Chapter 142, Chapter 142: Favoritism, Chapter 142: Favoritism...
Chapter 142 Favoritism
If Yang Xiao's attitude remains unchanged and he continues to pursue her relentlessly, will Ling Hao take action against him? Yes, she will. But she won't be that ruthless.
But when Linghao learned that Mingyue had injured Yang Xiao and even almost killed him, she found herself not angry at all. She patted his head again and smiled helplessly.
Isn't she being hypocritical? Yes, she is. But there's nothing she can do; he's Mingyue, her friend. As long as he doesn't commit any irreparable mistake, she'll always stand by his side.
Perhaps she was indeed not rational or fair enough, but everyone has selfish desires, and he was one of them.
"Ah Hao." Young Master Mingyue felt Ling Hao's blatant favoritism, and his eyes were filled with joy. No, it should be said that he was ecstatic. "I'm so happy, I'm really, really, really happy."
That joy was like fireworks, blooming one after another in his heart. He felt he had never been so happy. He had always worried that Ah Hao would one day discover that he wasn't as innocent as she thought and break off their friendship. He didn't want that to happen; he didn't want to part ways with her.
He wanted to be with Ah Hao, forever and ever. Nothing, no matter who, could separate them. But his Ah Hao was truly wonderful; she held onto her own sense of justice and principles. From the moment she came down the mountain until now, she had never killed a single person; she was kinder than anyone else in the world.
Therefore, Gongzi Mingyue was afraid. His heart was already like the mud in an abyss, incapable of being as pure as hers. He only dared to let Ahao see the little bit of his flaws, not daring to let her see more, because of worry and fear.
But now, he felt her favoritism—blatant, blatant favoritism that disregarded her principles. This favoritism truly delighted Gongzi Mingyue, leaving him unsure of what to do. He was overjoyed, yet also terrified. Overjoyed by her different treatment of him, yet terrified of the disappearance of that difference.
"As long as you're happy." Ling Hao's smile vanished the moment she finished speaking, and she grabbed his ear. "Now let's talk about the secrets you've been hiding, hmm?"
"Ah, okay, I was wrong, I was really wrong," Gongzi Mingyue quickly begged for forgiveness.
"real?"
"Yes, yes, I really know I was wrong." Gongzi Mingyue blinked repeatedly to indicate, "Okay, I will definitely listen to you from now on and I will never do anything reckless again, really."
"Alright then, I believe you." Ling Hao let go of him and patted his head. "Once is acceptable, twice is acceptable, but no more, understand?"
"I know," Gongzi Mingyue said, making a vow. "I swear, I won't care anymore..."
Ling Hao casually grabbed some pastries from the table and used them to shut up Gongzi Mingyue's mouth. "I don't believe in oaths, so don't make any."
"Mmm." Young Master Mingyue nodded. He had a pastry in his mouth, not daring to eat it, and could only blink and nod, looking really pitiful.
"Knock, knock, knock." Someone knocked on the door.
Ling Hao turned around and asked, "Master?"
"Come with your master for a moment." Feng Qingyang's expression was very serious.
Ling Hao was somewhat puzzled. "Okay, Master." She turned to look at Gongzi Mingyue. "Mingyue, you rest first. I'll go talk to Master."
"Oh, okay." Young Master Mingyue was a little annoyed. He wanted to talk to Ah Hao more, but Ah Hao had been called away. However, that person was Ah Hao's master, and he could say anything to him, so he could only accept it.
The two arrived at the backyard of the inn. Feng Qingyang turned around and looked at Ling Hao, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
"Master?" Ling Hao was a little confused. Why was her master looking at her so strangely, like... like he was looking at a piece of trash? Hmm? No way, she was a good person, and she was her master's own disciple. Why would he look at her like she was trash? It must be her imagination.
Feng Qingyang remained silent, perhaps unsure how to begin.
He remained silent, and Linghao felt awkward speaking up. She had a feeling that if she spoke first, her master would easily knock her on the head.
"Okay." After an unknown amount of time, Feng Qingyang finally spoke, "In your opinion, Gongzi Yu and Gongzi Mingyue are two different people, right?"
“Yes.” Ling Hao nodded. “Ayu and Mingyue are two different people. They have independent personalities and have always been two separate individuals.”
Feng Qingyang frowned slightly, looking at Ling Hao with an incredulous expression. "So you're in love with two people at the same time?"
"What?" Linghao thought she was hallucinating. Otherwise, how could she have heard her master say such terrifying things? She rubbed her ears and asked again, "Master, what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly. No, actually you didn't talk to me just now, did you? Was it just my imagination?"
Good heavens, did she just hear something terrifying? No, right? Hmm, no, definitely not.
Feng Qingyang could tell at a glance that his disciple was pretending not to hear, so he repeated what he had just said.
