We said we would experience life, fairy, how did you become real?.

Chapter 109 Do you think I could steal someone else's sweetheart?
Bai Ruxue stood outside Shang Jiuli's courtyard gate, not knowing how long she had been standing there.

She felt empty inside, her mind completely blank.

Even Bai Ruxue couldn't feel the passage of time.

Bai Ruxue didn't know how much time had passed.

By the time Bai Ruxue realized what was happening, the door to the bamboo house was already open.

Bai Ruxue shuddered, her heart filled with panic.

Her eyes darted around, concealing her presence, and she hid behind a tree.

Xiao Mo and Shang Jiuli went downstairs together and walked out of the courtyard.

Standing at the courtyard gate, Xiao Mo bowed to Shang Jiuli and said, "Thank you for your hard work these past few days, Senior Sister."

"It would be a lie to say it wasn't hard work, but Junior Brother is indeed very talented." Shang Jiuli yawned. "And these past few days, Senior Sister's evenings have been quite fulfilling~"

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In the past, Xiao Mo would have argued back against his senior sister for saying such ambiguous things.

But now, Xiao Mo has gotten used to it.

"Senior sister, please rest well. I'll take my leave now." Xiao Mo took out a bead from his pocket. "I have no use for this, so I'll return it to you, senior sister."

When Xiao Mo was about to sneak out of the courtyard, Shang Jiuli gave him a precious pearl so that Bai Ruxue wouldn't find out.

"Why don't you keep this, Junior Brother? What if you feel lonely again one night?" Shang Jiuli said with a smile.

"Senior sister, please don't joke around." Xiao Mo shook his head.

"Alright then." Shang Jiuli accepted the pearl. "Take care, junior brother. I'm going back to sleep now. You've been keeping me up for over two months. I can finally get a good night's sleep now."

"Senior sister, please don't see me off."

Xiao Mo turned around and started to walk back.

But Xiao Mo hadn't walked far when, under the bright moonlight, he saw a corner of a woman's skirt peeking out from behind a tree.

A gust of wind blew by, and the woman's long, silvery-white hair fluttered in the air, shimmering with the moonlight.

"Ru Xue?" Xiao Mo called out.

Upon hearing Xiao Mo's voice, the girl behind the tree trembled and quickly ran forward.

Seeing Ru Xue's appearance, Xiao Mo knew what had happened without even thinking, and quickly caught up with her.

"I didn't expect to be discovered after all. It seems that Junior Brother is in for a tough night."

Standing at the entrance of the courtyard, Shang Jiuli watched the direction Xiao Mo and Bai Ruxue left in, his eyes filled with a gossipy, spectator-like expression.

"Speaking of which, Senior Brother Luo, you've been spying on people from the shadows. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Shang Jiuli looked at a rock on his right.

As Shang Jiuli finished speaking, Luo Yang stepped out from behind the stone.

"Senior brother, it's late at night, and it's not gentlemanly for you to come to someone's courtyard," Shang Jiuli said with a smile.

Luo Yang ignored her and instead threw a letter at her.

Shang Jiuli reached out and took the envelope, which bore the seal of the Confucian Academy.

“I just returned from the Confucian Academy tonight. The academy master asked me to bring you a letter, but seeing my junior brother with you, I didn’t want to embarrass you. I stood there for an hour for nothing, and you still said it was ‘ungentlemanly behavior’.”

Luo Yang shook his head helplessly and continued.

"You should prepare yourself. In two months, the Confucian Academy will be conducting an assessment of you as the headmaster of the academy."

"So fast?"

Shang Jiuli was somewhat taken aback.

The scholars in Confucian academies had many different ranks.

From bottom to top, they are: Sage, Gentleman, Upright Gentleman, Headmaster of the Academy, Director of Studies of the Imperial Academy, Grand Master of the Imperial Academy, Attendant Sage, Dean of the Academy, and Head of the Confucian Academy. Shang Jiuli is already an "Upright Gentleman".

She thought her next assessment would be in four years, but it came today.

Luo Yang shook his head: "With your talent, this is not fast at all, while Junior Brother Xiao's Gentleman's Assessment should be coming soon."

"It's all just empty fame." Shang Jiuli shook his head and casually accepted the envelope. "But thank you for delivering the letter, Senior Brother."

"You're welcome." Luo Yang looked at Shang Jiuli but did not leave immediately.

"Is there anything else, Senior Brother?" Shang Jiuli asked.

Luo Yang spoke calmly: "You seem to value Junior Brother Xiao highly?"

"Senior brother, what are you saying?" Shang Jiuli smiled. "This is our only junior brother."

Luo Yang, holding the Gentleman's Sword in his arms, tilted his head and said, "At first, you might have really just regarded Xiao Mo as your junior brother, but now, especially after you've been spending more than two months alone with Junior Brother Xiao at night, I don't know what's going on."

However, to be fair, Junior Brother Xiao is indeed very popular.

Whether it was his temperament or his talent, countless women at Bailu Academy secretly admired him.

Shang Jiuli smiled and said, "If you didn't always look so cold, there would be quite a few women who would like you."

"Women will only slow down my speed in turning pages and drawing my sword."

Luo Yang raised his head and looked intently at Shang Jiuli.

"Junior sister, the Lord of the North Sea's Achilles' heel has never been herself. Her Achilles' heel has always been Junior Brother Xiao. Although the human race and the demon race seem to be at peace now, there are actually undercurrents surging beneath the surface."

"If Beihai can maintain neutrality, or even side with the human race, it's mostly because Junior Brother Xiao is human."

"I know that."

Shang Jiuli leaned against the fence.

"It is said that this Lord of the North Sea is ruthless and mature, but in front of Junior Brother Xiao, he is like a little girl, as docile as a little rabbit."

To be honest, when I first saw this Lord of the North Sea, I thought I was seeing things.

Luo Yang shook his head: "Cultivators are not heartless. When some cultivators meet their beloved, they will eventually reveal the softest side of their hearts, regardless of their cultivation level."

But don't assume that this is the true nature of the Lord of the North Sea.

She only treats Junior Brother Xiao this way.

"Senior brother, you even understand these things about love and romance?" Shang Jiuli said with a smile.

Luo Yang: "."

"Alright, alright, junior sister, stop teasing your senior brother. With your personality, how could you possibly understand love between men and women?" Shang Jiuli covered his mouth and chuckled. "Speaking of which, the North Sea isn't a monolithic place. The feud between the human and dragon races runs deep. Can Bai Ruxue really suppress it?"

"That's not something you or I need to worry about." Luo Yang looked directly into Shang Jiuli's eyes. "Junior Sister, just treat Junior Brother Xiao as a fellow disciple and don't have any other thoughts."

Shang Jiuli's eyes curved into a smile: "Senior brother, that's not right. Do you think I could steal someone else's sweetheart?"

Luo Yang glanced at his junior sister, said nothing, and simply turned and left.

After a long while, Luo Yang's voice finally came from the dim woods: "Who knows?"

The man's voice drifted away on the wind.

The night breeze ruffled Shang Jiuli's skirt.

She looked up at the bright moonlight.

Her slender figure looked like a green bamboo in the moonlight.

After a long while, Shang Jiuli smiled gently:
"He's just a junior brother."

(End of this chapter)