Chapter 173: Wang Qingchu’s Arrangement
After escaping from the illusion, Yue Ningshuang bowed to Mingyan, her eyes slightly adoring. “Thank you for your help, Young Master Ming…”
“It’s nothing… may I ask for your name, celestial maiden?” Mingyan shook his head and asked.
“My surname is Yue,” Yue Ningshuang’s smile bloomed.
Surname Yue…? This name was actually quite rare. Mingyan instantly thought of his master and his senior sister. This made him unconsciously develop a good impression. A faint smile also appeared on Mingyan’s face. “Are you a disciple of Yaochi, Celestial Yue?”
“Yes,” Yue Ningshuang’s smile was brilliant, and her eyes looking at Mingyan seemed to glow. “I have wanted to see you for a long time, Young Master Ming. I didn’t expect to meet you here…”
Mingyan heard the ambiguity in her words, and his heart was a little strange. The other party seemed to have a good impression of him, but he had no impression of Yue Ningshuang at all… He had seen many Yaochi celestials at Yaochi, but this face before him, he seemed to have never seen…
“I’m a little strange. Why would you come here, Celestial Yue?” Mingyan asked.
“You don’t have to call me Celestial Yue, Young Master Ming. You can call me by my name. My name is Ningshuang…” a slight blush appeared on Yue Ningshuang’s beautiful face. “As for the reason I came here, it’s just to understand… your past, Young Master Ming.”
“…” Mingyan felt the atmosphere was becoming a little strange. The other party seemed to have some designs on him. Otherwise, why would she want to understand his past?
Mingyan was really not good at dealing with this kind of self-familiarity, but he was a little on guard against her.
“Hmm… that’s right. You don’t know me yet, do you, Young Master Ming… you should know Ning Feixuan, right? I heard your relationship with her is quite good,” Yue Ningshuang seemed to have discovered that she was being a little too self-familiar, so her face turned slightly red, and her voice became a little smaller.
“Yes…” Mingyan nodded. After all, they could still be considered friends. He didn’t need to deliberately distance himself.
“I should be considered Ning Feixuan’s senior sister,” Yue Ningshuang smiled slightly. “But later she surpassed me by a notch, so she is the Yaochi Holy Maiden, and I am not. But it doesn’t matter anymore. I don’t care about these titles. For a while, I have been in closed-door cultivation. I only came out during the Peach Banquet. It’s normal that you don’t know me, Young Master Ming.”
“You are Feixuan’s senior sister?” Mingyan was surprised. How come he had never known that Ning Feixuan had a senior sister before? So strange.
Regarding Mingyan’s slightly suspicious attitude, Yue Ningshuang’s smile did not diminish. She handed Mingyan a token. Mingyan took a closer look and saw that it was actually Ning Mengru’s token. This completely dispelled Mingyan’s suspicion.
“Young Master Ming, do you believe me now?” Yue Ningshuang took back the token. She put her hands behind her waist, her smile brilliant. “At the Peach Banquet, I noticed your heroic bearing, Young Master Ming. I have always wanted to get to know you…”
As she spoke, Yue Ningshuang’s face actually became a little flushed. Her beautiful eyes seemed to carry a certain affection, as if she was a little shy, peeking at Mingyan from time to time, and then looking away in embarrassment.
Yue Ningshuang felt that her acting skills should be quite good. She had already thought about what a little woman should be like. Although she had no experience in relationships, hadn’t she seen a pig run, even if she hadn’t eaten pork?
In fact, Mingyan really did start to think that Yue Ningshuang might like him. Yue Ningshuang’s goal had been achieved. But what she had not expected was that there were two other people watching here through some means…
Yue Wu Xia was indifferent after seeing this. After all, she had long known that Yue Ningshuang wanted to pursue Mingyan. But what she had not expected was that Yue Ningshuang was actually Ning Mengru’s disciple. Before, in Ning Mengru’s letter, her tone had been a little distant…
Perhaps this Yue Ningshuang was not favored by Ning Mengru… Yue Wu Xia didn’t know what the story was inside. Yue Wu Xia felt even more that she couldn’t just let it go.
And far away in Yaochi, Wang Qingchu was a little strange.
Wang Qingchu naturally knew that Ning Mengru only had one disciple, and that was Ning Feixuan. This Yue Ningshuang must be an imposter. But the token she had taken out was indeed real. As a former Queen Mother of the West, Wang Qingchu naturally knew very well.
This made Wang Qingchu very strange. Where did this imposter come from?
Although Wang Qingchu was very supportive of Mingyan finding more sisters-in-law, and the more the merrier, it was not okay if a bad woman wanted to deceive her Yan’er’s feelings. Only her Yan’er could deceive others’ feelings.
Wang Qingchu thought for a while, hesitating whether to remind her own Yan’er. But on second thought, she suddenly thought of the Eight Treasures Glazed Vase.
Wang Qingchu had once fought everywhere with it. Besides the West Emperor Mother herself, no one should know it better than her.
Wang Qingchu naturally knew some of the Eight Treasures Glazed Vase’s functions. She thought for a while, then sent out her divine sense and began to search for Ning Feixuan’s whereabouts. But she soon found Ning Feixuan. This made her heart even more puzzled. It wasn’t Ning Feixuan. Then who could it be?
So Wang Qingchu wanted to ask Ning Mengru about this so-called other disciple of hers, but she found that she couldn’t find Ning Mengru anywhere. She was silent for a while, then suddenly understood.
