Chapter 121 My junior sister has been acting strangely lately. He knows she's not the junior sister...
Wow, there are so many people!
After the sect leader and his wife left, their disciples, who were sitting in their seats, also departed one by one.
The disciples who had been sitting quietly all stood up.
As soon as Ji Mingran stood up, he saw Yu Tianxing and Jiang Chaoxing stand up from their chairs and instantly appear outside the door.
She took off to chase after him.
For some reason, the young disciples swarmed towards her, shoulder to shoulder, a dozen or so almost bumping into her. Ji Mingran dodged left and right, then hopped over the sweeping legs like a hopscotch, slipping through the gaps in the dense crowd like a slippery little fish.
Several arms reached out, but none managed to touch a single bit of her sleeve.
The junior disciples who had gathered around were stunned. "What? She got away?"
The leader turned around hurriedly, only to see that thin and frail figure had already skipped and run behind the handsome and aloof young man.
"Trying to pester Yu Tianxing again? Do they really think he has the time or inclination for that..."
But the listless-looking boy seemed to sense something, stopped, and turned to look at her.
Then, I lowered my head to listen to her speak.
“This…” The leader’s eyes darkened, and he gritted his teeth.
"Did she really hook up with Yu Tianxing?" the other junior disciples asked hesitantly.
The youngest disciple's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, "Yu Tianxing doesn't have time to worry about her all the time, just wait and see!"
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Jiang Chaoxing practically dragged Yu Tianxing along at a brisk pace. He wanted to use magic, but the man seemed completely listless, pacing slowly.
"What's wrong with you?!" Jiang Chaoxing narrowed his long eyes. "What did that little brat say to you just now?"
Before he knew it, the frail little girl seized the opportunity to speak a few words to Yu Tianxing. Although Yu Tianxing ignored her, he walked with a dragging gait afterward, not as quickly as when he left.
The handsome young man lowered his eyes slightly, as if deep in thought. Hearing Jiang Chaoxing's question, his eyelashes fluttered, and as if waking from a dream, a faint look of doubt appeared in his eyes, "...Who?"
"Oh, no, no, I meant, why are you so distracted?" Jiang Chaoxing quickly corrected himself and deeply reflected on his actions. He had misunderstood; Yu Tianxing hadn't taken that little guy seriously at all.
Yu Tianxing: "I'm thinking about something."
Although it was as if he hadn't said anything at all, Jiang Chaoxing, who was already used to this, smoothly filled in the blanks in his mind and naturally replied, "That's right. Master wants you to break through to the fifth level of the Heart Sutra within three months. You really need to think about it carefully. Let's hurry back and start tonight. Let's study how to get the cultivation secrets out of Senior Sister."
"Senior Sister is very tight-lipped, so how about we ask Second Senior Brother instead? But he's not easy to deal with either." Jiang Chaoxing scratched his head, feeling that this was indeed a difficult situation.
But then Yu Tianxing said, "Go and cultivate. I'll think about it myself."
"We can study it together faster!" Jiang Chaoxing said anxiously, but when he looked up and met those indifferent, icy eyes, his heart skipped a beat.
Okay, so there's no way to refuse. Jiang Chaoxing could only say, "Alright, you can think about it quietly, I won't bother you."
After Jiang Chaoxing left, the secluded forest returned to silence, a cold wind blowing, causing the branches to tremble. Yu Tianxing waited for a long time before finally hearing soft footsteps coming from behind.
He turned around and met the person who was smiling at him.
"What do you mean by making me wait for you?" This was the only request she made when she grabbed him earlier.
"The wind is blowing tonight," the girl in front of me said. "My thatched hut can't withstand the wind."
She took it for granted and said, "Yu Tianxing, can you fix this for me?"
Under the moonlight, the boy stood silently, his cold eyes fixed on the person who had made the absurd request.
"You told me to wait for you just to say this?"
