NOVEL WEB Chapter 26: Autumn Boundless
“Your room has an air conditioning remote control. Yes, it’s the same as the TV remote control. If you feel hot, you can turn it on instead of secretly going to take a shower.”
The next morning, Chu Ge was explaining something to Qiu Wuji, who was sitting on the sofa with a distracted look.
“Mm-hmm.” Qiu Wuji sat there, her gaze wandering, watching as Chu Ge took off his pajamas and hung them on the side of the sofa.
He said he was going for a run and deliberately took off his clothes.
“Hiss…” Chu Ge took a step to get on the treadmill, but before he even started, his whole body was sore and he couldn’t move his legs.
“Can we skip training today?” Chu Ge asked tentatively.
Qiu Wuji glanced at him and said, “Is this why your running artifact has turned into a storage artifact?”
Chu Ge: “…”
“Long-term lack of exercise, and you suddenly started exercising yesterday, that’s why.” Qiu Wuji said, “Yesterday, if you had massaged and warmed up, it would have been better, but you went straight to take a shower.”
Chu Ge couldn’t bear the pain and could only ask, “Is there any remedy now?”
Qiu Wuji looked at his bare chest, her eyes flickering.
Of course, there was a remedy. She could help Chu Ge improve blood circulation and remove blood stasis with her immortal method. Under her immortal technique, no pain will be left.
But when it comes to this matter, there is a very disgusting question. Qiu Wuji gritted her teeth and said, “Why can my immortal technique take effect from a distance on everything but healing? Can you explain that to me?”
Chu Ge rolled his eyes and stepped back.
Do I still need to explain?
Haven’t you seen on TV that the male lead can heal men from a distance through their clothes, but for women, he has to take off their clothes?
It’s the same for us writers. Everything else can be done from a distance, highlighting the uniqueness of the immortal world, but healing cannot. The closer, the better, even better if you take off your clothes…otherwise, there’s a risk of going insane.
Qiu Wuji could tell what was going on by his expression. She said with a stern face, “Go change it, I know this can be changed.”
“If I change it now, it will be reflected in the main story later. It’s written in the plotline, so this is something that can’t be changed.”
“So you mean I have to touch you to heal you now?”
“Seems like it…”
“Then you heal yourself.” Qiu Wuji sneered and got up. “It serves you right to be in pain.”
“Hey, wait a minute.” Chu Ge put on a brave face and said, “My cultivation is also for the sake of figuring out the secret of your crossing over as soon as possible. Every day counts…If you delay it due to the soreness for a few days and then go back, it would waste too much time.”
Qiu Wuji looked at him unkindly.
“You’re not at the point where you can’t move, otherwise how do other people exercise? If you want to deceive me, go away!” Qiu Wuji kicked, and Chu Ge ran away early and climbed onto the treadmill.
Of course, he could run even with a little soreness. Otherwise, how do others run… It seemed that it wasn’t so easy to fool the old lady after all.
Chu Ge sighed and started running, while Qi Wuji looked at his bare chest and frowned again. She quietly reached out and grabbed the pajamas that Chu Ge had placed on the sofa, and secretly cast a spell to change the doll pattern on it to a crying face.
Hmm, it looked different now, much better.
Qiu Wuji felt refreshed and quietly put the pajamas back, then went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Breakfast was simple, porridge and fried eggs. Qiu Wuji thought she should look up some recipes from this world, otherwise she might miss out on a lot of culinary experiences.
As an immortal, she could endure a plain life. She never had a strong desire to go out and learn more about the world, but Chu Ge was more concerned about this. He thought she was learning too slowly and was always confined to one room. Qiu Wuji didn’t agree with him. She thought she hadn’t seen enough scenery in this room yet, so why bother with the whole world?
She had a long life ahead of her, and maybe decades later, looking at Chu Ge with white hair would still be enjoyable.
Qiu Wuji was already indifferent to the cycle of life and death, which was normal. But as she thought about it, she frowned…
She felt it wouldn’t be good if he died of old age.
Hmm, it must be because the ‘Creator God’ shouldn’t die. Then it would be better to let him cultivate earlier.
…
“I’ll take you out to buy a phone and look for some second-hand computers.”
