The Passerby Female Supporting Character – Chapter 31
by Little PandaChi Qianning’s Scent
Seeing that Song Linlin, although she apologized, could still smile, looking as if she knew she was wrong but did it on purpose, Chi Qianning glared at her for a few moments. In the end, she was the first to concede defeat, turning her head away and refusing to look at her.
Song Linlin also felt embarrassed to face her, so she could only lower her head guiltily, forcing herself to suppress her laughter, emptying her mind, and silently reciting in her heart to forget what had just happened.
However, contrary to her wishes, the more she emphasized that she shouldn’t recall it, the more the image of herself holding the other’s ankle kept appearing in her mind. That fair foot was almost imprinted in her mind.
Song Linlin couldn’t help but let her gaze wander, looking at Chi Qianning, who was full of shame and anger. Her gaze shifted downwards and landed on the other’s feet.
Just now, startled by Song Linlin’s actions, Chi Qianning quickly broke free from her fingers and swiftly retracted her foot, now hiding it within her clothes, revealing only a small part.
“Don’t look!” Chi Qianning, noticing the other’s gaze, immediately interrupted.
Song Linlin also retracted her gaze and apologized again: “I’m sorry, I won’t look!”
The situation was extremely awkward. Song Linlin felt that her behavior was very perverted. It was as if she had taken the wrong medicine today. Ever since she had inexplicably kissed Chi Qianning for no reason, things had been developing in an increasingly strange direction.
She cleared her throat, trying to do something to ease the awkwardness. She remembered that Chi Qianning still had one shoe on, so she immediately coughed lightly and took the initiative to say:
“You still have one shoe on, I’ll help you take it off…”
As soon as she finished speaking, before Song Linlin could reach out, Chi Qianning curled up her knees, preventing Song Linlin from touching her even if she wanted to.
“No need, I’ll take it off myself!” Chi Qianning flatly rejected Song Linlin’s proposal.
The scene from just now was still vivid in her mind. How could she let Song Linlin help her again? Who knows what strange things Song Linlin might say.
“Oh…”
Song Linlin felt her resistance, but she couldn’t do anything about it. She had been a bit perverted today. It seemed that it was better to calm down. She could only nod: “Alright then.”
However, while saying this, her gaze remained on the other person, and there was a bit of reluctance in her eyes.
Chi Qianning met her gaze for two seconds, then silently turned her body, turning her back to Song Linlin before quickly taking off her shoe. Usually, she did everything slowly, but today she was surprisingly fast.
“So stingy, she’s even hiding from me…”
Song Linlin squatted in place, looking at the other’s back, drawing circles on the ground with her fingers, muttering softly. She didn’t expect that the other person wouldn’t even let her take a look.
Putting her socks into her shoes, Chi Qianning stood up directly, looked awkwardly at Song Linlin, and said, “I’m going to catch fish.”
“Mm.”
Song Linlin nodded. After that scene, it was time to get down to business. After all, the reason they came out this afternoon was to catch Silver Flying Fish to exchange for sect contribution points.
It was just that she was too incompetent. After all that effort, she didn’t even manage to catch a fishtail. It was really embarrassing to say it out loud. She was supposed to have the strength of the Golden Core stage, yet she couldn’t even handle a fish.
Now she could only rely on Chi Qianning. She shouldn’t be as pathetic as herself.
Since she was helping her, Song Linlin felt that she needed to impart some of her experience to her. After all, failed experiences were still experiences.
She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then said, “Pay attention, those fish have a thin layer of liquid on their surface, it’s very slippery, making it impossible to hold them.”
“Also, they are very fast, and their body color almost blends with the river water, making it difficult to see them with the naked eye in the river.”
Chi Qianning listened absentmindedly. These weren’t big problems. They were just some fish. She had even caught powerful demonic beasts. Compared to that, catching fish was much easier.
“I’m going.”
Looking at Chi Qianning, who clearly didn’t intend to prepare much, Song Linlin looked down at herself. Comparing the two of them, she looked more like the one who was going to do the work, while Chi Qianning walked over gracefully and calmly. It was hard to imagine that she was going to go into the river to catch fish.
Song Linlin also got up, holding her bamboo basket, and caught up with Chi Qianning: “Do you want to take this?”