The girl tilted her head, her clear eyes sparkling. "Otherwise what? What did you think I was going to say?"
I didn't know, so I kept thinking about it and actually waited for her. And this is how it turned out.
"Who do you think you are?" the boy said, his face darkening. He turned and walked away.
Ji Mingran smiled and waited in place.
Those who left soon returned.
"Where is it?" His handsome face was as cold as frost. "I'll go take a look."
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In recent days, Yu Tianxing has noticed that his junior sister is acting strangely.
As he pondered this, his dark eyes glanced to the side, and before he could catch up, he stopped in his tracks.
Noticing his waiting, the girl who had been following closely behind him looked up, her bright eyes curving like the moon: "You're here."
"This junior sister," Yu Tianxing thought, "was she always so cheerful?"
He had met this junior sister a few times before. She was timid and reserved, always keeping her head down and going her own way. She would sit alone in the corner of the study hall and had little presence.
He remembered her because she was thin and frail, and the sect robes she wore seemed particularly ill-fitting. Several times she tripped over them because of this, which made the other disciples laugh.
Surrounded by onlookers, she felt extremely embarrassed, her tightly pressed lips trembling, and her eyes brimming with tears.
And then there was the last time, when she was surrounded by her fellow disciples in a corner for several days, her face ashen and her whole body trembling like a leaf. He happened to pass by, and the girl who had been surrounded, like a frightened bird, looked up and met his gaze, her eyes filled with panic.
Yu Tianxing turned his head immediately, but continued walking forward without stopping.
This is none of his business.
The second senior brother has always been in charge of teaching the disciples, and the eldest senior sister is still alive. If there is any injustice, she can ask the other senior brothers and sisters for help. Since she doesn't save herself, she doesn't need anyone else to save her.
"So why did you tell Senior Sister? Why did you get involved in this?" Jiang Chaoxing later complained.
"On the way." The boy lifted his thick, long eyelashes, seemingly nonchalant.
Then, after hearing that she had fainted from fright, her senior sister led her back to the study hall.
Since then, everything has been different.
People who used to be quiet and timid have become flamboyant.
She used to sit in the corner of the study hall, but now she always sits in the first row, right in front of the teacher and everyone else.
When the Master asked questions in class, very few disciples could answer them. They would always avoid the Master's hopeful gaze, secretly praying that he would not call on them.
She would always raise her arms high immediately, swaying them dramatically from side to side as if afraid the teacher wouldn't see her. Whenever the teacher called on her to answer, she would always give a crisp and loud reply.
The master was pleased and began to pay attention to her.
She laughed more and talked more than before.
Yu Tianxing didn't often attend classes with his fellow disciples of the same age, and the children of the same age rarely interacted with him. They were like oil and water, keeping to themselves. Normally, he wouldn't have noticed this junior sister, much less the changes in her.
How did he discover it?
Because his junior sister wouldn't let him go.
That day, his junior sister knocked on his desk and said with a smile that she had arrived.
She's here? What's she doing here?
Yu Tianxing found it strange, and so did Jiang Chaoxing, who looked at her with a suspicious expression amidst her astonishment.
He wanted to ask her, but the sect urgently summoned him, so he couldn't bring himself to ask. Before leaving the study hall, he couldn't help but remind her of something.
After the gathering dispersed, before leaving Wusi Hall to rest, he felt someone chasing behind him. He turned around and saw it was his junior sister.
Because she had run so fast, the junior sister was panting, her face flushed, and her eyes looked even brighter. She said, "From now on, I want to sit with you in class. Oh, where are you going next? I'll go with you."
She spoke with such conviction. Yu Tianxing remained silent, simply looking at her.
The girl didn't look away, but stared directly into his eyes, her smile becoming even more flamboyant, and said, "Ji-Ming-Ran, my name is Ji Mingran, you really have to remember that this time."
He remembered it.
Later, she naturally asked him to repair the house.
