After Transmigrating, the Female Lead Went Dark (GL) - Chapter 27

Once the hot water was ready, Xiao Xinyue undid Zhou Zhuying’s clothes, wiped the sweat from her body, then wiped her down once more.

Throughout the entire process, Zhou Zhuying did not wake at all. Xiao Xinyue gazed at her, her fingertips gently combing through the stray hairs on Zhou Zhuying’s forehead that had been dampened by sweat, as if she were carefully protecting a fragile porcelain vessel.

After covering her properly with the quilt, Xiao Xinyue’s gaze swept over those lips that had little color. Thinking of how the Cult Leader’s physical condition was far from optimistic, her eyes darkened slightly. Only after a while did she get up to bathe and change.

Zhou Zhuying slept deeply. She could not say whether she had fainted, or whether the later easing of the pain had allowed her to fall asleep.

She felt it was probably the former, because while she had been half-asleep and half-awake, it had felt as if her head were about to explode. Many unfamiliar scenes and voices surged into her brain, giving her no chance to slowly sort them out.

It was as if she had mistakenly wandered into a noisy street-quarrel scene. Countless people were cursing each other beside her ears. She wanted to hide, but could not. The noise was so unbearable that her mind was close to collapse.

Suddenly, those unfamiliar images faded away. Only a pale-faced man with a sinister gaze remained. He raised his hand and slapped her.

Zhou Zhuying was stunned. She stared blankly at the man who had hit her, but because of her reaction, he flew into a rage and said sternly, “Everything you have today was given to you by me. Your true qi, your power—I taught them to you. Your life—I saved it. You were also raised by me… Including you, everything belongs to me! Without my permission, how dare you, how dare you give it to someone else?!”

The man was furious. He pushed his palm toward the side, and a chair over there exploded from a distance.

Zhou Zhuying instinctively stepped back, but the man stared at her. His red eyes seemed to be soaked in poison, so sinister that it felt as if snakes were crawling up her spine.

At this moment, Zhou Zhuying heard herself chuckle lightly and say, “So according to you, I should still thank you for killing my parents, slaughtering the village, and then pretending to save me?”

As soon as her words fell, the man suddenly appeared in front of her and grabbed her neck. He seemed both incredulous and ashamed into anger after his lie had been exposed. “What are you saying? How do you know? Who told you!”

Zhou Zhuying could not breathe. On top of that, her entire body hurt as if it had been run over by a car. Liquid flowed uncontrollably from her mouth. Crimson blood spilled from the corners of her lips and dripped onto the man’s hand.

The man let go as if he had been stung. Zhou Zhuying collapsed weakly onto the ground and breathed in great gulps. However, her actions seemed to open some kind of floodgate, and even more blood sprayed out.

She gave a dry laugh and said, “You simply took a fancy to my excellent bones, suitable for cultivating the Black Glass Swallows the Moon Technique. So in order to make me trust you, and in order to leave me with no attachments, you took advantage of the time I went out to kill my entire family and slaughter the village. You forged the illusion that you had saved me, making it so I could only rely on you, depend on you, and trust you. Then you only needed to wait until I mastered the Black Glass Swallows the Moon Technique, and then you would—”

“Shut up!” The man struck out with his palm.

“Help!” Zhou Zhuying trembled in fright, and her whole body woke up again.

Outside the red gauze bed curtains, the red candle had burned down until only a finger-joint’s length remained, yet it had still not burned out. The candlelight swayed, as if answering the howling wind outside the room.

Zhou Zhuying was still badly shaken. That was only because the dream had been far too real. The pain in her body had felt as if she had experienced it personally, and it was not at all lower than the level of pain from her menstrual cramps.

At this moment, an arm suddenly reached over from beside her. She was gently pulled, then fell into a warm embrace.

“Cult Leader, did you have another nightmare?” Xiao Xinyue asked by her ear.

Zhou Zhuying froze for a moment, then her mind quickly sorted out what was going on. The heart made restless by the nightmare suddenly settled down.

Leaning her back against Xiao Xinyue’s embrace, she said, “Mm. This time, I dreamed of a man who looked very frightening.”

She said it was a dream, but in truth, she was also clear that it was probably the original owner’s belated memories.

