YILING PATRIACH'S PROTECTOR

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Lianting went next to Mianmian as the two of them stared at the back of the Lady.

"What do you think happened about the conversation of the two?" Lianting can't help but ask and curiously looked at her side to meet Mianmian's stare.

"Are you seriously asking that question? Of course the conversation of the Leader of the Sect and the Lady went well! Didn't you find the Leader of the Sect with such a happy atmosphere to the point that he was blinding?" Mianmian asked her with a frown on her face. Lianting sheepishly scratched her cheek before saying,

"Of course I saw that! It was as if the Leader of the Sect was the moon god descended from the heaven to meet up with his lover! It's too blinding!" She said with an excited look on her face!

"However," Lianting continued with a serious look on her face, "The expression of the Lady just now... wasn't it too solemn and melancholic?"

"Now that you said that... it does seem like it," Mianmian thought for a bit before the both of them turn their gaze back to the moving lamp located at the small bridge in the garden.

Zhen Huatian was gazing down to her reflection from the pond, the dim light from the lamp she was holding showed the faint trace of her expression on the clam surface of the water.

She was thinking back on her decision to be with Lan Xichen and not pursue Wei Wuxian, was she deciding out of whim? Where she was moved because of Lan Xichen words and not about her devotion and love towards Wei Wuxian? If she turns her back now and runs to chase for Wei Wuxian... what will the future be?

'If I chase after Wei Wuxian and continuously try to profess my feelings for him... will the future change and let the two of us be together? If not... Will all these feelings just go away because someone else was willing to wait and love me no matter what? This thing- Love- is so confusing, I do not like it... but at the same time I don't dislike it and want it even more...' Zhen Huatian sighed before she watched the surface rippled and two goldfish were swimming together, playing and enjoying each other's company. It caught her attention, remembering a distant memory from the first time she woke up in this lifetime...

The Sun... The Lotus flower... and the Goldfish...

The goldfish will move on albeit a heavy heart, and there will be chances that he will meet other goldfishes and live his life without feeling burdened... The Lotus flower at the other hand... Although it died from the hands of the Sun... if the roots were still alive... then it will soon recover and blossom again.

These two different beings who met at the crossroads... briefly meeting, but the lingering feelings will not lasting longer.

Zhen Huatian suddenly scoffed before looking at her reflection on the rippling surface of the water with a rueful look on her expression. The sudden thought of the Lotus and the Moon who can represent the Elegant Gentleman, Lan Xichen, are both a match made from heaven.

'What a farce, the Lotus and the Moon together as a match made from the heavens- I will not fool myself and fall for that belief!' Zhen Huatian harrumphed before standing straight and going back to her inner courtyard, She saw Mianmian and Lianting still waiting for her with a bow. She didn't talk to them anymore as she handed the stick of the lamp to Mianmian and closed the door behind her.

The night slowly turn into day, and The Lan Gusu Sect was starting the day early today. The young cultivators were sensitive to other people's mood and feelings and seeing the Sect Leader like that- It was too much for them!

'The Sect Leader is too blinding today!'

'Why is the Sect Leader emitting such a strong aura of happiness?'

'Did something good happen last night to the Sect Leader that made him this brilliant this morning?!'

Everyone was curious, and even the maidservants were curious as they kept pestering Mianmian and Lianting who were busy preparing the breakfast of the Lady.

"Come and tell us immediately! What happened last night about the conversation of the Lady and the Sect Leader? We also want to know!" They pleaded while watching the two of them prepare food.

"Do you think, we, the personal maidservants of the Lady, also heard the conversation? You must be dreaming! The Lady dismissed us before they started to talk- also, the Sect Leader put up a talisman that do not let anything from the inside of the courtyard to be heard!" Lianting cannot endure anymore and was frustrated when she told this to others.

"What? The two of them really are so cautious..." disappointed murmurs were heard before they all dispersed and went back to their chores.

"*sigh* Come and lets go to the Lady's courtyard, we have to hurry!" Mianmian told Lianting and the two of them went to the courtyard, they were threading about in the open space, Since the Sect Leader basically told them the Lady is there with regards to his future relationship, and the elder of the sect doesn't know, they have to be stealthy and act natural at all times. However, before they reached the courtyard, the Sect Leader was there at the gate of the Lady's courtyard entrance. 

"Greetings to Sect Leader!" Mianmian and Lianting bow to greet him and Lan Xichen told them to stand up. 

"When you serve the Lady today, just keep quiet and let her have her peace of mind, and let her use her clothes today.  If she wishes to leave and play outside of the sect, tell her that the gates of our Lan Gusu Sect are always open for her," Lan Xichen told the two of them and they nodded and accepted the clothes from his hands,

"These servants will do as the Sect Leader bids, excuse us," Lianting said and both of them bow before going inside of the Lady's courtyard. 

Knocking at the door, Mianmian greeted the Lady through the door and asked for her permission to go inside and serve her. It was after a few minutes before they got her confirmation and the two of them went inside to prepare. 

The two of them efficiently and silently carry on their tasks and helped the lady dressed into her original black robes. 

"I am wearing this?" The Lady asked Mianmian who was helping her dress up. She nodded and told her the words that the Sect leader told them to say. 

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