by demon hunters.
However, rare didn’t mean nonexistent.
She wanted to see if Chu Zhaoqiu truly had the heart to grow a Blue Star for her.
The next day, Chu Sining slept in.
When she went downstairs to eat, she happened to see her Nainai [grandmother] and Jiejie talking in the living room.
She brought her breakfast and ran over to join in, listened for a bit, and quickly understood.
Jiejie wanted to grow a Blue Star.
As someone from a demon hunter family, Chu Sining had naturally also read the γRecords of Heaven and Earthβs Spiritsγ, and knew what Blue Stars were.
That thing was both rare and expensive, beautiful yes, but too difficult to growβbuying a specimen would be best.
“Aren’t there people making specimens of these? Just buy one directly, it’s not like our family lacks connections.”
After these flowers were picked and underwent careful professional preservation, they would continue to emit a faint blue glow like a plucked star, very beautiful.
Blue Star specimens made perfect gifts.
The drawback was the price, but their family wasn’t short on moneyβif Jiejie wanted it, any amount would be worth it!
But Chu Zhaoqiu gently shook her head: “A specimen won’t do.”
“The person I’m giving it to doesn’t want a specimen.”
Hearing this, Chu Sining frowned: “Ah, so picky… who is it?”
Chu Zhaoqiu didn’t hide it: “Miss Fu.”
Chu Sining: “?”
She looked at her sister in astonishment, then slowly turned to look at Nainai, then carefully confirmed there wasn’t something wrong with her ears.
“Which… Miss Fu?”
“The one you used to like, who has a grudge against your Jiejie,” Nainai answered with a kind smile.
“Huh?!
“Why give something so precious to her? She’s a bad guy!”
Chu Sining was utterly unable to comprehend this.
“Jie, does she have some sort of handle [ζζ | bΗ bing | compromising information used for blackmail] on you?”
Chu Zhaoqiu thought for a moment before speaking: “It wouldn’t really count as a handle…”
Chu Sining: “?
“Don’t scare me, you really have something in her handsβ”
“I like her.”
“βwhat?”
Simple words, ultimate shock.
Chu Sining immediately turned her head to look at Nainai.
Only to see the other party still completely composed, her expression gentle, not surprised at all, as if she had known all along.
Chu Sining: “…
“But she’s, sheβmm…”
She stopped mid-sentence, now fully awake, but her mind was confused by this enormous piece of information.
A moment later, she slowly put down her milk, unable to hold back: “Jie, don’t you feel this liking of yours is a bit rebellious and goes against our ancestral teachings…?”
Meimei: Is this the kind of shock I should be hearing at my age?
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