Zhi You stared blankly at Jiu Hui, then closed his eyes.
It turned out that he was still dreaming.
Tao Er looked at this one, and looked at that one, wishing he could ask on the spot what the zhuixu was all about, but before he could open his mouth, Tao Xiangyi covered it with his hand.
“Immortal Zhi You just woke up and needs to rest well. We’ll take our leave first.” City Lord Tao gave his eldest son a look, and the father and son dragged Tao Er out of the room.
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“Don’t force me to slap you in front of Immortal Jiu Hui.” Tao Xiangyi gritted his teeth and said, “Use your brain. Is this something you should ask?”
Tao Er was stunned. When did his big brother learn from Miss Jiu Hui? Why did he want to slap him at every turn?
After the three Taos left, the room fell silent. Yu Jing glanced at Zhi You, whose ears were red from just waking up, and then at Jiu Hui, whose expression was as usual. She stood up and said, “I’ve been sitting for a while. I’ll go out for a walk.”
A considerate master should know when to disappear.
Only Jiu Hui and Zhi You were left in the room. Jiu Hui asked Zhi You, “Is the series of zhuixu novels from Eldest Senior Brother good?”
Zhi You’s face was flushed red. He opened his eyes and sat up, stealing a glance at Jiu Hui from the corner of his eye.
Seeing that he was too embarrassed to speak, Jiu Hui stood up. “I’ll have someone from the City Lord’s mansion make you some calming soup.”
“Little Senior Sister.” Zhi You’s sense returned and he grabbed Jiu Hui’s sleeve. His hand trembled with nervousness, but he did not let go of Jiu Hui’s sleeve.
“It’s not that I like Eldest Senior Brother’s storybooks, I’m…” Zhi You mustered all his courage and said, “I want to be your zhuixu.”
After saying this, Zhi You’s face turned red all the way to his neck. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Jiu Hui, but he tightly grabbed onto Jiu Hui’s sleeve and wouldn’t let go.
“You either want to be a lackey or a zhuixu.” Jiu Hui sighed as she looked at the hand that was tightly gripping her sleeve. She couldn’t help but laugh helplessly. “Zhi You, you’re really promising.”
“I was born without friends or family, and I don’t know what it means to be promising in the eyes of others.” Zhi You looked up at Jiu Hui, who was standing beside him. “I don’t ask for much. I just want to be with you.”
“Even though I’ve loved visiting human cities since I was a child, I’m ultimately a yao, not a human.” Jiu Hui sat down on the edge of the bed. “I understand a lot about human things, but I can’t live like a real human, nor can I truly think and act like one…”
“I don’t understand any of that either.” Zhi You explained anxiously, “I learned how to be happy, how to be angry, and how to be a person by following you. Everything about me is related to you. I’m not like other people.”
In the past, every day was the same for him. He paid no attention to the rising and setting of the sun or the wind and snow, and he never looked forward to tomorrow.
After being with Jiu Hui, he finally had anticipation and curiosity.
She accompanied his younger self through the longest and loneliest years, and when he stepped into the mundane world, she accompanied him to experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
His talent brought him endless misfortune and pain, but she brought him all the most beautiful scenery in the world.
“If you don’t like me, that’s fine, as long as you don’t drive me away…” Zhi You whispered, “No matter what, I don’t want to be separated from you.”
He knew he was greedy, but how could someone who had walked in the darkness for so long bear to leave the brightest light in his heart?
“What are you daydreaming about?” Jiu Hui tapped his forehead with her fingertip. “You’ve been reading too many storybooks. It’s easy to get carried away.”
“Didn’t I just say it?” Jiu Hui stroked his soft, dark hair. “Sweet dreams can come true.”
“I don’t know how other young masters treat their zhuixus but I want to give it a try.” Jiu Hui thought seriously, “I really have no experience in this kind of thing.”
Zhi You suddenly raised his head, his eyes bursting with boundless brilliance. “You don’t have to do anything. I know how to be a zhuixu!”
“What should the zhuixu do?”
