Chapter 103: Shouldn't you be praising me?
Qingyue rushed to the riverbed, climbed to a high place, and looked at the distant canyon. Although the boulders were still there, the channels under the boulders were enough to drain the floodwaters.
Seeing that the floodwaters had gradually receded, Qingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Meng Yu! This is up to you! I've cleared the path under the boulders in the canyon. Just watch, the flood should recede in a few days!" Lang Zhi shouted in a loud voice.
"Yes, Lord Langzhi!" Meng Yu replied loudly.
"Then Lord Yinhao and I will head back!"
"Yes, Lord Langzhi!"
Qingyue heard Langzhi's voice and felt relieved. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she saw Langzhi limping onto the shore.
"Tuan Yue! Tuan Yue! You're finally here!" Lang Zhi saw Qing Yue and quickly chased after her, taking her arm and saying, "You have no idea! I was almost crushed to death just now! If I hadn't had the quick thinking to scatter immediately, you would never have seen me again!"
"Let go!" Qingyue glanced at Langzhi, who was covered in mud, and said in a low voice, "You think you can get crushed to death?"
"Well... I won't die from this, but I'm injured!" Langzhi patted Qingyue's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "My hut is definitely ruined. Let's go to your place, and you can take a look at all my injuries..."
"Get lost." Qingyue shoved away Langzhi, who was leaning close to her. "I'm going to the lake to take a look..."
Langzhi pulled Qingyue close, saying, "What are you looking at? The situation by the lake has stabilized. They've all gone back, leaving only Guan Yue and his men to guard the area!" As she spoke, Langzhi couldn't help but press herself against Qingyue's body, "You have no idea how scared I was just now..."
"You're still afraid?!" Qingyue glanced at Langzhi, only to see Langzhi's eyes shining with sincerity as he said, "Tuanyue, if I were alone, I wouldn't be afraid of anything! But now I have you, and our Yao'er, and I... I'm really scared..."
"Langzhi..." Qingyue was touched by Langzhi's words, her eyes welling with tears as she leaned against his chest. Yes! We have Yao'er...
"Tuan Yue," Lang Zhi hugged Qing Yue tightly, a surge of longing welling up inside him again. He carefully tried, and it seemed to work, so he excitedly whispered, "Um... I think I'm alright... or maybe..."
"Get lost!" Qingyue pushed Langzhi away, decisively rejecting Langzhi's improper invitation.
The channel was open, the floodwaters receded, the lake water stabilized, and Langzhi... was alright...
Qingyue thought about it carefully again, and after confirming that there was nothing else, she finally felt relieved and hurried back. Her biggest worry now was Su Yuyao, their Yao'er…
"Tuan Yue, how about... I stay at your place! Please take me in?" Lang Zhi followed behind Qing Yue, pleading incessantly. "We're not strangers, if you take me in, it won't bother Guan Yue, otherwise he'll have to spend time finding me a place... I saw there's another room in your courtyard, it's a bit messy and dirty, but I don't mind! I'll tidy it up myself..."
Qingyue wasn't in the mood to respond to Langzhi's nagging. She was thinking about the fish fin that Su Yuyao had cut off. With that fin, they could find out who was behind it all...
...
Inside the tortoise shell, chaos had already broken out.
Hai Chao slapped his thigh, crying with regret, and scolded him with heartache, "You unfilial son! You idiot!..."
Xie Ao frowned and pressed down on the furiously roaring Qiang Ji, using his Qi to stop the bleeding from the remaining half of Qiang Ji's arm.
The veins on his body bulged, and he gritted his teeth as he cursed, "You brat...you brat..."
The golden moss rat looked at this scene that it had brought upon itself, a hint of disdain flashing in its eyes, and bowed to ask, "Lord Tide, how should this humble servant report this?"
"Report?!" Hai Chao was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it. He turned around and glared at the golden moss rat, taking steps closer to it.
Although Chao Xi was his younger brother, he was also the attendant of the Goddess Yi Mu, and Ze Yuan was a Daoist Heavenly Lord, whose status was far too high for him to touch, nor dare to touch! However, the Golden Moss Rat…
Hai Chao stared with bloodshot eyes and raised his hand to slap the golden moss rat.
