When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 69

Volume Three: Those Years I Was a Wangye

Roses in full bloom

Pain, a pain like having one’s tendons pulled and bones dislocated!

Heat, a heat like a wildfire scorching the plains!

Lin Tinghan clung to Wen Nuan, her eyes hazy, panting rapidly. “Wen Nuan, it hurts so much…”

A pain like her blood was flowing backward, like her bones were being broken one by one.

Wen Nuan held her tightly, lowered her head to kiss her forehead, and coaxed, “Hang in there, Tinghan. Get through this, and your illness will be cured.”

The medicinal effects of this Fire Source Pill manifested in Lin Tinghan as pain and intense heat.

Lin Tinghan was in agony from the pain and heat, her face contorted in suffering, feeling as if her heart and lungs were being torn apart. Her whole body trembled ceaselessly.

She lay sprawled on Wen Nuan, her body writhing constantly due to the pain.

Pain, it really hurt so much…

Lin Tinghan bit her lip hard, even though it was already a bloody mess, it still couldn’t alleviate the pain in her body.

Seeing her biting her own lip again, Wen Nuan helplessly kissed her, prying open her lips and teeth.

She coaxed her, wiping the sweat from her forehead, “Good girl, don’t bite yourself.”

Wen Nuan took a nearby blanket and covered both of them.

She leaned down, looking at Lin Tinghan whose face was flushed red, her eyes darkening. “…If it hurts, bite me.”

Lin Tinghan clenched her jaw, her expression ferocious. This Fire Source Pill was truly potent, its medicinal properties fierce.

Several times, she couldn’t bear it, finding it hard to control herself as the scalding medicinal effects flared up.

If Wen Nuan hadn’t kept calling out to her, she really wouldn’t have been able to hold on.

“It’ll be over soon, it’ll be over soon…” Wen Nuan coaxed her, over and over, tirelessly.

“Wen Nuan… Wen Nuan…” She couldn’t cry out in pain, only able to repeatedly call Wen Nuan’s name.

Heat waves surged, and passion consumed their bodies.

The people outside were still waiting. Sounds kept coming from the room. They must be doing some things that Jinjiang doesn’t allow to be written!

Ji Chenwei sighed with emotion, “Ai, this Fire Source Pill is really potent. Look how it’s torturing Miss Lin. Her miserable screams are getting softer, and the sounds from the room are getting louder. It must be exceptionally painful, right?”

Qi Hanrong rolled his eyes helplessly, his face flushing red, and shot her a glare. “Shut up, you.”

Ruilin stood at the door, even closer, and upon hearing the sounds from inside, she was already blushing from head to toe and trembling with embarrassment.

Her Young Miss… really can scream a lot, can’t she?

It wasn’t until the hour of the Pig¹ that the clamor in the room gradually subsided.

“Ruilin?”

Wen Nuan’s voice called out from inside the room.

Ruilin didn’t dare enter the room and could only answer from outside, “Wangye, this servant is here.”

“Prepare bathwater. Your Young Miss and I need to wash up.”

Ruilin’s face was bright red as she replied, “Yes, Wangye, this servant will go prepare it immediately.”

Ji Chenwei walked up and knocked on the door. “Wangye, how is Miss Lin? I heard Miss Lin crying out so miserably from outside. Is she in a lot of pain?”

Qi Hanrong: “…..”

“…It’s nothing.” Lin Tinghan’s hoarse voice came from inside. “Thank you for your concern, Miss Ji. I’m fine now.”

Ji Chenwei breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good. Miss Lin, get some good rest. Your voice is all hoarse from shouting.”

Qi Hanrong: “……”

He really couldn’t stand listening to the nonsense coming out of this brainless Ji Chenwei anymore. Helplessly, he pulled Ji Chenwei away and said to the people in the room, “Wangye, Miss Lin, please rest well. This commoner and Chenwei will take our leave now.”

Wen Nuan: “Go on back.”

Ji Chenwei was dragged away by Qi Hanrong. She shouted, “Wangye, call me if you need anything, okay?”

Qi Hanrong instantly felt so ashamed he wished the earth would swallow him up. He pulled Ji Chenwei away quickly, saying with disdain, “Stop talking and let’s go quickly.”

What an oblivious blockhead!

Warm jade in her embrace², Wen Nuan brushed aside Lin Tinghan’s sweat-drenched hair. “How are you? Is your body feeling any better?”

Even though she was drenched in sweat, Lin Tinghan still didn’t want to leave Wen Nuan’s embrace. She lifted her head and said hoarsely, “Much better.”

The Fire Source Pill was indeed effective. Lin Tinghan could already feel a warm current circulating within her body, very comfortable.