After all, she had specially spent money to buy it. The bamboo basket should at least serve its purpose of holding fish, otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste?
Although this thing wasn’t expensive, if she bought it for nothing, it would make Song Linlin’s heart ache for a while.
Chi Qianning just tilted her head slightly to look at it, then shook her head. She didn’t really want to take this thing, but seeing Song Linlin’s expectant look, she said, “You hold this and wait on the shore.”
“Okay!”
Song Linlin immediately nodded in agreement. It seemed that her bamboo basket wasn’t bought in vain, and she wasn’t doing nothing. Even if she was waiting on the shore, she was still helping the other person, right?
“Do you need to prepare anything else?” Song Linlin asked.
“No need, this is enough.”
When Chi Qianning passed a low tree, she casually broke off a branch. However, this branch looked thin, and it would probably break with a little force. Its only advantage was that it was quite long.
Song Linlin watched her movements and probably guessed what she wanted to do, but she couldn’t help but be skeptical. That thing looked so thin, it felt like it would break with a little force. Could it really pierce the fish’s body?
She couldn’t help but feel curious, but to avoid being slapped in the face, she didn’t ask. She swallowed her words and decided to quietly watch the development of the situation.
Chi Qianning walked towards the riverbank with a leisurely pace. When she reached the bank, she said to Song Linlin, who was following her, “Wait here.”
After saying that, she stepped into the fast-flowing river water. The weather wasn’t hot, especially in the mountains, but it was still uncomfortable to be exposed to the afternoon sun. Compared to being in this place without any shade and directly exposed to the sun, Chi Qianning preferred to stay in the shade of trees.
Not caring whether the river water would wet her skirt, Chi Qianning’s feet stepped on the smooth pebbles at the bottom of the river. The cold river water flowed over her calves, bringing a touch of coolness to the afternoon.
Except for being a little sunny, being in the water seemed to be more comfortable than on the shore. Thinking about it this way, she was less resistant to coming down to the river to catch fish. She walked a few steps further into the deeper part of the river.
Compared to Song Linlin standing near the riverbank earlier, her current position was undoubtedly deeper, almost in the center of the river. The river water reached above her knees, and the impact of the fast-flowing river water would be greater.
Song Linlin watched her from the shore. At first, she was a little nervous when she saw her keep walking towards the center, but seeing that Chi Qianning didn’t seem to care at all, she stood there steadily. Song Linlin realized that her worries were completely unnecessary.
“Chi Qianning, can you see the fish in the river?” Song Linlin stood on the shore, holding her bamboo basket, and asked curiously.
Chi Qianning didn’t speak. She lowered her head and scanned the river surface. Then she raised the hand holding the branch and casually stabbed it in one direction.
Her movements were so relaxed that Song Linlin thought it was an unconscious action. As a result, when Chi Qianning raised her hand again, the branch that Song Linlin thought would be easily broken was already strung with a fish with shimmering silver scales.
The branch had accurately pierced its nerve center, so that when it was lifted, the fish didn’t struggle at all. Only its gills were still trembling, showing that it was still alive.
“Holy sh*t!”
Song Linlin was shocked. She was so surprised that she subconsciously took a few steps back while holding the bamboo basket. She widened her eyes and looked at Chi Qianning, almost speechless: “This… this… you…”
Obviously, the other party had shown with her actions that she could see the Silver Flying Fish in the river, and even see them clearly. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so casual and directly pierced the fish’s nerve center with one hand, making these fast and slippery fish unable to move.
Was this fish an actor? How could it be caught so easily!
Song Linlin was somewhat skeptical of life. She had just worked hard for a long time, but she didn’t catch anything. But now Chi Qianning got it so easily.
“You’re amazing…” Song Linlin could only say silently.
Chi Qianning looked at the fish. The fish’s body looked very moist, probably because of the slippery liquid. She really didn’t want to touch it. She said to Song Linlin on the shore, “What are you dazing for? Catch it.”
After saying that, she lightly flicked the branch, and the fish slid off the end of the branch, flew up directly, and came towards Song Linlin.
“Whoa!”
Song Linlin came back to her senses, shocked that she could throw the fish like that. If it fell into the river, wouldn’t it be caught in vain?
