Chapter 54#

The Cross-dressing Wife#

Using the rickshaw’s canopy as cover, and since the direction they were heading was opposite to the bustling downtown area, the number of pedestrians on the roadside decreased as they went further. Lin Xiaodong touched his whole body.

Chest, fake;

Hair, fake;

Adam’s apple, real, but not obvious;

Butt, real;

D*ck… also real.

When he reached the last item, Lin Xiaodong let out a long, relieved sigh.

“Fortunately, fortunately,” he said with old tears, “old friend, fortunately you haven’t left me yet!”

System: “……”

You must have some serious illness.

“So,” Lin Xiaodong after reading through the information of this world, silent for a long time, asked, “The me in this world is a crossdresser?”

“Not only that,” the system said, “you are also a succubus + crossdresser.”

Lin Xiaodong: “…Anyway, I’m just not human again.” He was used to it.

The historical background of this world is in modern times. Although the clothes of the pedestrians on the street look a bit like those of the Republic of China, since unscientific creatures like succubi have appeared, he thought it should also be a fictional world.

His identity here is a young succubus who fled overnight to the mansion of a local wealthy family surnamed Gu because he was injured by pursuers. Old Master Gu was kind-hearted and took him in despite knowing his identity, and even let the succubus crossdress as a woman to get through the government’s search.

This stay was for a full three years.

As time passed, it was impossible for him not to go out.

The succubus knew some medical skills, so under the banner of Old Master Gu’s almsgiving, he went to the town once every seven days to help the villagers with free medical consultations. Due to his previous experience traveling outside, whether it was a headache, fever, or a child crying at night, he handled it very properly, and it could be said that the medicine cured the disease.

However, succubi are naturally fond of beauty. When practicing medicine, he never hesitated to show off in front of people, but chose to generously display his ability and beauty, enjoying people’s warm eyes and the feeling of being surrounded by stars.

Especially since his figure and appearance were already soul-stirring, and a little makeup and dressing made him even more indistinguishable between male and female, full of charm… Not long after, rumors in the town naturally spread.

There were wives of wealthy families who were jealous of the succubus’s beauty and secretly spread that he was Old Master Gu’s mistress outside, and the fox-like appearance was not from a serious family; there were also idle bums on the street who jokingly gossiped that Old Master Gu’s wife died early when he was young, and it was estimated that this was an old tree blooming again, marrying another as a second wife, and they didn’t know if he could still handle such an “enchantress” at his age.

In short, these people each said it with great plausibility and reason, basically defaulting that the succubus had become a member of the Gu family, as if they all forgot that Old Master Gu was almost sixty years old, and even his son had been out traveling for almost ten years and hadn’t returned home.

Because of his advanced age, Old Master Gu didn’t know these rumors from the outside, and although the succubus repeatedly explained to people that Old Master Gu was just a kind-hearted benefactor who took him in and they had no husband-wife relationship, basically no one inside or outside the mansion believed him.

They were only fawning and respectful to him on the surface out of consideration for Old Master Gu’s face and the succubus’s beauty.

Good times don’t last long, and before long, Old Master Gu suddenly passed away on a rainy night.

His son, Gu Xingzhai, rushed back from out of town to arrange the funeral, during which he discovered the succubus’s true identity—it turned out that Old Master Gu’s son had been away for many years and had become a generation of celestial master successors with his outstanding talent.

For some reason, when Lin Xiaodong saw the three words “Gu Xingzhai,” he was indeed stunned for a moment.

It’s actually not Gu Xi…?

He was dazed for a second and continued to look down. After discovering that his father had actually taken in a succubus at home, Gu Xingzhai didn’t report it to the authorities immediately, but chose to wait and see first. Because he knew that the succubus belonged to the yin category and lived by absorbing the desires and yang energy of young men, sooner or later he wouldn’t be able to resist.

Sure enough, late one night, the succubus pushed open his door and came to Gu Xingzhai’s bedside with the intention of doing something, only to be caught red-handed.

The next day, Master Gu ignored the succubus’s various pleas and explanations and took him directly to the town to be imprisoned by the authorities.

But those who were jealous of the succubus and those who feared gods and ghosts directly smashed him to death with stones through the cage as soon as Gu Xingzhai left. The people in the government didn’t stop them, and even cut open his chest with a dagger after the succubus died, and offered his heart to an official who came to inspect the local area—because according to legend, as long as a person eats the heart of a succubus, they can live forever.

