Why Won’t the Heroine Break Up With Me? [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 49

“Congyue, do you want to go take a shower?”

Yun Li frowned slightly, catching the scent of blood on Tang Congyue.

At that moment, the others also turned to look at Tang Congyue.

Tang Congyue was very calm. “No rush. A-Li, go to the kitchen and bring out that monster from earlier.”

Yun Li raised an eyebrow, then walked to the kitchen and retrieved the incredibly ugly monster from her spatial dimension.

Tang Congyue and the others walked over at the same time.

It was probably the first time she had seen such a hideous monster, and even Zeng Muhua’s brow furrowed.

“This monster…” Zeng Muhua paused. Before she could continue, she heard Li Qianwu’s voice.

“Muhua, Congyue said this monster might have a beast core.”

A beast core!

Zeng Muhua’s eyes widened slightly. She scrutinized the monster, finding it uglier the more she looked. “But this is just too ugly!”

Pfft…

The others couldn’t help but laugh.

“But it does look different from the monsters we usually see.”

This wasn’t the first time Tang Congyue had seen a monster with a beast core. “Based on my observations, monsters with beast cores all look rather peculiar.”

She paused, then continued, “A-Li, dagger.”

She held out her hand, and a moment later, Yun Li passed her a dagger.

Tang Congyue crouched down with the dagger. After unsheathing it, she first pulled out the Tang sword embedded in the monster’s forehead. Seeing the extent of the damage to the blade, she frowned slightly, set the sword aside, and carefully cut open the monster’s head. In no time, she used the dagger to pry out a blood-red crystal.

“It really does have a beast core!”

This was the first time Zhu Yaqin and the others had seen a beast core being extracted from a monster’s head. They all stared wide-eyed at the blood-red crystal in Tang Congyue’s hand.

As she watched, Zhu Yaqin couldn’t help but click her tongue in amazement.

Tang Congyue stood up and turned on the faucet to rinse the beast core.

Once she felt it was clean, she turned off the tap and handed the beast core to Yun Li.

“A-Li, keep it safe.”

Yun Li took the beast core but didn’t immediately put it into her spatial dimension. Instead, she held it in her hand, examining it closely, her mind racing with thoughts about its use. Could it be absorbed, like in the novels?

The moment that thought arose, Yun Li felt a warm current touch the fingers holding the beast core. The warmth flowed from her fingers through her entire body. At the same time, the blood-red beast core’s color faded at a visible rate. In just a few moments, it turned grayish-white and crumbled into fine powder.

Zhu Yaqin and the others who witnessed this were all stunned.

“A-Li!” Tang Congyue’s pupils constricted as she hurriedly called out Yun Li’s name.

Yun Li, who had been immersed in the comfortable sensation of the warm current spreading through her, snapped back to her senses. Still unaware of what had happened, she looked at Tang Congyue in a daze.

“Congyue, what’s wrong?”

“What did you do?”

“I didn’t do any…” thing.

Before she could finish, Yun Li was shocked to find the beast core gone, her fingertips stained with grayish-white powder.

“What… What happened?! The beast core? Where did the beast core go?”

Zhu Yaqin closed her slightly agape mouth. “Um, Yun Li, I just saw the beast core turn grayish-white in your hand and then become powder.”

“Huh?!” Yun Li looked incredulous. Then, remembering the warm current that had just flowed through her, she quickly said, “Just now! Just now, I felt a warm current flow through my whole body. It felt so good… Could it be, could the beast core have been absorbed by me?”

A warm current?!

The group exchanged glances, with only Tang Congyue frowning tightly.

“Besides the warm current, did you feel anything else?” Tang Congyue asked.

Yun Li thought hard. “No. To be honest, that feeling was really, really comfortable…”

“But why would the beast core suddenly do that? You were just holding it and clearly didn’t do anything, right?” Li Qianwu looked bewildered.

“I really didn’t do anything, but I did think about something.”

“What did you think about?”

“I was wondering if beast cores could be absorbed, like in the novels. Then I felt the warm current!”

“This…”

The group exchanged glances again. Could it be that magical?

“A-Li, take out another beast core.”

Yun Li nodded, took another beast core from her spatial dimension, and handed it to Tang Congyue.

