This Is My Planet - Chapter 117 - Chapter 117 – Where the Heart Feels at Ease
“I don’t miss you. Don’t be so self-righteous just because you heard a few insincere words.” In the kitchen, Yin Xiaoru busied herself happily, saying words that didn’t match her true feelings, “You’ve only been gone for a day and you’re back already. I bet even the journey took more than half a day. This battle of yours is probably just a formality. The so-called appearance of a strange beast in the southwest sea area is probably just a little turtle or something…”
Although she didn’t know anything…
But it seemed like she guessed accurately; it really was a turtle.
Very rarely, Xia Guixuan had changed out of his unchanging robes and put on his male fox pajamas, leisurely coming downstairs.
Leaning against the railing and watching Yin Xiaoru bustling around in the kitchen, he couldn’t help but laugh, “Even if you’re slow, you should still be able to sense the firing of warships, and the news of the galactic fleet leaving space should be impossible to hide, right?”
“The galactic fleet did mobilize, but they went to space, not the southwest. Are you exaggerating?” Yin Xiaoru snorted, “Besides, the fleet hasn’t returned yet. What are you doing here?”
Xia Guixuan chuckled, “Alright, I just went for a stroll. The fleet has nothing to do with me. The turtle was cute. I’ll take you to see it next time.”
“Did you spend the night with Yan Wuyue?”
“Uh… we didn’t spend the night…”
“Anyway, it’s a military camp. You wouldn’t be able to do anything even if you wanted to.”
“…” Although it seemed like he could tell her all about what happened between him and Yan Wuyue, and she wasn’t anyone special to him… Xia Guixuan still felt like he couldn’t say it. He just had this feeling that if he said it, this fox, who was in such a good mood, would immediately get upset, looking all miserable…
Yin Xiaoru brought out a plate of egg fried rice and casually added a chicken leg, saying, “This is for you. Anyway, it’s good that you’re back…”
Good that you’re back…
“You’re being obedient, knowing to change into pajamas.” Yin Xiaoru sat on the side, smiling happily as she rested her chin on her hand. “It looks really good. I have good taste.”
He didn’t know if she was talking about the pajamas or the person.
Xia Guixuan didn’t know what to make of this. He sat at the table in silence and handed over a small droplet-shaped bead, “This is for you. Hang it on the necklace. You can get rid of the original pendant.”
The necklace he gave her before was used to shield the scanning of strong individuals in the capital last time, to avoid exposing the fact that the little fox was a divine descendant. It was very casual, made from some plants and water essence extracted from the ecological garden. Perhaps in Yin Xiaoru’s eyes, it meant “a man giving a necklace, hinting at courting me.” But in Xia Guixuan’s eyes, it wasn’t worth much more than garbage.
The one he had now was the newly acquired water condensing essence, with about three-quarters of it used by Xia Guixuan himself for refining tools to deal with the young demon. He gave one-quarter to Yin Xiaoru.
This could be considered as a treasure of innate quality.
Water is ever-changing, ripples and waves, hiding its form, and its concealment effect was a hundred times better than before, but the most crucial thing was not that.
It was as calm as a mirror, unruffled by waves.
At least, she wouldn’t easily trigger the deeply buried “past life” consciousness due to her low cultivation level, protecting her soul and keeping her mind steady.
That was the key.
And this kind of stability and calmness of “water” wasn’t to reject others but to preserve her own thoughts, letting her make her own choices.
It could be considered as thoughtful.
Yin Xiaoru curiously took the small droplet bead and could see the azure brilliance inside through the light, beautiful and mysterious, very pretty.
Yin Xiaoru’s eyes sparkled, “Have you come to your senses, remembering to bring gifts when you go out?”
Xia Guixuan smiled, “It’s just useful for you.”
With a “muah,” Yin Xiaoru kissed him on the cheek, happily putting on the pendant.
Xia Guixuan touched his face in speechless resignation, feeling like if things continued in this direction, he would really become her “boyfriend” unknowingly.
They had agreed this was all pretend, but how did they end up like this without realizing it?
Xia Guixuan ate his fried rice in silence. He didn’t even know why he was eating fried rice. Maybe it was because she made it happily and because he became used to it…
“Darling, do I look good?”