Lin Xiaodong read the information once and felt a bit strange: “Wait, if that’s the case, this succubus shouldn’t meet your standard of kindness, right? Although the end was indeed miserable, after all, he wanted to attack Gu Xingzhai first.”

“This is the benefit of the previous database upgrade,” the system’s voice with a trace of pride, “what you just saw was the introduction from Gu Xingzhai’s perspective. Listen to both sides, and the information about the succubus is still to come.”

Hearing this, Lin Xiaodong flipped back a bit more.

It turned out that that night, the succubus quietly walked into the Gu family’s young master’s bedroom just because he wanted to take an extra look at him in the middle of the night to relieve the bitterness of lovesickness.

In the beginning, he fell in love with this young celestial master at first sight at Old Master Gu’s funeral, but because the other party was too wary of him, he had never found a chance to confess. And because of his kind nature, he was always unwilling to hurt others, and had not absorbed yang energy for a long time, so he was really hungry.

Unexpectedly, such an act of uncontrollable passion was misunderstood by his beloved, and he lost his life because of it.

“…Is your headquarters’ information selected from the complete works of miserable worlds?”

Lin Xiaodong couldn’t help asking.

Especially this way of dying by being smashed to death with stones by the townspeople he had once treated is simply cutting flesh with a dull knife, killing people and condemning hearts.

Lin Xiaodong didn’t have the heart to think carefully about how terrified and desperate the succubus was when he was personally put in a cage by his beloved, facing the endless insults and beatings of the townspeople but having nowhere to escape.

“But then again, it’s probably a bit difficult to get a Good Person Card from this young master of the Gu family,” he thought, “can I change the target?”

System: “Gu Xingzhai is a key character in the plot and cannot be skipped.”

Lin Xiaodong sighed.

Forget it, he thought lightly, anyway, this Gu Xingzhai couldn’t possibly be harder to deal than Gu Xi from the previous world.

Just on the way back, it started to rain lightly. The branches and leaves on the roadside made a rustling sound under the beating of rain, and the wheels crushed through the wet bluestone road, splashing silent water.

Lin Xiaodong looked out at the rapidly receding scenery on both sides, and when he saw the pedestrians wearing gowns and cloth shoes, he finally had a sense of returning to the past. But after a while, he lost interest and leaned back in his chair drowsily.

“Miss, we’re here.”

The driver’s voice came from the front.

Hearing this, the “woman” wearing a dark red cloud pattern silk cheongsam hummed, lazily opened her arms, stretched her waist like a soft cat that had just woken up, revealing snowy arms and an exquisite figure.

The young driver only took one look and then moved his gaze away.

He lowered his head somewhat awkwardly, but his eyes couldn’t help but peek secretly.

Such a woman, he thought greedily, a pair of evil eyes as if glued to Lin Xiaodong’s chest. Not to mention in a small town like theirs, even in a big city, it’s estimated to be top-notch!

As if finding it interesting, the woman put her hand down, crossed her hands, elegantly placed them on her knees, her red lips slightly raised, tilted her head, and gave him a slight smile.

This smile immediately made the driver’s soul fly mostly away.

Seeing that Lin Xiaodong seemed to be getting off the car, he hurriedly ran over, diligently rubbed his hands on his clothes twice before handing them over: “Ma’am, I’ll help you!”

Maintaining a bowing posture, he looked up and stared eagerly at that fair and smooth hand, imagining the feeling of holding it in his hand, only feeling a stream of heat gathering from his limbs to his lower body.

The driver couldn’t help swallowing, and the hand that originally wanted to pick up the person also began to be dishonest.

Lin Xiaodong glanced at him and didn’t avoid it.

—He directly pressed the cigarette butt that hadn’t gone out firmly on the back of the man’s hand, and pressed it hard.

“Aaaaaah!!!”

The driver let out a scream on the spot, covered his burned hand, and fell to the ground with a distorted face.

“Dealing with such a low-life rascal, he should be made to remember it like this.” Lin Xiaodong hooked his lips to the system, “This is the truly beneficial approach to society. Your headquarters shouldn’t have any objection, right?”

The system played blind: “I represent the headquarters, no objection.”

Lin Xiaodong laughed: “That’s good.”

Stepping on high heels, he didn’t even take a look, directly bypassed the driver on the ground, and walked to the housekeeper who was waiting in front of the mansion with an umbrella not far away, and said lightly: “Next time you find a driver, remember to find one who knows where his eyes should be placed.”

