Ye Qingxian watched the little loli's figure recede into the distance, the smile in her eyes growing ever brighter. Even occasionally chatting with Junior Sister was enough to lift one's spirits.
No wonder Yue Wuhua usually treasured her Junior Sister so dearly.
Perhaps.
This was what it felt like to have a Junior Sister.
She hoped she could become like Yue Wuhua, developing a daily routine with her Junior Sister similar to the one between Yue Wuhua and her own Junior Sister.
At that moment, on Bright-Eyed Peak, Yue Wuhua had no idea she had already become someone else's model for life. She was glaring at the girl in front of her with exasperation. "Come on, loudly—tell me, what's in this picture?"
She took out a photograph of a female cultivator.
Shuang Yue answered crisply, "It's a fairy."
"Fine. Your brain seems to be working. Let's look at the next one." Yue Wuhua looked expressionless, but in truth, she was a little at a loss. She took out another photograph, this one of an ordinary cat. "Please—tell me, what's in this picture?"
"It's a kitty." Shuang Yue cooperatively raised her little hand and gave her answer.
"Mm. For now, I'll count your brain as functioning." Yue Wuhua let out a sigh of relief. "Let's look at the next one."
She took out a photograph of another female cultivator. "What about this one?"
"It's a female cultivator fairy I don't know," Shuang Yue said timidly.
Yue Wuhua gradually relaxed. She simply brought out her final trump card. The photograph she produced showed a little loli with pink-and-white hair and a black dress, with peach blossoms scattered all around her in the background. The artistic conception was extraordinarily beautiful and moving. "Answer me immediately. What's in this picture?"
Shuang Yue's eyes instantly lit up. She nearly jumped for joy as she answered crisply, "It's Cat Princess."
Yue Wuhua was utterly at her wits' end. She stood up indignantly and threw out one sentence: "Increase the dosage. Cure this girl for me."
When she heard that something was wrong with her brain, Shuang Yue's head drooped at once.
Unable to bear it, Yue Wuhua could only turn back again. She held up a photograph of a cat. "Good girl, tell Senior Sister, what's in this picture?"
"Answer correctly, and you won't have to take medicine."
"It's... a kitty." Shuang Yue answered listlessly.
"Mm." Yue Wuhua remained patient. She took out another photograph of a pink-and-white-haired little loli. It was a photograph of a Direct Disciple recently released by the sect. "You can see clearly now, right? Can you tell Senior Sister what's in this picture?"
Shuang Yue glanced at Yue Wuhua's expression and replied somewhat stiffly and timidly, "It's an even cuter kitty."
Boom—
Yue Wuhua sprang to her feet.
"Increase the dosage. Keep increasing the dosage!"
She was going insane.
"Who are you? Why did you seize my Junior Sister's body? Give me back my Junior Sister who can tell the difference between a person and a kitty!"
Even someone as cold and composed as her was starting to lose her temper.
Shuang Yue weakly tugged at the corner of Yue Wuhua's sleeve. "But she really is a kitty."
Yue Wuhua was already furious. She stared at her Junior Sister's red lips, which kept babbling on and on. The longer she looked, the more certain she became that nothing good would come out of them. Countless complicated emotions condensed into a single blocked-up word in her heart, so she hardened her heart and bit down.
Shuang Yue's eyes went blank. The words at her lips suddenly became stammering and indistinct, while her little hand, which had been hanging helplessly at her side, gradually clenched. Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
A few minutes later, Yue Wuhua herself was completely dazed. She had never imagined she could do something like that.
Shuang Yue, meanwhile, had a face flushed scarlet. She lowered her head, not daring to look at the figure before her. Ahhh, what was Senior Sister doing? Senior Sister... Senior Sister, couldn't she like me?
Unlike the mental deficiency Yue Wuhua had imagined, Shuang Yue was still capable of maintaining a subtle degree of composure.
She had always known that love was love, and a kitty was a kitty. The reason the two could not be mentioned in the same breath was very simple.
