Chapter 66 Su Yuyao Patrols the Mountain
"Brother Yue'er! Do all these families hold positions in the Jiujiao Hall?" Su Yuyao asked, looking at the courtyards beside the mountain road.
"Yes, Jiujiaotang has had several kings of monuments, so it is very prosperous."
"Oh... what's that for?" Su Yuyao asked, pointing to a row of neat houses.
“That’s a school; the children here learn skills there.” Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao. “Would you like to go take a look?”
"No! No!" Su Yuyao shook her head like a rattle drum when she heard it was a place for studying.
Guan Yue didn't insist, and led Su Yuyao and her group to continue walking along the mountain path...
On a gentle slope, there was a clearing with a century-old tree in the middle. Under the tree, gossipy women gathered.
"Have you seen Su Yuyao? She's chubby, doesn't wear makeup, and doesn't look alluring at all!"
"I saw it too! It's definitely not as alluring as the rumors say; instead, it's a bit... silly and dirty!"
"If she's such an unkempt woman, how could she have bewitched Lord Xuanfeng so much that he actually broke off his engagement with Fairy Feihua?!"
"Don't forget! She's only just reached marriageable age... she's very young..."
"Wow! Really! Hahahaha..."
The women laughed uproariously, while Bai Er listened with righteous indignation.
"Miss! They're gossiping about you like that, it's outrageous!" Bai Er rolled up her sleeves. "I'm going to confront them!"
Su Yuyao grabbed Bai Er and said, "I'm not angry, why are you angry! They can say whatever they want!"
"How could Lord Xuanfeng, who's thousands of years old, not like a girl who's only a few hundred?" an older woman said, her eyebrows dancing with excitement. "He's been holding back for thousands of years! He has to let loose..."
"Oh! That's right! Hahahahahahaha..."
Just as they were getting into the conversation, a huge snow wolf with murderous eyes walked over, protecting a plump girl with big eyes, a round face, and rosy cheeks.
"Oh!" The woman who had been speaking quickly stopped herself, smiling awkwardly as she said, "Isn't this... Miss Yao'er? You... are out having fun..."
"Hello, aunties! I'm new here, and Brother Yue'er was worried I'd be bored, so he brought me out on a patrol!" Su Yuyao turned to look at Guan Yue, who was following behind her with a blank expression. "Brother Yue'er! Hurry up and go!"
"Oh! Young Master Guan Yue..." The gossiping women all stood up and greeted him from afar, "You've come... for an inspection?"
Guan Yue nodded coldly.
Su Yuyao sniffed, "It smells so good! What are you eating?"
"Ah... roasted sweet potatoes... would Miss Yao'er like some?" a woman asked, holding up a bowl of sweet potatoes. "They're freshly roasted and still warm!"
"Roasted sweet potato? I've never had one before! Let me try some!" Su Yuyao walked forward without hesitation, picked out the biggest one, and took a bite. "Mmm! It's so soft and sweet! It's delicious!"
The women couldn't help but stifle their laughter at Su Yuyao's appearance. "Miss Yao'er, if you like it, take more!"
"Then I won't be polite!" Su Yuyao picked up the basin from the woman's hand, picked out the largest sweet potato and gave it to Feihua, Granny Fangchun, Bai'er, and Ruixue. She even forced a white rice cake into her hand.
Su Yuyao glanced at Guan Yue's deadpan expression. Even if she gave it to him, he wouldn't accept it! So she put Guan Yue's portion of sweet potatoes into her own pocket before returning the bowl to the woman.
"These roasted sweet potatoes are so delicious! If I had a whole pot of them, I would eat them so much I wouldn't even have time to talk! But... I see that the aunties are more interested in chatting and don't seem to care much about eating these delicious sweet potatoes, so I took a few extra. Please don't mind!"
After saying this, she slightly curtsied to express her gratitude, and continued walking forward while eating her sweet potato.
"Miss! You're just going to let them off like this!" Bai Er said indignantly. "You could at least let Young Master Guan Yue reprimand them a bit!"
Su Yuyao was happily eating a sweet potato in each hand, saying nonchalantly, "Xuanfeng is thousands of years older than me. If I'm with him, people will naturally gossip! Besides, there are so many people in the world, how can I control their mouths? If I care about even this little thing, I'll be busy for a long time!"
