"Dad, Mom, what do you think of the piece I just played?"
At Wuya Peak, Yaoyao put down the purple bamboo flute and looked at Shen Qingmang and Gu Suihan with some trepidation.
Shen Qingmang, seeing his daughter's lack of confidence, gave her an encouraging look. "It's beautiful, like a little deer leaping past me, running towards the mountain stream."
Yaoyao's eyes lit up. "This piece is called 'Deer Drinking from the Brook'! It seems my flute playing has really improved!"
"You originally only had a few minor flaws, but now most of them have been repaired," Shen Qingmang said. "And in my opinion, lack of emotion can't be made up through practice, but through experience. As long as you experience more, observe more, and appreciate more, the emotion will naturally flow out of your music."
"I'm currently observing and experiencing things with Yiqing. He takes me to the mountains to listen to all sorts of sounds, many of which I've never noticed before."
"Yiqing Zhenjun is your elder. You can't call him by his name. It's impolite." Shen Qingmang frowned.
"Elder? I don't think he's an elder."
"He is your sister Si Rong's father."
"I know, so what? He and Sister Rong are clearly equally intelligent."
"Jiang Yaoyao!" Shen Qingmang raised his voice.
Yaoyao immediately lowered her head. "I was wrong, mother. Don't be angry. I didn't mean to say anything bad about him. I like him very much."
"How can you talk to someone you like like that?"
"I've never liked anyone. Mom, please teach me how to talk." Yaoyao looked well-behaved.
Gu Suihan realized the seriousness of the problem before Shen Qingmang. "What kind of like are you talking about?"
"It's the same kind of love that father has for mother." Yaoyao said in a natural tone.
Shen Qingmang laughed. "Yaoyao, you still don't understand. Daddy's love for Mommy is different from your love for Yiqing Zhenjun. Do you like him because you think he's amazing and can teach you a lot?"
"Hmm... can this be considered love? That's probably true." Yaoyao scratched her head. "But I like him because he's handsome and gentle, and easy to tease. No, he's actually quite funny. As soon as I see him, I want to be close to him, just like my father and mother like to snuggle together."
Shen Qingmang immediately changed from his casual position leaning against Gu Suihan to a serious one, his expression couldn't be more serious. "You're wrong, Yaoyao. Yiqing Zhenjun is your elder. He taught you to play the flute, so he's still your teacher. You can respect him and love him, but you can't like him, and don't tease him."
"But don't father and mother also have a master-disciple relationship?" Yaoyao tilted her head.
"Your father and I were originally master and disciple. Later, I became a disciple of Master Zhong of Wuyin Peak, and we are now of the same generation." Shen Qingmang explained patiently.
"But isn't Master Qiongju Daddy's master? He still is."
"What does Master Qiongju have to do with me?"
"Mother is the True Person Qiongju." Yaoyao said.
Gu Suihan and Shen Qingmang's expressions changed at the same time. Gu Suihan asked, "Why do you say that? Master Qiongju has been gone for many years."
Yaoyao counted on her fingers. "There's a lot of evidence. First, Sister Arong and Brother Haoxin both call Aniang "Master" in private."
"That's because I gave them guidance." Shen Qingmang said.
"But Hao Xinge is such a proud man. If he didn't have great respect for you, why would he accept your guidance?" Yaoyao continued without waiting for Shen Qingmang to refute, "Secondly, Grandpa Qi and Grandpa Shi are my father's elders and call him by his name, but he has called you "Junior Sister" several times. Other than habits die hard, I can't think of any other reason."
"It's because I look a bit like True Man Qiongju. When I first met True Man Jinyan and True Man Jinting, they mistakenly thought I was the reincarnation of True Man Qiongju, so I said that if they didn't mind, they could also call me junior sister." Shen Qingmang's expression was calm.
Yaoyao frowned. "Will just because you look like me change their attitude towards you? In my opinion, Grandpa Shi isn't someone who can empathize. He's clearly unfeeling. How could he treat you, someone who only looks like his junior sister, differently, and even help you teach us without any regrets?"
"Because I'm not only a so-called 'junior sister' who looks like Qiongju, but I'm also the wife of the Taichu Sect's headmaster," Shen Qingmang said. "I shoulder the responsibility of managing the sect together with your father, and my status is almost equal to his. If others treat me with contempt, they are actually disrespecting the headmaster. Therefore, no matter if they were my peers or elders in the past, they will not treat me coldly."
"What A-niang said seems to make sense, but unfortunately..." Yaoyao's brows relaxed, and she hid her lips in a smile. "I forgot to tell you, I've asked Yiqing this question before. He has already acknowledged that you are the former Master Qiongju."
"What did he say?" Shen Qingmang opened his eyes wide.
"I asked him if you've changed much from the Master Qiongju you were before. He said your appearance has changed a lot, but your temperament hasn't changed."
"I was actually tricked out, Si Yiqing, you really are..." Shen Qingmang gritted his teeth.
"I told you not to tell him." said Gu Sui Han.
"He has become more and more backward over the years. He is not even as good as A Rong." She was a little angry.
Yaoyao smiled and said, "Mother, Father, what reason do you have to influence your daughter's decision now?"
"But he had a wife before, and they were very loving. Ah Rong is the fruit of their love. Would you not mind this?"
"I like him as a person. What does his past have to do with him? Even if he has married three or four Taoist partners, he is still single now. It doesn't affect my pursuit of him."
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