Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 34

After Xiao Xing turned off the lights and lay down, the moment she closed her eyes, her mind was full of Bai Moqing lying on her side in a nightdress. Long hair scattered, gaze focused, heart-stirring and alluring. Xiao Xing opened her eyes, looked at the empty space on her left, turned, and lay flat.
Suddenly, weight pressed down on her. Bai Moqing appeared before her, both hands braced beside Xiao Xing’s cheeks. In the dimness, those ink-black eyes flashed with starlight. Bai Moqing called softly, “President Xiao…”
Xiao Xing’s heart tightened hard. She raised her hands, held Bai Moqing’s waist, and flipped over, pressing Bai Moqing beneath her. “Are you playing with me on purpose?” She caught Bai Moqing’s chin.
“You told me to leave, so I left. What else did President Xiao want me to do?”
A bed was a warm and ambiguous place. When their bodies pressed together, warmth slowly rose in their hearts. Bai Moqing hooked her arms around Xiao Xing’s neck, closed her eyes, and slightly lifted her head.
The kiss arrived as expected.
Soft lips gradually bloomed, red and tempting. Xiao Xing gently bit Bai Moqing’s lower lip and sucked with care.
That long kiss ended after an unknown amount of time.
But it was only a kiss.
Both of them wanted deeper intimacy, but with tacit understanding, neither continued. Now was not the time. Xiao Xing held Bai Moqing and said by her ear, “Sleep.” Her voice was not as clear as usual. It was a little hoarse.
Xiao Xing’s embrace was warm and soft. Being held in her arms gave Bai Moqing a strong sense of safety. Bai Moqing turned to face her, buried her head at Xiao Xing’s neck, and shifted slightly to find the most comfortable position.
Her breath fell on Xiao Xing’s neck. The desire Xiao Xing had pressed down stirred restlessly again. Xiao Xing held Bai Moqing’s head. “Do not move around.”
The rising heat burned her body as if she were in flames.
Bai Moqing obediently stopped moving. Pillowed in Xiao Xing’s arms, she soon fell asleep. Xiao Xing lowered her head and looked at the person in her arms. With hair and temples touching, she also sank into dreams.
They slept peacefully through the night until dawn.
When Bai Moqing woke, she was the only one left in bed. She walked out of the bedroom, and the nightdress on her body changed into a shirt and coat in the blink of an eye.
The kitchen range hood rumbled. Behind the glass door, a blurry black figure moved. Bai Moqing walked over and pushed the door open. Xiao Xing was frying eggs and heating milk.
The hot milk in the small pot boiled and was poured into clear glass cups. Xiao Xing turned off the heat, placed the two fried eggs on a plate, and turned to say, “There were only two eggs left in the refrigerator. We will eat this for breakfast.”
“Xiao Xing, why do you have no cultivator aura, and why is the life you live no different from an ordinary person’s?” Bai Moqing turned sideways to make way for Xiao Xing.
“It cannot be explained in a few words.” Xiao Xing placed the tray on the dining table, lifted her head, and looked at Bai Moqing. “Go wash your face and brush your teeth.”
The eggs were sunny-side up. When cut with a knife, the unset yolk flowed out. Bai Moqing was not used to eating such things, but Xiao Xing had made them. Even if they had been sprinkled with frost, she could smile and eat them.
After drinking the last sip of milk, Bai Moqing stood to clean up and said, “From now on, I will cook and wash the dishes.”
“You know how to cook?” Xiao Xing had never seen Bai Moqing make anything, so she looked at her in surprise.
Bai Moqing turned back and smiled at Xiao Xing. “Not now. But I will in the future.”
When it was time to go to work, Bai Moqing said goodbye to Xiao Xing and was about to leave. Xiao Xing caught her wrist. “Ride to the company in my car.”
Bai Moqing did not think much and followed Xiao Xing downstairs.
Only when she got out of Xiao Xing’s car and happened to run into An Huaigu did she realize how serious this was.
An Huaigu looked at Bai Moqing in shock, as if struck by lightning. “Little Bai?” How could her Little Bai get out of Xiao Xing’s car?
“Sister An.” Seeing An Huaigu, Bai Moqing felt inexplicably guilty. In front of An Huaigu, she had the strange feeling of being a mistress.
