Cheerful humming drifted out from the bathroom one after another.
Jiang Su, who was drenched in sweat and wearing an athletic tank top and shorts, heard it as she stood at the bathroom door.
She had originally planned to shower and sleep after her workout. When she came upstairs, she saw Su Ci's bedroom door wide open. Not seeing Su Ci anywhere, she wanted to come in and check on things.
It was only because the bedroom's soundproofing was so good that she didn't hear the duo's symphony until she walked into the room.
Hearing this selfless symphonic performance, Jiang Su's mind involuntarily projected Su Ci's lust-filled face—a side of the Eldest Miss she had never seen before.
At this thought, Jiang Su's face flushed crimson. She shook her head vigorously to clear the erotic images from her mind. "No, she's the Eldest Miss, and I'm just a bodyguard. How can I think such things?"
Though she said that, Jiang Su felt as if her head were turning green, and her heart felt heavy with an unpleasant sensation.
For the past five years, she had been the only one serving her lady closely. She never expected another person to appear today, and the two of them were even scrubbing each other's backs while she wasn't paying attention.
She was clearly the one who came first.
She should be outside the house, not inside the room.
Like an impotent wife, she silently backed out of the room and went to her own bathroom to shower in cold water, driving away the stray thoughts in her heart.
After an unknown amount of time, a notification for the reward arrival sounded in Su Ci's mind:
[Ding! Congratulations host on a successful choice. Lan Wanting's favorability +5, current favorability 80. Reward: Permanent removal of tenosynovitis, dual cultivation technique "Yin Yang Intercourse Technique".]
"No... I can't anymore." Lan Wanting's voice was slightly raspy, her gaze filled with pleading.
Su Ci stopped her movements and couldn't help but tease, "Wasn't it you who said you wanted to continue? You're making it look like I'm the one who's insatiable."
If Lan Wanting hadn't asked to continue, she would have stopped long ago.
At Su Ci's words, Lan Wanting's flushed face turned even redder, like a ripe red apple. Su Ci couldn't resist taking a bite.
Lan Wanting shook her head, seemingly having lost the strength to speak.
As the reward was issued, the fatigue in her fingers vanished without a trace.
In her mind, one blushing image after another appeared, unfolding like a slideshow.
"Is this the Yin Yang Harmony Technique?"
Unlike The Ciyang Supreme Purity Scripture, the Yin Yang Harmony Technique felt as if it were engraved in Su Ci's mind, impossible to forget.
As if it knew Su Ci's preferences, the Yin Yang Harmony Technique only recorded the female-female harmony sections, divided into 'proper' and 'improper' cultivation methods, accelerating the physical transformation of an Ancient Martial Artist.
She looked at Lan Wanting in her arms, who had lost all resistance, and dismissed the idea of letting Lan Wanting try the Yin Yang Harmony Technique for now.
The color of the medicinal bath had faded slightly. Su Ci was in no hurry to carry Lan Wanting back to bed. She stepped out of the bathtub and took a marrow cleansing pill from the vanity; physical transformation should be done as early as possible.
Su Ci walked back to the bathtub and held the marrow cleansing pill and beauty preservation pill to Lan Wanting's lips.
Lan Wanting looked at the two pills and didn't rush to eat them, asking in confusion, "What are these?"
"A marrow cleansing pill and a beauty preservation pill. They cleanse the meridians and marrow, and grant eternal youth," Su Ci introduced them one by one.
Hearing this, Lan Wanting shook her head. "No, they're too precious. I can't take them."
Tsk! Enough with the nonsense. There is no possibility of me taking back something I've given out." Having said that, Su Ci didn't give Lan Wanting a chance to refuse and firmly pushed the marrow cleansing pill into Lan Wanting's mouth.
"Besides, with your physical condition, don't go failing on me later and then asking me to continue. You wouldn't want to be abandoned by me when you're old and your beauty has faded, right?"
Lan Wanting knew Su Ci was just joking, but she was still so embarrassed she wanted to disappear. She turned her face away, not daring to meet Su Ci's gaze. "Miss Su's kindness... even if I were sold now, I could never repay it."
A five-billion contract and the position of President of Changsheng Biotechnology—she had intended to use her body as a bargaining chip to repay her.
Now Su Ci was giving her the priceless marrow cleansing pill and beauty preservation pill. What had she done to deserve such benevolence from Su Ci?
"Who said anything about selling you? In the future, just repay me wholeheartedly and work for me."
Su Ci's lips curled into a smirk. "Your taste is quite wonderful, you know."
Lan Wanting didn't have time to respond to Su Ci's teasing words.
The marrow cleansing pill dissolved in her mouth, its effects surging through her limbs and bones. Every inch of her body was being transformed. Lan Wanting felt her body grow warm and full of strength, but then a pungent stench reached her nose, making her frown. What was happening?
Did someone poop?
Turning her head, she saw Su Ci by the bathtub, her brows knitted into a tight knot as she looked at her.
It couldn't be that she had pooped herself, right?
Lan Wanting looked at her body. A layer of pitch-black filth was seeping out from her skin. Her dry throat couldn't help but retch slightly.
"Lie there and don't move. This is just a normal phenomenon after taking the marrow cleansing pill. Let me help you clean up."
"There's no need to trouble Miss Su, I... I'll do it myself..."
Lan Wanting wanted to say more and tried to get up, but found she couldn't move at all.
"The marrow cleansing pill only gives you the illusion of recovered physical strength. Better let me do it."
Su Ci carried Lan Wanting out of the bathtub in a princess carry and walked to the shower area. Physical contact inevitably meant touching the filth, but her face showed no sign of disgust.
"You are my property now. What's wrong with giving you a wash? It's not like I haven't seen you before."
Placing Lan Wanting on the floor, Su Ci turned on the shower, squeezed out some shampoo, and knelt down. Letting Lan Wanting lean against her, she helped wash her hair and used her Basic Massage Skill to press Lan Wanting's scalp, relieving her fatigue.
Lan Wanting looked at Su Ci's profile. Those eyes were bright and spirited, focused and serious as she carefully wiped every inch of her skin. Any other wealthy young lady wouldn't do this for someone else. Her heart was moved more and more; she felt that following Su Ci at the party had been an absolutely correct decision.
The stench lingering in her nose was somewhat diluted by the faint fragrance from Su Ci's body.
A short while later, Su Ci cleaned the filth off both of them, sprayed a bit of perfume to dispel the lingering smell in the air, wrapped Lan Wanting in a bath towel, dried her hair, and laid her on the bed. Lan Wanting then drifted off to sleep.