After putting away the pots and pans and ending the day's porridge distribution, Zhu Yi shivered as the desolate autumn wind carried a strong, eerie aura.
Suddenly, he remembered a dream from his past life, in which Xiao Zhuyi and Jiang Lin were bullied and humiliated by Jiang Chenying and the Demon Serpent Clan.
If Zhu Yi's current life is a chance for rebirth earned by Jiang Lin in his previous life, who tirelessly repaired his soul by dragging a thick, long snake tail throughout the spirit world.
Does that mean that Zhu Yi will meet Su Linyuan in the cultivation world in this life, and then she will make up for all the regrets of the past?
Zhu Yi's eyes suddenly welled up with tears. Her face was filled with a satisfied and expectant smile, which made Su Linyuan's heart flutter for no reason.
"Were you frightened?" Su Linyuan asked, puzzled, but his intuition told him that girls were all so delicate and should be taken good care of.
Zhu Yi leaned close to Su Linyuan's ear, blowing a warm, damp breeze into it, "Guess! Even if you guess right, I won't tell you~"
"naughty!"
Su Linyuan looked down at her with a smile, his blush making Zhu Yi very happy: she felt a great sense of accomplishment for her first attempt at teasing a naive young man!
"Aww!"
Jinbao, with a carefree air, brought the little girl over: "Junior sister, I see that all your skills are going to waste, and I feel very sorry for you. So I've taken you on as a little apprentice. You must teach her well!"
"What?" Zhu Yi was dumbfounded, staring incredulously at Jinbao and the little girl.
"I'm still a child myself..."
"Master, Master above, please accept me as your disciple!" The little girl, now cleaned up, was still frail and thin, her pitiful eyes like those of a little kitten begging for cat food on the street...
Help! Zhu Yi still has the mind of a human child, how did she turn around and become someone else's master?
Zhu Yi chuckled awkwardly and helped the little girl up. "Oh dear, what are you doing? This is making me very upset. It's not that I don't like you, I just need to ask my master if he'll allow it..."
"Junior sister, there's no need to worry. Master has already agreed."
Zhu Yi gritted her teeth, really wanting to beat Jinbao to death for his frivolous and delusional behavior. Did he not remember when he transformed into his original form, shaking his head and drooling as he waited for food by the stove?
Sure enough, the jade pendant between the master and disciple at the waist gleamed. Zhu Yi picked it up and saw two large characters that read "Approved," which were particularly eye-catching.
I don't know what kind of telekinetic technique Master Yujing used, but a small jade pendant carved with a lotus flower suddenly appeared from her pink jade pendant...
Zhu Yi asked Jinbao with a sinister look, "Senior brother, have you been eating a bit too much lately?"
I'm making it crystal clear to you that I'm not going to cook for you anymore. Do you have a problem with that?
Jinbao smiled with a strong sense of integrity: "Give your disciple a name! It seems that she is not liked by her family either. If you take her in, it will be a way to give her a place to settle down."
The little girl looked like she was about to cry, and Zhu Yi really couldn't bring herself to be cruel.
"Alright, alright, from now on you can call me Master! Are your parents willing to come with me?"
A strange light flashed in the girl's clear eyes. "They probably want to, but they don't like me."
"I understand." Parents who would snatch food from their daughter's begging and give it to their son would probably sell their daughter without hesitation when they grow up to get a wife for their son.
Zhu Yi sensed the hidden injustice and hatred in the girl's heart. It was because of her parents' injustice that the girl, who did not receive care on the escape route, so readily chose to leave her family.
How old are you?
"Eight years old." The little girl's voice was timid, and she was very afraid that Zhu Yi would abandon her. She suppressed her longing and sobs as they reached Zhu Yi's ears.
Zhu Yi was momentarily dazed.
The scenes interweave when Zhu Yi is eight years old, the original owner of this body—oh, no, not the original owner, but the other half of herself living in the cultivation world.
Zhu Yi, who had been openly bullied by the Zhu family for too long, was as thin as a chick. Standing in front of the elegant and benevolent Master Miaoyin, Zhu Yi was filled with fear that her master would not take her to the Hehuan Sect for cultivation.
Zhu Yi thought that at that time she really longed to leave the Zhu family and start over in a completely new place.
Although an eight-year-old child cannot yet comprehend the complexities of life, she knows who has taken away her food and who has kindly touched her forehead and said, "This child is like a frightened little wildcat; I'd like to take her home as a little medicine boy."
The gentle smile and clear voice of Master Miaoyin were still clearly imprinted in Zhu Yi's mind.
Without realizing it, my eyes welled up with tears again.
A clean, white handkerchief was extended and quietly placed in front of Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi looked up and saw Su Linyuan gazing intently at her with a serious nod.
He was half a head taller than her, and the way he looked down at her clearly revealed his jawline, sharp and angular. She was speechless for a moment.
But his concerned gaze clearly indicated that he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he sensed that Zhu Yi was lost in some kind of memory, so he remained silent and did not disturb her.
Zhu Yi said, "I was just thinking that I was also eight years old when I first joined the Hehuan Sect."
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