He knew early on that the person in the courtyard was Li Qiuyun. At that time, he had granted the array permissions of Luoli Courtyard to Li Qiuyun to facilitate her visits.
Li Qiuyun was frustrated: "Uncle Chen! You are a Foundation Establishment Cultivator! Why would I hold back?"
However, seeing that Uncle Chen was safe and sound, she was ultimately delighted.
Seeing the man’s smiling face, the young girl’s heart was filled with words, wanting to share everything that happened in the past six months with him, slowly and one by one.
She watched as the master and Li Qiuyun conversed happily.
A little girl was about to explode! She was about to turn into a little pufferfish.
She couldn’t hold it any longer!
She had endured for a day!
"Master!"
The little girl huffed and puffed, rushed to stand in front of her master, lifting her flushed little face, and accused,
"What are you looking at! Just because her legs are a bit long! Master, what do you mean by that!"
As she spoke, she turned and glared angrily at Li Qiuyun’s pair of slender, beautiful legs: "Qing Jun will grow tall too! Taller than her!"
Li Qiuyun was baffled by Qing Jun’s sudden hostility.
But when she saw Uncle Chen’s somewhat embarrassed expression, she finally realized.
Did Uncle Chen just... look? She awkwardly adjusted her legs.
Chen Ye was furious, this little girl didn’t save any face for her master.
He reached out to knock on the little girl’s forehead: "Qing Jun! What nonsense are you spouting!"
"I’m not talking nonsense!"
Qing Jun held her head, hiding behind her senior sister, only poking out half of her little head, continuing to shout indignantly.
Zhiwei sighed helplessly, smiled apologetically at Li Qiuyun.
Li Qiuyun was too happy to be bothered with Qing Jun.
She took a deep breath, smiling: "Qing Jun is just not grown up yet... Uncle Chen, quickly come in with everyone."
Saying that, she enthusiastically led everyone into the courtyard, making Chen Ye seem like the guest.
It was at this moment that Li Qiuyun’s gaze finally landed on the two unfamiliar figures behind Chen Ye.
"Who are these two...?" she asked with curiosity.
The black-haired girl was pushing a wheelchair, her gaze fell on Li Qiuyun, focusing on her Sect Disciple attire.
So, she was just an Inner Sect Disciple.
But so what?
Earlier, there were dozens of Inner Sect Disciples saluting the master outside.
She was the young master’s personal maid, and also the elder sister of the master’s disciple...
Gradually, Lin Qiongyu’s mentality subtly swelled. She was inherently a Female Cultivator who liked to climb the social ladder, so this mentality was not surprising.
The girl calmly explained for herself: "This servant, Lin Qiongyu, by the master’s order, serves the day-to-day life of the master and the young master."
Li Qiuyun’s smile froze slightly.
Uncle Chen... wasn’t he not interested in women, when did he get a personal maid?
Actually, Lin Qiongyu was only serving the disciple, but her words easily led to misunderstandings.
Chen Ye saw Li Qiuyun’s stiff smile and immediately realized.
It’s just that Lin Qiongyu usually treated him with such humility that he never thought it was intentional, so he explained:
"You may not know, Qiuyun, but I am often busy with cultivation, so I found someone to take care of the disciple."
After hearing this, Li Qiuyun’s slightly stiff smile finally relaxed.
She glanced at the delicate, beautiful black-haired girl, teasingly said: "Oh? Taking care of the disciple? Uncle Chen, your style is really getting grander. An outsider might think you are hiding a beauty in a golden house."
Chen Ye shook his head helplessly, pointing to the girl in the wheelchair who had been silent all along:
"This is Qiongyu’s younger sister, Lin Jin. She is also my new disciple."
"Third disciple?"
This truly surprised Li Qiuyun.
Her eyes fell on Lin Jin, with a trace of surprise in her gaze.
This girl, with a pale face and empty eyes... strange.
She felt that these sisters were peculiar.
Li Qiuyun smiled kindly at Lin Jin: "Jin’er, you can call me Sister Qiuyun from now on."
Chen Ye worried that Jin’er would ignore her, but unexpectedly, Jin’er raised her eyes slightly and responded with a call to Sister Qiuyun.
Could it be... after reaching Foundation Establishment, his Spiritual Power for healing worked better, and her mental ailment had slightly improved?
"Oh, how obedient."
Li Qiuyun beamed, crouching down to look Lin Jin in the eyes, softly said,
"If there’s anything, you can come to sister anytime."
Lin Jin said nothing more, only nodded lightly again.
Next to them, Qing Jun watched this scene, feeling uncomfortable inside and couldn’t help but let out a small "hmph."
Feigning!
Pretending to be weak in front of the master, bullying the master for being a good person... pff, the master is not a good person! She is taking advantage of the master being a fickle old Taoist!
Acting cute in front of Sister Qiuyun.
The clever little girl immediately saw through Lin Jin!
She glared fiercely at Lin Jin, and Lin Jin, sensing it, lifted her eyes slightly, and a barely discernible sneer appeared on her lips.
"!!"
The little girl was stunned, the little girl was furious!
This was a provocation to her!
Chen Ye, being focused on Jin’er and Li Qiuyun, hadn’t noticed the little disciple’s emotions.
Seeing the atmosphere soften, he called out:
"Alright, alright, don’t stand at the door, come on in."
Only then did everyone enter in single file.
The small courtyard was still the same familiar place, with pear trees blooming year-round, a pond with spiritual fish swimming leisurely, everything was just as it was before.
Qing Jun and Zhiwei, as soon as they entered the courtyard, ran toward their former room, the closest one to the master, fearing someone else might take it.
Chen Ye then began arranging accommodations for the Lin sisters.
The Luoli Courtyard had many rooms, he arranged for Lin Jin to stay in a sunny guest room on the first floor, convenient for her to come and go, and let Lin Qiongyu stay next door.