Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 54

Yun Su had already been gone for many days. The little orange cat sat on the windowsill and stared at the sky, waiting until her eyes nearly saw through it.
The weather was clear. There was not a single cloud in the blue sky. The little orange cat spread out her divine sense and silently called Yun Su’s name in her heart, searching for her by the aura of their pact.
Yun Su had told her that if they made a promise using blood from the tip of the heart, then no matter where Yun Su was, Feiyue would be able to find her. As long as she called Yun Su’s name, no matter how far away Yun Su was, she would hear it and come back at once.
When Yun Su cultivated dragon horns and became a dragon, she would be able to travel freely through space. At that time, even if she went to another world, she would be able to follow Feiyue’s voice back.
Entering a secret realm meant entering another space. The little orange cat tried calling Yun Su’s name, but there was no response. Her divine sense stretched to its limit, but she still did not see Yun Su.
She sighed softly, lowered her head, and lay on the windowsill. She could only wait for Yun Su to return on her own.
“Xiao Bai, help me get a contract from the archive room.” An Huaigu was reading the security system contract. The company had been talking about replacing its security system for a long time. After delay after delay, they still had not decided which company’s system to use.
The price of a security system was not small, and safety level rose along with cost. An Huaigu rubbed her forehead, looking torn.
“What contract?” Bai Moqing was both President Xiao’s secretary and An Huaigu’s assistant. She stood and walked to An Huaigu’s side. An Huaigu handed her the contract in her hand and said, “The security system purchase contract. In Purchasing…”
Thinking that the system currently in use had already been used for many years and would be hard to find, An Huaigu changed her mind again. “Forget it. No need to look at the old contract.”
She took back the contract she had handed to Bai Moqing and said, “I’ll read it carefully twice, then have Tang Yue read it once before giving it straight to President Xiao.”
As soon as Tang Yue was mentioned, Tang Yue appeared at the doorway. There was a smile in her eyes and brows, and she held two cups of freshly ground coffee. She walked into their office.
She placed the coffee on An Huaigu’s desk and said, “A new cafe opened on the next street. It tastes pretty good, so I brought one for each of you.”
An Huaigu glanced at it, picked up the coffee, and handed the contract to Tang Yue at the same time. “I’ll drink the coffee. Please trouble Assistant Tang to look over this contract for me. If there’s no problem, help me take it to President Xiao.”
“Do I get any benefits?” Tang Yue opened the contract.
An Huaigu thought about it and asked, “I’ll treat you to dinner?” The rich coffee slid through her mouth, bitter but sweet.
“Sure. Tonight, then. I’m free tonight.” Tang Yue left with the contract. Just as she was about to walk out, she suddenly remembered something. She closed the contract, turned, and asked Bai Moqing, “Xiao Bai, do you usually not read entertainment news?”
Bai Moqing nodded. Tang Yue walked back to An Huaigu’s desk and stood face-to-face with Bai Moqing, who was beside the desk. She took out her phone and opened a forum.
“There is a post exposing Sikou Yan’s same-sex girlfriend. The main post has three photos. Other people might not recognize the person in the photos, but I, or Assistant An, can recognize at a glance that it’s you.”
When Bai Moqing had first entered the company, she had stayed in the archive room and had little contact with other departments. The only person she spent day and night with was An Huaigu. Later, after she became a secretary and came to the top floor, she grew familiar with Tang Yue, Secretary Wen, Secretary Wang, and a few others.
Tang Yue often came to this office. Compared with Secretary Wen and Secretary Wang, she understood Bai Moqing better. The moment those photos had been exposed, she had recognized Bai Moqing. But since no one had mentioned Bai Moqing, she had kept it in her heart and pretended not to know.
Now, this post revealed that the woman in the photo had the surname Bai and was a secretary at a certain company. It would probably expose more information about Bai Moqing later. Tang Yue had no choice but to warn Bai Moqing to be careful.
Using Tang Yue’s phone, Bai Moqing scrolled through the post. The post had already been flooded with several thousand replies, most of them random comments from netizens.
Her finger slid quickly across the screen. A comment with a different tone flashed before Bai Moqing’s eyes. Her heart suddenly jumped. Bai Moqing pressed the screen and pulled the post back.
The ones who were together before were us.
Under that comment, some people said it had been posted in the wrong thread. Some said the poster had no shame. Others asked when the poster had ever been in a relationship with the Best Actress, since the Best Actress had always been single.
Sikou Yan had once said those words to Bai Moqing. Now, looking back, Bai Moqing could not tell whether the “us” Sikou Yan had meant referred to Bai Moqing herself or Xiao Xing.
