That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

82. The Elder's Spy

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Shuǐ ChénLín found LanFeng in her lodge, but she was indeed surrounded by fellow disciples.

Ironically, the ladies kept a somewhat proper distance, all bearing gifts, as usual! But the men, especially Shuǐ JunHo and Meng ZhuLi, sat beside, and around her, with no form of propriety!

As he watched, Shuǐ JunHo playfully punched her upperarm. "Disciple Zhao, you really scared us this time-! Ah! Why do I suddenly feel Fènghuáng-Jun's aura?!"

Not just him, but the rest of the disciples had jumped to attention.

"Fènghuáng-Jun!" A few chorused, noticing him by the door.

There was no mistaking his darkened expression. "What are Disciples doing here, when they have classes? Hmm?" He had spoken calmly, but that felt even worse!

"Head Disciple!" Shuǐ ChénLín's irises had darted sharply to Shuǐ JunHo, who suddenly wished there was more space behind him, so he could step further back!

"You call yourself the head disciple? Hohoho? Aren't you also close to a breakthrough? Can you really afford to be here, like this?"

LanFen had shot to her own feet. "Shuǐ Chén! How can you-?! Oww!" she had been about to jump to the disciples' defence, but Shuǐ JunHo had stepped on her foot.

They all remembered Fènghuáng-Jun's irrational behaviour, when he had still been injured, and how he had fought through several of them, just to come and see Disciple Zhao!

In fact, considering the somewhat possessive way he had been acting, even before the demon aisle incident, most of the disciples had drawn the conclusion that Fènghuáng-Jun and Disciple Zhao had 'that' kind of relationship!

And even the way Fènghuáng-Jun was acting right now...

'Isn't he marking his territory?!' Shuǐ JunHo thought, then hastily bowed.

"Ehehehehe, Fènghuáng-Jun, we apologize, we apologize!" The disciples all bowed several times, as Shuǐ JunHo explained. "We just wanted to see Disciple Zhao, since he has finally woken up! We are leaving! We are leaving now!"

Shuǐ ChénLín visibly calmed down. "Umm. Go back to class, or missions, or whatever you should be doing." He ordered, as they hastily began to file out.

"And don't come back here in such a crowd! Visit in pairs from now on, and greet from the doorway!"

A few snickered behind their hands, but unlike usual, Shuǐ ChénLín paid no attention to them, and just closed the door behind them.

"Zhao LanFeng!!!" He thundered, the instant they were alone.

"Ehehe, Shuǐ Chén!" LanFen playfully cleaned out her ears. "What will you do, if I become deaf from your shouting?"

It never occured to LanFen that Shuǐ ChénLín was jealous from head to feet!

"Zhao LanFeng!! Do you really have no sense of being a woman?!!"

"Shuǐ Chén. Calm down. Calm down!" She glanced around nervously. "What if someone hears?!"

"It would be for your own good! How can you allow yourself be surrounded by men, like that?!"

"Ehehe, Shuǐ Chén, I'm usually quite careful!!"

"Wo-Peh! You're completely vulnerable, especially once you're drunk! Let me tell you, I'm not going to allow you drink in front of anybody else, from now on!"

"Shuǐ Chén!" LanFen was aghast. "How can you even use an expression like, 'Wo- Peh'?! I feel bad about this! Won't I spend the afterlife in the ten hells, for being a bad influence? Speak properly, speak properly!"