Missing Thoughts Literature

Chapter 29

Seeing Princess Shangyang being taken away, Yu Sui continued to bury her head in her meal.

The perception from the anomalous fire told her there were three more people in the room next door where food was stored.

They were likely trying to steal food from the dining hall and hadn't alerted anyone yet, suggesting they had some skill.

In the next room, Xue Mushi was focused on eating. He finished quickly, leaving not a single grain of rice in his bowl before departing.

Wei Ren had long since finished eating and sat opposite Xue Mushi, watching him. Seeing him finally put down his bowl and chopsticks, Wei Ren asked, "Your Xue family is a prominent family in Taiyuan. Surely they wouldn't be so poor that they can't afford to feed you, right?"

Xue Mushi shook his head and got up to bid farewell.

Yu Sui, full and satisfied, went to pay and left with Li Jinshuang. Not long after leaving the dining hall, she spotted three people leaving from behind, using the Wind Riding Technique from the dining hall. She recognized Mei Chengyu carrying a food box and couldn't help but smile.

The Mei Chengyu Trio went to the entrance of the Taoist Saint Hall to eat dinner.

Zhongli Shan learned that the two of them had frozen him earlier because they were afraid he would attack Nangong Sui. More question marks appeared above his head: "Why would I hit her?"

"Listening to Shangyang, aren't you and Nangong Sui not on good terms?" Xing Chun said while eating.

"It's not exactly as Princess Shangyang said. My family and the Nangong family do have a strained relationship, but the two girls privately get along well. It's just that due to the family feud, they don't appear too close in public."

Zhongli Shan explained, "I also have a good relationship with the Nangong family's Young Master. He didn't come to Taiyi and stayed at the Military School Chongtai in Qingyang. I even asked him to keep an eye on my younger sister for me."

Xing Chun suddenly understood: "So that's how it is. Then it's not as Shangyang said, and Nangong Sui didn't abandon your sister as a friend."

Zhongli Shan shook his head and chuckled helplessly, "When we were at the National Academy, my sister would talk about Nangong Sui all day long, but she only said it to me. Later, the relationship between the two families worsened, and everyone said Nangong Sui wasn't playing with her anymore. I was worried she'd be sad, but they were still playing very well in private."

Xing Chun sighed, shaking his head, "You people have to hide even making friends."

Zhongli Shan also sighed, "Yeah."

Mei Chengyu focused on eating.

Yu Sui returned to her dormitory and rolled around on the bed twice. A warmth surged through her, making her unable to sleep. She picked up the Listening Wind Ruler and opened it.

Zhongli Que had sent her a message earlier, saying that she and her father had gone to the Royal Palace for a hunt today and met someone at the hunting ground.

"His name is Gu Jun. He's a small captain in the Tiger Roar Camp. He came to the imperial capital this time to be enfeoffed and became a member of the Golden Armored Army."

"Watching their archery competition at the hunting ground, he seemed very skilled, even surpassing Second Brother Su."

"When I went to play with my cousins in the woods behind the field, I saw some Snow Flying Mice. They were very cute, fluffy and round, and they could fly."

"But Qiao Xiu and the others used the Snow Flying Mice for target practice and killed them all."

"When I left, he gave me the Snow Flying Mice he saved."

It was rare for Yu Sui to see Zhongli Que talk about someone else at such length, especially a man.

After reading it, she replied, "Did this person know you?"

A moment later, Zhongli Que replied, "He doesn't seem to know who I am."

Yu Sui: "Why aren't you resting yet?"

Zhongli Que: "I'm still playing with the Snow Flying Mouse, Suisui. It can fly!"

Yu Sui laughed.

Zhongli Que held the fluffy Snow Flying Mouse in her hands, looking at its snow-white fur with only a trace of black on its forehead, making it very distinctive. Its long, slender black whiskers tickled her palm.

The Snow Flying Mouse flew from her palm to a tree outside the window, looking back at Zhongli Que inside the room from a high branch.

"Come back," Zhongli Que called softly. "Your injury hasn't healed yet. Can you stay until you recover?"

The Snow Flying Mouse seemed to understand. It circled on the tree twice and flew back, caught by Zhongli Que as she extended her hand.

"It's so cute, I really want to show it to you too," Zhongli Que said happily. "How have you been at the academy these days?"

Yu Sui told her about sealing the Earth of Rebirth and being able to learn the Nine Schools Techniques. Zhongli Que became even happier: "That's great! You can finally use the Nine Schools Techniques to improve your realm. Does Second Brother Su know?"

