Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

There’s a big snowy mountain behind Shengling Sect. The top is covered in snow all year round. Shengling Sect has a manor on top of the mountain called Fengxueshan (wind snowy mountain) manor. No one lived in the manor. It was only used for martial arts purposes.

Shifu said that since he’s teaching me martial arts, we’ll do it at the manor. He said that the air there is better for practicing. But climbing a mountain was already a challenge for me. I tried for half a month, but there wasn’t a time in which I reached the top. Often when I reached halfway, I would just sit onto the snow and won’t get up. Shifu would then squeeze my face; I would just look at him blankly. Finally, it was always Shifu who would piggyback me down the mountain.

One time Shifu was really angry. He pinched me really hard and said: “You are doing this on purpose, aren’t you?! Is this training you or training me, ah?! Today, I won’t give you a piggyback. If you can go down the mountain, then go down. If you can’t go down, then you can continue to sit here!”

After saying that, he left. I obediently sat there from noon till evening. I then watched the moon climb high above the mountain.

I was hungry and my legs were numb. The moon turned from one to two then to three and finally, it shook with some bright light. I closed my eyes, wanting to sleep. Just as I was about to lie down, someone picked me up.

“Fool!”

While cursing, that person cleaned the snow off my back.

I sniffed. It was the smell of Shifu, warm and clean like the first ray of sunshine.

I subconsciously clung to his shoulder in a warm hug. My head rubbed against his neck.

“Shifu, it’s really cold.”

“If it’s cold, don’t you know how to stand up and walk back?!”

“Before, I was too tired to walk, then I was too hungry to walk, and then Shifu said I had to sit…”

Shifu was silent for a long time. Finally, he laughed: “You’ve become so obedient now.”

“I knew that Shifu would come back for me.” I faintly closed my eyes. “Can we not train like this anymore?”

I didn’t hear if Shifu answered or not.

A bit later, I heard many voices. One of them, a hoarse voice, said: “Shaozhu, you…you were too reckless this time. You abandoned a five, six-year-old baby girl on a mountain. Getting a cold is nothing, but if she gets eaten by a beast…”

“Isn’t she lying here safe and sound? What are grumbling about? Just do your treatment!”

“I mean, if she gets sick or injured, aren’t you the one who’ll be the most uncomfortable…”

“Who’s uncomfortable?! Go, go, I don’t want your treatment anymore, you’re too talkative!”

When I woke up again, I was lying on Shifu’s bed. Shifu was sitting with a lifeless face right next to me. Seeing that I’d woken, he pressed his hand to my forehead. He was silent for a long time and then took his hand back. Then, Shifu turned his head and said: “Really…really useless! Lying in bed for three days just because of a little cold. Humph…”

I still didn’t understand what he meant, but since Shifu was unhappy, it must be because I did something wrong. I grabbed Shifu’s hand, afraid that he would turn away and leave me again like that day.

“Shifu, I’m sorry.”

“What do you know…”

He didn’t finish speaking, gritted his teeth, and turned his head again to avoid looking at me.