“Hua Xiangrong, stop right there!”
“Yan’er, calm down. Rongrong really didn’t mean any harm…”
“That’s right, that’s right, Mother, calm down. You’ll get old if you keep getting angry!”
“Little brat, still daring to tease me? See if I don’t teach you a lesson today!”
“Fairy Hua, I lost this match. I’m willing to apologize to your daughter.”
Hua Yan, who had been angrily circling around Yun Xuechang while chasing Hua Xiangrong, stopped at the sound and looked back, meeting Li Chengfeng’s face, which she had beaten black and blue.
“Yo, finally decided to act like a normal person?”
She raised an eyebrow and blurted out.
Li Chengfeng, who had barely managed to struggle to his feet after taking a healing pill, was choked by her words, and the slight improvement in his opinion of her instantly vanished.
“I’m apologizing to your daughter, what does it have to do with you?”
He limped over to Hua Xiangrong and crouched down in front of the girl, who looked a bit scared, and lowered his head to apologize.
“I’m sorry, little girl. It was my fault for breaking your things.”
“This is compensation. Although I won’t listen to that unreasonable mother of yours and take out ten thousand top-grade spirit stones, this isn’t a small amount.”
He took out a storage pouch and stuffed it into Hua Xiangrong’s hands, ignoring Hua Yan’s rolling eyes.
“Mother, may I?”
Hua Xiangrong didn’t take it immediately, but looked up at Hua Yan.
“Take it. Think of it as an allowance I earned by winning.”
Hua Yan raised an eyebrow.
“And…”
Li Chengfeng stood up and looked at Yun Xuechang with a complicated expression.
“Sorry, Xue… I mean, Fairy Yun, I was out of line. From now on, I will definitely not bother you anymore.”
“You…”
Yun Xuechang looked confused.
“May I ask, Daoist friend, have we met before today?”
???
Li Chengfeng was stunned, then couldn’t help but shout.
“We met ten years ago! I am Li Chengfeng, the Young Palace Lord of Shenxiao Palace! You came to Shenxiao Palace to challenge me and defeated me!”
Shenxiao Palace… I think I heard Junior Aunt-Master Yue and Daoist Su mention that the opponent came from there.
Yun Xuechang suddenly understood and slightly cupped her fists.
“So it’s Daoist Li of Shenxiao Palace. Forgive my rudeness. I thought your thunder magic looked familiar—so we met ten years ago.”
snort.
Hua Yan couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh. Li Chengfeng’s eyebrows twitched violently.
“I even wrote you love letters for ten years! Didn’t you receive any of them?” he said urgently.
“Love letters…?”
Yun Xuechang looked puzzled.
“I’ve been in seclusion at the sect for the past ten years, cultivating and absorbing insights from my travels. I’ve never received any love letters.”
“This…”
“Ah… Li understands.”
Li Chengfeng looked at her cold and innocent face, assuming she was giving him an out. He cupped his fists sadly.
“From now on, I will never bother your family again.”
With that, he walked off the battle platform, dejected.
Yun Xuechang blinked.
She hadn’t lied; she really had never seen any love letters.
After thinking for a moment and coming up with nothing, she let it go.
“Hmph, what a self-deluded guy. Who would keep remembering his love letters?”
Hua Yan hugged her arms and ‘hmph’ed at Li Chengfeng’s back. When she turned to Yun Xuechang, a smile involuntarily rose on her face.
‘Great! That means Xue Shang has nothing to do with that Li guy at all!’
‘He called her “Xue Shang” so intimately, I thought there was a story, but it was all one-sided! How wonderful!’
She looked at Yun Xuechang with satisfaction, but put on a calm face and cleared her throat.
“Ahem, let’s go, Xue Shang. Let’s go home. The sun is already down, and Rongrong hasn’t had dinner yet.”
Her tone seemed serious, but the sweet smile at the corner of her mouth couldn’t be hidden.
“Alright. Let me go get the spirit stones I won from Junior Aunt-Master Yue and Daoist Su, and then we’ll go back.”
Yun Xuechang picked up Hua Xiangrong, and they flew back on their swords together.
“What spirit stones did you win?” Hua Yan asked, confused.
“It’s the spirit stones Mother won by betting with Elder Yue and Aunt Su! She listened to me and put a big wager on Mother!”
Hua Xiangrong twisted her little head around from Yun Xuechang’s embrace and chattered about the whole thing.
“What?! This whole thing was set up by them?” Hua Yan’s eyes widened.
“Damn Su Feiyao!”
She cursed through gritted teeth, then reached out and rubbed Hua Xiangrong’s fluffy pink head.
“Good job, Rongrong! That’s how you deal with treacherous people! Fitting for my daughter!”
“Mm!”
Hua Xiangrong obediently agreed, but in her heart, she called out to 099.
‘099, why did Li Chengfeng give up on pestering Mother so easily? I feel like he’s different from the character in the book. He got beaten up by Mother and gave me so many spirit stones. I’m starting to regret setting him up.’
It was no wonder Hua Xiangrong was suspicious; in the original novel, Li Chengfeng’s behavior could only be described as clingy and persistent.
‘Uh… I don’t know either…’ 099 said hesitantly. ‘Maybe because the Host resolved his plot earlier, he didn’t get the chance to keep pursuing? So he hasn’t formed an obsession yet?’
‘Hmm… forget it, I don’t care anymore. As long as he doesn’t bother Mother from now on.’
Hua Xiangrong thought about it and stopped worrying.
/
That night.
Yun Xuechang went to bed, turned off the lights, and got under the covers.
She once again embraced the warm, soft body she was so attached to.
Hua Yan in her arms moved slightly to accommodate her, and the two hugged tighter and more comfortably in the dark.
Yun Xuechang blinked in the darkness.
‘Yan’er usually doesn’t snuggle in so quickly…’
‘Could it be that the tips for couples’ affection that Daoist Su taught today really worked?’
However, that wasn’t the case.
After a short while, Hua Yan in her arms turned to face her.
“Xue Shang…”
She called softly.
“What is it, Yan’er?”
Yun Xuechang replied in a gentle voice.
Whatever Hua Yan wanted to say or ask, she always obliged.
“It’s just… I have some things I want to ask you…”
Hua Yan hesitated, biting her lower lip without realizing it. Finally, she gathered her courage and looked directly into Yun Xuechang’s calm red eyes in the darkness.
“Xue Shang, today I was jealous for you, fought with someone, and even used being able to stay by your side as a bet… Do you think that’s wrong?”
“Do you… think I’m too jealous? After all, that Li Chengfeng has nothing to do with you, but I couldn’t help but challenge him after hearing what he said…”
“Do you… think I didn’t ask for your opinion before accepting the fight, and was… a little disrespectful to you?”
In the darkness, she stared at Yun Xuechang’s calm red eyes, unwilling to miss any trace of emotion, and there was a hint of cautiousness in her voice that she didn’t even notice herself.
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