"Huh?"
Verdant Green Maiden looked down at the little girl who had bumped into her and smiled, feeling a sudden urge to tease her. "Where did you come from, little girl? Running around my courtyard like that."
The little girl looked up at Verdant Green Maiden and said, "My name is Li Xiu Ning. What about you, big sister?"
That "big sister" made Verdant Green Maiden feel wonderful!
Good eye!
When you met someone younger, you should call her big sister. When you met someone older, you should call her Grand Aunt. That was how it ought to be!
Verdant Green Maiden smiled, crouched down, patted Li Xiu Ning on the head, then tugged at her twin braids. "My name is Verdant Green Maiden—Shao Dian Qing Nü!"
As Verdant Green Maiden fiddled with her braids, Li Xiu Ning shook her head and asked, "That's such an unusual name. You don't sound like you're from Guanzhong!"
Tsk...
That wasn't right, was it?
Never mind her past life; in this life, Verdant Green Maiden was a snake born and raised in Guanzhong.
No, that wasn't right. These days, she should be called a Jiao Dragon of Guanzhong!
Among everyone living in Guanzhong now, who could claim to have lived here longer than her? She was the real old-timer!
Thinking this, Verdant Green Maiden tapped Li Xiu Ning on the head again and said, "I'm from Guanzhong, but I'm not human."
"Not human?"
Li Xiu Ning blinked and tilted her head, confused.
As she pondered what Verdant Green Maiden meant, a maid came hurrying in from outside and cried, "Third Young Lady, how did you end up here?"
"This side room used to be empty. I saw people going in and out today, so I got curious and came to have a look,"