Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, in Ye Qiu's former residence.
Two figures, one in blue and one in green, chased and played around in the courtyard.
"Little Blue! Why are you secretly drinking again! I'm going to tell Ye Qiu and he'll teach you a lesson!"
Ning Rongrong, panting, stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Little Blue standing on the stone table in the pavilion.
She had clearly promised Ye Qiu that Little Blue wouldn't touch alcohol again, but this glutton had actually followed the scent to the wine cellar.
"Sister Rongrong! If you dare tell Brother, Little Blue will tell everyone about you wetting the bed!"
Little Blue's face flushed, and she held a pot of bright red fruit wine in her hand, defiant in the face of Ning Rongrong's threat.
"Ah~! You, you dare! I didn't... Anyway, anyway! You're not allowed to tell Ye Qiu!"
Hearing Little Blue's words, a blush rose on Ning Rongrong's fair skin, and she became somewhat incoherent.
She should have known better than to let Little Blue sleep with her!
If Ye Qiu knew that she had dreamt of doing intimate things with him, how could she face him? Even now, thinking about the scene in her dream made her blush!
"Ah! Brother!"
The previously smug Xiao Lan suddenly cried out in panic, the wine bottle in her hand arcing through the air before landing in the flowerbed.
"Hmm?" Ning Rongrong hadn't recovered yet. Then
, she heard the voice she had been longing for behind her.
"Rongrong~ What are you doing there?"
"Ye Qiu!" Ning Rongrong turned sharply, the figure that often appeared in her dreams overlapping with the figure before her. He
was still dressed familiarly, in a close-fitting outfit, with shoulder-length blue hair, and a faint smile on his fair and handsome face.
"Ah~ Ye Qiu! You've finally come to see me again!"
With a joyful cry, Ning Rongrong rushed over, throwing herself into Ye Qiu's arms, burying her face in his faint fragrance.
"Dreams are nothing compared to reality.
" "Ye Qiu~ I miss you so much~"
"Yeah, I miss you too."
Ye Qiu returned the hug, gently wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Brother~" Xiao Lan also ran to Ye Qiu's side, her outstretched arms lowering again, looking at him somewhat guiltily, her mouth tightly shut.
She dared not speak again.
Ning Rongrong, nestled in Ye Qiu's arms, sniffed around and suddenly caught a faint scent that didn't belong to him.
She looked up, frowning and glaring at Ye Qiu.
"You really miss me?"
"Of course!" Ye Qiu nodded without hesitation.
"Then why do you smell like that woman again?" She sniffed. "No, there's also a faint scent!"
"Uh, well, I ran into Miss Lingling when I went to see Miss Dugu off." Holding her slender waist, Ye Qiu looked down at her and confessed truthfully.
"Hmph, I don't care! We clearly agreed before that you wouldn't smell like other girls when you came to see me."
"You keep saying you miss me, so why don't you take my words to heart?"
Ning Rongrong wrapped her arms around his neck, looking at Ye Qiu with a resentful expression, her cheeks slightly puffed out.
"I...I just wanted to see you sooner, hehe!" Ye Qiu's mind raced, and he finally managed to come up with a passable answer.
He simply didn't have the habit of showering early in the morning.
"You—"
Seeing that Ning Rongrong was about to say something more, Ye Qiu, somewhat afraid of her sour tone, had no choice but to speak first.
"By the way, what were you and Xiao Lan doing earlier?"
"Ah?!" At this, Ning Rongrong's face immediately flushed, remembering Xiao Lan's earlier threat.
"And you, why are you standing so far away from me this time?" Ye Qiu looked at Xiao Lan, strangely observing this girl who was completely different from the clingy one before.
Suddenly, he frowned. "Did you do something bad?"
"Ah! Xiao Lan didn't, I didn't do anything bad! Sister Rongrong can vouch for Xiao Lan!"
Xiao Lan waved her hands haphazardly, looking at Ning Rongrong with pleading eyes, a hint of pitifulness and pleas for mercy in them.
"Sister Rongrong~"
"Rongrong! Is what she said true?" Ye Qiu released Ning Rongrong from his arms, casting a questioning glance at her.
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Lan exchanged a look.
Xiao Lan's eyes held a threat and a hint of fear.
Ning Rongrong's eyes, however, were resolute; she didn't want Ye Qiu to blame her afterward.
Both understood each other's meaning, and so, the two girls spoke almost simultaneously.
"Brother! When Sister Rongrong was sleeping..."
"Ah! Xiao Lan, I'll never buy you anything to eat again!"
Ning Rongrong's face flushed red, her anxious voice faster than Xiao Lan's, extinguishing Xiao Lan's thought of taking her down with her.
Turned the tables on by Ning Rongrong, Xiao Lan's expression fell, glaring at her resentfully.
'Sister Rongrong is so cunning!'
"Hmph~" Ning Rongrong glanced triumphantly at Xiao Lan, then began tattling to Ye Qiu.
"Ah! Brother~ Xiao Lan will never dare again!"
"Ah~"
Finally, with several screams from Xiao Lan, the farce came to an end.
...
Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan sat under the pavilion.
Xiao Lan was still covering her bright red forehead, a few tears welling up in her eyes, and she sat down to one side in a huff.
"Alright, stop pretending, your brother didn't use much force!" Ye Qiu looked at her amusedly.
"I'll rub it for you, okay?"
Ye Qiu reached out, a green light flashing in his hand, and the redness on Xiao Lan's forehead disappeared in an instant.
Seeing that she was still sullen, Ye Qiu spoke again.
"How about this, tell your brother what you didn't finish saying earlier? What happened when Sister Rongrong was sleeping?"
"Hmm?" Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Xiao Lan's eyes lit up. She glanced around, and only after not seeing Ning Rongrong did she happily nod.
She leaned close to Ye Qiu's ear and whispered,
"Brother~ Xiao Lan is telling you! When Sister Rongrong was sleeping..." She suddenly paused halfway through her sentence, her voice becoming somewhat guilty.
She forced a smile as she spoke, and then looked away. "Haha~ Sister Rongrong calls out Brother's name when she's sleeping!"
"Ye Qiu, what are you two talking about?"
It turned out that Ning Rongrong had come over, holding a small plate, looking at Xiao Lan with a half-smile.
"Nothing, I was just comforting her!" Ye Qiu patted Xiao Lan's head.
"Hmph! I hope so." Ning Rongrong gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with a strong sense of threat as she looked at Xiao Lan.
Then she smiled brightly at Ye Qiu.
"Here! Try some of the pastries I just learned to make, Xiao Lan, you have some too!"
"Thank you, Sister Rongrong." Feeling Ning Rongrong's care, she felt a little guilty.
"Aww~" She swallowed a piece of pastry in one gulp, her eyes narrowing into crescent shapes.
All the unpleasantness in her heart disappeared.
"So delicious!"
"Of course!" Ning Rongrong smiled proudly; this was something she had been learning for a long time.
She looked at Ye Qiu with an expectant expression.
"Ye Qiu, how are you feeling?"
"It's really delicious!"
He hadn't expected that the young lady who had previously made candied hawthorns look like sausages could actually make such delicious pastries.
"That's great! I'm glad you like it, hehe!"
Ning Rongrong happily snuggled into Ye Qiu's arms, sitting on his lap and pressing her face against his.
"Ah~" came Xiao Lan's wailing from the side, "Sister Rongrong~ you already hugged brother, it's Xiao Lan's turn to hug him!"
"By the way, how's your self-created soul skill training going?"
(End of Chapter)