"I came to find you before leaving to ask about something,"
Looking at the fairy sister who came to find her in the middle of the night, Xiao Yu vaguely thought of something.
"Wha, what?" Her voice trembled subconsciously.
Luo Xiu stared into her eyes, curiously repeating the question she had asked Xiao Yu earlier during the evening bath and dressing:
"Is there something you want to do? Something you find interesting?"
Clutching the dried fish snacks in her arms, Xiao Yu looked up at her and said honestly, "Before tonight, Xiao Yu wanted to eat fish until she burped, wanted to see what was beyond the mountain. But tonight, the noble I met gave me this handkerchief that has..."
She glanced down at the snacks in her arms and on the ground, "a lot of dried fish in it, Xiao Yu couldn’t help but eat a little, burp~ mm, I’m full..."
The gap-toothed maid averted her gaze, her face reddening a bit as she said, "I just don’t know if the noble gave them to Xiao Yu out of pity, or just forgot to take them... But regardless of which it is, I want to see her again in this life, at the very least to say thank you, and then to return the handkerchief and dried fish to her, or to repay her kindness..."
Her words paused, and she lowered her head, her small face showing a hint of inferiority as she said, "Forget it, I don’t even know if the noble remembers Xiao Yu, but I feel that this handkerchief must be quite important to her."
Luo Xiu watched the gap-toothed little maid and the pink handkerchief in her hand in silence, listening without a word.
Xiao Yu lowered her head to look at the snack handkerchief, filled with childish writing and drawings, scratching her little head in vexation as she muttered to herself, "Xiao Yu shouldn’t have taken it, it would have been better to find the spring earlier, the noble might have grown impatient waiting, it’s all Xiao Yu’s fault, and I shouldn’t have been greedy for the dried fish either."
Suddenly, Luo Xiu interjected:
"It was given to you. The method of boiling spring water containing a trace of Spiritual Energy to clean the handkerchief is an old and obscure recipe that allows those without Spiritual Energy Cultivation to retrieve items from a masterless Sumeru Object, once its restrictions have been lifted... so... she gave it to you, there’s no need for self-reproach."
Xiao Yu was stunned, clutching the snack handkerchief and dried fish as she nodded, then fell silent for a moment before looking up and offering a faint smile, "Oh, but I also don’t know if the noble will come to Zuixian Building again."
Luo Xiu then said, "Why don’t you leave the ship and go find her instead?"
Xiao Yu’s small body shook, hugging the handkerchief and dried fish closer, "Go, go where to find her."
The breath-taking young girl in red stood up, looking down at Xiao Yu who dared not rise, and shook her head:
"Who is this noble you met? Where is she? I don’t know. But I know that if you don’t leave the ship, if you keep waiting passively, being someone who fears setting foot on land, then you’ll never meet her."
"I... I..." Xiao Yu’s body shook even more, her breath quickening as she looked up at the woman before her, seemingly about to leave, and said, "Can I see her again... I..."
The gap-toothed little maid’s mind once again filled with the image of that indifferent noble girl’s face—so handsome and so intimidating with her nobility, appearing to be a powerful cultivator. Yet, aside from showing a smiling face and tenderness to that young nobleman, the indifferent noble girl seemed to keep a subtle distance from others, an unfamiliar attitude.
Xiao Yu, despite yearning to get closer, felt a deep chasm of difference in status, a hurdle in her heart that she found difficult to overcome; she even felt unworthy of returning the handkerchief or repaying the kindness.
At this moment, the gap-toothed little maid’s face showed a complex expression, filled with inferiority, anticipation, and fear...
Luo Xiu gazed at her deeply, "Then wait until you’ve grown up a bit more, until you feel that you can stand in front of her, then go find her to return the handkerchief. But all of this premises on leaving this ship."
Xiao Yu’s body stiffened.
Luo Xiu turned calmly, heading towards the cabin door.
Xiao Yu’s voice suddenly called out, "Fairy sister, why are you helping Xiao Yu?"
Luo Xiu stopped but ultimately said nothing.
She walked out in silence, her gaze meeting the gap-toothed little maid’s peaceful eyes, then turned and reached one hand into the cabin.
Xiao Yu remained silent.
Finally, she got up slowly.