Listening to Yue Lan’s words, Gu Xiyue gently raised her eyebrows, her eyes coldly returning the gaze to Yue Lan, "Do I look like someone who likes to cut off people’s livelihoods?"
Caught by the words, Yue Lan choked for a moment before quickly speaking again, "Oh, I was just saying it offhand, just a heads-up for you."
Gu Xiyue heard this and didn’t continue on the topic, but instead asked another question, "You just mentioned the Fragrance Refining Technique ancient books, the Fragrance Book, and the Dream Building Fragrance, what about them?"
"Nothing, I was just teasing you." Saying that, Yue Lan also innocently blinked her eyes.
On her usually cool face, a smile curled up, looking very sincere.
Watching her smile, Yue Lan began to suspect that she wanted to betray and annihilate her mentor.
Even though she was ten years younger and was her little disciple, it felt like her presence was even more commanding, and her eyes were so frightening.
Yue Lan felt uneasy in her heart, and under Xiyue’s sincere gaze, she cleared her throat and sent the information she had compiled over to Gu Xiyue through her phone.
"These are the materials I compiled while discussing the way of Fragrance with your Little Master, among which there indeed exists a method to refine something called Dream Building Fragrance, but I haven’t learned it yet. See if you can learn it." After sending the material to Gu Xiyue, Yue Lan spoke to her.
Gu Xiyue hummed softly and immediately opened the document file, looking down and reading intently.
"Yueyue’s back?" Tang Yun came out of the kitchen and greeted Gu Xiyue with a smile.
Gu Xiyue, hearing the voice, shifted her gaze from the phone and looked at Tang Yun, "Aunt Tang."
It had been over twenty days since they had last met, and compared to the last time, Tang Yun seemed like a different person.
The previous Tang Yun looked cold but harmless, yet this time, she had a sharper edge, and her demeanor had undergone a significant change, with a faint elegance and nobility in her every move.
That kind of elegance and nobility, Gu Xiyue had seen five years ago, then, she wasn’t sure if it was deliberately concealed or if it had been worn away by time, and now, some of the qualities that had vanished were starting to return to her, bit by bit.
In addition to her temperament, her appearance had also changed starkly, her complexion had improved greatly, the previously dull and sallow skin had become much fairer, and while she used to favor plain, mature clothes, she had started to dress herself up, looking, at least, ten years younger.
"Dinner’s ready, let’s eat," said Tang Yun as she placed the dishes she’d carried from the kitchen onto the table.
Seeing this, Yue Lan stood up, "Are there more dishes? I’ll help you with them."
"You sit, I can manage," Tang Yun said, returning again to the kitchen.
Gu Xiyue didn’t speak but simply put away her phone and went to help with the dishes in the kitchen.
Watching Gu Xiyue’s back as she entered the kitchen, Yue Lan sat back down and called out to the kitchen, "With Yueyue helping, I’ll be waiting to be fed then~"
After dinner, Yue Lan and Gu Xiyue went to the Yue Family’s place to practice Fragrance Refining.
"What exactly is the relationship between you and your Little Master anyway?" Yue Lan sat to the side and asked Gu Xiyue as she watched her.
Gu Xiyue was absorbed in reading the material Yue Lan had sent her, occasionally controlling the heat.
Hearing Yue Lan’s question, she casually replied, "What could it be."
"Like, now that you two live under the same roof, have you ever had any conflicts, or, any discomfort?" Yue Lan pressed, looking steadily at Gu Xiyue, waiting for her answer.
"No," Gu Xiyue answered simply with just one word.