**Chapter 69: Senior Sister Bai, A Surprise**
Ye Anping couldn’t help but admire his junior sister, yet he also felt a sense of relief that she had encountered Si Xuanji, not some ultimate boss.
If his junior sister had revealed the ultimate boss prematurely, and he hadn’t prepared, then Zhou Xing Tian Yu would have been finished.
However, on second thought.
If Si Xuanji was already targeting his junior sister, it was only a matter of time before she came for him, her senior brother.
The only way to deal with Si Xuanji was to take things as they came.
The nickname “Loli Old Woman” wasn’t given for nothing.
She was both the former and the latter.
The former, because of her appearance, and also because she had lived alone for a thousand years and feared loneliness.
The latter, because she possessed most of the characteristics of an old woman: unpredictable temper, insomnia, anxiety, reduced activity, decreased social skills, and loss of appetite…
Ye Anping felt a bit weary and asked, “And then? What did you do?”
“I ran. Just this morning, Yunluo came over, and we set up an altar in the bamboo forest and performed a ritual.”
?
Ye Anping blinked and glanced at Xiao Yunluo with a worried expression.
“An…d then?”
“Yunluo chanted the sutra for salvation several times, and I sprinkled chicken blood and red beans all over the place. Senior Brother, do you think it will work? Should we perform some other rituals?”
Whether Si Xuanji would be saved, he didn’t know, but Xiao Yunluo’s backside had a good chance of being “saved.”
Did this girl, Xiao Yunluo, not even suspect, even a little, that it might be her own mother?
What a filial daughter… Ye Anping felt his eyes grow heavy.
He actually wanted to tell them the truth right now.
But given his status, he couldn’t, as he hadn’t met Si Xuanji on the surface.
So, after a moment of thought, Ye Anping merely reminded Pei Lianxue:
“Junior Sister, if you see her again, be polite, alright? Most young ghost girls are very annoyed by impolite people, be careful she doesn’t eat you.”
“Ah…” Pei Lianxue furrowed her brows and shook her head, “Senior Brother, don’t scare me. I didn’t sleep well last night, and I won’t be able to sleep tonight either…”
“…”
Ye Anping hesitated, then decided not to bring it up again. He picked up the pastries they had brought and prepared to eat them together.
Seeing this, Xiao Yunluo quickly reminded him, “Ah… Young Master Ye, don’t eat on the bed.”
“…”
Ye Anping paused, almost forgetting about the little apothecary boys. He quickly nodded, “That’s right, it would trouble the apothecary boys to clean up if the bed gets dirty.”
Afterward, he had Pei Lianxue help him up and walk to the table in the room to sit down.
The three chatted casually about a few things. Xiao Yunluo helped Pei Lianxue with her jewelry and said she would take her to her bedroom later. Ye Anping didn’t participate much.
After the two left, Ye Anping thought about getting some more sleep, as he had free access to the medical clinic and calming incense these few days, so why not use it?
However, as soon as he closed his eyes, there was a series of knocks on the door.
Ye Anping sat up with a helpless sigh, “Please come in, Senior Bai.”
“Hm?!”
Bai Yuexin pushed the door open and walked in. She had her hands behind her back as if hiding something, which made Ye Anping a bit confused.
“Anping, how did you know it was me?”
“Besides your junior sister, who else would come here to find me…”
Bai Yuexin smiled and finished his sentence: “Your junior sister and Miss Feng, right?”
“…”
Upon hearing this, Ye Anping paused slightly and immediately understood:
Bai Yuexin must have arrived much earlier.
She had said she would bring breakfast yesterday, but she probably heard Xiao Yunluo and Pei Lianxue in the room and didn’t come in, right?
Ye Anping nodded, “Mhm…”
“Mhm!” Bai Yuexin puffed up her cheeks and complained, “The two girls who knocked me out during the sword contest were your friend and junior sister. Is this why you comforted me and pulled me back to Xuan Xing Sect?”
Actually, it was an 80% off coupon… Ye Anping shrugged ambiguously.