The golden moss rat understood Hai Chao's thoughts and accepted the slap head-on.
The gauze hat twirled and flew down, while the golden moss mouse lowered its head, waiting for the second slap.
Hai Chao looked at the golden moss rat; the deep scar that cut from its forehead to the bridge of its nose and then to the corner of its mouth was still shocking.
"Get out! Tell Tide that we're going back!" Tide turned around with his hands behind his back, seemingly disgusted by the ugly golden moss rat in front of him.
"Yes!" the golden moss rat replied, bowing low. It picked up the gauze hat, put it back on, and exited the tortoise shell.
...
Qingyue rushed to the mountaintop with great anxiety, while Langzhi tugged at Qingyue's sleeve and murmured sweet nothings.
"Your Highness! Lord Langzhi!" Granny Zhong greeted them with a displeased expression. "There are some matters... that may require your assistance in making a trip to the school..."
Qingyue asked in surprise, "Us? To the school? What for?"
Lang Zhi suddenly felt guilty. Could it be that Yu Qing had done something strange again? He cleared his throat and raised an eyebrow at Granny Zhong.
Granny Zhong rolled her eyes at Lang Zhi and said, "It's related to Miss Yao'er..."
"What?!" Qingyue and Langzhi were even more confused...
The schoolyard was brightly lit and bustling with activity.
Baihu, Fengzhan, and Zangmao were all held in their mothers' arms, while the other mothers, each with their children, gathered together and whispered among themselves.
"This Miss Yao'er is really going too far! She doesn't follow any of our rules at all!"
"Exactly! In any dangerous situation, protecting the children should be the priority. But she went and threatened Baihu and the others to go out and play! And she even talked about saving Jiujiao Mountain!"
"We're not going there to play!" White Tiger shouted indignantly. "We're really going to save Jiujiao Mountain!"
White Tiger Mother patted White Tiger's forehead and said seriously, "It's precisely because we're really going to save Nine Suburbs Mountain that it's dangerous!"
"Exactly! That was too dangerous! Our Zangmao almost lost his life!" Zangmao's mother stroked Zangmao's head tenderly. "You're such a simpleton! Look at your paws! You almost wore your nails down!"
Zang Mao looked at his bare fingertips. "Oh dear, Mom! We're alright..."
"What do you mean 'nothing'?! Fengzhan's arms are so tired he can't even lift them!" Fengzhan's mother said indignantly, rolling her eyes.
"This Miss Yao'er really needs to be disciplined!" Uncle Mi couldn't help but chime in, watching the commotion. "She's been eating and drinking at my place! I've been angry but dared not say a word!"
"Really?! That's really domineering!" everyone agreed.
"How could it not be domineering? It almost burned down half a mountain!"
"That's right! Yuqing! Miss Yao'er burned down your courtyard! When Lord Xuanfeng returns, you'll have to give him a good thrashing!"
Yu Qing was anxiously waiting for Granny Zhong at the courtyard gate. Not wanting to gossip, she rolled her eyes and said, "My affairs are none of your business!"
"Tch! We were just trying to be helpful..."
"What exactly happened?!" Qingyue walked into the courtyard, looked at everyone, and asked in confusion...
"Feihua! Feihua!" Su Yuyao changed into a clean and refreshing casual outfit and ran into Feihua's room with her hair down.
"Shh!" Fangchun got up from the side couch and blocked Su Yuyao from view. "The fairy is sleeping soundly. You can play together again when it's light, okay?"
"Alright! I'll go to Her Majesty's room!" Su Yuyao was overjoyed. She felt she had done something amazing and was sure to be praised by Her Majesty!
She skipped and hopped into Qingyue's room, where she saw Su'e tidying the bedding. "Granny Su'e! You're all back?"
Su'e turned to look at Su Yuyao and said with a smile, "We're back. Young Master Guan Yue is guarding the lakeside, and Young Master Meng Yu is guarding the riverbank, so we old folks have come back!"
"When will Her Majesty return?!" Su Yuyao asked excitedly.