She immediately raised her bamboo basket. Song Linlin was about to move, but suddenly she realized that according to the trajectory of the parabola, the fish would probably fall directly into the basket.
Then Song Linlin watched the fish fly accurately into the basket. The originally empty basket was finally filled with a fish. All this happened so easily that Song Linlin felt that it wouldn’t have made any difference even without her.
Damn it, I’ve become a side character!
This feeling of being carried to victory was indeed quite good, but it was her own task. If she didn’t help at all in the end, it would be too embarrassing.
Song Linlin was struggling in place, and Chi Qianning easily stabbed another fish not long after. The fish was once again accurately thrown into the bamboo basket.
“What are you dazing for?” Chi Qianning stood in the water and looked at Song Linlin on the shore. Seeing that the other party was a little absent-minded, she couldn’t help but remind her.
“Ah… nothing.”
Song Linlin held the bamboo basket, brewed for a while, and then curiously asked, “Chi Qianning, how did you stab it so accurately?”
After asking, Song Linlin felt that she had asked a stupid question. The other person was so powerful, wasn’t it natural that she could stab it so accurately?
Chi Qianning, on the other hand, looked at her strangely and frowned, “Did you just rely on your naked eyes to find them? Or did you just rely on luck and fish in troubled waters?”
“Uh…”
Song Linlin was embarrassed to admit it. She could only hold her basket and not speak. She did both, and then she didn’t catch anything, wasting half a day’s effort.
Chi Qianning understood immediately from her appearance. She sighed silently. She was used to this kind of thing and couldn’t be bothered to complain. “Your perception is not just for show. If you can’t see, then carefully sense.”
“Then I’ll come with you!”
Song Linlin put the bamboo basket on the grass. Anyway, Chi Qianning threw very accurately, so she didn’t need to be here to catch them. Then she might as well go catch fish together.
“If these fish are left like this, won’t they die?” Song Linlin suddenly remembered that the recovery price of live fish was higher than that of dead fish.
The fish in the bamboo basket were just unable to move, but their gills were still breathing, obviously they weren’t dead yet.
Chi Qianning said lightly, “Just put the bamboo basket in the water occasionally, it won’t die just because it’s out of the water for a while.”
That made Song Linlin feel relieved. She immediately stepped into the water again. She walked step by step towards the center of the river where Chi Qianning was. However, this road was really not as easy as she imagined. The closer to the center, the greater the water resistance, and the water level was constantly rising.
Song Linlin had to stop and continue to pull up her pants, which were already piled up to her knees, until they reached the middle of her thighs. Now her long pants had become shorts.
She didn’t feel shy, but Chi Qianning felt that it was really unsightly. How could a woman show her thighs to others?
“Song Linlin, do you think this is appropriate?” Chi Qianning looked her up and down and couldn’t help but say.
“What, I think it’s okay.”
Anyway, this was in the wilderness, not in public. Song Linlin continued to walk towards her. To prevent the other party from nagging her again, she said, “Hey, anyway, no one else can see it. Now only you can see it here, right?”
In the end, Chi Qianning pursed her lips and didn’t say anything more.
Song Linlin finally walked to the other’s side, grabbed Chi Qianning’s arm, stopped, and barely stood firm. The water flow here was very fast, and the impact was naturally very strong. She really didn’t know how Chi Qianning could stand so steadily.
“Are there more fish here? Why did you have to come to this place?” Song Linlin asked with some difficulty.
Chi Qianning shook her head and said frankly, “No, it’s just that the water is deepest here, it’s cooler.”
“?”
Song Linlin looked at Chi Qianning with a question mark on her face. This answer was beyond her expectation. She thought it was because there were more fish here that the other party came.
It turned out to be cooler here? What kind of answer was that…
“Chi Qianning, are you hot?”
Song Linlin felt that the weather today was just right. The temperature in the mountains would be lower than outside. Except for the afternoon sun being a little big and a little bit sunny, everything else was quite comfortable.
Chi Qianning shook her head, “I’m used to a cooler environment.”
“Okay.”
Song Linlin nodded silently. Thinking about it, she was so white, it looked like she didn’t get much sun. If she kept taking her out, she might get tanned.
Looking at the sky, Song Linlin said, “The sun will be weaker later, and it will be cooler.”
