41 Outcome of a Wager, Traces of an Assassin (1/2)

While Yun Yang was training the Double-headed Elysian Lion for Dong Tianleng, merry shenanigans were taking place elsewhere.

Ji Ling crossed her arms as she looked at her six sisters triumphantly. “Quickly, call me big sister!”

Six girls laid scattered all around the large bed, not unlike roosters that had lost a fight, their gazes soulless and dull. It was a collective look of the disappointment that one experiences when hit hard by reality.

The Silvermoon Celestial Wolf walked around the floor arrogantly.

On one side of the room were six different mystical beast babies that looked listless and crestfallen.

“Little sister Ling, how did you train it?” An older girl among the girls asked with a long face, “How did you get it to be so obedient?”

“Did you just call me little sister?” Ji Ling huffed, “That would be big sister, to you! Are you girls trying to avoid acknowledging your defeat? Unlike you, I’ve always been gracious enough to admit that I’ve lost.”

All six girls sighed, feeling inwardly discontented while looking at the triumphant Ji Ling. “You’re the youngest anyway. We should call you big sisters when we lose, but we’re all older than you! How are we supposed to do that?”

“That’s not my problem, is it? Quickly, call me big sister!” Ji Ling said, practically glowing with glee.

“Alright, but first, you’ll have to tell us what you did with your Silvermoon Celestial Wolf.” The older girl bit her lips and said, “We have three Silvermoon Celestial Wolves here as well, but none of them could compare to yours, in any aspect…”

“Yes, what did you do to it?”

“I bought mine from the same shop as yours, just a little earlier than you did. I didn’t choose yours because I saw the black spot on its ear. Yours was nothing like the others when you bought it but in just these few days, it has surpassed all the others. Little sister Ling, you must be holding onto a secret!”

“Yeah, tell us quick.”

“Tell us and we will call you big sister.”

“We won’t call you that if you don’t tell us.”

“That’s right!.”

Ji Ling raised her chin indignation. “According to the terms of our wager, you girls have lost. Secret? Of course, I have secrets but I can’t tell all of you. I want to keep on being the big sister next year. What would happen then if I were to tell you girls?”

“Sisters, tickle her!”

All six girls charged her at once.

“Eek! Have mercy! You girls – don’t want to call me big sister but… Eek! Have mercy!”

The girls tormented Ji Ling for a while but it was apparent that she was not about to relent. With no other choice left available, they could only let this young girl sit at the main seat in triumph as they unwillingly went forward to bow and greet her, “Big sister!”

“Good! My little sisters are excused.”

Ji Ling’s eyes had already turned into thin crescents from the joy she was experiencing.

All the other girls had their lips pursed in disgruntlement.

“We went to see Young Master Yun yesterday. We had already sent our calling cards to have him wait at home but he was actually missing when we went over]r.” A girl in blue pouted prettily and complained, “What’s so good about him?”

“Right, right. Isn’t he just a young master of Marquis of Heavenly Clouds? Such arrogance!”

“No wonder big sister Ling is angry. Such a boorish man is totally insensible and knows nothing about manners or respecting others.”

“Yeah, even the residence’s butler is so dull and lifeless! My blood boils just by looking at him.”

“Nonetheless, that Young Master Yun has a commendable quality. The fact that he doesn’t have any servants or maids at home would indicate that he is an independent man.”

“Please, that just means he’s poor!”

All the girls heatedly complained about Yun Yang. These girls were all apples of their great families’ eyes; they had never come across anyone who would dare to avoid meeting them. Although Yun Yang had done nothing this time around, he was at the center of a whole torrent of rage and dissatisfaction.

Hearing Yun Yang’s name, Ji Ling kept silent. He had really done it; he had promised success and indeed, she had won a landslide victory.

Moreover, her Silvermoon Celestial Wolf was extraordinary. She could tell as much from her sisters’ conversation. It had only been in his care for just over a day and it had already had a complete transformation.

Remembering her promise to Yun Yang, Ji Ling was troubled once more.

The promise was to give him half of the wager she won, with the right of the first pick. Furthermore, she had to give him a nugget of information… She wondered what sort information he would ask for.

Recalling how Yun Yang had callously chased her out the other day, Ji Ling gritted her teeth in resentment. How she had hoped that she would not need to see this lout, who cared nothing about chivalry, again in her life! However, she had no choice but to send the wager to him, and she had to do it in person because she had a question to answer. That question would be none other than the information she had promised.

Ji Ling was very upset by this. As she her face kept on getting longer and her frowns kept her preoccupied, she did not notice that her sisters had stopped their clamor and were quietly studying her change of expressions while exchanging looks with each other. All of them covered their mouths to prevent overly loud chuckles from escaping.

By the looks of it, this little girl had thoughts weighing her down. Could it be… matters of the heart?

“Sigh…” Ji Ling heaved a long sigh.

She immediately heard six echoing sighs as the girls beside her mimicked her troubled vexations. It was a long and heavy sigh, one filled with the resentment of a young girl.

Then laughter that ensued was deafening.

“You… you girls…”

Ji Ling pointed at them as she stuttered in dismay.

“Oh my, what’s our new big sister thinking about that’s got her so preoccupied?”

“Yeah, our new big sister’s expression looks like she’s longing for something.”

“What longing? She’s obviously thinking of men, yearning to be wedded!”

“Maybe it’s a woman that’s on her mind.”

“*ss! She must be thinking of men.”

“Maybe it’s that Young Master Yun…”

“It could be… As the old saying goes, the person whom a woman could really remember is never the one that could make her smile but one that could anger her and make her cry… so it must be true!”

“Yeah. Looks like our new big sister has found someone to give her affection to already!.”