Su'e looked at Su Yuyao, whose face was flushed, and said, "This... this old servant doesn't know, perhaps... Miss, you should take a nap first!"
"Okay!" Su Yuyao pulled her skirt up and climbed onto the bed that Su'e had just made, pulled back the covers and said, "Then I'll sleep here!"
Su'e smiled helplessly, tucked Su Yuyao in, and said softly, "Miss, go to sleep!"
...
Su Yuyao closed her eyes with a smile and quickly drifted off to sleep.
Suddenly, a ray of sunlight pierced her eyes. She tried to shield them with her hands, but couldn't. She frantically kicked and pried at them, but couldn't feel her hands and feet.
"Your Majesty! Look!" came the voice of an old nanny.
"Oh? He's still alive?"
Your Majesty? Ah?! That voice is... Empress Yimu?!
Su Yuyao tried to open her eyes, but she couldn't.
"This little thing is really resilient!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! This child's background is indeed extraordinary! Although Tuan Yue's background is not high, she is the beauty born when Mr. Mei Zhan used his tea spirit to make tea! As for Lord Lang Zhi, needless to say, as the descendant of the mountain god of the immortal mountain, he is definitely not bad!"
"What a pity, this child came at the wrong time..."
"Your Majesty... what should we do about this child?"
"Since this child is alive, I cannot sit idly by! Let it reincarnate in the mortal realm. If it can go through a hundred reincarnations and cultivate its true form, then I will take it back to the heavenly realm!"
"yes!"
What? Who are you talking about? Su Yuyao couldn't open her eyes, and although she wanted to shout, no sound came out.
She felt as if she were being held in someone's hand, gently wiped, and then tossed high into the air...
"Ah!" The sudden feeling of falling woke Su Yuyao up.
Su Yuyao was soaked to the bone, staring wide-eyed at the familiar bed, panting heavily.
What kind of dream was that? Could it be... that the Empress and Grandpa Langzhi have a child? No way...
"Miss! Miss!" Bai Er rushed into the room, grabbed Su Yuyao, and said in a panic, "Quick! Hide!"
"Why?!" Su Yuyao wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked in confusion.
"Her Majesty and Lord Langzhi have returned," Bai Er said, catching her breath, "but..."
"Really?!" Su Yuyao was overjoyed. Before Bai Er could finish speaking, she put on her shoes and ran outside.
The sky outside was already beginning to brighten, and the Qi shield had been withdrawn. Although the moisture was still heavy, the air was filled with an atmosphere of relief after surviving a catastrophe.
Lang Zhi strode into the courtyard with a dark face and without saying a word, with Qing Yue following closely behind, walking backwards.
"Langzhi! Langzhi! Calm down!"
"Your Majesty! You're back!" Su Yuyao, oblivious to Lang Zhi's gloomy expression, joyfully threw herself into Qing Yue's arms. "Your Majesty! I just had a strange dream!"
Qingyue, protecting Su Yuyao, didn't pay attention to Su Yuyao's words, but instead looked at Langzhi's expression, "Langzhi, please don't... Yao'er is still young..."
"Tuan Yue, move aside." Lang Zhi's voice was unusually serious and deep.
Su Yuyao also sensed something was wrong. She stuck her head out and looked at Lang Zhi, her heart skipping a beat.
Two rows of bright red eyes appeared on Langzhi's scabbed head, each eye shooting out angry glares at Su Yuyao.
"Yao'er, come with me," Langzhi said in a low voice.
"Grandpa Langzhi... what's wrong?" Su Yuyao was a little scared and shrank back into Qingyue's arms.
"Come out," Langzhi said in a low voice.
"I...don't want to..."
"Langzhi! It's a miracle the child is back safe and sound, don't frighten her! Besides... Yao'er found evidence, very important evidence..."
"I don't need her to find evidence!" Langzhi roared. "I don't want her to be alive by any chance!"
Su Yuyao was so frightened by Lang Zhi's appearance and roar that her legs went weak and she could only hide in Qing Yue's arms and tremble.
Qingyue held Su Yuyao tenderly, gently comforting her, "Don't be afraid...don't be afraid..."