On their way here, because Song Linlin didn’t know the way very well, it took a lot of time just to get here. Plus, she went to fish in the river for a long time. Song Linlin estimated that the sun should be gradually setting.
Wait, the sun is about to set!
They hadn’t caught many fish yet, how did time pass so quickly? It would definitely take a long time to go back, mainly because the mountain roads were winding and not easy to walk.
Song Linlin’s gaze was on Chi Qianning again, with expectation in her eyes: “Uh… can you take us directly back? It’s tiring to walk back.”
“I can.”
If it was directly to the Affairs Hall, Chi Qianning’s strength had not fully recovered, and she was not sure if there were any powerful people inside, and she was worried about being exposed. But it was no problem to go directly back to Song Linlin’s remote residence.
No one usually passed by that place, so there was nothing to worry about. This was also a benefit of being weak, not attracting attention.
Song Linlin nodded and relaxed a lot, “That’s good!”
The mountain road was difficult to walk at night. Since they didn’t have to walk back, there was no need to rush back before dark. Anyway, there would be people on duty at the Affairs Hall at night, so it didn’t matter how late they went.
It was rare to come to such a far place, it felt like a waste to go back after catching fish.
In the following time, Chi Qianning would casually throw out a fish every once in a while, and Song Linlin felt that she would definitely not be able to learn her technique of accurately stabbing the fish with a thin branch. She could only stand honestly in the river and try to catch it with her bare hands.
This time, she was much more serious than the previous time when she tried to catch fish by luck. She focused her mind to perceive everything that approached her, and occasionally she could really feel fish approaching her.
But when she reached out to grab them, either she grabbed them, but because the fish were too slippery, she couldn’t hold them; or she held them, but when she wanted to lift them up, the fish fell down again.
Chi Qianning had already collected a full bamboo basket of fish. At this time, she was sitting on the shore, with her calves soaked in the water, watching Song Linlin fighting with the Silver Flying Fish in the center of the river.
The sun had begun to sink, casting a dim yellow light, reddening half the sky. Song Linlin, who was bending over in the river, suddenly raised her arm, holding a small silver fish in her hand. She shouted excitedly to Chi Qianning, “Look! I caught it!”
“Mm, amazing.” Chi Qianning looked at her and praised her without any fluctuation in her tone.
Song Linlin approached the shore and threw the newly caught fish beside the bamboo basket. Now there were two fish on the grass, which was the harvest of her struggle all afternoon.
Originally, Song Linlin was full of pride because she caught another fish, but now when she saw the full bamboo basket of Silver Flying Fish next to her, Chi Qianning was leisurely fishing the whole time, but she caught so many more than herself who was exhausted.
Although she was a little discouraged, Song Linlin quickly adjusted her mentality. Catching two was already very good!
It was indeed right to bring Chi Qianning to work. Her efficiency was too high, basically one stab at a time, like magic. Song Linlin didn’t even know that there was a fish hidden there, but the other party could find it effortlessly.
Looking at this full basket of fish, this trip was definitely a big profit. Song Linlin looked at Chi Qianning with admiration, “You are so amazing!”
Chi Qianning didn’t show any expression. Too many people had said this to her, and she was tired of hearing it.
Song Linlin walked ashore and looked at the sky. It was definitely late now, and it would be dark later, but fortunately, she didn’t have to rush at night. Looking at the two fish she caught after working hard all afternoon, it seemed a bit of a waste to hand them all in. Why not grill these two!
It just so happened that she wouldn’t be able to make it to the sect’s dinner time. Now that there were so many fish, she usually couldn’t bear to buy them in the cafeteria. She had never tasted the taste of this fish. Song Linlin turned to Chi Qianning and said:
“I’ll grill fish for you! We caught so many, it’s reasonable to eat two.”
Chi Qianning thought for a moment, and surprisingly didn’t refuse, “Okay.”
Then Song Linlin was very motivated to prepare the tools needed for grilling fish. Firewood was easy to solve, there were everywhere around here, but she didn’t think so much when she went out, and she didn’t bring any seasonings.
But the taste shouldn’t be too bad, right?
Song Linlin had never cooked before. Now she felt that everything was very fresh, especially since Chi Qianning rarely agreed to eat something. She was even more motivated to do this well.
