Missing Thoughts Literature

This night, filled with danger and secrets, fortunately went unnoticed by others.

On her way back, Yu Sui used the dry heat of her Strange Fire to evaporate the water vapor from her body, leaving no trace that she had fallen into the water twice.

Since this place was close to the General's Mansion, Zhongli Que ran back through the back door, panting. The maid who opened the door for her was a confidante of her mother and had been helping her cover up the whole time.

When Yu Sui returned to Juxian Tower, Sheng Fei was looking for her everywhere, almost turning the entire Juxian Tower upside down. Seeing her return with her head drooping, he suppressed his temper and asked where she had been.

"I want to eat those grilled meatballs," Yu Sui said, gesturing with her hands, her voice full of grievance. "But Juxian Tower doesn't have them, so I wanted to go out and buy some. I looked for a long time but couldn't find any."

Sheng Fei was almost angered to the point of fainting. The young men beside him thought he was going to scold the Young Princess severely and were ready to whisk Yu Sui away the moment he spoke.

In the end, Sheng Fei just glared fiercely at Yu Sui, muttered a couple of complaints, and let it go.

Yu Sui returned to the Prince's Mansion, safe and sound. She lay on her bed, recalling the events of the night, and did not sleep.

It seemed that many people knew about the Agricultural School's treasured item, Primordial Soil, being inside her.

They had been lurking in the Imperial Capital, monitoring her from afar. If it weren't for the Prince's Mansion's secret guards, they would have swarmed her long ago.

If taking the Primordial Soil required killing her, then Nangong Ming keeping her alive and preventing Lady Su from obtaining the complete Primordial Soil was also a means of controlling Lady Su.

But would Lady Su remain so passive?

She must also be very unwilling.

Yu Sui opened her eyes again, spread out her palm, and looked at the small flame burning in her palm.

If she hadn't remembered that Zhongli Que was still in the water and gone to save her, she would have surely walked towards the burning Strange Fire.

It was indeed the most powerful force on this continent, so powerful that it could influence the will of others.

Yu Sui recalled the old man's words before he died and couldn't help but ask herself:

Could I do it?

Destroying the world.

Letting the Strange Fire burn and devour the entire continent, burning the gardenias she had personally planted in her courtyard, burning her elder brothers, Zhongli Que, the strangers in the bustling market tonight, burning everyone to death.

Could I do it?

The Strange Fire would not be satisfied with her only burning the people and things she wanted to burn.

What it wanted to devour and destroy was the entire Xuangu Continent.

Heaven and Earth and all things, everything.

Yu Sui stared at the flickering flame in her palm until dawn.

When the faint light shone into the room, she made up her mind. She would go to Taiyi Academy to find the Tianzi Text the old man had mentioned, which could help her get rid of the Strange Fire.

With a goal in mind, Yu Sui began to pay attention to all news related to Taiyi Academy.

The courses arranged by the Imperial Academy became increasingly difficult, with more and more classes on the Technique of Physical Strength.

Zhongli Que couldn't learn these things and could only secretly study the Listening Wind Ruler at night. Yu Sui would tell her some of the key techniques and essentials.

Yu Sui would also go to Gu Gan's study and send information related to Divination and Prediction to Zhongli Que.

For the past two years, Gu Gan had been away from the Imperial Capital for extended periods, often absent for months. Yu Sui used the excuse of "missing" Brother Gu to clean up his study, trim the plants, and "see things and think of the person" in his study.

Nangong Ming was quite happy for her to be close to Gu Gan. When Gu Gan caused trouble in the Imperial Capital and Nangong Ming found it inconvenient to step in, he would let Yu Sui handle it.

Yu Sui was Gu Gan's backing in the Imperial Capital, allowing him to act with impunity.

Every time Gu Gan returned from his travels, he would bring gifts for Yu Sui, ranging from gold and silver jewelry to interesting trinkets, or the Four Treasures of the Study, longbows, swords, and knives, anything and everything.

As long as he thought Yu Sui would like it, he would bring it back for her.

Gu Gan would go to places where the Listening Wind Ruler could not transmit messages to Qingyang Imperial Capital. They couldn't get updates on each other's situation through the Listening Wind Ruler, and Yu Sui didn't know what he was doing outside or when he would return.

One night, Yu Sui was cleaning the flower trees that had been broken by the wind and rain the previous night in Gu Gan's small courtyard. She worked until very late, as she had to play the part completely.

The courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open from the outside. A young man in only a white inner shirt hurried in, carrying an unconscious young girl on his back, draped in his green robe.

Yu Sui, who was sweeping fallen flowers on the ground, was startled: "Brother Gu?"

