Chapter 288

In the year and a half since the Heavenly Dao Assembly, Yuan Caiwei has been staying at Danshan, helping Yuanchen control the Sacred Artifact.

During this time, she walked into the courtyard wearing a purple shirt dress; her figure looked much slimmer, her waist was more slender than before, and she carried the beauty of an ice-snow hibiscus under the ice and snow.

She arrived in Shengjing in the early morning; after delivering the pills to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, she rested briefly and went to Ji You's courtyard, but didn't find anyone.

Later, it was the disciple guarding the mountain gate who sent her a message, saying that Ji You was currently living at the Wulu Chamber of Commerce, so she brought her younger brother here.

In fact, on the way here, she had already anticipated that Yan Shuyi would be there, so she already had some psychological preparation.

Actually, Yan Shuyi was the same, knowing that her plastic sister always wanted to find an opportunity to steal a man, and had even secretly gone to Ji Village behind her back, so she wasn't surprised by her arrival.

However, although both knew, they both pretended not to understand.

"Sister Caiwei is here again?"

"The New Year is approaching; my younger brother and I came to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to deliver pills, and knowing that Sister Inspector would be here with Young Master Ji, I came to see you by the way."

Ding Yao looked at her own Inspector, thinking to herself, see, even Miss Yuan knows you want to stick to the Young Master; you don't need to ask to know you would be here.

Yan Shuyi felt she was being treated as a petty woman who looked forward to finding her sweetheart every day, and her eyes couldn't help but squint.

And Wei Rui was stunned for a moment, thinking how there were two sisters, then heard Zhuo Wanqiu whispering a few words in her ear.

After sending Ji You into the Sages' Holy Land, Yuan Caiwei had secretly run to Fengzhou, only to run into Yan Shuyi, who wanted to hear Fengzhou people call her Mrs. Ji.

The two women, each with a basket full of tricks, stayed in Ji Village for a day just like that.

During this time, Yan Shuyi always called Yuan Caiwei "guest, guest," and Yuan Caiwei was unconvinced, so she started calling her "sister, sister."

The only one who was hurt was Yuanchen, who was truly treated as a guest.

The daughter of the Pill Sect is older than the Little Inspector of Lingjian Mountain; by logic, she is the sister, but calling Yan Shuyi "sister" was the title she secretly wanted to marry into.

And Yan Shuyi, with her little face tightened, calling her "sister," was just like when she said she was a guest, her intent to protect her food was undisguised.

However, the Little Inspector actually knew in her heart that she probably wouldn't be able to handle it alone in the future, even if Ding Yao was added, it might not work; at that time, Yuan Caiwei might be a savior to share the firepower, so she was slightly restrained.

Sure enough, in the end, one must have a good body!

Ji You stood up and went into the room, took stools and handed them to the two, telling the siblings to sit down, then sized up Yuanchen, finding that he, like Yuan Caiwei, had lost a lot of weight.

"Is Yuanchen not getting enough to eat on the mountain?"

Yuan Caiwei looked at Yuanchen: "My younger brother is not controlling the Sacred Artifact smoothly, so Father doesn't give him food..."

Ji You looked at her again: "Then why has Miss Yuan also lost weight?"

Yuanchen spoke immediately after hearing this: "Sister has a dark face all day long, and when she sees I can't do it, she gets so angry she can't eat; she even stares at me while I'm being punished by kneeling; Brother-in-law, don't be fooled by my sister's gentle appearance today."

Yuan Caiwei was learning to make flower lanterns from the girls at the table, as natural as if she were home; hearing her younger brother's complaint, she couldn't help but reveal a cold look.

Yuanchen hid beside Ji You, thinking to himself, it's enough that you are fierce on the mountain, be careful of being spanked by Brother-in-law for being fierce here.

Usually on the mountain, Yuanchen often said that when he saw Ji You, he would let Brother-in-law spank him, so although he only muttered it in his heart, Yuan Caiwei knew what her younger brother was planning.

At this time, the sky was getting dark.

Several women were making flower lanterns, and curling smoke began to rise from the backyard, mixing into the white sky.

Ji You was already making a fire to cook, stir-frying the cured meat in the iron pot.

And while he was stir-frying, from time to time, conversations with the taste of plastic sisters between Yan Shuyi and Yuan Caiwei came to his ears.

The tsundere ghost asked nonchalantly, since the Pill Sect's pills had been delivered, whether the sister was going back today or tomorrow.

Yuan Caiwei's answer was, in reply to Sister, the mountain is boring, and the younger sister plans to finish the New Year here before going back.

Although the Pill Sect does not cultivate immortal methods, the days of refining pills are equally boring; Yuan Caiwei hadn't been down the mountain for a year and a half, and this time coming to Shengjing, she also planned to have a good rest.

To tell the truth, although she was stared at with vigilance by her Inspector sister last time she hid away for the winter and couldn't do anything with Ji You, she extremely liked those lively and leisurely days, except for the incident where they lost their younger brother because the three of them went to the lantern festival.

Yan Shuyi then pretended to ask unintentionally if she had a place to stay, and Yuan Caiwei said the backyard of the Wulu Chamber of Commerce looked quite large.

Thus, Ji You, stir-frying by the stove, could feel the sword energy rising and falling at any time.

