Chapter 575: Good Girlfriends and Honey
Just before Young Master Sang walked in.
The two disheveled girls, their hair a mess and clothes in disarray, finally stopped fighting and reached a temporary truce.
As soon as Young Master Sang entered, he saw Yan Rouwan looking like she’d just been in a brawl, and for a moment, he was completely confused.
“Senior Sister Yan, what happened to you…?”
“Got scratched by a cat,” Yan Rouwan replied casually.
Young Master Sang: “?”
What kind of cat could scratch Senior Sister Yan so much that it looked like she’d gone a few rounds in a boxing match?
“Oh right, sorry about earlier. I suddenly dashed out and realized I misunderstood.”
“About what you said earlier about kissing me…” Young Master Sang rubbed his hands together, looking eagerly at Yan Rouwan.
Yan Rouwan swallowed slightly.
However, behind her, unseen by Young Master Sang, Nian Nian was glaring intensely at Yan Rouwan’s back, sending shivers down her spine.
“Forget it. Next time,” Yan Rouwan suppressed her disappointment and softly said, “I’m a bit peckish; ask the boss to bring up some snacks.”
“Sure thing!” Young Master Sang scampered back downstairs.
Once he left, only Nian Nian and Yan Rouwan remained.
“I have to say,” Yan Rouwan murmured while lying amidst the group of cats, “wasn’t it you who created the opportunity for me? Why are you anxious now that Young Master Sang really wants to get close to me?”
“Rationality tells me to help you create opportunities,” Nian Nian retorted, “but my emotions just won’t let me relax about it!”
“Haha. Emotions. It’s quite hilarious to hear you say that.”
Yan Rouwan giggled and covered her mouth: “Wasn’t it you who used to complain to me every day, saying that as an omniscient being, only human emotions were something you knew but couldn’t comprehend?”
“So what? Are you saying you’ve also fallen for that?”
Nian Nian lay down beside her, pouting adorably:
“…Omniscience is merely a rule; I am the embodiment of rules. There’s a slight distinction, okay?”
At first, not just the other deities and demons understood.
Even back then, the omniscient and omnipotent one didn’t understand.
Why did the First Deity/Demon choose to differentiate them into embodiments of rules?
Why grant them human forms and thoughts?
This question remained unanswered throughout the long years spent alongside the First Deity/Demon.
Until the First Deity/Demon invested their original spirit into reincarnation, and the Seven Great Demons scrambled to seize the rules.
Slowly, all gears began to turn.
To this day, perhaps even Yan Rouwan herself hadn’t realized.
Just in this brief existence as “Yan Rouwan”, the emotional experiences she went through far exceeded the eons spent with the First Deity/Demon.
“I think I’m starting to understand his perspective,” Yan Rouwan muttered to herself.
“Human emotions are indeed far more interesting than cold, hard rules.”
“…Especially the emotions relating to love, right?” Nian Nian suddenly leaned in mischievously beside Yan Rouwan.
Yan Rouwan’s cheeks flushed slightly, but the next moment, she stubbornly replied, “Who are you to talk!”
“Your jealous and flustered look just now is way more human than I am.”
“Oh, let me correct you.” She teased and covered her mouth, “As for this life as Yan Rouwan, I can proudly say I’m a real human now.”
“Meanwhile, some people only dare hide behind their so-called system’s excuses, not willing to face their feelings directly.”
Nian Nian puffed her cheeks in annoyance.
“Do you want to fight again?”
“Bring it on! Who’s scared of you?”
But it was all just for show.
Young Master Sang would be back up soon, and they both were too lazy to start another fight.
“I say, have you truly not considered it even once?”
“Consider what?”
“Simply separating yourself from your identity as a system and honestly confessing your feelings to him.”
“Easier said than done.” Nian Nian shot her a glare, “If it were you, could you do it?”
Yan Rouwan was about to argue but blinked and swallowed her words.
In fact, she really couldn’t.
Not when she was beside the First Deity/Demon, and not after reincarnating as Yan Rouwan.
The most fascinating aspect of human emotions and personalities is that some things are unchanged even with reincarnation.
No matter how many times she reincarnates, she would still become Yan Rouwan, still mess up perfectly good opportunities.
Even to this day, she could only look enviously at the wives beside Young Master Sang.
“Sometimes, I also feel quite troubled,” Nian Nian propped her head up, swinging her legs as if talking to herself, “clearly I’m omniscient.”
“But even knowing my emotions are jealousy and attachment, I find no way to change it.”
“I know I should help him regain power, help him experience the love and affection he has longed for the most.”
“But… when I actually do it, I simply can’t suppress that sour and lonely feeling inside.”
She thought she was merely an embodiment of rules, with helping her master as her only mission.
But in practice, every time she helped Young Master Sang woo a woman, that contradictory and awkward feeling would always arise.
On one hand, she was seriously assisting him in courting someone else, and on the other, she got jealous and angry seeing him close and flirty with another woman.
“Sometimes, I even think I’m hilarious.” Nian Nian chuckled self-deprecatingly. “…What omniscient being am I?”
How am I any different from those love-struck humans?
Yan Rouwan glanced at her.
Footsteps echoed as Young Master Sang gradually came upstairs.
“Then, how about we play something exciting?”
Nian Nian straightened up, looking at Yan Rouwan in confusion.
“Anyway, you helped me before. I don’t want to take advantage of you.”
Yan Rouwan turned to look at her seriously: “Then here’s your chance, let’s compete fairly.”
“After all, both of us belong to that type who probably won’t ever get the master’s attention due to our awkward personalities and no external influences.”
“This time, I’ll give you a little push.”
Nian Nian was momentarily puzzled by what she meant.
“Senior Sister Yan! I’ve brought the best desserts and sweet drinks from the boss! Which one do you like?”
Young Master Sang pushed the door open, his face beaming with enthusiasm and a big smile.
However, upon entering, he froze for a moment.
At that moment, Yan Rouwan was cradling a well-behaved dairy cow cat, its black and white color making it appear especially cute as it curled in her arms, its gaze dazedly wagging its tail.
Upon seeing Young Master Sang, Yan Rouwan softly said, “Just put the stuff down first.”
“Uh? Oh…”
Young Master Sang placed the desserts down to the side and cast a strange glance at Yan Rouwan.
Yan Rouwan returned his gaze and, after a while, softly spoke:
“I want to adopt this cat.”
Young Master Sang: “…Huh? Oh, sure, I’ll go tell the boss in a minute—”
“But this cat isn’t very obedient. It’s a bit rebellious. I’m afraid taking her home will bully Jiao Jiao and Hei Xia.”
Yan Rouwan casually said, “Just leave this cat at your place. Train her properly, get her to cling to people and be affectionate, and then you can return her to me.”
Young Master Sang: “?”
Transformed into a dairy cow cat, Nian Nian: “?”
