Chapter 20: Heartache (Second Update)

  Since last night when she got along well with her two maidservants, they were no longer as estranged from Yi Chi as before.

  This made Yi Chi extremely happy, being able to have a few friends in this world was also a rare thing, and Yi Chi cherished it especially, at least, he didn't think they were sent by other people from the Yi family, it was a feeling that couldn't be clearly expressed.

  "A thousand miles of yellow clouds and white sun, the north wind blows geese and snowflakes. Don't worry that there is no one who knows you on the road ahead, for who in the world does not recognize you? The six feathers fluttering, I privately lament, having left the capital for over ten years."

  "What a great poem! I didn't know you could write poetry, young master!" Autumn Rain said with a smile as she walked over.

  "You think that's all I can do? Don't underestimate me!" Yi Chi tapped Qiu Yu's little head, saying with a smile.

  "Oh no! That hurts, young master." Autumn Rain rubbed the spot where Yi Chi had hit him, with a 'you hurt me' expression.

  "Hehe, little girl, where's your sister?" Yi Chi lovingly patted Qiu Yu's head.

  "Hmph! Always hitting my head, I'll become stupid. My sister is making you a stewed snow chicken and lingzhi soup, that's her secret recipe, ordinary people can't even get to drink it." Autumn Rain muttered, protesting against Yi Chi's bad habit, but when talking about his own sister, he had an expression of "you're lucky" looking at Yi Chi.

  "Oh! So that's what it means, I'm in luck today! Come on, let's go take a look, I've never seen the kitchen after an autumn snow!" Yi Chi excitedly pulled Qiu Yu towards the kitchen.

  "Hey... what's the hurry, huh, bad young master." The autumn rain that was being pulled by Yi Chi touched her still slightly painful head and made a small gesture towards Yi Chi's back.

  ......

  The kitchen in Jinghe Courtyard where Yi Chi was located is not far from the master bedroom, and under Yi Chi's consciously quickened footsteps, he arrived in no time.

  Before entering, Yi Chi had already smelled the fragrance of the thick and rich scent.

  "Ah... it smells so good! Autumn Snow's craftsmanship is amazing." Yi Chi took a deep sniff, feeling the fragrance penetrate his body.

  "Hmph, bad young master, I can do it too." Autumn Rain pouted on the side, seeing Yi Chi praise her sister but not herself.

  "Haha, okay okay, you're also impressive." Yi Chi was delighted.

  "Master, sister, is it you?" The autumn snow in the house heard the voice outside and asked.

  "Haha, isn't it just you few little masters and that little girl Xiaoyu." Yi Chi pushed open the door and entered the kitchen.

  "Master." Autumn Snow bowed to Yi Chi.

  Yi Chi waved his hand, helped up Qiu Xue, and pulled her to the stove.

  "Autumn Snow, your culinary skills are amazing! I don't dare think about what will happen if you get married and won't cook for me anymore. How am I supposed to survive?" Yi Chi took a bite with his chopsticks, savoring the flavor.

  "Young master, Qiu Xue will always follow you, Qiu Xue won't marry anyone." Seeing Yi Chi eating happily, Qiu Xue suddenly burst into a brilliant smile.

  "It's okay, as long as I'm here for a day, you can follow me, I won't abandon you." Yi Chi said while eating, completely unaware of the bright red face of Qiu Xue who had heard his words and the self-aware neglect of Qiu Yu.

  "Hum, bad young master, you only know sister, what about me?" The little girl was unhappy now, and she pulled Yi Chi's hand forward, refusing to let go.

  "Alright, alright, you too, be good now, let Master eat first." Being pulled by the little girl like this, Yi Chi basically couldn't eat anything anymore, he had never eaten such delicious food before.

  "Hmph, that's more like it. You only know how to eat, you naughty young master." Letting go of Yi Chi's hand, Qiu Yu was satisfied and began scolding him again.

  "Alright, I'm bad, let's go, come on, Xiaoxue and Xiaoyu, don't stand there, come over and eat together!" Yi Chi pulled Autumn Snow who was still standing motionless.

  "Great, great, sister's cooking is the best!" Autumn Rain didn't stand on ceremony either, darting to one side to grab two pairs of chopsticks and handing one pair to Autumn Snow before competing with Yi Chi for food.

  "Ah! Die, Xiao Yu, that's mine!" Yi Chi, who had his food snatched away, didn't show any weakness and intensified his attack.

  "Hehe, little sister, don't fight with young master." Qiu Xue also picked up a piece of snow chicken meat and sent it to Yi Chi's mouth.

  "Sister, you just know how to help the bad young master, I won't do it."

  "Alright, you little girl, dare to lecture me, Young Master? You've got a lot of nerve!"

  "Haha... stop it, don't tickle me, I'm afraid of being tickled. Sister, come and help me!"

  "Haha, see where you run today, Xiaoxue won't come to help you."

  ......

  Night.

  In the quiet courtyard, Yi Chi was lying on a recliner, with Qiuxue sitting beside him and massaging his shoulders. Qiuyu, who had played wildly all day, was already exhausted and had gone back to sleep.

  "Little Snow?" Yi Chi shook his head and stared at the moon with Autumn Snow.

  "Huh? What's up, young master?" Her hands didn't stop moving as Autumn Snow looked at Yi Chi with confusion.

