Chapter 117: Snack?

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  After putting down the worries in her heart, Yuanyang continued to ask Qingjin: "Then master, next time Wangye comes..."

  "You don't have to worry about this, just do nothing." Qingjin interrupted Yuanyang's words.

  "Master?" Hearing Qingjin's words, Yuanyang called out in some confusion.

  "You won't forget my identity, will you? I am now the concubine of Jing Wang." Qing Jin said softly with her back to Yuanyang, looking out at the night scenery.

  "But Master, you didn't want to be with Jing Wang..." Yuanyang said hesitantly, she really couldn't understand her own young mistress.

  Upon hearing Yuanyang's words, Qingjin didn't turn around, but instead smiled lightly and spoke to Yuanyang: "Yuanyang, do you know? Humans are a very strange species. When they possess something, they don't cherish it at all. It isn't until the day they suddenly lose it that they realize its preciousness and beauty. Then, they exhaust their minds, grieve, and seek out gods and Buddhas, hoping to have another chance to hold onto that thing... For example, she was living a good life in modern times, seeing various kinds of time-traveling stories, envying and praying for it, hoping that one day she could also travel through time. Now, she's only just realized how peaceful and beautiful her past life was, but unfortunately, she can't go back. Even rebirth is rebirth into this unfamiliar era."

  A bitter taste spread across her lips, Qing Jin continued to speak: “...And also, people all have a bad habit, things that are easily obtained will never be cherished, but instead they like to pursue those things that don't belong to them, the things they can't get...You offer it to him willingly, but he doesn't want it and isn't interested, but in the end he comes back to ask you for it...This behavior is described by a phrase called 'offending one's own dignity'. However, for each person, making this mistake once in a lifetime is enough. When young, they don't understand, thinking that as long as they persist, everything can be changed, but forgetting that some things are not yours and will never be yours...”

  Yuanyang listened quietly to Qingjin's words, pondering them for a moment in her mind. In the end, she couldn't understand, so she opened her mouth with some disappointment and said: "I don't understand!"

  Hearing the despondency in Yuanyang's tone, Qingjin turned her head and smiled brightly at Yuanyang, saying: "......Not understanding is good."

  "Master..." The Mandarin duck's voice was somewhat discontentedly angry.

  Qing Jin detected the annoyance in Yuanyang's tone and looked up at her, saying: "Don't worry, I'll say something you understand next. Now that I've entered the Jing Wang Fu as a side consort, this kind of thing is unavoidable..." Although she said so, Qing Jin couldn't help but furrow her brow.

  Seeing Qingjin furrowing her brow, Yuanyang hastily spoke up: "But, Master... we aren't..."

  "Don't worry, I have my own thoughts. Sometimes it's not because the man really likes you or whatever, but just because of your rejection. Maybe that would become an important reason for him to not let go..." Qingjin said calmly to Yuanyang.

  "Master, aren't you leaving yet?" Yuanyang finally couldn't help but ask out loud, and only after asking did she realize what she had said with the words hidden in her heart, wanting to take them back, but instead looked at Qingjin with some expectation.

  "Did you notice?" Qing Jin's eyes flashed as she looked at Yuanyang.

  The mandarin ducks nodded silently at Qingjin.

  Seeing the Mandarin duck nodding, Qingjin let out a silent sigh and then said to the Mandarin duck: "You're indeed worthy of following me for so many years. At first, I did have this idea, but there was no opportunity, and the situation wasn't right. Now that we've entered the Jing Wang Fu, wanting to leave is even more difficult, not to mention the An Ji Hou Fu..." As she said this, Qingjin couldn't help but feel melancholy.

  Hearing the melancholy in Qingjin's tone, Yuanyang spoke up: "It's this servant's fault for bringing up these matters and causing Master to feel sad. If Master doesn't want to be upset, Yuanyang won't ask anything else. However, Miss had promised Yuanyang that no matter where she goes, she will definitely bring Yuanyang along." After finishing speaking, she looked at Qingjin seriously.

  Qing Jin received the gaze of Yuanyang, smiled helplessly at Yuanyang and said: "Silly girl... don't worry, I promised you, I will bring you with me."

  Yuanyang heard Qingjin's words and immediately responded with satisfaction: "Yuanyang thanks Master."

  "All right, it's getting late, you go out and let someone lock the door, let everyone rest!" Qingjin instructed Yuanyang.

  "Yes, master!" Hearing Qingjin's order, Yuanyang bowed and walked to the door. When she got there, she still couldn't help but stop and ask, "...Master, what if Prince Wang comes?"

  Qing Jin heard Yuanyang's words and said to Yuanyang, "Don't worry, at this time, no one has come to report, so they must not be coming. Just tell someone to lock up."

  Upon hearing Qingjin's words, Yuanyang Fu walked out.

  Before long, the gate of Liuyun Courtyard was closed and everyone returned to rest according to Yuanyang's instructions.

  Yuan Yang arranged everything for everyone, then came to Qing Jin's room. Qing Jin was reading a book on the couch at this time. Seeing Yuan Yang come in, she spoke to Yuan Yang: "You don't have to attend to me either, go back and rest!"