It wasn't until the Wei hour that the gate of the small courtyard was pushed open again, and Xiang Kuangcheng, wearing a cotton robe, walked in from outside the gate.

It was rare to be lively today, and with Wei Rui there, Ji You sent a clerk from the Wulu Chamber of Commerce to send a message to Xiang Kuangcheng, asking him to come for a small gathering.

After Xiang Kuangcheng entered the gate, he was somewhat surprised to see Wei Rui: "Why is Miss Rui'er here too?"

"I was afraid Sister Yan would really cut off all love and desire, so I decided to come and persuade Young Master Ji to be more proactive; as a result, as soon as I entered, I found Sister Yan making paper lanterns with Young Master Ji, and after finishing, she even asked for praise..."

"There's such a thing..."

"Sister Yan is also too good at lying."

Xiang Kuangcheng's mouth twitched: "I told you not to worry, but why is Miss Yuan here too?"

Wei Rui couldn't help but lower her voice: "Same as that time, here to find Young Master Ji; Sister Yan is jealous."

Xiang Kuangcheng looked at the cold and peerless Immortal Yan and the murmuring daughter of the Pill Sect, and couldn't help but sigh that a good body conquers the world.

Afterward, he rolled up his sleeves and, like Yuanchen who was burning the fire to avoid the "war of the two sisters," began to help Ji You.

After one dish after another was stir-fried, Ji You carried the plates into the room.

At this time, the Little Inspector of Lingjian Mountain stood up from the tea pavilion, followed into the room with a cold expression, and stared at him for a long time.

Ji You reached out and pinched a piece of meat, feeding it into Yan Shuyi's moist mouth: "Dinner is almost ready, go wash your hands."

The Little Inspector gave him a cold look, then went out to wash her hands obediently.

Yuan Caiwei, like Yan Shuyi, also stood up at a glance from Ji You and bathed her hands in a basin of warm water.

Dinner took place among the warm candlelight; the sky was not yet dark, but the snow outside the window began to fall more tightly.

Yuanchen was clearly starving, his chopsticks didn't stop, exclaiming that Brother-in-law's cooking was good and he wanted to eat it every day, causing everyone to turn their heads to look at him, unable to help but mutter "silly boy" in their hearts.

Because among this table, except for Xiang Kuangcheng and Wei Rui, he was probably the most authentic guest.

After dinner, Yuan Caiwei looked at the falling snow outside the window, pondering whether she could stay; as a result, before she could think of how to speak, she was pulled back to the Wei family's detached residence by Yan Shuyi, who had "accidentally encountered the friend of Rui'er's sweetheart and came to eat a meal."

In fact, seeing Yuan Caiwei come to find Ji You this time, the Little Inspector's jealousy and vigilance were not as much as last time.

Because she hadn't seen it last time, but she had seen it this time; it would be fatal, and she didn't dare to do it herself, so she felt Yuan Caiwei wouldn't dare either.

However, she was afraid that Yuan Caiwei might really dare, so she chose a safe approach and took her back.

On the snowy night, Yuan Caiwei was arranged in the bedroom of the east wing of the detached residence.

The Wei family's detached residence uses a "ground dragon," which is a fire channel dug under the house; the smoke from burning firewood circulates through the fire channel, thereby bringing heat into the room.

Besides this method, thick plush carpets were also laid on the floor of the room to keep the heat supplied by the ground dragon from dissipating quickly.

At this time, Yan Shuyi and Yuan Caiwei were sitting on the carpet, their two pairs of snow-white feet facing each other, their pink toes like blooming flower petals.

This scene gave both of them a feeling of spending the winter together on Lingjian Mountain when they were children.

After the body temperature from returning through the snow had eased slightly, Yuan Caiwei, who was looking around the room, suddenly spoke.

"How did Sister Inspector control the Sacred Artifact back then?"

Yan Shuyi came back to her senses after hearing this, her beautiful brows furrowed slightly, and after pondering for a long time, she spoke: "Is Yuanchen truly in trouble?"

Yuan Caiwei hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yuanchen has tried for more than a year, but so far he still cannot awaken the Sacred Artifact; Father is very angry about this, and Yuanchen saying that the family doesn't give him food is not a lie."

For an Immortal Sect, a Sacred Artifact is basically equivalent to a cornerstone; because of the existence of the Sacred Artifact, the Immortal Sect is different from those thousand-year aristocratic families.

If Yuanchen cannot control the Sacred Artifact, the Pill Sect will likely face a situation like Lingjian Mountain, and even because the Pill Sect does not cultivate immortal methods and has no combat power, the situation might be even worse.

Only she, her father, and Yuanchen know about this matter, because everyone knows that if the Pill Sect's direct descendant cannot control the Sacred Artifact, the impact will be enormous.

But she can tell Yan Shuyi, because in her view, they are family.

So Yuan Caiwei's remark yesterday was not false; she indeed knew Yan Shuyi would stick to Ji You, so she came to see her specifically.

"Sister Inspector is the only one among the direct disciples of this generation who has successfully controlled the Sacred Artifact, so I think Sister might have a way."

Yan Shuyi felt her eyelashes tremble slightly as she listened to her calling her sister one after another: "Although the Pill Sect's pill arts and the immortal path come from the same source, they are ultimately different; besides, the Spirit Inspector took the initiative to see me back then, which is not quite the same as Yuanchen's current situation."