Chapter 327: Senior Brother, I just want to wash my clothes well
As the sky gradually brightened, a golden bird soared gracefully over Tainan City in the early morning. It circled once before diving through the window of an inn in the Western District, landing on the young man’s shoulder.
Glancing at the bird, Ye Anping presumed Si Xuanji sent it to check on things. He took some jerky from his bag and fed it to the bird before washing his clothes. The sound of water continued to softly echo in the room.
Xiao Yunluo, still half asleep, heard the sound of clothes being washed and slowly woke up. She gazed at the ceiling, her eyes reflecting a hint of confusion.
Turning her head, she saw Ye Anping washing clothes by the window. Memories of the previous night flooded back into her mind.
She clenched her fist, feeling sore all over.
“Oh…” She muttered, feeling the soreness in her wrist, making it hard to clench her fist.
Xiao Yunluo quickly covered her mouth but caught a whiff of a strange smell on her palm, freezing in surprise.
Ye Anping, washing clothes, turned to see Xiao Yunluo lying on the bed, covering her mouth with her hands. He thought she wanted to smell the scent on purpose, feeling a mix of emotions.
He looked away, silent momentarily, before speaking, “Senior Sister Xiao!”
Xiao Yunluo’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment. She moved her hand away from her nose, feeling a bit awkward. After taking a deep breath, she suppressed her embarrassment.
“Ah… um,” Xiao Yunluo nodded, getting out of bed and whispering, “Ye Anping, are you feeling better?”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” Ye Anping replied calmly.
“That’s good,” Xiao Yunluo said, slipping her feet into her shoes and standing up. She hesitated before speaking again, “I helped you last night because I was worried about you…”
“Yeah, I know. Thank you,” Ye Anping said.
He couldn’t help but reflect on how quickly Xiao Yunluo adapted.
“Senior Sister Xiao, wash your hands first, then change your clothes. I’ve washed them for you. Do you have spare clothes?” Ye Anping suggested.
Xiao Yunluo hesitated, glancing at her Xuanxing Sect uniform and then at the quilt. Feeling embarrassed, she quickly washed her hands in the water Ye Anping was using and checked her storage bag.
“I didn’t bring any other clothes… They should be at the Qixiang Pavilion east of the city.”
“…”
Ye Anping silently appraised Xiao Yunluo beside him, then stood up, flicked the water off his hand, and gestured with his sword finger. From his storage bag, he pulled out a plain skirt that seemed suitable for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.
“Wear this one first. It should fit you nicely,” He suggested, handing over the dress.
Xiao Yunluo looked at the dress he offered, momentarily shocked. The skirt looked worn, with patches sewn into the lining, as if it had seen years of wear and tear.
“Whose clothes are these?” She inquired.
“This is a dress my junior sister used to wear,” Ye Anping replied.
“Aren’t you going to buy her new clothes?” Xiao Yunluo asked.
“Whenever I bought her new clothes, she couldn’t bear to wear them. She wore this one. When it became too worn out, I patched it up. Eventually, when she couldn’t wear it anymore, I kept it as a memento,” He explained.
Xiao Yunluo hesitated, feeling conflicted but ultimately accepting the dress.
“Ye Anping gave me Pei Lianxue’s clothes. Does that mean he already sees me as the same person as Pei Lianxue?” She muttered.
Brushing aside her hair, she took the clothes, blushing slightly. “I’m changing clothes, and you’re not allowed to peek,” She said shyly.
“It’s not like I haven’t seen it before,” Ye Anping responded casually.
“But you’re still not allowed to look!” She insisted.
“Alright, alright…” He relented, shaking his head before returning to washing his clothes.
“What do you mean you haven’t seen it before…” Xiao Yunluo muttered, noticing the parrot still staring at her from Ye Anping’s shoulder. Frowning, she scolded, “The parrot, you too!”
The parrot blinked in confusion, then promptly turned away. “There’s nothing to see!!” He declared.
