After Pretending To Have Amnesia, My Mortal Enemy Senior Sister Said She Loved Me - Chapter 4

Xie Wenyin grinned. She had not expected Senior Sister to be so inwardly soft, with quite a few little thoughts of her own, secretly adding favorability.

It was just a bit stingy. Only one point. Tonight’s whole ordeal was still a loss.

But Xie Wenyin had always been broad-minded and easy to coax. After a while, she adjusted her mood again and walked out of Yuqing Pool.

For some reason, the disciples practicing at night were extraordinarily well-informed. They had all somehow learned about Xie Wenyin “peeping at male cultivators coming out of the bath.” One by one, they stopped their cultivation and ran over to watch the fun.

It was just that no one actually dared to go inside and look.

One moment, the disciples were still regretting that they had not gone in to personally witness Xie Wenyin’s embarrassing state. The next moment, they saw Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable slowly walk out from within.

Good thing they had not gone in! Although Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable never liked interfering in the disciples’ trivial affairs, just by standing there, she made people unconsciously become obedient and too afraid to speak.

Back then, with just a single sword strike, she had broken the formation the Demon Venerable had poured his life’s work into. She was truly awe-inspiring.

But were they not saying that Xie Wenyin had peeped at male cultivators bathing? Why had Lord Moon Goddess come out from inside?

Several people could not help craning their necks and peeking around outside the pool.

Feng Ning did not spare even a glance for those cultivators watching the excitement.

They were all restless and impetuous, without the slightest proper bearing of cultivators. Feng Ning disliked it, but she was too lazy to care.

Though Xie Wenyin was hateful, there were also plenty of people around her who loved kicking others while they were down. Those with unstable temperaments would inevitably be influenced by petty people.

Feng Ning lifted her head and looked at the moon. She felt that her thoughts tonight were far too many; she had actually become so idle that she was making excuses for Xie Wenyin in her heart.

Xie Wenyin had not expected that, even in the middle of the night, there would still be several cultivators who did not sleep and had specially come to see her make a fool of herself.

So people who cultivated immortality liked staying up late too.

“What are you all waiting for?” Xie Wenyin crossed her arms and looked at them.

One of the cultivators stepped forward and said disdainfully, “Xie Wenyin, what did you go to Yuqing Pool for? Do you even have the qualifications to enter?”

Another one acted like the perfect sidekick and immediately chimed in, “Is there any need to ask? She must have sneaked in to peep at male cultivators!”

“Despicable!”

Xie Wenyin listened to the mocking voices and frowned.

Through the original host’s memories, she knew that although the original host had indeed been despicable and disliked by others, because the Xie family had been powerful and held a place among the five great immortal sects, no one had dared to point fingers at her openly.

Unfortunately, the younger generation of the Xie family had all failed to live up to expectations. The family head had been so angered that resentment knotted in his heart, and he had not been able to hold on, passing away in earlier years.

With the Xie family’s decline, those who could not stand Xie Wenyin would naturally clap their hands in delight. If they could humiliate Xie Wenyin even a little, they would, just to vent the anger they had previously been unable to release.

You deserved it! Xie Wenyin once again greeted the original host in her heart.

It was just that she had not the slightest interest in a man’s jade-like body. She was not the original host.

Xie Wenyin also did not know why, but ever since she was young, she had never been able to feel the slightest interest in men. The elders in her family said it was because she was still young, and once she grew up, she would not be like this anymore.

Xie Wenyin had always felt that was nonsense. She was almost graduating from university, and she still had not seen this “problem” heal itself.

As someone who had been single since birth, she was too lazy to think about it anymore. If she had time to think about that, she might as well take more certificate exams. Whether they were useful or not did not matter—she would take them first and think later.

But at this very moment, she suddenly did not want to keep indulging the people mocking her.

Xie Wenyin had been forced to come to Yuqing Pool. She was truly wronged. Besides, these cultivators had not seen what had happened inside the pool at all, yet they were humiliating her here. This was malicious slander.

She did not want to suffer this injustice. She did not want to always be treated like a punching bag.