Xiao Xinyue frowned. “A man? What did he look like?”

“Twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Pale-faced, like a patient with tuberculosis. His eyes were red, like a ghost… Could this be the legendary consumptive ghost?” As she spoke, she amused herself and laughed out loud.

Xiao Xinyue could not laugh. Her arm tightened, and she asked again, “What did he do to you?”

“He hit me!” At the thought of this, anger rose in the Cult Leader’s chest. “He actually dared to hit me! Sister Saintess, if one day you enter my dream again, you must help me beat up that consumptive ghost!”

Xiao Xinyue was silent for a while. She did not continue asking about the “consumptive ghost,” but instead asked, “Oh? From the Cult Leader’s words, it sounds as if I have entered your dreams before. What did the Cult Leader dream of me doing?”

The Cult Leader immediately felt guilty.

She could not very well say she had dreamed of sleeping with Xiao Xinyue.

Besides, the female lead in the dream had been far too passionate and enchanting, completely unlike the dignified and cool woman in reality. If the female lead herself knew that Zhou Zhuying had fantasized about her like that in a dream, she would definitely kill her.

“I-I dreamed that Sister Saintess… gave me lots of money to spend, and lots of delicious food too. I was surrounded by happiness and didn’t know what to do with myself.” Zhou Zhuying casually made something up.

Xiao Xinyue heard the empty vagueness in her words and knew she was lying, but she did not investigate further. Instead, she said, “Dreams are opposites.”

Zhou Zhuying: “…So Sister Saintess doesn’t plan to give me money to spend?”

“Meat pies do not fall from the sky. If the Cult Leader wants me to give you money to spend, then you must pay with labor.”

Zhou Zhuying wriggled around and turned over, still pressed close to Xiao Xinyue. Blinking, she asked, “Can I sell my body?”

Xiao Xinyue lay on her side with her back to the candlelight. The candlelight could only illuminate her ear, while her face remained in shadow. But when Zhou Zhuying asked this, she smiled, like an epiphyllum blooming in the night, so beautiful that Zhou Zhuying’s heart thumped wildly.

“You can.” As Xiao Xinyue spoke, she propped up her upper body, pressed Zhou Zhuying beneath her, then captured those lips that had recovered a little color.

Zhou Zhuying widened her eyes, but her thoughts drifted far away.

Speaking of which, her lower abdomen did not seem to hurt anymore? But why did that area feel clean and comfortable, without the slightest sense of her period coming?

If her auntie had not arrived, then doing a little bed-based expansion exercise should be fine, right?

Xiao Xinyue stared at her, her gaze dark. “Cult Leader, you are not focusing.”

“Ah?” The Cult Leader thought for a moment and said, “Sister Saintess, can we do this another day? I feel like my whole body is covered in sweat and dirty. In order to leave each other with a beautiful memory of our first nighttime exercise, we should choose a good day that combines the right time, place, and people…”

“Mm. The Cult Leader is right.” Seeing that Zhou Zhuying’s complexion was much better, Xiao Xinyue went along with her nonsense and lay back down. “However, I already wiped the sweat from the Cult Leader’s body and changed your clothes.”

Zhou Zhuying: “?!”

She pulled at the inner garment on her body and looked. Sure enough, it had already been changed.

Realizing that Xiao Xinyue had seen everything, and even touched everything, a rush of heat shot straight to her head. Her entire face reddened like a freshly cooked shrimp ball.

The female lead was indeed ruthless and spoke little. If she could act, she would absolutely not waste words. There was no room for discussion. She directly used her hands!

Zhou Zhuying covered her face, extremely vexed. Damn it, why didn’t the female lead do it while I was awake… This way, I didn’t feel anything at all. What a huge loss!

Xiao Xinyue was surprised. “Is the Cult Leader shy?”

“No!” the Cult Leader said with outward fierceness but inner weakness.

Xiao Xinyue gently rubbed her bright red ear and said meaningfully, “Then does the Cult Leader feel she lost out?”

The Cult Leader’s ear felt sore and ticklish, and she could not help narrowing her eyes.

Xiao Xinyue felt that she looked like a cat right now, strangely cute. She freed one hand to rub Zhou Zhuying’s lower abdomen and asked, “Does the Cult Leader’s lower abdomen still hurt?”