Tang Congyue took the core and tried thinking the same thing Yun Li had, but the beast core in her hand showed no change. Her brow furrowed involuntarily.

“No reaction,” she said.

An idea struck Yun Li, and she ventured boldly, “Um, could it be like the monster meat, where only mutated ordinary people can absorb the energy from beast cores?”

Zhu Yaqin and the others considered it and thought it wasn’t impossible.

“Let me try!” Zhu Yaqin raised her hand.

“You’re not scared?” Li Qianwu asked.

“Not at all. Look, Yun Li is fine, right? I want to experience that comfortable feeling Yun Li was talking about.” Zhu Yaqin said with a grin, which made Zeng Muhua and Li Qianwu smile helplessly.

“Congyue, give me the beast core.”

“Alright.”

Tang Congyue handed the beast core to Zhu Yaqin.

Zhu Yaqin took it and thought, “Absorb! Absorb! Absorb!” The result was just as expected. The blood-red beast core in her hand slowly lost its magnificent color, turning grayish-white before crumbling into a powder that scattered in the wind.

“Ah! It really feels so good!” Zhu Yaqin’s eyes flew open, shining brightly.

Yun Li’s guess was confirmed. Only mutated ordinary people could absorb beast cores. But what was the use of absorbing them?

Involuntarily, Yun Li fell into deep thought.

“It’s really true!” Li Qianwu’s eyes widened.

“But what’s the use?” Zeng Muhua looked perplexed.

Zhu Yaqin dusted the powder off her hands. “I don’t know what it’s for, but I have to say, the absorption process feels amazing, just like soaking in a hot spring.”

“Right? Right? I think so too.” Yun Li chimed in.

Tang Congyue felt speechless and lightly tapped Yun Li on the head.

“Hey!” Yun Li yelped, then looked at Tang Congyue indignantly. “Why’d you hit me?”

“We still don’t know if there are any negative effects from absorbing beast cores. Don’t be so optimistic.”

Tang Congyue’s words made Yun Li pout. She fiddled with her fingers and muttered, “I feel like there probably aren’t any downsides. That feeling was really comfortable…”

Seeing Tang Congyue’s faint glance, Yun Li immediately shut her mouth.

“Observe yourselves for the next few days and see if there are any differences after absorbing the beast cores.” Tang Congyue said.

“Okay.”

“We’ll head back first then.” Zeng Muhua said, taking Li Qianwu’s hand.

“Go on.”

After Zeng Muhua and Li Qianwu left, Yun Li looked at the monster’s corpse on the floor. “Congyue, what should we do with this monster?”

It was too ugly; she couldn’t bring herself to eat it.

“Store it in your space for now.”

“Alright.”

With a wave of her hand, the monster’s corpse on the floor vanished. Then, she looked at Tang Congyue. “Go take a shower. Don’t you feel gross?”

“…I’ll go now.”

Tang Congyue went to her room to get a change of clothes, then headed to the bathroom for a shower.

“I’m going back to my room too.” Zhu Yaqin said.

“Okay.” Yun Li nodded and also returned to her own room.

About twenty minutes later, Tang Congyue, having scrubbed herself clean from head to toe, returned to the room.

The moment she entered, she saw Yun Li nibbling on the tip of her own tail. Seeing her come in, Yun Li hastily let go of her tail and looked at her with innocent eyes, as if she hadn’t just been doing that.

Cute.

With just one look, Tang Congyue felt herself falling for her.

She couldn’t help but walk over and pinch her soft cheek. “Now that you’ve grown ears and a tail, have your habits become more cat-like too?”

Yun Li slapped her hand away. “Of course not!”

“Then why were you biting the tip of your own tail?” Tang Congyue raised an eyebrow.

“I was just curious…”

“Cats are quite curious too.”

“Oh, shut up.” Yun Li refused to admit it.

Tang Congyue chuckled and reached out to stroke her head. Her fingertips inadvertently brushed against the ears on top of Yun Li’s head. She followed the movement with her eyes and saw them twitch slightly.

So cute.

Tang Congyue couldn’t resist. She gently pinched an ear between two fingers.