“That’s good. It seems this Fire Source Pill can really treat your cold constitution syndrome.” Wen Nuan squeezed her hand. “Your hands feel warm to my touch now.”

Lin Tinghan hugged Wen Nuan tightly, burying her face in her shoulder. “Mhm, not only are my hands warm now, everywhere is warm.”

Wen Nuan raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really?”

Lin Tinghan’s eyes were like silk threads, alluring, as she nibbled on Wen Nuan’s earlobe. “Feel for yourself.”

“Biting again?” Wen Nuan sighed, stroking her smooth, fair back, helping her catch her breath.

She was drenched in sweat, looking as if she had just been pulled out of water. This cold-dispelling session had exhausted her.

“My lips are already a mess from your biting. Can you change this little habit of yours of biting people?”

Lin Tinghan lifted her upper body from her embrace, completely unconcerned about her exposed charms.

She looked at the red lips she had bitten, leaned in, and bit them again. “But I just want to bite you?”

Wen Nuan hissed in pain. “Why?”

Her fingertips caressed her lips, her eyes gradually deepening, flickering with a profound, world-weary look. “Because I want to leave a mark on you, a mark that belongs only to me.”

Unfortunately, the wounds were too light; even if bitten, they would heal.

It was unknown if Wen Nuan’s constitution was too good, but the several places she bit all recovered very quickly. In no time, the bleeding stopped and scabs formed. Once the scabs fell off, the skin was smooth as new again.

A mark?

A blurry fragment suddenly flashed through Wen Nuan’s mind. When she tried to see it clearly, she couldn’t see anything; it had vanished without a trace.

She lowered her eyes, looking at the scar on Lin Tinghan’s chest. “Do you know where this scar came from?”

Lin Tinghan thought for a moment. “It might be a birthmark. It’s been there for a long time, I don’t quite remember how I got it. What, is it very ugly?”

She was a little alarmed, afraid that Wen Nuan would dislike this scar.

“Not ugly,” Wen Nuan rolled over, pressing Lin Tinghan beneath her, and lowered her head to kiss the scar. “It has deeply captured my heart.”

Ruilin brought the hot water. Just as she was about to knock and enter the room, she heard the commotion inside, blushed, and quietly retreated.

She wouldn’t be as tactless and oblivious as Ji Chenwei.

A comfortable hot bath was finished as the first rays of morning sunlight fell.

Wen Nuan had just tied her sash when a pair of jade-like arms wrapped around her waist. She chuckled, “What’s wrong?”

“I really want to die in bed with you.” Lin Tinghan rested her chin on Wen Nuan’s shoulder and sighed softly.

Wen Nuan: “……”

The System clicked its tongue: 【Compared to the female lead, she’s the one who’s wild and unrestrained.】

Wen Nuan: “……”

【And the way the female lead said that was so cool and dashing, it feels like you’re the one just lying flat.】 The System sighed in admiration. 【Oh right, the blackening value has decreased. The female lead’s blackening value is now 1.8!】

Wen Nuan: “……”

She turned around, looked at the neatly dressed Lin Tinghan, caressed her face, and teased, “Just this little dream?”

Lin Tinghan: “Hm?”

Wen Nuan kissed her. “Just die in bed? Not planning to do anything?”

A trace of interest flashed in Lin Tinghan’s deep eyes. “Continue what we did last night, okay?”

“Not okay.”

“Why?”

A corner of Wen Nuan’s mouth curved up. “Because I wasn’t satisfied.”

After all, it was just kissing and caressing. If she had been truly satisfied, Lin Tinghan wouldn’t be able to get out of bed right now.

Lin Tinghan was speechless. “You weren’t satisfied? Was I too clueless?”

She didn’t understand much about matters of romance and passion³, so she could only cooperate with Wen Nuan.

Wen Nuan must have found her too clueless and rigid in bed, spoiling her mood.

“I can learn.” Lin Tinghan gripped her hand, her expression earnest. “I can learn.”

“Who do you want to learn from?”

Lin Tinghan was a bit lost. She knew too few people. Among those around her, only Ruilin knew she liked Wen Nuan, liked a woman.

She was afraid she could only go to Qingfeng Lou to find those young men to learn how to please women.

“I can go to Qingfeng Lou. I can find a courtesan and have him teach me.”

Wen Nuan raised an eyebrow. “You’re going to… a pleasure quarter⁴… to learn… bedroom matters… from a man?”

The System was impressed: 【The female lead is both fierce and daring! A true hero!】

Lin Tinghan said, embarrassed, “Apart from learning there, I don’t know any other place. If I only learn from books, I’m afraid I won’t learn well and displease you.”

