"If I treat Ms. Yun sincerely, will I not feel guilty when I see her?" Zhu Pingniang asked.
"...?"
Xu Changâan listened to Zhu Pingniangâs earnest words and was completely stunned.
Zhu Pingniang looked at his wide-eyed expression and chuckled.
"I just... every time I see your Miss Yunâs face, I feel a bit of a lack of confidence."
After speaking, Zhu Pingniang saw that Xu Changâanâs face seemed to turn green, and she laughed even more happily.
She wasnât intentionally teasing him; she really thought that way.
Xu Changâan treats people sincerely, is there anything wrong with that?
If she dared to say something was wrong, Li Zhibai would be the first to question her for leading his student astray.
So regarding Qingluoâs situation, no matter what, she couldnât say he was wrong. But peopleâs hearts are flesh, and as Qingluoâs "mother," her heart doesnât grow in the center. Being biased towards Qingluo, whatâs wrong with that?
Zhu Pingniang also doesnât deceive herself. Itâs wrong for her to favor Qingluo now, just as itâs wrong to make a clone.
So, the feeling of being unable to raise her head in front of Yun Qian is the same as her current lack of face to see Miss Lu.
However, Xu Changâan doesnât understand Zhu Pingniangâs thoughts.
He was dumbfounded for a while.
Feeling guilty?
Who?
Senior Zhu?
No matter how Xu Changâan racked his brain, he couldnât understand why Zhu Pingniang would feel guilty when facing Yun Qian or lack confidence.
In his view, if thereâs anyone who should lack confidence, itâs Yun Qian facing Zhu Pingniang... Well, heâs the one handling everything for Miss Yun, so the one who should feel guilty isnât Miss Yun, but himself.
He and Yun Qian owed so much to Zhu Pingniangâs kindness and couldnât see how they could repay her in the short term.
Xu Changâan doesnât like the saying that a great favor is like a big enmity, but constantly being taken care of makes him want to do something.
So, the ones who should feel guilty should be Yun Qian and him, the young couple, not benefactor Zhu Pingniang.
"...Donât look at me like that." Zhu Pingniang pursed her lips. She wasnât lying.
Her so-called kindness to Xu Changâan might seem like a timely help to him, and itâs not exaggerated to say itâs a favor as weighty as a mountain.
But now that Zhu Pingniang realizes he might have a significant background, how could she still consider the help she gave him as a favor?
Not to mention, Zhu Pingniang received critical information from Xu Changâan about the Qiankun Realm not requiring Supreme Forgetting Emotions for reassurance, which is far more significant than the little things she did for Xu Changâan.
Therefore, Zhu Pingniang feels she owes him and canât repay it anytime soon.
Both thinking they owe each other, yet indeed being close, there isnât anything they canât say.
"Forget it... you look so silly." Zhu Pingniang clicked her tongue, stretched lazily, and said, "Iâll listen to you then."
Treat people sincerely.
Hmm.
Besides being honest with the girls at home and explaining the clone doll matter properly, thereâs no other way.
The phrase uttered by Xu Changâan hit the softest part of her heart.
Xu Changâan realized Zhu Pingniang didnât want to continue the topic, so he responded and remained silent.
"Thatâs it, Iâll continue to accompany your Miss Yun." Zhu Pingniang pursed her lips: "These years, sheâs the first to make me panic just by looking."
"Ms. Zhu..." Xu Changâan smiled bitterly.
"You call me sister, how can I bully her?" Zhu Pingniang coughed, walked to Xu Changâan, and asked softly, "Is there something Ms. Yun likes or any hobbies?"
Knowing these should help in forming a good relationship with Yun Qian.
...
What does Yun Qian like? There certainly are things.
Xu Changâanâs eye twitched.
Miss Yun likes him, of course.
As long as itâs related to him, she likes it. She doesnât care about anything else, but is this something he can say to Zhu Pingniang?
Seeing Xu Changâanâs troubled expression, Zhu Pingniang was initially perplexed, then suddenly realized something, blushing slightly.
"Pah, pah pah pah..." She stomped angrily, glaring at Xu Changâan: "I donât know what kind of love potion you fed Ms. Yun."
Forget it, asking more only makes her angrier.
They havenât even eaten yet, and the young coupleâs display of affection is already overwhelming.
"Iâm heading back, continue with your cooking." Zhu Pingniang said, then remembered something: "Changâan, the Beauty Fruit I asked you to prepare, donât forget it."
She looked at Xu Changâan skeptically: "If you forget, elder sister would be sad."
"Certainly wonât forget." Xu Changâan shook the storage pouch at his waist and said, "I was just about to ask sister how to handle this Beauty Fruit."
"Same as the Ice Crystal Fruit, you know how to do it." Zhu Pingniang said expectantly: "Make it the dessert for tonight, Iâm looking forward to it."
"Alright."
After that, Zhu Pingniang left the kitchen. As she crossed the threshold, she threw an object towards Xu Changâan.
As Zhu Pingniang closed the door and left, Xu Changâan looked at the Spirit Stone in front of him with a slight twitch of his mouth.
Quietly, he put the Spirit Stone away.
Now he knew from whom Qinling learned the habit of finding him to chat with the Flower Spirit Stone.
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After Zhu Pingniang left the kitchen, the gemstone pendants on her ears swayed, reflected against the a hint of rosy red on her neck.
Speaking of which, Changâan loves wealth.
She prattled on about so many irrelevant topics and just paid him off with one Spirit Stone. Would he think sheâs stingy...