I don't talk about love with my Martial Sister

Chapter 37

"I have to remind you of something."

Chu Ming stood by the bookshelf, muttering disapprovingly.

"Junior Sister Yun Duan didn't agree to your return to Bi Luo Huang Quan."

"I'm not going back to Bi Luo Huang Quan right now."

Shang Can was sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by neatly stacked books, several of which bore titles related to the "ghost race." She was engrossed in a book and replied to Chu Ming without looking up, "Aren't we in the Outer Realm right now?"

"Junior Sister Yun Duan didn't agree to you coming to the Outer Realm either."

"..." Shang Can, unable to endure any longer, snapped the book shut with a bang, looking up at Chu Ming. "Do I need to get Yun Duan's permission just to be here? Or do I look like someone who would obediently follow her orders?"

Chu Ming shrugged noncommittally, saying nothing, but the look he cast her was quite subtle.

Shang Can felt that he was silently expressing the sentiment of "Isn't that exactly how you are?" The more she thought about it, the more furious she became. With a stoic expression, she summoned a heavenly flame and burned Chu Ming's hairband.

Ignoring Chu Ming, who was shouting about how she bullied the weak, Shang Can prepared to continue reading when she heard a gentle male voice sound worriedly.

"Wan Juan Pavilion prohibits the use of open flames. While it's fine for Can Zhe to burn Lord Yushan's hairband, please be careful not to damage the records."

"...I think it's best not to burn anything at all. What do you think, Lord Kun Yao?"

"That's true. But if Can Zhe can't control herself, I have to consider her feelings and show some hospitality as the host."

"Why should the hospitality of you outsiders come at the cost of my hairband...?"

"Hey."

With the back-and-forth banter, Shang Can found it both amusing and infuriating. Grinding her back teeth in silence, she looked up with a cold expression.

"If you two have nothing better to do, how about cleaning the entrance to the Outer Realm?"

"Absolutely not." Pei Chen replied sternly, "Each area in the Outer Realm has someone responsible for its maintenance; how can we ask guests to do such things?"

"...Lord Kun Yao, what she means is that we're bothering her and asking us to stay away, not actually suggesting that we clean the entrance."

"Oh, I see. My apologies to you, Can Zhe."

Pei Chen's serious demeanor was so over the top that even Chu Ming couldn't help but remind him, let alone the already irritable Shang Can. She was truly fed up with Pei Chen's sternness, so she simply put down her book and said directly, "Is Lord Kun Yao keeping an eye on me because you're afraid I'll secretly do something bad?"

"Not entirely."

Pei Chen replied honestly, "On one hand, outsiders indeed need to be accompanied by our disciples to enter Wan Juan Pavilion. On the other hand..."

He glanced out the window at the sky and sighed, "Can Zhe has been here for nearly two hours. I should hurry and remind Junior Sister Yun Zhong to keep an eye on Can Zhe."

"...She's here too?"

Shang Can was taken aback and instinctively looked at Chu Ming. "I should have told her yesterday that we'd split up temporarily and meet again in three days, right?"