“Flatter your elders, manage the clan well, can fight in the battlefield, can manage the inner household, make your love rivals feel ashamed, and make yourself the young master that everyone envies.” Zhi You took out a small notebook from his storage ring, which was densely filled with many things: “You’re already doing very well, you don’t need to learn anything, the person who needs to learn is me.”
Jiu Hui looked at the thick little book, and she didn’t know when he had started to record things: “Where did all these experiences come from?
Zhi You didn’t know anything about being a zhuixu. Or could it be that the books in Fuguang Palace were so complete that they even taught the way of being a husband?
Zhi You put away the notebook and said honestly, “I learned it all from Eldest Senior Brother’s storybooks.”
As expected, the Eldest Senior Brother was a formidable storyteller!
With the help of his Eldest Senior Brother, his path as a zhuixu was so smooth.
Jiu Hui hesitated before finally saying, “I’ll have the kitchen make you some calming soup.”
“No need, I feel great now, better than ever before.” Zhi You got out of bed and slowly reached out to Jiu Hui, blushing as he said, “I… I’m your future zhuixu, so it’s okay to hold hands, right?”
Seeing that he wanted to hold her hand but didn’t dare to reach out, Jiu Hui grabbed his hand and said, “Like this?”
So that’s why he wanted to hold hands. No wonder he kept holding her hand in the consciousness illusion.
“Mm… mm.” Zhi You’s face was as red as the red plum in the twelfth lunar month.
“Let’s go.” Jiu Hui took his hand and led him outside.
“Where are we going?” Zhi You asked, his mind still groggy.
“Thank City Lord Tao’s family, then return to the sect.” Jiu Hui saw that he looked like he had lost his mind: “Master is still waiting for us outside.”
Zhi You then remembered that his master was also there when he woke up.
Yu Jing was strolling in the courtyard when she saw Jiu Hui and Zhi You walking out hand in hand. She glanced at their clasped hands and pretended not to notice. “Zhi You, how are you feeling now?”
“I’m fine. I worried you, Master.” Zhi You smiled at Yu Jing.
Yu Jing: “…”
She thought that Zhi You didn’t smile because he was not the type to smile, but she never expected that he could smile so happily.
A myriad of thoughts flashed through her mind, and Yu Jing’s eyes and brows were suffused with warmth. “That’s good.”
The master and her two disciples found City Lord Tao’s family to thank them and bid farewell.
The Tao family father and sons saw them off. Tao Er couldn’t help but steal glances at the hands of Zhi You and Jiu Hui that were clasped together. It was as if there was a cat named Curiosity in his heart that was about to scratch his heart to pieces.
After leaving the city gate, City Lord Tao bowed deeply to Jiu Hui and Zhi You. “Thanks to your help on multiple occasions, we were able to avoid a major disaster.”
“City Lord Tao, you’re too serious. As disciples of Wangshu Pavilion, it’s our duty to protect the people of Taolin City.” Jiu Hui returned the salute. “If it weren’t for your capable handling of the situation, things wouldn’t have been resolved so easily.”
Easily?
Tao Er recalled the prison filled with broken bones and doubted that Jiu Hui’s idea of “easy” was the same as an ordinary person’s.
He also noticed that after Jiu Hui returned the greeting, Zhi You stealthily reached out his hand and secretly hooked his fingers with Jiu Hui’s.
Just when he thought that Zhi You would not say anything, Zhi You suddenly met his gaze. “You guessed it right. Jiu Hui has agreed to consider letting me become her zhuixu.”
Watching the pride and joy in Zhi You’s eyes, Tao Er’s eyes widened. He didn’t come back to his senses until the three from Wangshu Pavilion flew away on their swords.
What kind of family is Miss Jiu Hui from? Just considering letting Zhi You be her zhuixu was enough to make Zhi You so happy that he wanted to announce it to the world.
“Stop looking.” Tao Xiangyi slapped him on the back. “He can be a zhuixu, but what can you do?”
“Brother, can you be a little gentler?” Tao Er rubbed his sore back. “I was just a little surprised.”
