Chapter 65 Su Yuyao Touches Guan Yue's Heart
"Yao'er! Yao'er! Time to get up and recite your lessons!" Fei Hua sat by Su Yuyao's bedside, patting Su Yuyao's bottom and shouting, "If you don't get up, don't blame me for hitting you!"
"Huh?" Su Yuyao rubbed her eyes and sat up, looking at Feihua's serious expression, she said with tears in her eyes, "Feihua... why have you turned into Lady Qingyue again?!"
"Bai Er! Yao'er is awake. Quickly help her with her makeup and dressing. After breakfast, she can go to my room to recite her lessons!" Fei Hua said sternly.
"Ah? Yes... Your Majesty!" Bai Er responded softly.
Su Yuyao watched Fei Hua's departing figure with a bitter face, rolling around on the bed in annoyance, "I don't want to memorize! I won't! I won't!"
"Oh dear! My lady! Please listen to me! You caused a lot of trouble last night!" Bai Er pulled Su Yuyao up and said, "Last night you drank too much and insisted that Young Master Guan Yue drink with you! You angered Young Master Guan Yue! Even Lord Qimen was a little angry!"
"Ah... and then what?" Su Yuyao was still waiting for the trouble she had caused.
"Lord Qimen said that you shouldn't do anything today except memorize and write! Fairy Feihua woke up this morning and transformed into Lady Qingyue. She came to wake you up without even having breakfast!"
After listening for a while, Su Yuyao blinked and asked in confusion, "Didn't you say I caused trouble? What trouble did I cause?"
"Hey! You dragged Young Master Guan Yue into drinking, that's the trouble you're causing!" Bai Er said softly. "Young Master Guan Yue has a mental illness! He won't let anyone touch his things, let alone let anyone touch his hands! His clothes and belongings are spotless! Very few people go into his room! Even Lord Guan Xiao rarely touches Young Master Guan Yue!"
While helping Su Yuyao get dressed, Bai Er said, "Miss, yesterday you not only touched Young Master Guan Yue's hand! You even pulled him down! You also... shoved the jar you had drunk from into Young Master Guan Yue's mouth, making him so angry that his face turned red!"
"Huh?!" Su Yuyao said with an embarrassed smile, "I can't quite remember... But, it's too harsh to punish me by making me memorize and write characters just for this! It's not my fault... it's Guan Yue's fault... who told him to be so clean..."
After finishing her makeup, Su Yuyao secretly stepped out of the room, avoiding the flying flowers, and ran towards Qi Men and Guan Xiao's courtyard.
"Uncle Qimen! I know I was wrong! I'll never drink again! Please don't make me recite or write!" Su Yuyao said, circling around Qimen. "Besides, that was plum wine that Guan Yue gave me. I thought it was just ordinary fruit wine, but I didn't expect it to be so strong!"
“Yao’er, we live in Jiujiao Hall, so we must abide by its rules! Last night you were drunk and behaved inappropriately, not only breaking the rules here but also disgracing Xuanfeng!” Qi Men said sternly. “If you do something wrong, you should be punished! What are you complaining about! And you’re even blaming Guan Yue for the wine…”
"Uncle... why are you punishing me too?!" Su Yuyao clung to Qi Men's arm, pouting, "Aren't you the one who loves me the most? Please forgive me this time!"
Qi Men already doted on Su Yuyao, and seeing her like this, he couldn't bring himself to be cruel to her.
He tapped Su Yuyao's forehead and said in a low voice, "You! Guan Yue is so clean, and you almost made him burn his clothes! Lord Guan Xiao was too embarrassed to say anything, but if I don't punish you, what will Lord Guan Xiao and Guan Yue think?"
Su Yuyao pouted and said, "I didn't know Guan Yue had such a cleanliness obsession..."
"You child! How could you say someone is sick..."
"Miss Yao'er! You're up so early?" Guan Xiao laughed and walked over, bowing to Qi Men. "Did you sleep well last night, Lord Qi Men?"
"How can I sleep? Our Yao'er has already caused trouble on her very first day here!" Qi Men glared sternly at Su Yuyao, then asked Guan Xiao with a forced smile, "I wonder if Young Master Guan Yue... has calmed down yet?"
"Hahahaha! What trouble is this! It's just that Yue'er is too particular, don't take it to heart!" Guan Xiao laughed heartily. "Miss Yao'er, what would you like to do today? I'll have Yue'er accompany you!"
“I…” Su Yuyao glanced at Qimen and said, “Lord Guan Xiao, Uncle Qimen punished me by making me recite and write characters today, so I can’t go anywhere…”
"Hmm?" Guan Xiao asked in confusion, "Lord Qi, why are you punishing Yao'er?"