“Not much anymore.” But there was definitely some lingering pain. After all, that bout of pain earlier had nearly taken half her life.

Thinking of this, she pushed her luck even further and directly hugged Xiao Xinyue’s waist, acting spoiled. “Sister Saintess, after that pain, my vitality has been greatly damaged. I need to properly replenish myself.”

“The Cult Leader speaks reasonably. However, this expense will have to come out of the Cult Leader’s private treasury.”

“I have no money.”

“Has the Cult Leader forgotten the profits from the sewing machine?”

Cult Leader: “…”

She even wanted to scam this tiny bit of money from her. The female lead really was Grandet.

After this bout of fussing, her fear of the nightmare greatly lessened. Sleepiness came over her, and she soon became dazed again. Xiao Xinyue no longer teased her and let her sleep peacefully.

The red candle burned out completely, and everything returned to silence.

At daybreak, Xiao Xinyue woke on the bed. Seeing that Zhou Zhuying was still asleep, she raised her hand and touched Zhou Zhuying’s forehead. There was no fever and no sign of illness. Even her period had not come.

“As expected, the problem does not come from menstruation,” Xiao Xinyue thought.

She sighed softly, then got up to wash and dress.

Zhou Zhuying slept until midday before waking. After waking, her whole body was sore, and her neck felt as if she had slept on it wrong, so she simply lay on the bed, rolled up in the quilt and pretending to be dead.

Xiao Xinyue came in from outside and lifted the gauze curtain. Seeing that Zhou Zhuying was awake, the corners of her lips curved slightly. “Did the Cult Leader wake from hunger?”

If she had not said it, it would have been fine. As soon as she did, Zhou Zhuying’s stomach began drumming.

“I’m hungry.”

“Then get up.”

Zhou Zhuying, still dazed, stretched her arms toward her. “I need Sister Saintess’s kiss before I can get up.”

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

She only froze for a moment before obediently bending down to kiss Zhou Zhuying. The latter instantly sobered. “!!!”

“Sister Saintess, wait a moment. I’ll go wash up first.”

As she spoke, she nimbly got out of bed and washed up. Once she was done, she looked at Xiao Xinyue with great anticipation. While she had been washing, Xiao Xinyue had brought breakfast over. Seeing Zhou Zhuying like this, Xiao Xinyue could not help flicking her forehead again. “If you do not eat while it is hot, it will get cold. Your body cannot eat cold things.”

“My body feels weak,” Zhou Zhuying said.

She truly was not pretending. Seeing that even the way she walked seemed light and floaty, Xiao Xinyue also knew she was telling the truth. So she picked her up again, had her sit back on the bed and cover herself with the quilt, then brought breakfast to the bedside and lifted a bowl of hot porridge to feed her.

Zhou Zhuying had both hands and feet, yet she was being treated so well. She felt somewhat embarrassed. At the same time, she could not help recalling the way things had been when she first met the female lead.

She discovered that she could no longer clearly remember the female lead’s cold and ruthless appearance. After she had been brought back to Moshan Sect, although she had been imprisoned and also been treated coldly by the female lead, the treatment she received had grown better day by day. The female lead had also become increasingly attentive toward her—although most of the time, it was obtained through Zhou Zhuying’s shamelessly thick skin and shamelessly coquettish behavior.

If she had not recalled the original owner’s memories, then she could continue deceiving herself and say that she was not the original owner, not the wicked Demon Sect Leader, and not the culprit behind the massacre of the female lead’s entire family.

But after knowing that her identity truly was the Demon Sect Leader, she felt that she had deceived the female lead. The female lead must have believed she was not the real Demon Sect Leader, which was why she tolerated Zhou Zhuying in every possible way and cared for her so attentively. Zhou Zhuying was not qualified to enjoy the female lead’s kindness.

“Sister Saintess, you don’t need to treat me this well.” Zhou Zhuying looked at Xiao Xinyue, and for some reason, her nose suddenly stung.

Xiao Xinyue paused and asked, “Do I treat you well?”

“How Sister Saintess treats me, my heart sees as clearly as a mirror! After coming here, the only person who has shown me kindness is Sister Saintess.”