"Suisui, you're here, that's good," Gu Gan said, seeing her. He was slightly surprised, then relieved, and said urgently, "People from the Communication Institute will be here soon. Help me stop them."

Yu Sui stood still, blinking as she watched him carry the person into the house. A moment later, she finally responded with an "Oh."

Quite a few people from the Communication Institute arrived, accompanied by Imperial Capital Guards. Their dark military uniforms were solemn and imposing, exuding an aura of pressure. The adults were all taller than her. Yu Sui stood at the courtyard gate, gently rubbing her slightly cold arms.

Unfortunately, they were acquaintances.

It was the patrol guard who had taught Yu Sui the Character Filling Technique and Star Constellation Positioning in the Imperial Academy. After a few years, he had been promoted and was no longer at the Imperial Academy.

Now, at the Communication Five Elements Academy, Dean Li Xiang raised his hand, signaling the others to stop, and bowed his head to Yu Sui, who stood in front of them: "Young Princess."

The young girl standing at the courtyard gate said crisply, "Official Li, what a coincidence. It's so late, what are you doing here?"

Li Xiang looked up at the small courtyard behind Yu Sui, his expression somewhat hesitant: "Someone abducted a prisoner from the Communication Institute. This prisoner had previously attempted to infiltrate the central hub of Qingyang's Communication Institute and is suspected of being a secret agent from another country."

"Is that so?" Yu Sui raised her hand to push back her sideburns, which were being lifted by the night wind, and said with a smile, "I'm here to clean up the clutter in the small courtyard. The wind and rain last night were too strong, and the flower trees inside are all crooked and bent. I'm afraid it will take a long time to clear them."

The expressions of the people behind Li Xiang were varied. They understood Yu Sui's meaning but were somewhat unwilling and wanted to step forward, only to be stopped by Li Xiang's glare.

"Since that's the case, we won't disturb the County Princess any further." Li Xiang no longer hesitated and simply left.

He didn't want to confront the troublesome Nangong King's Mansion.

After Li Xiang and the others had left, Yu Sui turned and pushed open the courtyard gate to go inside.

As she reached the door, she heard a crisp crack from within. The young girl said angrily, "You rogue! How dare you take off my clothes!"

Gu Gan, inside the house, rubbed his stinging face and sneered, "Your eyes only see me taking off your clothes, but not me drawing out the poison for you?"

The young girl retorted angrily, "I didn't ask you to save me!"

"Fine, then get up and leave quickly. I don't want to be implicated by you," Gu Gan said and walked away.

Yu Sui, standing at the door, took two steps back. Gu Gan, who opened the door to come out, still had anger in his eyes, half his face burning with pain, the red finger marks extremely obvious.

This girl looked like she was dying from her injury, yet she had quite some strength to hit him. He had truly mistaken good intentions for ill will. He shouldn't have gotten involved with such trouble in the first place.

Gu Gan grumbled inwardly, almost bumping into Yu Sui standing at the door. He caught a glimpse of her in his peripheral vision and suppressed his emotions.

"Official Li and the others have left," Yu Sui said. "Brother Gu, are you hiding a prisoner being pursued by the Communication Institute?"

Gu Gan raised his eyelids. "Let's not talk about that, it's unlucky."

He had initially wanted to ask Yu Sui to check on Xiang Feifei inside and help her apply some medicine, but then he thought that Yu Sui, being a King County Princess raised in luxury, wouldn't know how to care for someone. He suppressed the thought.

"Let's go. Did you not have dinner? Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you," Gu Gan led Yu Sui towards the small kitchen.

Yu Sui followed him, murmuring as she walked, "Pepper Meatballs, Meat Burgers, Lean Meat Porridge..."

"Tomorrow, I'll make them for you tomorrow," Gu Gan pushed open the kitchen door. "Tonight, let's have something light. I'll cook you a bowl of noodles with two eggs."

Yu Sui stood at the doorway and drew out her "o" sound.

"Then I'll go back to sweeping the courtyard," she said.

Gu Gan poked his head out from the window. "What are you sweeping? Leave it, I'll sweep it later."

Yu Sui twirled the broom around on the ground. Suddenly, a dark shadow leaped from the courtyard wall, landing gracefully and directly in front of her.

"Gu Gan! You son of a bitch, you ran off with people and left me to clean up the aftermath, are we brothers?!" The furious youngster climbed over the wall and was about to argue with Gu Gan. He took two steps forward, saw Yu Sui, and immediately stammered, "S-sorry, I think I came to the wrong place. Is this the wall of the Nangong King's Mansion?"

Yu Sui looked at him in surprise.

It was Ji Meng, the youngest son of Chief Ji from the Imperial Physician's Academy. They were among the same batch of children who entered the Imperial Academy to study.

