Li Muyang’s question seemed to freeze the air.
The girl under the setting sun was dusty and exhausted, carrying a large and small bundle of luggage.
Upon hearing Li Muyang’s soul-searching question, the girl’s eyes suddenly widened.
“Pretending not to recognize me?”
“Brother, I’m your sister Li Yuechan! Didn’t I write to you before, saying that Ning sister and I were going to join the Refinement Demon Sect?”
The girl huffed at Li Muyang, “On the way here, I told Ning sister that you would surely come to meet us, but we waited at the Flying Boat pier for a long time, and you didn’t show up.”
“Ning sister got so angry that she left on her own, and now it’s a disaster. You’ve made Ning sister angry, and she definitely won’t pay you any mind for many days to come!”
While putting down her large and small bags, the girl threatened Li Muyang.
And her words finally awakened Li Muyang’s memories.
It seems… there was such a matter.
The little sister of this world had written a letter to the family before, mentioning she and the young Miss Ning from Jiuyuan City were coming to the Refinement Demon Sect.
And the original person was this Miss Ning’s devoted follower.
If it was the previous Li Muyang, upon hearing Miss Ning was angry, he would certainly have been so anxious, jumping up immediately to find Miss Ning and beg for forgiveness.
But the present Li Muyang remained silent, his suspicious gaze sweeping over the girl in front of him, full of doubt.
“You are… Yu Chan?”
Li Muyang’s expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
Although in the memory of the original body there was Li Yuechan’s appearance, that Li Yuechan was only as tall as Li Muyang’s chest, with her hair messy and tied up in a bundle, liking to wear boy’s clothes, and following Li Damu to learn martial arts every day, showing a tomboyish air at a young age.
But the girl in front of him, in a light-green cyan dress, outlined a slender figure.
Her delicate waist entered Li Muyang’s field of vision like a carver’s knife.
Her hair was neatly combed and fastened with a small green wooden hairpin, a hairstyle commonly seen among maidens of marriageable age.
No matter how you looked at it, the girl in front of him was a lively and adorable, delicate beauty.
——This sweet girl is my cheap sister Li Yuechan?
Li Muyang was a bit stunned.
And when the girl saw Li Muyang’s shocked reaction, she couldn’t help but hum with satisfaction and, feeling proud, twirled on the spot before saying to Li Muyang as if presenting a treasure, “Surprised, huh, brother? I’ve grown up again.”
“It’s been less than half a year since you left home, and I’ve grown this much.”
The girl happily measured her height, clearly very satisfied with Li Muyang’s shock.
Li Muyang just looked at her, falling silent.
They say girls change eighteen times between childhood and womanhood… but this change was too drastic.
It was as if she had been replaced.
This wasn’t a tomboy at all, but a sweet and adorable girl.
But after a long silence, Li Muyang squeezed out a lukewarm sentence.
“Why did you come here?”
The original owner had a very poor attitude towards this cheap sister. Although Li Muyang didn’t feel any animosity toward her, he couldn’t easily collapse the character set.
So Li Muyang still demonstrated impatience, faithful to his character set.
However, the girl didn’t catch Li Muyang’s signal of disdain and went on talking about herself.
“The journey here was so tiring, and you wouldn’t come to pick me up, brother. I walked a long way and asked many people before finally finding this place.”
“I heard that you have now reached the Third Layer of Qi Refining, and to achieve this level of cultivation within two months of entry, they all say you have great potential!”
The girl squatted down, rummaged through her bags, and finally pulled out a food container filled with cakes and food.
“This is what aunt prepared for you. You’ve been away for several months and didn’t even send a letter back home; aunt cries every day, wiping tears alone at night.”
“Oh, Second Uncle was really angry with you,” she said. “He told me to hit you first when I get to the Refinement Demon Sect.”
“He said if you dare to return to Jiuyuan City and he bumps into you, he’ll break your legs!”
“Right, I bought these on the way. They say you can only find them at White Crane Ridge. I tried them, and they’re really tasty. Brother, do you want to try?”
The girl excitedly rummaged through her baggage, then held out four or five yellow-orange, odd fruits to Li Muyang, her eyes full of anticipation.
The girl’s enthusiastic and friendly demeanor threw Li Muyang off balance.
Even though he had told himself to stay true to his persona, to disdain his cheap little sister, he couldn’t bring himself to be harsh with her.
But there she was, standing in the sunset, her figure burdened with bags big and small, her face showing signs of fatigue from her journey, yet still eagerly sharing her food with him at first opportunity…
Li Muyang found that his heart wasn’t as hard as he imagined; he simply couldn’t bring himself to be fierce.
Moreover, the things the girl said had landed critical hits on him.
Though he felt no real emotion towards the parents in this world, hearing Li Yuechan mention the biological parents from Jiuyuan City made Li Muyang strangely sentimental, reminding him of his own parents back on Earth.
The biological parents in Jiuyuan City still held out hope that one day their son would grow up and return home, sensible at last.
But my parents on Earth…
Sigh… don’t kill me with the knife of kinship, please!
Li Muyang suddenly felt emo.
This cheap little sister of his was truly shrewd.
After her combination of punches, even the original Li Muyang, if he were here, probably wouldn’t have been able to keep a straight face and get angry.
In the end, Li Muyang “reluctantly” brought the girl to the deserted and empty house and asked her to sit down.
“Rest for a bit then get lost,” Li Muyang said expressionlessly. “Later, go report to the steward yourself.”
“You’re now an Outer Sect Disciple of the Refinement Demon Sect as well. You can get a place of your own and ask the steward for a bag of Spirit Rice and a copy of the ‘Demon Heart Bone Refining Technique.’
“Since the Sect’s main gate is open now, you don’t need to work, and you can play around for a month. But after a month, you’ll need to start doing chores and working.”
Li Muyang simply told the girl some of the things she needed to be aware of in the Outer Sect.
Seeing that this cheap little sister didn’t seem like the naive and sweet type, Li Muyang wasn’t worried about her safety.
The girl obediently sat inside the tiled house, looking around curiously.
“Brother, do you live here all by yourself? Why did you come out to live alone, did you offend someone in the Sect?”
Li Yuechan asked, her face full of curiosity.
Li Muyang glanced at her with no pleasant expression and said, “Rest a while then hurry up and leave. What does my business have to do with you?”
The girl wasn’t upset despite his harsh tone.
She stuck out her tongue and mumbled lowly.
“All grumpy… Don’t forget, you forgot about me and Sister Ning today, and she’s really mad.”
“If you don’t go and apologize to her, she’ll definitely ignore you.”
The girl brought up the matter again.
Li Muyang, however, glanced at her coldly and said, “I’ve stopped caring about Miss Ning already.”
“In the time I’ve been at the Refinement Demon Sect, I’ve come to a realization. I, Li Muyang, am destined to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and ascend to even greater heights.”
“A mere woman would only slow down my cultivation pace; I’m no longer interested in women.”
“It’s none of my concern if Miss Ning is angry. You too, stay away from me and don’t bother me in the future.”
Li Muyang’s attitude was terrible, hoping that the girl would leave soon and stop interrupting his gaming.
But when Li Yuechan heard his speech full of adolescent pretentiousness, she just nodded with a giggling smile.
“That’s my brother, always the familiar flavor.”
“Fine! Since you’re so spirited, brother, I’ll listen to you and not go apologize to Miss Ning on your behalf.”