I Got Together with the Goddess [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 9.2

“I… I’m sorry!” he said loudly. “Back then, my parents forced me to marry, but I had already pledged myself to Xiao Qing and would marry no one else. So, I ran away from home to find her. It was my fault for making my little sister marry in my stead!”

Hearing his explanation, Si Xuansu stopped her advance.

Jiang Yiqing urged Jiang Yifan, “I don’t want you meddling in my business. I live very well here. You made me marry in your place back then, so don’t bother with me now! Go fly away with your Xiao Qing and don’t show your face in front of me!”

Jiang Yifan stared at her blankly, unsure if she was telling the truth or speaking against her heart.

Seeing that he wouldn’t believe her, Jiang Yiqing grew a bit impatient, but she still advised him kindly, “I’m serious, I really am doing well in the General’s Mansion.”

She pulled out a luminous pearl from her person and said, “This was given to me by Lady Si herself. Do you think they would treat me poorly?”

“But you are a woman. One day you’ll be found out, and that would be a matter of losing your head,” Jiang Yifan said.

“And if I leave with you, how will we explain it to everyone else? Won’t the Jiang family be dragged down by us?”

Si Xuansu lowered her brows, listening to the back-and-forth conversation, her eyes fluctuating with emotion.

She had never considered that Jiang Yiqing might leave this place. Come to think of it, some of Yiqing’s ways of speaking were very different from the people here. Moreover, although Yiqing had said she liked her, Si Xuansu didn’t know if those words were sincere. She had been a bit reckless that day and was always worried whether Yiqing secretly disliked her.

Jiang Yifan indeed hadn’t thought that far. He asked Jiang Yiqing, “Then what do you say we do?”

Jiang Yiqing thought he was truly a fool and said, “What else can be done? We take it one step at a time. I’m doing fine as I am now. Just go.”

“Since that’s the case, then I’ll… go?”

“Hurry up and go.” If he didn’t leave soon, Jiang Yiqing wouldn’t be able to resist kicking him.

Jiang Yifan felt that after not seeing her for a long time, it seemed his sister now disliked him.

But since both she and Si Xuansu were women, he estimated she wouldn’t be bullied much, so he could indeed rest easy. Now, the most important thing was to think of a way for her to escape the situation.

“Then I’m leaving. When you return for a visit, remember to mention my situation to our parents. Don’t let them worry or get too angry. I am unfilial, but it would be bad if they made themselves sick with anger.” After Jiang Yifan finished speaking, he put on his mask, leaped out the door and quickly vanished into the night.

Jiang Yiqing felt he wasn’t too bad; at least he knew how to worry about his parents. However, Jiang Yiqing’s parents must have been truly heartless to let their daughter marry in place of their son.

The system said, “It was the original body’s own choice to marry in his place.”

Well then, forget she said anything.

Jiang Yiqing walked over to Si Xuansu and looked up at her. Si Xuansu’s expression was indifferent, but then she suddenly smiled.

Jiang Yiqing was afraid she might be angry, but she hadn’t expected her to smile. This smile was like a night-blooming cereus. As expected, the Goddess was beautiful during the day, and she was also beautiful at night—two entirely different kinds of beauty.

“What are you laughing at?” Jiang Yiqing asked.

“I’m laughing because I was a bit obsessed, actually thinking that Yiqing would really stay in my house forever,” Si Xuansu said thoughtfully as she looked at her.

“No rebuttal?” Si Xuansu gripped Jiang Yiqing’s wrist, applying a bit of force.

Jiang Yiqing suppressed her racing heart and said, “Don’t overthink things.”

“By the way, your brother’s martial arts are quite good,” Si Xuansu remarked.

“Is that so?” Jiang Yiqing hadn’t noticed. He had been beaten by the Goddess to the point where he couldn’t even fight back, where was he even slightly powerful?

“Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to break in here unharmed.”

That casual sentence sent a chill down Jiang Yiqing’s spine—no, it was a total sense of security. She thought to herself that the General’s Mansion was indeed not a place to be trespassed upon.

