Love, Gun, Cupid

Dujuan handed the gun to Hehuan. Hehuan wanted to take the gun, hesitated for a moment, but finally grabbed it. She opened the magazine, and a bullet lay dormant inside.

"This time, you need to time it right, aim for his chest and pull the trigger."

When Hehuan looked up again, the pink cage in her field of vision had disappeared. Dujuan stood at a polite social distance, smiling at her, while in her hand, the revolver continuously absorbed the heat from her palm.

After Lin Jiade returned, Hehuan did not find an opportunity to talk to him alone, but she eventually found one because she saw Bingdong meet Lin Jiade. However, for some reason, Bingdong went to take a bath first.

So, at the place where Hehuan had arranged to meet Lin Jiade in the ice cave, Hehuan appeared.

Chapter Ninety-Five: Grafting

Lin Jiade looked at Hehuan with some surprise. He had something he wanted to ask her, but not now. He just wanted to solve the problem of energy replenishment for the ice cave as soon as possible.

So he nodded to Hehuan and said, "Aren't you going to check on Kapok? The battle is temporarily over now."

Hehuan waved her phone: "Mumian already told me that there's no conflict between us."

Lin Jiade, unsuspecting, made an apologetic gesture: "I have something to do..."

“Lin Jiade, I have something I want to say to you…” Hehuan hesitated for a moment, “If your matter is more important, go do your thing first.”

"Uh, sorry."

Hehuan smiled and watched Lin Jiade leave. Then she held her head in frustration. It was a good opportunity, but when she saw Lin Jiade in person, her conscience prevented her from weaving another lie, nor could she draw her pistol and shoot him.

She chickened out and let Lin Jiade leave, but then regretted it after he left, and the opportunity slipped through her fingers.

Lin Jiade couldn't find the ice cave in the ward, and Hehuan was there, so he went back home and saw Weiying playing games on his computer.

Lin Jiade secretly checked and found that Wei Ying had been either AFK or playing terribly lately, and had been reported for it. Her account was banned and would be unbanned in one day, but the reason for the ban was racial discrimination.

She probably got flamed by her teammates after giving up, and then, in a fit of rage, started hurling insults at everyone. Lin Jiade thought, thankfully, Wei Ying doesn't have the ability to attack people through the internet, otherwise the price of this trash talk would have been much higher.

(Where are you?)

He sent a message, but received no reply. Then, he saw the clothes that Ice Cave had taken off outside the bathroom and heard the pattering sound inside, so he knew that Ice Cave was inside.

He was slightly annoyed. The ice cave made it sound like replenishing energy was urgent, but when he arrived, she was taking a shower. He really didn't understand her values.

He was about to sit in the living room and wait a while when he heard a voice from inside the ice cave: "Lin Jiade?"

"it's me."

"Excuse me, I'm taking a shower." Ice Cave's voice was a little shy. "It's not that I'm obsessed with cleanliness, it's just that... I leaked again."

Lin Jiade recalled that the trigger for this battle seemed to be when he went to the ice cave to borrow the toilet and found the hanging bell lying inside... This was the second time she had done this in front of him, and the second time in one day.

Despite dying twice in one day, Ice Cave remained relatively calm, which greatly impressed Lin Jiade. Ice Cave whispered, "Now... Shall we go?"

“No, I’ll do it myself after I shower,” Lin Jiade added after thinking for a moment. “But I’m not feeling well, and I’ve already withdrawn money from my bank account once, so don’t get your hopes up too high.”

The bathroom door opened, and the beauty of the ice cave, along with the heat inside, rushed towards Lin Jiade. The young man wanted to raise his hand to cover his face, but his arm had just undergone surgery, and the wound hurt when he raised it, interrupting his movement.

So he was forced to look calmly at the calm ice cave. The ice cave took a step forward shyly, but then stepped up and dragged him into the bathroom.

"Wait..." Lin Jiade lowered his voice, "Are you crazy?"

“Your arm is injured, I can’t let you suffer any more pain,” Ice Cave said. “Sit on the toilet, close your eyes, do nothing, just… think of me as Jasmine. It’s normal for you and Jasmine to be like that, right?”

"You are Mu Xiu!"

"I am not Mu Xiu!" The ice cave pointed to the dimming pillar of light on its chest. "Or should I wait until my energy is depleted and I turn back into a man before coming to you to replenish it?"

Lin Jiade was stunned for a moment. The possibility described by the ice cave seemed to make him even more resistant. Taking the opportunity, the ice cave pulled him into the bathroom, closed the door with her heel, and leaned against the door. She smiled at Lin Jiade and said, "You are upright in words and in deeds... because I used to be a man. I know that men are such shameless creatures."

Lin Jiade turned around: "Since you understand it, don't you know the risks involved?"

"I'm not promiscuous; I only try to get the attention of someone I like this."

The ice cave approached, its warmth emanating from it: "I can stay up all night with you to watch the game, and I can understand the situation on the field and even know the players' names and nicknames."