Because he was a son of a concubine, Ji Meng had been bullied by other children in the early stages. It was Gu Gan who fell out with those aristocratic young masters and saved him. Yu Sui often saw Ji Meng playing with Gu Gan.

Due to Yu Sui's Third Brother, Ji Meng was not familiar with her.

"Are you blaming me for running too slow?" Gu Gan poked his head out again. "Hurry up and take her away, so she doesn't cause more trouble for me here."

Ji Meng looked over. "Didn't you bring her back yourself?"

Gu Gan sneered, "She was poisoned. Go take a look, don't let her die here."

Ji Meng scratched his head. "I'm a man, isn't that inappropriate?"

He was afraid he would get slapped too.

Ji Meng glanced at Yu Sui. Wasn't the County Princess here?

Gu Gan glared at him. "Go quickly."

Ji Meng entered the room with bottles and jars.

Xiang Feifei, who was poisoned, had already fainted from the pain. Ji Meng examined her injuries, which were indeed quite severe. He then concentrated, cleaned her wounds and removed the toxins before applying medicine.

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Yu Sui sat at the table eating noodles. By the time she finished, Ji Meng still hadn't come out. Gu Gan went in to check on them midway. When he came out, his anger was gone, so it seemed everything was fine.

Gu Gan walked to the opposite side of the table and sat down, clasping his hands and resting his chin on his arm, leaning over to watch Yu Sui eat noodles.

"Do you want some?" Yu Sui offered him a mouthful of noodles.

"You eat," Gu Gan said. "I just like watching you eat."

Yu Sui smiled with curved eyes and buried her head in her food.

Gu Gan asked her, "You don't have to go to the Imperial Academy next year. Have you thought about where you want to train next?"

Yu Sui replied without looking up, "I haven't thought about it. Brother Gu, where are you going in the future?"

Gu Gan said, "I'm definitely going to Taiyi."

Yu Sui: "Then I'll go to Taiyi too."

Gu Gan couldn't help but laugh. "Why do you follow me everywhere I go?"

Yu Sui lied without blushing, "Because I feel safe following Brother Gu."

Even if she didn't follow him, Nangong Ming would find ways to put her by Gu Gan's side, to protect Gu Gan.

Gu Gan sighed, "I really don't know what to do with you."

The young boy, still in the midst of voice change, had a deep voice, but the helplessness and doting in his words were undeniable.

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The following year, Gu Gan turned sixteen and went to Taiyi Academy.

Before he left, he told Yu Sui, "I'll scout ahead first. When you get here, I'll be the one protecting you."

Yu Sui smiled, "Okay."

On a moonlit night, fireflies danced in the grass by the roadside.

Gu Gan took a few steps forward, then turned back, his expression serious. "Suisui."

Yu Sui responded, "Mm!"

Gu Gan looked at her for a long time, finally shaking his head. With a dashing smile, he waved and turned, "I'm leaving. Go back."

Yu Sui watched until he disappeared into the thick night.

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That year, when she was sixteen, she couldn't go to Taiyi Academy because the technicians still couldn't detect any compatible talent in her.

Yu Sui also couldn't suddenly become smart enough for Nangong Ming to agree to send her to Taiyi Academy.

So, she created an image for Nangong Ming and the others of suddenly becoming diligent and hardworking, saying she just wanted to be by Gu Gan's side.

Nangong Ming was satisfied with her resolve but slightly dissatisfied with her talent.

Coincidentally, war broke out again in Qingyang Nation that year, making Nangong Ming busy. He was often away from the Imperial Capital and didn't have time to worry about his daughter's talent issues.

Even Lady Su was rarely seen.

Without these two watching, Yu Sui had much more freedom.

It wasn't until she turned eighteen, after the war subsided, that Nangong Ming returned from his travels. On the night of his return, he summoned Yu Sui and told her, "I've paid a huge tuition fee to Taiyi Academy. You'll depart for Taiyi tomorrow."

Before Yu Sui could even guess why her stingy father had suddenly changed his ways and started supporting his daughter's dream, she heard Nangong Ming continue, "When you go to Taiyi, cooperate with Gu Gan, clear obstacles for him, and help him obtain Futuo Tower."

Nangong Ming turned around and looked at the child who had grown up before him.

Her eyebrows and eyes resembled her mother, Lady Su, but she lacked Lady Su's coldness. Her black eyes flowed with tranquility, and when she looked up, she was lively and endearing, unlike Lady Su's rebelliousness. She had always been obedient and well-behaved towards him.

Nangong Ming said, "This is the first mission I'm giving you, Suisui. Don't disappoint me."

Yu Sui bowed her head in response and left the Prince's Mansion the next day.