Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

There was no way around it. She hadn't had a chance to eat properly in the past two years. She had basically been eating raw meat, even the fur. Her biggest wish in there was to have a good meal.

As soon as Nalan Yanran opened the door, she saw a little head suddenly hiding behind the stone pillar at the door. Nalan Yanran raised her eyebrows slightly.

If I remember correctly, this little girl seemed to be the teacher's daughter when she first came out that day?

As Nalan Yanran thought so, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she quietly walked to the other side of the stone pillar with a sly smile.

Yun Xiao, who was hiding behind a stone pillar, saw that Nalan Yanran had not made any movement for a long time. Puzzled, he stuck his head out again, but could no longer find Nalan Yanran.

"Wow!!!"

"Ahhhh!!!"

The sudden shock from behind made Yun Xiao scream, and then he felt his body being picked up. When he turned around, he saw Nalan Yanran's handsome face with a smile.

"I remember your name is Xiaoxiao, right? What are you doing hiding at the door of your sister's room?"

"Well"

As if because she was frightened by Nalan Yanran, Yun Xiao pouted unhappily and turned her face away.

"Eh? Are you angry already?" Nalan Yanran held Yun Xiao in her arms and tapped her puffy cheeks with her jade fingers. "You will have no friends in the future if you are so stingy~"

"Humph! Xiaoxiao has brother Zijing, that's enough!"

Yun Xiao said this very firmly, and Nalan Yanran pretended to understand.

"Is that so? What a pity. I wanted to be friends with you." Nalan Yanran put Yun Xiao down and turned around to pretend to leave. "Since you don't want to, forget it~"

Seeing that Nalan Yanran was about to leave, Yun Xiao couldn't hold back any longer and rushed forward to grab her clothes.

"Sister, please don't leave. Xiaoxiao is not angry anymore!"

She still remembers the shocking scene when Nalan Yanran cut the black-maned lion in two with one sword. She heard from her mother that Nalan Yanran was her apprentice, but to Yun Xiao, Nalan Yanran was just a pure new face. All these things made Yun Xiao full of curiosity about Nalan Yanran.

After Yun Xiao's request to stay, Nalan Yanran turned around again, bent down, lifted Yun Xiao up and said with a smile.

"Then just call me Sister Yanran from now on, okay~"

“Okay~~~”

Seeing the smile on Nalan Yanran's face, Yun Xiao also waved his hands happily. Looking at her innocent smile, Nalan Yanran couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

As expected, he is the teacher's child. Just looking at him gives me a sense of familiarity.

But at the same time, a question popped up in Nalan Yanran's mind.

By the way, whose child is this teacher with? Do I know that person?

I hope he's not a bad guy.

Although not a bad person,

Chapter 436: Yun Yun's Stomachache

Yunlan Sect, inside the disciples’ cafeteria.

Yun Xiao held a glass of sweet water, opened her mouth wide, and looked at Nalan Yanran, who was sitting opposite her and eating voraciously. There were three piles of plates on the table that were almost as high as the cafeteria ceiling.

"It's not enough! Give me more!"

Nalan Yanran shouted to the cafeteria while eating. The chef in the cafeteria was sweating profusely. He did not dare to stop what he was doing, and his face was full of astonishment.

Where on earth did this grandma come from???

Because they were cooking from a big pot, as a chef he could only guarantee that it would not be bad, but it would definitely not be that delicious. The disciples were all practitioners and they would only come to the cafeteria for a bite occasionally. He was flattered by Nalan Yanran's appearance and couldn't help but wonder if his cooking skills had improved.

Nalan Yanran, who was like a glutton, naturally attracted the attention of other disciples in the cafeteria, and they all started whispering to each other.

"Hey, who's that sitting opposite Xiaoxiao? How can he eat so much?"

"Don't talk nonsense! This is Miss Nalan Yanran, the young master of our Yunlan Sect!"

"Young Sect Master? Our sect has a Young Sect Master? Why haven't I heard of him before?"

"The young master had been training at the Gate of Life and Death before. He just came out three days ago. He is not even twenty years old yet but he has already reached the peak of Dou Wang. He is only one step away from Dou Huang!"

"so smart?!"

Nalan Yanran didn't care at all about the discussions of the disciples around her, her mind was filled with the food on the table.

Delicious! Really delicious!!!

Nalan Yanran, who was eating non-stop, shed tears of emotion. Why hadn't she discovered that the food in the Yunlan Sect's canteen was so delicious before?

As the focus person, Nalan Yanran didn't care. Yun Xiao, who was in the center of attention together with Nalan Yanran and had been on the wild road since he regained consciousness, felt uncomfortable for the first time. He buried his little face deeply in the table and dared not lift it up.

Obviously, Yun Xiao, who was not even two years old, did not know that this feeling was called shame.

About half an hour later, after stacking two more plates on the table next to her, Nalan Yanran finally heaved a long sigh of satisfaction and burped without caring at all about her image as a young lady.

Image? After being in the Gate of Life and Death for such a long time, Nalan Yanran no longer cared about her image. Image couldn't be eaten, nor could it help her survive. It was enough to just get by.

Seeing Nalan Yanran's satisfied face, the chef was finally able to take a breath, wipe the dense beads of sweat from his forehead, and rub his sore shoulders.

Wow, this ancestor is finally full. This is the first time he has been so tired after cooking for half his life. He almost ate up all the stock in the kitchen by the end of this month. By the way, I should be able to ask the clan leader for reimbursement for this, right?

"Sister, you are such a good eater."

