I Transmigrated into the Abusive Master of the Male Lead - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Ruan Yu left humming a tune, her ponytail swaying behind her. Her back looked so carefree and unrestrained that I stared after her in a daze.

The System reminded me, “You should be delivering Lord Mingshui’s medicine now.”

When I did not respond, the System fell silent for a moment, then started chanting inside my head, its voice as loud as thunder.

The Heavenly Dao actually sent this thing to supervise me!

Cursing under my breath, I headed for the storeroom.

After cursing the System a couple of times, I started cursing “Yun Qi.”

Damn hopeless romantic. She went to all that trouble to raise a dragon and drew so much hatred onto herself, all to help her senior brother attain the Dao and ascend to immortality!

And she even eagerly delivered the spiritual medicines and immortal herbs she had worked so hard to gather, right on schedule.

A simp. She was such a simp.

The System said dryly, “Now you’re the simp.”

The storeroom was not large, but everything was clearly divided.

On the left were the immortal pills and spiritual herbs meant for Lord Mingshui. On the right were the poisonous herbs used for Ying Xun’s medicinal baths.

I casually pulled out a brocade box. Inside was Tanyang, a treasure nearly impossible to find in the world.

I fell silent.

The System urged me, “What are you standing around for? Take it to him!”

I said, “I can’t bear to. It’s too expensive.”

The System said, “…This was all bought with Yun Qi’s money.”

Heartbroken, I said, “But I am Yun Qi now!”

“You can’t break character!”

I turned a deaf ear to it and began rummaging through the herbs on the right, eventually finding one that looked exactly like Tanyang.

Hugging the herb in my arms, I cheerfully left to the sound of the System breaking down.

Lord Mingshui had brewed tea in the courtyard and was waiting for me.

He wore a sky-blue robe, his raven-dark hair tied back with a ribbon. Mist curled around the mountaintop, making him look almost like an immortal drifting beyond the mortal world.

I sat down across from him.

“Senior Brother.”

Lord Mingshui set down his teacup. Seeing the infatuation in my eyes, a trace of satisfaction appeared on his face.

“Junior Sister, you’re a little late today. Did the matter of taking the dragon horns not go smoothly?”

All these years, “Yun Qi” had drawn blood and stripped scales from Ying Xun for Lord Mingshui’s cultivation, forcibly pushing Lord Mingshui, whose talent was only average, all the way to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

After learning that dragon horns could regenerate, “Yun Qi” had eagerly sent him a message. A few sweet words from him later, she had sharpened her blade and gone after Ying Xun, promising to present the dragon horns today.

Lord Mingshui took my hand, his eyes full of affection.

“Junior Sister, you’ve gone to such trouble. Once I ascend in the future, I will never let you down. I will be an immortal couple with you, envied by all.”

I pulled my hand back and covered my face, weeping softly. “Junior Sister is useless. I failed to obtain the dragon horns.”

Lord Mingshui’s expression changed at once. “What did you say?”

“Wasn’t drawing blood from him easy before? It’s only a pair of dragon horns. Junior Sister, you…”

Suspicion flickered across his face. He was wondering whether I had kept the horns for myself.

But he was quite skilled at handling women. Back when we were still in the sect, he had taken great care of “Yun Qi,” bewitching a naive young girl until she was dizzy with devotion and never went against him.

“Yun Qi” was a dog he had trained to heel perfectly.

I lowered my eyes and spoke carefully. “Senior Brother, please don’t be angry. Once Junior Sister refines a dagger, I will carve off those dragon horns and bring them to you.”

“Junior Sister has found Tanyang. It will be of great benefit to your cultivation. Senior Brother, please use this for now.”

Only then did Lord Mingshui’s expression improve. He gestured for me to take it out.

I had just taken out the brocade box when a sudden sound came from inside the residence.

I did not think much of it at first, but to my surprise, Lord Mingshui instinctively took two steps toward the cave dwelling. Only when he realized I was still there did he barely manage to stop himself.

That reaction made me curious.

“Senior Brother, is there someone else inside? Why not introduce me?”

As I spoke, I headed in. Lord Mingshui could not stop me, so he had no choice but to follow.

The cave dwelling was luxurious, its walls inlaid with glowing pearls that shone brilliantly.

Amid piles of fine brocade lay a lovely beauty.

She looked over timidly, her red lips delicate, her skin fairer than snow. A snow-white tail swayed behind her, so beautiful it could steal the soul.

A white fox.