Gu Yuena the Auntie and Gu Yuena the Aunt

"Pfft—"

The soul-conducting sedan stopped in front of the academy gates.

Zi Ji looked at Gu Yuena blocking the way ahead, somewhat troubled.

She turned to Di Tian.

"What should we do?"

"Our lord..."

"Whew... whew..." Exhaling stale air in repeated breaths, Di Tian rubbed his throbbing temples.

"Get out."

"Though I don't know why Gu Yuena specifically came to the academy gates early this morning to block us, as long as we're still at the Elf Branch Academy, we can't keep avoiding her forever."

"We'll deal with whatever comes our way."

The four of them got out of the car and headed into the academy.

Holding a parasol, Gu Yuena blinked her illusory violet eyes and immediately stepped closer.

If it had been some unfamiliar woman daring to approach Di Tian, Zi Ji and Bi Ji would have bitten her long ago.

But since it was their lord, they did not dare.

Their lord's accumulated authority was still too intimidating.

Gu Yuena quickly took up a position at Di Tian's side and walked alongside him.

During this time.

No one spoke first.

Gu Yuena cast Di Tian several distinctly displeased sidelong glances, as though waiting for him to speak first.

In her view, Di Tian had been the one to hurt her yesterday.

Today, it was only right that Di Tian took the initiative.

However.

How could Di Tian possibly indulge her wishes?

Though he very much wanted to know what exactly had happened to Gu Yuena—why she had not hurried to find him yesterday, yet had come rushing to cling to him today—

Taking the initiative to start a conversation was absolutely the worst possible move.

If the enemy did not move, neither would he.

Waiting for the enemy to reveal a flaw first was the best way to learn the truth.

The strange silence continued all the way to the dormitory district.

Seeing that they had reached the dormitory district.

Gu Yuena grew a little anxious.

Today was still freshman enrollment day. With no fixed classes, Di Tian would definitely hole up in his dormitory and cultivate for the entire day.

And he would certainly shut her out.

Unable to hold back any longer, she spoke.

"I didn't rush to find you yesterday, yet today I came eagerly to block you at the academy gates... Aren't you curious?"

Di Tian continued walking at the same pace, showing no intention of responding.

Yuanen Huihui, who had been hugging one of Di Tian's arms the entire time, curiously poked her head out.

Unlike Bi Ji and Zi Ji, she had not long been suppressed by Gu Yuena's imposing authority, so she did not leave Di Tian's side.

In an unfamiliar place, staying beside Di Tian still made her feel safer.

Poking out her little head, Yuanen Huihui tilted it at Gu Yuena.

"Senior."

"Who's this auntie?"

"She seems to know you really well."

"Why isn't Senior talking to the auntie?"

"A-a... auntie!" Gu Yuena's expression darkened as she looked directly at Yuanen Huihui, this little brat, for the first time.

The form of address "auntie" made her extremely unhappy.

Even though she had yet to recover her memories, she was completely certain that no one had ever called her auntie before!

Never!

Gu Yuena was highly suspicious.

Di Tian had ignored her the entire time, yet this little brat beside him had spoken first—and the first thing she said was the deeply irritating word "auntie."

Di Tian had definitely put her up to it.

Only Di Tian, who knew the details of her past, could so accurately utter a few words that stabbed straight into her heart.

Her illusion-purple pupils fixed tightly on Yuanen Huihui's eyes.

Di Tian was deeply calculating, and she could not see through him.

But was she really unable to see through a little girl?

Yet after only a single breath—

"Pfft—"

A sweetness rose in her throat, and a mouthful of old blood surged up.

It was not that she had failed to see anything. It was that she had seen everything.

The little girl possessed a childlike heart.

Her soul was pure, her spirit unstained, her mind crystal clear.

Forget scheming—she had no defenses at all.

No one had instructed her.

Calling her "Auntie" had simply been a sincere form of address from the depths of her heart.

Gu Yuena's drastic change in demeanor gave Yuanen Huihui quite a fright.