“…..” Wen Nuan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She lifted Lin Tinghan’s chin. “Are you sure there’s no one else besides Qingfeng Lou who can teach you… that kind of thing?”

Lin Tinghan blinked, tilted her head, and said, “….Who else is there?”

Could it be Ruilin?

That little maid understands even less than she does, right?

Could it be Qi Hanrong?

After all, Qi Hanrong also came from Qingfeng Lou. Courtesans would have taught hualang how to please women early on. Qi Hanrong must have learned it too.

Lin Tinghan’s eyes lit up. “I can ask Qi Hanrong.”

Wen Nuan: “…..”

The System sighed in admiration: 【This plot is getting more and more awesome! The female lead looking for the male lead to learn how to please women, truly f#cking brilliant!】

Wen Nuan: “…..What the f#ck are you getting excited about?!”

The System chuckled: 【I’m⁵ just expressing my profound respect for the female lead.】

“Why don’t you express some profound respect for me then?”

Such obvious double standards?!

【Do you have any (reason to be respected like that)?】 The System said calmly.

“……”

A soul-searching question⁶, Wen Nuan was actually speechless.

“You’d rather learn from Qi Hanrong than even consider me?” Wen Nuan sighed. “So I have such little presence in your heart.”

System: 【Host, you and the female lead are practically an arrogant⁷ “1”⁸ and a reservedly passionate “0”⁹!】

Wen Nuan: “…..”

One day, she too wanted to go to that department and learn a thing or two, look how it had corrupted an originally upright and pure¹⁰ system into a guy with dirty thoughts and a mind full of smutty trash¹¹.

When Lin Tinghan heard this, she grabbed her hand and hurriedly said, “No, no, you’re the most important person in my heart, more important than my life. You teach me. Whatever you teach me, I’ll learn, okay?”

Wen Nuan turned away and hmphed, “If I hadn’t prompted you, you wouldn’t have even thought of me.”

“That’s not true,” Lin Tinghan said shyly. “I was afraid you’d think I’m stupid.”

Think you’re stupid?!

What a joke. Back in the imperial examinations¹², Lin Tinghan had the highest score. If she had participated in the imperial examination selection, she would have been the Zhuangyuan¹³ directly.

“The person who was almost the Zhuangyuan back then is playing dumb with me here?” Wen Nuan crossed her arms. “Lin Tinghan, you’re not being honest?”

Lin Tinghan’s willow-like eyebrows¹⁴ furrowed slightly. She blinked, the lingering blush at the corners of her eyes making her tear mole¹⁵ exude a faint allure.

She wrapped her arms around Wen Nuan’s neck, snuggling into her embrace. “I was wrong.”

“Where were you wrong?” Wen Nuan held her by the waist.

“There’s such a wonderful person right in front of me, yet I kept thinking of finding someone else. It’s my poor judgment, not recognizing the beautiful jade in my embrace, mistaking gravel for treasure. It’s my shortsightedness¹⁶, having eyes…”

“Alright, stop always putting yourself down. Can you change this habit?”

Observing closely, she was very unconfident in herself, it was like this in every lifetime.

Clearly, the one who should be self-deprecating and alarmed was her (Wen Nuan), yet she (Lin Tinghan) was even more humble and more terrified than herself, as if she had fallen into the dust¹⁷.

But she would never know that dust, when met with rain, turns to mud, and under a bright, sunny sky, a beautiful flower can bloom from it.

The rose on her right chest had reddened a bit more. Wen Nuan seemed to understand why this rose had appeared on her chest.

Lin Tinghan always felt she wasn’t good enough for Wen Nuan, her heart always filled with fear and worry. Two women together were already not accepted by the world. Although she yearned for forever, she didn’t dare guarantee forever.

Living only for today was what she could do, and also all she could do.

She didn’t dare ask for too much, afraid that Heaven would be angered by her lack of contentment and take back all the wonderful things she was currently experiencing.

So she humbly pleaded with all the gods and Buddhas in heaven.

Seeing her silent, Wen Nuan naturally knew what she was afraid of. She held her in her arms, letting her listen to the scalding hot heart in her chest.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

“I will block the malice of this world.”

“I will bear the curses of the people of this world.”

“I will walk this path of heresy and apostasy¹⁸.”

Lin Tinghan’s expression held a trace of timid innocence as she asked in a trembling voice, “Then… what do I do?”

Wen Nuan lowered her head and kissed her hair, piously and gently. “Love me well.”

Let the roses bloom because of a fluttering heart, swaying gracefully in the morning sun.

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