Chapter 37: Four Elephants City (9) "Wild, Junior Sister."
Xu Shuguan sketched with his magic pen: "There is a magical doctor in the city. I will send him over."
Using the spiritual pen consumes a lot of mental energy. Not long ago, her mental energy was severely damaged. After using it twice, her face was visibly tired.
His eyelids gradually began to feel heavy, and his consciousness became blurred. Xu Shuguan felt warmth wrapping around the back of his hand, followed by endless spiritual power.
The sleepiness disappeared, she opened her eyes wide, and the two bright red spots on her wrists overlapped, inseparable.
Zhu Ciying and the others looked at each other, and each of them felt the ambiguous atmosphere from the two red ropes.
There is something fishy.
"Senior Brother Yun." Qu Wanqing stared at the two of them with curious eyes, "Tell the truth."
Zhou Mingran wasn't interested in playing with the puppet either, so he tossed it aside. "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist."
Several pairs of scrutinizing eyes swept over her, and Xu Shuguan was so nervous that she was speechless. She tilted her head and looked at Yun Bujin for help: "Everyone is asking you."
Yun Bujin remained silent, transmitting his spiritual energy. His eyes, usually beaming with smiles, were now filled with amusement.
He asked in return: "What do you think is the relationship between us?"
Xu Shuguan said that they are more than friends but less than lovers.
But he didn't give her a chance: "If I deny the connection, they won't believe me."
Xu Shuguan had many grievances that he could not express.
"It's just what you think."
"Is that really the case?!" Qu Wanqing was overjoyed. "When will we have the wedding banquet?"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xu Shuguan choked on a mouthful of blood. She couldn't respond.
She tried to pull her hand away, but Yun Bujin held it tighter. "Your senior sister isn't ready yet. It will probably take some time."
Qu Wanqing: "Then congratulations on your upcoming wedding!"
Yun Bujin: "Thank you very much."
Xu Shuguan's face flushed slightly as he finished the last stroke. He impatiently pulled his hand away, "The healer will be here soon."
She has always been very accurate in controlling time. After half an incense stick of time, the spiritual doctor was already standing at the door of Taoyuan Residence.
Xu Feihuai invited the person upstairs.
The spiritual doctor made simple preparations and began to remove the puppet spell for Ji Feibai.
Zhu Ciying watched as his wooden arms gradually regained their human color, followed by his fingers, chest, abdomen, legs and feet.
"I have already removed the curse from this young man." The spiritual doctor wiped the sweat from his head.
Zhu Ciying handed him a high-grade spirit stone. After checking its authenticity, the spirit doctor happily left with his medicine box.
There was another person who left with him, Zhou Mingran. However, she did not succeed in leaving the house.
"Zhou, Ming, Ran!"
Ji Feibai, who had returned to normal, madly accused her of the "evil deeds" she had done to him: "I treated you as a friend, but what did you treat me as? When I became a puppet, at your mercy, didn't you think it was fun? Did you feel happy?"
"Zhou Mingran, do you have a heart..."
Zhou Mingran nodded subconsciously and then immediately shook his head: "...Would you like to hear my explanation first?"
Seeing the other party nod, Ji Feibai didn't hold on until he heard the rest of the words. His eyes rolled back and he fainted from anger.
Xie Rangchen felt his pulse and said, "He's just recovered and is weak. He was just too angry and irritated."
Zhou Mingran: "I really didn't nod on purpose."
Zhu Ciying said, "Senior Sister, you still have a chance to make amends. I'll leave Senior Brother Ji in your care."
"Okay." Zhou Mingran agreed helplessly and guiltily.
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The news of Yao Taotao and Yan Chengyun's termination of their contract caused a sensation and was known to the whole city.
This matter soon spread to Taoyuanju.
When Zhu Ciying and Xie Rangchen were having dinner, there were whispers all around them:
"Have you heard everything? Madam Yao discovered that the city lord was having an affair. She asked me who it was? Oh, it was none other than her sister!"
"You're talking nonsense! How could her sister be having an affair? Haven't you heard that she and the city lord were originally a perfect match?"
"Hey, stop arguing. Look, Madam Yao has not only dissolved her contract with the City Lord and divorced him, she's also kicked him out of the City Lord's Mansion. With that kind of courage, I don't think she'd try to steal his love away."
Zhu Ciying listened, lowered her head and tasted a mouthful of the corn and shrimp porridge: "Yao Taotao started early. It proves that they can't wait any longer."
"Junior sister, what do you think?" Xie Rangchen asked.
"We have more people and more power. Even if they want to take action, they will have to think carefully and strive to be absolutely sure. But Yao Taotao is different. She is left alone in the City Lord's Mansion and is in a very dangerous situation."
"So I want to ask my senior brother to help me with something."
Zhu Ciying stuffed the talisman paper into the spirit paper and folded it.
A paper crane suddenly appeared in her palm.
Then send it to Xie Rangchen.
Xie Rangchen guessed her intention, and when he spoke, his tone carried a hint of doting that he himself hadn't noticed: "Go ahead, Senior Brother will definitely be able to do it."
"I want you to protect Yao Taotao every step of the way."
"Okay." He agreed readily.
Zhu Ciying felt a little relieved. Xie Rangchen had the highest cultivation level among their group, so with him protecting Yao Taotao, nothing would happen.
She let go of the paper crane with peace of mind. Inside it were words reminding Yao Taotao to be careful of the big demon and Yao Qin.