I can talk to you about the topics that boys like to talk about after the lights are off, from topics of all ages to adult topics. I think we have a lot in common.

Okay, I can be a bit clingy sometimes, but I know when guys are patient and when they're impatient, so when you're doing something, I won't insist on talking to you or making you drop what you're doing to help me.

We can play games together. I'm not very good at it, but I do have some understanding of the game. Besides, only men understand what men expect from women. Only when a man transforms into a woman and does things to please her can he capture a man's heart.

Don't reject me, Lin Jiade. I don't ask for any title, and what I do won't cause anyone to die. Like I said, close your eyes and just treat me as Jasmine.

"You can deal with me later how you turn your back on me, but now is the time for you to need my help. Time is ticking away, and you're more anxious than I am, aren't you?"

Lin Jiade remained silent. He knew that if he compromised with the ice cave this time, then the ice cave would still be Jasmine next time. If she wanted to go further, it would be Jasmine. If she got pregnant, the child she gave birth to would be his and Jasmine's child.

The bottom line is gradually pushed back like this. As the old saying goes, even heroes find it hard to resist the charms of a beautiful woman, which probably describes this situation.

So he stood up and placed his hand on Bingdong's shoulder. Bingdong's expression showed both the joy of getting what she wanted and a hint of fear... When she realized that Lin Jiade was about to refuse her, she immediately adopted a rogue attitude.

Having experienced that ecstasy, she knew that other stimuli were unlikely to satisfy her, so no matter what, even if he looked down on her, she had to keep him and stay with him.

Is this a form of depravity? If so, she embraces it willingly.

The two were pulling and tugging at each other, their breathing becoming heavier and heavier, and they were touching each other more and more. Just then, the ice cave suddenly stopped moving and then grabbed Lin Jiade's arm even more tightly.

“Lin Jiade, the door is open,” she said.

"what?"

"I sensed the aura of the Holy Land! But why did the Holy Land suddenly overlap with the dimension of reality at this moment?"

Regardless, Lin Jiade needed a guardian of the holy land to deal with the new changes. He sat on the toilet, casually pulling a towel over his eyes: "It's Jasmine, isn't it?"

The ice cave paused for a moment, then nodded quickly: "I see!"

She pounced on him with ecstatic joy, like a gourmand encountering a delicacy. Just then, the bathroom door opened silently.

The ice cave looked over in confusion, and Jasmine's expressionless face came into view, startling her so much that she plopped down on the ground.

The ice cave was like a little devil constantly tempting Lin Jiade, but in front of Jasmine, she was like a mouse encountering a cat.

Prior to this, she had already accepted her female identity and discovered that she was an extremely beautiful woman. Moreover, compared to real women, she had the advantage of understanding men's hearts. Ice Cave was always very confident, and Lin Jiade was also attracted to her.

However, Jasmine's slap cooled Ice Cave's overly excited mind a little. She realized that what she was using might work on men, but would probably be disgusting to a real woman—

Imagine if a woman transformed into a man, pretending to speak like a man, but her mannerisms and behavior had a effeminate air; probably no one would like that.

The main reason Ice Cave is afraid of Jasmine is that Jasmine dares to beat her up. She will never be able to beat Jasmine in her lifetime. Moreover, Jasmine is Lin Jiade's official girlfriend, while she is just a philanderer.

Under the influence of multiple factors, she couldn't say a word to Jasmine. Jasmine made a gesture to get lost, and Bing Dong dared not speak her anger. She got up and slunk away, watching Jasmine close the door.

Strange, isn't Jasmine in the hospital? she thought.

She crossed her arms and went to Lin Jiade's room to get a towel to wipe herself. The reason she went to Lin Jiade's room was because her rented room did not have heating, and she did not turn on the air conditioner to save money.

She entered the room and, while getting a towel, noticed that Lin Jiade's computer was on, but the seat was empty. After getting dressed, driven by voyeuristic desires, she opened Lin Jiade's computer, restored all the hidden folders, and casually browsed through them, trying to understand Lin Jiade's preferences.

Disappointingly, Lin Jiade's computer contained content that minors could browse without worry. Considering he already had three girlfriends, there was really no need for him to do anything with the resources on his computer.

At this moment, two questions came to her mind: who turned on the computer, and why Jasmine had returned at this time.

In the bathroom, Jasmine had already transformed back into her true form. Wei Ying looked at Lin Jiade, who was still completely unaware, and recalled the small argument she had had with her sister.

When Du Juan gave He Huan the weapon, she noticed that this was the starting point that could potentially trigger a chain reaction of landmines in Lin Jiade's relationship and was puzzled. Her sister was Cupid, whose job was to facilitate or break up people's marriages, but her sister had always made facilitating people's marriages her primary goal.

Besides, she had done Lin Jiade a favor, and Lin Jiade was infatuated with her; this whole thing just didn't make sense.

