17 Teapo

Zhou Yun fidgeted and dived for his cup of tea.

These silences are killing him.

When he brought the tea up to his face, he finally noticed; there wasn't any tea left in his cup.

The teapot is empty as well…

He had drunk all the tea earlier when he took the Soul Energy Regeneration Pills.

Zhou Yun's cheeks slight flush.

Shi Zhen knew there wasn't any tea left. So he spared him the embarrassment by not helping himself to any...

Zhou Yun's felt the urge to sputter.

"XueXue! Can you get me some tea please?"

"..."

Shi Zhen followed Zhou Yun's eyes back to the shack.

Nothing moves, or calls back.

Was the Imperial Guardian talking to him?

'XueXue'?

Shi Zhen felt goosebumps all over his body.

Eventually, the door creaked open. This time, a small figure appeared on the doorway.

This 'XueXue' was dressed in a fade-out, white dress. Her hair was undone, and Shi Zhen can see that she didn't have any shoes on. She put some effort into getting the hair out of her face by tucking them behind her ears but there wasn't much of any other effort.

She should be around his age.

Zhou Yun and Shi Zhen's eyes followed the figure as she approached them with careful steps.

The closer she gotten to them, the easier it was for Shi Zhen to noticed her closed eyes and straight face.

Zhou Yun lips quirked.

… Xueyu didn't seem like someone who had just eavesdropped into her master conversation now.

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'XueXue' quietly took the teapots away and returned to her shack. It wasn't long before she returned with a filled pot. The two didn't say anything and watched he, each with an expression of his own.

Just as Xueyu was about to reel back in the shack once more, Zhou Yun stopped her.

"Xueyu, this is Shi Zhen. He will be staying with us as my apprentice."

"..." Xueyu and Shi Zhen just stood in their place.