"Let me help you wash your hair, Young Master!" Xiu Ying came to him and said. As Xiu Ying placed the soap and towel on the side, Shi Tian nodded before turning his head forward. He bent a little more, resting his head on the bathtub's headrest.
Xiu Ying helped him wash his hair. She gently washed his hair with a serious expression while Shi Tian stared at her cute face. With this serious expression, she was looking even cuter.
After washing his hair, Xiu Ying wanted to wash his back, but Shi Tian rejected her. It was too sudden for him; he wasn't used to this kind of treatment. At this time, Shi Tian didn't notice the sadness in her eyes when he refused her.
Fifteen minutes later, Shi Tian came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist.
As he came back to his room, he was surprised to find Xiu Ying standing there with a sad expression.
"Xiu Ying, what happened?" Shi Tian came closer to her and asked.
"Young Master, do you dislike me?" Xiu Ying hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.
"Absolutely not. Why would you think that?" Shi Tian shook his head and replied.
"I think it's because Young Master refused to take help from me," Xiu Ying's eyes became misty as she spoke, and tears were about to fall from the corners of her eyes.
Shi Tian was surprised. He didn't expect such a small incident would make her feel so bad. Just looking at Xiu Ying's almost-crying face, he felt pain.
Shi Tian pulled Xiu Ying into his embrace. She was surprised and shocked for a bit before she hugged him back.
Shi Tian could feel her small, developing breasts pressing against his chest as she laid her head on his chest and started to cry.
"You're wrong. You're so good, how could I dislike such a cute girl?"
As Shi Tian said those words, he hugged her harder, pressing her closer to himself. He could feel her responding as her body trembled, and she, too, hugged him harder.
Shi Tian felt a little guilty this time. The boy she had liked and loved was already dead; Shi Tian was taking advantage of his predecessor. But when he thought about it, he felt it was the right thing to do. If he told her the truth, it would only give her pain. This family had already experienced devastating pain, and he didn't want to give them more.
Besides, if he didn't reveal anything, everyone would be happy.
They continued to hug each other, reveling in each other's warmth. It was only a minute later that Shi Tian released Xiu Ying.
Shi Tian held her head and brought his face closer to hers. She lifted her face to look at him as his hand moved to the back of her head. Suddenly, she felt her lips were covered by something warm and soft.
Shi Tian's warm lips pressed against her glossy, full ones, and fireworks exploded in her brain. For a second, Xiu Ying was frozen, as if a lightning bolt had crashed into her from above. That passed quickly, however, as her heart filled with joy and tears gathered in the corners of her eyes.
She felt everything transmitted through the warmth of his lips. Young Master didn't dislike her!
After the light kiss, Shi Tian withdrew his lips from hers, then whispered, "Next time, I'll let you wash me properly."
Xiu Ying nodded happily and absentmindedly, still thinking about the kiss. Young Master just kissed me! Her heart was pounding fast as she thought about the short kiss she had just received.
Knock! Knock! "Young Master, it's me!"
At this, the sound of knocking appeared from the door, along with Duan Mei's voice. Duan Mei then opened the door and walked into the room. She was surprised to see Shi Tian's bare upper body, and her face blushed instantly as she stared at his perfect body.
"G-good morning, Young Master!" Duan Mei came to her senses and said.
"Good morning, Duan Mei!" Shi Tian nodded with a smile.
"Young Master, Master is inviting you for breakfast," Duan Mei said. The entire time, her eyes were focused on Shi Tian's bare body. Her eyes seemed to be glued to him, flickering with stars.
"Okay, you girls go out first. I'm coming after I get dressed," Shi Tian said.
Xiu Ying nodded obediently as she walked towards the door. Duan Mei reluctantly withdrew her gaze from him and walked outside with Xiu Ying.
Five minutes later, Shi Tian finally came out of the room, wearing white clothes. In the living room, his mother, aunt, and sister-in-law were already sitting at the table.
"Good morning, Aunt! Good morning, Sister-in-law!" Shi Tian greeted his aunt and sister-in-law as he came to the table.
"Good morning, Shi Tian!" both girls greeted him back.
After sitting at the dining table, Shi Tian started eating a delicious breakfast. They talked and chatted for a few minutes. His mother and his aunt were talking about the future, while Shen Xiaoli wanted to go out to train.
"We don't have a source of income. Although we have some funds and resources in our storage rings, they won't last too long. In addition, we need resources to cultivate. Without resources, our cultivation will fall behind," Xiangyue pondered for a moment and said.
Cultivation was a time and money-consuming profession. The higher the cultivation, the more resources you needed. That's why poor people couldn't cultivate to a high level.
Everything related to cultivation was expensive, whether it was cultivation techniques, martial skills, pills, or weapons. All of these things were essential for cultivation, and you needed money to acquire them.
Fortunately, they had all of these essential things on them in their storage rings.
"We have many high-ranked martial skills with us. We can make copies of them and sell them. They should fetch a good price," Bingyao pondered for a second and said.
But Xiangyue shook her head and said, "No, we can't do that. Firstly, it would be eye-catching and would draw others' attention to us. The lowest-ranked martial skill we have is Profound Tier, and most of them are Earth Tier skills. If they appeared in this region, it would naturally create a ruckus."
Cultivation and martial techniques were divided into four grades: Mortal Tier, Profound Tier, Earth Tier, and Heaven Tier. Each of them was divided into four subgrades: Low, Mid, High, and Top.
The Shi Clan was a large clan, so Profound Tier skills could be considered low-ranked skills to them. But in the Red Cloud Kingdom, Profound Tier techniques were regarded as treasures.