The Naughty Senior Sister
A Small Price Senior Brother Should Pay
"W-did Senior Brother think that I would say that to someone other than you?" miao'er asked hurriedly.
'What does this child mean?' Yan Xu raised one of his eyebrows, puzzled by the strange question of his junior sister.
After a moment of thinking about it, Yan Xu gained a bit of enlightenment on what Miao'er had said earlier.
'Did Miao'er think I was gesturing to him so he wouldn't say that to anyone other than me!? Keep going, he wants to make sure of it, right?!'
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Gaining an understanding of the situation now, Yan Xu immediately opened his mouth.
"If you can, don't say that to anyone but me."
'—If you say it to someone else, they will kill you soon!' Yan Xu swallowed the continued sentence to himself.
Hearing that, it made Miao'er's milk-like face flushed.
He swiped his fingers while looking down, "Surely, if i-that's what Senior Brother wants .... Miao'er will gladly according ...."
Yan Xu nodded happily at that answer, but he felt that something was wrong with the interpretation from the other party's point of view.
He only warned Miao'er because it would bring him into danger, there was no other intent from that sentence.
It's just, on the other side— ....
'Senior Brother doesn't want me to worry about anyone other than him!? W-does he want to say indirectly that he wants to dominate my worries just for her!? Eh? Doesn't that mean ... Senior Brother really cares how I treat others besides him!?'
The more Miao'er thought about it, the more his heart pounded.
'It's impossible, right!?'
He didn't know why, but his face started to feel hot and flushed as red as a tomato.
In fact, if his thinking was a little wrong, it remained that the sentence from Yan Xu really showed an attitude of concern towards him.
Miao'er's small mouth slightly raised, "Thank you, Senior Brother."
He did not know why the thank you came out even in a low voice. However, what had already come out could not be pulled back into his mouth.
Yan Xu did not know why he was grateful, but he immediately replied as a sign of his politeness, "Together, it should have been because it included an obligation for me."
Miao'er couldn't help but turn his face red when he heard these words.
He clearly heard that Yan Xu said it was an obligation for him, making Miao'er's wild fantasies increasingly fly away over the endless universe.
Seeing Miao'er's reddened face, Yan Xu immediately placed his hand against Miao'er's forehead, " Junior Sister, are you sick?"
Feeling the soft touch of Yan Xu's hand made Miao'er return to the real world, "E-eh!? Te-of course not! This ... — ah! Yeah, I'm hot! Ahhaha ...."
'Highness? Doesn't qi energy help you to regulate body temperature?' Yan Xu pondered a little over his junior sister's words, his eyes showing a hint of confusion as well as a strange interest.
Something was strange and he became confused himself.
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Tok tok tok tok
However, it did not last long as a knock made him have to immediately throw away his thoughts.
"Lelu— First Master, are you busy?"
Hearing the call from outside, made Miao'er immediately stand up, wanting to exit through the window of the room that was nearby.
His steps stopped as Yan Xu pulled his arm gently hinting that he did not need to leave.
He obeyed Yan Xu's orders because he was also curious as to what business a new member of Peak Wind encountered his senior brother.
"No, please come in."
Yan Xu let the person into his room with an authoritative tone.
The door opened gently and the person behind it was Jiang Nalan.
"Greetings, Fourth Miss."
Jiang Nalan politely gave a respectful greeting to Yan Xu and Miao'er with a graceful gesture.
They only nodded in response, then Yan Xu immediately spoke.
"What business did you come here for, Lan'er?"
"It's about the Jiang family ... Did First Master get any word from my father? I felt worried because he had never sent me a letter at all, while the profits from the Jiang family had always gone into the top administration ledger."
"Oh, that. He may be busy, so can't send you a letter. Isn't it with the income from the Jiang family, it means that he has already sent you his message?" yan Xu replied with a soft voice.
"Message? To me?" Jiang Nalan tilted his head, not understanding.
Yan Xu nodded and said, "Yes, that means the Jiang family as well he is still fine and continues kicking around here and there!" he raised his fist upwards.
"So, I hope nothing happens to them after our departure ..."
Jiang Nalan who already understood what Yan Xu meant, still felt unfamiliar with his current condition. He had always been with his father since childhood, so naturally there was still a sense of attachment to his parents— that was how Yan Xu had thought.
Yan Xu who was aware of how Jiang Nalan felt was unable to force him to let go of the attachment.
Previously, he had also consulted with Yan Xu several times. So, they made the decision to follow the existing script to suggest to Jiang Nalan so that he could gradually let go of his attachment.
It slowly worked, only that Yan Xu still felt that what they were doing was not the right way. However, times like these are still not appropriate for performing other methods.
So, they— him and Jiang Nalan still play this role-playing game while discussing when Jiang Nalan's mental state became normal.
Yan Xu gave a warm smile to Jiang Nalan, "Just calm down, they are not the ones who will make mistakes in acting."
Hearing Yan Xu's remark, Jiang Nalan's worried expression became erased, "Yes, First Master was right. I'm just worried about unnecessary things!"
After saying that, he immediately came out with a happy face.
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Miao'er glanced at Yan Xu, "Senior Brother, I don't think he needs such self-suggestion."
"really?"
"Yes, Miao'er felt ...—"
'—Suggestion of the cunning fox's self is just an excuse. He must have been deliberately in order to interfere in Senior Brother's daily life!' Miao'er simply swallowed the sentence for himself.
"What's that?" yan Xu asked a little interested.
"Bu-nothing! It was just that Miao'er thought that he should strengthen his mentality more independently."
Yan Xu nodded in agreement, "Yes, your words have a point. However, Jiang Nalan is not as strong as you."
"Senior sister, aren't you judging me too highly!?— Y-yah, instead Miao'er will doubt Senior Brother's judgment ..—!"
Ye Miao'er once again, felt that he was going to fantasize wildly and immediately stopped that thought.
Before their situation became more unfavorable for his heart, Miao'er immediately resigned.
"It seems like there's nothing more we need to talk about, Miao'er will say goodbye first."
Without waiting for a reply from Yan Xu, Ye Miao'er immediately stepped out.
Seeing Miao'er's departure, Yan Xu shook his head.
"The human relationship gives each other. If that's all I can give you, that's fine because that price is actually much smaller than their life dedication and talent."
Yan Xu again enjoyed his solitude, no longer saying anything and just looked at the other side of the room window.
Actually, Yan Xu knew that Jiang Nalan was not a person with the weak mentality that Miao'er had said. He had seen the true nature of the child since their first meeting.
However, he could not refuse the small request as they had already given their lives up to high dedication to the Peak Wind.
The small treatment he did, was only a small price of what he should have paid for the lives of his talented direct lineage of the Jiang family.
'I'm not a fair person, so paying them small treatment is no big deal.'