Su Yu fell asleep in the woods with his eyes closed, dreaming of Bai Ying clinging to him when she was a child.
This little glutinous rice ball is so cute, Su Yu always likes to tease her.
Back then, he loved taking her everywhere he went. He would genuinely boast to everyone that this beautiful porcelain doll was his junior sister, Su Yu's little sister.
Because Bai Ying was the only girl in the sect, Su Yu treated her with more patience than his other fellow disciples. When he went out to travel, he would always bring back some good things for his fifth junior sister.
He always went to great lengths to see his fifth junior sister smile.
His fellow disciples were not unhappy about his favoritism; they treated his fifth junior sister even better than he treated his fifth junior sister, especially his fourth junior brother, Yan Chiling, whose feelings they all knew.
Even he thought that the two of them would definitely become partners in the future...
These two have been close since childhood and always like to cause trouble in the spirit beast garden he takes care of. Fifth Junior Sister likes to refine weapons, so Yan Chiling has set his sights on the spirit beasts he raises. One day he comes to pluck the feathers of the spirit crane, and the next he wants to saw off the antlers of the spirit deer.
Back then, he would always chase after the two of them angrily. But he wasn't really angry; he knew that Fifth Junior Sister would always give away the artifacts she forged with those things. She loved them dearly too.
The chaos and commotion back then was so wonderful...
Even in his dreams, Su Yu wore a smile.
But then the scene in his dream shifted, and he saw his junior sister, Ruan Xinrou, being taken back to the sect by their master.
Ever since his junior sister came to the sect, everything seems to have changed. He sees himself in his dreams becoming more and more biased towards his junior sister, and he thinks everything she does is right.
The fifth junior sister, whom he used to like so much, suddenly became someone he loathed.
He saw himself whipping his fifth junior sister's arm with a rattan cane, so hard, so cruelly. He never felt it was wrong; he even thought she deserved to be taught a lesson.
But this time, Su Yu wondered, was everything his junior sister said true? He had never verified it himself! Yet he was convinced that it must be Bai Ying's fault!
The fourth junior brother, who used to have the biggest crush on Bai Ying, has started chasing after his junior sister, and he's even started beating her. How could he bring himself to hurt someone he once loved so much?
The fellow disciples also grew increasingly disgusted with Bai Ying, and some even talked about how it would be great if their master could expel Bai Ying from the sect, since they only needed one junior sister.
Su Yu trembled uncontrollably in his dream. No! He didn't want his fifth junior sister to leave the sect?
But then the scene shifted again, and this time he saw that his master was also trying to force his fifth junior sister to leave the sect.
"No!" Su Yu shouted at his master! He suddenly felt a heart-wrenching pain, as if he had experienced this pain before.
He knelt down and begged his master, "Please, master, don't send Fifth Junior Sister away!"
But he still saw his master expel his fifth junior sister from the sect!
"No!"
Su Yu's eyes snapped open, and he gasped for breath.
Qin Zijing looked at him worriedly from beside him, "Senior Brother, are you alright?"
Looking at the person in front of him, Su Yu realized that he had just been dreaming. He suddenly relaxed.
"Great, it was just a dream..." he muttered to himself.
"What dream did you have, senior brother?"
Su Yu smiled and said to Qin Zijin, "I just dreamt that Master expelled Bai Ying from the sect."
He was still thinking that thankfully it was just his dream.
But he heard Qin Zijing say, "Bai Ying did leave. But it wasn't Master who drove her away; she left on her own."
Su Yu's face froze instantly, and even the smile on his face slowly disappeared little by little.
"Bai Ying... is gone?" he murmured, as if he had lost his mind.
"Yes! Senior brother, didn't you see it with your own eyes? It's been a while, how come you're suddenly acting like you don't know anything? Are you still half asleep?"
Su Yu finally came to his full senses. He had been so confused by sleep that he thought Bai Ying's departure was just a dream! He was still thinking, "Great, it was just a dream!"
But reality dealt him a harsh blow.
This isn't a dream, it's actually real!
Bai Ying has really left the sect; she will never come back.
Even just now, Bai Ying had said to him, "This is the last time I'll call you 'Senior Brother,' and I'll never do it again."
Tears suddenly streamed down Su Yu's face.
He suddenly felt an excruciating pain.
It seems he has truly lost his fifth junior sister.
"Senior Brother, what's wrong?" Qin Zijing looked at him with concern. This was the first time he had ever seen his senior brother cry. The man who always put on a calm and collected demeanor no matter what happened was actually crying.
Fifth Junior Sister...
Qin Zijing fell silent when Su Yu suddenly mentioned Bai Ying.
He sat down next to Su Yu, took out the wine from his storage ring, took a big gulp, and then handed it to Su Yu.
Su Yu took it and frantically poured the wine into his mouth.
"Zijin, don't you think I'm acting strangely?"
Su Yu prided himself on not being someone who couldn't distinguish right from wrong. "In the past, I would always get to the bottom of everything, but why do I have no principles when it comes to my junior sister? Just now, my junior sister said that Bai Ying did it, and I actually believed her! And such a terrible punishment, I think Bai Ying can get away with it, but my junior sister can't."
Su Yu himself began to hate himself, attributing it to favoritism. But his favoritism was far too extreme...
"Junior Sister has only been in our sect for a short time, but Bai Ying has been here for a long time. Even if we're talking about feelings, shouldn't my relationship with Bai Ying be deeper...? How did I become like this?"
Su Yu clenched her fingers tightly, hating herself for her favoritism.
But at that moment, Qin Zijing actually said to him, "Senior brother, do you feel the same way? To be honest, when junior sister pushed me towards the black-spotted leopard, I almost died. Whoever did that, I would hate them to death, and even wish I could kill them!"
But after all this happened, I actually spoke up for my junior sister? I don't even understand myself. How could I be so protective of her? I'm usually the one who hates evil the most, but I just couldn't control myself. I feel like I'm not even myself anymore…”
The two brothers frowned deeply, sensing something strange. Why were they so unprincipled in their treatment of Ruan Xinrou, desperately trying to protect her?
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