Lu Ziling and the other two women waited until dusk before leaving the Wenren Mansion gates with heavy hearts.
The next morning, the three women arrived at the Wenren residence again and stood silently to the side of the gate.
“Ladies, Young Master Fufeng has already gone into seclusion. There’s no point in waiting for him. He has no idea you’re here waiting for him.”
"Is Senior Brother in seclusion? Then you must not disturb him. We can just wait here. He knows we are here, even if we don't tell him."
"Why bother? Young Master Fufeng is determined to sever ties with you. Doing this will only make him dislike you."
“You don’t understand our feelings for our senior brother. He is a very important person in our lives. We lost him for some strange reasons, and now we must find him again!”
"Sigh...then you guys keep waiting."
...
On the third day, the three women arrived at the Wenren residence early in the morning again.
"Ladies, please don't stand outside. Please wait inside the manor. My young lady has already prepared tea for you."
"Please thank your young lady on our behalf, but there's no need. We'll just wait outside. If our senior brother wants to see us, he will come out to meet us. If he doesn't want to see us, we can wait at his door, but he won't see us."
"But……"
"Don't worry, we'll stand in a slightly off-center spot so we won't block your way in and out. You don't need to worry about the three of us; just pretend we don't exist."
...
On the fourth day, the three of them still hadn't seen Chi Yuan.
On the fifth day, everything remained the same.
Day 6...
The seventh day...
...
Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
It is located to the right of the Wenren Mansion, some distance from the main gate.
Wenren Bingying looked at Ning Wan'er, whose pupils had become somewhat dull, with a complicated expression. She said softly, "Miss Wan'er, can you tell me about your story with your senior brother?"
Upon hearing the words "senior brother," Ning Wan'er's eyes lit up. She looked up at the horizon, a look of reminiscence on her face, and said, "My story with my senior brother... well, there's a lot to tell."
"In my memory, I was taken back to the sect by my master when I was in exile. At that time, I was filthy and smelled bad. When the senior sisters first saw me, they all avoided me with disgust. Only one person saw me and not only did not feel disgusted, but also gently held my dirty hand and called me junior sister with a friendly smile. He was my senior brother!"
“When I first entered the sect, I was very shy and felt that everyone was hostile to me. Even my senior brother, who was very kind to me, was always on guard. I thought to myself, he is not my father or mother, and we are not related. Why is he so nice to me for no reason? He must have ill intentions!”
"So I was terrified, because I remembered the people and things I had seen on the road to exile. Some bad people would specifically target pretty young girls, and when they were starving and couldn't find anything to eat, they would pretend to be kind and give them alms. Once they gained the girls' favor, they would reveal their evil fangs and assault them... I was very worried that my senior brother was such a bad person. Therefore, even after joining the sect, I still made myself look disheveled, just like when we were in exile, for fear that my senior brother would have bad intentions towards me."
"What I didn't expect was that even though I had made myself very dirty and ugly, and some male disciples avoided me like the plague, my senior brother still didn't feel disgusted at all. He stood at a distance from me that I wouldn't avoid, and gently told me some interesting stories... That's when I realized that my senior brother really wanted to be good to me."
"I gradually began to accept my senior brother and obediently listened to him, making sure I looked clean and tidy. He said that if I dressed too ugly, people wouldn't like me. I was afraid he wouldn't like me, so I not only made sure I looked clean and tidy every day, but I also started learning how to dress up from the other senior sisters. I thought that this would make him like me more and have some bad ideas about me, but he still treated me the same as before, just as a junior sister."
"Later, I began to cultivate. My senior brother really took good care of me. He would always take time out of his spare time to guide my cultivation, and he would also refine various pills for me to help me cleanse my marrow and bones and expand my meridians. He would always satisfy me without hesitation, and never asked me for anything in return."
"After that, as my cultivation improved, my senior brother began to take me on various training missions, to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, to the Lava Valley, to the Heavenly Stream Pool... But no matter where we went, my senior brother always protected me very well, always giving me the sense of security I had longed for during my exile. As long as my senior brother was by my side, no matter what situation I faced, I would feel very safe, just like my guardian angel..."
Ning Wan'er gazed at the horizon with tears glistening in her eyes. The slightly dazed smile on her pretty face gradually faded, and her eyes dimmed. "Do you know? My world used to be cold and dark, without any light or warmth. But my senior brother's appearance was like a ray of light shining into my world, making my whole world bright and warm. To me, he is not only my senior brother, but also my whole sky!"
"I have never thought about what life would be like without my senior brother, because in my opinion, it is simply impossible. Even if I can't be my senior brother's woman, as long as he is still my senior brother and still lives in my world, he will still be my everything and will never disappear from my life!"
"But……"
As Ning Wan'er spoke, a deep hatred and sorrow suddenly appeared in her eyes: "Everything changed after Ye Chen appeared. I don't understand what happened. Ever since he appeared, it's as if I've been stripped of my feelings for my senior brother. There's no longer a sky for me to look up to in my heart. I feel like I've lost my soul, and I've become cold and heartless towards my senior brother..."
"Miss Wenren, do you understand why this is?"
Ning Wan'er gazed at Wenren Bingying with sorrowful eyes. Before he could answer, she continued speaking, her voice filled with grief and resentment: "What did I do wrong? Why is Heaven treating me like this? Why use the cruelest punishment to strip me of my feelings for my senior brother, and even make me the culprit who persecuted him, pushing him into the abyss with my own hands..."
"Miss Wenren, tell me, why did Heaven do this?! Why did I have to lose my beloved senior brother?!"
"..."
Wenren Bingying's face turned pale. She never imagined that Ning Wan'er's feelings for Chi Yuan were so profound and deep-rooted.
In comparison, what do my own feelings amount to?
Does she... really still have a chance?
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