He should have refused, but by the time he realized it, his hands and clothes were already covered in straw.
From then on, she clung to him and followed him everywhere.
Jiang Chaoxing objected several times and even reached out to push her away, but the junior sister was small in stature but quick-witted, and Jiang Chaoxing managed not to get even a little bit close to her.
He didn't verbally refuse, and Jiang Chaoxing didn't dare to use magic to attack her, but secretly tried to persuade him not to interfere with her.
To say she clung to him was merely a ploy to make those who were eyeing her hesitate and not dare to do anything to her. Everything she did was purposeful.
In the long run, it will only drag him down.
Jiang Chaoxing's words made sense. As long as she stayed behind him, the people following her would scatter. Sticking to him was a good way to shake off those who had ill intentions towards her.
Logically speaking, her affairs with those fellow disciples are none of my business, and I shouldn't interfere.
For some reason, when I met those eyes, I couldn't bring myself to say the words of refusal.
Moreover...she, she also...Remembering this, Yu Tianxing's fair face flushed slightly.
"Yu Tianxing," a sweet voice called out to him.
He snapped back to reality and looked down, where Ji Mingran's face rapidly loomed larger in his field of vision.
Immediately afterwards, her lips touched something soft.
"Awooo!" Jiang Chaoxing screamed and ran away.
Her fair cheeks, which were originally tinged with a light pink, turned a deep red, as if dyed by the sunset, and the color spread to her ears.
That night, he built a door for her thatched hut, and that's how she treated him.
"What are you doing?" Having been ambushed like this several times, Yu Tianxing could no longer remain calm and finally asked.
Not only was his junior sister puzzled, but he himself was too. He had always disliked others bumping into him, let alone his junior sister being so rude, and doing so more than once.
But he just wouldn't get angry, not even...
It must be because the recent cultivation tasks have been too heavy and the sect affairs have been too troublesome, causing him to lose his mind.
The junior sister replied with a smile, "Practice, because I need to practice more."
"Practice?" A surge of anger suddenly rose in his heart, and Yu Tianxing's voice was icy: "Would you even find someone else to practice with?"
As soon as he said it, he was taken aback. Why was he asking that? Shouldn't he be angry at his junior sister for being so disrespectful to him?
"No," the junior sister said, "I'll only look for you."
The anger that had surged within him vanished in an instant. Yu Tianxing was still annoyed at himself for being so spineless, not even noticing the smile that had crept onto his lips.
Her sleeve was tugged, and the junior sister looked up and said, "I'm going back to my residence to get something to eat. Do you want to come with me? Or I can go back by myself first and come find you later."
She has been studying diligently lately, and when she doesn't have classes, she goes to his place to study together.
Yu Tianxing lowered his head and gazed at his junior sister. Their studies were different, so it was more like he was teaching her than studying together. If she was busy, he would have more time to cultivate.
But for some inexplicable reason, she said, "I'll go with you."
Yu Tianxing knew perfectly well what was going on.
It wasn't just his junior sister who was strange; he himself was too.
The junior sister tugged at his sleeve and walked ahead.
Looking at Rouyi tugging at his sleeve, Yu Tianxing thought that perhaps all these changes were because his junior sister was no longer his junior sister.
Yes, from the moment the table was struck and he looked up to meet those clear, bright eyes, he knew that the person before him had become someone else. Rather than saying that another person's soul had been placed inside the shell, it would be more accurate to say that the soul inside the shell had truly awakened.
He didn't know his junior sister's name.
But he knew that her name was now Ji Mingran.
No one else discovered it except him. His father said he was exceptionally gifted, and perhaps that was why he discovered the truth.
This is a strange matter; it could be a big deal or a small one. If she is discovered, who knows what will happen to her?
As his fingertips brushed against her cheek, Yu Tianxing lowered his eyelashes and, through her sleeve, grasped his hand in return.
This is Ji Mingran's secret; he won't tell anyone.
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