I Got Together with the Goddess [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 41

After reading for a while, Jiang Yiqing turned to her phone to change her mood.

Yiqing seemed to really enjoy browsing beautiful women. She opened the most popular video platform, and upon entry, she was greeted by a face-to-face onslaught of beauties. Because Shui Mingsheng was right beside her, Jiang Yiqing felt an inexplicable hesitation to watch; even if she accidentally opened a video, she made sure to mute the volume.

“What are you looking at, Yiqing?” As if summoned by her thoughts, Shui Mingsheng actually leaned in close to peer at her phone.

Jiang Yiqing moved the phone to her side to hide it, but Shui Mingsheng’s sharp eyes had already caught a glimpse. She smiled like a fox. “So, Yiqing is looking at beauties. I want to ask you—do you think the beauties on the internet are more attractive, or the ones in real life?”

In real life? Jiang Yiqing remembered that she had admitted Shui Mingsheng was a great beauty, so was this girl very smugly trying to market herself? Having been teased by her so often, Jiang Yiqing thought she would have some fun with her for once.

“The ones on the internet are definitely better looking,” Jiang Yiqing said.

“Is that so? Are their chests bigger than mine, or their legs longer? I really want to know.” To her surprise, Shui Mingsheng spoke with such bold words, her expression dead serious as she pressed for an answer.

This question threw Jiang Yiqing into a panic. No one had ever spoken to her in such a blunt manner. She looked at Shui Mingsheng, and for some reason, her eyes grew hot and suddenly became misty. “Why do you have to compare those things?”

“Then what do you like more about them?” Shui Mingsheng leaned her body closer to Jiang Yiqing, clearly unwilling to let the matter rest until she got a result.

“I like… their faces, is that not allowed?” Jiang Yiqing’s voice grew small. Though she was the one who had intended to tease Shui Mingsheng, she had been defeated after only two sentences. Fumbling for an excuse, Jiang Yiqing tried to leave with her phone in hand.

Shui Mingsheng grabbed her wrist, preventing her from leaving, and asked, “Are they even prettier than me?”

Jiang Yiqing’s heart began to thump wildly. She didn’t know why it had to be today, or why it had to be now, but she felt as if the paper-thin barrier between them was about to be punctured.

“In my heart, Yiqing is the most beautiful person in the whole world. Is it really not the same for me in Yiqing’s heart?” Shui Mingsheng suddenly switched to a hurt tone, looking at her with a mournful gaze.

“You’re the prettiest, okay?” Jiang Yiqing said. “Now can you let me go?”

“Is it just ‘pretty’?” Shui Mingsheng pinned her body between the wooden table and herself, asking relentlessly.

Since she had caught Yiqing watching those short videos, Shui Mingsheng didn’t want to let such a perfect opportunity go to waste.

“What else do you want?”

“When someone is pretty, don’t you feel your heart move? Don’t you feel desire?”

Shui Mingsheng’s eyes burned like fire, and Jiang Yiqing felt like a piece of firewood being ignited.

The sound of cicadas chirping outside was endless, yet the noise seemed to vanish from Jiang Yiqing’s mind all at once. She could only hear the sound of her own heart beating.

If she had to describe this incredible summer in her life, Jiang Yiqing would crown it with the name of Shui Mingsheng. Because… she was so dazzling.

She carried a power that could overturn everything. Jiang Yiqing felt as though her entire being was about to be completely swallowed by the tide named Shui Mingsheng.

When the sound of the cicadas returned to her ears, Jiang Yiqing realized she had experienced a brief moment of being lost in a daze.

“Yiqing, what’s wrong?” Shui Mingsheng thought she had been too forceful. That wasn’t good; if she ended up being hated, it would be a problem. She gently stroked Jiang Yiqing’s tender cheek and said, “Alright, alright, I won’t force you anymore.”

Restraint was a virtue; one had to know how to be restrained. She was too wonderful; she didn’t want to hurt her, even if the person doing the hurting was herself.

Shui Mingsheng always made intimate gestures, but she would never cross the ultimate line.

Jiang Yiqing looked into her eyes, which were hidden with emotion, and asked, “Mingsheng, if you had desire, what would you do?”

In an instant, Shui Mingsheng heard the sound of a string snapping. It was the boundary she had been struggling to maintain.

“I would… love you.”

She pressed Jiang Yiqing down onto the summer mat.

