Girl's Thoughts

Zhao Caiyi stopped Zhao Linger, as a woman's intuition is very sharp.

Zhao Linger definitely had feelings for Xiao Fan.

"Ling'er, are you hiding something from me?" Zhao Caiyi asked softly.

"What could I be hiding from you?"

Zhao Caiyi: "Nothing? Then why did you interrupt my conversation with Xiao Gongzi?"

Zhao Linger: "Aunt, he is my Revered Master's Dao Companion. Please keep your distance from him."

Zhao Caiyi calmly said: "Does your Revered Master think so too?"

This single sentence rendered Zhao Linger speechless.

It was clearly not the case. The residence for Xiao Fan in Eternal Immortal City was arranged by her Revered Master. She knew Xiao Fan was keeping a mistress, and her Revered Master must have known too.

But since her Revered Master hadn't said anything, wasn't that just tacit approval?

Zhao Caiyi continued to question: "Is it because you harbor feelings for him, and so seeing me chatting and laughing with him makes you uncomfortable?"

Zhao Linger's Soul trembled, a question that struck directly at her Soul.

She quickly denied: "N-no, it's not that. I just can't stand how fickle he is."

"Why can't you stand it? What kind of person he is, does it have much to do with you?"

"I..."

Zhao Linger truly couldn't speak. Right, what kind of person he is, what does it have to do with me? Why should I stop him and my aunt from getting along?

Could it be that I...

She dared not think further, and weakly lowered her head.

Zhao Caiyi also felt sad. She and Ling'er falling for the same man, what kind of situation was this?

This relationship was far more complicated than that. This man was also the Dao Companion of Ling'er's two Revered Masters. It was too complex.

"Aunt, I... I don't know." Zhao Linger was a little incoherent.

"Go back. You need to calm down."

Zhao Linger left, despite her chaotic mood.

Zhao Caiyi was not much better off. Was her first stir of romance going to involve fighting Ling'er for a man?

Fate truly plays tricks on people.

Returning to the table, Zhao Caiyi still smiled at Xiao Fan, but her heart was already in disarray.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes.

After returning, Zhao Caiyi quietly drank, seemingly trying to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

She drank until her face was flushed, the wine wetting her clothes and skirt, and she hiccupped.

He moved his position, proactively took Zhao Caiyi's warm jade hand, and gently said:

"What's wrong? Why the frown? Did Ling'er make you angry?"

Zhao Caiyi's delicate body trembled slightly, feeling the warm palm. A never-before-felt nervousness surged into her heart.

"Xiao Gongzi, I..."

Her voice was weak, and she felt utterly at a loss. Although drunkenness surged through her, she hadn't lost herself and could still discern the situation.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan gently caressed her jade hand, took out a silk handkerchief, and wiped the wine stains from the corners of her red lips.

"Xiao Gongzi, I... I'll do it myself."

Xiao Fan complied with her wishes and handed her the silk handkerchief.

Xiao Fan said: "If you encounter troubles, don't keep them to yourself. Just speak them out."

..........

Zhao Linger's heart was in turmoil. Every word her aunt said pierced her heart.

"I can't stand him, is it really not because I care about Revered Master?"

She desperately wanted to find the answer, but the day she cried to Xiao Fan and was embraced by him, that feeling was indescribable.

Recalling it now, she only remembered her heart racing that day, her face feeling hot, cursing him a couple of times, and then fleeing as if on the run.

The more she thought, the more complicated it became. A month had passed, and she still hadn't figured it out.

"I won't think about it anymore."

"No, why haven't those two come out yet? Does eating a meal take this long?"

Zhao Linger was a bit puzzled and returned again.

...

Zhao Linger's body trembled uncontrollably, her breathing was rapid, and she stammered out a few words: "Aunt, you, you two..."

Zhao Caiyi quickly explained to Zhao Linger: "Ling'er, things are not what you think."

"Lies, liars!"

"You, you two..."

Zhao Linger was filled with sadness, shedding tears as she left.

You said we'd pursue the Great Dao, with no romantic entanglements. You lied to me, didn't you?