Xie Wenyin rolled her eyes and said,

“Oh my god, why are all of you getting so worked up? I understand everything. You’re only jealous that I had the chance to behold Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable’s beauty. You didn’t get the chance to see her, so you came here to mock me. How utterly boring!”

Hearing this, several people froze.

They suddenly remembered that the person who had indeed come out just now was Lord Moon Goddess, not some male cultivator.

Seeing them choke on their words, Xie Wenyin became even more energetic.

“Senior Sister truly is a celestial fairy. I have never seen such stunning beauty. Thinking of it this way, I can understand what all of you are angry about.”

“For as long as I stayed inside, I attended on Senior Sister. She didn’t find me annoying either. She only praised me for being considerate.”

As Xie Wenyin spoke, she remembered that “favorability +1,” and could not help beginning to brag about herself.

Being able to get close to Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable was indeed something worth boasting about.

“This… you…”

Everyone present felt that Xie Wenyin had changed a lot. As for the fact that she could stay in the same room as Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable, they did indeed secretly feel jealous.

What right did she have?

“She… couldn’t have really lost her memory, right?”

“I think she’s gone mad…”

Their expressions varied. Seeing that they could not outargue the sharp-tongued Xie Wenyin, they simply turned and left.

Xie Wenyin was very satisfied with her counterattack. Holding her head high and chest out, she walked toward the outer sect.

Before she could step out of the outer gate, she suddenly stopped and turned back.

She had gotten too happy for a moment and forgotten that Senior Sister had punished her by making her go to Qingjing Hall to receive punishment.

…Wuwu.

The next morning, Feng Ning arrived outside her own residence as usual.

Yuechu Peak, where she lived, was a quiet place especially suitable for focused cultivation. Ever since the war between immortals and demons a hundred years ago, Feng Ning had moved here.

Aside from the Sect Leader and Elder Wen occasionally coming to discuss matters with her, the only other person who would think up all sorts of ways to torment her was that junior sister harboring wicked thoughts.

Although her inner demon sometimes tormented her so much that she could not sleep all night, morning sword practice had already become her habit.

The benefit of having few people disturb her was that even though her inner demon had already grown deep, she did not need to worry about others discovering it.

Feng Ning gripped the hilt of her sword and gently wiped it down.

Before she could begin her morning practice, Elder Wen arrived uninvited. She walked toward Feng Ning with a smiling face, saying that she was passing by and had come to ask for a cup of tea.

Wen Luoai was, like Feng Ning, a venerable at the elder level. Her temperament was not as icy as Feng Ning’s, so the disciples were all more willing to get close to this gentle elder.

“I don’t have any good tea here. If you want tea, go find the Sect Leader.” Feng Ning lifted her eyes and glanced at her, then continued wiping the blade.

Wen Luoai was not annoyed. She sat down by the stone table at the side on her own and poured herself a cup of water.

Feng Ning had known her long ago. Back then, the two of them had merely been Moyu Sect disciples who met by chance, not even close enough to call it friendship.

Coincidentally, the two of them had shared one friend.

That friend had been an exceptionally gifted cultivator. She was around the same age as the two of them, yet had become the old Sect Leader’s direct disciple early on.

Heaven envied talent. That friend had sacrificed herself in that great war.

After their friend died, Feng Ning and Wen Luoai’s relationship had instead grown much closer.

Perhaps apart from the Sect Leader, only the two of them still remembered that friend who had died young.

“I see your complexion still doesn’t look very good. Didn’t you say you soaked in a medicinal bath last night?” Wen Luoai took a sip of the bland and tasteless tea, then put the cup down with some distaste.

Feng Ning’s hands did not stop moving, but her mind recalled what had happened last night.

That medicinal bath had truly been infuriating.

“Don’t keep exhausting yourself over Peng Lin’s matter. If the inner demon is not removed, the Dao heart will not be steady. You understand this principle better than I do.”

Feng Ning’s gaze darkened. Back then, her friend Peng Lin’s death had been somewhat related to her. Although she never said anything, in her heart, she had never been able to get over this hurdle.

Only Wen Luoai and the Sect Leader knew about this matter, but Feng Ning was still unwilling to admit her knot of guilt in front of them.

