Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder - Chapter 394 - 394: Ch 394 - It's Cold, Warm Your Aunt! Part 2
“This is infuriating! When she first came to the Grand Tutor’s mansion, I told you this hag was no good! Not only does she act high and mighty and look down on everyone, but she’s also got a vicious tongue, acting like the whole world owes her respect!”
Though restrained by Yino’s arms around her waist, Xinyao continued her tirade.
Unlike Yino, she hadn’t seen much of Yuyan over the past six months, so her attitude toward her naturally remained stuck on that scene when Yuyan publicly looked down on Yino at the Grand Tutor’s mansion.
Xinyao had long been fed up with Yuyan, but back then the Grand Tutor’s mansion worried that Yino’s true phoenix bloodline would attract political enemies’ jealousy at court, so they decided to send Yino to the immortal sect for refuge. At that time, Xinyao had also considered Yino’s future and endured Yuyan without saying anything.
But now it was different.
Now Yino was thriving at Wuji Sect, and Xinyao heard he’d already reached late Core Formation stage.
With such cultivation, Xinyao no longer needed to worry about Yino’s safety.
During this time, she’d also reported Yino’s performance to the Grand Tutor’s mansion elders. Xinyao had even suggested countless times bringing Yino back from Wuji Sect to enjoy better cultivation resources!
So Xinyao no longer needed anything from Yuyan, and naturally put her disgusted attitude on full display.
On the other side, Yuyan quietly listened to Xinyao’s resentment, her originally aloof and cold expression gradually freezing.
The reason was simple, what Xinyao said wasn’t wrong. Back then, it really was Yuyan who had been blind, judging Yino based on hearsay and folk rumors.
To this day… Though Yino didn’t say it out loud, Yuyan was well aware of how many times she’d been slapped in the face.
Strictly speaking, her falling for Yino was ironic in itself.
Even if Xinyao cursed her out, Yuyan couldn’t refute it. She understood why Xinyao had been so protective of Yino back then.
If even Yino brought up old grievances to mock Yuyan, she’d probably be so hurt in her self esteem that she couldn’t help but shed tears…
“Aunty, that’s all in the past. Besides, over the past six months, I’ve received a lot of care from Senior Sister. If not for Senior saving me countless times at crucial moments, I might have been killed by terrible evil cultivators long ago!”
Seeing Yuyan purse her lips and stay silent, Yino quickly pulled Xinyao aside and started speaking well of his senior sister.
Actually, Yino wasn’t just humoring Yuyan.
Yuyan’s kindness to Yino was evident to all. She taught Yino swordsmanship, gave him many pendants, and even generously gifted him her beloved sword for protection…
Yino had always remembered Yuyan’s goodness to him.
It’s just that Yuyan seemed to feel somewhat guilty herself.
Because she was the senior, she felt protecting Yino was her duty. But ever since falling into the Demon Abyss, Yuyan’s proud mentality as a senior sister had been completely conquered and broken by Yino.
As a senior, Yuyan could only recall her life flashing before her eyes when facing death…
As a senior, Yuyan had no opinions of her own when facing great danger, completely following Yino’s commands like a subordinate, even placing all her hopes on Yino…
As a senior, Yuyan had actually been saved by her own junior.
Objectively speaking, from the Mountain Temple crisis to Demon Abyss City, step by step, Yuyan and Yino should have had an equal relationship of mutual salvation.
It’s just that Yuyan, being the senior, had an unbalanced internal scale.
She’d become somewhat twisted…
She wanted to maintain her usual aloof image as a sword leader senior sister, but deep down she admired Yino like a little fangirl.
She was very worried about Yino.
She was afraid of being reminded of how she used to look down on Yino, afraid of being seen by Yino as a shallow and pretentious woman, afraid that one day when Yino became stronger and more outstanding he’d gradually lose interest in her, afraid that Yino had initially pursued her just out of lust, afraid that Yino’s feelings for her were just playing around, afraid that after really sleeping with Yino, he’d become disenchanted with her and turn to pursue more beautiful woman with better figures…
These were all the most sensitive areas in Yuyan’s heart.
This was also why Yuyan actually never wanted to let Yino take her virginity before marriage. She still wasn’t sure about Yino’s feelings for her. She was afraid that if she let Yino taste all the forbidden fruit on her body too early, when it came time to marry, he would pull up his pants and not acknowledge her.