"Yao'er, come here!" Langzhi shouted again.
"Bai Er! Come quick!" Qing Yue called over Bai Er, who was standing to the side trembling with fear. "Take Yao'er back to her room!"
“Yes…” Bai Er replied, trembling.
Su Yuyao refused to let go, her hand trembling as she asked, "Your Majesty... what's wrong? I'm scared..."
"Yao'er, be good, go back with Bai Er first..." Before Qing Yue could finish speaking, Lang Zhi was already impatient.
He grabbed Qingyue's wrist with one hand and Su Yuyao's arm with the other, and with a gentle pull, Qingyue and Su Yuyao were separated.
"Ah! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Su Yuyao cried out in terror at Lang Zhi's appearance, "Your Majesty, save me!"
Qingyue couldn't persuade Langzhi otherwise, so she grabbed Langzhi's arm, which was covered in bulging veins, and pleaded, "Langzhi, please talk to me nicely, please don't hit me!"
Lang Zhi remained silent, glanced coldly at Qing Yue who was filled with worry, and pulled the shouting Su Yuyao into the main room, saying, "You all get out."
Fangchun quickly helped Feihua, who was trembling with fear, out of the room.
Su'e also hesitated before coming out.
Bang! The door slammed shut.
"Yao'er," Lang Zhi stared at Su Yuyao with all eight eyes, his voice terrifyingly serious, "Grandpa is asking you, who let you go out last night?"
Although Su Yuyao and Lang Zhi hadn't known each other for long, she could feel that Lang Zhi genuinely doted on her. She never thought that Lang Zhi would lose his temper with her so much, so she was at a loss for what to do.
"I... went out... there was no one there..." Su Yuyao answered haphazardly.
"Fine! Grandpa will ask you again! Since no one told you to go out, why did you go out?" Langzhi asked, suppressing his anger.
“I…I saw…Meng Yu and Brother Yue’er go out…”
"So you just ran out?!" Lang Zhi finally lost control of her anger, grabbed Su Yuyao's arm, pointed at Su Yuyao's nose, and asked, "Do you know how dangerous it is outside?!"
Su Yuyao nodded blankly, "I...I know..."
"Then why did you run away?!" Langzhi's eight eyes were shining red.
"I..." Su Yuyao looked at Lang Zhi's angry expression. How could this be? Shouldn't he... praise me? Didn't I... do something good?
"Yao'er! Remember!" Lang Zhi gripped Su Yuyao's arm tightly and said solemnly, "As long as we're here, we'll bear all the dangers!"
"But...but..." Su Yuyao's mind went blank.
"No buts!" Langzhi shouted again, "You're not allowed to do such dangerous things again! If you disobey again and run away on your own, I'll..."
Langzhi glared at him, raising her hand, "I just..."
Su Yuyao trembled, her neck shrank, and she glanced at Lang Zhi, timidly saying, "I...I..."
Langzhi looked at Su Yuyao, who was too frightened to speak, and suddenly felt a pang of sympathy.
With a "bang," the eight bloodshot eyes disappeared, and Langzhi returned to his original appearance, except that there were now some glistening tears in his worried and frightened eyes.
He sighed, placed his hand on Su Yuyao's head, bent down to look at her tender face that tugged at his heartstrings, and said, choking back tears, "Yao'er, you must be obedient! What if... what if something happens to you, what will your Lady Qingyue and I do..."
Su Yuyao was puzzled by Lang Zhi's concern and felt disheartened by his reprimand. She dared not ask further and had no mood to explain, only nodding blankly and replying, "I understand, I will be obedient..."
Langzhi lowered his head, swallowed back his tears, and looked at Su Yuyao with loving eyes, "Yao'er, I'm sorry, did Grandpa scare you?"
"Yes, I was scared," Su Yuyao replied calmly. "Bi Rong said you were in trouble, and that's when I got scared..."
"What?!" Langzhi's eyes widened again. "Bi Rong? He said I'm in trouble?"
“Yes,” Su Yuyao nodded expressionlessly, “Feihua said everyone is in danger, and only I can save everyone, so…”
"Okay! I understand." Langzhi became serious again...
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