Huh?
There’s actually someone confessing to Senior Sister Nalan.
This fox is going to get it now~
In front of Qianyu’s House, while Nalan Yunyan remained silent due to Qian Yu’s confession, Tang Qiurou, standing to the side, couldn’t suppress the smirk of schadenfreude on her face.
Bullying Qian Yu, this cowardly and stupid Half-Yao, was one of the few pleasures in her life.
She had thought that after Nalan Yunyan spoke up today, she wouldn’t be able to see the other girl suffer anymore, but she hadn’t expected her to walk right into the line of fire.
Truly interesting~
Tang Qiurou didn’t think Nalan Yunyan would be happy at all about Qian Yu’s confession.
Having followed her for so long, when had she not seen others confessing to Nalan Yunyan?
Men and women alike, with the lowest status being a True Disciple of a peak; yet which time were they not either scolded or simply beaten and thrown out?
In Tang Qiurou’s view, facing a confession from a Half-Yao, Nalan Yunyan’s most likely feeling wouldn’t be joy or surprise at all, but rather a fit of humiliated rage.
As a “green tea” sidekick who had been following and flattering Nalan Yunyan for years, Tang Qiurou truly had an excellent grasp of her mindset.
But she didn’t notice Nalan Yunyan’s contemplative expression, nor did she realize how sincere and moving Qian Yu looked—with teary eyes, clearly terrified, yet stubbornly refusing to lower her head.
The setting sun was warm, casting its final glow.
In the sunlight nearing evening, there was a lot of gentle orange-yellow, and the world seemed to pause for a few breaths at this moment.
After a long silence, Nalan Yunyan finally scrutinized the thin little fox in front of her once more.
This time, a few unusual ripples finally appeared in her indifferent golden pupils.
Even her originally aggressive and coldly arrogant face seemed to gain a hint of faint softness with the appearance of this anomaly.
Nalan Yunyan had figured everything out.
Why Qian Yu could betray Gu Qinghan, who treated her well, and turn to pledge loyalty to her; why she had broken their appointment and failed to show up; and why she kept her head down, afraid to speak when they met.
It was all because the girl liked her!
Betraying Gu Qinghan was because she liked her. Breaking the appointment and remaining silent with her head bowed was because of inferiority and shyness.
The softness in her eyes increased further.
Looking at Qian Yu’s small body, Nalan Yunyan couldn’t help but think—as a lowly Half-Yao who was targeted and bullied everywhere, liking such an outstanding version of herself must be very painful, right?
She didn’t know at which moment of stealing glances Qian Yu had fallen for her, but Nalan Yunyan could imagine this little Half-Yao of the Fox Tribe huddled in a ball on a moonlit night, ears drooping, weeping and shedding tears over an unattainable love.
It was… quite pitiful…
More pity for Qian Yu grew in her heart.
In the ten-plus years since her birth, from childhood to the present, under the matchmaking hints of her elders, Nalan Yunyan had experienced countless confessions and pursuits of all sizes.
Yet never once had anyone’s confession caused even a ripple in her heart.
Except for today.
This was just a Half-Yao, the lowliest existence in the Cultivation World, regarded as a bloodline-less mongrel by both the Human Race and the Demon Race.
Even without paying intentional attention, she had long since heard the girl’s stories.
Timid, cowardly, with terrible talent, bullied without offering the slightest resistance, and not even daring to look up while walking—she was the easiest punching bag and laughingstock in the entire Luoxia Immortal Sect.
And yet, such a weak individual could look her in the eye today and express her love to someone who was the Young Peak Master…
She couldn’t imagine how much the girl must like her, or what kind of courage she must have summoned to take this step.
Nalan Yunyan’s heart was a mess of complicated emotions.
At this moment, after the initial sense of being offended by a Half-Yao’s confession passed, the blonde girl who usually only respected the strong looked officially at the small fox Half-Yao with bare feet before her.
A touch of seriousness appeared in her habitually indifferent eyes.
She couldn’t just accept a stranger’s confession like this, but since the other party was willing to muster such great courage to confess, Nalan Yunyan naturally wouldn’t give a perfunctory response as she had in the past.
“I’m sorry, I don’t like you.”
With her arms crossed, her features beautiful and grand, this future Demon Venerable spoke in her usual cold and arrogant tone.
This caused Tang Qiurou’s lips to curl slightly, her beautiful eyes gleaming with joy.
Yes, yes, yes, reject her harshly just like that.
She absolutely loved seeing a lowly existence like Qian Yu suffering in front of her.
Tang Qiurou was full of anticipation; however, the next words out of Nalan Yunyan’s mouth left her completely stunned.