Xiao Xing was calm and composed. After locking the car, she glanced at Bai Moqing, then turned and walked straight toward the building entrance.
Bai Moqing was about to follow, but An Huaigu grabbed her. “Little Bai, why did you get out of President Xiao’s car?”
Bai Moqing glanced at the figure moving farther away and answered, “I happened to meet President Xiao on the road, and she gave me a ride.”
“Happened to?” Why did that sound so unbelievable?
A small red car drove into the parking lot and stopped steadily in a nearby empty space. Tang Yue got out, wearing her never-changing professional suit. Seeing An Huaigu and Bai Moqing, she greeted them first.
“Assistant Tang, morning.” Bai Moqing had just replied when An Huaigu grabbed her and muttered in disgust, “Beast.” Then An Huaigu pulled Bai Moqing away, clearly at odds with Tang Yue.
They had only just reached the office when Tang Yue appeared again like a lingering spirit. Standing at the doorway, she smiled at An Huaigu. “Assistant An, at ten this morning, we are going to Jingke together to meet Manager Jing.”
An Huaigu put down her bag, crossed her arms, and said, “At ten, I am going to Xiaosheng. I do not have time to go to Jingke with you.” Seeing Tang Yue’s gaze drift toward Bai Moqing, she added, “Little Bai is going with me. She has no time either.”
“In that case…” Tang Yue walked to An Huaigu and smiled brightly at her. “I will go to Xiaosheng with you.”
The more An Huaigu ran, the more Tang Yue wanted to chase her.
Looking at Sister An’s dark face, Bai Moqing did not need anyone to say that Sister An was unhappy.
Bai Moqing looked at Tang Yue and could not understand why Sister An hated Assistant Tang so much. Assistant Tang was gentle and refined, humble and polite to others. Sometimes she teased Bai Moqing once or twice, but she had never done anything excessive.
Unlike Sister An, who spoke frivolously and often touched Bai Moqing. If Bai Moqing really compared them, she actually preferred being with Assistant Tang.
Seeing An Huaigu too angry to speak, Tang Yue put a little distance between them, retreating in order to advance. “If you cannot work with me, I can transfer this project to Secretary Wang.”
Secretary Wang was Wang Junxuan, who shared the office next door with Wen Rushui. She was in her thirties, and like Tang Yue, she wore black professional suit dresses all year round. The buttons of her shirt were always neatly fastened to her neck. Bai Moqing had never seen her long hair loose. It was always tied into a flawless bun behind her head.
Without comparison, one did not know good from bad. Compared with Secretary Wang, Tang Yue at least smiled. Although her smile made An Huaigu especially dislike her, thinking of Secretary Wang’s unsmiling appearance made An Huaigu’s heart grow cold. If Secretary Wang became perverted, she would probably be even scarier than Tang Yue.
An Huaigu gave up hope. “No need to change. Being able to work with Great Assistant Tang is my honor.”
“It is also my honor.” Tang Yue smiled meaningfully and turned to leave.
Once Tang Yue left, An Huaigu instantly looked like an eggplant hit by frost. “Little Bai, whenever Tang Yue is around in the future, you cannot leave my side by even half a step.”
She was about to touch Bai Moqing’s face when she suddenly noticed a red mark below Bai Moqing’s ear, at the side of her neck.
A hickey!
Afraid her eyes were wrong, An Huaigu pulled Bai Moqing’s collar and leaned in to look carefully. The irregular dark red mark looked very fresh. It must have been left last night.
“Sister An?” Bai Moqing looked at An Huaigu in confusion. Following her gaze, she looked toward her own neck, but could only see her shoulder.
An Huaigu stared fixedly at that hickey. “Little Bai, tell me the truth. Did you do something last night that wronged me?” She had failed to watch Little Bai for one night, and her Little Bai had been eaten by someone!
“Something that wronged you?” Bai Moqing remembered sleeping in Xiao Xing’s arms last night. She looked away guiltily. “No.” She used the excuse of looking for a mirror to cover her guilt.
When the mirror faced her neck, Bai Moqing saw the red mark printed there. She remembered very clearly that Xiao Xing had not kissed her there. But now there was a hickey. There was only one possibility: after she fell asleep, Xiao Xing had done something to her again…
Steadying herself, Bai Moqing put on an innocent expression and looked at An Huaigu with pure eyes. “Sister An, am I allergic? A rash actually appeared here.”
