Dendrobium and Zhulan

“Gulp—”

A distinct swallowing sound came from Lu Qiancha’s throat, a sound she couldn’t suppress.

Her blue eyes, which had held a touch of arrogance just a moment ago, were now firmly locked on the pile of well-defined jerky. Her nose couldn’t help but twitch uncontrollably.

“So… so fragrant!” She almost held her breath to force out the words. “What kind of meat is this?!”

“It’s Snow-Mane Pork from my hometown, marinated with some spices and air-dried. It’s delicious.”

Xun Xue raised her chin proudly, picked up a large piece of jerky, and held it to her daughter’s mouth. “Want to try?”

Lu Qiancha sniffed the fragrant aroma of the jerky, her body becoming increasingly unable to resist.

“Awooo!”

Lu Qiancha opened her little mouth and snatched the fragrant jerky into it.

“Ngh…!”

The moment her teeth touched the hard texture, she realized—it was too hard, her teeth couldn’t cut through it at all.

Lu Qiancha instantly switched tactics.

The little one held the jerky in her mouth, her small pink tongue wrapping around the piece of meat, trying to lick it wetly.

The tough muscle fibers gradually softened under the warm moisture, and her small milk teeth no longer tried to bite through it, but instead began to grind it down bit by bit.

Finally, a small piece of meat was conquered by her, obediently sliding down her throat, and a warm stream of heat flowed down her esophagus, straight to her heart.

“Wuwu~”

Lu Qiancha couldn’t help but squint her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling with comfort, and let out a low moan that was almost a whimper of satisfaction.

However—

Just as the aftertaste of extreme satisfaction was still lingering on her tongue, and the tip of her lazy tail was still tapping unconsciously.

Lu Qiancha suddenly jolted, as if she had been doused with ice water.

She leaped back a large step with a swish.

As if she had been stunned by her own loss of composure. Her small body tensed, and her large, watery blue eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

‘It was just a piece of jerky. Why did I… why did I act as if I were possessed?!’

Her terrified gaze swept over the remaining jerky on the table, which exuded a fatal temptation…

A strange feeling of comfort and dependence still lingered in her body… making her both crave and fear it, and for a moment, she was at a loss.

“Hm? Not eating anymore?”

Xun Xue tilted her head, looking at the little one’s on-high-alert appearance, her azure eyes sparkling with pure curiosity.

“Ngh… mi~”

Lu Qiancha had originally wanted to say she wouldn’t eat, but her gaze fell on the jerky that exuded a strong aroma, and the words that came to her mouth turned into a vague, exceptionally soft, low whimper.

Seeing that the little one didn’t say no, Xun Xue held the jerky out to her again.

Sniff… sniff, sniff…

Seeing the jerky in front of her, Lu Qiancha’s small nose couldn’t help but twitch, as if she were trying to catch the aroma from the jerky.

Xun Xue brought the jerky a little closer, and the little one leaned forward involuntarily. She brought it closer again, and she took a step forward.

Xun Xue chuckled, and with a mischievous glint in her eyes, she pulled the jerky back a little.

As expected, the little one naively took another step closer.

Just one step away from the source of temptation—

Bang!

Her small foot was tripped by the low stool next to the table.

The small blue figure instantly lost its balance, and with a thud.

She fell headfirst into Xun Xue’s open, waiting, warm embrace.

“Ngh… want to eat…” Lu Qiancha’s eyes were as if covered by a mist, and she looked up with a dazed and trance-like expression. Her two furry paws feebly clawed at the air in the direction of the jerky, and she kept letting out a muffled, nasal whimper from her small mouth: “Ngh~ I… want to eat…”

“Pfft.”

Xun Xue looked at the cute little one in her arms and couldn’t help but laugh. “I won’t tease you anymore. If you want to eat, then eat.”

With that, Xun Xue placed the jerky in her hand to Lu Qiancha’s mouth.

“Awooo!”

Lu Qiancha bit down without hesitation.

“What is this… thing?”

“Chew, chew, chew…“

“Such a strange… taste.”

As the jerky entered her mouth, Lu Qiancha’s blue eyes widened. She mustered all her strength and let out a soft, sweet, and almost sobbing cry, like someone who had been teased to their limit.