“But this young lady appreciates your courage. Qian Yu, I allow you to continue your loyalty to me. After the Certificate of Loyalty, your treatment will be the same as Tang Qiurou’s. You won’t lack for Elixirs or Spirit Stones.”
Under the setting sun, the blonde girl named Nalan Yunyan held her head high and let out a light huff before looking down at the short fox below her.
Beneath her seemingly cold face, she spoke words that were absolutely impossible for her to say after being confessed to in the past.
Allow you to continue your loyalty?!!!
The smile on Tang Qiurou’s fair, delicate face froze. How could it be continuing loyalty?
Shouldn’t she have harshly ridiculed her as before, saying outright that a lowly piece of trash Half-Yao like Qian Yu made her feel disgusted just by looking at her?
What was with this gentleness now?
The soft sunset was somehow a bit piercing to the eyes.
Tang Qiurou was completely disoriented.
Others might not see it, but having followed Nalan Yunyan for so long, she could clearly see the faint curve of softness at the corner of the other’s mouth beneath her high-held chin.
How could a confession from a Half-Yao satisfy someone so inherently arrogant?
Furthermore, Qian Yu was a newcomer.
Why did she deserve the same treatment as her?
She was the one who forced the girl to come!
Tang Qiurou was filled with disbelief, even wondering if she should also find an opportunity to express her love to Nalan Yunyan.
On the other side, Qian Yu, whose small face was flushed red and whose ears had gone from drooping to standing straight again, was secretly delighted, a flash of cleverness quickly passing through her eyes.
This Demon Venerable from her younger days really was just a blonde little tsundere.
Jie jie jie.
Although suddenly confessing to Nalan Yunyan was a desperate move under a crisis, Qian Yu hadn’t made this decision lightly.
Possessing wisdom, she had weighed her options.
After overcoming the residual cowardly instincts in her heart and thinking carefully, Qian Yu knew that the seemingly arrogant blonde girl before her was likely just a big sister of the Luoxia Immortal Sect who couldn’t handle failure and enjoyed others pledging loyalty to her.
It could be seen from the way she had spoken up for her earlier—at this time, although Nalan Yunyan was arrogant and impatient, she wasn’t as evil as she became later when she fell into the Demonic Path to defeat the protagonist.
Darkening had to be a process, right?
Although the confession just now wasn’t accepted, Qian Yu had seen the upward curl of the other’s lips very clearly.
Normally, Nalan Yunyan should have been disgusted with a Half-Yao like her who possessed the bloodline of the Demon Race and was timid and weak.
In the end, she would have assigned her a task that sounded bad no matter how you look at it—slashing the protagonist’s face.
But now that she was being so cute and obedient, perhaps Nalan Yunyan would be happy enough to change her Certificate of Loyalty task.
There were so many things she could do; why did it have to be targeting the protagonist?
While she was marveling at her own unparalleled brilliance, the blonde girl in front of her issued another command:
“Enough small talk. I came here today regarding the matter of your Certificate of Loyalty.”
“Yes! Boss!”
The little fox’s instinctive snap to attention caused the corner of Nalan Yunyan’s mouth to curl slightly upward as she returned to her coldly arrogant demeanor.
She didn’t want a lackey who would fall into despair or become a stalker just because she rejected their confession.
This Qian Yu before her was quite aware of the situation.
Even after being rejected, she was willing to silently protect and serve by her side; she really was quite charming.
Her lips curled up again.
With a pleasant mood, Nalan Yunyan spoke the task she was assigning to Qian Yu, enunciating every word:
“I need you to drug someone and then slash her face. After that, I will formally bring you into my circle. In the future, within the Luoxia Immortal Sect, I will be the only one allowed to bully you.”
After finishing, her gaze toward Qian Yu carried a hint of expectation.
This task wasn’t difficult.
She had already arranged everything from top to bottom.
Even if things came to light in the future, she was confident she could protect Qian Yu.
What she wanted was to verify Qian Yu’s loyalty and courage.
As long as the girl’s loyalty was sufficient, even if her talent was poor, she was confident she could use Spirit Stones to forge her into a useful person.
And now, she had given this opportunity to Qian Yu.
She even planned to put in a word at the sect’s Hall of Law Enforcement later so as not to let her admirer down, preventing some sightless fool from arresting her newly found sidekick.
The air seemed to grow quiet for a moment.
After hearing Nalan Yunyan’s promise, Qian Yu’s heart was full of “joy.”
If nothing was wrong, the person Nalan Yunyan mentioned who needed to be drugged and slashed was the legendary protagonist, the future Feng Aotian—Gu Qinghan.
She really had to thank her for that.