"Snap—"
The faint sound of a twig snapping underfoot instantly alerted Su Yiren. She drew her sword and coldly demanded, "Who's there? Show yourself!"
A figure emerged from the bushes with a rustling sound. It was a dirty, skinny little boy with timid eyes looking at Su Yiren.
"Sister, don't kill me..."
Su Yiren's cold aura vanished, her expression turning icy. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"My name is Ye Jiusheng. I'm from a nearby village. I just wanted to come to the mountain to collect herbs to make a living," Ye Jiusheng answered obediently.
"Making a living?" Su Yiren sized up Ye Jiusheng without showing any emotion. "You look no more than ten years old. Would your parents let you go out to make a living?"
Ye Jiusheng knelt down. "Sister, I really didn't lie. My parents have passed away. I'm fourteen now. I wouldn't want to be like this if I weren't forced to. Sister, I have no one at home. Could you teach me martial arts and take me with you?"
Su Yiren felt a pang of pity, her lips pressed into a straight line, "My benefactor, what should we do?"
Standing idly by, the bright moon hanging high in the sky lazily said, "Ask him if he can cook."
Ye Jiusheng answered first, "I will, sister!"
"Stay."
Since Mingyue had spoken up and made the decision, Su Yiren sheathed her sword. "You can follow me. As for martial arts, if you have the talent, I will teach you."
"Thank you, sister!" Ye Jiusheng quickly kowtowed twice and scrambled to his feet. "Sister, if you want to eat rabbit, I can roast it."
Mingyue gave Su Yiren a wink, and Su Yiren understood, "I'll go find a few more."
Ye Jiusheng secretly glanced at Mingyue, who was leaning against the tree trunk. She looked younger than the older sister from before, so why was that older sister so respectful to this one?
"Kid, don't even think about hitting on me."
Ye Jiusheng's heart tightened, and he awkwardly withdrew his gaze, obediently waiting for Su Yiren to return.
Su Yiren processed three rabbits, and Ye Jiusheng stuck sticks into each rabbit, one in each hand. Su Yiren held the extra one and humbly learned from it.
That's when I realized that you have to turn the rabbit over from time to time when roasting it. No wonder the rabbit she just roasted was burnt to a crisp.
The three rabbits were all quite large. Ye Jiusheng handed two of the roasted rabbits to Mingyue, saying, "Sister, here you go."
Mingyue tore off a rabbit leg. "Judging from your appearance, you've been starving for years. You really shouldn't eat meat. Eat less."
"Thank you, sister."
Ye Jiusheng's eyes sparkled as he gratefully accepted the rabbit leg and wolfed it down.
Although he still wanted to eat, Mingyue was right; he had difficulty getting full, and suddenly eating meat would not be good for his health.
However, I was still a little surprised to see Mingyue eat almost two rabbits by herself. Could it be that this older sister has extremely high martial arts skills, so she consumes a lot of food?
"Ye Jiusheng, do you need to go to your house to pick up something? Are you sure you want to come with us?"
Ye Jiusheng shook his head, "No need. I have nothing at home, I'm all alone and have no ties. I'll just follow my sisters and be their servant."
“You’re not a slave, you don’t need to say these things.”
"yes."
Ye Jiusheng's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Su Yiren with gratitude.
The journey became much easier after that, especially with the addition of a cook, and Mingyue became even more amiable.
After spending a month together, the three of them sat on chairs in a restaurant, but no one came to ask them what they wanted to eat or drink.
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