“But he was still allowed in, which means there’s a loophole in the security. I will reorganize it immediately.”

Knowing her serious personality, Jiang Yiqing nodded. “That is important, but let’s wait until tomorrow.”

When in doubt, sleeping on it was Jiang Yiqing’s habit. If it hadn’t been for her brother’s arrival, she might truly never have considered the logic of her being a live-in son-in-law.

Si Xuansu said, “Alright.”

She placed the precious sword on the rack and turned to see Jiang Yiqing already covering her face with the quilt.

“What kind of habit is this?” Si Xuansu asked. “Yiqing, don’t you find it stuffy?”

Jiang Yiqing just felt “charmed” whenever she realized Si Xuansu was nearby.

She revealed her flushed face and said, “It’s fine.”

Si Xuansu lightly planted a kiss on her cheek and said, “So good. Goodnight.”

Early the next morning, Jiang Yiqing entered Space to check on the Spirit Tooth seedling.

She saw that it had grown to the size of a small shrub and stopped. In just one short day, it had produced a flower bud the size of a grain of rice.

Although the bud was tiny, Jiang Yiqing didn’t look down on it. If there were flowers, there would be fruit! Jiang Yiqing was extremely excited, feeling that the day of harvesting the fruit was not far off.

Except… judging by the size of this plant, it probably wouldn’t grow fruits as large as apples. If they were as small as cherries, it would be a bit worrisome.

In order to make the fruit grow as large as possible, Jiang Yiqing began to double the nutrients she was supplying to the Silver Silk Spirit Tooth plant.

However, the value of low-level medicinal materials was limited, and Jiang Yiqing didn’t know if it would be useful.

“You might as well pluck two leaves from the Golden Immortal Auspicious Dew Cicada and feed them to it. I think that will make it grow faster,” the system suggested.

“It can eat leaves?” Jiang Yiqing found it hard to believe.

“Of course. Many high-level plants have predatory characteristics. The Silver Silk Spirit Tooth is exactly like that.”

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Hearing this, Jiang Yiqing crouched down in front of the Golden Immortal Auspicious Dew Cicada. Plucking two of its leaves made her heart ache a bit, but now, for the sake of producing large and plentiful fruit, she had no choice but to resort to this.

“Golden Immortal Auspicious Dew Cicada, I will definitely feed you back to health in the future. For now, let me borrow two of your leaves.”

Jiang Yiqing pressed her palms together and bowed in front of the flowerpot. She was only seeking psychological comfort, but to her surprise, the flower seemed to understand her words. The cicada-like emerald heart in the center moved slightly, as if nodding.

Jiang Yiqing wondered if she was imagining things. Could a potted flower really understand human speech?

Just then, a breeze blew by, and two shimmering emerald-green leaves detached from the Golden Immortal Auspicious Dew Cicada.

Jiang Yiqing caught the leaves fluttering in the air, her amazement beyond measure. It seemed that a holy-tier peony was indeed incomparable to ordinary flowers.

She took the two leaves and entered the Space. Not knowing how to “feed” the Silver Silk Spirit Tooth, she simply placed them on its leaves.

She saw the two leaves merge at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually becoming one. The leaves with silver fuzz instantly gained a bit more emerald green and looked radiant.

Jiang Yiqing wondered if the Silver Silk Spirit Tooth could understand her, since the Golden Immortal Auspicious Dew Cicada could.

She pressed her palms together again, bowed to the Silver Silk Spirit Tooth, and said, “Silver Silk Spirit Tooth, if you can understand what I’m saying, please help produce two big fruits. Thank you.”

Jiang Yiqing saw the leaves of the Silver Silk Spirit Tooth quiver. She didn’t know what it meant—was it a yes or a no, or were the leaves just trembling in the wind?

However, Jiang Yiqing couldn’t worry about it anymore. She had already said her prayer; whether it worked or not was up to the heavens.