"Wah~" Like a startled kitten.

The little head she had poked out in curiosity instantly shrank back into the crook of Di Tian's arm.

She truly did not understand.

Why was Auntie angry? Why had her reaction been so intense?

The Reincarnation Eye had warned her earlier that the Auntie before her possessed energy on a level even beyond that of her grandmother, Yun Lan. She was a powerful deity.

If she was stronger than Grandma, then she should also be older than Grandma.

Her grandmother had told her: when facing a senior powerhouse, one must treat them with the courtesy due an elder.

But her mother had also told her: female powerhouses did not like being addressed in ways that made them sound too old. They preferred younger-sounding forms of address.

The innocent Yuanen Huihui simply could not handle such a dilemma, so she could only choose something in between.

Younger than what Grandma had said, but older than what Mom had said.

"Auntie" was just right.

Yet the other party was still dissatisfied.

Wuwuwu...

This kind of problem was simply far too difficult for her!

She could only cautiously ask Di Tian in a low voice:

"Senior."

"Auntie seems to dislike being called Auntie. Should I change it to 'Aunty'?"

Even Di Tian could not help but find it amusing.

"Her current name is Nana."

"Just call her Nana."

Gu Yuena also knew about childlike hearts. She understood that she would not be able to discern anything from the innocent Yuanen Huihui.

So she turned directly to a verbal assault on Di Tian himself.

"I heard from the students."

"You left the academy rather early yesterday, yet today you brought back a pretty little elf with a childlike heart."

"Your tastes are quite unique."

By now, Di Tian had already reached the dormitory door.

Since Gu Yuena had made the first move, it proved that she was more anxious.

The first to act exposed a flaw.

Naturally, it was Di Tian's turn to strike after the fact.

"If you have nothing else to do, leave. I need to cultivate."

"You!" Seeing Di Tian completely unmoved, Gu Yuena's face filled with frustration.

Yet she still took the initiative to reveal the crux of the matter.

"Listen carefully."

"Yesterday evening, I came to the dormitory to find you."

"I had intended that, after laying everything bare, you would take your broad road while I crossed my narrow bridge."

"But the moment I knocked on your dormitory door, my heart suddenly throbbed with pain."

"When I violently smashed open the door, only to find you weren't in the dormitory, my heart was still aching."

"It was the pain of 'losing the one I loved, with ruin wherever I looked.'"

"How dare you say that."

"You're saying you didn't do anything to me?!"

The more Gu Yuena spoke, the more agitated she became. Clutching her chest, she made it sound utterly convincing.

Bi Ji and Zi Ji both looked suspiciously at Di Tian. It was true that Di Tian had been glued to the two of them the whole time, and he genuinely had an alibi, but the pained expression on Lord Gu Yuena's face didn't look like an act.

Forget the two of them—even Di Tian himself was covered in question marks.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I doing?

Of course, Di Tian wasn't dumb enough to think Gu Yuena's heart would ache because of him.

What a joke.

During all their past interactions, it was already generous of Gu Yuena to treat him as a subordinate.

How could they possibly have had a relationship intimate enough for her to ache over him? Not to mention, Gu Yuena had even used the phrase "losing the one I loved, with ruin wherever I looked."

There had to be a misunderstanding!

And a massive one at that!

After briefly recalling what had happened yesterday, he realized there was only one matter that could possibly be connected to Gu Yuena: he had advised Le Qingling to use Tang Wulin's white moonlight, Ouyang Zixin, to strike at Tang Wulin's vermilion mark, Gu Yuena.

But even so, wasn't the feedback a little too fast?!

Le Qingling had succeeded after just one night?

Could the mutual understanding behind "losing the one I loved, with ruin wherever I looked" even travel across planets?

The moment those questions surfaced in his mind, Di Tian immediately wanted to punch himself.

He had actually doubted the destructive power of a white moonlight!

And on the Douluo Continent, no less!

It was utterly inexcusable!