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Misty Cloud Translations
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Misty Cloud Translations
The moment Sima You Yue left, she bumped into Yun Yi.
Why have you come?
She asked.
I came to bid you farewell.
Yun Yi said. Sima You Yue was surprised. This was news to her.
Are you going back up?
Mmhm.
Yun Yi nodded, saying.
I have been absent from the Divine Devil Valley for a long time. If I don’t return soon, I think my Master will catch me and punish me.
Sima You Yue knew that his Master was one of the elders of the Divine Devil Valley and was rather powerful. Also, from what he had said so far, he seemed to have a strange temperament.
When will you be leaving then?
She asked.
After I say goodbye to you.
Yun Yi looked at Sima You Yue, saddened by their parting. Following the Young Valley Master had been nice, except that it was also sometimes frightening.
Be careful while you travel.
Sima You Yue said.
I will.
Yun Yi nodded.
Right, wait.
Sima You Yue took out a jade pendant, saying,
Do you recognise this jade pendant?
Yun Yi received the pendant, saying,
The shape of this pendant looks rather familiar, but I’m not sure if I’ve definitely seen it before. What is it?
It is the jade pendant that my Master left for me before I left. He said that I can use this to look for him when I go back up.
Sima You Yue thought of the Feng Zhi Xing, her feelings a mix of longing and concern.
What is your Master’s name? Which family is he from?
Yun Yi looked at the jade pendant carefully. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it looked.
My Master’s name is Feng Zhi Xing.
The Feng family..
Yun Yi thought for a while, and replied albeit uncertainty,
I’m not sure where the Feng family is, but I do think that there are some places up there that carry these sorts of items and occupations that make such things. I heard that those businesses have very powerful backgrounds, and they usually do not use their powers to cause disruptions. So I think that they must be a family in the inner circle.
In the inner circle…
Sima You Yue lowered her head. If Feng Zhi Xing is from the inner circle, then her father, whom he had grown up with, was probably also in the inner circle.
Father… Mother…
If you need me to, I can go up and let the Valley know, and get them to look into it.
Yun Yi saw that Sima You Yue had been affected by what he had said, and offered.
Sima You Yue nodded, saying,
Alright.
Previously, Old Man Devil had left in a hurry, so she had forgotten to bring up the Wind Journey(?). Because of how much he knew about what was going on up there, he would definitely know more than Yun Yi, who had only been there for slightly over ten years.
I’ll go first then.
Yun Yi said.
You should go up first. Don’t forget that I’m one of yours now…
Sima You Yue’s face was overtaken with shock, and then she proceeded to kick him out immediately. Yun Yi jumped to the side, avoiding her attack, and simultaneously took out something that looked like a compass to open up a portal, escaping through it with a smile on his face.
Just you wait, Yun Yi. When I get up there, I’ll show you!
Sima You Yue hollered into the air, where the portal had sealed. Hearing her shouting, everyone in the yard turned to look at Sima You Yue, who was hopping mad.
What went on between them? He’s one of Sima You Yue’s? With two men speaking to each other in such language, could they be having some illicit relationship?
Sima You Yue regained her senses, and turned around, only to meet everyone’s weird stares. She left in a huff, mumbling angrily to herself as she walked away.
After Sima You Yue had exited, everyone’s looks of bewilderment had quickly turned into shock, because someone had said,
Didn’t they say that Fifth Young Master had a strong affinity with males…
With that statement, it felt like everyone had a moment of epiphany, because the rumours of Sima You Yue liking pretty boys had spread across the entire Dong Chen Kingdom, and people had started to label him as trash, a love-struck idiot and such. But because he was able to establish a reputation for being a talented genius, the hatchet had been buried, and everyone had clean forgotten about the rumours. However, now that it had suddenly been brought up again, and now even someone from outside the Dong Chen Kingdom was aware of this rumour. They started to feel struck with a sense of danger. It can’t be that the Fifth Young Master has designs on them, right?
There and then, everyone at the yard agreed that they would have to keep a distance from Fifth Young Master as much as possible, in case he took a fancy for them. Looking at Young Master Yun Yi, he was just too handsome! If Sima You Yue was privy to what they were discussing, he would definitely boil to a hot anger, and would definitely wish to discuss his future together with Yun Yi.
In the next few days, Sima You Yue threw herself into her own work. Although there had only been a few people who had come to the yard, Wei Zi Qi and the rest had realised that the others had gone out of their way to avoid coming to the yard unless absolutely necessary, for fear that something might happen to them while they were at the yard. How unsettling indeed.
What’s wrong with those people? And what was wrong with they way they looked at him? Why did they have a strange look in their eyes?
They decided to investigate. They agreed to stop giving him strange looks, but maintained their silence. Only Sima You Yang revealed the reasons behind the strange behaviour. And hearing the reasons, Wei Zi Qi could not help but break into a smile.
No wonder they had given such weird looks. They had thought that Sima You Yue was fond of men. And since some of them were rather good looking, and were likely to spend time together, they thought that Sima You Yue might fall for them.
Fatty Qu cried in exasperation,
I would like to have a thing with her! But too bad, we have too clearly, a platonic friendship. Sigh…
In fact, this relationship was established by Sima You Yue herself.
It’s not good to let them misunderstand you all the way.
Bei Gong Tang said.
Especially since they are family.
What should we do then? Tell them that You Yue is a woman?
Fatty Qu’s pupils dilated. He approved of his own idea.
Maybe it’s because they never seen Sima You Yue in women’s clothes before! She was a good looking person in general, if she put on her women’s clothing, she would definitely be such an eye-catching beauty.
Sima You Yue had never really thought about this whole issue, but as she realised that everyone was afraid of her, and that it was affecting their motivation to train hard. Even that old man Sima You Tai was looking at her with a tinge of suspicion.
Sima You Yue looked at the sky wordlessly, and finally, at the night of the family banquet, she put on women’s clothing and appeared before everyone.
This was the first time she had ever put on women’s clothes after coming to this world. And after she was dressed by Bei Gong Tang, and looked at herself in the mirror, she was shocked by her own appearance. Bei Gong Tang, too, was surprised, when she looked at Sima You Yue. She had always known that Sima You Yue was beautiful. But now, no idiom or expression could do justice to how enrapturing and ethereal her beauty was.
How lovely!
She sighed.
Sima You Yue stood up, dressed in a ruby red dress, her hair lightly fasted with a clip of jade beads, with the most of it left flowing down her back. Her ears were adorned with red cornelian treasures in order to compliment her fair skin, allowing her to look extraordinarily beautiful.
As the doors opened for her to leave, everyone who was present and had laid eyes on her were shocked. The whole yard fell silent, and you could almost hear Fatty Qu swallow his saliva.
Sima You Yue was not surprised to be met with such a reaction. She smiled at them, saying,
Let’s go, we’ve waited around long enough, if we don’t leave now, we’ll be late.
It was only when she spoke did everyone manage to come to their senses once again. Before they were able to say anything, Sima You Lin’s voice was heard, calling.
Why aren’t you guys…
As he stood at the door, looking at the figure adorned in red, he forgot all the words that he had to say.
