Transmigration! The System Wants Me to Pursue the Abstinent Senior Sister - Chapter 20

After tossing the spirit stones, nothing happened, but that was to be expected. After all, according to the book, this ten-thousand-year-old flower demon had long grown too lazy to move.

The peony swayed gently in the wind, which to outsiders appeared as if it were responding to Luo Yunhuan’s wish.

Just as Qin Yiqiu was about to lead the group elsewhere for a stroll, they had only taken a few steps when a man hurriedly arrived, riding a flashy flying sword.

“Senior Sister! I didn’t expect to see you out flower-viewing today!”

The man smiled obsequiously, like a Shiba Inu trying to please its owner. Yet his appearance exuded the aura of a wealthy young master, adorned with dazzling jewels and magical treasures whose golden light seemed almost blinding.

Luo Yunhuan was momentarily dazed, her mind racing to figure out who this person was.

But she didn’t have to wonder for long, as the senior sister promptly called out the man’s name.

“It was just a spontaneous decision, Anshou. There’s no need to worry about me enjoy the flowers on your own.”

Shen Anshou!

This was the famous male supporting character, the ultimate moneybag in the female lead’s harem.

It seemed that after failing to win over the senior sister, he had turned to the female lead, becoming one of her “wings.”

Luo Yunhuan had skimmed through the plot like a cow chewing on peonies casually flipping through without paying much attention, so she only remembered the general storyline.

But based on this man’s attire, he had to be Shen Anshou, the second male lead.

The timeline of her transmigration was still quite early; it wasn’t yet at a point where nothing could be salvaged. At this stage, Shen Anshou was still infatuated with the senior sister.

But that wasn’t exactly something to celebrate Qin Yiqiu was her own target to win over!

Luo Yunhuan narrowed her eyes, a sense of vigilance rising within her, as if she were looking at a homewrecker.

An invisible tension instantly sparked between the two. As fellow pursuers, a single glance was enough to detect the ambition radiating from each other.

“How could that be acceptable? Senior Sister, you’ve always taken such good care of me in the mountain sect. Now that you’ve finally come out for a stroll, it’s only right that I accompany you.”

In the original book, although Qin Yiqiu was strict when enforcing rules, she was gentle at other times and had even helped the female lead on more than one occasion.

However, she never approved of the female lead’s actions.

Shen Anshou clung to them like an annoying slug, stubbornly following behind no matter how much they tried to dissuade him.

Damn it! This was supposed to be a date exclusively between her and the senior sister she couldn’t let this guy ruin it!

A surge of ruthlessness rose in Luo Yunhuan’s heart as she pondered how to drive him away. Just then, Qin Yiqiu, standing beside her, spoke up.

“Junior Brother Anshou, I’ve already told you there’s no need to follow us.”

“But… Senior Sister, why are you letting this person accompany you and not me?”

“In what way am I not better than her? Just look at the clothes she’s wearing they’re practically rags, coarse and shoddy.”

“Walking with you, Senior Sister, only lowers your status.”

How could Shen Anshou say such things?

So insulting!

Even if she was poor, she still had her dignity it wasn’t as if she had stolen or robbed anyone.

Qin Yiqiu frowned.

“Junior Brother Anshou, I doubt anyone in the Shen family taught you to speak like this. Where did you learn such vulgar words.”

She disliked anyone speaking ill of her junior sister like that, even if the person was tied to her by a red thread of fate someone she ought to keep her distance from. But today was about repaying a debt of gratitude.

Nothing more should happen.

Shen Anshou was taken aback, never expecting the senior sister to scold him over an outsider, especially one with such low cultivation, barely at the mid-stage of Qi Refinement, someone he could crush with a single slap.

Hearing Qin Yiqiu reprimand the male lead, Luo Yunhuan puffed up like a little fox borrowing the tiger’s might, smugly reaching out to tightly wrap her arms around Qin Yiqiu’s arm.

Softness pressed against her arm, threads of scorching heat seeping through the thin fabric of her clothes.

Qin Yiqiu’s body stiffened for a moment before she composed herself, reminding herself that this was merely a test. To safely navigate her tribulation of love, she must resist this girl’s temptations.

Unbeknownst to her, the tremble and unease in her ice-blue eyes were all caught by Shen Anshou.

Clenching his fists, how could he a young master from a wealthy family not recognize the signs of someone’s heart stirring? If his elder brother stared at a seductress in a brothel like that, that very woman would be discreetly delivered through the side gate of the Shen residence by nightfall.

No way?

Wasn’t the senior sister cultivating the Path of Emotionlessness?

Why would she develop feelings for someone?

Shen Anshou fell into self-doubt. He had feelings for the senior sister but had never acted on them precisely because she practiced the Path of Emotionlessness.

He had thought she would forever remain an untouchable full moon high in the sky, yet now, that moon had truly fallen into a pond.

And someone had scooped it right into their palms.

There was only one scenario where a cultivator of the Path of Emotionlessness could develop affection, when facing the tribulation of love. But if it was the same tribulation, why should this scrawny bean sprout reap the benefits instead of him?

Shen Anshou felt deeply resentful.

He believed that even if it cost him his life, he would gladly embrace Qin Yiqiu just once.

Seeing him fall silent, seemingly fixated on her relationship with Luo Yunhuan, Qin Yiqiu simply shook her head.

“Today is the Flower Appreciation Gathering, so I won’t punish you. Next time you appear before your junior sister, watch your words.”

With that, Qin Yiqiu took Luo Yunhuan’s hand and led her away from the square. The crowd parted to make way, each person pretending they hadn’t been eavesdropping, though it was painfully obvious.

Only Shen Anshou remained standing there, dumbfounded.

He stood bewildered for a long time, unable to figure out when the senior sister had become entangled in the tribulation of love.

“Agh, damn it!”

Shen Anshou’s face twisted in fury as he tightly gripped the jade pendant hanging from his waist.

A surge of murderous intent rose within him.

“I’m sorry you had such an unpleasant experience today.”

Only after they had walked some distance did Qin Yiqiu lower her head to apologize. Though she dressed luxuriously and held a prestigious status, she carried no airs of arrogance.

“I think it was fine.”

Luo Yunhuan reached out, mustering the courage to poke Qin Yiqiu’s cheek.

“I just didn’t expect Senior Sister to be even more popular than I imagined. We barely stepped out together, and already someone’s jealous.”

Qin Yiqiu flinched at the warm touch of the fingertip on her cheek, reflexively shrinking the distance between them.

At the same time, Luo Yunhuan’s ears rang with the system’s voice, sounding like an amused spectator munching on melon seeds.

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“Don’t get too close to me, Luo… Luo Yunhuan. I cultivate the Path of Severed Emotions and must not be tainted by love.”

As if to widen the distance between them, Qin Yiqiu deliberately used Luo Yunhuan’s full name instead of addressing her as a fellow sect sister.

At this moment, she made up her mind.

No matter what, she couldn’t allow such a wonderful girl to be contaminated by this wretched emotional tribulation.

What if, what if her own obsession grew too deep, to the point where she would have to kill the person before her with her own hands?

Rather than that, it would be better to nip this affection in the bud before it had a chance to sprout.