"This child is sometimes too strange, quite unlike Sister Qingzhu in temperament."
The young girl's gaze dimmed slightly; she knew why her master said that.
After all... she was Aunt Mao's daughter...
But she had been avoiding facing this fact.
"It's all right." Mao Qingzhu came to her senses, reached out to pat Qing Jun's little head gently, and said warmly, "Qing Jun, your master is right, no mischief."
"Oh..." the young girl replied sullenly.
Looking at this seemingly harmonious scene in front of him, the awkwardness Chen Ye felt from being caught faded completely away.
He laughed, shook his head, and then guided the conversation back on track: "Where is the Fourth Elder nowadays? I, a junior, should go pay my respects."
"The Fourth Elder is in the courtyard of the Inner Valley enjoying tea," Mao Qingzhu said, "I'll take you there."
...
After settling the two disciples, Chen Ye dared not delay and followed Mao Qingzhu to visit the renowned yet unseen Fourth Elder.
