“Yu’er” watching Meng Xiaoyu’s sudden change in attitude and her retreating steps, and a hint of hurt flashed in Han Rushuang’s eyes.
Meanwhile, Han Rubing had a smile on her lips, but it didn’t reach her eyes.
“Uh~~ Rubing sister, Rushuang sister, don’t misunderstand, I didn’t mean it like that, it’s just…” Seeing the hurt in Han Rushuang’s eyes and the smile without warmth on Han Rubing’s face, Meng Xiaoyu hurriedly shook her head to explain, but before she could finish, Han Rubing interrupted her.
“Oh? Just what, little one?” Han Rubing asked with a smile, but Meng Xiaoyu didn’t hear any humor in it, instead, she felt a slight sense of danger emanating.
“Uh~~~ it’s just…” Seeing Han Rubing’s dangerous smile, Meng Xiaoyu hurried to explain, but before she could finish, a red shadow flashed before her eyes, and then she felt a chill on her neck.
She saw a fiery red Chiyue, its tail already wrapped around her neck, its head raised high on her right shoulder, its bright red tongue flicking in and out, issuing a threatening warning to the Han Rubing sisters.
Seeing Chiyue like this, Meng Xiaoyu felt there was no need to explain.
The Han Rubing sisters were also startled when they saw the Chiyue coiled on Meng Xiaoyu’s shoulder.
At the same time, they understood the reason for Meng Xiaoyu’s sudden change in attitude.
However, the Han Rubing sisters were puzzled as to why the almost legendary Zhizhe (because Zhizhe is a very rare type of snake, almost no one has seen it, and the Han Rubing sisters only recognized it because they heard about it from their master Baili Changhong when they were young) would appear here? Moreover, it seemed to be very close to the little one.
Seeing Chiyue perched on her shoulder, Meng Xiaoyu reached out to stroke its head and said, “Xiaohong (the name Meng Xiaoyu gave to Chiyue), Rubing sister and Rushuang sister are people I like, you mustn’t hurt them, understand?” After speaking, Meng Xiaoyu stroked Chiyue’s somewhat triangular head again.
After hearing Meng Xiaoyu’s words, Chiyue, with great intelligence, retracted its threatening posture, tilted its head, and rested its chin on Meng Xiaoyu’s shoulder, falling asleep.
Watching the interaction between Meng Xiaoyu and the snake, the Han Rubing sisters couldn’t help but feel a slight surprise in their hearts.
However, when they heard Meng Xiaoyu say that they were people she liked, they were still very happy.
“Yuer” heard Meng Xiaoyu say that she was someone she liked, and the long-suppressed longing in her heart erupted all at once.
She took a step forward, wanting to walk towards Meng Xiaoyu.
She really wanted to hold that little one in her arms and never let go.
But just as Han Rushuang was a few steps away from Meng Xiaoyu, the Chiyue, which was supposed to be asleep, raised its head again, issuing a warning threat to Han Rushuang.
Helpless, Han Rushuang had to stop, standing a few steps away from Meng Xiaoyu, not knowing what to say.
She hated this feeling, clearly, the little one she thought about day and night was right in front of her, but she couldn’t hold her tightly in her arms.
“Rushuang sister…” Seeing the bitterness in Han Rushuang’s eyes, Meng Xiaoyu felt very uncomfortable, so she said to the Chiyue on her right shoulder, “Xiaohong, come down.” However, just like before, Chiyue ignored her, still perched steadily on Meng Xiaoyu’s shoulder, showing no intention of coming down.
“Xiaohong, come down quickly.” Seeing Chiyue ignoring her as usual, Meng Xiaoyu was slightly angry.
She also missed the Han Rubing sisters very much, and now that she finally saw them, she couldn’t even give them a simple hug, which made Meng Xiaoyu feel very uncomfortable.
If it were normal times, it would be fine! After all, sometimes having Chiyue around could help her avoid the excessive entanglement of Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer, as she didn’t want to spend every day nestled in their arms. But now Meng Xiaoyu really wanted to nestle in the arms of the Han Rubing sisters, to express her longing, but there was this very oblivious snake in the way, so Meng Xiaoyu was understandably angry.
But her little bit of anger was of no concern to Chiyue, who still didn’t bother to move, continuing to stare threateningly at Han Rushuang.
“Chiyue~~~~~” Now Meng Xiaoyu was really angry.
She raised her hand to grab Chiyue’s head, trying to take it off her shoulder, but Chiyue seemed to guess Meng Xiaoyu’s intention, and the tail wrapped around Meng Xiaoyu’s neck tightened suddenly, almost strangling her.
As her neck was squeezed tightly by Chiyue, Meng Xiaoyu relaxed her grip.
Then she felt the tail wrapped around her neck loosen its grip.
“Little one, Yuer” Seeing Meng Xiaoyu being strangled by Chiyue, the Han Rubing sisters were both shocked.
“Hehe, it’s okay, it’s okay.” Seeing the worried expressions of the Han Rubing sisters, Meng Xiaoyu smiled and said to them.
Then she turned her head to the Chiyue coiled on her neck and shoulder and said, “Are you really not coming down?” Clearly, this question was pointless.
If it were willing to come down, would you need to ask? It would have come down long ago!
