Chapter 117: If Not For This Young Master Being Lenient To Her, How Could She…
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Sect Master Zhong had thought that being caught eavesdropping by her own wife was already shameful enough.
She did not expect something more awkward. She was discovered by the person inside.
Facing the puzzled look of the Princess who opened the door, Zhong Shujin could only hold back her guilt, straighten her back, lightly cough, and say, “How is Chang’an? I came to bring her some late-night snacks...”
That guilty look pretending to be calm made Gu Qingyin at the side smile helplessly.
However, Li Qiubai did not think much. She immediately stepped aside and made way for the two, gently saying, “Chang’an has not rested yet. Seniors, please come in.”
“This...”
Zhong Shujin glanced at the Princess who was only wearing an outer robe over her inner garments, then turned her head away on her own, no longer looking, and said awkwardly, “This is not quite appropriate...”
The Princess’ attire clearly showed that she had just gotten out of bed in a hurry...
If she went in now, would she not ruin these two young people’s good moments...
No matter how much Sect Master Zhong disdained her disciple’s useless appearance, she still had to admit that Xiao Chang’an surely cared very much about this Princess.
If she interrupted them now, that little brat would be unhappy, and who knew how she would anger her again in the future...
It is a pity that no matter how skilled the Princess was at reading others, she still could not guess the twists and turns in the Sect Master’s heart at this moment.
Hearing this, she only thought that the Sect Master wanted to see Chang’an but was too embarrassed to say so, and quickly offered a step down.
“Just now, Chang’an even mentioned the two of you. She must be missing you. Since you happen to be here, please come in and sit for a while. Is that alright?”
Zhong Shujin was slightly suspicious.
Could this be a show of power?
Insisting on inviting them in at this moment, could it be to let them see how affectionate Xiao Chang’an was with this person, using this chance to disgust them, as revenge for their act earlier in the day of chasing the guest away and breaking up the mandarin ducks?
Or did this Princess think that if they were to catch them in their affair and knew Chang’an had already committed herself to her and could not do without her, she would no longer block them?
Zhong Shujin hesitated on how to refuse, but Gu Qingyin at the side had already raised her hand and pushed her on the shoulder.
“What is inappropriate? It is just right, I also want to see how Chang’an is doing. Let us go in and take a look together.”
Sect Master Zhong was pushed by Gu Qingyin into the house, and Li Qiubai followed closely behind them inside.
When Master Zhong was pushed into the house by Gu Qingyin, Li Qiubai followed closely behind them.
Crossing over the beaded curtain, Zhong Shujin saw Young Master Meng at once, clutching the quilt, shrinking into the bed with herself tightly wrapped, leaning against the bedhead with a wronged look.
As expected, that pitiful appearance, along with her still wet hair, looked just like someone who had been ravaged, exactly as she had guessed earlier...
She might not be wearing anything underneath...
Although this child had been raised by her and her wife with their own hands, and they had seen all of her appearances since young, now the child was already this big and even had someone she liked. If she was still naked like when she was little, waiting for them to dress her by hand, that would not be very proper anymore...
Zhong Shujin immediately felt a headache.
She stuffed the osmanthus cake in her hand to her wife, then walked to the Young Master's bedside with a straight face and scolded in a low voice, “This is nonsense. You are already hurt like this, yet still do not know restraint. Do you want to become a cripple?”
She could not scold outsiders, so Sect Master Zhong had no choice but to take it out directly on her own disciple. This was her way of responding to the Princess’ show of power.
In this way, the Princess should more or less be able to hear her dissatisfaction toward those “beastly behavior,” right?
The tears in the Young Master’s eyes had not even dried yet when she was already met with a scolding from her master. She could not see, so she tilted her head in the direction of the voice in confusion and asked, “Master, what are you talking about? Why can I not understand?”
What, was she still not being blunt enough?
Sect Master Zhong gritted her teeth, cursed her own disciple as stupid in her heart, then stepped forward and sat beside her, leaning into her ear and quietly voicing her complaints.
"I mean, you are really useless. I heard your cries from outside! You studied martial arts for more than ten years for nothing. You were pushed down by a weak woman who cannot even hold a chicken! You were so weak you could not fight back. You have made our Blood Flame Sect lose face because you are a stupid Young Master!"
The Young Master did not understand her master’s deep meaning. She still replied without thinking, "Nonsense! If I was not lenient to her, she could not even get close to me!"
Zhong Shujin said, "So you let her not only get close to you, but also press against you?"
Meng Chang’an then slowly realized the deep meaning in her master’s words.
Thinking about her own crying voice just now, Meng Chang’an blushed immediately.
"Master! You... you are an old pervert! You really do not respect your age!"
At this moment, the Young Master was very glad she could not see and did not have to face her master’s strange eyes. Otherwise, she really wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.
After gritting her teeth and angrily cursing her master once, the Young Master finally let go of the tightly held quilt. She called out in grievance, "Auntie, this medicine on my wound hurts a lot..."
