Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 143 — Same Feelings
"Rou'er, Xia'er, long time no see..." Zhou Yuan smiled then his gaze looked around. "We'd better continue this meeting later..."
Zhou Yuan could see all of the views directly directed at him let alone the male academy disciples.
There was a lot that Xiao Rou and Linxia wanted to say to Zhou Yuan but he understood the situation, on the other hand Yifei put on a sullen face when Zhou Yuan called Xiao Rou and Linxia with a close call.
The first day Preliminary Round match has been completed, the participants who have not competed today will fight tomorrow and the next day.
Xiong Bian closed the event of the tournament, before long the spectators and participants of the academy began to disperse including Zhou Yuan who returned to his inn.
"Yuan'er, I didn't expect you to be this strong?" Jiang Long patted Zhou Yuan's shoulder while laughing quite happily.
Although Zhou Yuan had gone through three great matches today but everyone realized the young man still had not used all of his abilities.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly then thanked Jiang Long for his praise.
"Today I won't be staying at the inn, I will be with the other 3 Emperors eating at the Lily City restaurant until tomorrow. Please take care of Yifei for me."
Zhou Yuan nodded, no problem. Shortly after, Jiang Long left.
"Brother Yuan, who were these two girls?" After his uncle left, Yifei walked out of the inn and immediately asked about Xiao Rou and Linxia.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, he could feel Jiang Yifei disliking his closeness to the two girls. Just as Zhou Yuan wanted to reply, a knocking sound rang out from the direction of the outer gate of the inn.
Zhou Yuan then walked over and opened the gate, finding Xiao Rou and Linxia already standing in front of the gate.
Zhou Yuan coughed softly, he had indeed told the location of his lodging in this academy but had not expected Xiao Rou and Linxia to come together.
"Rou'er, Xia'er, long time no see, I-I..."
Before Zhou Yuan finished his sentence, Xiao Rou immediately hugged him tightly making the Linxia who was beside him surprised by the reaction.
"Rou 'er..." Zhou Yuan was surprised, he did not expect Xiao Rou to directly hug him like that.
"Brother Yuan, I miss you so much..."
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, the girl said so without putting up any expressions as well as while hugging him, leaving Zhou Yuan at a loss as to what to answer.
Soon after, Yifei came over, the girl's expression was more tangled than usual when she discovered Zhou Yuan was being hugged by another girl while Linxia looked calm while guessing what kind of relationship Zhou Yuan had with Xiao Rou.
Zhou Yuan sighed, in the end he invited the three of them into the inn.
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Zhou Yuan could not host Linxia and Xiao Rou inside his inn for fear of misunderstanding so he had to entertain them outside precisely marked the inn.
Zhou Yuan gave Xiao Rou and Linxia green tea, including Yifei. The silent atmosphere encompassing the three made the situation so awkward.
Zhou Yuan noticed Yifei, Xiao Rou, and Linxia were silent to each other, none of them started the conversation. Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, it was better for him to mediate and introduce them to each other in order to get to know each other and be more familiar.
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Jiang Yifei finally found out that before he met Zhou Yuan, there was another girl who met the young man earlier than him.
Look at Yifei pointing towards Xiao Rou, from the story that Zhou Yuan spoke, the red-haired girl was the woman who had met Zhou Yuan earlier than her even when Zhou Yuan was seven years old.
On the other hand, Yifei was not happy that Zhou Yuan already had a potential fiancee, Linxia, he had guessed that it was impossible for Zhou Yuan not to have a relationship with a girl.
The atmosphere became more awkward after Zhou Yuan introduced each of the three girls, he who thought the situation would change was even more severe.
Regardless of everything, there was one thing that Zhou Yuan said to the three girls: they were both Zhou Yuan's disciples.
"So I hope you can be more familiar..." Zhou Yuan ended his story, one of his hands then stroked the heads of Yifei, Xiao Rou and Linxia in turn.
Xiao Rou, Linxia and Yifei looked at each other, that was when they realized their closeness to Zhou Yuan turned out to be almost the same.
They are also aware, not only closeness but the feelings that grow in their hearts are also the same.
"Teacher, I didn't expect you to be this popular?" Xiao Rou, for the first time since parting with Zhou Yuan, finally showed her sweet smile.
Xiao Rou had indeed never shown his expression to anyone except to those closest to him like Zhou Yuan and his grandfather.
Xiao Rou had changed a lot according to Zhou Yuan's view especially the red-haired girl's beauty who was increasingly looking mature and perfect.
"I didn't expect you to have another disciple, Brother Yuan." Linxia smiled slightly.
Linxia was also no less changed, the girl looked more graceful than she remembered in the white dress she always wore.
"Hmph, why didn't you talk about it in the first place. Maybe we can get to know each other..." Yifei grunting.
Yifei himself from the beginning met indeed had a beauty that was above the average female, slightly above the beauty of Linxia and Xiao Rou.
Zhou Yuan frowned, this was not what he had imagined it to be.
Although not saying it directly but Zhou Yuan realized that both Yifei, Linxia and Xiao Rou had special feelings for him, he said, at least Zhou Yuan was sure they had never considered him a friend but rather something more than that.
Seeing that the three girls were getting familiar and even chatting to each other made Zhou Yuan even more astonished. 'I don't understand women's minds?'
Despite the confusion yet Zhou Yuan was grateful the three girls could be familiar, the three spoke to each other especially their respective experiences.
The day was getting darker, Xiao Rou and Linxia actually wanted to be with Zhou Yuan longer but he realized tomorrow both had to attend the tournament.
The two of them are saying goodbye and will be here tomorrow, now the only ones left are Zhou Yuan and Jiang Yifei.
"Fei'er, haven't you slept?" Zhou Yuan stroked the head of the girl after discovering she was still standing on the veranda of the inn when Zhou Yuan had already delivered Xiao Fan and Linxia home.
"You turned out to have two good girls." Yifei.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, confused as to what to answer him like.
"It's the first time I've had a friend in my entire life, they seem to accept me." Jiang Yifei expressed his heart.
Zhou Yuan understood, as her status as the Princess of the Moon Emperor made it difficult for the girl to have her peers let alone those of Yifei's age tended to look at her respectfully rather than want to be familiar.
Although only briefly Yifei can be friends with someone for the first time, arguably the emancipation of people who have the same feeling tends to be able to get along faster.