After waiting for a while and seeing that Chiyue still showed no sign of coming down, Meng Xiaoyu had no choice but to silently channel her inner strength, and with lightning speed, used her right ring finger to send a burst of energy at Chiyue’s head, knocking the always-threatening Chiyue unconscious.
Looking at the suddenly limp Chiyue on her shoulder, Meng Xiaoyu silently apologized in her heart, then raised her hand to take Chiyue off her body and gently placed it on the grass at her feet.
Then she straightened up and in a few steps rushed to Han Rushuang, throwing herself into Han Rushuang’s arms.
“Rushuang sister, I missed you so much,” Meng Xiaoyu’s voice carried a slight sob.
Opening her arms to welcome Meng Xiaoyu into her embrace, Han Rushuang held the little one tightly, saying nothing, only the continuously tightening arms proving how much she missed the little one in her arms.
“Little one” After the two had hugged for a while, Han Rubing finally called out to Meng Xiaoyu.
“Rubing sister” Hearing Han Rubing call her, Meng Xiaoyu lifted her head from Han Rushuang’s embrace to look at Han Rubing not far away, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally fell.
“Little one, why are you crying? Aren’t you happy to see us?” Seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s tears, Han Rubing walked over to Meng Xiaoyu, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and said in a doting tone.
“No, no, I’m just so happy to see Rubing sister and Rushuang sister that I cried,” Meng Xiaoyu quickly shook her head and said.
“If that’s the case, then why are you crying?” Han Rubing continued to speak in a doting tone.
Hearing Han Rubing’s doting tone and seeing her eyes filled with tenderness, Meng Xiaoyu’s tears, which had just stopped, threatened to fall again.
Leaving Han Rushuang’s embrace, she turned and buried herself in Han Rubing’s arms, speaking in a slightly coquettish tone, “I just missed Rubing sister and Rushuang sister so much!”
“Hehe, if that’s the case, then why cry? Your crying makes me feel like you’re blaming me and Shuang’er for not finding you sooner.” Hearing the soft, coquettish voice of the little one in her arms, Han Rubing chuckled and teased.
“I wouldn’t! I would never blame Rubing sister and Rushuang sister! I just…” Hearing Han Rubing tease her, Meng Xiaoyu quickly raised her head to defend herself, but before she could finish, Han Rubing interrupted her.
“If that’s the case, then little one, can you stop crying?” Han Rubing raised her hand to stroke Meng Xiaoyu’s smooth, shiny black hair, speaking in a doting tone.
“Mm,” Meng Xiaoyu nodded, then raised her head to ask Han Rubing, “Rubing sister, how did you get here? I remember Yunhan sister said that the path to the bottom of Juexin Cliff is very hard to find, and it’s filled with various dangers, not to mention the formations set up by Yunhan sister’s master and the various poisonous plants and miasma along the way.
Without special antidotes and someone to guide you, it’s very easy to encounter danger.” The more Meng Xiaoyu spoke, the more frightened she felt, and the more moved she became.
After all, the Han Rubing sisters coming here was ninety-five percent likely to be to find her.
Thinking about the dangers they might have encountered, Meng Xiaoyu felt a pang of heartache.
“Hehe, how we found our way here, we’ll tell you later.
Little one, can you tell me and Shuang’er how you ended up here? And who took you away from the Iron Fan Sect back then? Can you tell us about your experiences during this time?” Han Rubing said as she sat down on the ground with Meng Xiaoyu in her arms, ready to listen to a long story.
Han Rushuang also looked at Meng Xiaoyu after hearing her sister’s words.
“Uh… okay.” Seeing the looks in the Han Rubing sisters’ eyes, Meng Xiaoyu nodded, then nestled in Han Rubing’s arms, holding Han Rushuang’s hand with her left hand, and began to tell how she was knocked out and taken away by Ling Yuer, how she later met Nangong Yunhan, and followed her to the bottom of Juexin Cliff.
Finally, she told the Han Rubing sisters about her emotional entanglements with Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer.
After telling everything, the sun was almost setting.
Meng Xiaoyu looked somewhat apprehensively at Han Rubing and Han Rushuang, who had been silently listening to her recount her experiences after leaving them.
Seeing them both deep in thought, Meng Xiaoyu’s apprehension grew.
In fact, she could have chosen not to tell the Han Rubing sisters about Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer, but Meng Xiaoyu didn’t want to deceive them.
Moreover, if she didn’t tell them now, they would find out when they met later.
Rather than that, Meng Xiaoyu preferred to confess now.
She didn’t want to see the hurt look of betrayal in the Han Rubing sisters’ eyes when they found out she had fallen for someone else.
So Meng Xiaoyu chose to be honest first.
Whether or not the Han Rubing sisters accepted it, she had to be honest.
She didn’t want to deceive her loved ones.
Even though she thought this way, when Meng Xiaoyu saw the downcast and silent expressions of the Han Rubing sisters, she regretted confessing so early.
Then she blamed herself in her heart for being too fickle.
She already had Sister Rubing and Sister Rushuang, yet she still accepted Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer.
Was she too terrible?
Just as Meng Xiaoyu was blaming herself for being too fickle, Han Rubing spoke up, “Little guy, Nangong Yunhan and Ling Yuer should be at the bottom of this Juexin Cliff now, right?”
Then, when Meng Xiaoyu looked at her with a puzzled expression, she continued, “Can the little guy take me and Shuang’er to meet them?”