Allergic? With Bai Moqing’s pure look, it really did not seem possible she had done that kind of thing. An Huaigu felt she might truly have misunderstood Bai Moqing.
She lowered her head even more and carefully looked at the mark. Bai Moqing let her examine it openly.
“Cough, cough. Restrain yourselves in the office.” Wen Rushui had received a call from security saying someone was looking for President Xiao’s secretary. After asking carefully, she learned the person was looking for An Huaigu. She came over to tell An Huaigu, only to see An Huaigu hugging Bai Moqing and biting her neck.
It had to be said that An Huaigu’s position was too perfect.
An Huaigu turned and saw Wen Rushui, then tugged Bai Moqing’s clothes. “Secretary Wen, did you need something?”
“Someone is looking for you. She is waiting at the company gate.” Wen Rushui raised her brows at An Huaigu with a look that said, I know everything now. Then she looked at Bai Moqing with ambiguous eyes.
An Huaigu walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked toward the company gate. A black BMW was parked there. The distance was too far, so she could not see clearly.
Bai Moqing, uncomfortable under Secretary Wen’s gaze, stood from her seat and walked to An Huaigu’s side.
She looked toward the gate and recognized the person in the BMW at once. It was the woman she had saved a few days ago.
How had Ye Gelan found this place?
“Assistant An, do you want to see her? If not, I will have security send her away.” Wen Rushui walked over. The three of them stood in a row before the floor-to-ceiling window, making Tang Yue keep lifting her head to look at them.
“Did security say the name of the person looking for me?”
“Only that her surname is Ye.”
“Surname Ye?” An Huaigu immediately remembered Ye Gelan, whom she had left at the hospital. The person looking for her was probably Ye Gelan.
She grabbed Bai Moqing. “Little Bai, come downstairs with me.”
When they appeared at the company gate, the person in the car immediately turned off the engine and got out.
There was a piece of gauze on Ye Gelan’s forehead. Her gaze swept over An Huaigu, then quickly moved to Bai Moqing.
That day, when the car accident happened, Ye Gelan had not fainted. She had still been conscious. When her vision had been hazy and dazed, the face that appeared before her was this one.
A joy like meeting again after a long separation surged in her heart. Ye Gelan walked toward Bai Moqing and hugged her.
“Thank you for saving me that day.”
Bai Moqing’s breath stalled. She did not push Ye Gelan away. Looking at Ye Gelan in her arms, the events of many years ago rose into her mind again.
She had lost focus again.
“Hey, hey, hey. If you want to thank her, then thank her. Do not hug my Little Bai.”
Ye Gelan released Bai Moqing, turned, and hugged An Huaigu. “Thank you too.” The strong perfume scent poured into An Huaigu’s nose. Being hugged by a beauty, An Huaigu froze for a moment, then raised her hands and hugged back. “No… no need to thank me.”
Xiao Xing stood before the floor-to-ceiling window and frowned unhappily. Bai Moqing sensed it and looked back at her. Their eyes met. Xiao Xing turned and left the window.
From the corner of her eye, Bai Moqing saw the office next door. Tang Yue was standing before the floor-to-ceiling window of their office, looking at Sister An. Bai Moqing turned back. Sister An and Ye Gelan were still hugging.
Ye Gelan did not enter the company. She arranged to have dinner with them that evening, then left.
Bai Moqing did not refuse Ye Gelan face-to-face. After entering the elevator, she used the excuse that the cat at home had been making trouble lately and she needed to go home early, so she would not go with An Huaigu that evening.
“The cat is making trouble? Has it not been spayed?” Without anyone noticing, the topic shifted to the cat.
Bai Moqing nodded. “Not yet.”
“I knew it. Once it is spayed, it will be fine. I know the owner of a pet hospital. Whenever you want to spay it, I can bring you over. They can give you twenty percent off.”
Bai Moqing quickly refused. If the little orange cat knew Sister An wanted to trick Bai Moqing into taking it to be spayed, the little orange cat would probably be so angry it swallowed Sister An alive.
The two had just entered the office when Bai Moqing’s phone rang. A cold voice without warmth came from the receiver. “Come to my office. Do not let anyone see you.”