Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

"Where is my junior brother?"

"Mr. You is still resting. The Pavilion Master said that once you finish the painting, he should be awake by then."

At the mention of her junior brother, Wangshu’s expression turned conflicted.

You Su’s expression of compassion mingled with anger from yesterday lingered in her mind, as painful as a thorn.

Junior brother, please don’t scold me...

I’ll be disobedient just this once... just this once...

"Take me there..."

Wangshu gracefully rose and donned the special veil prepared by Qianhua Venerable, covering her entire face.

The maid glanced furtively at the still enigmatic Fairy Wangshu, feeling that she resembled a bride with a veil, about to reveal her face under the gaze of all.

...

You Su slowly opened his eyes, memories from before he lost consciousness rushed back like a tide.

He immediately realized that he couldn’t allow his senior sister to be beguiled by that woman and live with such a false face.

But as soon as he tried to rise, he discovered he was bound tightly with ropes, his wrists and ankles tied together, unable to move.

"That perverted woman!"

You Su cursed angrily, trying to break free with brute force, but it was utterly impossible. Not only were the ropes extremely tough, infused with Profound Qi, but the special binding method prevented him from exerting any strength.

The Joyful Union Skill is known as an encyclopedia of bedroom secrets, and it included knowledge about rope arts. Though You Su disliked this somewhat coercive play and had never tried it, it didn’t mean he was completely ignorant of it.

You Su gave up on struggling further because he knew this technique, called the Four-Horse Tie, is an intensely constraining full-body bind that couldn’t be untied on one’s own.

Feeling somewhat disheartened, You Su gritted his teeth.

He recalled the conversation before he fell unconscious, feeling a bit conflicted.

His senior sister had always been an obedient and sensible girl, but she also longed for freedom, occasionally doing things that others saw as rebellious and obsessive.

Although she was forty-nine, the existence of her Innate Purity made her as simple as a child, her emotions written on her face.

And such simple girls are the easiest targets for those with ulterior motives.

Qianhua Venerable must have seen her senior sister’s desire to take off the mask, so he tempted her with that bizarre wicked spirit, forming a pact with her.

Although she knew she shouldn’t listen to Qianhua Venerable and coexist with the wicked spirit, she couldn’t resist the temptation.

Her behavior yesterday was entirely like a child who made a mistake, covering it with lies.

She couldn’t lie, so she instinctively used the excuse of wanting to protect Bihua Pavilion to hide her personal desire for a face.

You Su didn’t know whether to blame her for her lack of determination because her desires were very meager, like a well-behaved girl from a poor family who never asked for candy. Even if she accepted a piece of her favorite cherry candy given by an outsider, how could you bear to blame her?

Moreover... You Su knew that she wanted the candy for him.

She probably knew that the face transformed by the wicked spirit, even if he were blind, he could see...

When she came out with that face, the anticipation in her expression as she looked at him was as great as the disappointment after You Su got angry.

So, amidst the shame of making a mistake and You Su’s stern questioning, she couldn’t face herself, fearing to admit her mistake, for it would collapse her usual obedient image.

"It’s all my fault..."

You Su felt deeply remorseful. The first time she tried to force him to stay while he was leaving, he quickly forgave her; when she used Xiaohua to cause trouble upon his return, he didn’t blame her...

It was because he had been too gentle with her before, surely making her feel that even committing small mistakes like before was no big deal, hence accepting Qianhua Venerable’s temptation.

"Hey, did you hear! Wangshu just set off for the Tianbing Room. Many painters are waiting there, and soon we’ll see the true face beneath her mask!"

"Of course, I heard! I just saw Xiaoye leading her there. I’m so jealous of Xiaoye, being able to see that face with his own eyes. How can just a face be so mysterious?"

"Otherwise, where would the hype come from? Besides, it’s a great boost for our Qianhua Pavilion!"

The increasingly distant conversation in the hallway reached You Su’s ears, and with tightly furrowed brows, he whimpered:

"Senior sister... you can’t keep making mistakes!"

You Su clenched his teeth, turning guilt into strength, and continued trying to break free from the ropes.

In truth, he wasn’t merely angry because his senior sister teamed up with the wicked spirit, for he himself did the same, but because he understood that this affair was not as simple as just revealing a face.

Once this face is exposed to the world, it can never be taken off again.

Qianhua Venerable could use the reason that the goddess of the Exorcism Bureau is consorting with a wicked spirit as leverage to continuously blackmail his senior sister, deepening her obsession with this face, entrapping her in desires from which she cannot escape, making her obedient to his words.

If this perverted woman’s greed has no bounds, the consequences would be unthinkable!

You Su’s entire face was flushed red from the tight binding, with veins bulging, and even his wrists and ankles were marked by the ropes, yet he still couldn’t free himself.

A glint of fierceness suddenly flashed in his eyes, and his pupils turned black as he used all his strength to yank his left arm!

Until a dislocating pain erupted in his shoulder joint, he did not stop, intending to dislocate his arm to slip it through the ropes, then rely on the powerful regenerative ability granted by Taisui to restore his hand and untangle the ropes!