Chapter 109: Senior Sister’s Decision
“Do you dare to talk back to me?” Yue Wu Xia narrowed her eyes, her tone chilling. “I see you are paying less and less attention to me, your master!”
“I hold my master in my heart, but on this matter, I will not back down,” Mingyan shook his head. “I will marry my senior sister, and I will marry Feiyan too!”
“Good! Good! Good! Very good! You rebellious disciple!” Yue Wu Xia was so angry that her chest heaved, a magnificent sight. But obviously, Mingyan was in no mood to appreciate it. Mingyan was also in a difficult position. Mingyan didn’t want to make his master angry, but this time he had.
Perhaps Mingyan could agree to his master’s proposal on the surface and continue this relationship with his senior sister and Feiyan in private. But this was not feasible. His master was, after all, a Saint. It was very difficult to hide anything from her. Besides, the concentric pendant was still on Mingyan. Yue Wu Xia could watch him whenever she wanted. Mingyan basically had no secrets.
Thinking of this, Mingyan took out the concentric pendant and handed it to Yue Wu Xia. “Disciple is no longer in danger now. The Emperor-level artifact should be returned to you, Master…”
“Get out!” Yue Wu Xia instantly took back the concentric pendant and directly drove Mingyan out. Mingyan’s heart was heavy. This attempt had obviously failed. Mingyan had thought his master would be easier to persuade, but he had not expected her to be so resistant.
This made Mingyan’s heart heavy. It would be even more difficult to get the Huang family’s approval. Although he had helped the Huang family a lot, it was hard to say whether they would be willing to accept him marrying both Feiyan and his senior sister…
Not long after Mingyan left, he saw his senior sister being called in by his master. Mingyan raised an eyebrow. It seemed he couldn’t stop it… sigh.
Here, after Yue Qingying came to Yue Wu Xia’s residence, she was motioned by Yue Wu Xia to close the door.
Yue Qingying stood in front of Yue Wu Xia, saw that her master’s expression was even colder than usual, and couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. “Master… you wanted to see me. What did you want to say?”
“Keep your distance from your junior brother in the future. Don’t let him get close to you,” Yue Wu Xia said coldly.
Hearing this, Yue Qingying immediately became anxious. “Why? Didn’t you say you would support me and my junior brother? Why are you suddenly telling me to keep my distance? Master, you can’t be so fickle!”
“There’s no need to say more about this. You and your junior brother must keep your distance!” Yue Wu Xia’s brow furrowed tightly. Yue Wu Xia did not explain. After all, she still left Mingyan some face and did not say this matter out loud.
And, Yue Wu Xia had her own considerations. Not telling Yue Qingying about this matter also gave it room to be reversed. If Mingyan decided to give up on Huang Feiyan in the future, then there would not be too serious a gap between him and Yue Qingying.
In her heart, Yue Wu Xia still hoped that Yue Qingying and Mingyan could be together.
“Master… you can’t convince me like this…” Yue Qingying bit her lip and lowered her head. “Why do I have to keep my distance from my junior brother? If you can’t give me a reason…”
Seeing Yue Qingying also so resistant, Yue Wu Xia really wanted to tell her about Mingyan’s absurd idea. But once she said it, there was no turning back. It would completely cut off the possibility between Mingyan and Yue Qingying. After all, her own disciple, Yue Qingying’s character, how could Yue Wu Xia not understand? Although Yue Qingying was always gentle in front of Mingyan, her heart was proud. Yue Qingying liked everything to go according to her arrangements. Such a Yue Qingying, would she accept sharing a husband with Huang Feiyan? It was simply absurd.
If Yue Wu Xia said it, she was worried that this originally close senior and junior brother would directly become distant and cold… This was not what Yue Wu Xia, as a master, wanted to see. So even though Yue Wu Xia knew that her forceful behavior would make Yue Qingying misunderstand, she still did not say Mingyan’s thoughts out loud. This way, she could still use it to persuade Mingyan, to make him feel the pressure, to make him give up on Huang Feiyan.
So Yue Wu Xia shook her head and had no intention of explaining. “From today on, you are not allowed to meet your junior brother in private, nor are you allowed to send mental messages. Without my permission, you cannot say a single word until I think the time is right.”
“Master?! How can you be like this?!” Yue Qingying looked at Yue Wu Xia in disbelief. Her own master was not the kind of person who liked to force others. What had happened between her and her junior brother? Why would her master suddenly start to oppose her and her junior brother being together?
