51 Girlish Notions. A Sense of Familiarity (1/2)

“Well, I walked in, just like that!” Ji Ling turned her head away.

“You walked in… just like that. Silently waiting for me to return.” Yun Yang paced around Ji Ling with his arms behind his back as he clicked his tongue saying, “I must say, Lady Ji’s ability to engage in illicit affairs is highly remarkable.”

“What did you say?” Ji Ling’s initial embarrassment turned into anger as she bared her teeth. “Say it again!” she shouted in as threatening a tone as she could muster. Thinking about the time Yun Yang had mentioned female satyr and hearing him accuse her of being engaged in illicit affairs, her temptation to pummel him into the ground became increasingly harder to deny.

With his head held high, Yun Yang said, “What? You can do it but you don’t allow me to say it?”

“You…!” Ji Ling was fuming with embarrassment, on the verge of exploding from being at the disadvantage in their bickering.

There is simply no way this rascal can get the better of me!

She shot forward in a single step. Although Yun Yang had begun to move to avoid her, Ji Ling’s actions were brisk and she had already pinned his arm to his back. With a twist, she had locked Yun Yang to the floor; lifting her knee in a thrust towards Yun Yang’s rear end, he flew out as if he sat on a moving cloud. Before he could moan out in pain as he lay on the floor, a heavy weight fell on his back as Ji Ling sat on him. Yun Yang felt as if he was being pinned under a mountain, his waist was slammed onto the floor again as he wailed in pain.

“Would you still like to say more?” Ji Ling asked fiercely.

“It’s my… my house! Why can’t I say what I wish to?” Yun Yang was puffing heavily, putting in a whole lot of effort to raise his head up.

“Hmm?” Ji Ling stretched her hands out and pinned both Yun Yang’s arms against his back. As she exerted further force, Yun Yang continued to moan in pain, “Ouch, that hurts!”

“Still trying to say something?”

“Not at all!”

“Can I still come?”

“Yes! Yes! Big sister, quickly let me go!”

“Still dare to be mean to me?”

“No no… Ouch!”

“Did you kill Ximen Wandai?”

“Yes, I killed him! I was the one who killed him!” Yun Yang was flailing about, trying to flip their positions but Ji Ling’s cultivation base was more than just a bit higher than Yun Yang’s. She was at least several levels higher. Sitting on Yun Yang with all her weight, it would be difficult for him to move even a little bit.

Ji Ling had the upper hand sitting on Yun Yang. For the first time in a long while, she actually felt triumphant. Thinking of the frustration she had suffered at the hands of this rascal for the past few days, she was elated with pride now, an exaltation from the initial sense of indignation she felt in her chest.

She said triumphantly, “Anger me further, I dare you! Let me tell you, it’s better to be cautious with your attitude when you don’t have enough ability…”

Just as she spoke about it, hurried footsteps arrived at the door.

Before Ji Ling could jump up, the door to the room was pushed open by Lao Mei. His anxious voice followed right away, “Young master… what has happened? Why did I hear a fight here?”

He caught sight of the spectacle in front of him, and the words were strangled in his throat.

Ji Ling turned her head back to look at him as Yun Yang lifted his head from the floor with much difficulty.

Lao Mei stood at the door with disbelief written all over his face, his eyes bulged and his mouth was agape, almost wide enough to fit two duck eggs!

Ji Ling sprung up self-consciously and said in near-panic, “I can explain!”

“Oh, no, no it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter at all…” Lao Mei grinned sheepishly, “I didn’t see anything at all! You two can carry on...”

“I didn’t… I only… I…” The more Ji Ling panicked, the more she stuttered and words failed her.

“It is no matter, no matter at all! Young people…” Lao Mei began his retreat from the room. “Playing games… it’s perfectly normal...”

“Don’t go yet!” Ji Ling was practically hopping with anxiety. “I was just… I just wanted to teach him a lesson… Right, I wanted to teach him a lesson. That’s why I’m riding…”

Even as she spoke the words, her face began to burn with shame.

She wanted to teach him a lesson, so she climbed on top of him? Even Ji Ling herself wouldn’t have been convinced by the inane excuse.

“No worries, no worries…” Lao Mei continued to bob his head in embarrassment, regretting his trip over as he said the first thing that came to mind, “Actually, it’s the same regardless whoever’s on top. Uh, I’ll leave now…”

Realizing he had said something wrong, he fled after closing the door. “You two carry on…”

“No!” Ji Ling rushed over to wrench open the door and said in utter panic, “It’s not what you think… Don’t misunderstand! Listen to me...”

There was barely a glimpse of Lao Mei at the door; he had vanished entirely. Ji Ling’s tiny mouth hung open. Looking at the empty courtyard, she could only feel her face flush like it was on fire.

As the night breeze blew by, Ji Ling finally regained her train of thoughts after standing there dumbfounded. She covered her face with an incredibly flustered squeak as she squatted right on the floor.

This misunderstanding… I can’t wash it away even if I jump into the endless ocean.

My dignity! My reputation!

Ji Ling squatted on the floor, she felt like she could not bear to see anyone anymore.

As she entertained the thought of having lost her face, she actually began sobbing.

“What are you crying for?” Yun Yang quickly got up and questioned in perplexity, “I’m the one who got beaten… Why are you crying?”

Ji Ling wailed, “What do you care?”

“It doesn’t bother me in the slightest…” Yun Yang’s words had unknowingly triggered a huge wave of anger in the distraught woman. “But this is my room and you’re crying in here. If people were to hear it, they would think you were being… you know...”

Ji Ling sprung up and turned around, her hands choking Yun Yang’s neck as she said through gritted teeth and a red face, “I dare you to continue your sentence!”