The Reincarnated Villain Can Break the Fourth Wall!-Chapter 88: Melting the ice!

Her lips twitched, ’So, he truly respects my abilities as a senior!’

To melt the ice between us?

’Yes, this could work. I’ll let him hold hands and let him think I’ve accepted. I’ll just wait until he actually grows up. Nothing could go wrong… right?’

"Yes," she replied, nodding gravely. "A secret technique."

He hesitated, his gaze flitting between her hand and her expression. It was too soft, too perfect—almost suspicious. Was this really a secret technique… or just another trap?

With a resigned sigh, Su Xiaobai complied, taking her hand in his.

It was indeed soft. His fingers brushed against her delicate skin, and for a moment, he forgot himself.

Her hand wasn’t cold like he imagined but warm, almost hot.

But then his attention snapped back to the coffin. Why isn’t the ice melting? He stared harder, even managing a faint smile of hope. It might work any second now!

Meanwhile, Bai Yujian’s chest swelled with pride. ’He’s so moved by my willingness to lower myself for his sake.’

Su Xiaobai frowned as the truth hit him like a cold slap. This technique doesn’t work at all.

"Damn it," he muttered under his breath, glancing at her. ’Can’t say that out loud, though, or I might prick her ego.’

But Bai Yujian’s imagination had already spiraled. ’Poor thing. He can barely contain his excitement. I truly am too generous.’

Su Xiaobai scratched his head, muttering, "Did this woman just scam me…?"

"..."

A bitter smile tugged at his lips. Of course, she had.

Meanwhile, Bai Yujian’s mind played a different script entirely.

’He’s probably in awe of me,’ she thought, her chest puffing up slightly. ’After all, not every Peak Lord can be this magnanimous.’

The sight of Bai Yujian and Su Xiaobai standing hand in hand, staring at the coffin like it held the secrets of immortality, nearly killed the two maids cleaning nearby.

One of them clutched her chest. "By the heavens… are they swearing an oath of eternal love?"

"Shut up!" hissed the other, dragging her back. "Do you want to die?! If we’re caught, we’ll be the next ’accidents.’"

The difference between Righteous Sects and Heretical Sects? Branding. Heretics called it murder. Righteous folks called it ’tragic mishaps.’

The two maids didn’t want their names added to the ledger of "tragic mishaps." Cleaning buckets abandoned, they fled the scene faster than a elder dodging a child support claim.

Unfortunately for Zhu Qing, she wasn’t as lucky.

She stepped inside, her mission simple: find Su Xiaobai and drag him to Mystic Vein Peak. He hadn’t been in his quarters, and his maid had directed her to the Peak Lord’s residence.

Big mistake. Worst mistake. Possibly the last mistake of my life.

Because what awaited her was a sight she couldn’t unsee:

Bai Yujian and Su Xiaobai, hand in hand, staring at the coffin like they were taking a sacred vow. Su Xiaobai’s reluctant face screamed, this isn’t my fault, while Bai Yujian’s chest puffed with so much pride she looked ready to nominate herself for ’Sect’s Most Generous Deity.’

Hiss!

Zhu Qing froze. Her mouth opened slightly, but no sound came out.

"Qingqing?" Bai Yujian’s head snapped toward the intruder. Her pupils shrank, a rare panic flashing across her frosty face.

No… no! Her elder image—shattered. Ground into dust. Swept away by the winds of fate!

Zhu Qing’s expression said it all: disbelief, betrayal, and… was that pity?

"Elder…" Zhu Qing whispered, her voice trembling.

And the heavens weren’t done yet.

The door creaked open with an ominous EEEEEEEEEK…

This time, Liu Zhenhai strode in, scrolls tucked neatly under his arm. He was here to discuss Su Xiaobai’s promotion and had been in a decent mood—until now.

What he saw hit him like a tribulation bolt straight to the forehead.

There they were. Bai Yujian, the Frost Sword Fairy of his dreams, standing hand in hand with Su Xiaobai, the infamous troublemaker.

"..."

THUD! The scrolls slipped from his hands, scattering like leaves caught in a storm. His jaw tightened, his face darkening faster than a tribulation cloud ready to smite.

The fairy of his dreams… holding hands with this wretched boy?

For a moment, the room was silent, save for the distant whistle of the mountain wind.

"...What in the nine hells is going on here?" Liu Zhenhai finally asked, his voice cold enough to freeze the air itself.

Su Xiaobai opened his mouth, then shut it. What could he even say? Sup guys, we’re… unlocking the sacred ice?

Who in their right mind would believe that? Hell, even he didn’t believe it! Little did he know, everyone else had already jumped to the exact ’right’ conclusion—with unwavering confidence.

He glanced at Bai Yujian, desperate for her to take the lead. Her frosty smile screamed ’I’ve got this,’ but Su Xiaobai knew better. Her straightened posture and faint smile only ever meant one thing.

His eye twitched. She’s about to do something dumb, isn’t she?

He glared at her, as if daring her to not escalate the situation.

