Chapter 28 Su Yuyao is actually jealous
As dusk fell, the small kitchen was filled with steam, and the milky white fish soup emitted an enticing aroma, with tender white fish meat trembling in the boiling soup.
Su Yuyao, holding Bai Er's hand, was kicking a shuttlecock in front of the thatched hut, waiting for Xuanfeng to come back for dinner.
Xuanfeng was exhausted after arguing with Qinggan in Yuantun Palace for a whole day. It was clearly his immortal mountain, but Qinggan had turned the tables on him. Now that he wanted to take it back, it was like blatant robbery.
The Wuji Dao is gone. Does this mean I'm going to lose even my immortal mountain? I wonder how things are going with Immortal Master Qimen. Have the eight generals been settled? Have the newly recruited hall immortals and the newly established halls gotten on track? Ha, how laughable. I, Xuanfeng, the eldest son of the dignified Mother Yi, have lived such a lowly life...
"Xuanfeng! You're back!" Su Yuyao's voice brought Xuanfeng back to reality.
Xuanfeng looked up at the hillside and saw Su Yuyao's round face, accentuated by her pale yellow dress, light green short shirt, and playful hairstyle.
The crisp sound of bells rang in my ears. "Xuanfeng! We've been waiting for you! The fish stewed with white fungus smells amazing!"
Su Yuyao ran down, grabbed Xuanfeng's hand, and looked up at him with a smile, saying, "Are you tired? Come and eat! We're all waiting for you with empty stomachs!"
Bai Er had already set out the food and brought over a basin of water. "My lord, please wash your hands before you eat!"
"Yes, yes!" Su Yuyao placed Xuanfeng's hand in the basin of water, frantically rubbing it with her chubby little hands, and then carefully drying it with a handkerchief.
"Girl, you..." Xuan Feng was about to ask a question when Su Yuyao pulled him into the room and pressed him down on a stool by the table.
A bowl, chopsticks, and stewed fish were set on the table.
Su Yuyao actually served Xuanfeng a bowl of rice with both hands, saying in a fawning tone, "Hehe, let's eat! I've been stewing this fish for ages!"
Xuanfeng looked at the unusually quiet Su Yuyao, frowned slightly, and said with a smile, "Tell me yourself, what mistake did you make today?"
"Ah... Qingju's head..." Su Yuyao said guiltily, holding up her rice bowl, "I really didn't mean to... Besides, he pushed me first..."
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao, who was both worried and guilty, and asked softly, "Why did you throw a stone at the green orange?"
“He pushed me into the river, and in a fit of anger, I picked up a stone and threw it at him… He didn’t dodge it…” Su Yuyao said, her head down.
Why did you go to Wanhequ?
"I...I went to get the fish with Bai Er, and we got into an argument..."
Xuanfeng sighed. He had seen the reason for the incident at Wanhequ at a glance, but this silly girl was still trying to save face for him.
"You...you don't be angry..." Su Yuyao carefully handed over the rice bowl again, saying, "Eat your food first, the fish won't taste good if it gets cold..."
"My lord... please eat first." Bai Er ladled out another bowl of fish soup and handed it over.
Xuanfeng looked at the two children in front of him who were trying their best to please him, and he couldn't bring himself to be angry.
"Alright, let's eat!" Xuanfeng took the rice bowl from Su Yuyao and the fish soup from Bai'er.
"Phew..." Su Yuyao glanced at Xuan Feng's face and let out a soft sigh of relief...
Xuanfeng smiled at Su Yuyao and said, "Girl, are you bored staying at home?"
"Of course it's boring, you won't let me go out..." Su Yuyao muttered.
"I'll take you somewhere tomorrow where you can make friends, okay?"
"Really?! That's great!" Su Yuyao excitedly tugged at Bai Er's sleeve and said, "Bai Er! Help me pack up the shuttlecock, jewelry, my wolf teeth, and animal bones in a bit!"
Bai Er picked out a piece of fish and placed it in Su Yuyao's bowl, saying with a smile, "Okay! I'll go get it right away!"
