The next day, Lu Ming woke up a little late.
The servant exclaimed in surprise, "You look much better today!"
"I slept well last night." Lu Ming smiled gently, even though he had overslept; he hadn't slept this well in a long time. "Has A-Jin arrived?"
Servant: "Miss Su hasn't arrived yet today, but everyone's poison has been mostly neutralized, so we're not busy anymore."
"oh."
Su Jinxia got up to practice martial arts as usual today. After breakfast, she was supposed to go to the medicine shop, but many snakes appeared in the courtyard.
Worried about hurting the flowers, Su Jin and Shen Yun searched inch by inch, clearing away all the snakes.
While cleaning, I found some flower branches that needed pruning, so I started tidying up the yard. Before I knew it, time had passed.
"Miss, lunch is here, please eat first."
Su Jin straightened her stiff back and stretched her neck. "This work is more tiring than martial arts training."
Shen Yun smiled and replied, "Yes, it's tiring to stay in one position for too long."
Su Jin came out, washed up quickly, and sat down to eat.
Shen Yun said softly, "I went to get my food just now and heard that a new leader has come to the fourth team."
Su Jinxia seemed to be deep in thought. "What about Yang Jiaoruo?"
Shen Yun said, "I inquired and it seems that Yang Jiaoruo was demoted to deputy director because three disciples of the fourth team died during a mission."
Deputy head?
Su Jin's face turned cold.
Zhang Qing, Lu Ming, and so many other disciples were implicated because of this, but she was only demoted one level. She got off easy!
In the end, Shen Qianxue still couldn't bear to part with Yang Jiaoruo!
Su Jinxia instantly lost her appetite, ate a couple of bites, and then asked the food to be taken away.
Afterwards, Su Jin hurriedly went to the medicine shop. The medicine shop was no longer busy, but she had to brew medicine for Lu Ming.
When Lu Ming saw Su Jin running in, his expression softened. "Slow down. You're always rushing around like that. Look at all that sweat."
As he spoke, he handed Su Jin a handkerchief.
Su Jin smiled, revealing her teeth, and then helped handle various matters at the medicine shop, allowing Lu Ming to rest.
In the afternoon, I prepared Lu Ming's medicine again.
Lu Ming invited Su Jinxia to stay for dinner, but Su Jinxia had no appetite and was also thinking about the flowers in the courtyard, so she returned to Tingyu Tower early.
Shen Yun gathered the flower branches she had cut that morning and was about to throw them away.
Seeing that some of the flower branches were still very fresh and tender, Su Jin felt it would be a pity to throw them away, so she asked Shen Yun to find a few more vases and flower pots, so that they could be used to display the flowers or to replant them.
Summer has passed, and the weather is not as hot as before. Su Jin sat in the pavilion of the flower corridor, carefully selecting flower branches, enjoying some leisurely time.
"Has the young lady not visited her master recently?" Shen Yun, who was serving nearby, asked softly.
Su Jin paused, "Why should I be the one to go find them?"
"Is the young lady angry?" Although Shen Yun didn't know what had happened, she could tell that Su Jin had been acting strangely these past few days.
The girl used to wish she could stay in the Lord's courtyard every day.
Su Jinxia picked up the scissors and ruthlessly cut off the branches and leaves that didn't look right. "I'm not angry at all. Your master is busy with many affairs every day and has a beautiful woman by his side. What would I do if I went there and suffered some humiliation for nothing?"
Shen Yun couldn't help but curl her lips. Wasn't this anger?
"Why does the fragrance of the flowers smell sour today?" Suddenly, a teasing voice rang out.
Su Jin paused, her expression somewhat embarrassed. She knew who it was without even turning around.
Shen Qianxue walked along the flower corridor, and Shen Yun tactfully withdrew.
Shen Qianxue stared longingly at Su Jinxia's back. Unlike usual, when Su Jinxia would run over with a smile, Shen Qianxue was engrossed in her work, not even looking up.
Shen Qianxue coughed lightly, sat down sideways on the stool in front of Su Jinxia, and stared at Su Jinxia without blinking.
Su Jin glanced down at the sleeve he was holding down, then coldly pulled it back. "Why are you crowding me when there are so many seats available?"
Shen Qianxue...
Shen Qianxue grabbed Su Jinxia's hand and held it in her palm. "Why are you angry with me?"
"No!" Su Jin pulled her hand back.
Looking at her empty hands, Shen Qianxue felt a void in her heart.
After thinking for a moment, he explained, "Zizi is my sister. I spoil her and she doesn't know her place. I've already taught her a lesson, so we won't hold it against her."
Hearing that Su Jin had spent the whole morning cleaning up the snakes in the garden, Shen Qianxue knew it was Mai Zizi who did it.
Fortunately, the girl was naive and only scared Su Jin a little. She didn't dare to actually throw in poisonous snakes to hurt people; at most, it was just some small, non-venomous snakes.
Shen Qianxue's explanation failed to appease Su Jinxia, who instead retorted, "Did I say I wanted to lower myself to her level? You have a younger sister, and I have an older brother. We're unrelated, so let's mind our own business."
Shen Qianxue's brows furrowed slightly. "How can they be the same?"
"How is it different!"
"A group of so many grown men, you always..."
Seeing Su Jinxia's increasingly cold face, Shen Qianxue stopped talking, thought for a moment and changed her words: "Zizi is different. Her mother died in childbirth. She was also weak from birth. She was fostered in my family when she was less than two months old. After my mother passed away, she grew up with me. I treat her like my own sister. She is only dependent on me. She doesn't understand any romantic feelings between men and women."
"Are you implying that there's a romantic relationship between me and one of the disciples in the team?" Su Jinxia wasn't easily fooled and forcefully steered the conversation back on track.
Su Jinxia wasn't incapable of understanding Mai Zizi and Shen Qianxue's relationship, which was why she didn't go against Mai Zizi. But why could she understand Shen Qianxue while Shen Qianxue couldn't understand her?
That's not fair!
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