Although she had never done it herself, she had only watched this kind of short video. She processed the surface and internal organs of the fish based on her memory and her own feelings.
Chi Qianning quietly watched her busy, but no matter how she looked at it, it seemed unreliable. Song Linlin spent a long time just killing a fish.
She couldn’t help but ask Song Linlin, who was squatting on the shore killing fish, “Song Linlin, have you ever cooked before?”
“No.”
Song Linlin was still lowering her head and processing the internal organs of the fish with a dagger, focusing on the matter at hand.
Chi Qianning didn’t speak. Of course, she wouldn’t cook either. She didn’t eat human food much and couldn’t possibly have any knowledge of this aspect.
Originally, when Song Linlin volunteered to grill fish for her, she thought Song Linlin had experience. She didn’t expect that this fellow wouldn’t know how to do it either.
Sensing the distrust of the person next to her, Song Linlin raised her head and looked confident. She had watched countless food videos. She had never eaten pork, but she had seen pigs run, right?
She said to Chi Qianning, “Don’t worry, although I have never cooked before, I am very familiar with this process. It will definitely not be unpalatable!”
Seeing her so confident, Chi Qianning could only temporarily believe her words. She watched Song Linlin humming a little tune in a good mood while preparing to grill the fish.
The sky gradually darkened. On the grass by the river, Song Linlin sat cross-legged, with a firewood burning with orange-red flames in front of her. She carefully stared at the grilled fish in her hand, making sure it wouldn’t be burnt.
The flames roasted, and the grilled fish had already emitted a faint aroma of fish. From the appearance alone, it was very good. Song Linlin flipped it very frequently, and there were no burnt parts.
The fresh and tender fish was grilled until it was slightly curled and golden. The fish scales were scraped very clean, and the skin looked crispy. Anyway, Song Linlin was very gluttonous, but she still handed the grilled fish to Chi Qianning first.
“Here, for you.”
Chi Qianning hesitated for two seconds before taking the grilled fish. She carefully observed the grilled fish in her hand. It looked cooked and there were no burnt parts, but she didn’t know how it tasted.
“Try it? I think it should be delicious!” Song Linlin was not in a hurry to grill the other fish. She couldn’t wait to get the evaluation of her first cooking.
In Song Linlin’s expectant eyes, Chi Qianning approached the grilled fish, gently took a bite at the belly of the fish, and chewed slowly.
“Is it good?”
Chi Qianning only chewed twice, frowned, turned her head and spat out the piece of fish, and gave a very straightforward evaluation: “It’s not good.”
“Ah? How could it be?”
Song Linlin couldn’t believe it. It looked good, how could it be bad? Could it be that her first cooking was going to suffer a disastrous defeat?!
“Let me try.”
Song Linlin also leaned over and took a big bite. She didn’t care that this was the place where the other party had just bitten. She tasted it carefully. Because no seasoning was added, there was no taste other than the pure taste of fish.
However, the meat of this fish itself was fresh and tender, and there was no earthy smell. Song Linlin was not so picky. She felt that this grilled fish was not inedible, it was just a little ordinary in taste.
“I think it’s okay.” Song Linlin scratched her head. Just now she really thought that what she made was so unpalatable that she made the other person throw up.
Song Linlin looked at Chi Qianning. With such a good-looking face, even if she was picky, she couldn’t bear to blame her. She could only say, “Okay then, if you don’t eat it, give it to me.”
But she didn’t intend to give up. The other fish had been processed. She couldn’t eat two. It seemed that she could only try another method.
After thinking for a few seconds, there was no seasoning now, and Song Linlin’s skills were limited. She thought about it and finally hesitated: “Uh… I’ll make sashimi for you?”
This had no technical content, it was just slicing the fish. Song Linlin felt that she could still do it.
Chi Qianning nodded. Her acceptance of raw meat was much higher than that of cooked meat.
Then Song Linlin took out her dagger again, and the sharp blade easily cut off a piece of fish meat, but Song Linlin’s knife skills were relatively poor, and the cut was not thin.
Now there were no plates or chopsticks, Song Lin could only try to feed Chi Qianning by hand. She held up a piece of fish and handed it to her, “Try it?”