"Don't forget to eat it!" Su Yuyao instructed as she stuffed a piece of fish into her mouth.
Although Xuanfeng was tired after a long day, seeing Su Yuyao eating happily made his fatigue gradually disappear.
"Xuanfeng! After you finish eating, play with me for a while! Bai'er is too busy; she still has to do laundry!" Su Yuyao looked at Xuanfeng with longing eyes and said.
"After you finish eating, let me see the calligraphy you wrote today," Xuanfeng said with a smile, his eyebrows relaxed.
"Ah? A calligraphy practice book..." Su Yuyao bit her chopsticks. Oh no, what am I going to do if I didn't write anything?
"Didn't write it?" Xuanfeng frowned.
"Hehe..." Su Yuyao laughed guiltily again.
Xuanfeng didn't want to pursue the matter further, so he smiled and said nothing more.
Seeing that Xuanfeng had let her go, Su Yuyao boldly asked, "Xuanfeng, can you give me back my slingshot? I want to play with it tomorrow."
"Girl, do you know what it means to push your luck?" Xuanfeng asked with a smirk.
"Hehe..." Su Yuyao laughed awkwardly, "I was just asking... I didn't say I absolutely had to have it..."
"After you finish eating, I'll watch you write."
Although Su Yuyao was unwilling, she dared not disobey Xuan Feng, so she could only pout and reply, "Oh, I know..."
The air was filled with the fragrance of ink, and the candlelight was dim. Su Yuyao put down her pen, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Xuanfeng, I'm tired. Can I stop writing?"
Xuanfeng did not respond to her.
"I don't want to write anymore! I want to play for a while!" Su Yuyao raised her head and shouted to Xuanfeng, who was sitting at the table reading a book.
Xuanfeng still did not respond.
Su Yuyao looked at Xuanfeng with a puzzled expression. He was holding a book and staring blankly into space.
You stinky bastard, what are you thinking about? You're ignoring me!
The image of a woman with a slender waist and graceful figure appeared in Su Yuyao's mind. This woman was walking slowly into the distance.
Su Yuyao suddenly felt a pang of heartache, followed by extreme helplessness and endless self-blame.
Is that the Fairy of Flying Flowers? Su Yuyao stared at the blurry figure, wondering, "Why is my heart aching? Is it that stinking bastard who's heartbroken? He's actually heartbroken for this woman who doesn't belong to him? Humph! That stinking bastard! Because of her, he's ignoring me!"
Xuan Feng's eyes flickered as he looked at Su Yuyao.
"Girl, what are you thinking about instead of writing?" Xuanfeng put down his book and asked.
"What nonsense am I thinking?" Su Yuyao stood up with a cold face and said, "I'm tired, I'm not writing anymore!"
"Bring me the words you've finished writing so I can take a look..." Xuanfeng said, extending his hand to Su Yuyao.
Su Yuyao said angrily, "Take it yourself! You're the one who wants to see it, it's not like I'm forcing you to!"
Xuan Feng was baffled by Su Yuyao's inexplicable anger. "Girl, why are you angry?"
Su Yuyao put her hands on her hips and said, "You were the one daydreaming and not listening to me! How did it become my fault?"
“Oh,” Xuanfeng pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “I’m sorry, I’ve been too busy lately…”
"No way! You were thinking about Fairy Flying Flower, so you didn't hear what I said at all!" Su Yuyao said, her face flushed. "You've already broken off your engagement, and you're still thinking about her..."
“It has nothing to do with flying flowers…” Xuanfeng said in a low voice.
Su Yuyao persisted, "How can it not be related? You were just thinking about her! That's why you ignored me!"
Xuanfeng's expression turned serious. "Girl, go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow morning..."
"I don't want to!"
"go out."
"I'm not going out!"
"Miss Yao'er! What's wrong?" Bai Er rushed in after hearing Su Yuyao and Xuan Feng arguing.
