“Hey, little one? What are you thinking about? Why aren’t you talking?”
Han Rubing, who was walking ahead, waited for a while without hearing Meng Xiaoyu’s voice.
She turned back to look and saw Meng Xiaoyu riding on a donkey, her head lowered in thought.
So she asked.
Meng Xiaoyu, who was inwardly mocking those who wanted to steal the “Xuanwu Heart Sutra,” heard Han Rubing’s question and quickly raised her head to reply, “Huh? Oh, nothing, I wasn’t thinking about anything.”
She flashed a big smile to show she was being honest, but inside she was thinking, “Can I tell you that I was just mocking those idiots who don’t even know what the ‘Xuanwu Heart Sutra’ is and still want to steal it? The answer is: no. Because I haven’t forgotten that you and Sister Rushuang are also going to that so-called Hero Conference. Even though I don’t know if you two are also after that internal martial arts manual, I wouldn’t say something like that to you.”
Han Rubing saw the little one’s somewhat guilty smile after answering her question.
She smiled but didn’t ask further, turning back to continue walking.
Meng Xiaoyu, seeing that Han Rubing didn’t continue to ask what she was thinking about, assumed Han Rubing believed her answer.
So she asked Han Rubing a question, “Hey, Sister Ruobing, which sect do you and Sister Rushuang belong to?”
“Which sect do you think we belong to?”
Han Rubing replied with a question instead of answering.
“I don’t know what sects you have here! How could I guess?”
“Is that so? Then…”
Hearing Meng Xiaoyu’s answer, Han Rubing wanted to tease her a bit more.
However, she didn’t expect to be interrupted by her own sister just as she said one word.
“Chaoque Palace,” Han Rushuang said coldly, though she didn’t know why she interrupted her sister to tell Meng Xiaoyu.
“Chaoque Palace? What’s the name of your palace master? Are they powerful?”
Hearing Han Rushuang’s answer, Meng Xiaoyu asked with starry eyes.
Although she hadn’t heard of “Chaoque Palace,” the name sounded like a very powerful sect.
“Of course, they’re powerful. The two palace masters of ‘Chaoque Palace’ are tied for first place on the Martial Arts Newcomers Ranking,” Han Rubing said proudly in response to Meng Xiaoyu’s question.
“Oh, really? That’s amazing,” Meng Xiaoyu said with starry eyes.
Then she asked, “But you still haven’t told me the names of those two palace master grannies, have you?”
Han Rubing was happy to hear Meng Xiaoyu’s praise in the first sentence, but almost stumbled to the ground when she heard the second part.
She turned back, incredulous, and asked, “Palace master grannies?”
“Yeah, you haven’t told me the names of those two palace master grannies,” Meng Xiaoyu repeated, not noticing Han Rubing’s discomfort.
Han Rubing, hearing Meng Xiaoyu repeat her words, asked helplessly, “How do you know they’re grannies and not sisters?”
“Didn’t you say so? You said the two palace masters are tied for first place on the Martial Arts Ranking. If they’re the best in martial arts, they must be very, very skilled. And people with such high skills are usually grannies, right?”
Meng Xiaoyu said matter-of-factly.
“I said the Martial Arts Newcomers Ranking, not the Martial Arts Ranking. And even if someone is very, very skilled, they don’t have to be grannies!”
Han Rubing said helplessly.
“Oh, I see. So who are the palace masters of ‘Chaoque Palace’?”
“Far away in the sky, close at hand,” Han Rubing said without directly answering.
Hearing Han Rubing’s words, Meng Xiaoyu thought for a moment and suddenly understood.
She pointed at Han Rubing and her sister, stammering, “You… you… you two… aren’t… are you?”
Seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s stammering and incredulous words, Han Rubing nodded with a smile.
Seeing Han Rubing nod, Meng Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the two sisters with starry eyes full of admiration.
Walking ahead, Han Rubing and her sister felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at by Meng Xiaoyu.
Although Han Rubing enjoyed the little one’s admiring gaze, it became uncomfortable after a while.
So she said to Meng Xiaoyu, who had been staring at them with starry eyes since she found out they were the palace masters of “Chaoque Palace,” “Little one, have you stared enough? If you have, sing us a song!”
“Huh? Enough. What song do you want to hear, Sister Ruobing?”
Meng Xiaoyu, who had been staring at the two sisters in a daze, blushed with embarrassment and asked what song Han Rubing wanted to hear.
“Sing your favorite.”
Hearing Han Rubing’s words, Meng Xiaoyu thought for a moment and then sang a song called “Happy is Good.”
There are always people stronger than you, it’s better to live to fight another day.
When you see injustice and feel powerless, find allies before drawing your sword.
No matter how quick-witted you are……
