After finishing his business, Su Jiuli leisurely walked towards his residence. Actually, he found it strange. He thought Ye Sisi would come to see him and would have many questions to ask him.
Moreover, his main hall is so stylishly built, yet he didn't even go to see his junior sister when she returned. It's truly heartbreaking.
Lost in his sorrow, he returned to their lodgings.
Although they decided to rebuild the sect, the mountain where they originally lived was still only accessible to a few of them. Every time they finished their work and returned here, they felt all the pressure on them disappear. It was an indescribable feeling, but they were very happy.
From a distance, he could see that the courtyard reserved for Ye Sisi was lit up, while the other courtyards were dark and empty.
He gently knocked on the gate of Xia Ye Sisi's courtyard. After a while, the gate opened and Ye Sisi stood by the gate, yawning, her eyes still a little dazed.
Su Jiuli remained silent. It turned out that this guy had come back to sleep. He felt a pang of sadness. Sleeping was more important than him, the senior brother.
Ye Sisi yawned and looked at the silent Su Jiuli, saying, "Senior Brother, what brings you here?"
Su Jiuli...
He turned and left. He figured he couldn't bring himself to hit him, so he might as well just stay out of sight and out of mind.
Ye Sisi was still a little dazed when she saw that the handsome senior brother who had just been standing in front of her was now just a lonely figure with his back turned.
She quickly chased after him and said, "Senior Brother, what's wrong? Who upset you? I'll go beat him up for you."
Su Jiuli... he still didn't really want to talk.
They had thought that their junior sister had worked hard, staying alone in the Forbidden Land of the Underworld for so long, so they specially brought the newly accepted disciples to the mountain gate to welcome her, but she was having too much fun to even see them.
That's not all. After playing around at the mountain gate, she didn't even go to see him when she went to sleep. Now that he's come to see her, she even asks him what he's doing here. In other words, who has a senior brother who is more heartbroken than him?
Seeing that the people in front of her were walking faster and faster, Ye Sisi finally realized that she must have upset her senior brother.
So she quickly caught up with him, grabbed his arm and said, "Senior Brother, I was wrong. I was just half asleep and talking nonsense. That's not what I meant."
Su Jiuli felt a pang of sadness, but wasn't really angry. Seeing Ye Sisi's flustered expression, he smiled and said, "Oh, you don't mean anything by that?"
"I didn't mean I didn't want you to come, I just fell asleep," she said, then paused, puzzled, "That's not right, how could I have fallen asleep? I was clearly digging up flowers and plants!"
Su Jiuli initially thought she was pretending to be stupid, but seeing her puzzled expression, she asked seriously, "What's wrong? What did you mean by what you just said?"
Ye Sisi tilted her head and thought for a moment before shaking her head: "I don't know. I clearly remember arranging the courtyard, but when I woke up I found myself in bed. Could I have been sleepwalking?"
Su Jiuli realized that the girl was trying to change the subject, and smiled helplessly: "Next time you want to change the subject, make up a better reason, otherwise I'll have to practice swordsmanship with you myself."
Ye Sisi chuckled, and seeing that her senior brother had returned to normal, she said, "Hehe, senior brother, why don't you come to my place for a chat?"
Without waiting for Su Jiuli's reply, she grabbed his hand and led him towards her courtyard, muttering as she walked, "Senior Brother, I was wrong today. The soft bed was just too comfortable, and I couldn't resist falling asleep on it. I really didn't mean to forget you. I promise, I'll never do it again..."
Su Jiuli's already gentle features appeared even more tender amidst her junior sister's nagging. She thought her junior sister was quite nice; she should be lively and active at such a young age.
The two went to the small garden at the back, and Ye Sisi pointed to the swing she had set up that afternoon and said, "Senior Brother, would you like to try it out?"
To be honest, Su Jiuli did want to, but after all, she was the head of a sect, and she still had to maintain her image.
So he shook his head and said, "You sit here by yourself."
Ye Sisi noticed his unusual behavior and smiled as she pulled him forward, saying, "Oh, Senior Brother, there's no one else here, the disciples can't see us, so don't be shy."
Su Jiuli sat on the swing somewhat awkwardly. He had ridden on it when Meng Tianyuan took him on a trip to the mortal realm when he was very young. More than 20 years had passed in the blink of an eye. He wondered how they were doing in the upper realm.
Ye Sisi gently pushed the swing with her spiritual power. She had many questions she wanted to ask, but when she turned her head, she saw Su Jiuli looking up at the starry sky, seemingly lost in thought. His eyes were as bright as the Milky Way.
Then she stared blankly at Su Jiuli.
She had always known that Su Jiuli was beautiful, with delicate and flawless features, and a rare gentleness between her brows and eyes. In particular, her eyes were especially beautiful, as if they contained the whole world.
But the good looks he had back then were different from the ones he had now. Apart from those few people, although he seemed gentle and reasonable in front of others, he gave people a very fake and hypocritical feeling.
Even in front of them, he could never let go of the burden of being the senior disciple. In addition, he had a master who didn't care about anything except the sword. He was truly worried sick about this sect.
But at this moment, all his sense of distance and burdens seemed to have been discarded. He was not the senior disciple of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, nor the new sect leader. He was simply Su Jiuli. His eyes were filled with genuine joy, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The two of them remained silent, one gazing at the starry sky and the other at the beautiful woman, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Sisi saw that Su Jiuli had not yet come to her senses, so she rolled her eyes and screamed in terror.
Su Jiuli froze, alarm bells rang, and she quickly turned around to ask, "What's wrong?"
As soon as he turned his head, he was met with a deathly pale face. A green, eerie light shone on that face, making it look very strange.
Su Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively raised her hand and slapped him.
Ye Sisi didn't expect her senior brother to react so strongly. It was just making a face, why did he have to hit her? And what's worse, he even slapped her in the face. What if she gets disfigured?
If she hadn't reacted quickly and activated the teleportation talisman on her arm to escape with lightning speed, she would have lost her face today.
Su Jiuli breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had missed. If she had hit it hard...
He shuddered just thinking about it.
"Senior Brother, confess honestly, what shameful things were you thinking just now? Why did you react so strongly? Do you know that you were just a hair's breadth away from being separated from your smart and lovely junior sister forever!"
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