Ye Qingxian experienced helplessness for the first time.
Her Junior Sister's wildly wandering train of thought had caught her completely off guard.
"I... don't know." Ye Qingxian lied.
She couldn't understand why she'd lied.
Perhaps she simply didn't want her Junior Sister to misunderstand and think she still had feelings for someone.
Because
Ye Qingxian knew what the Ginkgo Tree meant to her Junior Sister.
"When we go home, remind me to bring it along."
"Y-you're still bringing it?" Ye Qingxian stiffened even more.
A scene appeared in her mind.
Her Junior Sister returned to Supreme Heaven with her, full of excitement as she went back to the little courtyard—only to find a bare hole in the ground.
There was no sign of the Ginkgo Tree anywhere in the courtyard.
Her Junior Sister's bewilderment and helplessness would turn into utter shock once she found the little tree in Ye Qingxian's cave abode, followed by an exaggerated, accusing question.
Ye Qingxian could swear to Qing Ye that she really wasn't reluctant to part with her Junior Sister's tree.
She just didn't want to waste the treasure she'd watered with her spirit spring.
"Senior Sister, want a candied hawthorn?" My eyes sparkled as I casually changed the subject. My simple-minded nature clearly couldn't imagine that sort of thing. After all, who would have thought someone was so keen on collecting my old belongings?
Ye Qingxian finally relaxed a little and slowly wiped away the cold sweat that wasn't actually on her face.
She'd just barely managed to get through that topic.
But how would she handle things later, when her Junior Sister saw that her tree was gone? What kind of stunned expression would she make? How would she glare at Ye Qingxian and get angry? Ye Qingxian didn't dare imagine too