Small! Small! Small! (Continued)

Seeing Li Sushang, Qin Suyi finally stopped crying. "Senior Sister is truly ruthless... Our Tai Xu Sword Sect should just disband!"

Susang is such a sensible girl, how could you, Second Senior Sister, be so heartless as to say goodbye?

And speaking of her master... Qin Suyi didn't know how to face him. These days, she would just deliver a meal and leave.

When she saw her master mistaking her for her senior sister or talking about her grandmaster, Qin Suyi couldn't bring herself to hate him, even if she felt resentment.

But they can no longer be as close as they used to be.

The thorn has already pierced through.

"It's time to disperse, it's time to disperse."

Su Mei nodded helplessly, neither denying it nor giving a direct answer.

She hadn't originally intended to say it at this time, but Su Yi asked her anyway, so she steeled herself and told her directly.

The friendship has indeed faded, to the point that she no longer wants to hide anything.

"... Where does Senior Sister intend to go?"

She knelt down, hugged Qin Suyi Susang, wiped away her tears, and then looked up to ask.

After all, she was his second senior sister. Qin Suyi was soft-hearted and couldn't just break up with him like that.

"... Let's head west. The Central Plains hold no appeal for me. I'll follow in the footsteps of the Ancestor and perhaps Heaven will grant my wish, and I'll meet the Fifth Prince and the Ancestor." Su Mei sighed as she looked at her little seventh son.

"... That's true. Our master valued our second and fifth senior sisters the most. If it weren't for me, this burden, they would have gone to the Western Regions with our master long ago."

"I have never considered you, Xiao Qi, as a burden." Su Mei shook her head.

"... Since the mouth is on Senior Sister's body, she can say whatever she wants."

Qin Suyi rubbed Li Sushang's head.

"Susang, let's go cook."

"Second Aunt, First Aunt..."

Li Sushang knew something was wrong and could only look at Su Mei with pleading eyes, but Su Mei turned her head away and let Qin Suyi take Li Sushang away.

"..."

Su Mei looked at the two people in front of her and felt a sense of emotion.

Although these two are not mother and daughter, they are closer than a real mother and daughter.

"... Susang is a filial daughter and a gifted girl. As long as she can change her unruly nature, she can protect Xiao Qi and the Sword Sect in less than ten years. With Xiao Ma'er helping her outside, I don't need to worry about anything."

After Su Mei muttered something softly, a loud male voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Second Senior Sister! Seventh Junior Sister! Look who I brought back!"

"... Senior Brother Ma?" Qin Suyi, who was about to leave, was taken aback.

"The little horse knows to go back to the mountain? That's rare."

Su Mei's eyebrows twitched, and a look of great interest appeared on her face.

"Looks like you brought important guests?"

"... I'm afraid my senior brother brought some cronies from the martial arts world with him."

Qin Suyi looked at Su Mei, who had walked up to her, and commented rather rudely, her tone revealing her resentment.

After all, it had been made clear before that their friendship had ended, so Qin Suyi's evaluation of her senior brother was quite blunt.

(After all, she's still just a 22-year-old 'girl'.)

"Let's go, let's see even our cronies." Su Mei smoothed her waist-length hair, which was covered by her plain clothes.

"... Alright then."

Seeing Su Mei push open the door and leave, even though Qin Suyi still harbored resentment, she subconsciously followed.

After all, being gentle and kind-hearted, she genuinely didn't want to see the friendship between fellow disciples dissipate, so even though Su Mei had made things clear beforehand, Qin Suyi couldn't bring herself to openly contradict Su Mei.

Qin Suyi felt she would do anything as long as Su Mei stayed.

"Second Senior Sister! Seventh Junior Sister! Senior Sister—! Junior Sister—!"

"Alright, alright, little horse, are you going to keep bothering your senior sister until she's deaf?"

Su Mei spotted Ma Yanqing in front of the mountain gate at a glance.

"Hey! Senior sister, why are you only coming out now! Where's junior sister?"

"Here."

Qin Suyi appeared behind Su Mei with a blank expression.

"Uh... what's wrong, Junior Sister...?"

Qin Suyi's tear tracks were too obvious; even if she tried to keep a straight face, she couldn't hide it from Ma Yanqing.

"Just some trivial matters," Su Mei said casually. "But where is your distinguished guest, Little Ma?"

"Coming, coming! Aren't you coming up?"

Ma Yanqing pointed to the mountain path behind him and laughed loudly.

"Snort..."

With a cold snort, a figure rushed forward carrying something, then threw the "thing" in his arms away.

"Cheng Lingshuang!"

"What are you yelling about, Your Excellency? You should lose some weight."

