Little Purple

"Ouch, ouch, ouch… That hurts!"

"This is the seventh time you've fallen, Second Sister," Hu Zi said. "You fell with such huge force, if you fall like that again, you might not be able to use your left foot for an entire day."

"Dang." Hu Cheng Se felt like her feet were about to break apart anytime soon.

"Now, get up." Hu Zi used her wind to force Hu Cheng Se to stand up once more.

"Wait, wait, Third Sister, I need a short break, please…" Hu Cheng Se, whose feet were already black and blue, begged.

"No, didn't you say you will do your best?"

"Xiao Zi, don't you think that you should be a bit lenient on your own sister?" Shou had been watching the two of them practice since the start and thought that Hu Zi was unmerciful and sadistic.

"Hm?" Hu Zi innocently tilted her head to the area where Shou was sitting. "But Master, I am lenient," she said, trying to defend herself.

"But, you…"

"Master, the competition is getting closer and closer, but Second Sister has not improved since yesterday," Hu Zi explained once again. "Her moves are more like a fish than a flower."

Hu Cheng Se placed her right hand on her chest. She had a vicious tongue herself yet her sister's words still got her right. "Ouch... My pride."

"Still, you should consider giving her a five to ten minute break. She is a girl and is still your sister, after all. You don't want your sister to end up sick and black and blue in bed, do you?"

Hu Zi suddenly opened her eyelids and made her beautiful and irked purple eyes clear to see. Her expression was grim and somewhat mad.

Hu Zi lashed at Shou. "But Master, I am a girl too. You did not move a muscle when I almost drowned in the river or when that giant tree trunk almost made my hand crippled! Why are you being so nice and lenient to my sister now, huh?"

"Eh?" Shou blinked twice at her words. When he looked at Hu Zi's angered face, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped.

"Gasp!" Hu Zi closed her mouth and backed away, just realizing what she had said. "I… now that I think about it, I feel thirsty. Five minutes break! I will go first."

"Hey, wait! What do you mea—"

*BAM!

Suddenly, there was another huge thud. Shou looked at the ground where the sound came from and saw Hu Cheng Se laying down flat on the wooden floor, sleeping. Hu Zi used this chance to run away.

"Ah, wait, Xiao Zi! Wait up!" Shou tried to used his wind to catch up to Hu Zi but he was too late. Hu Zi used her wind to hide herself from Shou's wind radar. "Damn…"

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"..." Hu Ye saw his Third Sister flying away inside a giant ball of wind a minute ago. Then he looked at another direction and spotted Shou frantically flying in an abstract direction. "Hmm…" Hu Ye tried to guess what might have happened. "Couple fight?"

"What did you say?" Hu Bai asked.

"Nothing," Hu Ye calmly said. He had an invisible smirk. "Where is Guang?"

"Here," Qing Guang answered.

"Let's go and have a short break."

They met Zhi Yu on the way to the dining hall. Zhi Yu said that he wanted to talk to Hu Bai about something, so she went with him to the Peony residence.

"..." Qing Guang and Hu Ye silently walked side by side until they reached the dining hall.

The dining hall was located on the west side of the training hall. Just beside the dining hall was the kitchen. Lady Hua and Hu Zi used to spend all day here.

It was too early for dinner when Hu Ye and Qing Guang arrived, so that was why they found no one inside the hall. Hu Ye told the kitchen ladies to prepare them a light meal.

Hu Ye thought that they should bring some to the training hall so he also told the kitchen ladies to deliver the rest later on.

"Sorry to make you wait." Hu Ye gave Qing Guang two steamed buns and a cup of tea. Qing Guang was sitting on the floor outside of the dining hall. She was looking at the scenery of the garden before Hu Ye came.

"No worries," Qing Guang said. Her hand was actually trembling, she was too tired. When she reached out her hand to get the cup of tea, her hand shook and the cup fell.

*Prang

"Guang!"

"I am okay." Qing Guang said cooly. She looked at the tea that splashed to her hand. "Luckily, the tea was not that hot."

Hu Ye sighed and gave her a napkin to wipe the tea. Hu Ye bent down and was about to clean up the mess when suddenly…

*Shoo

A black arrow came at him.