She ignored Wen Luoai, turned the handkerchief into a beam of light and put it away, then picked up her sword and continued her morning practice.

“Speaking of which, that foolish junior sister of yours is still kneeling in Qingjing Hall,” Wen Luoai suddenly said for no apparent reason. She did not touch the cup beside her again.

Feng Ning swung her sword and changed forms. Her sword moves were clean and sharp, without the slightest hesitation, as if determined to shut all distracting thoughts outside her body. Sweat slid past her jaw, and as her figure moved, it slipped down to her collarbone.

She heard Wen Luoai’s words, but did not stop her sword forms.

Only after she had completed a full sequence of techniques with smooth, flowing movements did she let out a light breath, raise her hand to wipe away the fine sweat, and let her faint, shadowed gaze fall on Wen Luoai.

“I punished her and sent her there. Are you pleading for mercy on her behalf?”

Wen Luoai waved her hand and smiled. “I’m too lazy to get involved in the two of you’s business.”

“It’s just that after you punished her like this, more than half the inner sect knows about it. Our upright and pure Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable actually had her spring scenery peeked at by her own little junior sister last night.”

“…”

Seeing Feng Ning’s indifferent yet faintly headache-stricken expression, Wen Luoai narrowed her eyes and smiled.

“I heard this cheap junior sister of yours lost her memory. At first, I didn’t believe it. But now, I actually believe it a little. Guess what I heard.” The person snickering made her tone a little mysterious.

“Wen Luoai, are you very idle?”

Feng Ning frowned and gave her a sidelong glance.

The other party automatically blocked out her eye-daggers and continued speaking on her own. “Those little disciples said that Xie Wenyin was smugly showing off that she could get close to you.”

“She also said that other people were so embarrassed and angry that they tried to humiliate her only because they were jealous that she, Xie Wenyin, could be close to you.”

After speaking, Wen Luoai shrugged at Feng Ning, indicating that these were all things other people had said, not something she had made up.

Feng Ning’s motion of rolling up her sleeve paused.

“…”

“…She really said that?”

Feng Ning did not understand. What exactly was Xie Wenyin trying to do? In the past, as long as the other woman had even the smallest opportunity, she would frame her and humiliate her. Whatever Feng Ning had, Xie Wenyin wanted to steal. Whatever Feng Ning did not have, Xie Wenyin would steal it from someone else and then run in front of her to show off.

Because she had lost her memory?

…How was that possible?

Wen Luoai nodded. “Why would I lie to you?”

Seeing Feng Ning standing in place without moving, like a wooden post, she stood up and said she was leaving.

Before leaving, she said, seemingly intentionally yet unintentionally,

“I truly don’t understand you. Why insist on keeping that calamity around? You could clearly send her away with ease.”

Feng Ning did not turn her head. People had asked her this question before. Why keep Xie Wenyin around when she had to guard against the other woman stabbing her in the back every day?

Feng Ning never answered directly. She always said she had her own considerations.

This time, Xie Wenyin’s actions were actually somewhat interesting.

Feng Ning put away her sword and walked out of Yuechu Peak.

—

Xie Wenyin was kneeling on a meditation cushion, dozing off, when a female voice suddenly sounded in her mind and jolted her awake from her dream.

[System notification: Senior Sister’s favorability +1. Current favorability: -218.]

Hm? Why did favorability suddenly increase?

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked around, but did not see Feng Ning anywhere.

Senior Sister must be secretly testing her. She could not sleep anymore! Thinking of this, Xie Wenyin quickly knelt a little straighter.

It would be great if she could make Senior Sister add a little more favorability. Then her whole night of kneeling would not have been in vain.

Through the crack in the door, Feng Ning watched as Xie Wenyin swayed drowsily for one moment, then straightened her back and encouraged herself the next. Afterward, Feng Ning stepped back a little.

In the end, the beauty’s gaze softened.

She spoke to the disciples guarding Qingjing Hall.

“Tell her to go back and sleep.”

The disciples quickly nodded. “Yes, Moon Goddess Immortal Venerable.”