Chapter 1169: Unwilling to settle for you making do (2/2)

Lil Thing didn’t react.

Han Yunxi coughed again, catching Fourth Young Miss Ren’s attention. Lil Thing still didn’t budge, its eyes flaring with animosity as it glared at the other woman. At last, Han Yunxi’s gaze turned cold before Lil Thing vanished in mid-air. Without a doubt, she had sealed it into her poison storage space.

“I’m really sorry about this. I didn’t discipline it well and caused you trouble,” Han Yunxi apologized, then pressed, “Did you have any misunderstandings with Lil Thing?”

Fourth Young Miss Ren wanted to cry. “Princess, that’s the poison beast!”

Han Yunxi was left speechless. Finally she said, “Don’t worry, there won’t be a next time. I’ll bring it back and teach it a lesson. In the future, I’ll have it make things up to you.”

“No need no need! Princess, you’re too polite!” Fourth Young Miss Ren quickly waved her hands. The best thing for the princess to do is to take Lil Thing out of Medical City. Otherwise, it’ll hold a grudge and make my days miserable.

Han Yunxi smiled helplessly. “Actually, I don’t understand it either. I’ll have Gu Beiyue talk to it later; maybe he’ll glean a few clues.”

“Academy Head Beiyue...can talk to it?” Fourth Young Miss Ren grew curious.

Han Yunxi smiled. “Lil Thing adores Beiyue. Even I’m ranked second, and I’m its master. Back in Tianning, Lil Thing would always be running off to his house and stay there the entire day. Whenever it cheeped, Beiyue knew what it wantd to do.”

Lil Thing was throwing a temper tantrum in the poison storage space. Without a choice, Han Yunxi could only release the creature and hold it firmly in her hands, covering up its eyes. Lil Thing grew quiet then and didn’t fuss anymore.

Seeing this, Fourth Young Miss Ren calmed down, then asked, “Then...Academy Head Beiyue must like it a lot too?”

Han Yunxi chuckled softly. “Gu Beiyue is a man who likes cleanliness too. If he didn’t like Lil Thing, why would he hold this furball with his bare hands? Or let Lil Thing burrow into his sleeves?”

Fourth Young Miss Ren stared at Lil Thing before a flickr of envy rose to her eyes. How happy must it be to be a squirrel who’s constantly at his side?

If Lil Thing could still understand human speech, it’d be thrilled to hear Mama Yunxi talk about the gentleman Beiyue liking it! But after losing too much of its power, it didn’t understand a thing. It peeked through Mama Yunxi’s fingers to spy on Fourth Young Miss Ren, its eyes filled with hostility. It could tell that Fourth Young Miss Ren liked its gentleman and that he treated her very well. Of all the woman in the medical academy, Fourth Young Miss Ren had the closest relationship with the gentleman.

It had to be on guard! It wanted to chase her away!

In its heart, only Mama Yunxi was a worthy match for its gentleman. No one else could compare. Once upon a time, Lil Thing wanted to recover faster so it could communicate telpathically with Mama Yunxi and have her tell the gentleman it’d stay with him for a lifetime. But after being trapped in Bai Yanqing’s poison storage space, suppressing its temper, and finally leveling up enough to share its thoughts, it had actually hurt the gentleman with its own claws. After Bai Yanqing was captured, it began to hope for a day when it could return to the gentleman’s embrace once again. Yet it couldn’t even meet his eyes now, much less burrow into his arms. It was afraid of hurting the gentleman or seeing its disdainful gaze.

Now it desperately wished it could communicate with Mama Yunxi again, if only to beg the gentleman through her not to settle for making do with itself. Fourth Young Miss Ren sensed Lil Thing’s hidden enmity and began to tremble.

“Fourth Young Miss?” Han Yunxi waved her hand in front of the girl until she recovered. She was afraid to ask before, but dearly wanted to know what Gu Beiyue was doing these days.

After some hesitation, Fourth Young Miss Ren tried timidly, “Princess, will Academy Head Beiyue leave the medical academy this time?”

After taking his position, Gu Beiyue had entered closed door cultivation, then left the city and only returned recently. Fourth Young Miss Ren was afraid that he’d go off somewhere again.

“He shouldn’t be, I don’t think?” Han Yunxi knew Gu Beiyue’s plans very well, but she didn’t want to reveal too much since it concerned Gu Qishao.

Fourth Young Miss Ren was delighted. She didn’t know what to say, but kept smiling at Han Yunxi. When you liked someone, your eyes would light up at the sight or mention of their matters. It was impossible to hide such joy. Seeing Fourth Young Miss Ren’s shining pupils, then recalling Gu Beiyue’s denial of love, made Han Yunxi sigh softly to herself. She wasn’t nosy enough to barge into Gu Beiyue’s personal affairs, especially when he was going to be busy these days. He probably had no time to think about romance either.

After bidding Fourth Young Miss Ren farewell, Han Yunxi brought Lil Thing back with her. In the rooms, she placed it on the table and gave it a stormy glare. No matter how I teach it a lesson, Lil Thing can’t understand me. But a glare like this should be enough to pass on my warning.

Of course Lil Thing knew Mama Yunxi was trying to discipline it, but it stubbornly refused to admit its wrongs. By the time Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue appeared, they saw human and squirrel locked in a staring contest…