The housekeeper seemed to be a bit dazed because of Lin Xiaodong’s rare firmness today, but hearing these words, he still nodded and bowed his head and agreed: “Definitely, definitely!”

After straightening up, he glared at the driver: “Bah! A toad wanting to eat swan meat, doesn’t even see what kind of thing he is!” As he said, he wanted to call the servants to break the driver’s legs and throw him on the street to let him fend for himself.

Lin Xiaodong frowned slightly and interrupted him: “I’ve already taught him a lesson, there’s no need to break his legs. He’s a driver, do you want him to starve to death with broken legs?”

The housekeeper was stunned and hurried to flatter: “Miss is merciful!”

But Lin Xiaodong just looked at him without any fluctuation, lifted his cheongsam, and stepped into the mansion with long legs.

The housekeeper felt his scalp tighten by his look, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly held an umbrella and trotted to follow.

“Miss, wait for me!”

But because it was the first time wearing high heels, Lin Xiaodong walked a bit awkwardly, his back straight, his calves tightened without any negligence, for fear that if he didn’t pay attention, he would fall flat on his face.

But in the eyes of outsiders, every move he made was full of charm, and his walk was even more swaying, making it impossible to look away.

“The master is waiting for you in the bedroom.” The housekeeper said in a low voice.

Lin Xiaodong gave a “hmm.” His current voice is a mature hoarse one biased toward neutral, which sounds very charming. Coupled with the succubus’s talent, a single word can make half of a person’s bones go soft.

After Lin Xiaodong left, the housekeeper stood in place with an umbrella, staring blankly at his retreating back.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.

The drizzling rain, the lotus leaves in the courtyard swaying in the wind, Lin Xiaodong walked in the gloomy and damp corridor, the old wooden floor under his feet making a creaking sound, which had another artistic conception.

He stopped at a half-open bedroom.

Returning a favor for a favor, after the succubus’s injury healed in the Gu family, he stayed in the mansion to take care of Old Master Gu, who was in poor health. However, Old Master Gu had a disease when he was traveling outside when he was young, coupled with the relapse of old injuries accumulated for many years, even though the succubus had excellent medical skills, he was unable to recover. He could only prescribe some prescriptions that treated the symptoms but not the root cause, and strove to drag it out for one more day if possible.

Lin Xiaodong walked into the room. The room was large and spacious, with only a carved four-pillar bed. The light-colored canopy was tied up with a rope. An old man with white hair was lying under the thick quilt, coughing incessantly.

He walked over quickly and poured a glass of water for the old man.

“It’s raining, why is the window still open?”

“No, no need, just like this, quite good.” Old Master Gu coughed. He has been in deteriorating health recently, and he even rarely has moments of sobriety.

The old man tremblingly raised his head and took a sip of water with Lin Xiaodong’s hand.

Just this one action of getting up exhausted all his strength. After a long while, he painstakingly raised his hand and pointed to the door.

Lin Xiaodong understood, put down the porcelain cup, walked over, and closed the door.

“Don’t worry, there’s no one in the corridor.” He sat down at Old Master Gu’s bedside again and whispered to the old man, “Do you have something to tell me? I’m listening.”

Old Master Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“I’m worried about you,” he held Lin Xiaodong’s hand tightly, his voice hoarse, “my, my wife, like you, was also a succubus. I was too young at that time and didn’t protect her well… now I have the ability, but I don’t have time…”

“Your wife was actually also a succubus?” Lin Xiaodong was indeed taken aback, but he soon remembered a very important thing, “Then, does your son know about this?”

Old Master Gu slowly shook his head.

“I didn’t tell him,” he muttered, “but this child often misses his mother. When he was a child, he always stayed in his mother’s room, stayed for a whole day… I estimate, he should have discovered something.”

Lin Xiaodong sighed silently in his heart.

He indeed found out, he thought, but Gu Xingzhai most likely thought that the succubus killed his mother, so he was inspired to travel far away and finally became a celestial master who “eliminated demons and defended the path.”

“Don’t worry too much, I’m fine,” the young man showed a slight smile and patted the old man’s old and withered hand soothingly, “but you’re so old, how can you not have your son by your side? It’s better to call him back earlier, even if it’s just to accompany you more.”

The key is that Old Master Gu must personally explain the matter of the succubus before Gu Xingzhai will believe it.

“I have already written to him,” Old Master Gu was gasping for breath, his chest like a broken bellows, and every sentence he spoke was making a heavy echo that was overburdened, “calculating the days, it should be soon… cough cough cough cough!”