She asked bluntly, and Du Juan said she had a plan. Lin Jiade—Diana's suspected oracle protector—would be trouble rather than an ally. So she had prepared three plans with him to distract Lin Jiade in this matter and reduce the possibility of the Moon Goddess using Lin Jiade to get involved. Among them, Hehuan was the third plan.

“I told Hehuan that because of my change of love and hate for Lin Jiade, I tried to use her to control Lin Jiade and made her an irresistible temptation to make her make the choice of the mermaid princess in The Little Mermaid.”

Du Juan smiled and said, "I don't expect her to succeed at all. With the interference of a celestial observer, he can break the chains I put on him, and naturally he can also remove the marks attached to the bullets."

The significance of Hehuan lies in the fact that she revealed a possibility to Lin Jiade: "Could it be that I, with my malicious intentions, have other plans in place? While he's filled with suspicion, I'll get things done, then return and bring him under my control, making it seem as if nothing happened."

"Can nothing really happen?" Wei Ying asked, somewhat annoyed. "Anyone would be angry if they were fooled."

"That was the case before he hated me more than he loved me."

The warbler's displeasure intensified: "Sister, you shouldn't have done this. You shouldn't have fooled your contractor and someone who loves you... Even if it's absurd and ridiculous for a human to fall in love with a god."

Du Juan bent down to look at her younger sister's face: "So, you're on Lin Jiade's side and talking to me?"

Wei Ying replied somewhat shyly, "If he's gone, there will be no one to play games with me anymore, and if I lose a game, there will be no one to blame."

"Isn't this a great opportunity for you to get closer to him? Compared to your bad older sister, your image as the good younger sister is becoming even more solid."

"Good or bad is simply a matter of judging our actions based on human morality and interests."

Wei Ying rolled over on the sofa: "I say, sister, why don't you hand him over to me? With his body, although he can't be called a cripple, his talent for swordsmanship is mediocre."

"so?"

The warbler said with great interest, "Since it has already taken shape, let's break it down and recast it."

First, I physically destroyed and ate him, implanted his soul into optimized flesh and blood, and then found a woman to give birth to him, which is equivalent to recreating a character card in a game.

Then, I taught him swordsmanship, starting at age four. First, I spent ten years training his body, then another ten years making him a top-tier swordsman, then another ten years making him a top-tier swordsman who could wield any weapon as if it were a sword, and finally, another ten years making him a top-tier swordsman who could use no sword at all.

"And then what?" Dujuan asked.

"After that, of course we have to test the sword. This is a finely forged sword; how can we not use it to fight against skilled opponents from all over the world?"

"And what about relationship issues?"

"Emotions will only affect the speed at which he draws his sword."

“I disagree, Reed Warbler. Even in my opinion, at least 44 years of imprisonment without a wife is too damaging to a man.”

In the little quarrel between the cuckoo and the warbler, the poor mimosa was ignored. The warbler urged the mimosa to fire the last bullet in its magazine because of a rivalry with its sister and not wanting her sister to succeed easily.

The reason why Hehuan was able to obtain Dujuan's forgiveness after running out of bullets was an extension of the rivalry between Dujuan and her sister. Weiying seems to like Lin Jiade, and pessimistically speaking, she likes Lin Jiade to some extent and would not refuse to engage in celestial-standard intercourse (energy exchange) with him.

However, the inhabitants of the heavens are not human after all, and their affections often cause pain, making them difficult for humans to accept ethically. If Lin Jiade were to confront the reed warbler's passion directly, his only fate would be to be torn apart, and his shattering would be irreparable.

My silly sister, you're practically professing your love while simultaneously sending the person you love to their death. Humans are such fragile creatures; they can break down in the blink of an eye. Dujuan thought.

Chapter Ninety-Six Taking the Blame

The argument went nowhere, so Lin Jiade set off from his home. When he was met with indifference from the cuckoo and the warbler, he assumed that the neutrality of the celestial observers prevented them from expressing their opinions, but it was just a continuation of the sisters' quarrel.

Wei Ying disagreed with her sister's approach, but she couldn't directly tell Lin Jiade about her sister's plan. She stared at him, hoping that Lin Jiade would notice something, but Lin Jiade, with one arm hanging down, was distracted by others and in the end, he didn't notice anything.

"Idiot," she muttered after he left.

Du Juan quickly set off for her plan. Wei Ying felt that Du Juan was becoming less and less like Du Juan. She still loved herself, but Du Juan's secrets were becoming more and more numerous, and the difference between her and the Du Juan in the eyes of those around her and in her own eyes was becoming greater and greater.

When did the change begin? The reed warbler began to recall that the inhabitants of the heavenly realm were not like humans. From birth, their memories were preserved intact to the present, and they could materialize scenes at any time.

Wei Ying touched her head with her finger, and the memory turned into a wisp of green smoke and was drawn out of her head, spreading outwards. Just as it was about to take shape in the living room, Wei Ying suddenly extinguished the spell in her hand, causing the memory to shrink back into her head.