Time passed in a blink of an eye and it was July. Every day, besides looking for the exit of the illusion, she was accompanied by those children from the noble families to wander around Wuguang City. It was not that she liked those people very much, but they were really generous. They gave her a hairpin and jade bracelet casually, and she could get a lot of money in the pawnshop.

Actually, Yao Yue didn't have high material desires. After all, he had practiced in the mountains for sixteen years. But he always felt bad seeing the young boy busying around every day while he was eating and living for free.

At first, when she brought him some food, he was unhappy but still ate it in order not to waste food; later, when she started to buy a new house, he became completely angry.

Jiang Mi didn't like to receive charity from others, not to mention that the money came from those young masters he hated. This matter had already touched his bottom line. Moreover, he didn't want her to associate with those people. Anyone could see what they thought of her.

Yao Yue tried very hard to convince him that the money was hers, but failed, so the two of them had been in a cold war for nearly half a month.

Today is the Qiqiao Festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. When she woke up, Jiang Mi was already busy in the fields, and had no intention of taking the initiative to reconcile with her. She pushed the door open angrily and saw three sedan chairs waiting at the door. She simply picked one and sat in it without looking back and went into the city.

When she sat on it, she found it was the Xing family's sedan chair, which slowly carried her to Xingyuan's house.

The gate was pitch black, and two lifelike stone lions were guarding it, which was very majestic. Regardless of what the interior of the mansion was like, it looked very impressive from the outside. Just looking at the old but well-maintained walls that almost took up half of the street, you could tell that the Xing family was a famous family for generations, not a wealthy family that became rich overnight.

The young man standing at the gate looked like a jade tree from a distance, wearing an emerald green half-collared gown with a moon-white lining. At first glance, he didn't look like he was wearing gold and jade, but with a little insight, one could tell that the fan in his hand was priceless.

Xing Yuan didn't seem to have expected that she would choose to come to his house, and his expression was even a little overjoyed that he couldn't control: "Yao Yue..."

The girl's red dress was as red as fire and her face was as beautiful as a flower, which made his eyes hot and his heart beat fast. On the other hand, Yao Yue looked listless, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Suddenly, there were several barking sounds from the wall. Looking over, I saw Jiang Mi's dog had come here at some point, wagging its tail wildly at a white cat on the wall. Jiang Mi had said before that it would run away whenever it got angry, but it turned out to have come here...

Xing Yuan frowned and said, "Someone, drive this wild dog away. Don't scare Mimi."

**They all sent it to the wrong person... They are as stupid as their owner.

"There is an opera troupe at Yue Lao Temple tonight. Would Yao Yue like to go with me?"

The Yue Lao Temple was always the most lively place during the Qixi Festival, so she accepted the invitation without thinking too much. Unexpectedly, the play lasted for quite a while, and it was already midnight when it ended. She was so sleepy that she fell asleep as soon as she got on the sedan chair. Seeing this, Xing Yuan quietly ordered someone to carry the sedan chair back to the Xing family and clean up a room for her to stay overnight.

As the sedan chair arrived at the door, she was woken up by a sudden noise.

There was a rumble of thunder, which was clearly a loud noise, but it only seemed like a small cry echoing in the distance. The big raindrops were densely connected, and once they touched the clothes, the whole person was soaked. The clothes stuck to the body, and the hands and feet were so cold that they were stiff.

Two servants, one fat and one thin, and a young man got into an argument in front of the Xing Mansion. They seemed to be getting more and more irritated because of the heavy rain and were gradually about to start fighting.

"Where did this country boy come from to act wild here in the middle of the night? It's raining heavily and you made us come out to chase you away. How unlucky!"

The fat servant slapped the boy. He wanted to struggle and shout, but the thin servant covered his mouth. The cold rain poured down on his head, but he didn't feel the cold at all. He just felt the blood vessels throbbing and hitting his temples.

"Shh - stop shouting! If you disturb me from resting, I will break one of your legs!"

The boy knew they really dared, but there was no fear in his amber eyes: "I'm just looking for my sister!"

The two servants looked at each other and laughed: "Sister? Do you still have any shame?! Who gave you the courage to pick the stars in the sky? "

The thin servant hit him hard in the stomach, and his internal organs seemed to be shattered. It hurt at first, and then it felt hot and churning.

"Miss Yaoyue and our young master went to Yue Lao Temple," the fat servant pointed his nose with a thick finger, "Do you know where Yue Lao Temple is? If you know what's good for you, don't bother them again. Maybe our young master will pity you and give you some silver."

The most secret and softest part of his heart seemed to be ripped open alive and trampled on mercilessly. The boy endured the sharp pain in his chest and closed his hot eyes.

"Let me see her, please..."

"What are you looking for?" The fat servant slapped him on the head, making his ears buzz, "If you don't get out of here, we..."

