That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

75. The Waterfall Again

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Shuǐ ChénLín had begun to avoid LanFen as he intended, but LanFen, who had no idea what he was thinking, did not understand his sudden cold behaviour.

At first, she assumed she had made a drunken mistake.

"Elder brother Lu, did I do something to Shuǐ Chén, when I was drunk?" they were both picking vegetables somewhere near the edge of the training grounds.

"I slept not long after you did, but from what I remember, Shuǐ Chén left early." Lu FengHo shrugged.

'So it isn't a drunken mistake...'

Confused, LanFen only reinforced her determination to approach, but Shuǐ ChénLín seemed equally as determined to ignore her...

Meanwhile, Lu FengHo on the other hand, had begun to spend far too much time with LanFen!

He invited her for one thing or the other, and most times, she happily followed him.

But then, a few times, she realised that this only seemed to infuriate Shuǐ ChénLín!

One instant had been when Lu FengHo had asked one day, "Younger brother! Have you eaten? I'm going down to Jade city for roasted fish and wine tonight!"

LanFen had beamed at him. "Elder brother! How did you know this Younger brother was craving roasted fish?! Let's go!"

And then one stupid random, junior disciple had dared comment to another one: "Those two are always together... If it's like this, isn't it like going on a date?"

Shuǐ ChénLín, who had been passing by, shot LanFen a frigid look, before going away.

LanFen had made the junior disciple carry wood the next day! "How thoughtless! How can you say such an improper thing in front of your 'Fènghuáng-Jun'?!"

And then there had been another time, when Lu FengHo had thrown a friendly arm around her shoulders.

"Younger brother! Let's head to the waterfall together! I noticed you always run off alone, whenever we're heading to the waterfalls."

LanFen quickly overcame her shock, and thought to herself, 'Elder brother Lu, won't you die of shock, if I actually take a bath with you?!'

Aloud, she just grinned nervously. "Er... Ehehe, Elder brother Lu... That's a bit...!"

But before she even finished, she felt Shuǐ ChénLín's cold aura wash over her.

"Sh- Shuǐ Chén!"

But he didn't even look at her and just passed by.

"Ah! Elder brother Lu. I promised JunHo that I'd teach him something!" And she had hurried off.

The days passed like that, and Shuǐ ChénLín continued to ignore LanFen.

So one day, LanFen prepared a rich and elaborate slew of traditional dishes for Shuǐ ChénLín.

"Shuǐ Chén! I made this for you! It has all your favourite dishe-!"

But after all her hardwork, he didn't touch any. No, he hadn't even looked at them, and walked away without letting LanFen finish.

And he had done that in the presence of the other disciples!

'Hohoho! You dare to treat me like this?'

LanFen had bitterly asked the disciples to share in the meal, but though it was incredibly delicious, her aura had kept leaking out during the dinner, and they couldn't enjoy the meal in peace...

"Ehehe, Disciple Zhao, if you'd rather be alone, just tell-."

"Silence! Should you be talking during meals?!"