Xiao Xinyue raised an eyebrow and deliberately said something that stabbed at her sore spot. “There is something on your body that I want, so naturally I treat you well.”

Unexpectedly, the point that angered the Cult Leader was completely not this. She asked, “Ah? Aside from myself, what else do I have that is worth Sister Saintess thinking about? Could it be that what Sister Saintess wants is me? I understand now. Sister Saintess covets my body!”

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

Expressionlessly, she stuffed the spoon into Zhou Zhuying’s mouth. “Drink your porridge. After you finish, take your medicine.”

“What medicine?”

“Motherwort decoction.”

Zhou Zhuying did not want to experience menstrual cramps a second time, so she obediently closed her mouth and did not complain about Chinese medicine.

After eating breakfast and drinking the medicine, she finally remembered something. “Do I need to go serve tea to our master?”

She entered into the identity of Moshan Sect’s daughter-in-law, the Saintess’s wife—abbreviated as “Saintess’s Wife”—extremely quickly. She also had good awareness and called Ling Guqing “our master” very smoothly.

Xiao Xinyue recalled what her master had said when she went to see her that morning, then replied, “No need. Master does not like others disturbing her secluded cultivation. She also said Moshan Sect does not have so many complicated rituals and will not summon you over to establish rules, so we can dispense with those rules of wealthy households.”

Zhou Zhuying let out a breath of relief. She still had lingering fear about the last time Ling Guqing had attacked to frighten her. She also did not want to encounter any mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problems. If she did not have to deal with Ling Guqing, that would be best.

As they were talking, a female disciple reported from outside, “Saintess, the Left Guardian of the Demon—Thousand Mechanisms Cult is outside and wishes to see the Saintess’s Wife.”

Without thinking, Zhou Zhuying refused. “Not seeing him.”

Xiao Xinyue carried the tableware outside and handed it to the female disciple, instructing, “Tell him Madam is too tired. Have him come tomorrow.”

The female disciple thought of something and withdrew with a red face. She relayed the words to You Ronglin, who became very angry. “What did your Saintess do to our Cult Leader?!”

The female disciple rolled her eyes at him. “Last night was their bridal chamber and wedding-candle night. What do you think the Saintess and the Saintess’s Wife could do?”

You Ronglin choked. His mind stalled for a while, then finally turned the corner. His face also reddened slightly, and he said awkwardly, “Then I will come again tomorrow. If you see your Saintess, tell her… to take it easy tonight. I do not wish to still be unable to see our Cult Leader tomorrow.”

Female disciple: “…”

This was shortening her life. She was still an unmarried maiden, all right? Discussing this kind of thing with a stinking man from the Demon Sect was very embarrassing!

“I know. Hurry up and leave!”

You Ronglin returned to the courtyard where the Thousand Mechanisms Cult disciples had been settled. A group of people gathered around. “How was it? Did the Cult Leader say what our next step should be?”

“I wanted to ask where our captured cult disciples are being held, but Moshan Sect’s people really are vigilant. Their mouths are also tight. I couldn’t find a chance!”

“But Left Guardian, why did you come back so quickly?”

Only after listening to their chatter did You Ronglin say with a stern face, “I did not see the Cult Leader.”

“What? Did they imprison the Cult Leader? Move aside. I’m going to rescue the Cult Leader!”

You Ronglin stopped them. “No. The Cult Leader… ahem, indulged too much and cannot get out of bed right now.”

Everyone: “…”

No one knew who muttered, “The Cult Leader truly is worthy of being the Cult Leader. She acts unrestrainedly, follows her nature, and even in bed, she has no restraint.”

Someone said indignantly, “But why is it our Cult Leader who got worn out? Letting that so-called Saintess take advantage—what a huge loss!”

“Ai, who told our Cult Leader to be inexperienced in worldly matters?”

“With the Cult Leader like that? She started roaming the martial world at eight and founded the Thousand Mechanisms Cult. You call that inexperienced in worldly matters?”

“When I say inexperienced, I mean in that aspect! Think about it. When the Cult Leader was young, she did not know the taste of love. Later, she devoted herself to cultivation and handling cult affairs. For nearly four years, she was even in seclusion. She has never touched matters of the bedchamber, so isn’t she just like a blank sheet of paper? Once in bed, she could only be manipulated by that cunning Saintess!”