“What’s so surprising?” Tao Xiangyi was not like his foolish younger brother. As the next City Lord of Taolin City, he was much more discerning than Tao Er.
“Haven’t you noticed that wherever Immortal Jiu Hui is, Immortal Zhi You is sure to be there?” Tao Xiangyi chuckled.
“No matter the occasion, Immortal Zhi You always follows behind Immortal Jiu Hui, and his eyes are only for her. When they were in prison, all it took was a single glance from Immortal Jiu Hui for Immortal Zhi You to know whether to open the barrier or attack. How could you possibly understand this kind of tacit understanding?”
“I thought they were using the Sound Transmission Technique…” Tao Er whispered, “So Immortal Zhi You was just showing off to me just now, right?”
“Next time you meet Immortal Jiu Hui, remember to be more measured.” Tao Xiangyi glanced at his foolish younger brother. “Otherwise, the Immortal will show off to you again next time.”
-—–
Wangshu Pavilion.
Yan Bo racked his brains, scribbling and revising on the paper. His zhuixu series had hit a bottleneck, and the beginning wasn’t going smoothly.
He tore up a few sheets of paper, dropped his pen, and walked out of the room.
As night fell, the little junior brother still hadn’t returned. Yan Bo wondered if he was having fun with little junior sister. Based on his years of writing novels, he was sure that the little junior brother and little junior sister would continue to be entangled for some time.
Why do you have to misunderstand me, and I misunderstand you, before we can finally get together?
A cat with awakened spiritual intelligence in the sect scampered past his door on its four little legs. It was running so fast that it fell over.
“Why are you running so fast?” Yan Bo lifted the little cat yao out of the mud pit and helped it clean the mud off its body. “Did you get into another fight with the dog yao?”
“Many thanks, Immortal Yan Bo.” The little cat meowed its gratitude, then said anxiously, “Just now, the little sparrow told us that Immortal Zhi You is giving out red envelopes to all the little yaos. It told me to hurry up and get in line to receive one.”
“Little Junior Brother has already returned?” Yan Bo put down the little cat yao, who quickly ran out. He wondered, “Chinese New Year’s Eve has already passed, what red envelopes are being given out?”
Worried that his little junior brother was troubled, he quickly flew on his sword to find Zhi You, and finally found him in the peach forest.
A line formed in front of Zhi You. Even the grass carp spirit, who had developed spiritual intelligence for less than a year, jumped out of the lake to join the line. The kitten that had just fallen over was at the end of the line.
“Little Junior Brother Zhi You.” Yan Bo approached Zhi You and carefully observed his expression. In the past, there were people who confessed their love and failed, and they would go crazy and throw money all over the street. Little Junior Brother shouldn’t go crazy like that, right?
“Thank you, Immortal!” The little frog opened the red envelope and found that it contained not only 999 spirit stones, but also a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills. It was so happy that it thanked Zhi You again and again.
Yan Bo saw that there was actually such a good thing in a red envelope and coughed dryly. “Little Junior Brother, is this red envelope only for the little yaos in the pavilion, or does everyone get one?”
He should still make it in time to line up for the red envelopes, right?
“Hmm?” Zhi You handed the red envelope to the next little yao and looked up at Yan Bo with a smile on his lips. “How did you know that Jiu Hui and I are together?”
“What do I know, I don’t know…” Yan Bo said halfway before he reacted, “What, you’re with Little Junior Sister?!”
This is not quite like what is written in the storybook.
“May Immortal Zhu and Boss Jiu Hui be… forever united!” The grass carp spirit jumped up and down, speaking in human language. “You two are made for each other, and your love will never fade!”
“Yes.” Zhi You grabbed a handful of red envelopes and gave them to the grass carp spirit.
There was nothing else to it; it was just a little yao who liked to tell the truth.
Author Note:
Eldest Senior Brother Yan Bo: Let me praise you! I am the professional!!!
Zhi You: I am fair and impartial, and I just appreciate little yao who tell the truth.