Zhu Pingniang’s eyelids lowered slightly as she unconsciously tightened her grip on her sleeves.
Ah Bai... is she feeling guilty?
"So, she’s afraid to see , fearing that her actions caused my condition." Zhu Pingniang’s eyes curved in a smile.
If... if Li Zhibai is too guilty to see her, then she could accept the fact that Li Zhibai hasn’t visited her, and it would even bring her so secret joy.
Because it’s precisely out of concern that guilt arises, isn’t it?
"She... now also has the scent of a woman, actually feeling guilty."
Just imagining Li Zhibai worrying about her to the point of "sleepless nights", hesitating to visit, made Zhu Pingniang’s heart skip a beat, unable to escape from the heartfelt joy for a long while.
"Chang’an, you did well." Zhu Pingniang showed a smile.
At this mont, Xu Chang’an had resolved this knot in Zhu Pingniang’s heart, bringing clarity to her thoughts and uplifting her mood.
To know, Li Zhibai not visiting her was almost suffocating her.
"? I didn’t do anything." Xu Chang’an, rembering sothing, smiled wryly.
"Ms. Zhu, don’t forget... I only return to Beisang City after long intervals."
This guilt of not daring to go ho to see the girl, he knew too well.
"Is that so?" Zhu Pingniang blinked her charming eyes, then laughed heartily, standing up to pat Xu Chang’an on the shoulder: "Yes, it was who sent Ms. Yun to the Chaoyun Sect, you ought to thank well."
"Of course." Xu Chang’an coughed lightly, seizing the opportunity to say: "It’s just that, due to a Thunder Tribulation at Celestial Bright Peak, things are a bit unstable, so the matter of Ms. Yun going to Muyu Peak will require more of your help, Ms. Zhu."
"Oh." Zhu Pingniang curled her lips, her slender fingers pointing at Xu Chang’an’s awkward expression: "So you’re waiting for here, aren’t you?"
As expected, she knew Xu Chang’an suddenly helping her must have a request.
"Do you know why I didn’t directly send Ms. Yun to Muyu Peak but instead to Celestial Bright Peak first?" Zhu Pingniang asked.
Xu Chang’an shook his head.
"You know what kind of place Muyu Peak is; it has a bad reputation outside and still has remnants of the old Hehuan Sect... It’s good to let her stay at Celestial Bright Peak before you decide to let her go up the mountain."
Qinling belongs to her, so there’s no worry about Yun Qian being wronged.
She truly calculated everything clearly.
"Just didn’t expect you’d co to ... so soon." Zhu Pingniang shrugged: "She hasn’t even stayed at Celestial Bright Peak for long, right?"
Xu Chang’an nodded, thinking indeed, everything was within Zhu Pingniang’s calculations.
"Is it inconvenient...?" Xu Chang’an asked.
"Who do you think I am? Placing a girl wouldn’t be a problem." Zhu Pingniang said, suddenly realizing sothing: "Are you planning to have Ms. Yun live with you?"
Xu Chang’an nodded.
They are husband and wife, wouldn’t it be inappropriate for Yun Qian to live with her fellow sisters at Muyu Peak?
"Tsk, you’re really not afraid of the girls on the mountain getting jealous, huh."
Zhu Pingniang looked at Xu Chang’an with the eyes of a brave man, then shook her head, seemingly unintentionally asking:
"Strange, why did you co to for such a small matter? Isn’t there Junior Master Qin? She could deliver embarrassing letters for you, it shows... your relationship is quite good."
"Qinling is the steward at Celestial Bright Peak and has extensive connections at Muyu Peak. Just arranging for Ms. Yun to go up the mountain, she should’ve been able to do it directly, right?"
Zhu Pingniang tilted her head: "Could it be... she encountered so trouble recently? Did she even lose the ability to move soone from Celestial Bright Peak?"
Xu Chang’an: "..."
Sss.
Zhu Pingniang clearly cares a lot about Qinling, yet she acts all tsundere and oblivious. It’s really... can I use the word cute?
Although it seems rude, this is truly what Xu Chang’an thinks.
However, Xu Chang’an knew clearly, if he were to expose her thoughts now, he would definitely get punished harshly.
