I don't talk about love with my Martial Sister

Chapter 16

Wan Shao wasn't very clear about Shang Can and Yun Duan's past.

She had only managed to bring the near-lifeless Shang Can back to Biluo Huangquan, and knew nothing of how Shang Can had fallen into such a state.

Even after she had worked hard to help Shang Can recover from her injuries, she still didn't get any answers. Shang Can would never bring it up, and Wan Shao, being perceptive, didn't pry.

However, one could always glean some hints from Shang Can's subsequent behavior.

Even after joining Biluo Huangquan, Shang Can hadn't completely denied her past. On the contrary, she wouldn't deliberately avoid topics related to her life before joining Biluo Huangquan, or even to Qing Yu; sometimes, she would even joke about it.

But she had started to consciously avoid news related to Yun Duan and no longer mentioned it to Wan Shao.

Wan Shao had known her when Shang Can was still the top disciple at the Jade Balance Peak of Qing Yu, so she was more acutely aware of Shang Can's most noticeable changes.

In the past, Shang Can would talk endlessly about her junior sister, praising her as if she were the best in the world. Now, she simply avoided the subject, as if guarding a wound that hurt to the touch.

Over time, Wan Shao had realized that something must have happened between Shang Can and Yun Duan on the day Shang Can was severely injured.

Before they headed to Tian Wai Tian, the last time they had talked about Yun Duan was shortly after Shang Can had joined Biluo Huangquan. At that time, Biluo Huangquan's scouts had learned some news about Qing Yu, and after much deliberation, Wan Shao felt the information was pertinent to Shang Can, so she reluctantly went to her residence and hesitantly spoke up.

"I heard that Qing Yu has already acknowledged your death, and the master of Jade Balance Peak has sealed... your junior sister's memories of you, forbidding anyone from mentioning you in front of her."

At that time, Shang Can was in the courtyard, focused on nurturing a watermelon seedling she had somehow acquired, merely nodding in a perfunctory manner without looking up.

"That's good."

Wan Shao had a hundred questions but felt too hesitant to ask; she didn't want to rub salt in her friend's wounds, so she forced a topic change: "How are those watermelons growing? It's the first time I've seen anyone plant watermelons in Biluo Huangquan. There's no sunlight here; you can't possibly be roasting them with fire, right?"

"Not well." Shang Can sighed, stood up, brushed her hands clean, turned around, and spoke calmly, "There's nothing to be done; it's all up to fate."

The watermelons ultimately didn't grow, but Shang Can didn't seem upset. She just planted batch after batch, replacing them when they died. Now, nine years had passed.

Surely one should have grown by now, Wan Shao thought.

When she received a sudden report during a meeting about a cultivator arriving outside, her heart jumped to her throat. However, upon arriving and seeing it was Yun Duan, she immediately felt relieved and cheerfully waved for the night crow to hurry and call Shang Can over.

Although she didn't know what had transpired between Shang Can and Yun Duan, she felt... these two shouldn't be like this.

After all, she had seen enough during her time in Tian Wai Tian, and the difference in how they treated each other was evident.

Especially with Shang Can, if she was actually thinking about it all the time, why had she been hiding so diligently over the years? It seemed like a waste of time.