Let Me Fix Your Dress (3)
âWhy canât you ask?â asked Ye Lanyu.
Ye Lang answered, âBecause everytime we do, Iâll wake up immediately. And if I fall back asleep, I wonât be able to meet her again. After that, we decided to never talk about our identities.â
âThis was why I always thought you were just a dream, that you didnât exist. I even suspected you were a figment of my imagination, or you were another soul living inside meâŠâ said Ye Lang.
âBut now I see you, alive and well in front of me, and coincidentally a patient Iâve been treating, it is indeed unbelievableâŠâ he frowned, still digesting this reality.
âAfter what Ye Lang said, the three girls understood the relationship between Ye Lang and Xuan Yuanbing. While it was very unbelievable, they could see that both of them were very, very close.
Theyâd been meeting each other in their dreams every night- how could they not be close? Even the closest pair of lovers in the world would not be able to attain this level of intimacy with each other.
âLittle Seven, thatâs your competitor. Youâre his future wife, his best friend since childhood but I donât think youâre both closer to each other than they are. Theyâve been spending every night together,â teased Ye Lanyu, as if very delighted with herself to see someone out-shine the seventh princess. It was satisfying!
Would Ye Lanyu be jealous?
Why would she? He was her brother, as long as someone was willing to be her brotherâs wife, she didnât care who it was. As long as the girl treated him well!
Ye Lanyu would never help anyone who liked Ye Lang fight for a place in his heart, though sheâd eliminate those whom she thought wasnât suitable.
As for her criteria separating those she liked and didnât- well, that was up to her.
âSheâs not the queen of everything just because they spent every night together! Iâll sleep in the same room as him every night next time. They were both only dreaming, Iâm there in reality!â scoffed the seventh princess.
ââŠâ Zhen Xiaoyan didnât speak. She didnât feel like it was her place to comment.
After listening to Ye Lang, Xuan Yuanbing also felt like this entire incident was hard to digest. However, she didnât care, only nodded, âYeah, itâs true.â
âNever mind, letâs not think about that. My head hurts already. Xuan Yuanbing, you look like youâve recovered. I donât think I have anything left to do here, so Iâm heading back to sleep. Iâm exhausted,â Ye Lang shook his head, tossing everything to the back of his mind.
âWhat do you mean? Stay here with me, letâs talkâŠâ said Xuan Yuanbing very calmly- though everyone could tell she didnât want him to leave.
âWhatâs there to talk about? Weâve been talking for years! Maybe next time. I want to sleep, and you want to talk⊠Why donât you sleep too? Then we can talk in our dreams,â Ye Lang waved, rejected Yuanbingâs offer.
âYou want to sleep? Iâll bring you to my room. My room smells great and is very comfortable, didnât you say you liked it the last time?â offered Xuan Yuanbing immediately, then dragging Ye Lang away.
She was referring to the time they were still dreaming. She usually changed the scenery there every day, and once she showed him her bedroom. Ye Lang commented that it was pretty and he liked it when he saw the room.
âOh, thatâs alrightâŠâ Ye Lang didnât realise that he should reject the offer, for he didnât think of the consequences of sleeping in the Sacred Ladyâs quartersâŠ
He only wanted to sleep, and that was more important than anything.
However, do you think the people present would agree? Ye Lanyu might, maybe even the doctors, but not the rest- especially not Archbishop Will.
âBing, stop. Have you forgotten who you are?â Archbishop Will asked, blocking the door.
âWho I am? Iâm Xuan Yuanbing, the Sacred Lady of the Sacred Teachings,â she was still dragging Ye Lang along, about to walk around Archbishop Will to get past him.
âIf you know that youâre the Sacred Lady, why are you still offering to let a male sleep in your room?â Archbishop Will stopped her once again.
She stopped in her tracks, then thought for a moment, âSacred Lady⊠The duty of the Sacred Lady⊠The rule of being a Sacred Lady is to never get too close to a boy, to never have a relationship⊠It all seems so far away, Iâve forgotten most of them. I guess Iâm not fit to be a Sacred Lady anymore.â
âYeah, donât be a leftover lady, itâll be weird,â Ye Lang nodded.
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âLittle idiot, do you really see a Sacred Lady that way?â Xuan Yuanbing asked, laughing.
âArenât they the same?â Ye Lang asked.
âI guess youâre right, a Sacred Lady would stay single forever. She cannot have a lover, she cannot like anyone that way. Iâm not fit to be one,â she whispered as she nodded.
âOh! You like someone!â Ye Lang nodded. He âunderstoodâ once again.
âYou really want to get punched, do you? Donât run!â she waved a small fist, protesting. Ye Lang was far away from her by now.
âWhy wouldnât I run? Youâll hit me1â said Ye Lang, running without even looking back. Little Xin was running with him, both sprinting at astonishing speed.
âLetâs see where you can hide!â Xuan Yuanbing ran after him. She was quick too- sheâs a Tian Heavenly Level fighter who had attained Heart of Light, she was much, much more powerful than Ye Lang!
There was a long, long silence as the crowd, including Feng Xing and the Light Riders outside, watched Xuan Yuanbing chasing Ye Lang.
âLord Feng Xing, I think that was Mr Ye, and I think the person chasing him was the Sacred LadyâŠâ one of the Light Riders whoâd been stationed at the House of Confusion immediately recognised Ye Lang and Little Xing with him.
Heâd recognised Xuan Yuanbing too, but couldnât be sure.
âI think so, but why is she chasing him? Did he offend her?â Feng Xing nodded, also confused.
âWith his personality, thatâs very likely,â nodded almost every Light Rider who had once worked at the House of Confusion with confidence.
âLord Feng Xing, should we chase after them? It doesnât seem appropriate for them to run like this here,â asked one of the riders.
âI guess⊠What are we doing? Go!â he nodded, then sprinted off after them.
And while Feng Xing and his men sprinted off, a few people also sprinted out of the doorâŠ