Chapter 1767 — Eavesdropping

The night in West Star Village was quiet, and the sky was pure. In the city, one could rarely enjoy such stillness or see such a beautiful starry sky.

Wei Zhao and Tang Yun sat on the large rock in the courtyard, savoring the warmth of the moment. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu did not disturb them just then. Though the three were very close, Wei Zhao and Tang Yun had had few chances to be alone on this journey. Now that they had reached West Star Village, the two women, with tacit understanding, had given Wei Zhao and Tang Yun this opportunity.

After all, though Grandpa Wei might joke, Gu Mengyao did not want to be shameless. Tang Yun was Wei Zhao's girlfriend. If she and Xiaoshu kept intruding, it would feel somehow wrong.

"Getting used to it?" Wei Zhao reached out and put an arm around Tang Yun's shoulder. The two of them rarely had such warm moments.

"It's quite nice..." Tang Yun blushed slightly as Wei Zhao held her, unconsciously fiddling with the ring on her finger. Though Tang Yun no longer felt jealous of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, she still had a bit of a competitive streak at times. This ring was a gift from Wei Zhao. Even if Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu also became Wei Zhao's wives, she, Tang Yun, remained unique—someone very special.

"That's good. I was worried you might not get used to it..." Wei Zhao said. "Originally, I said last time that I'd bring you home, but we waited until now. The environment here is what it is. If we had acted on impulse last time, maybe you and I would have ended up like Ergoudan and Yu Yuanyuan, living here for the rest of our lives."

"Wouldn't that be even better?" Tang Yun said instinctively.

"Hm?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback.

"Nothing!" Tang Yun's face reddened further. She had accidentally let slip a little of what was in her heart—better not let Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu hear it.

But behind the firewood pile not far away, two little spies were crouching.

"Sister Yaoyao... Sister Yunyun still seems to have a bit of a knot in her heart about us..." Shen Yushu whispered.

"Of course she does. Who told you to go around saying all day that you want to be Wei Zhao's little wife? Yunyun has already done well enough not to kick you out." Gu Mengyao glared at Shen Yushu and scolded her, though inwardly she wondered: was the knot in Tang Yun's heart because of Shen Yushu, or because of herself?

"But Xiaoxiao is a little wife too. Why doesn't she have a knot in her heart..." Shen Yushu said, somewhat unconvinced.

"She was about to die then. Is that the same? You're not sick or suffering... If you were dying, maybe Wei Zhao would marry you too, and Tang Yun would raise both hands in approval," Gu Mengyao said irritably.

"Hard to say. Maybe I'll have a day like that too?" Shen Yushu said ambiguously.

"You jinx!" Gu Mengyao was caught between laughter and tears. "Can't you say something positive? Still thinking about things like that?"

"Hey, I'm just telling the truth..." Shen Yushu lifted her head and looked at the sky full of stars. "No one knows what their future will be like. Even I, the Prophesying Shu, don't know..."

"Xiaoshu, why did your words suddenly become so profound?" Gu Mengyao was slightly startled.

"Nothing! Roar roar, I was joking." Shen Yushu grinned, baring her teeth.

"Playing tricks and scaring me to death!" Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, every word of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu's conversation had fallen into Wei Zhao's ears. Wei Zhao was, after all, a skilled Earth-rank expert—how could such whispered words escape his hearing? But Wei Zhao would not deliberately expose anything; he simply pretended not to have heard.

Rare as it was to have a chance to be alone with Tang Yun, Wei Zhao naturally cherished it.

"I wonder how Xiaoxiao is doing now? Last time I saw her... it's only been a few days, and I already miss her..." Tang Yun said with some emotion.

"You... sometimes you get a little jealous, and then when someone's gone, you miss them." Wei Zhao chided her, somewhat helpless.

"Yeah... though sometimes I feel unhappy thinking that she's your girlfriend too, when she's gone, I miss her." That was the kind of person Tang Yun was—soft-hearted to a hopeless degree.

"Heh heh, maybe a year, maybe two. When the time comes, we'll bring her back together." Inwardly, Wei Zhao secretly made a vow. He absolutely had to become an alchemist—it was already urgent—yet he had made not the slightest progress in alchemy!

What Wei Zhao actually lacked now was a good teacher. The alchemists of the Xuandan Sect all had someone to guide them, and even the hidden You family had someone to guide them. Only Wei Zhao was studying on his own without proper direction. But at present, Wei Zhao was not on friendly terms with either the hidden You family or the Xuandan Sect, so it was impossible to seek their advice. There was only a second-grade alchemist in the Ice Palace, but Wei Zhao could not bring himself to ask for instruction either. Moreover, that alchemist was said to be extremely arrogant. In the Ice Palace, only Bingtang Xiaoniur's words carried weight. Even if Wei Zhao went to learn, she might not be willing to teach him.

"All right!" Tang Yun nodded emphatically. "I really hope... that in the future, we can be like tonight—forgetting all worries, carefree, able to sit in the courtyard every day and watch the starry sky. That life would surely be wonderful..."

"That day will come. When it does, I'll accompany you every day... all of you..." When Wei Zhao said the word "all," he could not help but pause.

"Heh heh, it's fine. I've thought it through. If Yaoyao and Xiaoshu want to follow along then, let them come too. We'll find a place, or stay here, and live in seclusion. It'll surely be fun..." Tang Yun said. "But you seem like someone who can't stay idle."

"Yaoyao and Xiaoshu?" Wei Zhao looked at Tang Yun in surprise.

"I'm not too sure what Yaoyao is thinking, but Xiaoshu probably likes you. Since I've accepted Xiaoxiao, how could I exclude her?" Tang Yun smiled, restoring her usual smile and ease. "All right, let's not talk about that anymore... Today, did Grandpa Lin tell you privately what he thinks of me?"

"That, he didn't." Wei Zhao shook his head. "He seems to like you quite a lot. But that's just how he is—unreliable as ever. He likes all of you."

"Heh heh, that's good." Tang Yun nodded. Wei Zhao was an orphan, so Grandpa Lin, who had raised him from childhood, was naturally Wei Zhao's guardian. His attitude directly affected whether Tang Yun could stay in the Lin family in the future. Since Grandpa Lin had no objections, then there was no problem.

"Yunyun is a good person, Xiaoshu. If you really want to be with Wei Zhao in the future, don't play clever tricks and bully her. She's a very kind person," Gu Mengyao said with some feeling after hearing Tang Yun's words.

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