After the hot - spring incident.
Zhao Shuning could clearly feel that her relationship with Bu Ran seemed to have taken another step forward.
However, since that night.
Yan Ruyu had become extremely busy again.
Zhao Shuning was not idle either. She had been running around in Qingyun Country, collecting precious medicinal herbs. By now, her spiritual power had reached the eighth stage, but her mental power had been stuck at the end of the seventh rank.
She had been working hard on cultivation, but there had been no significant improvement.
So, she thought about using pills to see if she could break through to the eighth rank all at once.
She had had this idea for a long time.
It could be said that from the moment Zhao Shuning woke up, she had been dissatisfied with her own mental - power cultivation.
Fortunately, her days of running around had paid off.
By today, she had collected no less than a hundred spiritual herbs.
A month passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, Zhao Shuning had just refined the spiritual pill. She was thinking that after taking it and with the help of her spiritual power, she might be able to figure out the key to the eighth rank of mental power.
Maybe by the time Bu Ran and the others returned from Yunchao Country, she would have already broken through to the eighth rank.
" Ning'er."
" Sister - in - law."
Feng Lingtong and Yan Ruyu spoke in unison.
Zhao Shuning turned around.
" Bu Ran, are you and Sister here to say goodbye to me?"
" Say goodbye? Little girl, aren't you going with us?" Feng Zhan was a bit dissatisfied.
Then he said to Yan Ruyu, " You didn't tell her, did you?"
" Tell her what?" Yan Ruyu was confused.
" Take this little girl back to pay respects to our parents. It's been a thousand years. It's time you took her back."
Coming to his senses.
Bu Ran said, " Ning'er, would you...?"
" Sister, aren't the people who go back with you supposed to be your family?"
" Aren't you?"
Zhao Shuning asked doubtfully, " Am I... already one now?"
" Of course!"
Yan Ruyu said, " Ning'er, would you like to go back to Yunchao Country with me? Don't worry, I'll send you back soon."
Zhao Shuning nodded frantically.
Of course she would like to!
Previously, Bu Ran had only taken her to the Charm Forest. That was not the place where their parents were buried. As their daughter - in - law, she should go and pay respects to them in front of the imperial mausoleum in person.
" Then get ready. Let's go together."
Zhao Shuning quickly said, " I don't need to prepare anything. I can go right now."
Such an eager expression gave Yan Ruyu a great sense of security.
" Sister, aren't you taking anyone back with you?"
" Who should I take?"
" Su Mu."
" Su Mu never told me he wanted to go back with me."
Feng Zhan tilted his mouth in Zhao Shuning's direction.
Feng Lingtong immediately understood.
Just like Zhao Shuning, who had such a close relationship with Bu Ran, but since Bu Ran hadn't clearly said he would take her back to Yunchao Country, she hadn't brought it up either.
Not to mention Su Mu.
Feng Zhan said, " I'm afraid right now, Su Mu is having a hard time eating and sleeping, wondering if you'll really not come back after you go back and have a bunch of kids there."
" A Zhan, stop being so glib!"
" I'll shut up."
Feng Lingtong was deep in thought.
Yan Ruyu hugged Zhao Shuning and said to Feng Lingtong, " Sister, you have to think it over. With my ability, it's extremely difficult to return to Yunchao Country at any time. If we miss this opportunity, it will be even harder for Su Mu to go back with you."
Zhao Shuning looked up in astonishment.
Was it so difficult to escort someone to another plane?
Then more than a month ago, Bu Ran had taken her...
Thinking of this, Zhao Shuning felt even happier. Leaning in Yan Ruyu's embrace, she looked so sweet.
" Yes, sister, you have to think it over. If it weren't for Xiao Jiu coming here and telling us the mystery, we might not even have the chance to return to Yunchao Country now."
Speaking of this, they really should thank Shi Jiu.
Shi Jiu had shed all her magical power to come to this plane and solve the three siblings' predicament, and had become an ordinary person.
If they seized the opportunity, they could be transported back to their original plane.
Feng Lingtong was still a bit hesitant.
After all, she and Su Mu really hadn't reached that stage yet.
Su Mu was an extremely elegant and gentle man. He handled national affairs meticulously, but when facing Feng Lingtong, he always kept a certain distance deliberately. Whenever Feng Lingtong looked at him, his eyes would always dodge involuntarily.
However, over the years, no one could match his thoughtfulness towards Feng Lingtong.
Feng Lingtong knew Su Mu's feelings.
But since Su Mu never said it out loud, she thought it was okay to live like this. She was a woman, and it would be against the etiquette of the boudoir to make the first move.
Although Feng Lingtong and Feng Zhan were twins, they had lived in different environments since childhood. For example, Feng Zhan had lived in the village with the doctor who had saved their mother since he was born. So his life had been unrestrained and leisurely. Even now, although Feng Zhan liked Shi Jiu, he didn't want to be tied down by this relationship and still wanted to live a carefree life.
But Feng Lingtong was different.
When she was born.
Because their mother had disappeared, her father didn't treat her well and rarely met her. But she was the only eldest princess of Yunchao Country and the only little charm - mistress of the Charm Forest. Both the Yun Princess - Dowager and the You Fairy had been extremely strict in cultivating Feng Lingtong.
If we talked about the elegance of a great family and the etiquette of the boudoir, there were probably only a few people in the world who could outshine Feng Lingtong.
It was precisely because of such upbringing that even though Feng Lingtong had fallen in love with Su Mu, she would never say that she liked him before Su Mu did.
" Sister, time waits for no one. You'd better make up your mind. Are you taking Su Mu or not?" Feng Zhan urged.
Feng Zhan had a good impression of Su Mu. Although Su Mu was in poor health, he was an upright man and did things very carefully. Most importantly, he was truly good to his sister.
Zhao Shuning said, " Is the relationship between Sister and Su Mu the same as that between me and Bu Ran?"
Yan Ruyu smiled.
Looking at Feng Lingtong, she said, " Ning'er, you have to ask Sister about this."
" Sister, do you like Su Mu?"
Feng Lingtong said, " It's still too early to say I like him. I can only say that I have a good impression of him."
" That's really unbelievable."
" Why?"
" If I were Su Mu, I'm afraid I'd dream that someone like Sister would surely look down on me."
Yan Ruyu laughed.
" What are you thinking with that little head of yours?"
Feng Lingtong said, " Little Ningning, if you like someone, would you say it out loud?"
Zhao Shuning replied, " Of course. When I was with Bu Ran, he was still my master. I fell in love with him first. At first, I didn't have any hope, thinking that master would never like me. But I'm not the kind of person who gives up easily. Since master didn't accept me, I just stuck by his side and kept telling him I liked him. Mmm - mmm - mmm—"
Yan Ruyu covered Zhao Shuning's mouth.
The smile at the corner of her eyes made Feng Zhan turn his head away.
Come on.
If you two want to show your affection, can you find another place? It's illegal to be so lovey - dovey in broad daylight.