The Junior Sister Isn't Flirtatious At All; It's All Their Fault for Being Too Seductive - Chapter 8

Zhāng Yánchū had no choice but to leave sheepishly, thinking that next time, she would come when her Senior Brother was absent.

Yuè Wénqiū immediately apologized to Jiāng Luòyuè, “Miss Jiāng, this Junior Sister of mine has a quick temper; she’s been spoiled since she was a child…”

As he spoke, Yuè Wénqiū stopped. While his Junior Sister was indeed overly pampered and willful, the fact remained that she had offended Miss Jiāng, and Miss Jiāng was the victim.

“Forget it. I won’t lower myself to her level,” Jiāng Luòyuè was too lazy to argue with such a person. She treated it as a minor incident; her main reason for coming out was to enjoy the sunlight.

Jiāng Luòxīng quickly moved a lounge chair and brought out a fruit platter, asking Yuè Wénqiū if he had any delicious fruits.

Yuè Wénqiū was naturally eager to please Jiāng Luòyuè. With a wave of his hand, a plate of round berries appeared on the fruit platter. “These are Scarlet Berry Fruits (Jiàng Méi Guǒ). They taste very sweet and only replenish trace amounts of spiritual energy, so they are just eaten as snacks.”

Jiāng Luòyuè’s eyes lit up. They looked remarkably similar to the cherries of the 21st century. She tasted one and found the flavor very similar as well.

“So delicious! I love this one.” Jiāng Luòyuè’s eyes slightly narrowed. The juice left a stain at the corner of her lips, making them look particularly tempting, inviting anyone to want to taste them.

“Luòxīng, you try some too,” Jiāng Luòyuè scooped up a handful and placed it in Jiāng Luòxīng’s hand.

Jiāng Luòxīng quickly opened his palm to catch them, then subtly shot a smug look at Yuè Wénqiū.

Yuè Wénqiū was puzzled. It was just a fruit, yet the boy felt the need to demonstrate his position to him.

Jiāng Luòxīng came from a poor background and had naturally never eaten such delicious fruit. Although they were tasty, when Jiāng Luòyuè offered him more, he still waved his hand in refusal.

“Older Sister, you eat them. I don’t need spiritual energy,” Jiāng Luòxīng said obediently.

Jiāng Luòyuè was not one for false modesty; she truly liked the fruit. “Then I’ll eat all of them, okay?”

Yuè Wénqiū’s gaze toward her became incredibly tender. If there were no one else present, he would surely have reached out to stroke her soft head.

Yuè Wénqiū looked through ancient texts and found the ‘Bewitching Smoke Grass’ (Mí Yān Cǎo), which aids in dual cultivation, and the ‘Fragrant Shell Lotus’ (Xiāng Bèi Lián), which helps women recover afterward. These two spiritual herbs were not difficult to find, and he planned to stock up on them.

The moment Yuè Wénqiū left, Zhāng Yánchū felt her opportunity had arrived.

She secretly released a patterned snake into Jiāng Luòyuè’s courtyard. Its venom was very weak; a bite would only cause leg numbness for a few days, with no other problems.

The patterned snake was rather ugly. Zhāng Yánchū wasn’t malicious enough to do anything truly wicked; she just wanted to scare Jiāng Luòyuè.

Zhāng Yánchū was at the Middle-Stage Golden Core realm. She deliberately concealed her aura to release the snake.

Jiāng Luòyuè’s cultivation was lower than hers, so she naturally didn’t notice.

She was lying in the courtyard sunbathing. Her injuries were almost completely healed; she was merely whiling away the time out of boredom.

However, she suddenly felt something soft appear at her feet. She opened her eyes and saw the snake with its mottled patterns, which startled her.

The snake was also startled by her movement and bit her foot.

“Ah!” Jiāng Luòyuè let out a scream.

Jiāng Luòxīng, who was in the room, heard her voice and rushed out. “What is it, Older Sister?”

He sharp-sightedly spotted the patterned snake that Jiāng Luòyuè had shaken off onto the ground. He immediately drew his sword and chopped the snake into two halves.

The snake writhed for a few moments before it was completely dead.