Shuang Yue could still clearly distinguish which mattered more and which mattered less.
Clearly, as the target she needed to follow, Cat Princess Your Highness was slightly more important.
The dream she had had more than anything in this life was to own a kitty of her own.
"Are you clear-headed now?" Yue Wuhua had not figured out how she had done something like that in the heat of the moment. At the time, it had seemed as though only one sentence had been echoing in her mind: This girl's mouth is so noisy. It would be nice if I could just shut it. Since things had come to this, there was no point saying more. She had already done it—what explanation could she give herself? Yue Wuhua was not an irresponsible person, so she could only maintain her final shred of calm.
But.
Perhaps... maybe... it wasn't so bad?
A door to a new world opened before Yue Wuhua. A thought she had never entertained suddenly sprang to life, flames bursting forth from it.
The sweetness lingering on her lips was still rich and mellow.
A strange tremor spread through her.
"Can you see the picture clearly now?" Yue Wuhua remained true to her original purpose and returned to the topic.
Shuang Yue's cheeks were still flushed. She obediently nodded like a pecking chick. "Mm-hmm."
Yue Wuhua took out another photograph of a little loli. "Come on, tell Senior Sister loudly. What picture is this? What's in it?"
Shuang Yue blinked her beautiful, wide eyes. The delight in her gaze was impossible to conceal; she was practically about to raise her little hand and speak up just like she was in class. The words she had heard moments ago seemed to have gone straight into her stomach, and she revealed her true nature once more. "Cat Princess. It's a cute Cat Princess, the cutest Cat Princess in the world."
This time, Yue Wuhua completely broke down.
Fine. Cat Princess.
She felt she ought to calm down. Whether it was that she had lost her head for a moment and kissed her Junior Sister, or that her Junior Sister looked bashful whenever she saw her and had not flown into a rage even after being kissed, all of it showed that between the two of them, only the final layer of paper remained before their window could be pierced through.
Yue Wuhua was gradually beginning to understand what she should do.
Their conversation came to an end. Before leaving, Yue Wuhua finally did not say anything about increasing the dosage. Instead, she looked seriously at her Junior Sister, her expression carrying helpless frustration. "It's fine. If your brain isn't working well, then so be it. Senior Sister can support you for the rest of your life."
"Senior Sister knows you have a kitty you think about day and night. From now on, Senior Sister can feed kitties with you and dote on them wholeheartedly together with you, all right?"
She rubbed her forehead helplessly before leaving with somewhat unsteady steps.
No, she needed to go calm down for a day or two first.
Shuang Yue's little face was flushed.
Senior Sister—
Senior Sister, was this a confession?
Ahhh, should she agree or not?
Shuang Yue picked up the photograph of Cat Princess from the floor and burrowed into her bed in utter embarrassment.
Senior Sister... why didn't she believe her?
The girl buried her little face in the pillow, but even that could not ease the burning heat.
After a long while, she looked at the Cat Princess she loved most.
"No, no, I can't agree just like that yet. If only I agree, it doesn't count as official."
"If someone tries to join a household, they first need the consent of the other members of the household. I already regard Junior Sister Xiaoyao as a future member of my household, so how could I not obtain her consent?"
Shuang Yue had long since decided that Cat Princess would become a member of her future household.
Perhaps only Shuang Yue herself could understand the way her mind worked.
She blinked and gazed at a photograph on the floor.
"Cat Princess Your Highness's true appearance is really adorable~" She held Ye Xiaoyao's photograph above her head, then carefully placed it on the desk. The stars in her eyes nearly overflowed.
Afterward.
She kicked the other photographs of kitties and female cultivators out the door.
"Sorry, but one person can only choose to follow one kitty. Cat Princess Your Highness will definitely be unhappy if she finds out."
She suddenly pouted, looking a little dejected.
"Junior Sister Xiaoyao, when will you finally realize it?"
"If my world consisted only of looks, and if cuteness were the sole justice beneath that division, then I would follow in your footsteps with unwavering resolve."
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