“Forget it Yino. I can’t be bothered wasting words with this heartless woman!”
Seeing that Yino had come out to mediate, Xinyao couldn’t help but snort coldly, then very naturally took Yino’s hand: “Come with Aunty. You haven’t been at the Grand Tutor’s mansion for a while, and there are some family matters I need to discuss with you privately.”
She spoke while pulling Yino, planning to leave.
But this time, Yino didn’t obediently follow Xinyao’s lead.
“No need to rush. Let me say something to Senior first.”
He spoke lightly while breaking free from Xinyao’s hand.
At the same time, meeting the white-robed woman’s anxious eyes in the room, Yino walked forward and leaned close to his senior sister’s ear with a grin.
“Senior Sister, would you mind if I reported to my family today that you’re willing to marry into the He family?”
At these words, Yuyan who had been pretending to be aloof and melancholy in the mirror suddenly widened her eyes in shock.
Ever since Xinyao had broken in, Yuyan had actually been listening anxiously with perked ears.
She cared a lot about how Yino would introduce her to his aunt…
She had originally thought from Yino’s behavior that he was being secretive about their private relationship, showing some unwillingness to make their romance public.
But now…
Yuyan realized she might have been too sensitive.
Was there a possibility that Yino was just considering Yuyan’s reputation and feelings, which is why he was specifically asking for Yuyan’s opinion in private?
After all, Yuyan was Wuji Sect’s top sword senior, a goddess admired by countless men who held a place in the cultivation world.
So objectively speaking, if they suddenly announced that Yuyan would marry into the He family, it would definitely be Yino who benefited, since his reputation was far less valuable than Yuyan’s!
“If Senior Sister is worried about affecting Wuji Sect’s reputation, we could also wait until we meet Master together to discuss it further.”
Thinking of this, Yino continued speaking softly.
He leaned on his senior sister’s shoulder, though his gaze was on the mirror.
At some point, Yuyan suddenly felt all the sourness in her heart disappear.
Maybe women’s thoughts were just this magical…
She looked at the young man’s handsome face leaning close to her ear in the mirror. After a moment of daze, her face lit up:
“Say whatever you want to say. After all, we’ve already kissed and hugged, and you just did such excessive things in my mouth…”
“Now that my heart belongs to someone, why would I care about being gossiped about by the world?”
“Look…”
“You have such excellent qualities, it should be my good fortune.”
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“First, tell me how you got involved with our current Empress?”
In the city lord’s mansion meeting room, Xinyao sat in the boss chair with an elegant posture. Under her red dress with hollow flower embroidery design were a pair of gracefully curved phoenix patterned milky legs.
Her feet dangled in the air, her toes picking at wooden clogs, the beautiful gilded totems on these crystalclear, blushed feet like a perfect work of art.
It had been half a year…
Yino hadn’t touched his Aunt’s feet for half a year.
He’d thought Jinyue’s feet could occupy his thoughts for years, but revisiting the classics, Yino realized, feet in this world have different styles too.
For example, Jinyue’s…
Small and delicate, soft arches, paired with red fox clan totems, appearing more playful and charming.
But Xinyao’s were quite different.
Though the skin was equally white with a pink tinge and overall small and exquisite, Xinyao’s arch had a more graceful curve, and overall looked more slender and elegant than Jinyue’s.
In fact, Xinyao’s feet should indeed be physically longer than Jinyue’s.
Being longer made them appear more proportionally slender, and paired with the phoenix clan’s golden textured patterns, the overall atmosphere gave off an elegant and noble feeling.
What made Yino even more delighted was that after all these years, Xinyao still wore the bell anklet he’d given her.
With that engraved bell as decoration, Yino thought, There’s something intimate about this elegant, sacred golden patterned foot that I can appreciate as art.
“I say, after not seeing each other for half a year, how come you still can’t break the habit of staring at people’s feet and spacing out?”
On the opposite couch, Xinyao sighed.
But she didn’t mind, just habitually raised her foot and lightly flicked it to drop the wooden clog hanging on her toes. Then she stretched her toes and made a beckoning gesture toward Yino:
“Hmm~ little pervert~”
This sentence was muttered quietly to herself.
But immediately after, Xinyao’s lips curved into a teasing smile. “It’s cold, and my feet are freezing. Why don’t you come warm your Aunty’s feet?”