Qi Men stroked his beard and smiled slightly, "It's hardly a punishment. It's just making her memorize and write characters every day!"
“Uncle! Since it’s just memorizing and writing on a regular day, please give me a day off. I just arrived in Jiujiao Mountain, and I want to play first…” Su Yuyao continued Qimen’s words.
Qi Men chuckled helplessly, "This Yao'er is good in every way, except she loves to cause trouble and doesn't study. It's really infuriating!"
"Oh dear! Lord Qimen, Miss Yao'er has come all this way, please give her a few days off for my sake, let her have some fun, and she can study and write when she gets home!"
"This..." Qi Men stroked his beard and hesitated before saying, "Yao'er, go apologize to Young Master Guan Yue first. If he agrees not to punish you, then your uncle will give you a day off!"
"Okay! I'll go apologize to him right away! Where does he live?"
"Yue'er lives in Shoujing Hall. It's on the first floor of the Vermilion Bird Palace!" Guan Xiao said with a smile.
Su Yuyao smiled and curtsied, saying, "Thank you, Lord Guan Xiao!" Then, she lifted her skirt and ran out.
Su Yuyao entered through the gate of the Vermilion Bird Palace, climbed the stairs, and soon arrived at the first floor.
There was no other way except for a narrow passage and an upward staircase.
Could it be this narrow passage? Su Yuyao walked forward along the narrow passage.
One side of the passage is a waist-high city wall from which you can see your own small courtyard, while the other side is a steep cliff with upper-level corridors and houses built on it.
Su Yuyao strolled along, admiring the scenery. When she reached the end of the road, she discovered that there were no houses on this floor, only a stone gate with a plaque above it that read "Shoujing Hall".
Su Yuyao curiously stepped through the stone gate and walked up the bluish-gray stone steps until she reached the top, where she finally saw the courtyard where Guan Yue lived!
The courtyard was paved with bluestone slabs, very spacious and clean, with only a water vat and a bamboo clothes rack, on which hung snow-white socks and snow-white underwear...
"You're so clean, even my socks aren't this white..." Su Yuyao then looked at the small house in the yard, a main house and a simple kitchen.
She cleared her throat and called out, "Uh... Brother Guan... Yue'er! Are you there? It's me, Su Yuyao..."
No sound?
She mustered her courage, walked to the door of the small house, and peeked inside. There was a desk, a chair, a neat wardrobe, and a simple bed...
"So clean? Is anyone living here?" Su Yuyao walked into the house and looked around.
"Who let you in?! Get out!" Guan Yue's roar startled Su Yuyao.
"Ah? Brother Guan... Yue'er, where did you go? I... I've been looking for you for ages..." Su Yuyao looked at Guan Yue, whose face was extremely gloomy at the door, and hurriedly retreated outside. "I... I came to apologize to you. I was wrong yesterday. I shouldn't have dragged you to drink and got your clothes dirty... Um... please forgive me!"
Guan Yue ignored Su Yuyao's words and instead swept the room repeatedly with a broom.
Watching Guan Yue sweep the floor, Su Yuyao dared not move again. What's wrong with him? I only took two steps inside, and he's already sweeping! Does he dislike me that much...?
"Get out!" Guan Yue put away the broom and looked at Su Yuyao.
"I..." Su Yuyao looked around and said, puzzled, "I...I'm out now, aren't I?"
"Get out!" Guan Yue said, pointing to the courtyard gate.
"Huh? You won't even let me into the yard?!" Su Yuyao was a little annoyed. "You dislike me that much?!"
"Are you getting out or not?" Guan Yue's face grew increasingly grim. He stared at Su Yuyao's dirty shoes and said, "Get out!"
Su Yuyao was also annoyed by Guan Yue's attitude. Following Guan Yue's gaze, she looked at her shoes and said with dissatisfaction, "What are you looking at! So what if my shoes are dirty! Isn't that normal?! Nobody walks with their shoes cleaner than their shoes!"
"Get out!" Guan Yue shouted, pointing at Su Yuyao. "Get out of here!"
"I won't! I just won't!" Su Yuyao said, stamping her foot.
"You!" Guan Yue glared at Su Yuyao's foot, his hands trembling with anger. "Don't move!"
Seeing Guan Yue getting angrier and angrier, Su Yuyao felt increasingly pleased. She paced back and forth in the yard, saying, "Guan Yue! I was just apologizing to you! And this is how you react! You even lectured me, saying I had a bad attitude! I think you're the one with a bad attitude!"
Guan Yue clenched his fists, glared at Su Yuyao, and said, word by word, "Stop right there!"