“Because I am your master!” Yue Wu Xia did not intend to explain too much. “Go back! There is no room for discussion on this matter!”
Yue Qingying was puzzled and angry. “You can’t do this! Master, my junior brother and I are in love with each other! Why do you want to separate us?”
Yue Qingying was really angry. Yue Qingying didn’t even use honorifics. Although she knew that it must have been because Mingyan had said something to their master before, which was why her attitude was so firm, but Yue Qingying couldn’t think of why her master would want her junior brother to keep his distance from her. Yue Wu Xia had said time and again that Yue Qingying was the most suitable person for Mingyan, and that she would support Yue Qingying. But at this juncture, Yue Wu Xia had changed her mind again. It was too much!
Yue Wu Xia did not answer. With a wave of her hand, Yue Qingying was directly and uncontrollably sent back to her room, and was then trapped in it, unable to get out!
Mingyan heard the commotion and wanted to come out of his room to see the situation, but he soon found that he was trapped in his room. Mingyan immediately understood. It must be his master… Yue Wu Xia didn’t want him to go out and talk to his senior sister. Mingyan tried to send a mental message to his senior sister, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, not even a ripple was stirred. Mingyan’s heart sank. This was probably his master using some method to directly cut off all ways for him to contact his senior sister. Yue Wu Xia was a Saint of this generation, the top existence in this world besides the Great Empress and the sleeping Wang Qingchu.
If Yue Wu Xia wanted to force Mingyan to do something, it was too simple…
Mingyan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and thought about the current situation. What was that commotion just now? Mingyan didn’t know the situation outside, didn’t know if his master had told his senior sister about the Huang family’s matter. If she had, what would his senior sister think?
Right now, it was very important to get in touch with his senior sister…
What to do… Mingyan thought for a while, and thought of Feng Shiyi in his Qi Sea world…
Mingyan’s eyes turned. Mingyan immediately looked into his Qi Sea world and woke up the still-sleeping Feng Shiyi.
Feng Shiyi did not have a bad temper when she woke up. After waking up, Feng Shiyi stretched lazily, looked around, and did not see Mingyan. Feng Shiyi immediately became a little flustered. “Mingyan? Where are you?”
Mingyan’s projection entered this world. After seeing Mingyan, Feng Shiyi finally calmed down.
Then, Mingyan told Feng Shiyi that he wanted her to contact his senior sister, Yue Qingying, for him.
Feng Shiyi had seen Yue Qingying before. Hearing this, Feng Shiyi rubbed her brow in distress. “I don’t know if I can do this kind of thing…”
Mingyan nodded.
So, Feng Shiyi made some attempts. Mingyan was about to wait patiently but found that his senior sister had suddenly appeared in front of Feng Shiyi, directly pulled into Mingyan’s Qi Sea by her!
Mingyan was stunned. He just wanted to get in touch with his senior sister. There was no need to pull her over, right? His master would definitely find out that his senior sister was missing. But since she had been pulled over, Mingyan couldn’t let Feng Shiyi send his senior sister back, right?
Yue Qingying was obviously a little surprised to suddenly appear in this place, but after seeing Feng Shiyi and Mingyan, Yue Qingying quickly calmed down and said anxiously, “Junior Brother, why won’t Master let us meet? She told me to keep my distance from you. What’s going on? What did you say to her?”
Senior Sister doesn’t seem to know about the Huang family’s matter. Did Master not tell her? Why was that? Didn’t Yue Wu Xia want Yue Qingying to keep her distance from Mingyan? If Yue Wu Xia told Yue Qingying about this matter, then Yue Qingying’s feelings for Mingyan…
Mingyan was silent for a while, thinking about what he should do. Mingyan looked up at Yue Qingying and sighed softly.
“Don’t sigh. What happened? We’ll face it together,” Yue Qingying held Mingyan’s hand and said softly.
“Senior Sister…” Mingyan was moved. He really couldn’t bear to deceive his senior sister. If his master told his senior sister about the Huang family’s matter, then Mingyan and his senior sister’s relationship might be completely gone…
Thinking of this, Mingyan also understood why his master hadn’t told his senior sister these things. Yue Wu Xia actually still hoped that Mingyan and his senior sister would be together… so, Yue Wu Xia wanted to use this method to force Mingyan to give up on Huang Feiyan. This way, she would even help to cover up the Huang family’s matter, and Mingyan’s and his senior sister’s feelings would not be affected at all.
