"Fellow disciples for hundreds of years."
She said those five words, then fell silent for a long time.
The wind swept through the bamboo grove, rustling the leaves.
"You bastard."
She turned and walked toward Gu Chengming, who was waiting outside the bamboo grove.
As she passed him, she didn't stop, but she reached out and gave his sleeve a light tug.
Amid all the unfinished cleanup work, Gu Chengming discovered something that left him feeling rather uneasy.
Although the situation had basically been resolved, his nominal identity as a "medical apprentice at the Imperial Academy" hadn't been formally revoked, so he was still temporarily staying in the Joyful Union Sect's Guest Courtyard. As he passed the training grounds, he accidentally overheard two Outer Sect Disciples talking.
"Was the person you dreamed about a Sword Cultivator?"
"Yeah, yeah! You dreamed about him too?"
"Not just me! More than a dozen junior sisters in the dormitory row where I live all dreamed about him! And everyone dreamed about a different scene!"
"No way!"
"It's true! Little Deer dreamed that he held an umbrella over her in the rain, Little Butterfly dreamed that he watched the sunrise with her, Little Grain dreamed that he praised her for being amazing, and I dreamed that he said he saw me..."
"That sounds so romantic..."
"The key is, he was incredibly handsome! I couldn't make out his features clearly, but he had that kind of... look where you just knew he was handsome the moment you saw him!"
"And there's more! He seemed to be a Sword Cultivator! I remember he had a sword at his waist!"
"Same in my dream! And his hands were so beautiful, with long fingers. You could tell they were the sort of hands made for gripping a sword!"