"I haven't told him yet." Yu Sui also mentioned the trial in the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Field, but she didn't reveal her speculation about the anomalous fire.

After reading it, Zhongli Que clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and concentrated. In the depths of her dark consciousness, golden lines flashed rapidly. The golden lines appeared intermittently, each time flashing by, but each time they flickered, they formed a circle around themselves.

After the golden lines connected head to tail, Zhongli Que told Yu Sui the scene she saw:

"The person holding the scorpion handed over the spider in his hand."

This scene did not appear to involve Yu Sui, but she was divining a premonition related to Yu Sui, so anything she saw must be related to Yu Sui.

Zhongli Que had been trying to actively control that mysterious precognitive power for years.

Divination was something all of the Nine Schools knew a little about, as it was the foundation of Nine Schools Techniques.

There was only one School of Techniques that specialized in divination.

Yu Sui privately obtained knowledge about the divination techniques of the School of Techniques through various channels and gave it to Zhongli Que. However, both children were like blank slates regarding Nine Schools Techniques, and they knew little. Some books were also written in a very obscure way, making them seem like reading the Book of Heaven.

This continued until Yu Sui's second brother, Su Feng, joined them.

Su Feng had been good friends with Zhongli Shan since childhood, and Zhongli Shan often brought his sister along, so Su Feng and Zhongli Que met frequently and gradually became familiar.

The aristocratic family descendants in the imperial capital all knew that Zhongli Shan doted on his younger sister.

Years ago, when Zhongli Shan's friends came to visit, Zhongli Que helped pick up a long arrow during an archery competition. At that time, only the children at the archery range were present; everyone else was a trusted subordinate of the Zhongli family.

It's unclear which of these friends, however, managed to accidentally leak the incident of Zhongli Que picking up arrows to the palace.

When Zhongli Shan later found out who it was, he beat the person severely. As a fellow Military School Disciple, this person later avoided anyone from the Zhongli family and left the imperial capital within two years.

After this incident, Zhongli Shan became very wary of the friends around him, harboring a sense of caution.

He had, in a way, been taught a lesson by this friend.

The only friend Zhongli Shan could trust was Su Feng.

It was Su Feng who helped investigate who had informed on him, and it was also Su Feng who went to confront and beat the other party first.

When Zhongli Shan went to Taiyi Academy, it was also Su Feng who stayed in the imperial capital to help him look after Zhongli Que.

Learning that Yu Sui and Zhongli Que got along well, Su Feng would buy two items when buying things for his Younger Sister, and give one to Zhongli Que.

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At that time, Big Brother Han Bing and Third Brother Sheng Zui were not in the imperial capital. Only after Su Feng finished his work at the Military School Chongtai would he take Yu Sui and Zhongli Que out to play.

It wasn't until Yu Sui was sixteen years old that Nangong Ming said to Su Feng, "You have a good relationship with the Zhongli family's child. Zhongli Ci has sent his son to Taiyi to find a way to break my Shura Eye."

By this time, Su Feng had shed the childishness of his youth. When he was young, his greatest idol was Nangong Ming, but as he grew older, encountered more people and things, and experienced more, his views gradually changed.

Those who were lively and spirited in their youth became more steady as they grew up.

Su Feng stood ramrod straight in Nangong Ming's room. The candlelight inside cast a soft glow on his refined face, but his dark pupils were incredibly calm.

"Since you have a good relationship with Zhongli Ci's daughter and often take her and Sui Sui out to play, it seems Zhongli Ci's daughter also considers you her older brother," Nangong Ming said slowly, his gaze fixed on Su Feng.

Yu Sui, standing outside the door, could feel the oppressive aura emanating from Nangong Ming within the room.

"It shouldn't be difficult for you to find some trouble with Zhongli Ci's daughter, right, Su Feng?"

For Nangong Ming to call him by his full name could be considered an expression of his displeasure.

Su Feng lowered his gaze and said in a deep voice, "I can't do it."

"Mm?" Nangong Ming chuckled softly, "Is this difficult for you?"

Su Feng said, "The Ming and Bing Families can fight using many direct methods, not by choosing such despicable and insidious means."

Nangong Ming sat down on the chair and reached out to gently stroke his chin. "Did you just call me despicable and insidious? The Ming and Bing Families are at war. If you can only think of winning through direct means, you are too naive. Besides, do you think the Military School has never used any insidious methods?"

"Have you forgotten the targeting you experienced at the Military School Chongtai, the lessons where you were almost killed several times?"

"Is that what you call direct means?"

Su Feng said, "If we are to count, I am also from the Military School."