Xiao Yunluo lowered her head, observing her feet. A sense of irritation rose within her, but she couldn’t deny the truth. She was just like her mother…
However, she still hoped that Ye Anping could secretly watch her change her clothes, so she simply stood three feet behind Ye Anping and started to take off her clothes without moving back.
Sui Suo——
Xiao Yunluo kept her eyes on Ye Anping. When she saw him, he didn’t peek at her changing clothes. She felt a little disappointed and cursed in her heart—Scumbag!
After changing the clothes, as Ye Anping said, they fit perfectly.
It fit her perfectly, but she couldn’t be happy at all.
Is she following her mother, or is her father also a dwarf? She wondered.
Xiao Yunluo sighed, walked to Ye Anping, put the clothes she had changed into the tub, squatted down, held her cheeks up, looked at Ye Anping, and said,
“Next time, if something is wrong with your yang energy and Lingxue is not around, you can come to me.”
“Huh! Senior Sister Xiao, didn’t you say last night that you wouldn’t do it next time?” Ye Anping replied.
“I changed my mind!” Xiao Yunluo blushed and was silent for a while, looking for an excuse, and said, “I am your senior sister after all, and you are my accompanying student, so I must take good care of you. Your Yang Qi will put your life in danger. …”
Ye Anping looked her up and down,
“Yes, little senior sister.”
“Little…”
Xiao Yunluo paused and immediately understood that he was mocking her for being short and wanting to be his senior. She immediately puffed up her cheeks and stretched out her hand to grab Ye Anping’s cheek,
“My cultivation level is higher than yours! Why don’t you have any manners at all?”
Ye Anping raised his hand to move her hand away and said,
“Just a joke.”
“You can also joke!”
“I am also a human being. Why can’t I make a joke?”
“This is the first time you’ve joked with me.” Xiao Yunluo hugged her knees, leaning her face on her thighs, staring at Ye Anping’s side face, half-squinting her eyes, and smiled, “Ye Anping…”
“Um!”
“Can I call you Anping from now on? Be more affectionate. You see, we have known each other for so long.”
“…Can.”
“Then…” Xiao Yunluo put her lips next to Ye Anping’s ear and called softly, “Anping…”
“…”
“You should respond.”
“Answer.”
Xiao Yunluo sighed helplessly, then smiled and simply moved closer to Ye Anping’s shoulder, trying to rest her head on his shoulder.
But…
“Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!”
The parrot, standing on Ye Anping’s shoulder, suddenly opened his beak and flicked his tongue. Just two words made Xiao Yunluo and Ye Anping immediately alert. They all knew that the parrot’s perception was far beyond that of ordinary cultivators in the Core Formation stage, and she usually helped Si Xuanji find people.
Boom–
The wooden door of the room was kicked open from the outside, and Pei Lianxue rushed in directly with the Snow Spirit Sword in hand. She had just finished washing and walked to the door of Ye Anping’s room. When she was about to knock on the door, she heard two enemy attack sounds from the parrot in the room, and she was frightened as to what was going on.
“Senior brother!”
“…”
When Ye Anping saw the junior sister rushing in, he immediately realized what the enemy of this enemy attack was. He turned his head to look at the parrot with a speechless face and sighed,
“It’s okay, junior sister.”
“Oh…”
Pei Lianxue nodded blankly and returned the spirit sword to her hand after her senior brother said it was okay. When she saw that Xiao Yunluo woke up, she immediately looked happy and walked forward,
“Yunluo, how long did it take for you to wake up?”
Xiao Yunluo now looked like a sneaky cat who bumped into the real owner with a nervous face,
“…I woke up at night, and my clothes were dirty. Ye Anping happened to be washing clothes, so I asked him to wash them for me too.”
After hearing this, Pei Lianxue’s eyes fell on her clothes,
“Are these my old clothes?”
“I didn’t bring any spare clothes. Ye Anping gave them to me.”
Listening to this, Pei Lianxue pursed her lips and glanced at Ye Anping, somewhat curious,
“Senior brother, why do you still have these clothes?”
