"You have quite a few girls around you, so by rights... should I do something?" Yun Qian said, bright eyes glistening.
These words were somewhat startling.
Xu Chang'an listened as the system in his ear sounded frantic alarms and, for the first time, aligned with the system's feedback, feeling a little ominous premonition in his heart.
By rights?
"By what rights?" Xu Chang'an asked cautiously.
Yun Qian did not respond.
Xu Chang'an lifted his wine cup, took a sip of Daughter Red Wine, and couldn't help but explain: "What do you mean by saying I have quite a few girls around me? Miss, I'm an Inner Disciple of Three Officials Rock at Muyu Peak, which originally accepts only female disciples, it's not like I want to..."
"The mountain is full of women, so why are you the one to become a steward?" Yun Qian interrupted Xu Chang'an, asking.
"It's Senior Zhu's arrangement." Xu Chang'an said helplessly, "She holds a high position at Muyu Peak, she just transferred me over back then."
At first, the female Inner Sect Disciples at Muyu Peak were quite resistant to having a male steward living nearby, even Senior Zhu's reputation didn't work.
But now, a year later, at least the Inner Sect Disciples at Three Officials Rock had accepted him.
It had cost him a lot of thought.
You have to know it's hard to please girls; when he first arrived on the mountain, he was often made things difficult for, and sometimes he thought if he wasn't at Muyu Peak which only had female disciples, he might've lived more comfortably.
"Surrounded by girls, you must be very happy." Yun Qian looked at Xu Chang'an and said slowly, "You always say you're a lecherous person."
"It's true I'm lecherous." Xu Chang'an shook his head, "But there's no girl more beautiful than Miss."
"I don't think that's a reason." Yun Qian softly lifted the drink from Xu Chang'an's hand, her cherry lips touched the rim, saying, "Just like Lady Yao Yue, with her extraordinary aura and peerless grace... yet the Jiang Lang she liked fell in love with a maid."
After speaking, Yun Qian's eyes landed on Xu Chang'an, as if saying... it's not impossible for Xu Chang'an to fancy someone far less attractive than her.
By then...
Should she follow Lady Yao Yue?
Or would someone else be better?
"..." Xu Chang'an's eye twitched, he took back the drink from Yun Qian's hand.
Regret.
Now he was filled with regret.
He now understood what Yun Qian's "by rights, should I do something" meant.
The stories he documented, aren't they the reason in Yun Qian's heart?
"A story is just a story, Miss, don't get too indulged." Xu Chang'an lowered his eyelids.
Why didn't he write more kind-hearted stories at the time?
Indeed, when someone acts impulsively and thoughtlessly, the consequences eventually fall upon themselves.
"I'm just saying." Yun Qian looked at Xu Chang'an's slightly nervous appearance and asked, "Don't you like me like this?"
"Honestly?" Xu Chang'an blinked, then said, "I do like it."
Again, compared to a Yun Qian who didn't care about anything, the slight jealousy displayed by Yun Qian now is more charming.
"I also think so." Yun Qian nodded.
She knew Xu Chang'an would like it, so she tried to learn how a girl should show her jealousy.
But since no one usually taught her, naturally she could only learn from the stories Xu Chang'an wrote.
She wasn't really jealous.
"I think I understand." Xu Chang'an said righteously, "Miss, in any case... avoid Li Mochou, avoid Yao Yue, avoid Jiang Yuyan."
Yun Qian put down her chopsticks and asked, "I've been meaning to ask, of all the girls you've written about, which one do you like the most?"
"I wouldn't say it's to the extent of liking." Xu Chang'an pondered for a moment and said, "If I had to say one character, it might be Miss Aqing from Yue Girl's Sword, I'm quite interested in the swordsmanship in the book."
"Miss Ah Qing?" Yun Qian recalled.
She realized that it was a woman with incredible combat power who at a crucial time knew to let go of her lover.
"Are you trying to tell me... if you had someone else you liked, that I should be like Miss Ah Qing, let you go to Xi Shi?" Yun Qian asked seriously.
"?"
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The two stared at each other for a while.
"Miss, what are you saying?"
"Nothing."
Yun Qian knew she misunderstood, she didn't continue asking these pointless questions, stretched lazily, and said, "I'm full."
Upon hearing this, Xu Chang'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What just happened was just an ordinary conversation, but... perhaps because he's used to being a caretaker, even though Yun Qian's tone was calm, he always had this illusion that he had done something to wrong her.
Xu Chang'an turned his head and looked at Yun Qian sitting there, thinking clearly his own Miss Yun was gentle and spoke softly, so why did she have such an aura?
"..."
Yun Qian stood up, returned to the room, sat in front of the dressing table, and looked at the storm outside the window.
Actually, she didn't like Miss Ah Qing's choice, she thought about it, and felt that she couldn't let go.
But she also didn't like Lady Yao Yue's approach, Jiang Lang only had a child with a maid, having a child... is a good thing, right?
What kind of emotion is jealousy as written in books?
Although she could imitate superficially, she still couldn't understand it at its core.
If she couldn't understand, she wouldn't think about it.
Yun Qian had some thoughts of going out shopping with Xu Chang'an, just to see the girl who sent wine to her husband, maybe then she would understand.
...
When Xu Chang'an walked in, he unexpectedly found Yun Qian had already changed into a winter coat finely made by Piluo Residence, a plain white long silk coat, with black silk threads intricately embroidered branches on the white satin, and bright red silk threads embroidered a few begonia flowers, extending from the hem to the waist.
Xu Chang'an reached out and touched it, found the material thick, as a windbreaker it was good-looking and also very practical.
"Miss, are you going out? Didn't I say it's raining outside... I could just..."
"It's already cleared up." Yun Qian pointed out the window.
From the northwest horizon, a seven-colored rainbow appeared, complementing the clouds and sky, and without anyone noticing, the rain quietly stopped, the wind held its breath, and the courtyard became unusually silent.
The sky was clear and washed, the air carrying the fresh scent of earth after rain, the Spine-devouring Beast on the eaves seemed to really have devoured all the rain, leaving not a trace of the rain curtain at the door.
"The rain stopped?" Xu Chang'an was taken aback, "When did it stop?"
Before Yun Qian reminded him, he hadn't noticed the sky had cleared.
Was he just in a daze?
"..."
Yun Qian took a veil, put it on, then reached out her slender jade hand towards Xu Chang'an, indicating for him to take it.
"Take me out."