Seeing him like this, Bai Yuexin suddenly sighed, “Anping, you should be very good at acting spoiled at your age, shouldn’t you? You never call me Sister Bai either. Do you dislike me?”
“I don’t. Thanks to Senior Bai…”
“Sister!”
Ye Anping corrected himself, “Thanks to you, Sister. My physiotherapy center has business.”
“You’re not even willing to call me Sister usually?”
“…Sister.”
“That’s more like it.” Bai Yuexin suddenly smiled and then said, “Alright, let’s not talk about that. I saw you were bored in your room, so I caught something to amuse you.”
“Caught something… to amuse you?” Ye Anping furrowed his brows and looked at her hands behind her back.
Although he could use his spiritual sense to check, Ye Anping felt it was unnecessary and asked:
“What is it?”
“This!”
Bai Yuexin smiled and brought her hands out from behind her back.
Upon seeing the “thing” in her hand, Ye Anping gasped, as if he had been holding two and Bai Yuexin had given him a royal flush.
In Bai Yuexin’s hand was a golden-crested cockatiel parrot, just like Si Xuanji’s.
What’s more, the golden-crested cockatiel parrot’s beak was stuffed with cotton.
Ye Anping swallowed and quickly reached out to carefully take it, asking, “Why did you stuff it with cotton?”
“Didn’t I want to give you a surprise? This thing can talk. If it spoke, you’d guess what it is, and then it wouldn’t be a surprise.”
Surprise?
Ye Anping was also tempted to give Bai Yuexin a surprise: tell her this was your Sect Master’s bird.
He sighed and stared at the parrot for a moment longer.
If he remembered correctly, Si Xuanji often took this parrot out for a stroll.
She could share sight and hearing with this parrot, and even have it speak for her.
In other words, Si Xuanji was probably listening right now.
Before, he had to pretend not to see Xiao Tian.
Now, he also had to pretend not to know Si Xuanji.
What a hassle…
Ye Anping gently smoothed the parrot’s ruffled feathers with his hand and pulled the cotton out of its beak.
“Senior Bai, you…”
Bai Yuexin frowned and interrupted, “Hm?”
“I’m used to it… Sister, where did you catch it? Such a spirit beast shouldn’t be cheap, right?”
“Perhaps it was raised by a wealthy disciple or elder and flew away. I saw it standing on the roof of the medical clinic just now, so I brought it down.”
“I see…” Ye Anping nodded, it probably followed Pei Lianxue and the others here.
Bai Yuexin came over and stroked the parrot’s golden crest, continuing, “Since you have nothing to do these few days, you can help take care of it. I’ll keep an eye on the affairs office. If anyone looks for it, they’ll probably post a lost bird notice soon. You can get a reward when you return it. If no one claims it, you can keep it or sell it at the spirit beast market.”
“…”
Ye Anping was about to say something but stopped. He had finally pulled all the cotton out of the bird’s beak.
Instantly, the parrot spread its wings, jumped from his hand, tilted its head, and glared at Bai Yuexin with its intelligent eyes. Opening its beak, it clicked its tongue and spoke:
“Impudent!! Silly girl!! Impudent!! Silly girl!!”
?
Bai Yuexin stared, then furrowed her brows, looking puzzled. She said, “Which ill-mannered disciple in the sect raised this? Why teach a bird to curse people?”
Ye Anping hadn’t expected Bai Yuexin to say that. He was about to reach out to stop her, but she had already spoken. He could only lower his hand.
“Ill-mannered!! Ill-mannered!!”
“You silly bird!!”
“Big-breasted and brainless!! Big-breasted and brainless!!”
“What?!” Bai Yuexin blushed and glanced at Ye Anping, “You cockatiel chicken!!”
This human and bird left Ye Anping speechless.
He was silent for a while before finally interjecting, “Sister, don’t you have morning class soon? Don’t be late.”
“Ah, right! This silly bird is too infuriating, I forgot I’m almost late! Anping, I’ll bring you lunch later.”
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