Ye Anping couldn’t help but admire his junior sister, but at the same time, he felt a bit inexplicably moved. Thankfully, his junior sister had only caught the attention of Sima Xuanji in advance, not the ultimate big boss. If she had somehow been able to summon the ultimate big boss prematurely and he wasn’t prepared, the Zhou Star Region would have been in big trouble.

But on second thought, if Sima Xuanji had her eye on his junior sister, it was only a matter of time before she came looking for her senior brother. Dealing with Sima Xuanji would require quick thinking and adaptability. The nickname “Loli Baba” wasn’t given for no reason.

She had it for two reasons, one being her appearance, and the other because she had lived alone for a thousand years and was afraid of loneliness. The latter reason was because she exhibited most of the characteristics of an old lady: mood swings, insomnia, anxiety, decreased activity, reduced social skills, loss of appetite…

Ye Anping felt a bit exhausted and asked, “What did you do then?”

“I escaped. Earlier this morning, Yunluo came over, and we set up an altar in the bamboo grove and performed a ritual.”

Ye Anping blinked and looked at Xiao Yunluo with a worried expression. “And then?”

“Yunluo recited the rites of exorcism several times, and I sprinkled chicken blood and red beans all over. Senior Brother, do you think with this, it will be exorcised? Should we do something else like another ritual?”

He didn’t know if Sima Xuanji could be exorcised, but there was a fair chance that Xiao Yunluo’s butt might be exorcised. This girl, didn’t she have even the slightest inkling that the said ‘ghost’ could be her own mother? She truly was a filial daughter.

Ye Anping suddenly felt his head spinning. He actually wanted to reveal the truth to both of them now.

However, given his identity, he couldn’t say it openly, especially since he couldn’t have met Sima Xuanji on the surface. So, after thinking for a while, Ye Anping just gave a reminder to Pei Lengxue:

“Junior sister, if you happen to meet her next time, be polite, okay? Ghosts of young girls usually don’t like impolite people. Be careful, she might devour you.”

“Ah-” Pei Lengxue frowned and shook her head, saying, “Senior brother, don’t scare me. I couldn’t sleep last night, and I probably won’t sleep tonight either…”

“…”

Ye Anping hesitated, then decided not to bring up the matter any further. He picked up the pastries they had brought and prepared to eat with them. When Xiao Yunluo saw this, she quickly reminded him, “Ah, Young Master Ye, don’t eat on the bed.”

“…”

Ye Anping paused and nearly forgot about the herbalists. He nodded, saying, “You’re right, we don’t want to make a mess of the bed and trouble the medicine boy to clean it up.”

After that, he had Pei Lengxue support him to the table in the room. The three of them chatted casually about various things. Xiao Yunluo introduced some jewelry to Pei Lengxue and mentioned that she would take her to see her bedroom later. Ye Anping didn’t participate much in the conversation.

When the two of them left, Ye Anping thought about getting some rest or taking a nap. After all, these days, he had access to a free clinic and free calming incense, so he didn’t want to waste the opportunity. However, as soon as he closed his eyes, a series of knocks on the door interrupted him.

Ye Anping sighed in resignation and sat up, saying, “Please come in, Senior Bai.”

“Hmm?”

Bai Yuelin pushed the door open and walked in, her hands behind her back as if she was hiding something, which made Ye Anping curious.

“Anping, how did you know it was me?”

“The only one who would come here to find me, apart from you, would be…”

Bai Yuelin smiled and continued his sentence, “Your junior sister and Miss Feng, right?”

“…”

Upon hearing this, Ye Anping slightly hesitated and immediately understood:

Bai Yuelin must have arrived a long time ago.

She had mentioned coming to bring breakfast last night, but perhaps she didn’t enter when she heard Xiao Yunluo and Pei Lengxue in the room, right?

Ye Anping nodded and said,”Yeah…”

Bai Yuelin puffed up her cheeks and complained, “The two girls who almost knocked me out of the competition are your friend and junior sister. Is this the reason you consoled me and brought me back to Profound Star Sect?”