Nangong Ming said decisively, "Nonsense. You are my son, Nangong Ming's son, not someone from the Military School."

Su Feng said calmly, "That is also a conflict between Nine Schools Practitioners."

"Are you feigning innocence, or are you reluctant to harm that young girl from the Zhongli family?" Nangong Ming smiled slightly, his gaze fixed on the person before him. He appeared calm, but his aura became fierce.

Su Feng slowly raised his eyes and met Nangong Ming's gaze. The youth's clear eyes were filled with determination. "I will not harm her."

Nangong Ming swung his hand, delivering a fierce slap. Outside, Yu Sui, hearing it, touched her own face.

Su Feng's head turned to the side from the blow, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Yet, he kept his back straight, unwilling to yield.

"Useless thing." Nangong Ming knew his son's temper well. When he refused, even if you crushed his limbs, he would never bow his head.

"Get out." Nangong Ming's expression was cold, his tone grim.

Su Feng lowered his head slightly, as if apologizing to his father. As he opened the door to leave, he saw Yu Sui waiting outside. He raised an eyebrow slightly, wiped the blood from his mouth, and smiled. It was a smile of triumphant resistance, full of spirit.

Su Feng left, and it was Yu Sui's turn to be called in for a lecture.

Nangong Ming lectured her for a long time about Su Feng's rebellion, showed her the consequences Su Feng faced, and finally told her to sever ties with Zhongli Que and no longer associate with anyone from the Zhongli family.

Yu Sui agreed.

Nangong Ming did not ask Yu Sui to frame Zhongli Que or find flaws in her, because he knew that if Su Feng refused this proposal, he would not let these things happen to Zhongli Que.

Su Feng would do everything in his power to stop them.

In the end, this matter would only become more troublesome, and it might even end up handing a weapon to someone else.

Nangong Ming asked, "Don't tell me you also like that girl from the Zhongli family, like your Second Brother?"

Yu Sui replied, "Not that much yet."

Nangong Ming narrowed his eyes in satisfaction. "You must choose your friends carefully. Do you have no other friends besides Zhongli Que?"

"Yes, not many," Yu Sui replied honestly.

Nangong Ming raised his hand and touched his eyebrow bone, sighing softly. "Making unsuitable friends will only harm yourself. Oh well, you will soon have many new friends."

Yu Sui left Nangong Ming's room and returned to her own courtyard. The Mute Woman informed her that Su Feng was waiting in front of her room.

Su Feng had visited her courtyard only a handful of times.

Yu Sui asked the Mute Woman and the others to leave. Only the brother and sister remained in the small courtyard.

The gardenias in the courtyard were in full bloom, their strong fragrance filling the night air.

Su Feng stood by the flower bed and looked at her. "It was Father's order. I know it will be difficult for you. Even if you break with Zhongli Que tomorrow, I won't say anything. Take care of yourself first."

Yu Sui looked back at her Elder Brother and said, "Second Brother, if a friend is someone I truly care about, she might not be mentioned by me, but she will live in my heart."

It was from this day on that Su Feng slowly began to see the true face of his Younger Sister.

And Yu Sui also learned Su Feng's secret.

Many people knew Su Feng liked Zhongli Que, because they all thought Su Feng treated Zhongli Que like a sister.

Few people knew Su Feng liked Zhongli Que, because only Yu Sui knew how far he would go for Zhongli Que.

But Su Feng didn't make it explicit, so Yu Sui pretended not to know.

Sometimes, what you can't have is the best. As long as you haven't obtained it, you will always keep it in your heart, nurturing unspeakable desire and longing.

With Su Feng's help in transmitting information related to the School of Techniques' divination, Zhongli Que was finally able to actively control that mysterious power. However, there was a big difference between actively knowing and passively knowing information.

Passively knowing allowed her to see scenes of the subject's future personal experiences.

But when she actively tried to foresee, she could only see a part related to the subject, and the flickering images were fast, requiring her to observe with full concentration.

Up to now, most of the scenes Zhongli Que passively foresaw were related to Yu Sui.

Every time Yu Sui wanted to sneak out to do something, she would ask Zhongli Que for help to see if she could avoid the King's mansion's Secret Guards and if it would be smooth.

At this moment, Yu Sui saw the divination message sent by Zhongli Que, her fingertip lightly brushing the edge of the Listening Wind Ruler, the words "scorpion" and "spider" reflected in her eyes.

Wei Ren?

She remembered what Wei Ren had said before:

"I grew up hearing your name."

Agricultural School Disciple.

He definitely knew that the Agricultural School's Treasured Item, the Breathing Soil, was on her.