CHAPTER 268: 0177 THE APPRENTICE IS NOT A BLOCKHEAD, THE TEACHER IS (TWO-IN-ONE)

Words spoken by different people can convey different feelings.

It’s like Yun Qian earnestly trying to fulfill Li Zhibai’s wish at this moment, but to Li Zhibai, it feels profoundly out of place.

Yun Qian naturally didn’t sense the discord since she merely repeated the words Li Zhibai had said to her. The attitude was the same when Li Zhibai promised to fulfill her wish.

Noticing Li Zhibai staring at her blankly, Yun Qian blinked and then emphasized, "Whatever you like, want, or wish to do, you can tell me."

"Ms. Yun, you..."

Li Zhibai inhaled the fresh scent in the air and sighed softly.

"Me? What about me?"

Yun Qian didn’t grasp Li Zhibai’s meaning and said, "Any kind of wish is fine."

"That’s not what I meant." Li Zhibai stood up, the light white dress she wore rippling gently.

"Hmm?"

Yun Qian cast a curious glance at her, then seemed to realize and added, "If you don’t know what you want right now, you can keep it in mind... and tell me later when you think of it."

This was also something Li Zhibai had said to her, and now it was just being returned to her.

This was Miss Yun’s way of reciprocity.

It wasn’t simply reciprocity, as she liked the makeup style she created.

"Sister, what you said is... quite strange." Li Zhibai paused her tone for a long while before saying, "I prepared all these things, but it wasn’t to ask anything from you."

She purposely dressed up, prepared honeyed fruits, and incense... it was just a casual gesture, without any intention of gaining something from Yun Qian.

Besides...

This sister doesn’t possess anything she desires anyway.

"Am I strange?" Yun Qian looked towards the window, nodding, "Indeed, I seldom say such things to people."

Promising others’ wishes?

It’s not just seldom saying such things, but she rarely talks to people at all. Were it not for entering the world with Xu Chang’an, she wouldn’t even have this chance.

The rain outside intensified, enveloping the world in a tense atmosphere.

——

The reason Yun Qian liked Li Zhibai was partly because Xu Chang’an respected her.

Unfortunately, Miss Yun didn’t quite understand people’s thoughts in general and didn’t know what was more important.

Snacks?

Incense, wine... or maybe cultivation.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have needed to ask Li Zhibai specifically.

"Sister... indeed very... hmm." Li Zhibai covered her face with one hand, with a hint of helplessness in her voice.

Miss Yun wasn’t a fool, yet she could say such things to her.

Just think about it, an ordinary girl coming over to speak to someone second only to Sect Leader Chaoyun and saying... she wants to fulfill her wishes?

If such words were spoken by a woman to a man, it might be easier to understand.

Thus, Yun Qian’s character tends to be rather strange.

But what’s even stranger is that as Li Zhibai listened to these words, her heart gently skipped a beat, as if there was a push from the void... urging her to express her true desire.

Once again, this girl used a casual phrase to stir her heart; it’s truly bizarre.

Yun Qian looked at the embroidery on her white silk socks and raised her head, "What about me?"

"Sister, even though I’m a cultivator, barely mastering cultivation," Li Zhibai shook her head, "there isn’t anything I need your help with."

She realized that while speaking to Yun Qian, she needed to be more direct.

This girl wasn’t dumb but had a peculiar line of thinking.

"Is that so?" Yun Qian pondered with her eyes lowered after hearing this, "It seems like that, I indeed don’t have cultivation... but there are still things I can do."

Her tone paused.

"Sister can think about what she wants. You can keep it in mind too." Yun Qian suggested.

Some matters, she wouldn’t make too clear, especially since even Xu Chang’an doesn’t know; how could she tell outsiders?

"Honestly, I really don’t have anything I want." Li Zhibai watched Yun Qian wrinkle her brow slightly, and suddenly a light flickered in her eyes, her expression relaxing much.

She didn’t quite understand how women interacted now, but Yun Qian was an ordinary girl.

Originally thinking maybe her overzealous preparations misled Yun Qian into thinking she had some agenda... but Li Zhibai instinctively believed Miss Yun wouldn’t be so shallow, then she pondered.

Yun Qian saying such things, does it mean... she quite likes her?

"Well, well, I do have a wish." After pondering for a while, Li Zhibai finally couldn’t resist the little sister in front of her, standing up with a bit of helplessness, "Sister accompany... no, do you know about wine, can you teach me some?"

"Drinking?" Yun Qian blinked, glanced at the pot of warm wine on the table, and nodded.

This counts as a wish.

In her eyes, the gravity of ascending to the heavens and the desire to drink wine... as wishes, there’s no lesser or greater weight, as long as it’s the wisher’s desire, they’re equal in importance.

And Yun Qian could feel that Li Zhibai was sincere about this; she genuinely wanted this wish.

"Sister doesn’t know how to drink?" Yun Qian asked.

"To be honest, not much." Li Zhibai nodded; in her youth, she would sometimes have tea parties with girlfriends, drinking elegant teas. Later, as she started cultivating, there weren’t many opportunities to indulge in wine.

"If you don’t, then why... did you prepare wine to drink alone?" Yun Qian asked, somewhat perplexed.

"Ah..." Li Zhibai didn’t expect Yun Qian to ask so bluntly; she coughed and then said truthfully, "Today, reminiscing an old friend, I decided to try the wine she gave me."