After dinner, Chu Ge, who was sore and weak, continued to write and uploaded a chapter. He grimaced and took Qiu Wuji out again.
He hadn’t noticed that his pajamas had been altered.
Watching him walking with difficulty, Qiu Wuji also felt a little conflicted in her heart: “You can rest and write at home, there’s no rush for anything else.”
“I feel like it’s urgent. You’re learning too slowly about the world. How much of the book have you read?”
“I’ve only read about someone who looks like you.”
“Who?”
“Emperor Tang Xuanzong, Li Longji.”
Chu Ge: “?”
How is that related? How do I look like him? I think it refers to his heroic and wise youth, well, she has good taste.
Qiu Wuji turned her head, “The phone, the magic tool you use to call someone from thousands of miles away? To order liquefied gas and such?”
“Yes, this thing now has more than just the ability to make long-distance calls. It has too many features that modern people cannot do without. When you get it, you can slowly study it.”
“Is it expensive?”
“You can get a regular one at a small price, just make sure it’s enough for your needs.”
“What does ‘second-hand’ mean then?”
“Second-hand computer, a laptop is more convenient, but if you like a desktop like me, it’s also possible. Second-hand because it’s cheaper, I can’t afford a good one now… anyway, we’ll have a look when we get there.” Chu Ge said, “My computer is a work tool, I can’t let you use it, otherwise, I would have let you surf the internet instead of watching TV shows. The information reception speed is much faster, and if you want to make money by typing, this is the prerequisite.”
“It sounds like it will cost a lot of money. With the way you spend money, how many days will your income last?” Qiu Wuji hesitated.
“Isn’t it calculated as borrowed by you?”
“Are you trying to make me owe you more intentionally, so that I won’t have a way to repay you?”
“Oh, you know this trick too?”
“Hmph.” Qiu Wuji huffed disdainfully, “Do you know what the easiest way to repay kindness is?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
Qiu Wuji’s face suddenly turned cold and murderous, “If you die, you won’t have to repay anything.”
Chu Ge grinned, “That’s not how my Qiu Wuji does things.”
“I’m not your Qi Wuji…!” Qiu Wuji opened her mouth to argue but was pulled into a telecom store by Chu Ge before she could.
Chu Ge was a China Mobile user himself, so it was normal for him to apply for a China Telecom card with his ID card. He easily got it done, and even got a low-end phone as a gift, which he casually handed to Qiu Wuji.
“Remember, this is your number.” Chu Ge whispered.
His breath blew on her ear, making it itchy. Qiu Wuji wanted to push him away, but was afraid of attracting attention with her movements.
She tightly held the pink cellphone in her hand, memorizing the number that belonged to her. She knew she was getting closer and closer to the people of the real world…
But there was only his name in the contact list and his intention of ‘I have a responsibility to help you’ was being implemented step by step, even though he wasn’t well off.
She had a vague feeling that she should help him with the blood circulation treatment… looking at him walking awkwardly with a grimace on his face, it must be uncomfortable…
Suddenly, she remembered that she had to go back… this feeling… wasn’t very good.
However, this time, her soul stayed for a longer time, until she went home with Chu Ge after buying a second-hand laptop, Qiu Wuji didn’t feel any sign that she needed to go back.
Should she go back on her own?
It didn’t seem necessary.
She could make him something delicious…
“This thing is called WeChat, I can transfer money to you like this.” Chu Ge was helping her set up various software and transferred a few hundred yuan, “If you go buy groceries, use this to scan, you should understand after seeing me do it multiple times, right?”
“Yeah.”
“By the way, create an ID for WeChat.” Chu Ge leaned over and looked at her phone, “Does our great Sect Master have any thoughts on creating a cool nickname for herself?”
Qiu Wuji did want to come up with a nickname, not for coolness, but to deliberately differentiate it from ‘his’ Qiu Wuji.
But after thinking for a long, long time, she couldn’t come up with anything. She slowly simulated for the way he entered typed with her fingers, and her username finally became:
“AutumnBoundless” (TL: 水随天去秋无际- literal meaning ‘Water Follows the Sky, Autumn Has No Limits’)
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