Life Simulation: I Caused the Female Sword Immortal to Regret Forever-Chapter 400: The Female Disciples of the Pill Hall Are Still Working Hard

Winter had arrived. When Xu Xi realized it, he was walking down a stone alley after buying groceries. The leaves had fallen, and snowflakes drifted through the air. Looking up, he saw the swirling snow and the bare, crisscrossing branches that divided the white sky. There was a vague, broken beauty in that incomplete scene.

"Winter..." Xu Xi muttered softly, "By my calculations, half a year has already passed in this simulation." He watched the snow for a moment, and when he exhaled, the warm breath mixed with the cold air, forming a thick, visible mist. After a few moments of reflection, Xu Xi quickened his pace, intending to return home before the snow fell heavier.

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

The cold wind roared, stirring up a blizzard fiercer than any storm and instantly covering the road with a thin layer of snow.

Someone stood waiting for him at the corner, shielding him from the snowstorm.

"Brother."

A girl holding an oiled paper umbrella had been waiting for a long time. She jogged toward him and tilted the umbrella to block the wind and snow from hitting him.

"Good thing I came," she said proudly, "Otherwise Brother would definitely catch a cold."

Xu Xi smiled, "I was careless. I didn’t expect it to suddenly start snowing."

Saying this, he naturally took the oiled paper umbrella from her. Tilting it at just the right angle, he shielded them both from the drifting snowflakes. Two figures walked side by side through the snow, their pace slow and steady, leaving footprints that were quickly filled by fresh snow.

"We're home, Moli," Xu Xi said about five or six minutes later when he spotted the familiar outline of their house. Pushing the door open, they entered. Xu Xi closed the umbrella and placed it near the entrance, then poured a cup of hot water for each of them.

The windows and doors were closed tightly, blocking out the wind and snow. Xu Xi drank the hot water, feeling the warmth seep through the cup into his slightly frozen hands.

Gulp—

Gulp—

Xu Moli sat beside him, sipping hot water too, both of them quietly watching the snowstorm outside. The wind howled like a beast, sweeping countless snowflakes into a vortex that engulfed the mountains and seas of the mortal world.

"Moli, be careful not to catch a cold," Xu Xi reminded her when he noticed her getting lost in thought. He draped a robe over her shoulders.

"Thank you, Brother~" Xu Moli giggled, snugly wrapping herself in the robe. After draining her cup, she mischievously leaned into Xu Xi’s arms, wriggling to find a more comfortable position to lie in.

"...Where did you learn that from again?" Xu Xi asked helplessly.

As expected, the culprit was still that infamous book, [One Hundred and Eight Ways to Capture a Man's Heart].

The female disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Pill Hall were still hard at work!

"Stop reading that book," Xu Xi flicked her forehead lightly.

"You'll get led astray."

"I’m already a grown-up, Brother. I won’t get led astray," Xu Moli defended herself mischievously.

Of course, she hadn’t been led astray—she had actively gone and learned.

Xu Xi saw through her little thoughts, so he flicked her forehead again.

"Ow~~~"

The snowy day stretched on in silence. The world outside was entirely white, with endless wind and snow stretching from the ground all the way to the far-off horizon, where it blended with the sky.

Xu Xi sat inside, gently stroking Xu Moli’s hair, running his fingers through the soft strands and brushing away the tiny snowflakes that had clung to her. It was a tender gesture, one that soothed even the pain that didn’t really exist.

"The snow is really heavy... Brother, it reminds me of something," Xu Moli said.

"What is it?"

"In Blackstone City, you once told me a story," she said, "about how children who wandered out alone would get captured and eaten by wild men with sharp heads and black teeth."

Xu Xi chuckled at the memory. Before they joined the Heavenly Sword Sect, during the early stages of the first simulation, little Xu Moli would often sneak out of the house to look for him. To stop her, Xu Xi had made up a terrifying story about wild men to scare her into staying home.

Back then, little Moli had believed it completely, shivering and crying in his arms for a long time.

"That was a long time ago," Xu Xi said, his palm lifting away after carefully combing out the last snowflakes from her hair.

But someone didn’t want him to stop. She gently grabbed his wrist, lowered her head, and pressed his warm palm against her hair again, letting the warmth sink into her heart.

"Brother, liars must make amends."

"What kind of amends?"

"You must hug me tightly as punishment."

"..."

Xu Xi was momentarily speechless.

He thought briefly of the female disciple who had lent Xu Moli that cursed book.

How many years would she need to spend stoking the sect’s fires to atone for leading his sister astray?

One hundred million years?

Or perhaps forever?

"Alright, I understand," Xu Xi said, stretching out his arms and gently wrapping them around the girl’s body, encircling her in a small, warm world.

Xu Moli was very satisfied, her smile more radiant than ever—bright, joyful, and brimming with happiness.

She wanted to sink into this moment forever.

Burying her head against Xu Xi’s chest, Xu Moli could see nothing, but she didn’t need to. Wrapped in his warmth, she didn’t have to think about anything at all.

This was the home she dreamed of day and night.

The only warmth she could rely on during the freezing winter.

She wished time could stop here, just like this, forever and ever.

"Brother, do you feel bored?" Xu Moli asked, turning around in Xu Xi’s arms and meeting his eyes, "Living in a world like this…"

"I don’t," Xu Xi shook his head, his voice as gentle as always, making her heart ache.

"I think this is good. A peaceful life is precious, and having you with me makes it even better."

"Brother, you’re doing it again…"

"Doing what?"

"Always thinking about others and never yourself. That’s not good, Brother."

It wasn’t Xu Xi who wanted to stay in this world. It was Xu Moli herself.

She had always known that Xu Xi only stayed here because of her.

It was an unreserved, selfless, and pure kindness.

"Brother, let’s go back," Xu Moli said, rising from his embrace.

She was grateful for the tenderness she had received, and precisely because she cherished it so much, she didn’t want to become a burden that held Xu Xi back.

"Go back? So suddenly?" Xu Xi was a little surprised.

The girl pressed her finger to her chin and explained with a smile, "Brother, didn’t you want to climb that path? The ten thousand days of waiting time don’t count here."

"I’m not some barbarian who’ll cling to Brother forever," she said with a playful pout, "Of course I won’t waste Brother’s time."

"And besides…"

Xu Moli furrowed her brows, her voice dropping to a murmur, but Xu Xi faintly caught a few words—

"Queuing up," "Getting anxious," "One versus four." freewёbnoνel.com