I Told You to Put Your Hair Up

Inside the ring space.

Having just taken two steps, Ye Shu suddenly turned his head. With a furrowed brow and his gaze fixed dead on Dan Xia, he approached her step by step.

"Master, even I don't know how many days it lasted."

"How could you be so clear about it?"

Watching Ye Shu press closer step by step, Dan Xia's heart leaped into her throat. She subconsciously took two steps back and stammered an explanation:

"I-I-I, of course I woke up a long time ago."

After saying that, feeling her presence wasn't imposing enough, she put one hand on her hip, pointed at Ye Shu's chest, and turned the tables on him.

"You bad disciple, usually pretending to be so proper, yet the moment that stinky snake gave you a slight hook, you lost your soul and only cared about making love with her. You didn't even notice your Master had woken up."

"Hmph!"

"I haven't even scolded you for your wrongdoings, yet you come to question me?"

The more she spoke, the angrier she got, her eyes even turning red.

After all, she was genuinely a little angry. Having to share her own man with another woman, and being the one who single-handedly facilitated it at that.

Anyone would feel terrible about such a thing.

For a moment, her act actually seemed quite convincing.

However, Ye Shu was not fooled by her appearance.

He took two steps forward, squinting at Dan Xia with a flash of suspicion in his eyes: "So, Master, you woke up while we were mating? No wonder you weren't excited at all to see me."

"Y-yes."

Dan Xia nodded guiltily.

"Then why didn't you call out to me?"

"I did call out. It was you who didn't hear me. You have no idea, you were completely sunk into that stinky snake's gentle embrace. How could you possibly hear the voice of an old hag like me?" Dan Xia said with a hint of jealousy.

"So that's how it is. It was my fault."

Ye Shu nodded.

"Exactly!" Dan Xia hurriedly chimed in, terrified he would continue to interrogate her.

"Then Master, I have another question."

Ye Shu's gaze suddenly grew sharp. "Since you woke up halfway through, how do you know I did it for exactly three whole days?"

"I..."

At this question, Dan Xia froze completely.

"This, this, this..."

Her mind raced, her eyes darting around as she cursed inwardly.

Stinky Shu'er!

Why did he have to be so sharp about this sort of thing!

"That, that... actually, I remembered wrong. I woke up before you two started." Seeing the suspicion in Ye Shu's eyes growing stronger, Dan Xia hurriedly defended herself.

Normally, she could have just said she woke up right as they started doing it. But unfortunately, at this moment, Dan Xia was completely flustered, to the point of speaking without thinking and contradicting herself.

She regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth.

Sure enough.

Ye Shu took another step forward, looking down at her from above, and said in a deep voice:

"Then why didn't you stop me?"

"Whether as my Master, or as a jealous lover, you had no reason to just stand by and watch."

The more you say, the more mistakes you make.

The flaws in many things lie in the gaps between words.

"I..."

Dan Xia bit her lip, momentarily at a loss for how to explain.

"Master, what exactly are you hiding from me?" Ye Shu sighed, shaking his head in slight helplessness.

Being pushed to this point, she had no choice but to speak.

Dan Xia bit her lower lip tightly but finally gave in, whispering, "T-then if I tell you, you are not allowed to blame me."

"Does that even need saying? We have the best relationship in the world!"

Ye Shu patted his chest in guarantee.

Seeing this, Dan Xia took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and spoke with a voice as quiet as a mosquito's hum.

"It's just... it's just..."

"Actually, it was me controlling Medusa's body, and with you... with you..."

Her voice grew smaller and smaller until the rest was inaudible.

But there was no longer any need for it.

Because the meaning was already obvious.

Boom!

Ye Shu felt as if a bolt of heavenly lightning had struck right beside his ear. The rolling thunder shocked him to the core. It took him a long while to recover before he pointed at Dan Xia in utter disbelief and asked, "Are you saying that you possessed Medusa like a ghost, and then used Medusa's body to make love with me?"

"Mhm..."

Dan Xia lowered her head and let out a soft mhm.

Boom!

Receiving an affirmative response, Ye Shu felt as if he had been struck by five bolts of lightning. He staggered backward a few steps, his finger trembling as he pointed at Dan Xia.

"So it was you... it was you..."

He should have guessed it earlier!

No wonder he felt Medusa's expression was off at the time. That look of grief and indignation made it seem like she was being forced.

It turned out his Master was pulling the strings!

Seeing his reaction, Dan Xia immediately pouted her small mouth aggrievedly. "You just promised that no matter what I said, you wouldn't blame me."

"Hmph! Men really are all big liars."

"I'm ignoring you."

"It's not that."

Ye Shu looked up at the sky and sighed deeply, wanting to cry but having no tears.

"Master, I'm not blaming you, but aren't you throwing me into unrighteousness? Do you know that I was just a little bit, just a tiny bit away from suppressing my lustful fire back then? But you pulled a stunt like this, causing my lust to erupt and resulting in Medusa and I having this kind of relationship. Do you know I promised never to have any improper thoughts about her? You've completely trapped me in a state of unrighteousness."

"Master, you were so foolish!"

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Dan Xia blinked her eyes.

So that was how it was?

Did she end up doing a bad thing out of good intentions?

"T-then... how was I supposed to know?" Knowing she was in the wrong, Dan Xia lowered her head, poking her two index fingers together, and said aggrievedly, "I was just afraid you would explode and die, I didn't know it would turn out like this."

"You, I, sigh..."

Looking at Dan Xia acting like a child, Ye Shu felt a wave of exhaustion.

Being stuck with such a precious piece of work, he truly couldn't scold her, couldn't hit her, couldn't curse at her, and couldn't bear to part with her.

As if sensing his disdain, Dan Xia felt even more wronged.

Keeping her head down, her voice was very small: "Then just pretend this never happened. Anyway, I never planned on letting you know..."

Ye Shu was so angry he actually laughed.

"Oh, so now that you've had your fun, going at it with me for three days and three nights using Medusa's body, you think just saying pretend nothing happened resolves everything?"

He pointed at Dan Xia, spit flying as he spoke.

Dan Xia was scolded so badly she couldn't lift her head. Her small head drooped low, looking exactly like a little wife who had done something wrong.

"Shu'er, your Master knows she was wrong..."

She admitted her mistake, but Ye Shu was unwilling to let her off the hook. "You don't know you were wrong, you just know you can't hide it anymore."

"If I hadn't seen through it in time, were you planning to pretend nothing happened, keep me in the dark, and hide it from me for the rest of my life? While you sit alone in the dead of night, pinning up your hair in front of the mirror with a blissful look on your face, secretly recalling those three days of passion?"

Having her little thoughts exposed, Dan Xia's face instantly turned red.

Damn it, how did Shu'er know?

No, wait, why would he think that?

Dan Xia kept her head down, feeling very wronged.

She was obviously the one who sacrificed herself!

She had given herself up for Shu'er, sacrificing the purity she had preserved for thousands of years. Even though she had used Medusa's body, the sensation had been completely real. Her soul was no longer clean. Yet, instead of gratitude, all she received in return was a harsh scolding from Shu'er.

Thinking of this, Danxia suddenly felt the urge to cry.

She reached up to wipe her tears, her voice choking.

"Wuu... I didn't do it on purpose. What exactly do you want me to do? I'll just do whatever you say."

Her beautiful willow brows drooped, and her large eyes grew misty with tears. Her shoulders trembled slightly, and her pitiful appearance was enough to melt anyone's heart.

"What do I want?"

Ye Shu sneered. He reached out and gently lifted Danxia's tear-stained chin. Staring into her tearful eyes, he enunciated every word clearly.

"I want you to put your hair up."