"I'll stop if you tell Uncle Qimen not to punish me by making me recite my lessons or write characters!" Su Yuyao said, hands on her hips. "Otherwise, I'm not leaving!"
After saying that, Su Yuyao plopped down in the courtyard.
"You just wait!" Guan Yue stormed out of the courtyard.
"You'd better come back soon!" Su Yuyao called out triumphantly, "If I can't help but keep walking back and forth, you'll have to clean up after me when you get back!"
Seeing that Guan Yue had disappeared, Su Yuyao stood up and continued her tour.
"Hmm? There's another cave here?" Su Yuyao discovered a cave entrance on the cliff behind the house.
She walked in quietly and saw jars of various sizes inside the cave. "Are they brewed wine?"
She didn't dare to move, and after circling around, she went back to the yard.
While Guan Yue was out, Su Yuyao looked around the house again. What a crazy person! There isn't even a chair in the house; there's nowhere for a friend to sit! Oh, right! He's sick; how could he possibly have friends!
"Su Yuyao!" Guan Yue returned, looking at Su Yuyao who was strolling in the yard with a hint of smugness.
Su Yuyao looked at Guan Yue in confusion. Why was this dead fish face not angry, but instead so smug?
Oh no! Did he go and tell on me?
"Brother Yue'er... what did you say to Uncle Qimen?" Su Yuyao asked somewhat guiltily.
Guan Yue glanced at Su Yuyao with disdain, "Lord Qi has given you a holiday."
"Really?! That's great! I can go play now!" Su Yuyao lifted her skirt and ran out of the yard.
"Stop!" Guan Yue called out to Su Yuyao, speaking slowly and deliberately, "I asked for leave for you, not so you could play around! I told Lord Qi that you had dirtied my courtyard and asked him to give you leave to clean it for me, and that's how Lord Qi agreed!"
"What?! You want me to clean the yard?" Su Yuyao looked at the spotless yard and said, "I didn't dirty your yard! I was just... waiting here for you obediently..."
Guan Yue sneered, picked up a broom and threw it to Su Yuyao, "Sweep!"
"Huh?" Su Yuyao hugged the broom, her face contorted in pain. "I..."
"Calm down and observe the ground carefully, and you will see the places you have dirtied."
"I...I don't want to sweep, I want to play, I can't concentrate..." Su Yuyao mumbled, "Besides, I didn't dirty your yard..."
Guan Yue didn't speak, but stood aside watching Su Yuyao's worried face.
Su Yuyao wanted to leave but didn't dare, wanted to play but couldn't, so she could only hold the broom and sweep here and there.
“No, scan again!” Guan Yue said expressionlessly.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Su Yuyao frowned and pouted.
"If your heart isn't in it, you're too restless."
Su Yuyao gritted her teeth and looked down again.
"No, scan again!"
"What's wrong now?!" Su Yuyao shouted impatiently.
"Your mind is not right, you're too restless!" Guan Yue said, his hands behind his back. "When your mind is restless, your hands become chaotic, and you're making a mess of things!"
"What dust! There's no dust anywhere! You're just making things difficult for me!" Su Yuyao said angrily.
"Su Yuyao, the first thing to train in Qi cultivation is the mind! And your biggest problem right now is that your mind is unstable, too chaotic, and too superficial!"
“I…I’m not practicing Qi anymore…” Su Yuyao said with tears in her eyes, “I only said I would practice Qi before because I wanted to wrestle with boys, it’s not like I necessarily have to practice Qi…”
Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao, who had swept the yard twice without getting angry, and softened his tone, saying, "You do have some talent. Now that you've entered this field, give it a try."
Su Yuyao's tears fell again uncontrollably. She wiped them with her sleeve and said, "Brother Yue'er, I fell asleep when Lady Qingyue led me in meditation, and I fell asleep again when the Immortal Master led me in meditation. I'm just not cut out for Qi cultivation! Please... let me go!"
“Both Lady Qingyue and Lord Qimeng taught you using the common methods of cultivating Qi, but you are naturally active and not suited for conventional meditation, which is why you haven’t been able to get started.” Guan Yue turned around and picked up a wooden stick from the corner of the wall, saying, “The method I’m using is to let you find stillness within movement!”
When Su Yuyao saw Guan Yue holding the wooden stick, tears streamed down her face. "I'm a member of Xuanfeng, even Uncle Qimen doesn't dare to hit me easily, and you actually brought such a thick wooden stick... Ah—! Ah—!"
"Huh?" Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao, who was wailing, and was a little at a loss. "Why are you crying? I'll teach you how to sweep the floor with a wooden stick! Come with me!"
Su Yuyao shut her mouth and followed behind Guan Yue, sobbing.
