The gloomy and crazy Master is drooling over me

The morning sun is warm and the ground is covered with thin clothes.

Fu Qing had not slept all night, but his expression was still clear and calm. His spiritual energy penetrated into his disciple's spiritual veins, combing her meridians bit by bit to prevent her from feeling pain.

He clasped Lingfu's wrist with five fingers, and his eyes followed the morning light outside the window to the scenery reflected on the ground in the window frame. The warm morning light illuminated his own robes on the ground, mixed with Fu'er's robes.

Her gaze gradually moved to her wrist. There was still a faint trace of scarlet on the tips of her fingers, which stung her eyes like a steel needle.

Fu Qing slowly closed her eyes. She did not regret saving Fu'er.

But after this unnecessary absurdity, how to end it is a big problem. The love that Fuer expressed during the lovemaking last night was very light.

Yet it is as heavy as weak water, drowning everything.

She had never thought about love, and even less about the disciple she had raised...

Whether from an ethical or moral point of view, it was all her fault.

Failure to protect the disciple was one mistake, and causing the young man to fall in love was another mistake.

She had lived a decent life, but how could she make one mistake after another? So wrong, so wrong!

All wrong!!

Fu Qing's eyes suddenly opened a crack, and the sharpness that was hard to conceal came out, but disappeared in an instant, and her eyes turned into a blank grief. This is her...child who she raised with her own hands.

"Um…"

A soft humming sounded in her arms, bringing Fu Qing back to her senses. She immediately lowered her head and asked softly, "Fu'er, do your meridians still hurt?"

Ling Fu originally thought that she had survived that incident and that everything that happened last night was just a beautiful dream. At this moment, her master's voice rang clearly in her ears and she froze instantly.

Then, the chaotic memories were like beans pouring out, hitting the surface of her thoughts, causing ripples that intertwined and entangled with each other.

"Master...Father!" She broke free from Fu Qing's embrace in an instant, her eyes barely able to stay focused, her eyes trembling as she retreated and hid inside the bed.

She knelt down subconsciously and knocked her head on the quilt, only then she realized that she was wearing only a thin layer of underwear that did not belong to her. Her body was dry and clear, but her lower body was sore and weak.

Ling Fu had never been so frightened before. She was afraid that her master would discover her thoughts, that she would hate her, and even more afraid that she would not want him anymore.

She grew up here since she was a child. In this vast world, only where her master is is her home. If even her master doesn't want her anymore, Ling Fu doesn't know where to go.

"Disciple...I was foolish last night and I might have been harmed by...the love potion...!" She spoke each word with her eyes tightly closed, afraid that her tears would wet the quilt, and her teeth chattered with a crisp sound.

Fu Qing sat on the edge of the bed, staring in a daze at the wrist that had been freed from its shackles, and his gaze finally fixed on the dark red left on the fingertips.

"Fuer..." This was something that could not be avoided after all. Fu Qing thought about it all night but could not come up with a perfect solution.

Finally, I thought of my junior sisters and the others. Since we have learned from the previous experience, it might be possible to follow in their footsteps.

This crime is all hers, so she should bear it alone.

"Tell me... is there someone you like?" She needed to ask again, and ask formally and seriously when the other person was awake.

"I..." Ling Fu bit her lower lip tightly. The quilt was a few centimeters away in front of her. She didn't dare to raise her head at all, for fear of seeing the disappointment in Fu Qing's eyes.

But the friendship that needed to be expressed last night had already been said, and it was too late to take it back. This time, the master would definitely want an affirmation.

Now that things have come to this, is there anything she can't admit?

Now that I’ve been exposed, I can no longer lie to my master.

“…I…love…you!” After she said this, she seemed to have been drained of all her strength. She collapsed on the bed, unable to even lift her head.

Unexpectedly, she felt a warm sensation on her hand. It was her master's hand. She gently helped Lingfu sit up on her knees, and their eyes met for the first time.

One is calm, resolute and gentle, while the other is fearful and envious.

Fu Qing moved closer, and Ling Fu dragged her knees and knelt a little further back, moving forward and backward, until they were at the innermost point, with no room for retreat.

Ling Fu's calm and composed look that she always had when teaching was gone, her eyes were as red as a rabbit's, leaving no doubt that she would burst into tears in the next second.

The fingertips are clenched and embedded in the palm.

"Master... I... know that I have committed many sins... I beg you to leave our sect... and go down the mountain to atone my sins..." She didn't know how this situation would end. There was no love in Fu Qing's eyes that she wanted, and she was still as tolerant and gentle as ever.

But it was this kind of gentleness and tolerance that made her feel even more ashamed.

She'll be driven mad.

"It's time to quit the sect..." Fu Qing raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on her face, his tone still gentle.

In an instant, Ling Fu felt as if she was trapped in a vast ice field, her heart was cut by the raging wind blades, and she was instantly turned into powder and stopped.

As expected... She tried to raise the corners of her lips to thank her teacher, but her face remained expressionless, with blood dripping from her palms through her fingers.

“…but there’s no need to go down the mountain for now.”

Turn around.

Fu Qing asked in a very serious tone: "Fuer, are you willing to become my Taoist partner?" Her eyes were like butterflies staring at Ling Fu's slightly red nose, which was still stubbornly suppressing her emotions, and a helpless smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Ling Fu loosened her fingers, and a dense pain spread up her palms, but it was not as great as the shock in her heart at the moment. She even thought she had heard it wrong.

How could Master ask such a question?

But his body was faster than his brain, and he opened his mouth to continue, "...I am willing!" After saying that, he realized that he had said something wrong and bit his lips again. But before he could bite down deeply, a hand pinched his chin and stopped him.

"I am over 1,370 years old this year, and you are not even a fraction of my age. I have rarely been out of the mountain gate and have not seen much of the world, and I have met even fewer people. In the future, you will always meet someone who is stronger, more beautiful, and more interesting than me."

"And now, Fu'er, you should know that I have no romantic feelings for you for the time being. I am also dull, have few hobbies, and don't talk much. Even so, are you still willing?" Fu Qing gently stroked the corner of her lips that were bitten white with his thumb. He wondered when this little girl developed this habit.

It’s not good to bite your lip subconsciously.

Ling Fu had never asked her master for a response, and now she had the opportunity to be together with her master, which was something she dared not even ask for.

She knew that the other party did not look at her with love, but she was satisfied that he could be with her, and that was good enough...

"I... do." She replied again, this time much slower than the last time, with more consideration, but otherwise with a joy like a warm ocean eddy.

She could not refuse the master who came to her door, because she did not want to tie him down due to responsibility. However, her greed and selfishness were fed by such tenderness and she could not control herself from asking for more.

Let her be selfish just this once, okay?