  "Xiaoxue, how did you end up at the Yi's house?" Yi Chi had never asked them this question before. At first, he thought it was too early to ask, and now that he thinks about it, he wants to get a clear answer. If they still have a home outside, Yi Chi plans to let them return home and reunite with their family. Although, Yi Chi has already developed some feelings for Qiuxue.

  However, Yi Chi, who has always been very respectful of women, would not hold her back because of his own selfish desires. This is also the biggest difference between Yi Chi and the men in this world. After all, on this continent, the status of women is very low, especially those without power.

  "Young master, why are you suddenly asking about this?" Autumn Snow didn't give a direct answer to Yi Chi's question, but instead asked back.

  "There's nothing, I just want to know if you have any relatives outside, and if so, I can arrange for you and Xiaoyu to go home and reunite with them." Yi Chi didn't even know what he was feeling at the moment, only that his heart felt a little sour when he said those words.

  "Young master, you're really a good person. I've never seen anyone like you before. You don't look down on us servants at all, and instead, you even make friends with us. Sometimes I wonder if you're actually from this world or not? You're completely different from others." Autumn Snow's words made Yi Chi break out in cold sweat again, and he couldn't help but marvel at the intuition of women once more.

  "My sister and I were both raised by the Ye family from a young age, we are orphans, taken in by the Ye family, given food, shelter, clothes, and education. My sister and I had just passed the assessment when Master Ye assigned us to take care of Young Master. Before that, we also saw some introductions about Young Master, originally thought he was quite difficult to get along with, but actually, it turned out that Young Master is completely different from what they said, he's a very good person, very kind and not difficult to get along with at all." Qiu Xue smiled warmly at Yi Chi, her eyes were so gentle.

  "Thank you, I didn't expect your evaluation of me to be so high." Yi Chi couldn't help but grab Qiuxue's hand, and felt a surge of electricity run through his entire body.

  "Master." A faint cry like a mosquito's, Autumn Snow looked at Yi Chi with a bashful face, but didn't intend to pull her hand out of Yi Chi's.

  "Xiaoxue, look, the moonlight tonight is so beautiful!" Yi Chi sat up, holding onto Qiuxue, leaning against each other, a unique charm flowing between heaven and earth.

  A young boy and girl leaning against each other under the moonlight.

  "Xiaoxue, promise me, don't do anything that will hurt me, okay?" Yi Chi said softly.

  Akira's body shook unnaturally for a moment.

  "Master, my sister's and my lives were given by the Yi family..." Chūxuē pulled out her own hand, with tears rolling in her eyes.

  Yi Chi turned around and looked at Qiu Xue, his eyes filled with sorrow.

  "Is that so? I understand, you go back and rest first." Yi Chi looked at Qiu Xue with sorrow, he didn't understand, he really didn't understand why some things couldn't be perfect, why a family had to have so many conflicts, suspicions, and hidden struggles. Why the first girl he liked didn't belong to him.

  "Sorry, young master." Autumn Snow didn't dare to face Yi Chi, she didn't know what was wrong with her. Clearly, she had received orders to monitor Yi Chi, but why? Why did she develop feelings for him? Why did she want to hurt him again? She only felt that her heart ached and ached, as if two hands were pulling it in opposite directions.

  "Hehe, sorry? Never mind, you can go." Yi Chi's smile was so sorrowful, nothing is more sorrowful than a dead heart. When one's heart is dead, there will be no more sorrow. Unfortunately, Yi Chi's heart was still alive, living in the icy snow, frozen to the core.

  "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to." Leaving behind a sentence, the autumn snow covered her face and left, several crystal tears falling in the air.

  "You have a choice." Yi Chi caught the scattered teardrops and muttered to himself.

  "Yi Chi, cheer up, most people's first loves don't end well." Yi Tang comforted Yi Chi, who was feeling down.

  "I know, but I'm not resigned to it, Yitang. You think I'm foolish, don't you? I clearly know she was sent by someone else to monitor me, yet I still can't bring myself to hate her. Moreover, I feel like she loves me too. What do you think I should do?" Yi Chi calmed down a bit.

  "Go and do what you should do, but I have one thing that I don't quite understand, how did you know she was sent by someone else to spy on you?" Yitang said a profound sentence, and then raised his own doubts.

  "Hehe, although I don't really interact with other people in the Ye family, my relationship with Father is very good, so naturally I know some things. For example, Father would never personally assign a maid to me directly; he would only instruct someone to select a few maids for me first. Moreover, the training of these maids was handled by the Second Manager, who is actually Ye Xing's person. This makes me suspect that she has an ulterior motive for taking me in, because when she looks at me, there's a hint of guilt in her eyes. I don't think she's done anything to wrong me, so it can only be that she had a purpose in mind when she took me in." In fact, if it were still the original Ye Chi, he would have definitely been deceived, but unfortunately, today's Ye Chi is not the same as before, and this small trick wouldn't fool him.

  "I didn't think you were so observant! Can't tell at all."

  "You're stupid." Yi Chi said bluntly.

  "Naughty kid, I won't help you next time." Yi Tang said with a pout, and then fell silent.

  Yi Chi shook his head, let out a soft sigh, with a hint of loneliness, and walked back to the room.