Stealing Food

Xuan Ya looked at Lu Qiancha’s dazed and innocent expression and couldn’t help but sigh softly.

‘Silly girl, she didn’t inherit her master’s cleverness.’

Then, Xuan Ya’s gaze shifted to the clothes Lu Qiancha was wearing.
They were too thin, and the size wasn’t quite right.

This deepened Xuan Ya’s stereotyped impression of Xun Xue’s irresponsibility.

“Little Qianqian, why are you wearing so little?”

Xuan Ya extended her index finger and poked Lu Qiancha’s slightly exposed little tummy.

“Ngh~”

Lu Qiancha clutched the poked area and took half a step back.
Then she looked up at Xuan Ya and said, “I’m not cold.”

“…”

Xuan Ya shook her head gently and beckoned to Lu Qiancha, “Come here, I’ll get you some clothes.”

“I’m not cold.”

Lu Qiancha frowned and emphasized again.

Then…

Lu Qiancha was scooped up by Xuan Ya and forcibly carried into the house.

There’s a kind of cold called ‘your parents think you’re cold.’

Lu Qiancha’s clothes were taken off, and Xuan Ya put a long-sleeved velvet shirt and a thick cotton-padded jacket on her.

Lu Qiancha felt the heavy wrapping of the clothes on her body and was a little unaccustomed to it.

‘It was better just now, it was very cool.’

Then, just as Lu Qiancha was about to step out the door, she was pulled back by Xuan Ya again.

“Hm?”

Lu Qiancha tilted her head, looking at Xuan Ya with some confusion, as if asking, ‘Is there anything else?’

“Have your parents taught you how to read and cultivate?”

Xuan Ya asked softly.

Lu Qiancha nodded.

Seeing this, Xuan Ya said no more, only telling Lu Qiancha not to drill into the snow anymore.

“Master is so strange…”

Lu Qiancha shook her head and then returned to her room.

Her spiritual sense entered her storage pouch and took out a stalk of Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid.

“Ahm,” Lu Qiancha opened her little mouth and bit into the stalk.

‘I’ve been chewing on it for over a month, and it’s as intoxicating as ever.’

Lu Qiancha even began to suspect that the desensitization therapy Xun Xue had mentioned was a lie.

But the next moment, Lu Qiancha put these thoughts behind her and immersed herself in the fragrance of the Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid.

She didn’t even notice someone knocking on the door.

“Knock, knock, knock!”

“Senior brother, are you home?”

Gan Tang stood outside the door and knocked.
She continued, “I’m here to bring you some clothes.”

After waiting for a while, Gan Tang still hadn’t received a response from Lu Qiancha.
So, with a change of thought, she took it upon herself to put the clothes in a conspicuous place in the room and then leave.

As soon as she entered the door, Gan Tang’s heart sank.

“Senior brother! Are you not feeling well? Why are you lying on the floor?”

Gan Tang rushed forward, picked up Lu Qiancha, helped her pat the dust off her clothes, and then carried her to the bed.

“Gan… Tang?”

Lu Qiancha looked up at Gan Tang for a long time, as if trying to figure out why she was here.

But the next moment, Lu Qiancha gave up thinking.

‘Ears are itchy, need to rub them.’

‘Tail is itchy too, put it in Gan Tang’s hand.’

“?”

Gan Tang looked at the tail that had suddenly been placed in her palm, a little at a loss.

“Pet me.”

Lu Qiancha tilted her head up, a hint of pleading in her blue eyes.

“Oh… oh.”

Gan Tang’s palm moved back and forth mechanically.

‘Senior brother is lying in my arms asking for pets… I feel like I had a similar dream a few days ago.’

Gan Tang wanted to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming.

But she hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea.

‘Forget it, I won’t pinch myself.
What if, like in my dream last time, I pinch myself awake? That would be bad.’

Gan Tang came back to her senses and looked at the little wolf cub in her arms, who was purring and nuzzling against her.

An undisguised gentleness flashed in her eyes.

Then, Gan Tang placed her left hand on top of Lu Qiancha’s head, rubbing her constantly twitching little ears along with it.

Her right hand slowly stroked the restless large wolf tail.

“Ying-wuu~”

Lu Qiancha showed a very contented expression.

‘I don’t have to move myself, so happy.’

Her little mouth opened, and she took a bite of the Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid she was holding in her paw.

A clear, sweet, milky fragrance burst in her mouth.

It was strange, but this Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid tasted sweet and milky when eaten raw, but when cooked, it tasted like scallions.

And when chopped up, it was as pungent as chili powder.

After a few bites, the Dendrobium and Pearl Orchid in Lu Qiancha’s paw was gone.
She lay lazily in Gan Tang’s arms, enjoying her pets.

Gan Tang’s hands didn’t stop.
Sometimes she would scratch Lu Qiancha’s constantly twitching little ears, sometimes she would scratch her chin, and her right hand would stroke her large tail from top to bottom.

She looked at this blue-furred, fluffy, dazed-eyed, purring little beast in her arms, who had completely let down all her defenses and sense of distance…

Gan Tang’s heart felt as if it had been hit hard by this extreme softness.

The hand rubbing her ears became even gentler, for fear of disturbing this trust…

The rhythm of stroking her tail also became smoother and gentler…

“Ngh-ying~” Lu Qiancha finally let out a soft whimper, as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, as if she were sleep-talking.
Her small body, under Gan Tang’s doting pets and stroking, finally gave up all its weight.

Like a small, melting blueberry-flavored gummy candy, she completely softened and collapsed in Gan Tang’s arms.

After a good while, Lu Qiancha’s pair of deep blue eyes, which had been covered in a thin, dazed mist, finally regained their clear light.

Her consciousness was like disconnecting from the Morpheus network, and her mind reconnected with her body.

She blinked in a daze and saw Gan Tang, who was holding her.

“Shwa!”

A scalding heat instantly rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
Her entire little face turned red at a visible speed.

“J-Junior sister?! Why are you here?”

Lu Qiancha’s voice changed pitch, with a hint of imperceptible panic.

Her two fluffy little paws instantly retracted and crossed tightly in front of her chest.
Her body twisted and curled in Gan Tang’s arms, as if she wanted to curl herself into a ball of fur.

“Phew—”

The stone that had been hanging in Gan Tang’s heart finally fell, and she let out a soft sigh of relief.
‘Senior brother is back to normal.’

But for some reason, a trace of disappointment flashed through her heart.

She shook her head, quickly shaking off that little emotion she shouldn’t have.

“I came to bring senior brother some clothes.” A smile reappeared on Gan Tang’s face, her voice crisp, as she pointed to the few small and exquisite cashmere jackets on the table next to them, which were obviously sewn to Lu Qiancha’s true size.
“Here, they’re all here!”

“Mm… I-I’ll take them…”

Lu Qiancha almost cut her off, her voice tinged with a rushed shyness, “Thank you, junior sister.
Y-you should go out first!”

She tried to prop herself up, wanting to get out of this overly intimate posture, “I’m going to cultivate!”

“Oh, oh, okay!”

Gan Tang was very accommodating.
She carefully placed the soft and hot little wolf cub in her arms on the edge of the bed, then nimbly flipped off the bed.
The light sound of her footsteps “da-da-da” faded away, and the door was gently closed.

“Phew…”

Lu Qiancha leaned against the bedpost and completely relaxed, letting out a long sigh.
She patted her hot cheeks with her little paws, as if trying to dispel the blush of social death.