Cheng Lingshuang stared expressionlessly at Otto as he got up from the ground.

They traveled day and night during this period, even abandoning their horses—after all, without considering conserving energy, the horses simply couldn't outrun them...

"Cheng Lingshuang... ugh... you just wait..."

Otto, who was the least physically fit, was suffering from nausea due to motion sickness.

"It's been a long time, Fifth Brother."

"I hope you've been well, Senior Sister."

Cheng Lingshuang smiled at Su Mei, "And Xiao Qi..."

However, Cheng Lingshuang's expression stiffened slightly halfway through her sentence.

"Fifth Senior Sister... Sister Otto...?"

Qin Suyi looked at the two people in front of her as if she had only realized something belatedly.

"That... that grandmaster..."

"Hey! Here!" Liu Bai struggled to climb out of Otto's shirt pocket. "Otto, take it easy, don't throw up on me..."

"I... I understand..." Otto shifted his position while lying on the ground.

"Greetings, Grandmaster."

Su Mei bowed to Liu Bai.

Qin Suyi also realized what was happening and was overjoyed, preparing to pay her respects.

She realized that with her grandmaster here today, their Tai Xu Sword Sect would never disband!

Thank God!

"In plain clothes, I greet my master... Ah!"

"You've been eating well with your second senior sister for the past five or six years, Su Yi."

Cheng Lingshuang stabbed Qin Suyi in the chest with her sword sheath, her resentment almost overflowing.

"Um... Senior Sister, you too..."

"The fifth one doesn't seem to have aged at all."

Su Mei smiled and added fuel to the fire.

Not getting older = no breast growth.

"Eeya!"

Cheng Lingshuang patted Qin Suyi's chest with her sword sheath, causing Qin Suyi to blush again.

After all, such an action is far too dangerous for a 22-year-old virgin.

"Oh, it's still shaking."

Cheng Lingshuang remained expressionless, but her eyes clearly conveyed her displeasure.

"... That sentence was clearly said by my second senior sister."

Qin Suyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

I don't like you.

Cheng Lingshuang said coldly.

No matter what, Su Mei was practically her elder. When she was little, besides Lin Chaoyu, it was Su Mei who took care of her. Since Su Mei really said that, Cheng Lingshuang could only endure it.

Of course, more importantly... you're even older than Second Senior Sister! Who else would she take her anger out on if not you!

What have you been eating all these years, you bastard?!

"You bad guy! You're not allowed to bully my stepmother!"

Li Sushang, standing nearby, pulled out a small wooden sword from somewhere and pointed it fiercely at Cheng Lingshuang.

"Oh... this is the only third-generation descendant of our Tai Xu Mountain?"

"Susang, stop fooling around. This is your... um... Fifth Uncle."

Qin Suyi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

After all, it's a bit strange that Li Sushang calls her and Su Mei" Mom" when introducing their generational relationships.

"Fifth... Fifth Martial Uncle? Like Uncle Ma?"

Li Sushang's little head was a bit slow to catch up.

"It's different. From now on, you'll call me Second Aunt, and Su Yi will be Third Aunt."

Cheng Lingshuang gently rubbed Li Sushang's head.

This girl is fun and likable; Cheng Lingshuang took a liking to her at first sight.

"Don't want!"

"Do you want it?"

Cheng Lingshuang stopped poking at Su Yi's chest and instead lifted Li Sushang up, looking at the girl with a half-smile.

"No way!" Li Sushang was equally adamant, refusing to back down.

"In our sword sect, your eldest aunt is ranked second, I am ranked fifth, and Su Yi is ranked seventh. What's wrong with calling me second aunt?"

"Stepmother! Stepmother!"

Li Sushang pouted and "fiercely" stabbed Cheng Lingshuang in the chest with the small wooden sword in her hand.

The smile vanished.

"You dare bully my stepmother! You little brat! You little brat!"

Li Sushang's childlike intuition allowed her to perceive Cheng Lingshuang's "fatal weakness," and the size difference was no problem for a four-year-old girl. So Li Sushang immediately imitated Cheng Lingshuang's previous actions towards Qin Suyi and turned the tables on Cheng Lingshuang.

"Puff..."

Qin Suyi, who was rubbing her chest next to her, couldn't help but laugh.

Cheng Lingshuang's pressured gaze immediately shifted to another target.

"Little Qi has grown up quite a bit over the years. Why don't you come over and spar with your senior sister for a bit?"

"..." Aren't we the same age?

Qin Suyi wanted to refute, but...

Yes, I was terrified of my senior's gaze and wanted to run away, but I was too scared to run away.