Chapter 11 The Senior Sister Of Dreams
After that.
Qin Ruoyi often forced me to cultivate.
I had to cultivate day and night.
In the day, she came to train me as soon as she finished practicing the sword.
At night, after she finished training me, she ran off to practice the sword again.
That self-discipline scared me. Of course, I meant the part where she trained me.
I was worn out in body and heart.
Only when Qin Ruoyi left the mountain to gain experience did I have free time to go out, chat, and mess around.
Today, fellow Daoists from the neighboring Hanyun Sect came to discuss the Dao.
More fellow Daoists meant more paths.
My habit of casting a wide net drew me over.
At a glance, I saw Eldest Senior Sister Rulan of Hanyun Sect, looking as gentle as water.
Honestly, all these years, besides Qin Ruoyi, every Senior Sister and Senior Brother of friendly sects had treated me very well.
I got along wherever I went.
I was sweet-tongued as always.
I coaxed Senior Sister Rulan until she smiled with her eyes.
And my other mortal enemy.
Lingyu, the medicine-cultivating Little Junior Sister of Hanyun Sect, was there too.
One mountain could not hold two green teas.
"Isn't this Lingyu? I heard you argued with Senior Sister Rulan again." I sighed and looked toward Senior Sister Rulan with worry. "Senior Sister Rulan's health is poor. Don't get angry every single day."
Senior Sister Rulan gave a light laugh, patted my head, and said with gratification, "Jiang Ling is still this well-behaved."
I took the chance to bury myself in Senior Sister Rulan's arms.
Looking at Lingyu behind Senior Sister Rulan, I put on a smile of "You're not as good as me."
Lingyu's doll face twisted.
But after only a few breaths, Lingyu forced a smiling face up.
She tried to poke my wound.
"Then do you still get hit by Senior Sister Qin Ruoyi?"
The moment Senior Sister Rulan heard that, worry showed on her face at once.
"I heard Qin Ruoyi's hands are very strong. She strikes the moment she says she will. Can you still take it?"
"H-how should I put it. Her hands are still very strong." I wiped at sweat, a little tongue-tied.
"Your fifth Senior Brother said that in the past she often left you unable to get out of bed, beaten until you were terribly pitiful... Ai, don't provoke your Senior Sister into anger, Jiang Ling."
"..."
I didn't dare look at her. I defended myself stiffly. "We made up. She doesn't hit me now. Let's not talk about this."
No matter how those words were heard, they sounded wrong.
If I hadn't known Senior Sister Rulan was not clear about my current relationship with Qin Ruoyi.
I almost thought she was making it sound dirty.
Sure enough.
When you had a ghost in your own heart, you saw color in everything.
Lingyu's eyes darted around, then she suddenly asked me, "Senior Brother Lu Mingming, Senior Brother Xue Qianxing, and Senior Sister Qin Ruoyi, which one do you like?"
I scoffed. It felt like a trap.
Senior Brother Lu Mingming was not at the scene. Qin Ruoyi had gone far away. And Xue Qianxing was not far off, discussing the Dao with someone.
He might already have his ears pricked up, listening.
I was an expert fence-sitter and knew how to read the room.
"Naturally, Senior Brother Xue Qianxing," I answered with a face full of sincerity.
Want to wreck my other options?
I was plenty smart.
"Why? Didn't they say you made up with Senior Sister Qin Ruoyi? Why don't you like Senior Sister Qin Ruoyi?" Lingyu blinked her big eyes and asked, all naive.
I looked at Lingyu, baffled.
I wondered why this thing kept dragging Qin Ruoyi into it today.
Don't tell me she knew something.
A forbidden love could not be spoken of...
I lifted my head, alert.
I had to avoid suspicion!
"My making up with her is all fake. She always hits me, so of course I pretend to be good with her. I only gave her a little kind face, and she believed I liked her. So annoying.
"Actually, I prefer Senior Sister Rulan, who has orchid fragrance on her. She's gentle as water. She's simply the Senior Sister of my dreams."
I told the lie with full feeling.
I completely failed to notice Senior Sister Rulan beside me frantically throwing me looks.
"Jiang Ling, stop talking."
Lingyu raised a huge smile.
And I stared at the captions floating in midair, feeling strange.
Qin Ruoyi was not even here. Why were there captions here.
What did they say? Let me look.
【给女鹅点首歌。】
【我曾经爱过这样一个女人，她说我是世上最美的女人……】
【我为她保留着那一份天真，关上爱别人的门……】
【啧，深渊在凝视狗妹，狗妹还一脸呆傻。】
I looked at the captions and could not make heads or tails of them.