After doing all this, she continued to drink her porridge.
"Junior sister."
When Zhu Ciying heard her senior brother calling her, she looked up at Xie Rangchen.
The graceful young man sat at the table, holding an unused chopstick in one hand, picked up a piece of meat and put it into her bowl.
His tone was different from his usual gentle tone, as if it contained a hint of other emotions. "Although you have broken through the Jindan stage and entered the Yuanying realm, you are ultimately not as advanced as Senior Brother Yun and the others. If you encounter danger, do your best to avoid it. Just like last time in the Demon Cave, you did a great job."
After going through so much trouble, I can sum it up in one sentence: I am worried about you.
Xie Rangchen has always been straightforward in his speech, so why is he...
Zhu Ciying's hidden evil spirit was aroused by him, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Brother, are you worried about me?"
A sentence full of ambiguity.
It's a bit too ambiguous.
Xie Rangchen admitted it without hesitation.
"yes."
He looked at her openly, without a trace of shameful hidden emotions in his eyes. He was too frank: "Sometimes you work yourself into a madman. I am always worried about you."
Zhu Ciying stared into his eyes, her gaze slightly lowered to fix on his two red moles. At the same time, a few scattered memories of her past life flashed through her mind.
Sour and sweet.
She remembered the hardships she endured during those first few years of living with her brother. She was stubborn, unyielding, and possessed a tenacity that made her brother worry about her constantly.
Once, while her brother was away, some street thugs ganged up on her to steal the spirit stones they had worked so hard to save. The spirit stones were her brother's hard work, so she couldn't bear to let them be taken away. So she took up her wooden sword and fought them.
She won the fight.
When the brother came back and saw her covered in wounds and the mess on the ground, he didn't say a word of blame, but simply wiped the blood from her nose with his hand: "Even if the spirit stones are gone, I can still earn them back. Why would I risk my life against them? Look at you now, like a little lunatic."
"In my eyes, a mountain of spirit stones is not as precious as your life."
She felt guilty: "Brother, I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize. There's nothing wrong with protecting what you cherish." My brother smiled and rubbed her head. "I'm your brother, a blood relative. Since you were born, I swore in front of your parents that I would ensure you a fulfilling life and a long, worry-free life."
"So, no matter how old you get, I will never let you go."
"Full."
"With me here, you can do whatever you want."
…
Zhu Ciying bit her lower lip, forcing herself to pull herself away from the memories. With a heavy heart, she smiled softly, "Brother, you're so thoughtful. I understand."
After breakfast, the two went upstairs together.
At the corner of the corridor, Zhu Ciying saw her senior sister leaning against a pillar.
Zhou Mingran held his forehead with one hand and sighed continuously.
Zhu Ciying glanced behind her and saw Ji Feibai's room. She immediately guessed what was going on.
"Senior Sister and Senior Brother Ji had a fight?"
"Yeah." Zhou Mingran had a headache. "It's really hard to coax a narrow-minded man."
She had kindly prepared a gift to apologize to Ji Feibai, but who knew that this guy was not only petty but also vindictive, and he would even bring up the past events from ten years ago and repeatedly criticize him.
"Then I'll go and help you fight for it again."
"No need, Yingying. I think he's really angry this time. It's useless to say nice things. It's better to let him calm down for a few more days."
"Senior Sister, let me try."
Zhu Ciying closed the door with one hand.
"Hey, Yingying..." Zhou Mingran wanted to say something else, but it was too late.
Xie Rangchen waited with her outside for half a minute, and then the door was opened from the inside with a creak.
Zhu Ciying walked out first, with a slightly awkward figure behind her.
Ji Feibai? !
Zhou Mingran was stunned.
Well done Yingying!
He is indeed very capable.
"Senior Sister, do you have anything you want to say to Senior Brother Ji?" Zhu Ciying deliberately brought up the topic to create an opportunity for Zhou Mingran.
Zhou Mingran reacted very quickly. He walked to Ji Feibai in two steps, took a deep breath and said the prepared apology: "Um, Ji Feibai, what happened before was my fault..."
Before he could even utter the word "yes", he was interrupted by Ji Feibai.
"No need to apologize."
"Huh?" Zhou Mingran was confused.
She looked up at Ji Feibai's face, only to find that his ears had turned red without her noticing.
What he said next shocked Zhou Mingran even more.
"I'm also wrong. I shouldn't blame you before I figured things out. Zhou Mingran..." He shyly turned his head away from her, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were helping take care of me? If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have misunderstood you."
Zhou Mingran: “?”
When did she help take care of him?
She was confused and puzzled.
Ji Feibai's face became redder and redder. Whenever he thought of what his junior sister had just said to him, he felt ashamed.
"I'll go back and rest first." He fled back to the house.
Zhou Mingran watched him close the door, one hand touching his chin, the other hand hooked around Zhu Ciying's shoulder, and whispered, "Yingying, what did you say to him? Why are you apologizing to me?" "Nothing." Zhu Ciying said calmly, "I just told Brother Ji that I was the only one who took care of him during the days he turned into a puppet, including feeding him, bathing him, and changing his clothes."
"Uh-huh?!!"
Zhou Mingran got goose bumps all over his body when he heard the last part. After calming down, he patted Zhu Ciying on the shoulder and said with heartfelt emotion: "You are so wild, Junior Sister."
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The author has something to say: Ji Feibai: "Play is play, make noise is noise, but don't joke with your innocence."
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