Wu Qingyu looked toward Yellow Earth Slope, only to see that Chen Shi had finished practicing and was lying across the white-robed female immortal's lap while the female immortal sat under a tree, picking wax out of his ears.
"Her age is a tiny bit on the older side."
Chen Tang said, "Though not by all that much. It's just that she's too pretty, and I worry she'll disturb Xiao Shi's Dao heart and make him lose his drive to progress."
Wu Qingyu said, "I think she's a very good girl—quiet, shy, and bewildered like she was beaten a bit muddle-headed by some scoundrel. If she could only recover her memory, she'd make a fine match."
Chen Tang said, "She's always following Xiao Shi around and even crawls into Xiao Shi's bedding; that's no way to live. The two of them—one doesn't understand the affairs of men and women, and the other has lost her memory—if they stay this muddled, something's bound to happen sooner or later."
Wu Qingyu smiled and said, "I think we should just let nature take its course and not meddle."
Chen Tang nodded.
At noon, County Magistrate Hu Feifei hurried over from the county seat, and Chen Shi took Nannan along to accompany the county magistrate out to tour the mountains and rivers.
Wu Qingyu said, "The county magistrate is not bad either. Her ancestors were good friends with Father; if they were to unite, it would make an already close family even closer."
Chen Tang didn't dare agree: "County Magistrate Hu is a fox spirit."
Wu Qingyu sneered, "How many of you scholars are there who keep fox spirits?"
"Though I am a scholar, I've never kept one! Besides, fox spirits are skilled at beguiling people with their looks and making them indulge in