The next day, sunlight streamed in and shone on Xiyun's face. She tried to touch her eyes, but felt as if her hand was being held by something, and she couldn't break free.
She slowly raised her head, wanting to see what was going on. The face she had been longing for came into view. Although she saw it every day, seeing Ye Suixin lying by the bedside made Xi Yun burst into tears. "Waaah~".
Upon hearing the sound, Sui Xin immediately sat up, thinking that Xi Yun had woken up. What she saw was Xi Yun with tears in her eyes and her body trembling slightly.
Sui Xin was also stunned. Looking at Ye Xiyun crying, he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. He hadn't seen Xiyun for more than five years, and his longing was beyond words.
Neither of them spoke, they held each other's hands tightly.
With a "pfft," Ye Xiyun, who was still crying, burst out laughing.
"How can a grown man like you cry so much?" Xi Yun said, her clear and melodious voice sounding less childish and more lively than it had been five years ago.
Sui Xin smiled, pulled Ye Xiyun into her arms, and smelled the familiar fragrance without saying a word. Xiyun also felt the warmth in front of her, just like more than ten years ago, still so comforting.
...
After a long while, the two gradually separated. Xi Yun spoke, "Sui Xin, I miss you so much, boohoo~", thinking of the past five years, thinking of the hairpin from five years ago, she couldn't help but cry again.
Sui Xin wiped away her tears. "I miss you too. That time I thought I was..." She didn't finish her sentence, afraid that Xi Yun would be reminded of those bad experiences.
"You're so silly. Why did you give me the life-saving item your master gave you?" She always felt guilty about Sui Xin giving her the hairpin.
"Who told you to be my sister? My sister, if I don't protect her, who will? Don't you think so?" Sui Xin took her hand and said lightly.
"But you can't disregard your own safety, you almost scared me to death."
"Let bygones be bygones, let's not talk about me anymore. What happened to you yesterday? Mother told me to ask you myself," Ye Suixin asked, finally voicing the biggest question on her mind.
Ye Xiyun turned her head away, "Hmph, I'm not telling you."
"Tell me quickly, or I won't feel at ease."
"Okay, call me 'sister' then."
"My dear sister, tell me quickly!"
"Alright, since your brother has been so obedient, I'll take pity on you and have a word with him."
"That day I entered the Medicine Valley..."
Ye Xiyun narrated slowly, trying to make the story easy to listen to, while Ye Suixin asked questions from time to time.
"So, you really gave him half a body of blood?"
"Well, what else can I do? I can't find any other way."
"Why don't you wait for Dad to bring him back?"
I'm worried there won't be enough time.
"You called me stupid, but you're stupid too."
"What did you say? Say it again if you dare, or I'll kill you!"
...
Then, when the topic turned to the Divine Grass, Ye Suixin asked, "So you are that little grass?"
"Um"
"Oh, I knew it! No wonder the grass was so familiar. No wonder it got anxious when I didn't ask you any questions," Ye Suixin joked.
Xi Yun blushed slightly, "How dare you say that? You even said you didn't want to miss her or anything, it's so cheesy."
Sui Xin blushed slightly, "Ahem, my sister... I don't want to miss out, so what?"
"snort"
"snort"
The two remained silent for a moment in tacit agreement.
Xi Yun spoke first: "So, how have you been these past five years?"
"That's the world inside the Heavenly Fate Pearl... It's a beautiful, comfortable, and warm place, but without my parents and you by my side, I feel very lonely. It's even a hell I never want to experience again." By the end, Sui Xin was serious, her playfulness gone.
"Is that so?" Ye Xiyun seemed to sense Ye Suixin's loneliness after hearing his words.
Sui Xin looked at Xi Yun, who was slowly losing her composure, and smiled. "It's alright. In the last two years, I kept hearing people say in my ear, 'I miss you,' 'Why aren't you back yet?' So it was alright."
Ye Xiyun's eyes widened in disbelief. Had all her words been heard? She felt so ashamed, and then her eyes reddened, as if she was about to cry again.
Upon seeing this, Ye Suixin quickly stopped smiling and looked at Ye Xiyun pleadingly, "My dear sister, I was wrong, don't cry."
Hearing Sui Xin's words, Xi Yun wiped her eyes, "Who cried? Don't talk nonsense."
"Alright, alright, so tell me how you've been these past few years."
"It's just so-so. Every day, besides cultivating, I just watch. Cough cough, all I do is cultivate," Xi Yun coughed, almost letting slip the secret.
"You didn't go to the sect's seventh peak." Sui Xin already knew about the changes in the sect. Given Xi Yun's cultivation and talent, going to the seventh peak would be no problem.
Xi Yun instinctively replied, "I'll wait for you. It's no fun going alone."
"Is that so? Shall we go take a look together in a couple of days?" Sui Xin replied and asked.
"Okay, I'll go wherever you go," Xi Yun said.
The two chatted for a long time afterward, as if they had endless things to say. When Lu Yeling called them to eat, they simply brought out the food, which was dumplings.
The two chatted all morning, and finally calmed down around noon. They went downstairs for lunch and then went out to see their two mentors and friends.
First, they went to Xiaoyao Peak where Lin Miao was located, which was where the two of them started their cultivation. Lin Miao treated them like her own children, and the two of them also felt a special connection to this place, especially the Ninth Hall.
At this moment, Lin Miao was sleeping in a chair when Sui Xin and Xi Yun quietly approached her, wanting to give her a surprise. Suddenly, Lin Miao opened her eyes and grabbed their arms, "You two naughty devils, you're so old already, and you still want to play tricks on your master?"
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