Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

"My favorite times were those days when I rode the carriage back from Mo Ye City with my junior brothers and sisters. I had never seen so many different landscapes, yet in the end, I had to return to this circle."

The young girl recounted her past calmly, without expressing any of her own confusion or sadness, yet You Su couldn’t help but feel heartache listening to her.

In her story, You Su could sense the reason she didn’t want to be a good child was not because she was naturally rebellious, but because she was innately in love with freedom.

She was born with a Pure Heart, like a pure spirit born in accordance with the Heavenly Dao. She should have been free and unfettered, roaming the heavens and earth, but found herself trapped in human society. In order to fit into this society, she had no choice but to suppress her true nature.

"So, junior brother... do you also want me to be a good child?"

Wangshu lowered her eyes, her tone was somewhat tentative, not daring to look at You Su.

She was not accustomed to the invisible boundaries around her; she was simply willing to avoid touching them for others, yet she still detested these shackles.

She appeared to be the most gentle and obedient fairy, but in essence, she was the person most eager to break the boundaries, a ’lawless person.’

That’s why she would unhesitatingly break the ban of the Profound Sky Sect and descend the mountain when she received word from her master after ten years; she would also, despite knowing the difference between men and women, still want to get closer to her junior brother...

Because in her view, her master and junior brother would allow her to cross those tedious circles.

"I want to make you a good child."

You Su’s voice was somewhat solemn.

His answer caught Wangshu by surprise, and the girl slightly curled her toes, her gaze dimming a bit.

The bit of vitality she had just managed to muster seemed to dissipate.

"Then I’ll listen to junior brother..."

With that, she prepared to withdraw her bare jade feet.

"But I don’t want you to be an obedient child."

Wangshu stared dumbfounded at You Su, her eyes gradually brightening, like a rekindled hope.

"An obedient child isn’t necessarily a good child. It’s not that you don’t want to be a good child; you just don’t want to be an obedient one."

In the eyes of those who wanted Fairy Wangshu to listen, obedience naturally equated to being good.

But being good is complex, it’s diverse, it’s certainly not something that can be defined by mere obedience.

"Then what is a good child?"

"Hmm... that’s hard to say, but you’re already a good child, so it’s okay to not be obedient once in a while."

You Su’s gaze was dotingly affectionate.

He couldn’t bring himself to refuse such an elder sister; the young girl merely wanted to find a little freedom for herself, not even acting out of self-will.

How could he, like those others, coldly restrict her personal wishes?

Wangshu and You Su looked into each other’s eyes, their gaze tender like water.

She liked looking into You Su’s eyes very much; others always instinctively avoided meeting her gaze, but You Su never did. Perhaps it was because he was blind, or perhaps it was because he was truly sincere enough.

"Then junior brother, put it on for me."

The young girl extended her leg straight again, even wanting to place it directly into You Su’s hands.

You Su chuckled heartily; since the elder sister wanted it, and he was willing, what was there to worry about?

So he poured some flower powder from the porcelain bottle into his palm, then gently pressed it on the girl’s exquisite ankle.

Although the warmth faded and the jade foot returned to its chill, this was not a real white jade cake. If cold, white jade cake couldn’t be eaten, but these jade feet wouldn’t lose any beauty.

Upon touching them, You Su felt these were artworks bestowed by the heavens. Even the most famous porcelain kilns throughout history could not produce such intricate sensations.

The ten crystalline jade toes of Wangshu curled up, clearly unused to it, yet she had no intention of withdrawing her foot. On the contrary, she felt a thrill of breaking free from constraints.

A woman’s feet should not be casually touched by others, but she wanted her junior brother to touch them, and indeed she got her wish.

As You Su’s hand moved from her ankle downwards, Wangshu slightly arched the back of her foot, with her jade foot forming a perfect crescent moon.

"Junior brother... didn’t the story you told just now say that a husband shouldn’t rub a woman’s feet?"

Wangshu hadn’t forgotten Ms. Bai’s story.

"If you don’t want to, you don’t have to continue..."

You Su pried open the girl’s tightly clenched ten pearl-like toes and said with a smile:

"But didn’t Xu Xian still wash Ms. Bai’s feet in the story? It shows that it doesn’t matter who does it for whom, there’s no such thing as not being supposed to. And where did you see that I have any unwillingness?"

Wangshu didn’t even need to use the Pure Heart to feel You Su’s emotions; she could understand his heart just from the sensations coming from her feet.

"I can tell... junior brother likes them very much..."

Not just like, his fondness was to the extent that he couldn’t bear to let go.

You Su felt a bit embarrassed: "I like doing things for elder sister."

You Su truly couldn’t bring himself to say he was unwilling; rather than feeling the grievance of men serving women seen by the mundane world, he felt he was receiving a blessing unimaginable to the world.

Indeed, being able to freely caress these jade feet was undoubtedly a blessing from the heavens.

Once You Su finished applying the red orchid powder, he began wiping on the delicately smooth pearl paste. His hands were meticulous, not even leaving out the gaps between her toes.

"Junior brother... it’s ticklish..."

Wangshu felt a bit ticklish and wanted to retract her foot from You Su’s grasp.

But You Su wouldn’t let the girl come and go as she pleased, so mischievously he tickled the sole of her foot, making Wangshu want to escape but unable.

"Elder sister must know that even a good child can’t choose to not be obedient whenever they want, and they must bear the consequences of being disobedient, understand?"