Chapter 31: Sister, I Was Wrong

However, even with one or two annoying habits, Nan Yuan could tolerate them since the little brat was raised by her own hands.

Pei Ziqing lifted three fresh snow fox skins and followed lightly behind Nan Yuan.

“Sister, you always stay inside and miss how beautiful this snow is; it’s such a shame.”

Nan Yuan: “I saw it from inside.”

Snow accumulates year-round in Snow City, and no matter how beautiful the snowfall is, she’s grown tired of it.

“Sister, how can what you see inside compare to the outside? You haven’t seen the snowflakes dancing in the sky; the snow is slowly piling up on the emerald green leaves, gradually turning them white. There are also dirty paths trodden by people on the small roads, blending back into the earth…”

Nan Yuan’s brow twitched.

The second annoying habit emerges.

Noisiness.

She really wants to turn the little brat into a mute.

Earlier, seeing him quiet, she thought he naturally preferred peace, but unexpectedly…

Regret fills Nan Yuan’s heart.

Suddenly, Pei Ziqing runs in front of Nan Yuan, jumping onto a large snow pine. His legs hook onto a branch, and his entire body hangs down, upside down, watching the approaching woman.

“Sister, sister, do you want to see the snow? Shall I create another snowfall for you?”

Before Nan Yuan can say anything, the upside-down little brat starts swaying.

With a sway, the whole tree sways with him, and the snow on the tree branches falls down in large patches.

Snow covered both Nan Yuan and Xiao Tang.

After the heavy snowfall, it turned into light snow drifting down, landing on their skin with a hint of coolness.

Xiao Tang shook off the snow from her fur, glancing angrily at the upside-down fool, “Naive ghost.”

Nan Yuan:…

Forget it; being lively is good. At least he has a sunny disposition, and when helping her do good deeds, he can be sincere.

However, Nan Yuan is still worried.

For three years, Ah Qing has been doing good deeds in the city in her name, but the accumulated merit is just superficial.

Those tiny bits of merit are of no use to her.

It seems she’ll have to wait for Qi Yunzi to grow up, and she can borrow some benefits from him.

According to Xiao Tang’s provided timeline, at this moment, Qi Yunzi is still in some remote village on the Cangmiao Continent, feeding pigs and chickens.

When he is brought back by a certain young elder from the first major sect to fill the numbers, he will start as an outer disciple, endure disdain and oppression, encounter opportunities, transform from a waste into a dual-cultivation genius, soar into the sky, receive treasures continuously, level up all the way, gather followers, expand his harem, defeat antagonists, save the people, and eventually become an irreplicable legend.

Nan Yuan wiped her face, covered in snowflakes, and sighed inwardly.

In her hundred years of accompanying her mother, she has heard countless versions of such plots from storybooks.

She won’t snatch Qi Yunzi’s opportunities, but following him and helping people before him should be fine, right?

Unfortunately, she still has to wait for another two hundred years.

Before Qi Yunzi grows up, the antagonists often become formidable, stirring up trouble; otherwise, how would it be Qi Yunzi’s turn to save the people?

Nan Yuan has long understood this pattern.

The heavenly path is just a set of rules that follow a predetermined pattern, which is so foolish.

If not for the heavenly path, why would she, at the peak of her cultivation, struggle for hundreds of years without breaking through the bottleneck?

What is the heavenly path anyway—to have the audacity to constrain her?

The impassive Nan Yuan felt displeased at the thought of her cultivation being stagnant for hundreds of years.

There may be nothing apparent on a woman’s face, but the pressure around her has noticeably dropped.

Pei Ziqing quickly jumped down from the tree and obediently stood behind the woman, apologizing in a low voice, “Sister, I was wrong.”

Nan Yuan glanced at him without explaining.

Let this little brat think she’s angry, or else he’ll become even more unruly in the future.

“Sister! Sister, wait for me. I really know I was wrong…”

However, the angered sister walked fast, and even three years later, Pei Ziqing couldn’t catch up.

He stood on the vast snowy field, looking at the distant, small black dot, feeling remorseful.

The repentant Pei Ziqing, who had done something wrong, didn’t find his sister when he returned to the mansion but went to the Plum Garden.

The once flourishing Hundred Flowers Garden had long been desolate, with only the Plum Garden still boasting vibrant plum blossoms.

The owner of the Plum Garden, Yun Wu, had kept a low profile in these three years.

When the city lord dismissed his male favorites, he retained only this Yun Wu, leading everyone to believe that Yun Wu was extraordinary.

But in these three years, the city lord, aside from providing Yun Wu with delicious food and drinks, almost never set foot in the Plum Garden.

This peculiar behavior left everyone puzzled.

Even more confusing was that young Master Pei frequently visited the Plum Garden, chatting with the fallen-out-of-favor Yun Wu, as if they had an extremely good relationship?

At this moment, in the pavilion of the Plum Garden, the seemingly close pair of one beautiful and one ugly person were playing a game of chess.

Fifteen minutes later, the black pieces were wiped out without a trace.

Yun Wu tossed the black pieces back into the chess pot, smiling faintly and saying, “I lost. Young Master Pei’s talent truly astonishes me. Three years ago, you knew nothing, and now you can defeat me, your master, without leaving a trace.”

However—

“Young Master Pei, is your killer instinct a bit too heavy? This isn’t good at all.”

Pei Ziqing put on the same impassive face as Nan Yuan, ignoring his words and coldly saying, “Sister is angry; your methods are useless.”

Yun Wu paused, his smile remaining light and charming. “Useless? If it were useless, can you imagine that three years ago, your sister would tolerate you like she does now?

“As long as you don’t touch her sore spot, you can gradually test her limits.

During this process, controlling the timing of your tests is quite difficult, and occasionally making her angry is normal.”

“Sister treats me very well; I don’t want to make her angry.”

Yun Wu scoffed. “Since you don’t want to, why did you come to me?”

Pei Ziqing remained silent.

Initially, he disliked Yun Wu because Sister had singled him out, suggesting he was special. But after that, Sister never inquired about this person, and his attitude gradually changed.

Later on, he inexplicably developed a relationship with Yun Wu.

Regardless of this person’s intentions, he did benefit quite a bit from him.

“Young Master Pei, you’re sixteen this year, right? Not so young anymore.” Yun Wu’s lips curled slowly, his smile carrying something else.

Pei Ziqing instantly became wary. “What do you want to say?”

“It’s been three years; why are you still so guarded against me?” Yun Wu sighed leisurely, seeming somewhat sad. “Truly an untamed white-eyed wolf.”

Pei Ziqing didn’t bother to respond to him.

Apart from Sister, everyone else’s kindness towards him has ulterior motives.

“I just want to ask, Young Master Pei, now that you’re grown up, are you still living and eating together with your sister?”

Pei Ziqing’s expression slightly changed. “What’s it to you?”

“Hehe, I just want to remind Young Master Pei that it would be better to move out on your own before you expose yourself, rather than getting kicked out by your sister after she discovers something.”

Pei Ziqing stood up abruptly, angrily saying, “Yun Wu! What do you mean?”

“The meaning is—”

“You have impure thoughts about your sister.”

Yun Wu smiled and tore down his facade.

“If you happen to dream of doing something inappropriate to your sister, make sure not to… shout it out.”