"Su Yuyao, aren't you angry?" Guan Yue couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Yue'er, what's the use of me getting angry? Even if I threw a tantrum just now, they'll still say whatever they want behind my back! They might even exaggerate the story of my tantrum!" Su Yuyao said while munching on a sweet potato. "It's more worthwhile to take a few more sweet potatoes from them and satisfy my own appetite!"
Guan Yue looked at Su Yuyao, who was leading the team and eating sweet potatoes, and thought, "What a heartless, dirty girl!"
"Yao'er! Finish eating and hurry up and memorize your lessons. Don't always think about playing!" Fei Hua didn't forget to remind Su Yuyao to memorize her lessons even while eating sweet potatoes.
Su Yuyao sucked on her fingers and said, "I know! I'll memorize it when I get home tonight! ...Brother Yue'er! What other fun things are there ahead?"
Guan Yue frowned as he looked at Su Yuyao, then pointed to a sparsely populated grove of trees and said, "There's a hot spring there..."
"Hot springs? That's great! I've only ever heard of them, never seen one before!" Su Yuyao lifted her skirt and ran towards the woods.
A thin mist hung over the dense woods. Su Yuyao followed the damp stone path to a small pond emitting white steam. Several boys, barely out of school, were playing and laughing naked in the pond.
"Hey!" Su Yuyao looked at the few naked boys and called out with a smile, "What are you guys doing playing here at this hour?! Did you sneak out of school?"
"Who are you?!" a chubby little boy with a chubby face asked, squatting in the water while covering his private parts.
"I'm Su Yuyao!" Su Yuyao pointed at the mischievous boys in the pond with her hands behind her back and said in a pretentious manner, "Well, you dare to skip school! Wait till I tell your parents, and see if they punish you!"
A few boys squatted in the water, looking at each other. "Su Yuyao? What's she doing?"
The chubby boy thought for a moment and said, "Su Yuyao, I've never heard of you! You're definitely not one of our gang members! Since you're not one of our gang members, you have no right to interfere with us! Besides! You...you're a girl...how can you be so shameless...watching us here..." The chubby boy's face turned redder and redder as he spoke, and in the end, he even became shy about what he said.
Su Yuyao covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "You bunch of little brats, how old are you?! You think I'll look at you?!" She turned to look at Guan Yue, who was slowly walking towards them, and whispered, "Little fatty, you're right! I have no right to tell you what to do! But… Young Master Guan Yue does have that right! He's right behind us! Are you going to wait for him in the water? Or run away now…"
Before they could finish speaking, the children, forgetting their embarrassment, rushed ashore, gathered their clothes from the rocks, and ran into the woods.
The little naked figure had just disappeared into the woods when Guan Yue walked over with a frown. "Su Yuyao, who are you talking to?"
Su Yuyao glanced at the woods and said with a smile, "A few truant kids ran away like they'd seen a ghost when they heard you were here!"
Guan Yue frowned again and asked, "Whose child is this?"
"How would I know whose child this is? I only know there's a chubby little boy with a round face!" Su Yuyao squatted down and put her hands into the hot spring water. "Wow! This feels so good! White ear fungus! Flying flower! Come on!"
Bai Er rushed to Su Yuyao's side, panting, and said, "Miss... could you please slow down! The mountain path is difficult to walk on, and it's so slippery. What if you fall?"
"You fell? Yao'er fell?" Fei Hua stepped forward to help Su Yu Yao up, looking her over from all sides. "Where did Yao'er fall?"
"Feihua, no! Your Highness, I didn't fall!" Su Yuyao pulled Feihua's hand and put it into the hot spring. "Is it warm?"
Feihua stared blankly at the hot spring water, "Warm..."
"Splash!" A huge figure leaped into the water, splashing water that soaked the people on the shore.
"Ouch!" Su Yuyao shouted angrily as she watched Ruixue frolicking in the pool, "Ruixue! Be gentle! You're getting us all wet!"
Ruixue poked her head out of the water, sticking out her tongue and grinning as she swam, making "ha-ha-ha" sounds.
Upon seeing this, Su Yuyao laughed and exclaimed, "What a silly dog!"
She sat on the bank, took off her shoes and socks, stretched out her toes, and dipped her plump white feet into the spring water. "Wow! White fungus! Flying flowers! You guys should try it! It feels so good!"
Upon hearing this, Feihua plopped down on the bank and began to take off her shoes, but Fangchun quickly pressed her down, saying, "Your Highness, be good! Don't..."