  "How can this be? Yuanyang is the master's personal maid, now everyone has rested, if the master wants to drink tea or something, how can there be no one in front?"

  After hearing Yuanyang's words, Qingjin didn't say anything else. She withdrew her gaze from Yuanyang and seriously looked at the book in her hand, but somehow she couldn't focus. As she looked on, her mind kept wandering, feeling that her heart was not there. Qingjin also stopped forcing herself, closed the book in her hand, and handed it to Yuanyang beside her.

  Yuan took the book handed over by Qingjin and asked inexplicably: "What's wrong with Master? Don't you want to read it?"

  "Uh, I'm a bit tired, I think I'll go to bed early, you should too!" Qingjin said softly to Yuanyang.

  "That slave will wait on her master until he falls asleep before returning to her room."

  Qingjin nodded towards Yuanyang.

  The mandarin duck left Qingjin's room after serving Qingjin who was lying on the bed.

  Qingjin opened her eyes after Yuanyang left, gazing at the bed curtains above her head, feeling wide awake, and quietly waited for Yun Ning to fall asleep before drifting off herself.

  After a while, when she finally felt some drowsiness and was about to fall asleep, a thought clearly emerged in Qingjin's mind: stupid woman.

  Upon hearing that stupid woman, Qingjin's gaze swept around the room in a circle, everything was still there, Qingjin thought she had misheard and was about to close her eyes and fall asleep when that voice echoed again: Stupid woman!

  Qing Jin suddenly felt it, and it was absolutely not the reason for her distraction. She sat up abruptly from the couch, cautiously staring around the room, on guard as she asked, "Who is it?"

  "Stupid woman!" No sound was heard, but the consciousness clearly reached Qingjin's mind.

  Qing Jin said incredulously: "Man-eating flower?"

  When Qingjin clearly spoke out these three words, that consciousness paused for a moment before echoing again in Qingjin's mind: "It's Ben Hua."

  Upon hearing this response, Qing Jin's eyes flashed with joy and excitement as she spoke to the consciousness: "It really is you! Xiao Shi, wasn't it that day when you were struck by lightning? I didn't expect you to be alive, it's truly great!"

  Upon hearing Qingjin's words, Xiaoshi's consciousness once again echoed in Qingjin's mind, but this time with a hint of anger. "You still dare to mention this, if it weren't for you, this flower wouldn't have been struck by lightning."

  The furious tone of the man-eating flower was also sensed by Qing Jin, who asked in some confusion: "What do you mean? What does your being struck by lightning that day have to do with me?"

  Upon hearing Qing Jin's incomprehensible words, the Man-Eating Flower grew even more enraged, "What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? If it weren't for you..." The sentence trailed off without being finished.

  "What's wrong with me?" Qingjin said, really puzzled.

  "Hmph..." Upon hearing Qing Jin's words, the Man-Eating Flower refused to say another word and only responded with a single syllable.

  Her emotions were still arrogant, seeing the man-eating flower not willing to speak again, Qing Jin didn't force it, but instead changed the subject and asked: "How are you communicating with me through consciousness now? I remember that day you weren't charred to death?"

  "How dare you mention this again?" Upon hearing Qing Jin say that, his consciousness immediately became somewhat flustered.

  Feeling the Cannibal Plant's desperation, Qing Jin immediately changed her tone: "Alright, alright, I won't mention it again, but you should at least tell me where you are, right?"

  "Hmm..." The sound of discontent was heard, followed by a long silence. There were no special changes in Qingjin's room either.

  After waiting for half a day, Qing Jin didn't see anything unusual in the room and was getting impatient. She spoke to the air, "If you don't come out now, I'm going to sleep."

  Qing Jin thought that after saying this sentence, the man-eating flower should have some reaction, but unexpectedly, after waiting for half a day, the room was still quiet, and the consciousness in her mind did not respond.

  Qing Jin wanted to lie down and sleep, but thinking of something, she still didn't lie down, instead facing the air and continuing to speak: "Xiao Shi, you're so embarrassed to appear, are you afraid that being struck by lightning made you look too ugly, and you're ashamed for me to see your current appearance?"

  After finishing this provocative sentence, there was still no change in the room. Qing Jin felt a bit disinterested and pretended to lie down to sleep, facing the empty room and saying: "Okay, since you're too shy and embarrassed to appear, I won't force you. Isn't it said that being ugly isn't your fault, but scaring people is..."

  Qing Jin's words had not finished, the consciousness belonging to the man-eating flower finally sounded again: "This woman is ugly and stupid." At the same time, a pair of intertwined flower hairpins appeared in front of Qing Jin, shimmering with a pale white light.

  Seeing the suddenly appearing double-flower hairpin, Qing Jin opened her mouth in some disbelief and said: "Xiao Shi?"

  Upon hearing Qingjin's voice, the pair of floating intertwined flower hairpins surrounding her body flashed with a soft white glow. Qingjin immediately understood that this was the current appearance of the man-eating flower and opened her mouth in surprise, saying: "No way, Xiao Shi, is this your current form? You're not a flower, so why have you transformed into a hairpin?"

  Upon hearing Qingjin's words, the white light surrounding the floating double lotus hairpin flashed angrily and seemed to be about to disappear.