Combined with the situation at the time and all the things Sikou Yan had done, it was more likely that “us” meant Sikou Yan and Bai Moqing.
When Tang Yue gave Bai Moqing the phone, An Huaigu stood and leaned sideways to read the post with her. Her eyesight was not as good as Bai Moqing’s, so she only saw text flying past before her eyes.
At last, she could see the post clearly. An Huaigu softly read it aloud. “The ones who were together before were us.”
After reading it, she burst out laughing. “These days, everyone loves imagining they’re a celebrity’s girlfriend or boyfriend.” She raised her eyes, then found Bai Moqing’s expression was wrong. Her heart thumped. What was going on?
Following Bai Moqing’s line of sight, she found Bai Moqing staring without blinking at the comment that said, The ones who were together before were us.
The air shifted faintly. No one except Bai Moqing noticed. Bai Moqing turned her head. Sikou Yan stood at the doorway, smiling at her.
Seeing Bai Moqing suddenly turn her head, An Huaigu looked toward the door. There was no one there. “Xiao Bai, what are you looking at?”
Bai Moqing turned back and returned the phone to Tang Yue. “Assistant Tang, Sister An, I’m going to the restroom.”
After she left, An Huaigu frowned and complained as she glared at Tang Yue. “Why did you show her this for no reason?”
“I just wanted to remind her to be careful lately.” Tang Yue shrugged, took the contract, and went back to her office. When she crossed the hallway, she glanced toward the restroom and happened to see Bai Moqing entering.
She really had gone to the restroom.
After entering the restroom, in the next instant, Bai Moqing went to the rooftop.
To prevent rain from leaking through to Xiao Xing’s floor, an arched glass dome had been installed over the rooftop. Strictly speaking, it could no longer be considered a rooftop.
Sikou Yan stood with her back to Bai Moqing at the edge of the rooftop. Her gaze passed through the glass and looked into the distance. Bai Moqing walked to her side and asked, “You came here to find me?”
“Mm.” Sikou Yan turned her head. Her gaze swept over Bai Moqing’s face as if studying her. Seeing some tiredness and worry between Bai Moqing’s brows, she raised her hand and touched the space between Bai Moqing’s brows. “You are still the same as before.”
Bai Moqing stepped back and avoided her hand. “Aren’t you afraid Xiao Xing will know you came here?” She showed no surprise or curiosity at all about the “before” Sikou Yan mentioned.
“She won’t know.” The confidence in Sikou Yan’s eyes made Bai Moqing’s emotions churn. Sikou Yan lowered her hand and asked Bai Moqing, “Are you really going to be with Xiao Xing?”
The answer was obvious.
Bai Moqing watched Sikou Yan without showing anything. She wanted to see Sikou Yan’s purpose from her expression or her eyes, but she could see nothing.
Suddenly, her waist tightened. Sikou Yan hugged her and turned her head to kiss her.
Bai Moqing turned her head to dodge, but Sikou Yan still kissed the corner of her mouth. Those cold lips carried a trace of familiar aura as they landed on her cheek.
“Sikou Yan!” Bai Moqing felt a humiliating sense of being stained. She summoned the God-Slaying Cauldron and shook Sikou Yan away.
The cauldron’s power pierced through Sikou Yan’s chest. “Mm, ah…” Sikou Yan groaned in pain and staggered back. She raised a hand to cover her chest and used her other hand to grip the railing. After steadying herself, she looked at Bai Moqing in disbelief.
“You used the cauldron to hurt me?”
Bai Moqing looked at Sikou Yan. Her eyes were like a lake in the depths of winter, calm but cold enough to pierce bone. “Next time, I will kill you.”
She lowered her hand, and the God-Slaying Cauldron returned to her body.
“When you say that, doesn’t your heart hurt?” Sikou Yan straightened and swept her gaze over the corner of Bai Moqing’s mouth. Her lip print had been left there.
“No.” Bai Moqing’s answer was firm and final.
“Looks like you really forgot everything. Even this much stimulation can’t make you remember…” Sikou Yan still wanted to say more, but sensing that Xiao Xing had arrived, she gave Bai Moqing a deep look and immediately left.
As soon as she left, Xiao Xing appeared. Bai Moqing did not know there was such a mark at the corner of her mouth. Seeing Xiao Xing, joy rose in her heart, along with a bellyful of sour grievance.
“A-Xing…”
Before Bai Moqing could say the rest, Xiao Xing held her cheeks and turned her face to the side. Her eyes seemed to burn with fire. Pressing down jealousy and anger, she pointed at the lip print and asked, “Who kissed you?”
Her tone was cold, even colder than Bai Moqing’s voice when she had said she would kill Sikou Yan.