The strange term and tone caught Xia Guixuan off guard. He turned his head to look, nearly spilling the fried rice all over the floor.
In front of him, Yin Xiaoru unbuttoned her suit, revealing a snowy white dress shirt inside, and also unbuttoned the top three buttons, revealing a large expanse of mountains. The sexy black corset wrapped around her trembling whiteness.
From a professional to a seductress, just three buttons away.
That water bead hung between her deep cleavage, emitting a faint blue halo, like a tranquil lake nestled among snow-capped mountains. Within its beautiful serenity lay astonishing ambiguity and suggestion, captivating the gaze.
Suddenly, the droplet enlarged before his eyes and “plop,” it landed on his face.
Xia Guixuan: “???”
“A reward for you.” Yin Xiaoruo held his head and ruffled his hair like he was a child, but soon she seemed a bit overwhelmed herself. She turned around as if she was being casual and dashed off, saying, “I’ll go check myself out in the mirror.”
Xia Guixuan silently watched her hurry upstairs, only then realizing that he had subconsciously broken the chopsticks in his hand.
Why did he keep encountering such unrestrained fairies this time?
Could it be because you and Yan Wuyue are such good friends?
Xia Guixuan silently restored the chopsticks to their original state, mechanically ate the fried rice with chicken legs added, and then got up to go upstairs. At the corner of the stairs, he saw Yin Xiaoru changing downstairs.
She had changed into a low-cut camisole, with the water bead prominently displayed on her chest, looking quite satisfied.
Xia Guixuan was speechless. “This thing isn’t meant to be used as decoration…”
“I know, I know, I feel it has a lot of energy. But is it more important than being good-looking?”
Xia Guixuan instinctively said, “You don’t need decorations to look good…”
Yin Xiaoru blinked her eyes.
Xia Guixuan also felt a little stunned.
The words “you look decent” were still fresh in her ears. How long had it been since then? How come the words changed?
Yin Xiaoru’s face blossomed with a smile of “I understand” and, leaning close to his ear with the air of an elder sister, she whispered, “So that’s how it is, pretending to be serious to get rewards…”
As she spoke, her lips grazed his earlobe intentionally or unintentionally. “If you wanted rewards, you should have said so earlier…”
Unable to bear it any longer, Xia Guixuan once again arranged her into a cross-legged sitting posture and threw her onto the sofa in the living room, with a dark expression on his face as he went upstairs.
After taking two steps at the corner of the stairs, he realized what he had come for.
He didn’t live here, and even the gaming cabin was located on the mountain in the ecological garden… and he hadn’t made plans with Xiao Jiu, so he didn’t feel like gaming.
Why go upstairs?
“Hehe.” Yin Xiaoru sat cross-legged on the sofa, laughing, “Do you not know what you’re doing?”
Xia Guixuan leaned over the corner of the stairs, curious about her opinion.
Twiddling her toes, Yin Xiaoru smiled and said, “After going out to fight and coming back, you feel the warmth of home, huh? You, a family-loving man, telling me you want to travel the universe and not be tied down, it’s really funny, hahaha…”
Xia Guixuan remained silent.
It seemed like she had hit the mark, but not entirely.
The fires of war, intrigues, schemes… were all tiresome and annoying. He preferred living alone in the bamboo house on the mountaintop, playing a tune on his flute, watching the clouds in the sky.
But why did he come back to the fox’s villa as soon as he returned?
Was it just to give her the water bead?
Or was it because this place felt more like a home?
Logically, even if he were to have more like-minded Dao companions or partners, they should be Yan Wuyue or Ling Moxue.
They both had a courageous heart to move forward, whereas Yin Xiaoru did not.
She worked nine to five, developed a company to make money from selling drinks, didn’t want to cultivate, just wanted to do shopping and watch dramas, and getting promoted to vice-president was like celebrating Chinese New Year. She was the most mundane of worldly people. There shouldn’t be any similarities between them, just like two parallel lines.
But this kind of ordinaryness, for some reason, always made him feel good.
Because her likes and dislikes were so pure.
Human descendants, past lives and present lives, bloodline entanglements, wars and chaos—there shouldn’t be any connection with her.
He didn’t want anything to change her silly smile.