Ye Anping shrugged slightly, stood up, and replied casually,
“You used to love wearing this one so much. I bought you new clothes, but you never wore them. I kept them as a memento. Luckily, Senior Sister Xiao is short, and it fits her perfectly, so I gave it to her.”
Xiao Yunluo hesitated to speak and remained silent.
“I was just trying to save some money back then…” Pei Lianxue said.
“Then you’d end up unable to fit into the new clothes I bought you then.”
“Hehe…”
Ye Anping stepped forward and tapped her forehead, saying,
“There shouldn’t be much going on these days. Later, I’ll ask Senior Sister Xiao to accompany you for a walk on the street. I didn’t sleep much last night and need to rest. Afterward, I have to visit the Heavenly Execution Pavilion.”
Pei Lianxue nodded and looked at Xiao Yunluo, asking,
“Yunluo, how are you feeling? Any discomfort elsewhere!”
Xiao Yunluo avoided Pei Lianxue’s gaze,
“It’s fine, just my hands are a bit… sore.”
She blurted it out subconsciously and immediately covered her mouth, trying to salvage the situation.
Luckily, Pei Lianxue didn’t understand and just tilted her head in confusion,
“Sore hands!”
“Jade hands caressing Qing!!”
Ye Anping turned to the parrot:?
Xiao Yunluo looked at the parrot:!
Pei Lianxue also looked at the parrot, blankly asking,
“What does ‘jade hands caressing’ mean?”
“It’s nothing; the parrot likes to say strange things.” Xiao Yunluo quickly explained, “My sister often teaches strange things.”
The parrot raised her chest and head, retorting,
“Self-taught!!”
Before she finished, Xiao Yunluo reached out and pinched Ye Anping from his shoulders, saying,
“Lianxue, let’s go to the morning market. Ye Anping also needs to rest.”
With that said, she took Pei Lianxue’s wrist and half-pulled, half-dragged her towards the outside house.
Pei Lianxue had wanted to give her senior brother a morning kiss, so she looked back at Ye Anping. But Ye Anping nodded helplessly and said, “We’ll talk about it when we return. Let’s go have some fun first.”
After watching the two leave, Ye Anping breathed a sigh of relief and could finally wash his clothes peacefully. He stepped forward, closed the door of the side room, and silently walked back to the tub, continuing to scrub the clothes.
But after a few strokes, suddenly…
Snap–
The door that he had closed was kicked open again. A white figure rushed into the house.
“Young Master Ye!!”
Can I just do some laundry in peace?
Ye Anping was slightly annoyed, stood up, turned around, and pulled Feng Yudie’s face into a frown.
“Ouch, yo-yo——!”
“Knock before entering the house!! How many times have I told you…”
Feng Yudie looked into Ye Anping’s eyes and saw that he seemed genuinely angry. She was immediately confused, her eyes filled with tears, and she held his hand, looking aggrieved,
“I’m worried too, Junior Sister Pei is missing!”
“Gone!”
“Yeah, I was with Junior Sister Pei handling paperwork at the Heavenly Execution Pavilion last night, but she disappeared after I fell asleep.”
Ye Anping closed his eyes, took a deep breath, released Feng Yudie’s flushed face, and pinched his nose, feeling exhausted.
“Just in time, you’re back. Accompany me to the Heavenly Execution Pavilion. On the way, I’ll fill you in on something about the demon cultivator from yesterday.”
Feng Yudie rubbed her slightly swollen face and grimaced, “Ah… I just came back from the Heavenly Execution Pavilion. Where’s Junior Sister Pei?”
“My junior sister and Senior Sister Xiao went to the morning market.”
“I want to go too…”
Ye Anping sighed, grabbed his coat from the rack nearby, and put it on.
“Let’s have roast chicken.”
“Roast chicken…” Feng Yudie hesitated, “But I still want to go to the morning market with Junior Sister Pei.”
“You didn’t want to ask me about that demon cultivator yesterday!”
“I did, but it’s not urgent.”
Ye Anping felt even more exhausted, “…Today’s roast chicken is enough.”
Feng Yudie raised three fingers, “Three days of roast chicken is enough.”
“…Deal!”
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