Another burst of violent coughing, Lin Xiaodong hurriedly let him stop talking first, and just lie down well.

Otherwise, he was really afraid that the old man would pass out accidentally.

“Xiaodong,” the old man closed his tired eyes, leaned on the pillow and said to him, “I’m old and can’t get out of bed, but people live for a long time and have seen some filthy things more or less. You have been doing your best to take care of me to repay your kindness these years. I can probably guess the thoughts of those guys in the mansion. I know your temperament is strong and cannot tolerate half a slander, but after I die, if you still want to stay here and live well, sometimes… cough cough, you have to learn to play dumb.”

Lin Xiaodong frowned slightly.

Old Master Gu’s sentence, is he telling him not to deny those rumors that he is the wife of the Gu family, so as to obtain protection?

“Old man,” but in the end, he didn’t refuse or agree, just said slowly, “I understand, you rest well first.”

The sun is setting in the west.

Lin Xiaodong, who had taken care of Old Master Gu for several hours, left that dead main bedroom with a Good Person Card.

“I really didn’t expect the first Good Person Card of this world to come so easily,” he sighed to the system, obviously he just poured a glass of water for the old man and talked with him for a while, “Old Master Gu is really a good man, unfortunately he gave birth to a son who doesn’t stay at home.”

He crossed the courtyard and returned to his bedroom with the afterglow of the sunset.

The layout of this bedroom is not much different from Old Master Gu’s room just now, and there is also a carved four-pillar bed, but the canopy has changed to dark red thin velvet material, and there is an old-fashioned pear wood dressing table.

Lin Xiaodong closed the door and pulled the curtains airtight, then let out a long sigh, kicked off the two pairs of high heels that were simply torturous, and sat in front of the dressing mirror.

Tired to death!

But when he accidentally tilted his head and looked at the beauty with wavy curly hair, red lips, black eyebrows, and flowing eyes in the mirror, Lin Xiaodong was stunned.

Who is this!?

Looking down again, the table was full of bottles and jars. With Lin Xiaodong’s knowledge, he could only barely recognize a few of them: vanishing cream, rouge, and perfume.

The fragrance of various smells mixed together, making him a bit dizzy—how to handle this? Which one should this be smeared on?

It has completely reached his knowledge blind spot!

Lin Xiaodong sat in place for a while, got up and asked the servant to bring a basin of water, and hid back in the room to secretly take off all the makeup on his face.

He found that the appearance of the succubus after removing the makeup was actually similar to his original one, but the eyebrows were deeper and more charming, like a small hook that could hook people’s souls away at a glance.

“System,” he said heavily, “do you think I can learn to make up in one night?”

System: “Nothing is impossible. I believe you can.”

Lin Xiaodong made a face: “But I think I can’t.”

He and the system rigorously studied the makeup video for an hour and took a full page of notes.

Theoretical knowledge is available, next is practice.

White powder? Put it on the face!

Red paste? Put it on the face!

Although he didn’t notice for a while and was choked by the flying powder for a long time, Lin Xiaodong still firmly believed that he had mastered the essence of makeup.

That is, don’t care if it can be smeared evenly, just put it on the face!

One layer is not enough, just put another layer! Until it’s smeared evenly!

But when Lin Xiaodong stopped his hand and looked at the young man with a pale face in the mirror, but only the cheeks and lips were extremely bright red, he was silent.

To be honest, it’s a bit like a hanged ghost who has just finished eating a child.

“…It seems to be a bit too exaggerated.”

He coughed: “But it doesn’t matter, failure is the mother of success, let’s keep working hard!”

The young man faced the mirror, frowning, and in a posture of facing a formidable enemy, he pulled his eyelids, carefully dipped a bit of something that was probably eyebrow powder or something else, and tremblingly began to draw the eyelids.

System: “Your hand is shaking like a patient with Parkinson’s syndrome.”

Lin Xiaodong held his breath and stared wide-eyed: “Don’t be noisy! It’s at the critical moment!”

But just at this distracted moment, with a little lack of attention, he drew out of the boundary with a swish.

Looking up again, a face that was originally fair and handsome was abruptly tossed by him into a Crayon Shin-chan who dived head-down into a pile of flour.

Lin Xiaodong threw himself on the dressing table, and a series of unintelligible harmonious words came out of his mouth:

“I knock you %￥&#……”

His mentality collapsed!