“Eee… wu~”

The sound was three parts satisfaction, seven parts breakdown, and the remaining ninety parts were the bewilderment of being tormented by the surging ticklishness.

The fat and spices of the jerky were slowly released, as if a strange switch had been flipped.

An unbearable ticklishness, without any warning, swept over her entire body, especially concentrating on her neck, back, and the top of her head.

“Ngh… rub…” Lu Qiancha instantly began to squirm restlessly in Xun Xue’s arms.

A deep, continuous, and pleasant purring sound, “purr, purr, purr…” involuntarily came from deep within her throat.

“!!!” Lu Qiancha’s remaining sense of shame made her whole body stiffen. She desperately tried to suppress this terrifying sound.

She gritted her teeth, held her breath, and her small face turned red.

However, the ticklishness of her body was like a wildfire, and her throat had a mind of its own.

This struggle between suppression and indulgence turned the originally low purring sound into a “whimper… whimper, whimper…~” like a young animal acting cute… a series of small, soft, and completely undignified calls!

Lu Qiancha was so embarrassed at this point. She tried her best to control herself and not move around, but the ticklishness of her body was unbearable, and she was still making those very cute “whimpering” sounds.

“Ooh…” Lu Qiancha was so ashamed and annoyed that she wished she could just evaporate on the spot.

She suddenly raised her two small paws and firmly covered her disobedient mouth.

But the intoxicating aroma of the meat seeped through the cracks of her fingers and into her nostrils, and the taste of the meat still lingered on her tongue.

A few seconds later, Lu Qiancha couldn’t help but take a small bite.

“Whimper!”

The little one quickly covered her mouth again.

A few more seconds—

“Ngh, whimper, whimper…”

The little one bit down on the jerky again, then covered her mouth again, rubbing back and forth because of the itch.

After several rounds of self-struggle that ended in miserable failure…

Finally, Lu Qiancha was completely desperate. She gave up on treatment and completely entrusted her body to this damned instinct.

With the jerky in her small mouth, she chewed on it like a little wolf cub that hadn’t had its fill, “chomp, chomp, chomp,” a purring sound coming from her throat from time to time. When she didn’t want to eat anymore, she would unceremoniously twist herself into a pretzel in Xun Xue’s warm and soft embrace, rolling around. She rubbed her head back and forth against Xun Xue’s chest to relieve the itch.

The entire little one was immersed in this sweet torture, and the shame in her heart gradually grew numb with the passage of time.

After a long half an hour…

When the last bit of meat was swallowed.

After another four or five minutes, the daze in Lu Qiancha’s eyes completely dissipated.

It was replaced by the great stupor of sobriety.

A intoxicating flush still remained on her small face from the struggle against her instincts. Her chest was heaving violently from the “battle” just now, and her small mouth was slightly open, panting lightly.

The entire wolf was slumped limply in Xun Xue’s arms, as if she had just experienced a life-and-death struggle.

Disheveled, weak, and with a dazed look in her eyes.

It was a truly pitiful sight.

“This… meat!” Lu Qiancha, who had finally found her voice, almost squeezed the question out through her teeth. Her blue eyes stared at Xun Xue, filled with a belated shock, anger, and shame. “There’s definitely something wrong with it! Why did I… become like that after eating it?!”

“Hm?” Xun Xue blinked innocently. “Wasn’t it delicious?”

“It was delicious!” Lu Qiancha blurted out.

Then, she immediately realized she had been led astray and stood up with her hands on her hips in shame and anger. “No! This isn’t a question of whether it was delicious or not! The point is, why did I act like… like I was possessed after eating it?!”

At this moment, Lu Qiancha was so angry that her ears were twitching.

“Hmm…” Xun Xue seemed to be thinking, and then she let out a soft “ah.” “Perhaps it’s because you’ve only recently transformed into a demon, and your bloodline is reacting too strongly to the taste of Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid?”

“Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid?”

Lu Qiancha quickly recalled the records in the pharmacopoeia: “Fierce in nature, with a pungent and stimulating taste, similar to spirit onions. The spiciness is even more intense when crushed. Mostly used as a spice and as a supplementary material for wood-elemental pills…”

However, she had never heard of such an absurd effect… as if she had been drugged…