In reality, it was for the 80% discount coupon, but he wouldn’t said it out loud, instead, Ye Anping shrugged vaguely. But seeing him like this, Bai Yuelin sighed suddenly, “Anping, you should be good at acting cute at your age, right? You usually don’t even call me ‘sister,’ do you dislike calling me that?”

“Not at all, thanks to Senior Bai…”

“Sister!!”

Ye Anping corrected himself, “Thanks to you, Sister. My clinic has business thanks to you.”

“You don’t even want to call me ‘sister’ on a regular basis?”

“…Sister.”

“That’s more like it.” Bai Yuelin suddenly laughed and then said, “Alright, let’s not talk about that. I can see you’re bored in the room, so I brought you something to pass the time.”

“You brought something… to pass the time?” Ye Anping raised an eyebrow and looked at her hands behind her back.

Although he could directly use his spiritual knowledge to check, Ye Anping felt it wasn’t necessary, so he asked, “What is it?”

“This!” Bai Yuelin smiled and extended her hand from behind her back.

When he saw what she had in her hand, Ye Anping gasped sharply, as if he had been holding a pair of threes, and Bai Yuelin had just played a royal flush.

Bai Yuelin was holding a parrot with a crown of golden tiger-striped feathers, just like Sima Xuanji. Moreover, the parrot had some cotton stuffed in its beak.

Ye Anping swallowed hard and carefully reached out to take it, asking, “Why did you stuff cotton in its beak?”

“Isn’t it to give you a surprise? This thing can talk. If it speaks, you’ll guess what it is, and that wouldn’t be much of a surprise.”

A surprise? Ye Anping was quite tempted to give Bai Yuelin a surprise now: telling her that this is the bird raised by your Sect Master.

He sighed suddenly and stared at the parrot for a while. If he remembered correctly, Sima Xuanji used to take this parrot for walks. She could share its vision and hearing and even make the parrot say things. In other words, Sima Xuanji was probably listening right now. Earlier, he had to act like he couldn’t see Xiaotian, and now he had to act like he didn’t know Sima Xuanji. It was really troublesome.

Ye Anping gently smoothed the feathers on the parrot’s back that Bai Yuelin had ruffled and removed the cotton from its beak.

“Senior Bai, where did you get this from? This kind of spiritual pet isn’t cheap, right?”

“Perhaps it’s raised by a wealthy disciple or elder and escaped. I saw it perched on the clinic roof, so I brought it down.”

“I see…” Ye Anping nodded. It seemed like it followed Pei Lengxue and the others.

Bai Yuelin came over, touched the golden crown on the parrot, and continued, “Since you have nothing to do these days, you can take care of it. I’ll keep an eye on it at the Sect’s affairs office. If someone is looking for it, they’ll probably post a lost pet notice soon, and you can return it and get a reward. If no one claims it, you can keep it for yourself or sell it at the spiritual pet market.”

“…”

Ye Anping hesitated again, and by this time, he had completely removed all the cotton from the parrot’s beak.

In an instant, the parrot spread its wings, jumped out of his hand, and turned its head to glare at Bai Yuelin with its wise eyes. It opened its beaks and tongue-clicked while saying, “Impolite!! Silly girl!! Impolite!! Silly girl!!”

Bai Yuelin was left dumbfounded, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. She said, “Which uncultured disciple inside the sect raised this bird? How did it learn to swear?”

Ye Anping hadn’t expected Bai Yuelin to react this way. He was about to intervene, but she had already finished speaking, so he had no choice but to lower his hand.

“Impolite!! Impolite!!”

“You silly bird!!”

“Big-chested and brainless!! Big-chested and brainless!!”

“What?!” Bai Yuelin blushed and gave Ye Anping a sidelong glance. “You striped chicken!!”

This interaction between the person and the bird left Ye Anping speechless. He remained silent for a while and then finally helped out by saying, “Sister, you have your morning class soon, right? Don’t be late.”

“Oh, right! This silly bird is too infuriating. I almost forgot I’m about to be late! Anping, I’ll bring you lunch later.”