"Bai Er, take Yao'er back to her room and get some rest," Xuan Feng said, putting down his book, closing his eyes, and pinching the bridge of his nose.
Yao, Yao'er? Su Yuyao stared at Xuan Feng with wide eyes. When had he ever called her Yao'er?
"Ah?" Bai Er also sensed the distance in Xuan Feng's words and quickly pulled Su Yuyao, saying, "Miss Yao'er, let's go back to the room first..."
For some reason, Su Yuyao felt extremely unhappy, tears welling up in her eyes, and waves of anger surged to the top of her head. She picked up the calligraphy copybook she had finished copying from the table and slammed it hard on Xuanfeng's head, shouting, "Here, take a look!"
Enraged by Su Yuyao's actions, Xuanfeng slammed his hand on the table, stood up, glared at her, and shouted, "Are you getting too big for your britches?! Get out!"
"don't want!"
"roll!"
"No way!"
"Su Yuyao!"
Upon hearing that Xuanfeng's tone was off, Bai Er hurriedly dragged Su Yuyao out of Xuanfeng's room.
Bang!
As soon as Su Yuyao stepped over the threshold, Xuanfeng slammed the door shut behind her.
You bastard! I'm never talking to you again!
Su Yuyao kicked Xuanfeng's door hard, turned around angrily and went back to her room, throwing her pillow and venting her frustration.
"Miss, why did you and Lord Xuanfeng suddenly start arguing?" Bai Er asked softly after closing the door.
"It's all because of him! When I talk to him, he's too busy thinking about Fei Hua to pay any attention to me!" Su Yuyao sat up and shouted angrily.
Bai Er sighed and said, "Miss Yao'er, Lord Xuanfeng and Fairy Feihua had a thousand-year-old engagement! Even we believed their union was only a matter of time. Now that the engagement has been broken off, not only Lord Xuanfeng, but we were all saddened for a long time. Just think about it, how could Lord Xuanfeng not miss Fairy Feihua?!"
“But…” Su Yuyao wanted to argue, but couldn’t find a reason to get angry, so she said weakly, “He… is ignoring me…”
“Miss, Lord Xuanfeng has lost the Wuji Dao, his engagement, and Fairy Feihua. Moreover, because he is away from the Immortal Mountain for many years, the people on the Immortal Mountain are all biased towards Lord Qinggan. Lord Xuanfeng is having a very difficult time right now!” Bai Er took Su Yuyao’s hand and said, “You should be more understanding. How can you lose your temper like this?”
Su Yuyao gradually calmed down and said guiltily, "I don't know what happened to me, I just wanted to get angry... What should I do now? Xuanfeng seems very angry..."
"Miss, if you don't know what to do, how can I know?"
After Bai Er finished speaking, he left the room and returned shortly after, bringing a basin of hot water and placing it on the footstool. "Miss, soak your feet and get some rest."
"Soaking your feet?" Su Yuyao thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said to Bai Er, "Bai Er, take the basin and come with me!"
"Hey? Miss! Where are you going?" Bai Er quickly picked up the basin and followed...
Xuan Feng chased Su Yuyao out of the room, angrily slamming the door shut with his palm. "That brat! What a waste of her talent! Disobedient and with such a temper! And she writes these lousy words..."
Xuanfeng frowned as he looked at the calligraphy scrolls that Su Yuyao had thrown at him. He picked them up one by one, flipped through them, and couldn't help but laugh. Silly girl! She copied my calligraphy scrolls, and all of them were my signature.
Looking at the three characters "Xuanfeng Book" in various sizes on the paper, he felt guilty. What could that brat possibly know? Why did I get angry with her?
He thought about Feihua again, and his heart ached. Alas... she was never mine...
He sighed deeply, looking at the stack of his own names in his hand. The engagement was over, but there was still this silly girl. He wondered if she had calmed down yet.
Su Yuyao stood nervously at Xuanfeng's door, took several deep breaths, and finally made up her mind. Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock, the door suddenly opened.