The servant paused, then suddenly bowed behind him and said, "Sir, Miss Yaoyue."

He turned around suddenly and saw the girl in red standing under Xing Yuan's umbrella staring at him blankly. Xing Yuan frowned and asked, "Who allowed you to beat people here?"

——The implication is that if you want to fight, you shouldn't do it here, and you shouldn't let Yao Yue see it.

The rustling sound of heavy rain separated the sky and the earth. The two of them looked at each other through a layer of rain curtain, so close.

"elder sister……"

The thin and skinny boy stood straight and alone, with a look of embarrassment and confusion in his eyes, but more of it was the love that he tried hard to conceal but still could not hide.

"I know I was wrong... Can you... come back with me?"

When he said the last few words, his voice suddenly dropped and he seemed to be choking.

Tears slowly welled up in the girl's eyes uncontrollably, the tiny gleam of water invisible to anyone in the darkness.

"Well, let's go home..."

***

Perhaps because he had been in the rain for too long and had been beaten, Jiang Mi developed a high fever after taking a hot bath at home. Although she knew that he would be fine in this illusion, Yao Yue still couldn't help but worry. She told him to rest on the couch and asked Xing Yuan to find a doctor to see him overnight.

Xing Yuan knew that he was in the wrong and wanted to restore his image in her heart, so he promised to send someone to be on duty every day until Jiang Mi recovered.

Jiang Mi took the medicine and slept soundly. When he woke up, it was dark again. The girl was sleeping beside him. He could see her white earlobes in the moonlight. He couldn't help but feel distracted. He couldn't help but raise his hand and gently stroke her hair. The soft black and shiny hair slid through his fingers like cool silk, making him feel itchy.

"elder sister……"

As soon as the two words came out, the girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him lazily with a smile: "Awake?"

He was stunned, and suddenly realized that he was still touching her hair. He immediately let go as if he had been electrocuted, and felt his palms burning as if they were burned.

Yao Yue ignored the guilty look on someone's face, got out of bed, took a small pill and stuffed it into his mouth, pinching his face: "It was clearly your illusion, but you made yourself so miserable... You deliberately made me feel sad, didn't you?"

He didn't understand the first half of the sentence, but he did understand the second half. His heart was pounding and his breathing became rapid.

"Sister...feeling sorry for me?"

"Yes. Is the medicine bitter? Do I need to drink water?"

Jiang Mi came back to his senses and found his mouth full of bitterness. He covered his mouth and thought that he would never forget this bitter taste in his life.

Yao Yue got out of bed again and poured him a glass of water. In the dim light, her pair of black and white eyes seemed to contain flowing water light, as if the stars in the sky were all reflected in the depths of her beautiful pupils, and she just smiled at him.

He felt an itch in his throat, and the bitterness in his mouth suddenly turned into sweetness, a fresh and moving sweetness.

"Not bitter, sweet."

The next second, a pair of water-red lips came up, and the tip of the small tongue lightly swept across his teeth. Jiang Mi's mind instantly "boomed", his eyes widened in disbelief, and his breathing suddenly became heavy!

"elder sister……"

The girl's eyelids were slightly red, and she looked at him with some reproach and embarrassment in her watery eyes.

"Liar, it's obviously bitter."

Her voice was so soft, like a drop of rain hitting the wings of a dragonfly, stirring his heartstrings. He felt his breath was scalding, his blood was boiling, and his body was reacting uncontrollably.

At that moment, he wanted to grab the fairy, bite her lips, hold her in his arms, and repeat all the obscene things in the dream on her. But then reason prevailed -

Fairies are as beautiful as the summer sunset and the dew on the morning lotus. They should be worshipped highly. How could they be defiled by him?

At the same time, the girl placed the back of her slightly cool hand on his forehead, revealing a teasing yet meaningful smile: "Why is it hotter after taking the medicine than before?"

He was stunned accidentally, and when he reacted, the hand had already slipped in from under his shirt and moved across his chest. Jiang Mi's body trembled, and he subconsciously grabbed her hand. At this moment, his heart seemed to be filled with secrets, and it could be caught by her hand at any time, and there was no escape.

The girl let him grab her, her pair of black and white eyes staring at him without blinking, and asked softly in a mischievous but firm tone -

"Why, you don't allow me to touch you? Don't you like me?"

In an instant, the faint chirping of insects and human voices in the distance disappeared, and the only sound in the whole world was the night wind blowing through the window frames, making a rustling sound and covering the sky.

Jiang Mi moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked and no sound came out, and his cheeks turned red.

——This secret that I kept in my heart with trepidation, fearing it would be discovered, but at the same time also looking forward to being discovered, was suddenly spoken out by my beloved without my warning.

My sister knows I like her...

How did she guess that? Did I show it at some point? How well did she understand it?

Does she know that every day I find myself liking her a little more than the day before, to the point where I don’t know what to do…