Chapter 339: Contingency Plan
Sun Hua sipped her tea, trying to still her trembling hands. When Senior Sister had invited her, the expectation had been that they were simply escorting Senior Brother, providing him moral support for his date. But, when they’d actually met up with him, she’d indicated that there was something important for she and Sun Hua to discuss.
What could that be? Had she done something wrong? Was Senior Sister mad?
Sun Hua’s attack of the nerves lasted until after they’d ordered and begun drinking the first cup of tea.
It was after a sip that Senior Sister said, “You’ve been moping for weeks now.”
Sun Hua hadn’t known what accusation would be lobbed at her, but that one was not it. “This Assistant has not been moping.”
“Really? You’ve been quiet even for you. Instead of your normally perfect posture, you’ve been slouching. I keep hearing you sigh. And you don’t leave your room unless someone forces you. How would you describe your behavior if not moping?”
Sun Hua’s first instinct was to defend herself, but the truth was that she had been feeling down ever since learning that Wu You had most probably been sincere in his desire to date her.
“Maybe I deserve to mope for a while. I messed up my chance.”
Yang Xiu sighed. “You really haven’t embraced the whole cultivator philosophy of challenging the heavens, have you? Your motto is more, ‘succumb to circumstances.’ If you hit an obstacle, give up. Is that it?”
“I’m not like you, Senior Sister. If, when you were still a mortal, you came across a tiger in the woods, you would have tried to strangle it with your bare hands. I would have fainted from fright and been eaten.”
“You’d be surprised at the things I did—or rather didn’t do—as a mortal, but I get your point. But I’m not asking you to strangle a tiger or even put yourself at risk. You simply need to get to know your young gentlemen caller better.”
“Like it’s that easy!”