Bai Er quickly helped cover Su Yuyao, whispering, "Miss! Please be careful! Young Master Guan Yue is here!"
"Huh?" Su Yuyao glanced at Guan Yue, who had retreated to a distance. "What does it matter that he's standing so far away?"
"Miss! You're with Lord Xuanfeng, so you need to watch your words and actions!" Bai Er glanced at Ruixue, who was swimming foolishly in the pool. "Besides, Ruixue is in the water too..."
Seeing Bai Er glaring at Rui Xue, Su Yuyao covered her mouth and laughed, "Bai Er, you're right to tell me to watch my words and actions for Xuan Feng's sake! But it's not right for you to be jealous of me!"
"Miss! I didn't..." Bai Er blushed.
“The first time I met Ruixue, I touched his bell. The first time I was beaten, he carried me on his back, comforted me, and let me sleep on his belly. When we were in the wolf clan, we were together almost every day, either fighting or fighting over meat,” Su Yuyao said, looking at Bai Er’s blushing face. “But I like Xuanfeng, and Ruixue likes you!”
“Miss!” Bai Er said, bowing her head, “I’m not jealous of you, it’s just…”
"You just feel like Ruixue is always hanging around me, right?" Su Yuyao laughed and said, "That's because you're always hanging around me!"
White Ear lowered its head even further, and with a thud, two long ears popped out. "Ah!" White Ear tried hard to put its ears back in, but it couldn't retract them no matter what it did.
Looking at Bai Er's appearance, Rui Xue swam over in confusion, her front paws gripping the shore, and sniffing Bai Er's bright red face with her nose.
Even the white ears of the white-eared dog turned red from the smell.
Guan Yue looked at the group of people and animals by the pool with a headache. One was washing his feet carelessly, another wanted to do the same but was strictly forbidden; one was so shy he almost revealed his true form, another had revealed his true form and was now shy; and... that ugly horse was drinking Su Yuyao's foot-washing water...
He frowned, took a few steps back, and said, "It's filthy!"
"Brother Yue'er! Brother Yue'er!" Su Yuyao finally finished soaking her feet and called out while putting on her shoes and socks, "I'm hungry! Let's go get something to eat!"
Guan Yue brushed the moisture off his clothes and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat steamed buns."
"Steamed buns? Great! Great!" Su Yuyao ran to Guan Yue. "Brother Yue'er! I want meat-filled ones!"
"Okay." Guan Yue nodded.
The steamed bun shop is small, but because it is located on the mountainside and connects to various mountain roads, it attracts many customers.
Everyone saw Guan Yue and tacitly made way for him, standing at a distance.
"Oh? Young Master Guan Yue! What brings you here..." The old woman selling steamed buns was somewhat surprised by Guan Yue's arrival.
"Grandma Bao, two steamers of buns, please..." Guan Yue was actually a little embarrassed.
"Huh?" Grandma Bao was even more surprised that Guan Yue bought steamed buns.
"I want it with minced meat!" Su Yuyao said, peeking out from behind Guan Yue.
"Ah!" Grandma Bao looked at Su Yuyao and the line behind her, and said with a sudden realization, "Alright, two baskets of meat buns! Please have a seat, the buns will be here soon!"
Su Yuyao led everyone to an empty table and sat down. She then pulled Ruixue to her side and waited obediently for the steamed buns to be served.
Guan Yue didn't seem to like the taste of the steamed buns; he just stood far away and didn't even sit down.
"These buns are so delicious, it's such a pity that Brother Yue'er isn't eating them!" Su Yuyao said as she ate the buns.
"Young Master Guan Yue is very clean and never eats food from outside..." Granny Bao said with a smile.
"Cleanliness? I think he's sick. He has a disease of disgusting others with dirt!" Su Yuyao glanced at Guan Yue, chewed on her bun, and reached for the steamer basket, only to find that it was empty, while Ruixue kept licking her lips beside her.
"Ruixue! You stole my steamed bun again!" Amidst Guan Yue's disdainful gaze, Su Yuyao started fighting with Ruixue again...
After finishing the steamed buns, Su Yuyao wiped her mouth contentedly and followed Guan Yue to continue the inspection.
Slap! Slap!
"Ah—! Dad! I was wrong! I'll never do it again!" The cries that grew louder as they approached piqued Su Yuyao's interest.
It was the same century-old tree, but instead of gossiping women, a crowd of onlookers had gathered beneath it.