Su Yuyao and Bai Er were both startled and quickly took a few steps back.
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao with some surprise, "You..."
"Ah? Xuanfeng... Lord," Su Yuyao knew she was in the wrong, and fearing that Xuanfeng's anger hadn't subsided, she said cautiously, "Just now... it was my fault, I shouldn't have lost my temper..."
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao, who was looking down, with her cheeks puffed out and her belly protruding, and couldn't help but want to laugh. He covered his mouth to hide the smile that wouldn't fall, and asked, "Do you know you're wrong?"
Su Yuyao nodded and whispered, "I know I was wrong, so..." She tilted her rosy cheeks up, blinked her round eyes, and said with a smile, "Let me soak your feet! Consider it an apology, okay?"
"What?!" Xuanfeng frowned.
"Bai'er, the water's a bit cold. Let's add some more hot water," Su Yuyao said, testing the water temperature with her hand.
"Yes, Miss!"
"Lord Xuanfeng!" Su Yuyao took Xuanfeng's arm and said, "Please take a seat!"
Xuanfeng was both amused and exasperated as Su Yuyao pulled him to the bedside and pressed him down onto the bed.
"Girl, are you really going to soak my feet?"
"Yes! Don't worry! I've seen my mother soak my father's feet!" Su Yuyao squatted down to help Xuanfeng take off his shoes and socks, and then carefully rolled up Xuanfeng's trouser legs.
Looking at Xuanfeng's calloused feet, she asked in surprise, "How far have you walked? How did you get such thick calluses?"
“I have walked a path for thousands of years…” Xuan Feng looked at Su Yuyao, who was hugging his legs, and felt a warmth in his heart.
“Thousands of years… I’ve only walked for fifteen years!” Su Yuyao said, touching her thick, hard calluses. “If I also walked for a thousand years, would I have calluses this thick? Oh, right, I don’t think I’ll live for a thousand years…”
“Why can’t you live as long as me? You ate two thousand-year-old snow lotuses, so you can live as long as me.” Xuanfeng said with a smile.
"Really?" Su Yuyao asked, tilting her head.
"The water is ready!" Bai Er brought in the basin of water, placed it on the footstool, and then silently withdrew.
Su Yuyao tested the water temperature, gently placed Xuanfeng's feet into the basin, and then clumsily massaged them with her small hands.
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao squatting on the ground and suddenly felt sorry for her. He had seen how Su Yuan and his wife doted on her, and he had also seen how Sa Han and his wife spoiled her. Now, however, she was washing his feet.
“Girl, you don’t have to do this…”
"So you're not angry anymore?" Su Yuyao asked, looking up.
Xuanfeng smiled and said, "I'll let you off this time, but don't let it happen again!"
"I won't lose my temper anymore!" Su Yuyao said with a smile.
"My lord, a message has come from the Heavenly Palace... uh... I'm sorry..." A man in black had just walked in, but before he could finish speaking, he went back out.
"Huh? Who was that just now?" When Su Yuyao turned around, the person was already gone.
"Oh, it's mine..." Xuanfeng suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly said, "Girl, you go back to your room first!"
"Huh? Why?"
"We have something to say, you go back to your room first."
"Oh, I'm going back to my room then! Don't be angry!" Su Yuyao said, then stood up and skipped out of the room. Standing at the door, she looked around. "Xuanfeng, the person from before is gone!"
Xuanfeng quickly wiped his feet, slipped on his shoes, and hurried to Su Yuyao's side. He held Su Yuyao in his arms and escorted her back to her room, instructing her, "Rest well, don't come out!"
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly nervous? Who is that person?" Su Yuyao asked curiously.
“Oh, it’s someone from the Heavenly Palace…” Xuanfeng felt a little guilty because he couldn’t bring himself to say that the man was the Flying Eagle who killed her parents and Green Vine. “White Ear, we don’t need to cook tomorrow morning. Let’s go out to eat.”
"That's great! That's great!" Su Yuyao exclaimed excitedly.
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