The angry and embarrassed Young Master did not hesitate to look for her support.
The quilt fell, but what was shown was not the messy clothes or the naked body that Zhong Shujin had thought before.
The Young Master wore her night clothes completely. Only the clothes on her shoulder were pulled down a little, showing the wound on her shoulder that had not been fully treated.
The newly wrapped special herbal medicine covered the wounded flesh. It seemed they did not have time to wrap the gauze. Some leftover medicine juice was still dripping down and stained her clean white night clothes.
That kind of wound looked like it had not been fully treated.
Zhong Shujin: "..."
Okay, she really thought the wrong thing…
Master Zhong, who had experienced many improper things under the excuse of applying medicine, never expected that these two people, with messy clothes inside the room applying medicine, were actually just simply applying medicine...
Master Zhong looked strange and could not say a word for a moment. She was thinking about how to keep her serious teacher image in front of her disciple. Then she saw Gu Qingyin had already placed the pastries and was walking to the bedside.
“Did your master bully you again?”
Xiao Chang’an’s aggrieved call sounded to Gu Qingyin just like a child acting spoiled.
When Chang’an was little, she often acted spoiled with her. But after growing up, Chang’an rarely did that. Unless the pain was truly too much, or unless she was deeply wronged, she would only act like this when she had a fight with Sect Master Zhong.
Seeing the strange and frustrated look on Master Zhong's face, Gu Qingyin had guessed something. After only a sidelong glance at Master Zhong, she sat down beside the Young Master and checked the child's pulse.
Before Meng Chang’an could continue complaining, Sect Master Zhong let out an awkward laugh. “How could I? With you protecting her, how would I dare to bully her?”
After meeting that chilly glance from her wife, Zhong Shujin quickly yielded her spot and backed away with a guilty heart, staying alert in case this rebellious disciple continued tattling.
“And I even especially brought her a late-night snack…”
She muttered under her breath, but when no praise came from her wife, and her peripheral vision caught sight of Li Qiubai’s figure, Sect Master Zhong’s resentment only deepened.
Seriously, was it not just applying medicine? How did it end up sounding so suggestive?
To think that she, a dignified grandmaster of her generation, had nearly lost all face before her disciple over such a thing…
Luckily, this disciple was still sensible and did not keep complaining, or she really would have been wrongly blamed...
But right now, the Princess did not know about all the resentment in Master Zhong’s heart.
After fixing her clothes, the Princess stood properly to the side, helping Gu Qingyin hand over some medicine, and watched carefully as Gu Qingyin applied medicine for the Young Master.
The Young Master who had just been crying in her arms, yelling that it hurt and calling her a beast who did not feel sorry—was now very quiet and well-behaved while Gu Qingyin applied the medicine. She only answered truthfully when Gu Qingyin asked about her injuries.
After treating the Young Master’s injuries, Gu Qingyin gave the Princess a bottle of medicine and quietly reminded her:
“Chang’an has always been able to endure pain. If she keeps telling you it hurts, then she must want you to comfort her. If comforting does not work, give her one of these pills, and the pain will stop.”
So it really was like that...
Li Qiubai felt both funny and helpless. When she took the medicine, she quietly said thanks, “Thank you for the reminder, Senior.”
The Princess said thanks politely and kindly. This made Gu Qingyin remember how this person, when she was young, stayed close to Xiao Chang’an but called her “Senior” with a cold distance.
“If Your Highness does not mind, you can call me Auntie like Chang’an does.”
Hearing this, Li Qiubai was a little surprised.
After she understood Gu Qingyin’s meaning, the Princess happily said, “Thank you, Auntie!”
Gu Qingyin smiled softly and said, “Mm.”
After giving some more medical advice and warning many times that the Young Master must not fight, she saw the Young Master nod obediently.
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Only then did she feel at ease and pull Zhong Shujin to leave their room.
No one there asked Gu Qingyin when the Young Master would get better. No one asked if the Young Master could fully recover. Even the Young Master believed with all her heart that she could heal her.
Such trust made Gu Qingyin feel a little guilty.
When leaving the room, Gu Qingyin still felt a bit confused.
She looked again at the roof across. She did not see anyone. When she saw the ladder was taken away, she felt a little relieved.
Mm, at least there was still some time...
“Qingqing, what is wrong? Are you unhappy?”
Zhong Shujin could only feel her wife’s change in mood.
On the way back, Sect Master Zhong nervously squeezed her wife’s hand.
Only then did Gu Qingyin stop and look back at her.
“What do you think?”
Gu Qingyin did not answer but gently touched Sect Master Zhong’s earlobe and twisted it.
“You specially brought sweet osmanthus cake for the disciple, right? What about me? Why do I have nothing?”
Zhong Shujin: “…”
Sect Master Zhong wanted to cry but had no tears.
Sure enough, whenever Chang’an wanted to complain, she would have no good days.
All because of this rebellious disciple…