Everyone deeply agreed. You Ronglin said, “This will not do! How can the Cult Leader of our Thousand Mechanisms Cult be ridden over by someone else? Hurry and find all the pictures, books, and booklets you usually read for the Cult Leader, so the Cult Leader can turn the tables and dominate the Saintess of Moshan!”

“What we read are all one man and one woman, the union of yin and yang. They are not suitable for the Cult Leader and the Saintess of Moshan.”

“Then are we just going to let our Cult Leader be bullied?”

Everyone glared. You Ronglin said, “Let’s go. We’ll search every bookstore outside. We will definitely find something suitable.”

Their group rushed outside in a storm. The Moshan Sect disciples were startled and thought they were going to cause trouble, so they hurried to notify Xiao Xinyue.

Xiao Xinyue rushed over and arrived just in time to see You Ronglin and his group being stopped and forbidden from leaving, about to fight with the Moshan Sect disciples.

“Everyone, stop!”

“Saintess, you finally came!” The Moshan Sect disciples seemed to have found someone to rely on, and their confidence increased.

“What is the meaning of this? Is imprisoning our Cult Leader not enough? Do you also plan to imprison us?” You Ronglin questioned.

Xiao Xinyue said, “Since my wife and I have already married, she can also be considered half a young master of Moshan Sect. How could Moshan Sect imprison her? As for everyone here, we absolutely have no intention of imprisoning you either. It is just that you suddenly wish to leave, so I wanted to know whether Moshan Sect has failed to host you properly.”

You Ronglin said, “That’s not it. We merely want to go out and buy something.”

“Since everyone has come here, you are Moshan Sect’s guests. Whatever you need, simply give instructions. Why must you personally go buy it?”

You Ronglin glanced sideways at her. As a member of the Demon Sect who acted in unconventional ways and whose worldview differed from ordinary people’s, he had nothing to feel embarrassed about. He directly made his request. “That’s even better. You are the hosts and are familiar with your own territory. I believe you know where to find what we need. Then I will trouble you to find some books about relations between women.”

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

Moshan Sect disciples: “???”

What? What did they just hear?

A group of grown men wanted to look at erotic illustrations between two women?

Perverts!

Very quickly, they reacted. The Thousand Mechanisms Cult was precisely a Demon Sect without basic etiquette, shame, or morality! How could they use an ordinary person’s thinking to understand the actions of Demon Sect members?!

A disciple thickened his face and asked, “You… if you want to look, shouldn’t you be looking at booklets between two men or between men and women? Why two women?”

“Isn’t this for our Cult Leader? Ai, you group of men don’t understand! Are you buying them or not? If not, then stop blocking us from going to buy them ourselves!”

The disciples: “…”

As if you are not also a group of men!

Xiao Xinyue finally understood what these people from the Demon Sect were thinking.

She held her forehead and said, “This is a private matter between me and my wife. Even if you are her subordinates, you cannot reach your hands into our room!”

“Hmph. You relied on our Cult Leader having no experience in this area and bullied her so much that she still cannot get out of bed. We cannot stand by and watch!”

The Moshan Sect disciples widened their eyes: explosive news!

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

To prevent this group from speaking without restraint and saying even more filthy and unbearable things, she hurriedly arranged for a disciple. “You go buy them.”

That disciple froze for a moment, then felt a little secretly delighted. Openly buying little yellow books like this—how exciting. Could he sneak a few glances?

“Yes!”

“Now, are all of you satisfied?” Xiao Xinyue asked You Ronglin.

The Demon Sect members were satisfied, but the Moshan Sect disciples were still digesting the explosive news they had just heard.

After You Ronglin and the others left, Xiao Xinyue faced the gossiping gazes of the disciples alone. Her face was stern. “Do you still have business here?”

“No!” Under her cold glare, the disciples immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Xiao Xinyue had a headache. Without even thinking, she knew how exaggerated the rumors would become after today!

However, in this way, the Demon Sect remnants would probably firmly believe in the matter of peace negotiations. When the time came, subduing them might become even smoother.

Author’s Note:

The Cult Leader sighs: For the peace between the righteous and evil paths, I have made a tremendous sacrifice!