Jiāng Luòyuè clutched her calf. The bitten area was initially painful, but it gradually began to feel numb, and her lower leg seemed to have lost all sensation.

Jiāng Luòxīng took off her shoes and socks and lifted her trousers. The wound on her calf was bruised purple; the snake was clearly venomous.

He lowered his head, intending to suck the venom out for his older sister, but Jiāng Luòyuè pressed down on his head.

“That won’t work. I’ll have residual toxins, and you’ll get poisoned too,” Jiāng Luòyuè, having transmigrated from the modern world, knew that this method of sucking out venomous blood was unscientific.

Jiāng Luòxīng’s gaze fell upon the dead snake beside them. Suddenly remembering something, he picked up the snake’s corpse. “I will go make soup for Older Sister.”

Soup? Jiāng Luòyuè was startled. She was poisoned, and now she had to eat this ugly, dead snake?

Jiāng Luòxīng strode quickly toward the kitchen. Jiāng Luòyuè followed, hopping on one leg.

“Does this actually work?” Jiāng Luòyuè asked, frowning.

Jiāng Luòxīng turned his head to look at Jiāng Luòyuè and patiently explained, “When the village hunters go into the mountains, they are inevitably bitten by snakes. The solution is either to find herbal medicine or to eat the snake.”

Jiāng Luòyuè nodded, quickly realizing that it was similar to the modern method of treating snake venom by injecting an anti-venom serum made from that particular snake.

Jiāng Luòxīng had lived alone for many years. From the time he used to always burn the meat to now being able to cook flavorful meals, he felt a sense of relief; at least when he met his older sister, he wasn’t completely useless.

Jiāng Luòxīng made the snake soup. By the way, he also used the spiritual beast meat Yuè Wénqiū left behind to prepare two dishes, and he made a cup of Scarlet Berry Fruit juice.

Jiāng Luòyuè’s eyes widened. The table full of dishes looked, smelled, and tasted wonderful. She hadn’t realized Jiāng Luòxīng possessed such culinary skill.

“Here, Older Sister, quickly drink the snake soup,” Jiāng Luòxīng said, feeding the soup to Jiāng Luòyuè.

“Luòxīng, can you guarantee that drinking the soup won’t cause poisoning?” Jiāng Luòyuè was still a little apprehensive, as the method of detoxification varies for every type of snake venom.

Jiāng Luòxīng’s hand paused. Indeed, some hunters in the village who used this method still ended up dying.

“Then, Older Sister, you should eat the spiritual beast meat instead. I’ll go find a medical cultivator right now,” Jiāng Luòxīng said.

This was a snake from the cultivation world, which was probably not as simple as a common snake. Jiāng Luòxīng regretted not thinking more carefully.

Jiāng Luòyuè felt that her entire leg, from her calf to her thigh, was numb, but she still took a bite of the spiritual beast meat, thinking that perhaps the spiritual energy in the beast’s body could dispel the venom.

Seeing that her expression was relatively normal, Jiāng Luòxīng quickly ran out to find a medical cultivator.

The medical cultivator took one look at the wound and smiled. “The venom of this snake is very weak. The symptom of numbness will disappear in a few days.”

“Just take this, and you’ll be fine,” the medical cultivator said, producing a pill. He looked up and noticed the snake stew on the table.

“Little brother, your method of detoxification is certainly unique. The only use for this snake in a soup is to fill your stomach; the flavor is quite savory, though.”

Jiāng Luòxīng scratched his head in embarrassment.

“However, this snake doesn’t often appear. Where did it come from?” the medical cultivator asked as he prepared to leave with his medicine box.

Both Jiāng Luòxīng and Jiāng Luòyuè froze upon hearing this.

“I’ll be going now. Call me if you need anything,” the medical cultivator smiled. This young woman was pretty and good-tempered, and Senior Brother Yuè had specifically instructed him to take good care of her, so the medical cultivator’s attitude toward her was naturally good.

“Older Sister, did you hear what the medical cultivator just said?” Jiāng Luòxīng looked at Jiāng Luòyuè.

Jiāng Luòyuè nodded. She understood perfectly that someone had done this on purpose, likely intending to teach her a lesson.