Fei Young (1)
âYou seem to have a lot of insight into feelings, did you have to go through something?â Xuan Yuanbing suddenly had a question for the Light Rider who helped her.
âMy lady, itâs best we donât talk about feelingsâŠâ said the rider. Her expression and tone made it obvious she was a person with a story.
âI understand!â nodded Xuan Yuanbing.
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âThatâs odd, why didnât Xuan Yuanbing follow me?â Ye Lanyu was confused but quickly pushed this to the back of her mind because it was best Xuan Yuanbing wasnât there.
Ye Lanyu had returned to another huge palace that could accommodate all the representatives from the schools. She quickly arrived at the room she shared with Zhen Xiaoyan and the seventh princess. She opened the door.
When she saw them inside, it was confirmed- as what she expected, they had brought Ye Lang here.
However, this room had a few surprise factors too- there were âunexpected guestsâ, and one of them wasâŠ
âSecond Sister, why are you here?â she asked, puzzled. Second Sister seemed to start to appear wherever Ye Lang was. She was never around, ever.
âWhy canât I be here? I wanted to meet you today, I didnât expect to see our little brother too,â chuckled Second Sister. Sheâd taken to start calling Ye Lang âLittle Brotherâ.
âOh, you wanted to meet me? Wait, I donât let you win at the competition!â Ye Lanyu grew alert. Her sister must be here for something related to the competition.
â⊠Uh, I think it would be more like ME letting YOU win if it really came to that. Is that really what you think? Why canât I visit just to chat?â huffed Second Sister.
Ye Lanyu immediately replied, âYou can, but you never visit. Right, whatâs he doing with your friend?â
At this moment, Ye Lang and Mia were looking directly at each other. That was all they did, they werenât moving at all. Zhen Xiaoyan and the seventh princess were chatting next to them as if that wasnât odd at all.
âThem? What else? Itâs about the feathers again. Mia wants the feathers Ye Lang took from her backâŠâ Second Sister laughed.
She hadnât initially planned to bring Mia here, but Mia was insistent because she saw Ye Lang and the seventh princess return from the Cloud Palace.
They had been glaring at each other since a while ago like this. One of them asking for the feathers, the other⊠No one knew what he was doing either.
Both were at a stalemate, but soon, Ye Lang broke the stalemate with an outstretched hand. He grinnedâŠ
âMia, give me more feathers!â
Thud!
Everyone fainted. No one expected Ye Lang to ask for more!
âNo! And I want the feathers I gave you back! Give them back!â Mia glared at Ye Lang in fury.
âHey donât be grumpy! Why are you worried anyway, we can pluck seventy and it wonât be a problem. And theyâll grow back anyway!â Ye Lang smiled as radiant as the sun.
âGo to hell! It takes so long for my feathers to grow, and you dare ask for seventy of them,â said Mia coldly.
âTheyâll still grow. Theyâd probably grow faster if we pluck all of it, do you want to try?â
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âYou⊠Hmmph!â Mia ruffled her wings, then stomped away. Ye Lang was probably going to pluck more if she didnât leave soon.
She failed yet again!
âYouâre grumpy! Iâm going to sleepâŠâ Ye Lang muttered, then fell asleep on the princessâ bed. Operating alchemy formations was tiring work.
How did he know this was her bed? He didnât ask anyone, nor did they tell him. He could tell- it smelled like the seventh princessâŠ
ZzzzâŠ
Very soon, Ye Lang was dreaming.
âHe fell asleep just like that?â Second Sister was baffled.
âYeah, heâs probably exhausted. Donât disappoint us at the competition okay? Or heâll laugh at you!â chuckled Ye Lanyu. She was already imagining herself defeating her sister.
ââŠâ Wow, that was a quick change in her train of thought. Second Sister was speechless- though this matched her little sisterâs personality.
âItâs just the two of you. Xiaoyan canât fight, Little Brother doesnât like to fight. Itâs impossible for us to lose. It doesnât matter, the mixed category is meant to be for fun anyway. My teamâs just a few random people I grouped together anyway, I didnât expect you to join the fun too,â Second Sister smiled.
âHehe, well, this is the only way for him to team up with me. He canât escape now!â Ye Lanyu told her the true reason behind this, a little embarrassed.
âI knew it. He has this ability to forget about anything heâs supposed to do. You remember too, youâre supposed to be competing in the magic categoryâŠâ
âI know I know, itâs only two categories. You have it worse. Youâre in the warrior, mixed, team categories, basically everything else we can sign up for. Arenât you exhausted already?â
Second Sister was competing in every category, including the warrior category she specialised in. She couldâve ignored the mixed category, but she didnât.
âIsnât it a little boring here? What can I do here if Iâm not competing?â Second Sister offered a very compelling reason.
âYou make senseâŠâ Ye Lanyu nodded in agreement. It was boring here. There were only people of the Teachings, who mostly preached every day here. Nothing fun to do.
The past twenty days here had been boring.
At least Ye Lang was here now, then it made everything more interestingâŠ
âSince Little Brother is asleep, we should talk. As sisters. We havenât talked in such a long timeâŠâ
âYeah, we havenât met in yearsâŠâ
And just like that, Ye Lanyu and Second Sister started to talk. Ye Lang was asleep, and very soon, the seventh princess too.
ââŠâ Second Sister was surprised to see the seventh princess and Ye Lang sleeping on the same bed, but that thought passed quickly when she remembered they were engaged. This was normal.
They talked and talkedâŠ