In the middle of the crowd, a plump, white buttocks were sticking out, covered in bruises from being beaten. A burly man was holding a whip and yelling, "You brat! If you try to fool me again, I won't let you get away with it! Get lost!"
The chubby boy, with his butt sticking out, finally got up, tears streaming down his face, and pulled up his pants.
Seeing the familiar face, Su Yuyao teased, "Hey! Little Fatty! Did your dad find out you skipped class and beat you up?"
The chubby boy glared at Su Yuyao with tears in his eyes, "Su Yuyao! What's it to you! What nonsense are you spouting!"
"What?! White Tiger! You skipped school again?! Take your pants off! Bend over there!" The burly man raised his whip again.
"Ah—! Father! My father! Spare me!" Baihu cried as he bent over again.
"You skipped school! You tried to fool me!" White Tiger's father was really strong; he whipped her so hard that even Su Yuyao couldn't bear to watch.
Su Yuyao lowered her head and squeezed out of the crowd, saying sympathetically, "White Tiger's father was really ruthless! White Tiger is so pitiful!"
“Miss,” Bai Er said with a smile, “the way Bai Hu got beaten up is exactly like you!”
"Yao'er! Kneel down..." Before Fei Hua could finish speaking, Su Yu Yao quickly covered her mouth.
"Bai Er! What nonsense are you spouting!" Su Yuyao glanced at Guan Yue. She was already disliked by this deadpan face. If he knew that she had been beaten like this, he would look down on her even more!
Guan Yue glanced at Su Yuyao, pursed his lips, turned and walked towards the crowd, who scattered and stood watching from a distance.
"You brat! Watch me... uh... Young Master Guan Yue!" When White Tiger saw Guan Yue, he quickly put away his whip and kicked White Tiger, who was sticking his butt out. "Young Master Guan Yue, are you... on patrol?"
"Hmm." Guan Yue nodded and said slowly, "Bai Jinsi, Baihu is too young and unpredictable. He needs to be taught patiently. We can't use such a barbaric method to punish him."
“Yes, Young Master Guan Yue,” Bai Jinsi said, bowing her head. “But this child is too naughty! I took some people out to collect souls today, and I brought paper money to appease the wandering ghosts, but I didn’t expect this brat to switch the paper money with toilet paper! The wandering ghosts chased me all the way here! I almost didn’t make it back!”
Upon hearing this, Su Yuyao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Guan Yue glared coldly at Su Yuyao, who quickly covered her mouth and lowered her head.
Bai Jinsi pointed at Su Yuyao and said, "If it weren't for this young lady, I wouldn't have known he skipped school again! I'm so angry with this brat!"
"White Tiger, why did you change the paper money to straw paper?" Guan Yue asked softly.
"I... for no reason..." White Tiger said, rubbing his buttocks and looking down.
"White Tiger, what your father is doing is dangerous. All the preparations are to protect your father's life. If you continue to be naughty and cause trouble, you may end up harming your father. Do you understand?"
"Ah? I understand..."
"And another thing!" Su Yuyao walked up to the white tiger, bent down, and looked into its eyes. "Little Fatty Tiger! You have to call me Sister Yao'er! If you call me by my name again, I'll beat you up first! Do you hear me?"
Baihu stared fiercely at Su Yuyao, clenching his chubby fists.
"Oh! This must be Miss Yao'er?!" Upon hearing this, Bai Jinsi immediately stood up respectfully. "Miss Yao'er, please forgive my rudeness!"
Seeing the fierce look in Baihu's eyes, Su Yuyao deliberately said, "I really have a connection with Baihu. I saw him twice in one day. Once he covered his butt and wouldn't let me see it, and the other time I only saw his butt!"
Baihu was furious, his face turning red. Su Yuyao made a face at him, leaving Guan Yue with a cold expression, and walked away smugly...
She and Ruixue ran and played wildly, while Bai'er chased after them but couldn't catch up. Feihua stared at Su Yuyao running around and called out from time to time, "Yao'er! Recite your lessons!" Su Yuyao would laugh and reply, "Okay! I'll recite them when I get home!"
Guan Yue looked at the noisy Su Yuyao and couldn't help but sigh, "Sigh..."
"Pfft..." The sigh from Bai Mi Gao also contained a sense of helplessness.
Guan Yue frowned and glanced sideways at Bai Migao, who was also glancing sideways at him, and suddenly felt... that he had found a kindred spirit.
This dirty girl is such a worry!
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