“The ground looks empty to you, but it’s actually covered in dust. You just can’t see it. You need to use your broom to gather up this unseen dust,” Guan Yue said softly, slowly gesturing on the ground with the stick in his hand.
Su Yuyao frowned, unable to understand what Guan Yue was doing, so she could only imitate Guan Yue's movements and scan it bit by bit.
Guan Yue patiently led Su Yuyao through sweeping the floor again and again. Su Yuyao went from being agitated at first to being calm later on. Although she didn't quite understand what Guan Yue was saying, she did feel much more at ease.
Guan Yue glanced at Su Yuyao's clumsy yet earnest efforts and couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.
"Brother Yue'er," Su Yuyao looked up, wiped the sweat from her face, and said, "Can I go back for a while?"
"What are you doing?" Guan Yue asked softly, looking at Su Yuyao's wet cheeks.
"I'm thirsty, I want to drink some water..." Su Yuyao pursed her lips and said, "Can I come back and sweep the floor after I drink some water?"
Guan Yue put down the wooden stick in his hand and said, "Let's go, we don't need to sweep today. I'm going to patrol. You come with me, and you can go out for a stroll too."
"Huh? Really?" Su Yuyao's eyes lit up when she heard that she didn't have to sweep the yard and could go out to play. She didn't dare to jump around, so she clapped her hands and laughed, "That's great! That's great!"
Guan Yue led a relieved Su Yuyao out of the Vermilion Bird Palace and back to their residence.
"Miss, what have you been doing? Why are you all sweaty?" Bai Er came out to greet her and asked.
"I'm dying of thirst! Bai Er, get me some water!"
"Yes, Miss!"
Su Yuyao took the teapot from Bai Er's hand and started gulping down the tea.
Guan Yue frowned as he looked at the unconventional Su Yuyao and sighed.
After drinking her fill of water, Su Yuyao burped and said, "Bai'er, go tell Ruixue and Granny Fangchun that Brother Yue'er is taking us out on a patrol. Feed the horses if they need to, and give them their medicine if they need to!"
"Yes, Miss!"
"You're taking them with you?" Guan Yue asked in surprise.
“I brought them with me, so of course I’ll take them with me when I go out to play!” Su Yuyao blinked and asked, “Is that not allowed?”
Looking at Su Yuyao, who was both willful and unreasonable, playful and gluttonous, sloppy and clumsy, yet hardworking and responsible, Guan Yue said, "You can come along, but you have to listen to me..."
"Yao'er! Where have you been?! Did you sneak out to play again? Hurry up and recite your lessons!" Fei Hua came out angrily, pinching Su Yuyao's ear and saying, "Come back and recite your lessons!"
"Ouch! It hurts! Flying petals..." Su Yuyao covered her ears and said to Guan Yue, "Brother Yue'er, wait for me, I'm going to memorize a book!"
Fangchun chased after her, supporting Feihua's arm and saying, "Oh dear... Fairy... Your Highness, let go... Miss Yao'er is back, isn't she?"
“Yes! Yes!” Bai Er said, protecting Su Yuyao. “Your Highness! Young Master Guan Yue said he’s going to take us out! Let’s go out first…”
"Memorize it first!" Feihua refused to let go no matter what.
"Okay...I'll go carry it! You guys wait for me in the yard!" Su Yuyao called out as she obediently followed Feihua into the house.
After reciting a few lines of her book and being hit a few times, Su Yuyao came out with Feihua, looking radiant.
She pointed at the people in the courtyard, then ran up to Guan Yue with a grin and said, "My team is all assembled! Brother Yue'er, let's go!"
Guan Yue instinctively took a step back, nodded, and said, "Let's go."
"Let's go!" Su Yuyao ran out impatiently.
"Miss! Be careful!" Bai Er chased after Su Yuyao, carefully protecting her.
"Awooo! Awooo!" Ruixue transformed into a snow wolf, wagging its tail and circling around Su Yuyao.
"Yao'er, that brat has run off to play again!" Fei Hua said angrily.
Fangchun helped Feihua up and said, "Your Highness, please don't be angry. Why don't you play for a while too?"
"I don't have time to play, I'm too busy taking care of the kids..." Fei Hua kept nagging Su Yuyao.
Guan Yue looked at the group helplessly; thankfully, that ugly horse hadn't followed them...
The approaching sound of horses' hooves made Guan Yue roll his eyes.
Bai Migao glanced at Guan Yue disdainfully, then arrogantly passed by him, swaying his belly as he chased after Su Yuyao.
"Brother Yue'er! Hurry up!" Su Yuyao stopped and waved to Guan Yue, calling out.
Guan Yue glanced at Su Yuyao ahead, a slight smile playing on his lips, and quickened his pace...
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