If she still thought it was bad, then forget it. Song Linlin could only grill the other fish and eat two herself.
Chi Qianning looked at the hand handed over by the other party, hesitated for two seconds, and then lowered her head to bite the fish meat handed over. It was not delicious, but this time she could swallow it.
Seeing that Chi Qianning didn’t spit out the fish she fed this time, Song Linlin was very motivated to continue cutting fish meat to feed her. She always felt that this was a very fulfilling thing.
After finishing these two fish, the moon was already high in the sky. Song Linlin poured water to extinguish the firewood, and the two returned to their residence.
Song Linlin still needed to go to the Affairs Hall to deal with these fish. After finishing this matter, it was already very late when she came back.
“You haven’t gone to sleep yet?”
Song Linlin walked into the room. The fish were packed in a bamboo basket, which was very heavy to carry. She felt that she was full of fishy smell now.
She walked to the closet and found a set of clean clothes. She smelled the smell on her body and felt that she didn’t want to eat fish anymore these days.
Song Linlin said to Chi Qianning, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, “I’m going to take a shower in another room. I smell like fish now.”
“Mm.”
Chi Qianning had no objection. She had already changed into a set of clothes. The previous clothes were already wet when she was fishing in the river.
Walking out of the room, Song Linlin fetched a bucket of water. She had been soaking in cold water all afternoon. Now she just wanted to go back to sleep quickly. She was too lazy to wash with hot water, so she used the cold water in the bucket to scrub herself all over.
Back in the room again, although she had washed it carefully, Song Linlin still felt that she had a residual smell. She climbed onto the bed and approached Chi Qianning, “Can you smell fish on me?”
Chi Qianning also leaned closer to her, hugging Song Linlin and smelled, then shook her head, “No, you smell very fragrant.”
Song Linlin didn’t refuse to be held by the other party. She had gotten used to hugging while sleeping these days. She adjusted to a comfortable position and looked at the other’s face up close. Only then did she realize that the clothes Chi Qianning changed into were actually the skirt she lent her earlier.
Such a discovery was hard not to make people think too much, especially for Song Linlin, who was not a gentleman at all.
She couldn’t help but hug the other’s body tightly. After taking a cold shower, her body felt very comfortable when hugging Chi Qianning’s cold body.
After what happened in the afternoon, Song Linlin was a little unrestrained. She buried her head in the other’s neck and rubbed, but unfortunately, she still couldn’t smell anything.
“Why don’t you have any smell?” Song Linlin muttered.
Chi Qianning let her hold her and asked, “What smell do you think I should have?”
She relied on smell to distinguish different people and was very sensitive to various smells. Of course, she could make herself have no smell at all, which could make others unable to find her.
Song Linlin thought for a moment, but couldn’t come up with a specific answer, and said, “Well… I don’t know, but you look like the kind that is very fragrant.”
After hearing this, Chi Qianning chuckled. In fact, in the past, she only had a full body of bloody smell. She was not a good thing. If she didn’t actively control it, her whole body would naturally emit evil energy.
Of course, for someone like Song Linlin with a pure Yin constitution, this kind of smell would be very attractive, and it would indeed be very fragrant.
In a sense, they were indeed very compatible.
Chi Qianning released some of her scent. Song Linlin felt that she was indeed confused by the fragrance. The scent was very faint, looming, but it attracted all of Song Linlin’s attention. Her body and mind were immersed in it, and she only felt that how could there be such a good-smelling person in this world.
“You smell so good…”
Song Linlin didn’t want to let go of Chi Qianning. Feeling the other’s breath, she couldn’t help but kiss the neck in front of her again.
Feeling the kiss on her skin, Chi Qianning reached out and touched the back of her head, and said softly in the other’s ear, “This is my scent, how does it compare to what you imagined?”
“It smells so good…” Song Linlin really couldn’t describe it specifically.
Song Linlin couldn’t help but bite Chi Qianning’s neck, but because Chi Qianning didn’t seem to like being bitten in the past few times, Song Linlin only bit lightly and reluctantly let go.
Chi Qianning didn’t care that she secretly bit her again. This was nothing more than adding some itchiness to her. She took a breath and said next to Song Linlin’s ear, “Dual cultivate tonight?”
Ahhhhh why does the last part feels so suggestive?😆