"Just a little bit unhappy," Yun Qian said.

"Did something happen the day the gentleman came..." Xu Chang'an was confused, then said, "Was the food too spicy? But there was nothing I could do about it, had to cater to the guests' tastes... all right, I actually wanted to eat spicy food myself, but you said you wanted to eat it too, so I rinsed it with tea for you. It shouldn't have been too spicy."

"It's not about that," Yun Qian shook her head.

"Then..." Xu Chang'an braced himself and said, "Was it because I accidentally cut my finger?"

After speaking, he held his finger up to Yun Qian's face, showing her that the wound had long vanished.

"It's not this either," Yun Qian replied.

"Oh," Xu Chang'an's face flushed. He also had moments of self-indulgence, huh.

Honestly, when he heard Yun Qian was unhappy, the first thing that came to his mind was that.

After all, when he was injured, the young lady was naturally quite worried.

"Ahem." Xu Chang'an gave a couple of nervous coughs and spread his hands: "Don't make me guess again."

Yun Qian responded, then said, "The night Miss Li came, I took a nap before dinner, remember?"

"I remember."

Li Zhibai was outside admiring the moon while he was in the kitchen cooking, and Yun Qian was reading alone in the study.

However, when he went to call her for dinner... he found Yun Qian asleep, and she was even sleeping while sitting up.

Back then, the young lady was propping up her cheek with one hand, with a crimson ribbon tied over her eyes... how could he forget that?

Xu Chang'an recalled the details of that moment.

He untied the ribbon behind Yun Qian's head and told her that if the Fire Stone was too glaring, she should put it out rather than cover her eyes.

Afterwards, he washed away the small traces of moisture that had seeped from the corners of the young lady's eyes during her nap with his Spiritual Power.

"So, what happened that day," Xu Chang'an asked.

"I told you then, I had a dream."

Xu Chang'an was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood something and asked, "Miss, the memory you just recalled started back then?"

"Yes, I remembered some things then," Yun Qian said, grabbing the corner of his clothes with a calm expression, "At that time... I wasn't very happy."

"Why were you unhappy," Xu Chang'an thought it was his fault, but at the time, because he had to entertain Li Zhibai, he didn't ask the young lady carefully about her dream.

"Because of what you said," Yun Qian looked at him.

"What did I say?" Xu Chang'an asked.

"At that time, you said to me..."

Yun Qian's voice was very soft, like whispers in a dream.

"The dream should end."

Just those few words.

Furious to this day.

——

Xu Chang'an was dumbfounded.

???

Now he really wished that his system panel would stop showing Celestial Dao Points and just show question marks instead.

Was this considered saying the wrong thing?

Wasn't it just the usual way to call the young lady to wake up for dinner?

Xu Chang'an recalled for a moment and realized that after Yun Qian mentioned she had a dream that day, he didn't say anything over the line.

Just a "The dream should end."

And, "What's more important than filling your belly? Come, let's eat."

Yun Qian: "..."

The young lady looked at him blankly for a while, as if the dream that seemed like moonlight that night shattered completely. She looked at Xu Chang'an in confusion: "You... why are you smiling?"

She was angry.

"Am I smiling?" Xu Chang'an asked.

Yun Qian pointed to the curve on Xu Chang'an's lips that he hadn't managed to hide.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it," Xu Chang'an grabbed Yun Qian's wrist.

He couldn't help it.

Hearing that Miss Yun got angry over such a minor thing, his first reaction was that Yun Qian had made progress... so he didn't think she was being unreasonable at all; instead, he felt an uncontrollable joy in his heart because she seemed more like an ordinary girl.

He really was a strange person.

"Miss, Junior Master Qin said I was like a girl, but now it seems I'm far worse than Miss," Xu Chang'an laughed.

At least, he couldn't grasp why Miss Yun was angry.

Being unreasonable, this was also a characteristic of girls, which he loved.

"..." Yun Qian looked at him for a while, wanting to laugh along, but held back and said with a touch of frustration, "I said... I'm upset."

"Even your way of being upset isn't quite right," Xu Chang'an thought this was more like sulking.

"Really..." Yun Qian pondered and nodded, "Now I'm not unhappy."

"So, it was because I disrupted Miss's sweet dreams?" Xu Chang'an asked.

"No," Yun Qian gazed deeply at the boy in front of her, "I don't like it when you say... 'the dream should end.'

It wasn't just dislike.

Such simple words, yet they felt like a sharp spear full of barbs, the most terrifying weapon in the world to her.

Especially when uttered from his mouth... that spear pierced through her heart and was forcefully yanked out.

It's surprising that Miss Yun has things she despises.

Despise, despise to the death.

She loved dreaming.

What's so bad about being immersed in dreams?

In her eyes, no reality could compare to a moment's dream, so the girl disliked hearing 'the dream should end,' especially from his mouth again, reminding her of some very unpleasant, cruel things for a lady.

"Does Miss like dreaming?" Xu Chang'an didn't know what Yun Qian was thinking and directly asked.

"Don't you like it?" Yun Qian looked at him.

She felt that even if Xu Chang'an would eventually despise dreams, he liked them for the moment.

"Like, how could I not," Xu Chang'an thought of the absurd dream he had last night and guiltily looked away.

"Then I also like it," Yun Qian grasped his wrist and said seriously, "Don't say things like that to me again."

Yun Qian's tone was as calm as usual.

But Xu Chang'an always felt like the young lady was pleading.

As for the fleeting plea he noticed, he brushed it off as an illusion after a quick thought.

Even using the word 'pleading' was too much; at most, it was a request from Miss Yun.

"Okay, I won't say it anymore," Xu Chang'an looked at her indulgently, "Miss, are you feeling better now?"

"..." Yun Qian stared at him for a while, and after confirming he wasn't joking, nodded, "Good."

——

Time passed for a while.

Yun Qian sat in the room, watching Xu Chang'an prepare for the journey down the mountain, packing things into the Storage Pouch one by one. She lowered her head.

The thing Xu Chang'an was least good at was self-deception.

But being happy for a while, even with a little self-deception, wasn't a bad thing.

She tapped her forehead, leaning her head, thinking of Xu Chang'an's nervous appearance just now.

She decided she shouldn't get angry in the future; it would make him unhappy.

——

After that, Xu Chang'an finished preparing everything, fetched a veil for Yun Qian to wear, and after both changed clothes, he said, "Miss, let's prepare to go down the mountain."

Getting used to wearing a veil when going out, but Xu Chang'an was still verbose.

"Master said there are many people visiting the mountain today, and the entrance is crowded... let's be careful, who knows which sects from Qing Province they are," Xu Chang'an looked Yun Qian up and down, examining her graceful figure and blinked.

"Miss, why not put on some thicker clothes?"

Preferably bulky ones, to cover up her good figure entirely.

Otherwise, Xu Chang'an always felt, following the usual novel tropes, Miss Yun bumping into those cultivators could lead to some dramatic scenes.

Like, seeing a beautiful girl and then wanting to come slap his face or something.

He had too much confidence in Yun Qian's appearance and believed there would certainly be someone attracted to her even with the veil on.

Yun Qian looked at Xu Chang'an enthusiastically pulling out two unsightly winter coats from the room and remained silent for a moment, "I..."

"No need to wear these, I was just joking," Xu Chang'an hurriedly tossed the floral coat aside as soon as he saw Yun Qian's solemn face and, holding her hand, led her out the door.

Yun Qian: "..."

She wanted to say that she was not in a good mood today, so if someone looked for trouble.

Just let them all die.

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