29. Bickering
“What’s with that…”
Gong Yiling, annoyed by her behavior, popped a strawberry into her mouth.
However, when you’re in a bad mood, your luck tends to be bad too.
And so, she almost spat it out.
Damn it!
The previous strawberries were so sweet. Why was this one so sour?
Seeing her pained expression, Gong Musheng chuckled. “Sometimes it’s not the food that’s bad, but your mood.”
Gong Yiling: “…Want to try it yourself?”
“You impertinent little brat.” Gong Musheng flicked her forehead and said with a mischievous smile, “If you want to complain, then go and talk to her.”
Gong Yiling, annoyed, picked up another strawberry, hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly and stood up.
“I’m going for a walk.”
With that, she stormed out of the courtyard.
“Kids these days…” Gong Musheng chuckled helplessly, then helped herself to a few strawberries from the platter.
However, after a few seconds, Gong Yiling rushed back in, grabbed the fruit platter, and left again.
“This girl…”
Gong Musheng watched her leave with a wry smile, then also left.
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Mmm…
Yan Chuyue walked through the back garden, staring at the calm pool, wondering what was wrong with her.
The reason she was against Gong Yiling going to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge was simple.
Because she was the only one in this world who knew what it was really like.
True, this world’s development was vastly different from her novel, but the nature of certain places was still the same.
If she hadn’t met Gong Yiling, she would have probably just watched this female villain walk down the path of self-destruction without any reaction.
But now it was different…
Now, she knew Gong Yiling, a Gong Yiling completely different from the one in her novel.
And she even had feelings for this female villain, feelings that were beyond friendship.
So, Yan Chuyue now only hoped that the story wouldn’t follow her original plot. She wanted to stay by Gong Yiling’s side and see what kind of future she could create.
With this thought, she would never let her go to that place.
That place that might turn her into the same Gong Yiling from the book.
But how could she tell her this?
Could she just say, That place is dangerous, you can’t go now?
Or should she tell her everything about that place, let her know what it was really like, so she might not…
As she was thinking, a strawberry suddenly appeared before her.
There were only two people in this world who could do such a thing, besides the Returning Heaven Sect.
“What?”
“Nothing.” Gong Yiling appeared behind her. “It’s for you.”
Yan Chuyue turned, pouting. “Hmph, you used my flowers to present to me.”
Gong Yiling made the strawberry fly in front of her again. “Does it matter whose flowers they are? And these are strawberries, not flowers.”
“Hmph.” Yan Chuyue took the strawberry, turned away, and sat down by the pool.
But her anger was just for show.
After all, she wasn’t a crybaby. Her earlier outburst was more about being angry at herself. Now that she had calmed down, she wasn’t angry anymore.
“So, the situation is like this.” Gong Yiling sat down beside her and smiled. “I didn’t want to go to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge myself. Little Auntie is taking me. To me, it’s just a secret realm.”
“If Chuyue doesn’t want me to go, I want to hear the reason.”
The reason… Yan Chuyue was in a bind.
How should she describe it?
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to tell Gong Yiling the truth, but she was afraid that if she did, Gong Yiling would be even more eager to go. After all, Miss Gong was a meddlesome person.
She shouldn’t have written that place to be so… frustrating. She had really shot herself in the foot.
Seeing Yan Chuyue’s hesitant expression, Gong Yiling sighed inwardly with a smile.
Girls are so hard to deal with.
She picked up another strawberry and placed it at Yan Chuyue’s lips, poking them gently.
“What are you doing—mmph!”
The moment Yan Chuyue opened her mouth, the strawberry was popped in.
“Nothing.” Gong Yiling chuckled. “You wouldn’t eat it when I put it in your hand, so I had to put it in your mouth. Or do you want me to feed you in a different way?”
“Pah, you pervert!”
Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but think of some strange things.
But Gong Yiling just scratched her head, puzzled. “I didn’t say anything. Is it Chuyue who’s thinking about something strange?”
“You!”
Yan Chuyue almost burst out laughing.
But this somehow eased her earlier unhappiness.
“Phew…” Yan Chuyue turned to look at her, then sighed. “If I just said I don’t want you to go, you wouldn’t agree, right?”
“Uh…” That was indeed difficult to understand.
This meant something was definitely going to happen at the Hundred Ghosts Ridge. It was just that Yan Chuyue didn’t want to tell her now.
“If you still want to go,” Yan Chuyue could see her thoughts from her expression.
A few simple warnings wouldn’t work on Gong Yiling. She still wanted to see it for herself.
“Then it’s settled.” Yan Chuyue said seriously, “You take me with you.”
“Together?” Gong Yiling was surprised.
Actually, this wasn’t a problem.
Although her Little Auntie had asked her to go, she never said they had to go alone.
Since Yan Chuyue had this idea, it wasn’t a big deal.
“If you want to go to a secret realm, we can just go together.” Gong Yiling smiled. “So why didn’t Chuyue ask me this question earlier—”
Before she could finish, Yan Chuyue stuffed a strawberry into her mouth.
“I didn’t think of it before. Don’t ask. Just eat.”
Her words answered several questions at once, leaving Gong Yiling with nothing more to ask.