Yun Li found it extremely comfortable, but she didn’t want to show it. She shook her head, trying to get away from Tang Congyue’s hand.

“A-Li…”

Suddenly, Tang Congyue’s slightly husky voice sounded.

Hearing it, Yun Li felt all four of her ears tingle.

“What?”

“Can I touch it?”

“Aren’t you already touching it?”

She was already doing it, and only now was she asking for permission?

This woman was too much!

“No, I mean…” Tang Congyue paused. “Your tail. I want to touch your tail.”

Her tail?

The tail behind Yun Li swayed twice.

She thought for a moment, then nodded. “Fine, you can touch it.”

Yun Li also wanted to know what it felt like to have someone else touch her tail.

Having gotten Yun Li’s consent, Tang Congyue’s dark eyes lit up. She reached out and accurately grasped the tip of Yun Li’s tail.

Perhaps because Yun Li had just been biting it, the tip of the glossy black tail was slightly damp. Tang Congyue didn’t mind. After catching it, she held the tip between two fingers and kneaded it gently.

Her pressure was neither too light nor too heavy, yet Yun Li felt as if a tiny electric current was shooting through the spot being touched, a tingling, numbing sensation.

This is kind of nice…

Yun Li narrowed her eyes slightly.

Just then, Tang Congyue released her grip and moved her hand to the middle of the tail, then gently stroked downwards, following the direction of the fur.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Tang Congyue lost count of how many times she had stroked it. Seeing Yun Li already unable to resist lying down, her peach-blossom eyes half-closed in a lazy expression, a smile couldn’t help but appear in her own eyes.

So cute.

Now, Tang Congyue’s attention was on the base of Yun Li’s tail. She reached out to pinch it, but unexpectedly, Yun Li, who was lying on the bed, suddenly let out a soft moan. She shot up and scrambled backward.

“No more touching!”

Tang Congyue raised an eyebrow.

Did I touch a sensitive spot?

She gazed at Yun Li’s flushed little face, looking thoughtful.

“Alright, I won’t touch it anymore.” Tang Congyue didn’t insist. “I’m going to get the hairdryer from Yaqin.”

She had washed her hair, and it was still wet.

“Hurry up and go.”

“Mhm.”

Watching Tang Congyue leave, Yun Li abruptly hugged her tail.

She didn’t know if all cats were like this, but she just felt that the base of her tail was incredibly sensitive. That one touch from Tang Congyue just now had almost made her jump.

As Yun Li thought about it, she unconsciously started nibbling on the tip of her tail again.

…

Ksshh…

“Are you guys coming down to eat?”

Zeng Muhua’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Yun Li snapped back to reality. She grabbed the walkie-talkie, about to say something, but then paused.

“Ah, speaking of which, will we scare Uncle and Auntie looking like this?” Zhu Yaqin said.

Yun Li blinked, her tail swaying from side to side behind her.

Their bodies had mutated, but it wasn’t a terrifying mutation, was it? Uncle and Auntie should be able to accept it.

Hearing this, Zeng Muhua rubbed her temples.

Her parents still didn’t know about their mutations.

“Forget it, don’t come down yet. I haven’t told my parents. I need to give them some time to prepare.”

“Okay.” Zhu Yaqin readily agreed.

Click.

Just then, Tang Congyue pushed the door open. Seeing Yun Li with the walkie-talkie, she understood. “What did Muhua say?”

“Ah, she was going to call us down for dinner, but Uncle and Auntie don’t know about our mutations yet, so Muhua said to give them some time to prepare first.”

Tang Congyue understood. “I see. I’ll go cook later. What do you want to eat?”

“Whatever you want to make is fine.”

Yun Li flopped onto the bed.

Seeing this, Tang Congyue couldn’t help but walk over and lie down on her side next to her.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Yun Li stared at the ceiling.

“Still feeling unwell?”

“Nope.” Yun Li turned her head to look at her. “Why do you ask?”

“No reason. You just seem a little off.”

“I’m not, okay.” Yun Li pouted, then sat up and pushed Tang Congyue. “Hurry up and go cook!”

“Not going to help me?”

“Nope.” Yun Li turned her head away, showing Tang Congyue the back of it.