"..."

"And that’s the 3rd stage of…" Bai Yujian began serenely, speaking as if she were explaining the Dao to wide-eyed disciples. Then, as if possessed by some celestial beast, she straightened further, grabbed Su Xiaobai’s wrist, and yanked.

"..." Su Xiaobai’s body flew into the air like a poorly thrown javelin.

WHOOSH!

The world spun, and so did Su Xiaobai, flung like a sack of trash by Bai Yujian’s idiotic antics.

"STOP—!" he growled, his voice grating with frustration rather than fear. Arms flailed, legs kicked, and somewhere deep down, he cursed the heavens. "This isn’t breaking ice, Elder—this is breaking me! If you’re going to kill me, at least do it efficiently!"

And then—bam.

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Everything froze.

Not the satisfying kind of freeze where she’d faceplant him into the ground so he could fake unconsciousness and save some face. No, this was worse. Time itself had paused, and he was left hovering mid-air, spread out like a failed attempt at celestial calligraphy.

"..."

He glanced down at Bai Yujian, who had the audacity to look smug, as if twirling him like a training dummy was part of her grand plan. His lip curled. She looked elegant, sure, but that didn’t make her any less of a delusional idiot.

"Bai Yujian," he said flatly, "If this is your idea of cultivating camaraderie, you’re an even bigger moron than I thought."

She didn’t respond.

"..."

"Great," Su Xiaobai muttered, annoyed, shooting a glare at everything around him. "First, I’m her test dummy. Now, I’m the only one alive while everyone else’s frozen? I told her to stop—not to stop time itself! What’s next? Someone slaps my face on a banner and declares me the sect master?"

He rubbed his temples, the absurdity of it all giving him a headache. Why the hell did these people only listen to him when they shouldn’t—and in the dumbest ways possible?

Dust floated lazily in the air. Zhu Qing and Liu Zhenhai stood like statues, wide-eyed and horrified, while Bai Yujian was still mid-swing, frozen in that infuriatingly confident pose of hers.

"Can someone please unfreeze time so I can strangle this woman properly?" Su Xiaobai muttered, his voice dripping with exasperation.

Honestly, what part of her thought throwing him like some sack of trash was the best solution? Couldn’t she just explain the situation like a normal person? What was she, some shy, tsundere heroine straight out of those shameless romance scrolls?

And then, as if the heavens themselves heard his prayer.

WHAM!

Gravity returned with the enthusiasm of a drunk elder, slamming Su Xiaobai into the ground like a pile of spirit beast dung. He groaned as pain shot through his back.

"You’re… alive…"

The voice was soft, unfamiliar, and unsettlingly close.

"Ugh… Yep, still alive. Thanks for asking—" Su Xiaobai froze mid-grumble. That wasn’t Bai Yujian’s frosty tone, nor Zhu Qing’s sweet-but-cunning lilt, and definitely not Liu Zhenhai’s self-righteous blather.

Slowly, he turned toward the source, his heart thudding in his chest.

Two deep ocean-blue eyes blinked at him from within the coffin.

The ice surrounding it hissed and cracked, splitting apart in glittering shards that scattered across the floor.

"Brother…"

The voice was soft, trembling with a fragile warmth, Su Xiaobai froze, as the word reached him like an echo from a forgotten lifetime. Memories surged forward—shards of laughter, tears, and whispered promises—each one deeper than the last.

"Xiaomei…" his voice barely rose, his throat tight.

Su Xiaomei’s lips quivered, forming a quiet smile, as if in great relief at seeing him, even slightly proud. But just as she was piecing together her next words, her body began to glow.

"No—wait!" Su Xiaobai surged forward, panic flashing across his face. But it was too late.

Poof!

Her form dissolved like mist caught in the morning sun, leaving behind nothing but silence—and questions he wasn’t sure he wanted answered.

For a moment, Su Xiaobai stayed frozen, his hand outstretched as if he could somehow grab hold of what was already gone.

His breath came in shallow gasps.

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Behind him, Bai Yujian let out a sharp breath, her composure cracking for the briefest second. Zhu Qing, meanwhile, was caught between horror and confusion, her usual voice nowhere to be found.

Even Liu Zhenhai, the sect’s poster boy for righteous indignation, looked like he’d seen a ghost.

The coffin groaned ominously, fractures spreading across its icy surface like veins.

Zhu Qing finally found her voice. "So, uh… it’s not a lover’s spat, then," she muttered, her earlier assumptions crumbling under the seriousness of the situation.

Her tone shifted, uncharacteristically serious. "Let me take a look."

Without waiting for permission, she shoved Su Xiaobai aside—earning a grunt of protest—and knelt by the coffin.

Her hand hovered over the cracked ice, a faint glow emanating from her palm.

Zhu Qing murmured, her voice tinged with unease. "It’s… wrong..."

The more she observed, the worse it became, her words casting a shadow over the faces of Su Xiaobai and Bai Yujian alike. What had she discovered?