Yue Wuhua had never been so speechless. All she wanted was to have a sweet romance with her junior sister, yet somehow she had to get the approval of a cat who had nothing to do with either of them.
If this person really were a cat, that would be one thing.
Yue Wuhua figured she could put up with that.
But Shuang Yue was plainly a living, breathing person.
The problem was that Shuang Yue was stubborn to a fault. Nothing anyone said could change her mind. She was convinced that unless her Junior Sister Xiaoyao approved, she would never let Yue Wuhua date her.
What was more, she had insisted that it wasn't the current Ye Xiaoyao who needed to agree, but the future family member, Your Highness Xiaoyao.
The approval of the current Ye Xiaoyao wasn't enough.
Hearing that, Yue Wuhua felt her fists clench. What was going on here?
"Shuang Yue!" Yue Wuhua shouted. The girl in the distance inexplicably shrank back.
She said cautiously, "I'm going to find Junior Sister Xiaoyao and see the Cat Princess."
"Mm." Yue Wuhua forcibly kept her fists unclenched, repeatedly reassuring herself that she absolutely couldn't resort to domestic violence like Ye Qingxian. She slowly broke into a smile. "Perfect. I want to see the cat too, and find out what makes her look like a cat."
Shuang Yue's eyes lit up. "Senior Sister, you finally believe me?"
Yue Wuhua: "..."
She didn't know whether she believed her or not.
All she knew was that her head was buzzing. Lately, the word "cat" had taken over her brain.
The two of them made their way to Heavenly Sword Peak.
Heavenly Sword Peak.
I gave a leisurely yawn. Since I was near my cave abode, I hadn't activated the talisman, so I wouldn't drain my reserves of Spiritual Power. I'd need to replenish them later.
Taking a walk after a meal was good for a healthy pregnancy.
Whenever Shuang Yue saw the Cat Princess, she lost all her usual composure and shoved Yue Wuhua into the grass.
Yue Wuhua looked aggrieved and incredulous.
"Shh, don't talk. You'll scare the cat away."
Yue Wuhua fell silent.
"Tell me, Junior Sister, are you ever going to come out?"
"You're crouching in the grass every day. When is Ye Xiaoyao ever going to get to know you?"
Shuang Yue looked dejected. "I've tried so many times, but whenever she sees me, she gets uncomfortable from head to toe and can't wait to leave. She doesn't want to talk to me at all."
She added dispiritedly, "I never get a chance to pet her head."
Yue Wuhua was out of ideas.
"Would it work if you pet mine?"
Shuang Yue froze, then jerked backward. "What are you doing? No, no! You're not a cat. Why would I pet you?"
After a rustling sound,
an expressionless fairy stood behind the two of them.
Ye Qingxian stared at the pair skulking around. "I finally caught you two. You come running to my Heavenly Sword Peak every day, and all this time you've been crouching in the grass?"
"Tell me, what are you planning to do to my junior sister?"
The sudden voice startled Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua. If Ye Xiaoyao ran off, her junior sister would blame her again, so she made the shushing gesture along with Shuang Yue.
Ye Qingxian could also see the little girl ahead. Looking at the two of them lying in the grass, she gained a thoughtful, dawning look.
Too bad.
She knew this trick.
Her junior sister's bizarre thought process was her own business. Only by putting herself in her junior sister's shoes, taking part in every little detail of her life, trying to become part of her everyday routine, and sharing her joys and sorrows could she truly become a part of her life.
That was exactly what she was doing now.
And she'd already made some progress.
Shuang Yue's everyday behavior might occasionally be a little absurd, but weren't all junior sisters somewhat peculiar creatures?
If they weren't a little unusual, could you even call them junior sisters?
A moment later,
Shuang Yue looked at Ye Qingxian, who had crouched down beside them. "Senior Sister Qingxian, are you here to see the Cat Princess too?"
Ye Qingxian slowly formed a question mark.
"Who... is the Cat Princess?"
Only then did she follow the other two's gazes, fixing her eyes on the pink-and-white-haired little girl in front of them.
Her junior sister?
Was she... the Cat Princess?
Ye Qingxian's expression grew complicated as she watched the girl, who was getting more and more excited by the second.
Yue Wuhua met Ye Qingxian's gaze and slowly gave her a helpless look.
Ye Qingxian wanted to say—she understood.
It was her junior sister, after all. This was perfectly normal.
Suddenly, Ye Qingxian furrowed her brow, thinking of a possibility she'd overlooked.
Maybe there was more going on here than met the eye?
After briefly wondering if Shuang Yue had something wrong with her head, Ye Qingxian—who lived by the belief that everything happened for a reason—began to think it over in earnest.
Shuang Yue had always described Ye Xiaoyao this way, and no matter who questioned her, she never changed her story. Was there not a deeper reason behind it?
Perhaps
everything Shuang Yue had ever seen was completely different from what an ordinary person saw.
Ye Qingxian asked gravely, "Junior Sister Shuang Yue, can you tell me what the scene looks like to you?"
Shuang Yue paused, then answered, confused, "A very cute cat. She has big, beautiful eyes."
Yue Wuhua wasn't stupid either. She immediately guessed what Ye Qingxian was trying to do. Her breath caught for a moment, and then she found herself inexplicably eager to hear what came next.
Ye Qingxian continued, "About how tall is she?"
Shuang Yue was even more confused. "Under five feet, right? What's wrong? Can't you see how tall Junior Sister Xiaoyao is?"
Had even Senior Sister Qingxian become dense today?
"Then how can you say she's a cat?" Ye Qingxian asked patiently.
"Because a cat is a cat." Shuang Yue wasn't very good at putting her thoughts into words. She felt that Senior Sister Qingxian was acting as strange as her Senior Sister today.
A cat is a cat. Did it need a reason?
Would you think the cat you saw wasn't a cat?
What was there to explain?
Yue Wuhua fell silent.
Ye Qingxian said nothing more, but a scene gradually began to take shape in her mind.
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