In the Peach Blossom Forest.
My heart was still pounding. I couldn't help thinking I'd been way too bold lately, even daring to yell at the Female Protagonist.
No way.
When I got home, I had to open the Wannabe Handbook and study it all over again.
This was the only required course in my life.
I was nervous, sure.
But after I'd yelled at the Female Protagonist, the results had been surprisingly good.
The image of a young woman hopelessly lost in love had really sunk in.
Ever since I, Ye Xiaoyao, joined Heavenly Sword Peak, I'd never once raised my voice. What a good, honest person I'd been.
And now I even dared to shout at Ye Qingxian. Didn't that prove something?
Only Ye Qingxian still furrowed her brows, staring at her fingertips.
Was she really so repulsive!?
Every time she got just a little closer to Junior Sister, the girl threw up like a fountain?
Everything had its own underlying cause and effect.
At that moment, the Female Protagonist, whose wits were almost supernatural, thought of many things.
There had to be some deeper logic she hadn't figured out yet.
Could it be that her own constitution was special, and she was naturally unable to get close to Junior Sister while she was pregnant? Otherwise, she wouldn't have such a strong reaction of morning sickness.
The Female Protagonist wasn't saying anything, and I was getting nervous.
Had I been too fierce just now? Was she thinking about how to throttle me, then find a hole and bury me in it?
Boo-hoo.
I should've kept being a wannabe.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to her, but the Female Protagonist didn't catch it. She didn't have enough samples, so for now, she put it down to coincidence.
Ye Qingxian cut off her train of thought and returned to reality. Looking at the little girl in front of her, dressed up like a flower, she felt a headache coming on for no apparent reason. "Ye Xiaoyao, you'll be three months along in another week or two. Do you really plan to take the child out to pick through garbage?"
"You're only a Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator. With another burden to drag you down, how are you supposed to live the rest of your life?"
She would definitely kill that scumbag this month. But there was also this little girl, hopelessly in love. Ye Qingxian had been in charge of Heavenly Sword Peak's order for so many years, yet this was the first time she'd faced such a troublesome problem. If it had been just any Junior Sister, that would've been one thing. But this girl was the little girl she'd once brought to Heavenly Sword Peak herself, in a rare fit of kindness. And after one moment of carelessness, by the time she remembered her again, that little girl had grown up and become a rebellious Junior Sister.
With all those factors piling up, it wasn't convenient for her to punish the girl severely, and she also had to consider the bond between Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters.
She planned to let this breach of the Sect Rules slide, but had no idea how to get Ye Xiaoyao to abort the child.
I clenched my little fists, looking so wronged that tears kept welling in my eyes.
In the silence, the little girl bit her lip and stared at Ye Qingxian without saying a word, carrying the image of a wannabe through to the bitter end.
And Ye Qingxian fell for it every time.
Anyone else, seeing someone so spineless, would've already started issuing orders by force. But Ye Qingxian was the type who yielded to softness but not force. If you insisted on standing up to her, she could be even more hardheaded than you, drawing her sword and cutting you down without mercy.
But if you softened your attitude, she softened everywhere.
"Forget it. Go back for now." Ye Qingxian waved her hand, her feelings hard to describe.
When everything had gone quiet, she stared at the fallen blossoms on the ground and murmured to herself, "I, Ye Qingxian, have lived my life with a clear conscience. I'd like to think I've never wronged anyone, but I did forget the little girl I once picked up. Ye Xiaoyao's made it this far partly because of me. Perhaps this is the karma I have to bear."
Even if it meant knowingly breaking the rules.
Ye Qingxian had to do it.
She tried to cover up Ye Xiaoyao's pregnancy and see it through to the bitter end.
The sky gradually brightened. As I walked back, my eyelashes fluttered, and my red eyes suddenly fixed on one spot.
Just now—
Had someone been watching me?
I pretended not to notice anyone and walked away with a light step.
The grass rustled, and the head of a beautiful fairy poked out.
Shuang Yue gazed at the distant Peach Blossom Forest. A little girl had gone out alone in the middle of the night, and she'd even dressed up so prettily.
Could Junior Sister Xiaoyao, who was as cute as a kitten, really be secretly dating someone?
No one on Heavenly Sword Peak could have missed that fierce battle just now.
Ye Qingxian's fury had erupted from the Peach Blossom Forest.
Shuang Yue was a direct disciple of Bright Moon Peak. Even with the Sword Peak's defensive array activated, she could still enter after registering.
A moment later, Ye Qingxian left the Peach Blossom Forest.
Shuang Yue's eyes widened, disbelief filling them from edge to edge.
How was Ye Qingxian's melancholy and faint sadness any different from the anxious uncertainty of someone in love?
Combined with the battle just now—
A very bold guess took shape in her mind, and it was a little terrifying.
Ye Qingxian had remained single all these years. Maybe she wasn't straight at all.
All the changes these past few days suddenly made sense.
Ye Qingxian, who used to ignore Ye Xiaoyao completely, had suddenly asked her to sit by her side at the flower-viewing banquet. It all seemed so reasonable now: Ye Qingxian had been coveting her for a long time.
Convinced she'd seen through the whole truth, Shuang Yue gritted her teeth.
Even rabbits don't eat the grass beside their burrow. What a beast.
She could only blame herself for not making her move sooner.
There were plenty of pretty female cultivators in the Cultivation World, but Junior Sister Xiaoyao was one of a kind. It was just like the saying: "Make your move too late, and you miss out."
She'd been there first, every step of the way.
She still hadn't even gotten to touch her head, and now Junior Sister Xiaoyao was already dating someone else...
Shuang Yue's heart turned sour, and an inexplicable sadness spread through her.
She was a little upset, and felt Ye Xiaoyao deserved better. What had just happened could only prove one thing.
Ye Qingxian was abusing Ye Xiaoyao at home.
Otherwise, how else could the fight have been so earth-shaking?
When Ye Xiaoyao left, her little face had been deathly pale.
Well, actually, she'd just been suffering from severe morning sickness and hadn't recovered yet.
How could Ye Qingxian treat Ye Xiaoyao like that? Shuang Yue pulled out a Communication Talisman, ready to report her.
She couldn't take it anymore.
Senior Sister Yue Wuhua usually doted on her the most.
She had to team up with Senior Sister and give Ye Qingxian a good, hard lesson.
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