Chapter 189
Bai Feng: Should we take another batch of photos?
“Young Junior Brother, um…”
Yu Yao hugged Little Snow, and her feet started to slowly drift toward the door.
“Sect Sister, you’ve gone out of your way to come—just stay for a bit,” Bai Feng smiled as he poured her a cup of tea. “Your current look makes me seem quite intimidating.”
“No, no, it’s just—”
Yu Yao lowered her head, vigorously rubbing Little Snow’s feline face—the stupid, stinky cat—who surprisingly brought along her Image Retainer and dashed out.
“Have a seat first.”
Bai Feng patted the sofa first, but when he saw Yu Yao still standing there, her feet seemingly rooted to the ground, he simply stepped forward, placing a hand on her shoulder, gently pulling her toward the sofa.
During this, Bai Feng didn’t even use any force. Yu Yao just followed his pull and took steps until she sat down on the sofa.
“Meow…”
Little Snow couldn’t help but turn her head away. Why did she end up with such a master? Wasn’t he pretty proactive earlier?
“Oh, Sect Sister, is your grandfather’s birthday over yet?”
Bai Feng sat beside Yu Yao, not mentioning the photos at all, just smiling and asking.
“Yeah… it’s over,” Yu Yao nodded, but the moment she thought of the photos they took, a blush appeared on her face. “Don’t worry, Junior Brother, nothing unexpected happened.”
It was just that her mother kept urging her to, you know, quickly seize the opportunity to win Bai Feng over…
“Sect Sister…”
“W-what’s wrong?”
Yu Yao instinctively raised her head, only to find Bai Feng had somehow moved close enough to her face that only a few centimeters separated them.
She hurriedly leaned back, raising Little Snow to block her face: “Y-Young Junior Brother, what are you trying to do?”
Bai Feng stroked his chin, acting clueless. “No, I just thought Sect Sister’s state seemed off. Do you have a cold?”
“No, no,” Yu Yao quickly shook her head, glancing around as if searching for an escape route.
She’d never felt so tense before, but if she just got up and left, she’d feel a tad regretful.
“Alright, no joke now,” Bai Feng chuckled, returning to his seat. “Actually, I want to discuss an important matter with Sect Sister.”
“What is it?” Yu Yao carefully lowered Little Snow, her big eyes wide with curiosity.
Bai Feng stared at her with a mischievous glint: “Should we take another batch of photos?”
“Hmm…”
Yu Yao lifted Little Snow again. She suddenly regretted having such a small cat—completely helpless against this guy!
“Okay, okay, really no joke this time,” Bai Feng waved his hand with a grin, but Yu Yao didn’t believe him one bit—instead, she hid behind Little Snow.
He pretended not to notice, continuing nonchalantly: “Sect Sister, you should know I’ve been working on some puppets, right?”
“Hmm…” Yu Yao, still clutching Little Snow, muttered softly, “Are you planning to sell these puppets?”
“No, I want to use these puppets to train your caravan guards,” Bai Feng shook his head. “Recently, our master leaked some info—something big might happen soon. You should be aware of this, right?”
“Mmhm,” Yu Yao quietly lowered Little Snow, peeking at Bai Feng with one eye. “Do you think it could affect our business?”
“Exactly. So, we need to beef up the caravan guards,” Bai Feng nodded. “If you’re short-handed, I can mobilize some White Family guards to help. It might be dangerous, but it’s also an opportunity.”
“I’ll strengthen the caravan guard team,” Yu Yao, once again returning to her usual serious demeanor after discussing business, put Little Snow down and began pondering. “And we should slow down expansion for now—prioritize ensuring enough staff.”
“Oh, right, Sect Sister, how’s that employee with the innate array sense doing?”
Bai Feng suddenly remembered something. Since he couldn’t observe the guards’ training in other cities himself, and had little time to improve the array or repair puppets, he needed a tool person for that.
Yu Yao thought for a few seconds before replying, “If I remember correctly, he’s currently in charge of managing the Image Retainer.”
“I’ll use this person. The Sect Master has approved our plan,” Bai Feng mused. “I’ll list him as an external disciple of Heavenly Sword Sect for now, and later teach him some new array techniques to handle repairing and improving the training arrays.”
“No problem.”
“But, Sect Sister, you should keep an eye on him—you know, this matter’s pretty important. I don’t want someone disobedient or arrogant handling it.”
“Don’t worry, I got this,” Yu Yao said, patting her chest. Then she suddenly spotted Bai Feng stopping and staring at her.
She suddenly remembered something, reached out to grab Little Snow lying on the sofa, but saw Little Snow leap lightly onto Bai Feng’s lap.
“Little Snow…!!”
She grit her teeth, glaring at Little Snow. Why did this stinky cat always seem to be working against her?
Just grabbing her Image Retainer was one thing, but now, when she was desperately in need of help, this cat actually ran off! And jumped onto Bai Feng’s lap—who was her owner here, anyway?
“Relax, Sect Sister, don’t be too mad at Little Snow,” Bai Feng chuckled, gently lifting Little Snow and feeding it some cat food. “If I didn’t have Little Snow, I might not even see you before heading back.”
“This is because… um, because…”
Hearing this, Yu Yao’s eyes once again flickered evasively.
“If you keep acting like this, I’ll have to go and block you at your house,” Bai Feng gently stroked Little Snow’s fur, sighing lightly. “After all, all my money’s stored with you!”
“I-It’s just that I’ve been busy recently…” Yu Yao lowered her head, looking quite guilty. “Next time I won’t—if I break my promise… just leave it to you!”
But Bai Feng shook his head. “Last time, you even said I could do whatever I wanted. Sigh, and yet I hardly saw you.”
“I—I just…” Yu Yao’s expression was increasingly dull as if her brain had reached overload and stopped functioning.
“Alright, alright, no more jokes,” he hurriedly waved his hand. “No need for promises, Sect Sister, I believe in you.”
Yu Yao gradually regained composure, lowering her head, clutching her dress tightly. Then, it seemed she made up her mind, suddenly lifting her face to look straight at Bai Feng.
“Junior Brother…”
“Hmm?”
Bai Feng instinctively looked at Yu Yao, only to see her get up and stand in front of him, reaching out and grasping his shoulders.
She took a deep breath, her eyes fixed on his, and said earnestly: “Sect Sister is a person of her word! So… you can make your demand! Anything at all!”
