Ye Shiyuan thought long and hard before reaching a conclusion.
“Master, Xiao Guang is definitely hiding something from us…”
“But it might not be a bad thing, right?
That girl’s face was full of anticipation.
It actually makes me quite curious.
Could it be that she’s fallen for a disciple of the sect?”
“…”
Ye Shiyuan remained silent.
He only tightened his fists, his veins bulging.
How was that possible?
Xiao Guang rarely left her quarters; what chance would she have to meet any man?
Could she have been deceived?
Dammit!
To think someone was pulling these little tricks behind his back.
The “Brother-in-Law’s” rage was steadily building.
Yi Xuan’s smile widened.
Setting aside the fact that she was just joking, even if her disciple really did start a romance, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, was it?
However, she was also extremely curious.
What could possibly make her little disciple rush back into her room so hurriedly with such an excited expression?
Wait…
Nighttime, alone in her room, excited!?
A possibility suddenly occurred to Yi Xuan.
Could that girl Fufu have brought Xiao Guang some…
inappropriate reading material?
Xiao Guang had been repressed on the mountain for too long.
Was she doing *that* at night!?
“Cough, cough, cough—”
“…Master, did you think of something?
Don’t scare me.”
“No, it’s nothing.
Anyway, it’s not a bad thing.
But regardless of the possibility, a man should indeed not interfere in this matter.
Leave it to me!”
Yi Xuan’s expression remained unchanged, but she felt a heavy sense of responsibility.
Xiao Guang had lost her parents when she was young.
If she, as her Master, didn’t teach her certain things, who else could she rely on?
It was all her fault!
She quietly sneaked over to the side window of Xiao Guang’s room.
At that moment.
Inside the room, the girl was excitedly holding the diary.
The lights were off because she had said she was going to sleep and didn’t want her Master and Brother to worry.
She could only flip through the diary by the moonlight!
Unfortunately, the busy Jiang Suan hadn’t written much.
Instead, he had used a polaroid to record the scenery outside the mountain.
The myriad lights of Chenghui Square, the bustling market.
The diners chatting away at the Tea-Drinking Immortal, and the pet shop run by the Xiren.
The cats and birds were all so cute!
[I hope you like these sights.]
Ye Shunguanguan gently caressed the paper, a warm current flowing through her heart.
However, she couldn’t help but worry: had the Senior seen that photo of her changing clothes?
If he saw it, what would he think?
The young girl tossed and turned on her bed in a panic.
This is so embarrassing!
It was all the other her’s fault for picking out clothes so recklessly.
Those thin scraps of fabric might have been soft…
Xiao Guang isn’t some lewd woman…
Ye Shunguanguan felt like she was evaporating under the covers.
After a long while, she finally managed to comfort herself and let it go.
After all, if she thought about it, the Senior was so old.
He must have seen everything; he surely wouldn’t care about a little slip of a girl like her.
He didn’t care, right?
Hehe…
and maybe Xiao Guang had even stirred the Senior’s youthful heart.
Thinking about it that way was actually quite interesting.
She propped herself up, her mood buoyant as she continued to flip through the diary.
But gradually, her excitement faded.
Her fists tightened, and her little feet kicked at the bed…
Women, women, and more women.
So many beautiful women!
Hmph, the Senior really is a man after all.
This sister in the qipao is definitely winking at the Senior.
Winking at an old Senior—she’s definitely not a proper woman.
She wrote a note next to the photo.
[Senior, though it might be improper to say, this sister might have designs on you.
Please be careful!]
She continued flipping forward.
Wait, why is Senior Sister Fufu here too?
She soon saw the photo of Fufu wearing the wooden plaque.
“Fufu is Submissive”?
Uh, the Senior is bullying Senior Sister Fufu.
In the picture, Orange Fufu was lunging toward the photographer.
She looked “fierce-cute,” and they seemed to be very close.
A faint sobbing sound echoed in the room.
So that’s how it is.
Indeed, the Senior’s life wouldn’t just have Xiao Guang in it.
Only a shut-in like Xiao Guang would harbor such selfish expectations.
She instantly wilted.
She didn’t cry, but she felt a bit depressed.
Emotions are always extra sensitive at night, and the “other her” would always slip out at times like this.
If she didn’t release it…
And so, feeling troubled, she stripped off all her clothes and hugged herself.
[What a pathetic little thing you are, Ye Shunguanguan.]
[Are you this bothered just because someone gave you a few words of comfort?
If you care that much, then go and snatch him for yourself.
Sneak down the mountain; you think what he said makes sense, don’t you…]
[Why can’t we live like normal girls?
Do what you want to do, the things you like.
Just like Orange Fufu, go find him!]
The voice of the other Ye Shunguanguan echoed in her mind.
But she didn’t transform into her white-haired form.
She just lay weakly on the bed and whispered a single sentence.
“Senior, you big meanie.”
It was just a young girl’s small complaint against unfairness.
He had made her care so much.
Since the Senior wasn’t here anyway, she would let herself be a little unreasonable.
Outside the window.
Yi Xuan was stunned for a long time when she heard that complaint.
Wait—she wasn’t quietly doing something “comfortable,” but was instead…
The Master’s smile and blush faded, replaced by a growing killing intent.
Cyber-dating ≈ Fraud.
Isn’t this just an online scammer trying to swindle money and sex?
Yi Xuan realized the situation was extremely urgent.
The arrow was on the string and had to be fired.
She revealed herself and knocked on the window.
“Cough cough…
Xiao Guang, can Master come in!?”
“Master!!?”
Ye Shunguanguan was completely bare and slippery.
She shamedly dove under the covers to hide her body.
How could her naughty Master be hiding outside the window!
But at this point, Yi Xuan couldn’t care about such things and went straight to the point.
“Xiao Guang, have you been hiding something lately?”
“What are you holding in your hand?
Let Master see.”
Ye Shunguanguan clutched the diary tightly.
This was the one thing that could absolutely not be discovered; even her Master couldn’t see it.
“It’s…
a diary, just a diary!”
“Then where is your phone?”
“Elder Lu confiscated it, Master…”
“!!?”
Yi Xuan was instantly filled with guilt.
She vaulted into the room and hugged her disciple through the quilt.
“I’m sorry…
I was just too worried about you.
So, who were you calling ‘Senior’ just now?”
“That…
that, that…
that’s my imaginary friend!
Master, is that not allowed?”
Between being honest and keeping the secret.
Ye Shunguanguan chose to “self-destruct.” Her face was burning as she apologized to Jiang Suan in her heart.
She would give the Senior a proper apology later.
*Pfft—*
Another blow to Yi Xuan’s heart.
She painfully raised her hand and caringly stroked her disciple’s face.
She…
was panicking!
“Xiao Guang…
it’s all Master’s fault.
It’s because I didn’t pay enough attention to your mental state.
I’m sorry, Xiao Guang…”
“In the future, if you have things that are inconvenient to tell others, just tell me.
Speaking of which, the two of us haven’t shared a bed in a long time.
Master will hold you while we sleep tonight, okay?”
[Master, I…
can I say no!?]
Ordinarily, Ye Shunguanguan would have been very happy to sleep while hugging her Master.
But today, she had already made a promise to the Senior…
She couldn’t break her word.
But if she refused, Master would be very worried.
Is there no way to satisfy both worlds—to not fail her Master, and not fail her Senior?
Senior, save Xiao Guang!