Just as her mind was running wild with all sorts of wild imaginings, Ning Ruo came in.
"When I parted ways with Brother Xu just now, you hadn't come back yet, so you probably don't know me."
As she spoke, she casually shut the door behind her.
Brother Xu?
"Greetings, Spirit Ancestor. I'm Chi Jiuyu, Master's disciple and Martial Uncle's junior."
As she obediently bowed, she kept reminding herself.
"Chi Jiuyu, I've known about you for a long time. You don't need to be so formal."
"Don't worry, Senior. I've always been very adaptable!"
"Mhm, I know that too." Ning Ruo came closer. "I'm your elder, after all, so I'll just call you Jiu Yu. Is that all right?"
"..." Chi Jiuyu scratched her head. "Sure."
That didn't seem like a problem.
"I heard you really like eating fish, so I brought two."
At that, Chi Jiuyu glanced at the two fish in the tank and couldn't help asking, "What kind of fish are these?"
She'd eaten many kinds of fish, but she'd never even seen anything like these.
"They don't have names yet. After you've tried them, you can give them names."
Huh?
Nameless fish?
Chi Jiuyu grew even more curious and reached out. "Senior, let me take them."
"Then thank you."
Just as Chi Jiuyu took the tank and curiously peered inside,
Ning Ruo spoke again. "Have you settled in here? I'd wanted to arrange somewhere more spacious for you, but Brother Xu said it would feel too lonely."
"Oh, I've settled in just fine."
"That's good. If anything feels uncomfortable, you can tell me."
Emm...
The Spirit Ancestor seemed like a pretty nice person.
She'd thought the Spirit Ancestor might dislike her because of Master.
"By the way, Spirit Ancestor, why do you call Martial Uncle Brother