So he ignored the tsundere nature of the woman in front of him and truthfully said:
"Celestial Bright Peak was struck by a Thunder Tribulation, and various forces have divided it up for investigation... Steward Qin was also persuaded to leave the Steward Hall, and now she’s at ho, playing with a Li Hua."
Zhu Pingniang: "..."
After Xu Chang’an finished speaking, he could clearly see Zhu Pingniang’s eyebrow twitch fiercely.
"Persuaded to leave? What nonsense persuasion."
Zhu Pingniang clenched her fists, took out letters from Li Zhibai and Qinling, opened them to read again, and finally put them away silently, keeping them close to her body.
Gritting her teeth.
"She was chased out of the Steward Hall at Celestial Bright Peak? Why... didn’t I see any hint of this in her letter?"
Zhu Pingniang stomped hard: "Just knew how to sweet-talk, being bullied didn’t even make a sound."
Infuriating.
Zhu Pingniang stopped pretending.
Qinling is a girl she raised with her own hands; how could she let outsiders bully her?
"Useless thing, getting chased out without even speaking up, is this how I taught her back then?"
Zhu Pingniang gritted her teeth in anger: "Really any Tom, Dick or Harry dare to bully my girl now... could that dead girl only know how to write sweet nothings? Receiving gifts happily and doesn’t know how to seek Ah Bai’s backing when bullied?"
Thinking of her ’daughter’ being chased away made Zhu Pingniang inwardly furious.
No matter how rebellious, she’s still a girl she cares deeply about.
"..." Xu Chang’an very shrewdly kept silent.
Because from Qinling’s grievance-laden tone back then, it was obvious she was quite unhappy about being chased out.
"Clearly, she used to co to for venting even at a single scolding. Now she’s turned mute." Zhu Pingniang sighed after venting her anger.
"Enough, it’s my fault."
It must be her habit of distancing herself from the girl these past years, making her reluctant to seek help even when encountering difficulties... fearing being despised even more.
When you think about it, she’s been avoiding Qin’Er. That girl has struggled not to anger her, so how would she dare to bring trouble to her?
Perhaps she should be nicer to Qinling.
She felt heartache that Qinling didn’t dare to voice being bullied.
While thinking of this, Zhu Pingniang suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
Sothing’s not right.
Not right, not right.
If there was anyone in this world who could easily read her mind, Qinling would definitely be one of them.
That girl who even dared to use drugs on her, could she really be so ek?
Impossible.
This must be Qinling’s ruse to gain her pity and thereby lower her guard.
Yes.
Zhu Pingniang realized this and thought she shouldn’t fall for it.
"Though I say this, I can’t let her idle at ho; idleness breeds mischief." Zhu Pingniang murmured: "Have to keep her busy... yes, keep her busy."
After saying this, Zhu Pingniang seriously looked at Xu Chang’an: "Did Qinling tell you which faction took over her position? Tripod Heart Peak? Or the Fire Spirit Sect? Three Pure Ones Rock?"
Xu Chang’an thought for a mont and truthfully said: "I heard that it was the Profound Sword Bureau that took Steward Qin’s share."
When he was going down the mountain, he even saw people from the Profound Sword Bureau setting up an Array Formation.
"Profound Sword Bureau?" Hearing this na, Zhu Pingniang was stunned for a while before becoming more annoyed.
Why is it them again?
Have they forgotten how they were sent away last ti regarding Wen Li’s proposal?
"Profound Sword Bureau, hmph, just because Sikong Jing was acknowledged by the Immortal Sword, it doesn’t an he’s unbeatable, does he? There’s still Qian Cheng and the Hehuan Bell, seems the old fellow wants to visit for tea again."
Zhu Pingniang puffed in anger: "Chang’an, go back and tell Ah Bai to stand up for Qin’er."
"..." Xu Chang’an blinked.
Sikong?
Profound Sword Bureau?
This is a huge entity, one of the top within the entire Chaoyun Sect, its system incomparable to Muyu Peak, being an early part of the Chaoyun Sect foundation.
Can his teacher really handle it and stand up for Junior Master Qin?
"Oh, in case you don’t know, let tell you."
Zhu Pingniang extended one finger, stating calmly:
"Everyone in the Profound Sword Bureau, from Sect Leader to servant, must address Ah Bai as ’Grand-Aunt’ when they see her."
Xu Chang’an: "..."
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