Tang Congyue couldn’t help but laugh. She also sat up, hugged Yun Li from behind, rested her chin on her shoulder, and gently nuzzled her cheek.

“So heartless?”

“This is what you call heartless?”

Tang Congyue didn’t speak, just turned her head and kissed her cheek.

Yun Li felt a tickle and struggled in her embrace. “Stop being so clingy. Go cook.”

“Alright, fine.”

Tang Congyue released Yun Li and got up to leave the room.

Seeing her leave so readily, Yun Li raised an eyebrow slightly.

Has she changed her ways?

Or is she plotting something again?

Yun Li couldn’t help but touch her chin in thought.

Not long after Tang Congyue left the room, Zhu Yaqin came out. She went to the kitchen and looked at Tang Congyue.

“Need any help?”

“No need, I can handle it myself.”

Zhu Yaqin didn’t insist. “What delicious food are you planning to make?”

“Monster meat is a must. For the rest, I’ll just whip up something.”

Zhu Yaqin thought that made sense and nodded.

Just then, Yun Li also came out.

Zhu Yaqin looked over. “Yun Li!”

She called out to her.

“What’s up?” Yun Li walked over.

“Congyue said she doesn’t need help. Let’s play a game!”

Play a game?

Yun Li was confused. “What game?”

“How about poker?” Zhu Yaqin pulled out a deck of cards from under the coffee table in the living room.

“We might as well wait until after dinner and the three of us can play Fight the Landlord.”

“That works too!” Zhu Yaqin’s eyes lit up. “But since we’re free now, let’s play a few rounds first!”

Yun Li was slightly tempted, but then she thought of Tang Congyue busy in the kitchen alone and felt it wasn’t right. “Let’s just forget it.”

With that, Yun Li, who had said she wouldn’t help, walked into the kitchen.

“Need help?”

Tang Congyue shook her head and shooed Yun Li out of the kitchen.

Yun Li: “…”

Her concern was completely wasted!

Yun Li puffed out her cheeks and sat down next to Zhu Yaqin. “Come on! Let’s play poker!”

Zhu Yaqin’s lips twitched. She wanted to say something but held her tongue and just started dealing the cards.

They played nearly ten rounds, with wins and losses split about evenly. Before long, Yun Li started to feel a bit bored.

“Fight the Landlord is more interesting.”

Zhu Yaqin nodded in agreement. “I think so too. Let’s play after dinner.”

“Dinner’s ready.”

They had smelled the fragrant aroma long ago. Hearing Tang Congyue’s announcement, the two of them immediately threw down their cards and went to the dining table.

Because they didn’t have many ingredients, Tang Congyue had only made three meat dishes. Two were made with monster meat, and the last was regular chicken.

Yun Li first served herself a bowl of rice, and her first bite was of the regular chicken.

This action made Tang Congyue look at her.

“A-Li…”

“What’s wrong?”

“Don’t you dislike chicken now?”

“When did I ever dislike chicken?”

“Before…”

Yun Li also seemed to realize something was off and frowned at the chicken in front of her.

“Chicken is delicious.” Zhu Yaqin said, not understanding. She also took a piece of chicken for herself.

Tang Congyue looked at Zhu Yaqin again.

Zhu Yaqin looked completely baffled.

“Wh-what’s wrong?”

“You’re not eating monster meat today?”

They were craving it so much this morning, so why the change at lunch?

Oh, right!

Zhu Yaqin looked thoughtful and exchanged a glance with Yun Li.

“Wait a minute.” Zhu Yaqin stood up, ran to her room to grab the walkie-talkie, and called Zeng Muhua.

“Muhua, Muhua!”

“What’s wrong?” After a moment, Zeng Muhua responded.

“Have you guys had lunch?”

“We’ve finished. What’s up?”

“Has Qianwu’s craving for monster meat lessened?”

“No, she only ate monster meat for lunch.”

Yun Li and Tang Congyue both heard this.

“Why the sudden question?” Zeng Muhua asked.

“Nothing, I just wanted to compare.” Zhu Yaqin put down the walkie-talkie. “Um, I suspect this is because we absorbed the beast cores.”

