Chapter 12: Older Brother
He remembered that at the time, he had been quite puzzled. He had thought the mountain wind had blown it away, or that some careless menial servant had accidentally picked it up, but he had not paid much attention to it; sect uniforms were issued every month, and he did not lack them.
But now, it was hanging there quietly and neatly on the clothesline in Junior Sister Yun Heng’s courtyard, glimmering under the moonlight, with traces of careful washing and ironing still visible.
Lu Fengmian: “……”
Several thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Had Junior Sister Yun Heng found it? Or… had she taken it?
Considering the girl’s usual attention toward him, as well as some of her late-night actions that did not quite match her image as a “cold and aloof junior sister”… Lu Fengmian felt that the latter possibility seemed more likely.
Just then, the door to the main room creaked open, and Junior Sister Yun Heng quickly walked out.
The moment she saw Lu Fengmian standing in the courtyard, she very obviously froze. A rare trace of alarm flashed through her eyes; her gaze swept quickly across the clothesline, then returned to Lu Fengmian’s face, her thin lips pressed tightly together.
“S-Senior Brother?”