She looked down at her from above, watching the way she looked back at her with a mix of panic and stubbornness. An impulse like a surging wave crashed through her mind.

A knock sounded at the door.

Only then did the two of them come back to their senses. Jiang Yiqing got up, turned her back toward the window to hide her blushing face.

It was Xiao Zhi’s voice.

“Sister Shui, Sister Jiang, I found a living Gu insect from my house. Could you help me see what’s going on with it?”

Shui Mingsheng clutched her forehead, thinking that she shouldn’t have been so hasty. Even if Yiqing agreed to her, they still had to finish the wedding, didn’t they? She wanted everyone to witness their happiness.

Xiao Zhi walked in and saw that both of them seemed to be in a daze. She asked considerately, “Did I come at a bad time?”

“It’s nothing.”

The two of them spoke in unison.

Xiao Zhi looked at them in surprise. She saw Jiang Yiqing burying herself at the table like a quail, while Shui Mingsheng was forcefully suppressing a smile.

“Xiao Zhi, go on. I’m listening.”

Xiao Zhi felt a bit annoyed, but she still handed the Gu box in her hand to Shui Mingsheng, saying, “I just hope I can help you sisters.”

Xiao Zhi had also heard about the need to face off against the other two villages.

Mentioning official business, Jiang Yiqing took a sip of water and also came to their side. Shui Mingsheng opened the box and saw a tiny, mist-like Gu insect lying inside.

When both Shui Mingsheng and Jiang Yiqing were present, a faint pink light shimmered over the tiny Gu insect’s body.

Xiao Zhi had never seen such a strange Gu insect. She asked, “What kind of Gu is this? Why is it glowing pink?”

“It’s a Love Gu,” Shui Mingsheng said, finding it hard to believe herself.

The Love Gu was an extremely difficult insect to refine. She hadn’t expected Xiao Zhi’s parents to be able to refine such a Gu. A Love Gu could sense the emotional fluctuations of the people around it; when a pink glow appeared, it meant there were two people in love present.

This meant that Yiqing and she liked each other.

Jiang Yiqing saw the corner of Shui Mingsheng’s mouth hook up in a secret smile, wondering what bad idea she was cooking up again. However, it was also her first time seeing a Love Gu, something she had only seen in stories. It was said that the Love Gu of the Miao regions could make a person fall deeply in love with another and follow their every command.

It sounded romantic, but the idea was somewhat dangerous.

“Mingsheng, is the Love Gu really an insect that can make someone fall in love regardless of everything?” Jiang Yiqing asked.

“Yes. This kind of Gu is extremely difficult to cultivate. It’s very valuable.” Seeing Xiao Zhi’s clearly dejected expression, Shui Mingsheng comforted her.

Xiao Zhi had thought she found a powerful Gu insect that could help Shui Mingsheng defeat the other village chiefs, but she hadn’t expected it to be a Love Gu. It wasn’t that the Love Gu was bad; it was just that Xiao Zhi felt it wasn’t that useful. Even without the Love Gu, Sister Shui and Sister Jiang still loved each other.

Xiao Zhi perked up and said, “Then I’ll give it to you two sisters. I’m going to get busy now!”

Watching her quickly departing figure, both of them felt that this child was too sensible, which made their hearts ache for her.

“I wonder if Xiao Zhi has any desire to go to school,” Jiang Yiqing said.

Actually, she had thought about this a long time ago. Xiao Zhi wasn’t just following them to survive; she had to consider any possible path for her growth, and education was the best way to broaden one’s horizons. However, she didn’t know if Xiao Zhi would prefer to start working directly like Shui Mingsheng or go to school first.

“Let’s ask her,” Shui Mingsheng thought for a moment. Jiang Yiqing was indeed more meticulous in her thinking. She had just let Xiao Zhi follow her and do work; while that provided a future career path, would she really be happy staying here? She shouldn’t be limited to the Qingfeng Village; she should be allowed to see the bigger world outside.

Thinking this way, she felt they should send her to school. Not many people in the Miao regions studied, but Xiao Zhi was so smart; she would surely be a natural student.

If Xiao Zhi also wanted to go to school, Shui Mingsheng already had a preliminary plan. As the largest of the “Cooked Miao” villages, the Yushan Village had the only school in the Miao region, teaching students all the way through high school graduation. Moreover, there was a large transportation array, so she could come back whenever she wanted.