Was his master trying to force him in this way?
If that was the case, then Mingyan felt it would be better for him to tell his senior sister himself. At least, it was Mingyan who confessed, not his master who revealed it. To hold fate in his own hands.
And on the other side, Yue Wu Xia did not feel any abnormality. Mingyan and Yue Qingying were both in their own rooms, with no strangeness… Feng Shiyi not only brought Yue Qingying over, but even used some small tricks to make Yue Wu Xia not discover that Yue Qingying was actually no longer in her room.
“Senior Sister… if I say, I want to marry Huang Feiyan… what would you think?” Mingyan took a deep breath. Mingyan hadn’t wanted to say it so early, but since things had come to this, it was out of Mingyan’s hands.
Hearing this, Yue Qingying was stunned and forced a smile. “Junior Brother, don’t scare me…”
“Senior Sister… I’m sorry…” Mingyan said softly. Just as he was about to say that he actually didn’t want to give up either of them, Yue Qingying quickly covered Mingyan’s mouth, her expression downcast. “Don’t say sorry to me. I don’t want to hear it… you… have you already made a decision?”
Seeing that Yue Qingying had misunderstood, Mingyan quickly wanted to explain, but Yue Qingying seemed to be afraid of him speaking and quickly shook her head, her eyes a little red. “Don’t speak… you don’t have to answer me… let me… think about it…”
No wonder, no wonder Master wouldn’t let me and Junior Brother continue. No wonder she wanted me to keep my distance from him. So he has already made a choice?
Then why did he kiss me…? Was it a breakup kiss? After that, was he going to tell me his choice?
But why Feiyan, and not me?
Yue Qingying couldn’t figure it out. In what way was she inferior to Huang Feiyan?
But then, Yue Qingying reacted again. This was not a question of who was inferior to whom, but who Mingyan liked. Now it seemed… Mingyan liked Huang Feiyan more than her… Yue Qingying was sad, her eyes filled with tears. The red of her eyes and her fair skin formed a sharp contrast. Her pear-blossom-like flustered expression made Mingyan’s heart ache. “Senior Sister, you want to…”
“Don’t speak!” Yue Qingying stopped Mingyan in a panic, her tears unable to stop flowing down. Her eyes were pitiful and full of pleading. “Let me… let me think about it, okay?”
Mingyan was anxious. Where was his senior sister’s mind going? Did she think Mingyan had chosen Huang Feiyan? Mingyan had wanted to tell her that he didn’t want to give up either of them…
But seeing his senior sister’s so fragile expression, Mingyan felt a lump in his throat. The words of comfort and explanation couldn’t come out. The more Mingyan wanted to speak, the more flustered and sad Yue Qingying became. This made it difficult for Mingyan to speak or not to speak. Mingyan was extremely conflicted.
“…I… I…” Yue Qingying looked at Mingyan, heartbroken, as if she had just sorted out her thoughts, a little out of breath. “Junior Brother… Junior Brother… Junior Brother doesn’t… doesn’t want me anymore?”
The junior brother who had stood in front of her countless times in the future, was he now… going to give her up? How could this be? He could even give his life for her, but he couldn’t even give her this little bit of affection? It couldn’t be like this. This was not fair…
“I didn’t say I don’t want you, Senior Sister… can you let me finish?” Mingyan finally said. “Actually…”
“I know… you want to say I’m still your senior sister… right, right… I don’t want to be like this… I don’t want to just be your senior sister…” Yue Qingying shook her head desperately, extremely aggrieved. “Junior Brother! I don’t want to just be your senior sister… I… Feiyan… why did you choose Huang Feiyan… and not me…”
“…” Mingyan wiped Yue Qingying’s tears with heartache. “Senior Sister… don’t be so sad. I didn’t say I would give you up, but… I don’t plan to give up on Feiyan either…”
Hearing this, Yue Qingying was stunned for a moment, like a drowning person grabbing the only life-saving straw. Yue Qingying thought Mingyan’s words were hinting at her. Yue Qingying then said in a hurry, “Then I… then I can accept Feiyan’s existence… Junior Brother, don’t leave me, okay?”
This time, it was Mingyan who was stunned. “Sen… Senior Sister? What are you talking about?”