Wang Qingchu once again watched Yue Ningshuang through the ring. The more she looked, the more she looked like her. No, considering certain situations, this must be Ning Mengru herself.
But why would Ning Mengru change to another identity? Why would she run to Yan’er and play such a trick?
Wang Qingchu naturally would not think that Ning Mengru had fallen in love with her Yan’er. Although Yan’er was very outstanding, Ning Mengru was, after all, the Queen Mother of the West, many years older than him, and not like her, who had been looking forward to Yan’er’s birth and, after seeing him, had uncontrollably developed strong feelings.
Without a catalyst, how could Ning Mengru fall in love with Yan’er? That was unlikely.
Wang Qingchu thought for a while, then looked at Ning Feixuan, who was in a daze in Yaochi, sometimes smiling, sometimes sad…
This Ning Feixuan was really disappointing. She didn’t know how to please Yan’er. After Wang Qingchu had pointed it out to her, she was still so dazed…
Wang Qingchu thought for a while and gradually understood Ning Mengru’s line of thought. She was probably also disappointed in this disappointing disciple, but she was unwilling to let her just rot. So she had simply taken action herself?
Because Yan’er was a little resistant to Ning Feixuan, she had pretended to be another person. When the time was right, she would tell Ning Feixuan about this matter and let her take over. In the end, things would happen naturally, the raw rice would be cooked, and then she would reveal her identity. This way, Yan’er would probably accept Ning Feixuan because of his responsibility and his feelings for “Yue Ningshuang.”
Thinking of this, Wang Qingchu smiled slightly. But since you’ve already gotten close to my Yan’er, don’t think you can just get away like this. You like to role-play, right…
Wang Qingchu thought for a moment and directly sent a mental message to Ning Feixuan.
Wang Qingchu told Ning Feixuan that for some special purpose, she had an extra senior sister named Yue Ningshuang. If Mingyan asked about it in the future, she just had to say that Yue Ningshuang did exist.
Receiving Wang Qingchu’s mental message, Ning Feixuan was completely shocked. She didn’t dare to ask why, but she knew that Wang Qingchu was willing to help her get back to Mingyan’s side. She was Mingyan’s extremely concerned sister. Her words, her opinion, Mingyan would definitely not ignore. So she didn’t want to ask more and just nodded.
This was Wang Qingchu helping Ning Mengru to perfect things. To make Yan’er like her would not be possible in a short while. It was a relatively long-term matter. And, the matter had not yet progressed, and for Ning Feixuan to know Yue Ningshuang’s real identity in advance was not a good thing. If Ning Feixuan directly exposed it, then this matter would probably be over.
Moreover, Wang Qingchu didn’t really want Ning Mengru to withdraw in the middle and hand over the role-playing to Ning Feixuan. Since you’ve gotten close to Mingyan, you can’t just not give something, not shed some blood.
At that time, it wouldn’t matter if she handed it over to Ning Feixuan. She would then reveal to her Yan’er that Yue Ningshuang’s real identity was actually Ning Mengru. Ning Mengru wouldn’t be able to escape Yan’er’s grasp.
Thinking of this, Wang Qingchu was quite satisfied in her heart. Although it was a little unexpected, this was a good thing…
When both the Queen Mother of the West and the Holy Maiden became Yan’er’s possessions, it would not be impossible to give the entire Yaochi Sacred Land to Yan’er…
And on Mingyan’s side, although his doubts were cleared, he was still a little on guard against Yue Ningshuang. The other party had so directly released her good feelings for him, which made him feel something was wrong…
At this time, Wang Qingchu suddenly sent a mental message to Mingyan. Wang Qingchu said with a slight smile, “Don’t worry about her being unfavorable to you, Yan’er. She likes you very much.”
“Huh…? But why? Just because she looked at me a few more times at the Peach Banquet?” hearing his sister’s voice, Mingyan was a little happy, but he quickly asked.
“There may be some other aspects, but she really has no ulterior motives. Ning Mengru brought her to see me,” Wang Qingchu smiled sweetly. “She is really devoted to you. Of course, how you handle her is your own business. To refuse or to accept is all up to you.”
Mingyan was a little speechless. He looked at Yue Ningshuang and saw that her eyes were filled with a faint hope and adoration, which was a little strange…
They had clearly just met for the first time, and the other party was showing such enthusiasm… this made Mingyan a little unaccustomed for a moment.
But his sister had said that the other party had no ulterior motives. She must have also tested her. Mingyan’s heart was finally not so on guard.
Mingyan thought for a moment. Should he still refuse her? He was about to speak but saw the expectation and faint nervousness in Yue Ningshuang’s eyes. She was afraid that he would refuse…
If it were before, Mingyan probably wouldn’t have thought much about it and would have just refused. But… to hurt a woman who had absolutely no ill intentions towards him like this, was that a bit too cruel…?
She just likes me… Mingyan thought for a moment and decided to observe for a while longer. At least let himself get to know Yue Ningshuang. This way, he could make a better judgment.
Thinking of this, Mingyan pursed his lips and smiled, selectively ignoring Yue Ningshuang’s declaration of love. “Celestial Yue…”
“Can you call me Ningshuang?” Yue Ningshuang said in a low voice.
“…Ningshuang…? Let’s leave here first…”
“Yes, I’ll listen to you!” Yue Ningshuang had her hands behind her back, a sweet smile on her face, very much like a little woman.
