Instead the person before her was Bai Bingwen.
The smile was removed from face; Yang Ying dropped with a sad expression.
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Though she didn't want to, she didn't dare to refuse the word of the top master.
Through the dark night, she walked behind following her master till she arrived inside his room.
“Go to sleep.”
The girl looked at the master with a questioning facial expression. However she didn't have the courage to deny his command. Slowly she walked towards the bed, climbed on it, laid down and closed her eyes.
From seven steps away, Bai Bingwen stood watching his young female disciple. As he saw her eyes close correctly, he went towards the bed then pulled a blanket to cover her. Because his bed was given to her, he had to sit on a chair and meditate instead of sleeping.
An hour later, Bai Bingwen felt something, then he opened his eyes and found Yang Ying was sitting and hugging her knees on the bed. Quickly he walked towards her, “Are you not well?”
Yang Ying didn't reply immediately. She waited for a few seconds, then she answered in a low tune, “I’m hungry.”
Without waiting, Bai Bingwen went to the kitchen. Because it was night, there was no chef. The high master had to cook by himself. At that time, Gao Zhang Shan walked past the kitchen and saw his senior was inside, he hurriedly got in.
“Senior, what are you doing? If you are hungry, I will call a student to cook for you.”
“No need. I can do it. You go to sleep,” Bai Bingwen said.
Though he wanted to ask more, he couldn't. At last, the husband of Bai Xiao Feng walked off the cooking space with questions stored in his head.
After finishing cooking, Bai Bingwen brought the food to his room and put it on the table.
Yang Ying came to eat while her master sat next to her. Actually the cook of her master was good, but since her mind was not stable and confused, she just took a bite then she dropped the chopsticks and got up from her seat. At once Bai Bingwen called, “Where are you going?”
“I go to wait for junior master,” Yang Ying said. When she was about to walk towards the door, Bai Bingwen caught her arm.
“Let go of my hand,” she said. “I came here for too long. If the junior master comes, he will not see me.”
“Yang Ying, wake up. Don't hurt yourself like this.”
Though Yang Ying struggled to go.
“Let me go. I have to go to junior master. He promised that he will not abandon me, he said he will return, he said he will take me to a far distance and happy place to live together. I have to wait for him. He will come back to take me. I believe he will come.”
“Yang Ying,” Bai Bingwen tried to calm her down; nonetheless she didn't listen and tried to remove his hand from her arm.
“Let me go. Let me go.”
She fought stronger and stronger. In addition her eyes began to get wet and her voice seemed to be sobbing. Seeing that, Bai Bingwen felt his heart was broken. Automatically, he pulled her in a sudden to his chest and he wrapped his arms around her body.
The lost warmth seemed to come around. Naturally, tears fell down the cheeks along with a sobbing voice that came out of the sorrowful heart of the poor girl.
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Because he didn't often see his senior cooking, Gao Zhang Shan was worried his senior might not be well. So the next morning, he got up early and went to his senior’s room. As he opened the door, he was surprised to see Bai Bingwen sleeping on the bed and hugging Yang Ying. Though both of them were having clothes, Gao Zhang Shan felt shy, therefore, he hurriedly locked the door and went back to his room.
“Have you met senior?” Bai Xiao Feng asked.
“Not yet,” Gao Zhang Shan said.
“Is he busy?”
Gao Zhang Shan didn't answer.
“Anything wrong?”
Gao Zhang Shan took a wind and then spoke up, “When I got in his room, I saw Yang Ying and he were sleeping on the same bed.”
However Bai Xiao Feng didn't express surprise. Seeing that Gao Zhang Shan shrank his eyes, “You knew it.”
“The same as fourth senior’s case, I just found out recently,” Bai Xiao Feng claimed.
“How do you find out?”
“When you brought Yang Ying to our sect, I saw second senior and fourth senior watched her without dropping an eye. At that time I didn't think about it. Then on the day of our sect ceremony, when I took cakes to Yang Ying, a student ran to inform about the devil sect’s attack. I met second senior and fourth senior there. Why were they present there? You think!” Bai Xiao Feng looked at her husband.
“It could be coincidences,” Gao Zhang Shan said.
“Well, did you remember the day we found fourth senior betrayed us? When second senior heard Yang Ying was kidnapped, he was anxious at once. That time it was because he was wounded. If he was not, I bet he would go to devil sect to take Yang Ying back.”
What his wife said, Gao Zhang Shan thought it seemed to be correct.
“Last night when I left the east library with Xiao Fei and Guo Ju, I saw second senior was over there too. And today you told me Yang Ying is in his room and his bed. So I don't need to doubt anymore.”
“If he loves her, why didn't he allow you to take her as your student, to keep her near him?”
“I didn't understand but now I understand. I am in the middle palace. He is in the middle palace too. If Yang Ying became my student, it was like she was his student. If she was his student, he could not love her. Only if he sent her to another palace, he can marry her because Yang Ying is the disciple of purple jade sect but not the student of the middle palace.”
“I see.” Gao Zhang Shan wagged his head. “Master wrote the rule that master can't have a relationship with their own student. So if anyone raises this point, he can respond by saying that Yang Ying is student of third senior, means she is not his own student, so they are not wrong to the rule.”
“Correct.”
“Wow, senior is smart.”
“That’s why the master raised him to be the leader of the sect.”
“But Yang Ying loves Gong Xun, then…”
Bai Xiao Feng exhaled. “This time second senior needs to work hard.”
“He is great. I think he will be able to make her love him.”
“Do you agree with them being together?”
“Why not? We already saw it. Because of that rule, how many people died? And the living people are living unhappily. Rule is dead, humans are alive. The rule should be set to make people live happily. If it makes people unhappy or causes damage towards people, change it. Second senior sacrifices a lot for our sect. He should do some for himself. I believe master would agree if he was still alive - because he loves us, he wants all of us to be happy. That year, I think, he was sad and regretted, too, or he would not change that point and put it the last in the book of rules of the sect.”
From ear to ear, Bai Xiao Feng expanded her lips. She had to be happy since her husband was a good heart and wide minded man.
Not only this couple but also the students could sense the feeling of their top master on the young Yang Ying. However they didn't say or discuss it.
Only Yang Ying herself didn't notice anything. She stayed in the room with Bai Bingwen. She ate and drank, but not too much; however, she still didn't talk and daily she kept herself in the room.
Seeing that, Bai Bingwen told other students to take her outside. He also gave them a day off to have fun. Even Xiao Fei and Guo Ju also participated. That brought better feelings towards the girl. She enjoyed time with her not-blood-siblings.
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