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Time trickled by.
The once milky white pool water gradually turned clear and transparent, and the golden-rimmed petals floating on the surface, brimming with vital energy, dissolved into nothing but ash.
The immense medicinal power and the essence of the Spiritual Marrow Liquid within the spring had been completely absorbed.
Xiao Yueluo was the first to open her eyes, letting out a long, turbid breath.
She looked down at her hands.
Her once pale skin now glowed with a soft luster.
Not only had her shattered meridians been fully restored, they were even more resilient and spacious than before her injury.
But the joy of surviving against all odds lasted less than three seconds.
As she stepped out of the water with a splash, her gaze fell upon the carved folding screen by the pool.
Her expression instantly darkened, as if frost could form on her face.
Hanging on the screen were two sheer, translucent gossamer robes.
How could she have forgotten about this…
Xiao Yueluo ground her back teeth, her knuckles turning white from the strain.
The faint, complicated flicker of gratitude she had begun to feel toward Bai Yue evaporated completely the moment she laid eyes on those robes.
“Yueluo, these… these clothes…” Su Qingyan also saw them, her cheeks flushing from her neck to the tips of her ears.
But she quickly bit her lower lip, forcing down the shame in her heart.
From the moment she learned that Xiao Yueluo had been sold off as a bargaining chip to the City Lord’s mansion, and she had gone to beg Bai Yue for help, she had already prepared herself for humiliation—even utter psychological collapse.
It was her own decision.
She had no regrets!
Even if she had to do it all over again, for the sake of saving Yueluo, she would still kneel before that woman without a moment’s hesitation and beg for her aid.
“It’s okay, Yueluo.”
Su Qingyan reached out and gently rubbed Xiao Yueluo’s tense, angry cheeks.
Her voice was soft, yet carried a note of resolve.
“We’re under her roof now.
We have no choice but to bow our heads.”
She took one of the gossamer robes from the screen and slipped it on.
Her eyes reddened, but she forced a reassuring smile at Xiao Yueluo.
“When the time comes… just stay behind me, little Yueluo.
I’ll handle whatever comes.”
“Qingyan!”
Seeing Su Qingyan, who was trembling with fear yet still trying to comfort her, Xiao Yueluo’s heart felt as if it were being cut with a knife.
She hated her own helplessness!
But she had no other choice.
Aside from these utterly humiliating robes, there was nothing else in the bottom deck to cover themselves with.
“Fine.
I’ll wear it.”
Xiao Yueluo’s eyes reddened slightly, the words squeezed out between gritted teeth.
“If we don’t wear this, what else can we wear?”
She let out a cold laugh, her eyes burning with unwillingness and humiliation.
She tore the robe off the screen, closed her eyes, and pulled it over her head.
The gossamer instantly clung to her water-beaded skin.
This wasn’t even clothes!
The fabric turned transparent upon contact with water, barely covering the most essential parts while leaving everything else tantalizingly visible.
It even outlined the girls’ immature curves more clearly than if they were naked.
But it was still better than walking out completely bare.
And if all they had to endure was this kind of humiliation—being forced to wear such things rather than being taken outright—she ought to count herself lucky.
At the very least, this was the last sliver of “dignity” that vicious woman had left them, however insulting it might be.
Dressed and ready, they supported each other, as if walking toward their execution, and made their way step by step toward the top cabin.
***
Top cabin.
Bai Yue estimated that by now, the two downstairs should be just about finished washing up.
She got up from the bed and seated herself at the sandalwood round table.
A set of premium ice-crackle porcelain tea ware lay on the table.
Bai Yue poured herself a cup of spiritual tea and took a leisurely sip.
Her mind was still replaying the favorability changes the system had just notified her of.
“First it goes up, then it goes down.
Are these two heroines schizophrenic or what?”
Bai Yue grumbled internally.
Still, that whole pool of water infused with Spiritual Marrow Liquid should have been enough to stabilize their injuries.
“When they come out, I need to maintain that oppressive, cold villainess aura.
No smiling, no slipping up.
My gaze needs to be three parts mockery, three parts cold disdain, and four parts nonchalance…”
Bai Yue set down her teacup, cleared her throat, and adjusted her posture.
She had just placed her hands on her knees and struck a pose of supreme arrogance—
“Master, we’re done washing.”
Su Qingyan’s trembling voice came from outside the door.
Bai Yue lifted her eyelids slightly, casting an extremely cold glance toward the entrance.
“Clean yourself up and get your as—”
Creak—
The heavy jade door of the cabin slowly swung open.
Before she could finish her sentence—
Bai Yue’s pupils dilated sharply, her gaze locked onto the two figures stepping through the doorway.
“PFFT—!!!”
A mouthful of tea came spraying out of her in the most undignified fashion!
“Cough, cough, cough!
Ahem, ahem!”
Bai Yue choked on the tea, coughing violently, tears nearly shooting from her eyes.
What on earth was she seeing?!
She stared at Xiao Yueluo and Su Qingyan at the door as if she had seen a ghost.
“What… what the hell are you two wearing?!”
By the doorway.
Xiao Yueluo and Su Qingyan stood side by side.
Under the bright glow of the cabin’s luminous pearls, those two gossamer robes looked exactly like they were wearing nothing at all!
Su Qingyan’s figure was barely concealed beneath the sheer fabric.
She crossed her arms over her chest in shame, her entire body flushed red like a boiled shrimp, even the back of her neck blushing crimson.
And beside her, though Xiao Yueluo’s figure was more modest, her expression—a mix of defiant refusal and boundless shame—combined with that visually striking outfit, was practically assaulting every visual nerve Bai Yue had!
What the hell?!
Bai Yue was completely dumbfounded, her brain short-circuiting on the spot.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Why are these two heroines doing softcore cosplay in my room?!
This scene is way too spicy!!
It’s going to get flagged!
Hearing Bai Yue’s incredulous, almost horrified question, Xiao Yueluo’s already frayed nerves snapped instantly.
The blush on her face was replaced by seething rage.
“Stop pretending you don’t know!”
Xiao Yueluo took a fierce step forward, grinding her teeth, her eyes brimming with humiliated tears as she glared at Bai Yue.
“Didn’t you leave these on the screen and force us to wear them?!”
“What more do you want from us?!
We’ve done exactly what you asked—washed ourselves and come dressed like this to see you!
How much more humiliation do you need to be satisfied?!”
“Wait… hold on!”
Startled by this sudden outburst, Bai Yue quickly raised her hand to stop the barrage.
She stared at the gossamer robes on the two of them, her mind frozen for a full five seconds.
Fragments of memory rapidly pieced themselves together in her head.
The robes on the screen…
The sheer, translucent fabric…
Suddenly, Bai Yue slapped her thigh!
Holy crap!
She remembered!
Those weren’t lingerie at all!
Those were the “bath-only special robes” the original owner had left in the spirit spring chamber!
She had forgotten to prepare clothes for them…
The original owner was an extremely ostentatious and selfish villainess.
Whenever she soaked in the spiritual spring, she would have her maids attend to her.
She didn’t want to expose her body, but she also needed spiritual energy to pass through the fabric unobstructed.
So she had specially commissioned a top-tier artifact forger to create these “highly breathable” gossamer robes!
In other words, these were clothes meant to be worn while bathing!
Looking at Xiao Yueluo’s expression—which practically screamed “You perverted demon, I’ll take you down with me”—Bai Yue’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
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