“I, I said, I can accept Feiyan. You don’t have to choose between two because of Feiyan…” seeing Mingyan moved, Yue Qingying thought this would be useful and quickly said, “I… I can accept Feiyan. You don’t have to choose between two…”
Only then did Mingyan come back to his senses and understand what Yue Qingying was worried about…
Yue Qingying thought she was the sacrifice in Mingyan’s choice between two… so she was flustered and afraid that Mingyan would continue to speak, which was why Yue Qingying was so sad, which was why Yue Qingying acted like this.
His senior sister had clearly said before that she could quietly wait on the side, but when this day really came, Yue Qingying couldn’t really accept being abandoned…
That was right. How could one accept such a thing? His senior sister’s sad appearance made Mingyan’s heart break.
Although it seemed that Mingyan had achieved his goal, Yue Qingying’s sadness made Mingyan unable to be happy.
“Senior Sister, I never thought of giving up anyone from the beginning. My initial thought was to marry both you and Feiyan… and Master couldn’t accept it, which is why she wouldn’t let us meet,” Mingyan said seriously. “You shouldn’t force yourself…”
Hearing this, Yue Qingying looked at Mingyan blankly, then slowly lowered her head. Mingyan didn’t know what she was thinking. Mingyan couldn’t read minds. “Senior Sister… I’m sorry, I know I’m very greedy… I…”
“No need to say more…” Yue Qingying looked up at Mingyan, held Mingyan’s hand, placed it on her face, and said softly, “I understand your meaning, Junior Brother… I understand everything… and I won’t take back what I just said… I can accept Feiyan. For you, Junior Brother, I am willing. I am not wronged.”
Mingyan was a little sad. “I didn’t make myself clear. Senior Sister, you absolutely don’t have to force yourself…”
“How could I be forcing myself?” Yue Qingying shook her head. Yue Qingying gently leaned against Mingyan’s chest, her voice gentle. “Who asked me to love my junior brother so much…”
Yue Qingying could accept losing to Ning Feixuan, because Ning Feixuan had saved Mingyan’s life. Just like her hopeless love for Mingyan, Yue Qingying also understood Mingyan’s thoughts.
But Yue Qingying couldn’t accept losing to Huang Feiyan. Why? Huang Feiyan was so clumsy, she didn’t even know how to express her feelings. Yue Qingying had never thought of losing to Huang Feiyan before. So when Yue Qingying knew Mingyan had given up on Ning Feixuan, her first thought was that Mingyan would definitely choose her.
A misunderstanding had made his senior sister so flustered… Mingyan could feel even more how much Yue Qingying cared about him…
“Senior Sister… I know you can’t accept it…”
“You are not me. How do you know I can’t accept it?” Yue Qingying shook her head. The situation had changed. Originally, it was Mingyan hoping Yue Qingying would accept Huang Feiyan, but now it had become Mingyan advising Yue Qingying not to make such a rash decision, while Yue Qingying’s attitude was firm.
If it weren’t for that little misunderstanding just now, Yue Qingying wouldn’t have so easily agreed to Mingyan accepting Huang Feiyan. In Mingyan’s heart, there should only be Yue Qingying. What was a Huang Feiyan?
Since Yue Qingying had already said those words in a panic, she did not intend to take them back. But Yue Qingying also had her own thoughts.
Yue Qingying should turn her disadvantage into her advantage.
In other words, her verbal acceptance meant that Mingyan could really have both? It still depended on Huang Feiyan’s opinion.
Could Huang Feiyan accept sharing Mingyan with Yue Qingying? Hehe, Huang Feiyan wouldn’t. And, even if Huang Feiyan really accepted it like Yue Qingying, so what? The first time the Huang family married out, and her junior brother still had Yue Qingying. Could the Huang family accept it?
And on Yue Qingying’s side, as long as she and Mingyan could persuade their master, everything was fine. But the Huang family’s situation was very special. To accept this matter was too difficult… so even if Huang Feiyan accepted it, it was useless. If the Huang family couldn’t accept it, what could Huang Feiyan do?
Besides, would Huang Feiyan really accept it? Seeing Yue Qingying and Mingyan being so intimate, Huang Feiyan’s heart would probably break… she would be extremely sad, and probably just give up directly.
Then wouldn’t her junior brother still belong to Yue Qingying?
So, Yue Qingying’s attitude was firm.
Mingyan was extremely moved for a moment. “Senior Sister… I… this… really… I’ve really wronged you…”
“It’s enough that you have me in your heart…” Yue Qingying sighed inwardly. Actually, this could only be considered a remedy. But seeing Mingyan so moved, Yue Qingying still felt it was worth it…