Yun Li nodded eagerly. “Mhm, mhm, I think so too. Because we absorbed the beast cores, our dependence on monster meat has decreased!”

“Exactly!” Zhu Yaqin nodded along.

Tang Congyue pondered, “Let’s observe for a while longer.”

Just then, Zeng Muhua’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

“What comparison?”

Zhu Yaqin immediately chattered on, explaining everything to Zeng Muhua.

After listening, Zeng Muhua thought for a long while before saying, “I think we should start hunting monsters with beast cores.”

Yun Li and Zhu Yaqin immediately looked at Tang Congyue.

Tang Congyue nodded. “We can.”

“Then when do we set out?” Zhu Yaqin asked.

“Let’s rest for today and set out tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

After finalizing their plan, Zhu Yaqin put down the walkie-talkie and started eating heartily. Seeing that Yun Li and Tang Congyue hadn’t moved, she immediately urged them, “Hurry up and eat! What are you two spacing out for?”

At Zhu Yaqin’s urging, Yun Li and Tang Congyue picked up their chopsticks and began to eat gracefully.

After finishing their meal and washing the dishes, Zhu Yaqin excitedly pulled Yun Li and Tang Congyue into a game of Fight the Landlord.

“How about we bet with points?”

She had a lot of points and nowhere to spend them, so now was the perfect time to use them as stakes.

“Sure.” Yun Li readily agreed, then took out a stack of point cards from her space and handed them to Tang Congyue. “These are yours.”

She didn’t count how many points were on the cards she took out, but there were large denominations, including a one-thousand-point card.

Tang Congyue didn’t care how much Yun Li had given her. “Who’s dealing?”

“I’ll go first. The next dealer is the landlord!” Zhu Yaqin raised her hand.

“Then you deal.”

“OK.”

And so, the three of them started playing Fight the Landlord.

At first, their wins and losses were back and forth, but at some point, Tang Congyue started getting incredibly good. She won almost every single round. As her winning streak grew, Yun Li and Zhu Yaqin got serious, but even so, they still couldn’t win against Tang Congyue and could only watch as her pile of point cards grew larger and larger.

“I’m not playing anymore!” Zhu Yaqin wore a pained expression.

“I’m not playing either! Congyue always wins!” Yun Li also pouted.

In response, Tang Congyue was very calm. “Isn’t it just because you two are too bad?”

Yun Li: “???”

Zhu Yaqin: “???”

Is that something a human should say?!

Zhu Yaqin decided to ignore Tang Congyue completely and turned to go back to her room.

Yun Li shot Tang Congyue a glare and also returned to her own room.

Left alone, Tang Congyue chuckled softly and tidied up the playing cards on the table.

Can’t even take being called bad. Two childish brats.

…

When Tang Congyue returned, Yun Li was lying on the bed playing with her phone. She only glanced up when she saw her enter.

“Angry?”

Yun Li didn’t speak.

Tang Congyue couldn’t resist pinching her fluffy ear. “I’ll go easy on you two next time, how about that?”

Yun Li: “???”

She slapped away Tang Congyue’s mischievous hand. “You’re too much!”

How could she even say something like “go easy”!

“Then I won’t say it.”

“Hmph.”

“There, there, don’t be angry.” Tang Congyue pulled her into an embrace. “Take me into your space.”

“What for?” Yun Li shot her a sidelong glance.

“The soil in the space needs watering.”

Oh, right!

Watering!

Yun Li had a sudden realization. She grabbed Tang Congyue’s hand, and the two of them entered the space together.

Several days had passed. The black soil where they had planted vegetables, which had only sprouted tiny green shoots before, was now different. The plants were already starting to take on their mature forms.

Seeing this, Yun Li’s peach-blossom eyes sparkled. She couldn’t help but hug Tang Congyue’s arm and say, “Does this mean we’ll have fresh vegetables to eat in a little while?”

Tang Congyue loved it when Yun Li was this close. She looked at the greenery in the distance and nodded gently. “Mhm, we’ll have fresh vegetables to eat in a little while.”

“Yay!”

She was almost tired of eating meat every day. Once the vegetables were ripe, she could finally change her diet!

With this thought, Yun Li’s eyes sparkled with excitement.