"Master, what nonsense are you spouting?" Ling Hao almost jumped up. "I like A Yu, no... no, Mingyue is my friend, and I like her too. But these two kinds of liking are different, and the feelings are different too, I..."
"You were so biased towards Gongzi Mingyue just now, was it really just because he's your friend?" Feng Qingyang pointed out incisively, "You are a person with strong principles. If your friend did something wrong, you wouldn't let it go so easily. Even if it seemed to be over on the surface, you would gradually distance yourself from that person. But you're not like that with him. You have no intention of distancing yourself from him at all."
Ling Hao explained, "That's not how it is, Master. Yang Xiao is indeed despicable. I can't deny that he did some things for the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he's frivolous and dissolute with women, the kind of person I hate the most. He..."
"Is Yang Xiao a womanizer?" Feng Qingyang asked.
Ling Hao paused, "No." Yang Xiao was indeed not a good person, but he wasn't a bad one either. He was indeed frivolous and dissolute with women, and didn't take relationships seriously; he had even tried to harass her before. She really disliked men who ignored women's wishes, but he was definitely not a womanizer.
"You're going to kill him?"
"Won't."
"Will Young Master Mingyue kill him?"
"meeting."
"So?" Feng Qingyang had an expression that said, "I knew it."
Ling Hao frowned, sensing that something was amiss. "But I... I like A Yu."
“I didn’t say you don’t like him, you just like someone else.” Feng Qingyang sighed. “Never mind, if it were someone else, I would say she’s too promiscuous. But you’re my disciple, so I’ll side with you. I know you just have two people living in your heart at the same time. Anyway, they’re practically the same person, so it’s not a big problem, it’s fine.”
Most men in this world have this problem: they can have two people, or even many people, in their hearts at the same time. If they can do that, why can't his disciple? She just fell in love with two people at the same time, not killed two people simultaneously. What's there to say?
“Disciple, I support you,” Feng Qingyang said.
"Master, don't talk nonsense. If you say it again, I won't talk to you anymore." After saying that, Linghao turned around and left. She was very fast, almost as if she was walking with light footwork.
Feng Qingyang shook his head and sighed, "Alas, silly disciple, you've always been like this since you were little. When you feel guilty, you run away when you can't win an argument. How come you haven't changed even now that you're all grown up?"
Meanwhile, Linghao ran back to her room and slammed the door shut. The room was quiet, so quiet that she could even hear her own heartbeat.
"Why is it beating like that?" Ling Hao clutched her chest, her face extremely pale. "It's an accident, Master has misunderstood, yes, that must be it."
She walked to the bed, muttering to herself, "Just sleep it off, as long as I wake up, it'll be fine. It's an illusion, absolutely an illusion."
Linghao lay on the bed, her face serene, seemingly calm and composed. But in reality, her heart was a tangled mess, and her mind was in turmoil. One moment, Ayu and Mingyue were flashing through her mind, and the next, her master's words were replaying in her thoughts.
Did she really fall in love with two people?
On the other side, Young Master Mingyue was somewhat annoyed that Linghao hadn't returned to him. After asking the maid and learning that she had already gone back to her room, he figured she was probably resting and didn't want to disturb her, so he could only return to his own room alone.
She looked annoyed, thinking that once Ah Hao woke up, he would spend as much time as possible with Ah Hao, preferably just the two of them. Thinking this, Gongzi Mingyue lay motionless on the rooftop, as if that would make him feel better.
"Is the young master resting?"
"It should be."
"When do you think the young master will marry your daughter?"
"I don't know, it probably won't be soon. Young master likes your daughter so much, he wishes he could be by her side every moment, the marriage should be quite quick, right?"
Young Master Mingyue concealed all his aura. His martial arts skills were so high that the guards couldn't detect his presence and began to chat. If they knew, they wouldn't dare utter a word. He looked utterly bewildered when he heard the guards say he would marry Ah Hao.
He and Ahao are friends. How could friends get married? He heard something similar in Kyoto before, and he's hearing it again now. Are these guards all dumbfounded? How can they misunderstand again and again?
But… Gongzi Mingyue touched his heart. Why? Hearing this misunderstanding, imagining himself and Ahao possibly getting married, he was overjoyed, just as happy as when he learned of Ahao's favoritism. How could this be?
That's strange. Can friends get married? Can he and Ah Hao get married?
"Ever since your daughter appeared, the young master's temper has improved."
"Yes, our work has become much easier."
"However, the young master still likes to play two roles at once, which must be hard on your daughter, as she has to keep playing this game with the young master."
"That's true. Oh, do you think your daughter is closer to the character of the eldest son?"
"You think so too, right? I thought I was just imagining things."
The eldest young master? Young Master Yu! Young Master Mingyue suddenly sat up, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
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Author's Note: Mingyue: I'm going to kill my brother!
Gongzi Yu: Hehe.
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