20 Chapter 20: Time skip

After the event, Qingyue opened up to me. She is wary of us, but it's slowly disappearing. She started treating me better.

The next day, she arrived at the courtyard at precisely 6 AM. She didn't say anything and just kept staring at me with her usual frosty expression. I introduced Emily to her who just ignored Emily like an air, pissing Emily off.

'How dare you ignore me you b*tch. I can't wait to show you your position after becoming our maid.' thought Emily inwardly with a stiff smile on her expression.

Emily and I trained like usual. Qingyue just curiously watched our training wondering what I would teach her to make her stronger.

After an hour, Xiao Lingxi arrived to visit Emily. Emily excused herself and left with Lingxi to spend time together with her. So, Qingyue and I were alone in the courtyard.

She still had her usual frosty expression, but I noticed she seemed slightly nervous for being alone with me. I just smiled wryly, watching this and approached her.

"So it's just us here, huh. For today, let me teach you about basic taijutsu and kenjutsu techniques. These techniques will help you improve your hand-to-hand combat as well as sword mastery. This isn't useful for improving your cultivation, but it will help develop your body, making your foundation solid." I started teaching her seriously. She also listened to me attentively.

(A/N: I'm just bullsh*ting here. Don't flame me in the comments section.)

After that, I would display different positions used in the techniques, then correct her mistakes, occasionally making contact with different parts of her body, making her embarrassed. I taught her different combat techniques as well as different methods to efficiently utilise her profound energy.

I didn't flirt with her while teaching, I taught her seriously making her a bit surprised by my change of demeanour. She was captivated seeing my serious expression, so she seriously listened to everything I taught her.

After the training, I would return to my playful persona, trying to flirt with her and occasionally physical contact, which made her bashful. She would just sigh and smile, watching my antics.

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Like this time quickly passed by. It was about 5 days until the marriage. During this time, I successfully managed to get closer to Qingyue. She blushes every time I flirt or tease her and pouts if my teasing is excessive. She also told me about her childhood, including her mother. Every time she mentioned her mother, she became depressed, which I consoled by hugging her. Now, she doesn't mind sharing a hug with me. She had started developing feelings for me ever since our first meeting, which multiplied as time passed by.

Lately, she becomes more depressed as the day of her marriage arrives. She already realised her feelings for me, but she can't disregard her promise to marry Xiao Che. Xiao Che's adoptive father saved her life in the past, so she needs to repay the favour by fulfilling the marriage agreement.

So, she can't decide what to do anymore. On the one hand, she has her love, while on the other hand, she has her responsibilities. It's slowly making her distressed, clearly eating her from the inside.

I just calmly watched her without initiating anything. I'm waiting for her to confront me about it, which will be the chance to claim both her hearts and body once and at for all.

'Yes, think more about me. The more you think about me, the deeper you fall in love with me, my dear popsicle~ I can't wait to taste you hehe..' I thought inwardly while continuing training her like usual.

She trained with me everyday increasing her combat proficiency. She was a natural swordswoman. So, she mastered the kenjutsu techniques quickly.

On the other hand, Emily successfully became closer to Lingxi. They spend their time together playing different games, chatting, bathing, shopping, eating different foods as well as doing some silly pranks on others. Lingxi had fully gotten smitten with Emily. She loves Emily just as much as Xiao Che.

They also invited me to go out with them, which I happily complied. During which I would freely converse with Lingxi occasionally flirting and teasing her making her pout. We also shared many intimate hugs. At first, she was a bit sceptical, but when she saw her big sister Emily hugging me so happy, her worries vanished into thin air, and she happily hugged me. She felt comfortable in my embrace, so she always hugs me when it's time to go back.

Lingxi also becomes more depressed as the days passed by. She just keeps staring at Xiao Che with a longing expression filled with guilt. She can't help but feel bitter about the marriage. She loves him dearly but can't display it due to how immoral it is. She also can't stop thinking about me and my warm embrace, making her bashful. But, she still loves Xiao Che more than me making her even more depressed after realising.

Every time, Xiao Che smiles telling her about his marriage, she feels a part of heart shatter. She's been crying about it every night. She feels so jealous and miserable, watching her crush happily telling her about his marriage with another woman.

Every day, Emily would ask her what happened after seeing her puffy eyes, but she just smiled and answered, saying it was just a bug in her eyes. Emily doesn't press her into answering, which Lingxi is thankful about. She doesn't want to lie to her big sister if she can.

But little does she knows that Emily is just waiting for the perfect opportunity to lure her into the trap successfully. She wants to do her best to present this innocent lamb to her husband to claim successfully. Then, she'll successfully train her to become a good maid for her husband.

After patiently waiting, finally, Emily noticed a perfect opportunity for her to utilise to make Lingxi give up on Xiao Che and switch to Luke. Today, Lingxi arrived in the Xia manor with an agonised expression. She looks like she's about to burst into tears anytime.

When she saw her big sister Emily, she just dived into her embrace and started sobbing. Emily carried Lingxi to her room, sat on the bed, gently patting the crying girl. After crying for a while, Lingxi calmed down and asked her with a tearful expression.

"Big sister, what do I do? I can't stop loving my nephew. Every day, I feel miserable thinking about his marriage. Please tell me what to do? I don't want to destroy Xiao Che's life, but I can't stop myself from loving him." said Lingxi with a miserable expression.

'Fu*king finally. I was tired of waiting.' thought Emily inwardly while consoling the crying girl.

(A/N: This will be the last time I'm using default first person POV. I'll switch to third person POV as the default. Don't worry I'll do some POV of characters as well.)