An Unexpected Outcome

“Thump—”

Suddenly, the light rain outside grew heavier. Looking at the completely darkened sky, Su Wanqing instinctively reached her hand out the window to catch the drops.

It’s raining again…

How many times has it been this month?

To be honest, she loved rainy days, but contradictorily, she also hated them.

She liked them because she enjoyed the tranquility of the rain, the scent of grass outside, and the freshness after the rain cleared.

She hated them because often, many things she disliked happened on rainy days.

Although thinking this way was superstitious, Su Wanqing believed it, or rather, it was a reason in her heart.

“Boom—”

With flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder, the light rain gradually turned into a thunderstorm.

The constantly flashing lightning and roaring thunder seemed like the wrath of heaven.

“……”

But for some reason, listening to the rumbling thunder, and the heavy rain and lightning outside the window, Su Wanqing always felt like she had forgotten something?

Especially listening to the thunder, as it grew louder and more frequent, the feeling of needing to remember grew stronger?

What exactly had she forgotten?

Why did the sound of thunder feel increasingly familiar?

“Tsk—”

Su Wanqing tapped her uncooperative head, but she truly couldn’t recall.

Perhaps because of being drunk, the more she tried to remember, the more her head hurt.

But if she didn’t remember, that feeling of trying to recall what she had forgotten was more irritating than the headache.

“!”

Suddenly, with another loud peal of thunder, Su Wanqing was startled.

But as the thunder ended, she froze in place.

It wasn’t that she was scared by the thunder; rather, being startled by it, she suddenly remembered!

Su Wanqing remembered that when Ning Yuer developed inner demons, it was during a thunderstorm.

Because of her past experiences, she had been having nightmares in her sleep, and although it wasn’t visible externally, deep emotional wounds had appeared in her heart.

So, being suddenly startled by the thunderstorm, inner demons were generated.

And after developing inner demons, these psychological wounds could no longer be repaired. Even Ning Yuer, who later slayed her inner demons, was still afraid of thunder.

Of course, it wasn’t just thunder, but also personal attacks related to her experiences, such as words like “bringer of disaster.”

If Ning Yuer had nothing to do with her, Su Wanqing definitely wouldn’t meddle. But now that she was her Master, she had to prevent this tragedy from happening.

Even if slaying her inner demons in the original novel caused her complete transformation, these inner demons were a lifelong affliction for her little disciple.

Moreover, Su Wanqing believed that as the female lead, if there were no obstacles from inner demons, this girl’s path of cultivation would be smoother.

Furthermore, her current hair color also indicated that she had completely awakened the Heavenly Dao Record, although the catalyst for this awakening might have been her…

However, this also had some selfish motives for her—to make Ning Yuer grow up quickly and be able to contend with Chen Xueli sooner.

“I need to hurry!”

Su Wanqing immediately sobered up considerably, grabbing an oil-paper umbrella and rushing out.

Upon arriving at Ning Yuer’s room, she indeed saw the girl huddled in the corner of the bed, wrapped in a quilt.

Ning Yuer was covered by the quilt, holding her knees, trembling all over. In the glow of the lightning, her flickering eyes could vaguely be seen.

This sight made the inherently soft-hearted Su Wanqing feel extremely distressed. Although this girl might become like that rebellious disciple in the future, at least her current pitiful state was something Su Wanqing couldn’t bear to see.

“…?…”

As if sensing the arrival of someone, Ning Yuer looked up and saw the person who brought her peace of mind.

She paused slightly, then as if grasping a life raft, she immediately threw herself into Su Wanqing’s arms after Su Wanqing reached her bedside.

Perhaps due to fear, even when she bumped into Su Wanqing’s prominent chest, she showed no shyness, only a strong sense of security.

“Immortal Sister!”

“It’s alright, don’t be scared. Master is here.”

Su Wanqing didn’t mind, only focused on comforting the girl in her arms. She even subconsciously pressed the girl’s head against the softest part of her body.

She gently stroked her little disciple’s hair. Because her malnutrition was gone, and combined with the hair color change from the Heavenly Dao Record, it felt very nice to the touch, not inferior to Nini’s fur.

“Boom!”

The frequent thunder made Ning Yuer unable to recover. She kept trembling, hiding in Su Wanqing’s arms, closing her eyes and feeling the sense of security her Immortal Sister’s embrace gave her.

Just now, she was truly on the verge of breaking down. She had been afraid of thunder since childhood, and her life’s transformation, as well as the night she was sold to the fox demon, all occurred during rainy, thundery weather.

Although she had resolved to embark on cultivation and set a goal during this period, the emotional trauma in her heart had not healed, and the nightmares continued every night.

She had always endured, until tonight’s thunderstorm, when all her accumulated negative emotions finally erupted.

Ning Yuer herself couldn’t explain why just thunder would make her so distraught.

But with every peal of thunder, her mind kept flashing back to scenes she didn’t want to recall or face.

Her innate fear of thunder and extremely negative memories of stormy weather caused her to exceed her psychological limit, almost leading to a breakdown.

“Hoo—”

Su Wanqing patted Ning Yuer’s back, comforting her, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She hadn’t come too late, but it was a close call. If she had remembered any later, it would have been too late.

Fortunately, this girl hadn’t developed inner demons, and she had managed to prevent a tragedy.

However, one thing that troubled her was that the rain showed no signs of letting up. It would probably continue all night, and might not even stop tomorrow.

How could she possibly leave Ning Yuer in this state?

But if this posture continued until the rain stopped, let alone whether her waist could take it, just Ning Yuer’s body from being held would also have problems.

Moreover, she needed rest now. The daytime selection assembly was quite tiring. If she didn’t sleep for a day and a night, her body definitely wouldn’t be able to take it.

Could it be that she had to hold her to sleep?

This… wasn’t this too presumptuous?

It didn’t seem like something a good Master would do, did it?

“Master…”

Perhaps receiving some psychological comfort, Ning Yuer’s address changed from “Immortal Sister” to “Master.”

“Mm, speak. Master is here.”

To make herself more comfortable, Su Wanqing adjusted her posture, rubbing her chin against the top of the girl’s head.

“Can you not go back tonight?”

“Can you hold me to sleep?”

After much hesitation, Su Wanqing, whose mind was somewhat muddled from being drunk, inexplicably agreed?

At this moment, she had no thought of the consequences of doing this, only feeling that it could comfort Ning Yuer.

One could say that the drunken Su Wanqing was now operating on a purely linear thought process.

“……Okay.”

In a flash, the two were lying on the bed. Because it was a single bed, Su Wanqing held Ning Yuer very tightly.

And the two were still in the same position as before, just sitting before, and now lying down.

After about a quarter of an hour, Ning Yuer, resting on Su Wanqing’s soft embrace, finally fell asleep.

“Hoo—”

Sensing her disciple’s steady breathing in her arms, the stone in Su Wanqing’s heart finally settled.

Under the anesthesia of alcohol, she gradually closed her eyes in a daze and drifted into dreamland.

The rain completely stopped in the middle of the night.

Su Wanqing only woke up the next morning, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a flustered Ning Yuer. It seemed the other party had woken up much earlier.

But why was this girl so flustered the moment she opened her eyes? And just now, she seemed to have leaned over…