Dream? (1)
Why didnât she want to be the Sacred Lady anymore? Well, she had a lot of time to think these 21 years. She felt she shouldnât be tied down anymore!
She felt she was different from other Sacred Ladies, she didnât like having all these rules. She wanted to break free from them!
Xuan Yuanbing wanted to quit because of the rules but if the Teachings gave her more freedom, she didnât mind being the Sacred Lady.
âOh, you can quit if you want, it doesnât seem like a fun job anyway! If you donât want to be a leftover lady anymore, you can come to my house. Iâll let you pick a random cousin of mine to marry then you wonât be single anymore! Right, I think my third brother is still single, Iâll introduce you to him some other day.â Ye Lang didnât mind, though playing matchmaker was fun.
âHey, even if I marry, Iâll marry you! How could I marry anyone else?â huffed Xuan Yuanbing. She never thought about marrying anyone. Perhaps because sheâd been the Sacred Lady for a very long time, she had very mild connections with any male- so mild it was negligible.
She never even thought of dating Ye Lang either, that was only something she said, it wasnât something she took seriously.
Everyone thought this was weird. Wasnât there a âscandalâ just a few moments ago? It didnât even sound like they were attracted to each other here.
âWhy would you want to marry me? Why not someone else?â asked Ye Lang, confused.
âThink about it. Our minds are connected, we see each other in our dreams. Where would you get another girl like that? Then again, it would be impossible for me to have feelings for any guy, I think you got lucky with me,â laughed Xuan Yuanbing as if this was all very normal and marriage wasnât something serious.
âLucky?â Ye Lang didnât understand.
âI can spend every day with you, maybe even for the rest of your life!â said Xuan Yuanbing.
Ye Lang leapt up and cried, âFuck, thatâs lucky? I would only suffer! You should just continue being the Sacred Lady, donât leave this place. Iâll come visit if I have time!â
ââŠâ Xuan Yuanbing was speechless. This idiotâŠ
Once Ye Lang stepped into Xuan Yuanbingâs quarters, he stripped off all his clothes, leaping into bed with only his underwear on.
âHeâs still the sameâŠâ Xuan Yuanbing shook her head. She was used to this, Ye Lang also slept when he was dreamingâŠ
Ye Lang didnât care that Ye Lanyu and the other two girls were present either. Of course, if they were someone else, he wouldâve shooed them out.
âYou all can look for a place to sleep, Iâm sleeping on the bed!â said Xuan Yuanbing, thinking she was smart enough to speak up first.
However, did she really know Ye Lang as well as Ye Lanyu and the seventh princess? That was impossible, at least not in terms of how he behaved in reality.
When she walked to the bed, Lanyu and the seventh princess was already asleep on either side of Ye Lang on the bed. They were prepared for this.
â⊠Hey, this is my bed, how could you! I was already being very kind to let you all in, donât overdo it!â warned Xuan Yuanbing.
What she got in reply were snores and deep breathingâŠ
To be fair, she didnât stop the three girls from entering her room because she was only letting Ye Lang take his nap. She didnât really care if they were here, it wasnât like she was claiming him as her own!
In reality, she did get to spend a lot of time with him in their dreams, that was why she didnât care that much.
âMiss Sacred LadyâŠâ said Zhen Xiaoyan.
âCall me Sister Bing!â Xuan Yuanbing liked Zhen Xiaoyan although she didnât speak much.
âUh⊠Miss Bing, donât waste your time pulling them apart, at least not tonight. They havenât seen him in half a month, and you know what he was doing during that time!â Xiaoyan whispered, âand you were keeping Ye Lang for yourself just now, thatâs why they werenât very nice to you!â
âUhâŠâ Xuan Yuanbing fell silent. She knew she was being reckless without considering their feelings, all because she had her body again.
The conflict she had with Lanyu and the seventh princess wasnât much, she shouldnât be too particular either.
Zhen Xiaoyan continued, âDonât worry, both of them do everything around Ye Lang, everything they do is for him. That is why if Ye Lang is kind to you, they would never hate you! You might fight sometimes though, maybe a few times a dayâŠâ
âOh⊠What about you? Youâre always with him too, what role do you play?â asked Xuan Yuanbing. She had a certain understanding of Lanyu and the seventh princess but she didnât know anything about this girl whoâd been silent for a long time. There was Little Xin too.
âIâm his classmate, also his cook. I cook his meals!â Zhen Xiaoyan gave a brief self-introduction.
âOh, what about her?â Yuanbing pointed at Little Xin.
Zhen Xiaoyan fell silent, then spoke very slowly, âLittle Xin is a reanimated spirit!â There was pride in her tone, her eyes staring intently at Yuanbing, waiting for her reaction.
Would the Sacred Lady show any hint of surprise? Zhen Xiaoyan wanted to know.
âWhat? Reanimated spirit?! How is that possible? She doesnât look like a spirit at all!â Indeed, Xuan Yuanbing was surprised. Even the Sacred Lady couldnât believe such an explanation.
Zhen Xiaoyan chuckled, âYep, no one ever suspects sheâs a spirit. No one believes us even when we tell them! But itâs true, Ye Lang made her!â
âHeâs talked to me about the art of creating a reanimated spirit before but I didnât realise it was this impressive!â Xuan Yuanbing regarded Little Xing, then touched her body. She could feel how much effort Ye Lang put into this spirit.
Little Xin was enough to make Ye Lang proud too. She was the perfect work of art!