Yun Xiao looked at the piles of plates and exclaimed at Nalan Yanran who was drinking water from a teacup.

"I can't help it. My sister hasn't had a good meal in the three years she's been in there. I've been missing out on food outside for a long time."

Nalan Yanran now sincerely believes that the greatest advantage of humans is that they can cook. Those monsters can only eat raw meat in the wild, and have to swallow it together with the fur. It's pitiful just to think about it.

As someone who has experienced it personally, Nalan Yanran definitely has the right to speak.

"Ha~ I'm full~~~"

Nalan Yanran stood up and turned her arms comfortably. She had slept well and eaten enough. She decided to go see the teacher first. That day, she came out and fell asleep in her room without saying a few words.

"Xiaoxiao, let's go find your mother~"

"Hmm~"

Nalan Yanran smiled and took Yun Xiao's hand, then left the cafeteria amid the astonished gazes of the chef and a group of disciples.

In the study of Yunlan Sect, Yun Yun and others were handling official business as usual.

However, Yun Yun's condition at this moment was obviously not right.

Not only was his eyes unfocused, but he also showed a confused look from time to time, or covered his head with his hands because of a headache, which made Ziyun and Zijing, mother and son, look puzzled.

As an insider, Yunshan looked calm and was not affected by Yun Yun at all. He handled his official duties silently.

In addition to Yun Yun, there was another person in the hall who had other thoughts, and that was Yun Leng.

As for who Yun Xiao's father was, Yun Leng had already guessed it in his heart based on what happened two years ago, but he had never been able to confirm it.

Ever since Nalan Yanran came out of the Gate of Life and Death, Yun Yun has been acting absent-minded for the past three days, and Yun Leng is almost certain about it.

Yun Xiao is Xiao Yan's daughter.

Thinking of this, Yun Leng felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He has indeed reflected on himself in the past two years and deeply realized his past mistakes. And because of taking care of Yun Xiao, he has reflected even more deeply on the mistakes he has made.

But Yun Leng's attitude towards Xiao Yan had never changed from beginning to end. He still felt that Xiao Yan's background was not worthy of the young master of Yunlan Sect. Although he no longer had any bad feelings towards Xiao Yan, at least he no longer hoped for Xiao Yan's death as much as he did before.

What's the result now?

It would be fine if the young master's engagement was not cancelled, but the master who I watched grow up gave birth to a child for Xiao Yan? I even helped take care of his baby for two years?

Yun Leng's face was distorted. He really liked Yun Xiao as a child. It was precisely because of his love that he was so conflicted.

It's like an irreconcilable enemy suddenly becomes your son. The feeling is really complicated.

Yun Leng was currently struggling with whether or not he should change his attitude towards Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun was even more conflicted than him.

Should I tell Yanran about what happened between me and Xiao Yan?

In the past two years, Yun Yun had thought about it countless times. After Nalan Yanran came out of the Gate of Life and Death, she would tell Nalan Yanran about her and Xiao Yan.

However, when Yun Yun actually saw Nalan Yanran that day, she just couldn't say it.

From Nalan Yanran's appearance that day, one could guess, without even asking, how many hardships she had gone through in the Gate of Life and Death. The hostility in her would never have been revealed if she had not experienced the cycle of life and death so many times.

It is conceivable that Nalan Yanran faced death again and again in the Gate of Life and Death.

And all that she did, risking death countless times to improve her strength, was all for the sake of winning the three-year agreement and marrying her fiancé, Xiao Yan.

This makes me... how can I say it?

Yun Yun slumped over the table tiredly, her heart filled with pain, all of which was seen by Yun Shan.

But Yunshan remained silent.

What did he say? Is this something he can handle?

Her own disciple stole her disciple's fiancé. Who do you want me, the old sect leader, to side with?

Oh, Yun Yun stole Nalan Yanran's fiancé, and then she stood up to be a peacemaker and said that it was done and everyone should be content? Is this what a human being would say?

You have to know that in order to marry her fiancé, Nalan Yanran, as a fighting master, ran to the Gate of Life and Death and fought for her life. Even if Yunshan was really shameless, he couldn't say such a thing!

Yun'er, ah Yun'er, what you did was really... so shameless.

Yunshan once again blamed his disciples in his heart.

Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

"teacher!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Yun Yun's body trembled, and she sat up straight suddenly, and saw Nalan Yanran walking in holding Yun Xiao.

"Yanran, you're awake."

Yun Yun forced herself to calm down and forced a smile.

"Yeah, I just went to the cafeteria to have a meal."

Nalan Yanran said with a smile, and when Yun Xiao heard her words, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and complain in a low voice.

"Sister, the amount you ate in that one meal is equivalent to what I ate in three months."

"What? Any objections? And don't roll your eyes at your sister."

Nalan Yanran raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and reached out to tickle Yun Xiao's armpit, making Yun Xiao laugh happily.

Seeing this scene, Yun Yun's mouth twitched.

Her own disciple was holding her and her fiancé's child, and the two seemed to have a good relationship. This scene was really too weird.

After playing with Yun Xiao for a while, Nalan Yanran looked at Yun Yun.

"By the way, teacher, who is Yun Xiao's father? Do I know him?"

Geek!

Yun Yun's heart suddenly started beating fast, her mouth trembled slightly, and she turned her head away guiltily.

“You might know him.”

"Really? Who is it? Master Furukawa?"

Nalan Yanran immediately brought up Gu He's name. After all, as far as she knew, Gu He was the only male who had a closer relationship with Yun Yun.

"not him."

As soon as Nalan Yanran finished speaking, Yun Yun immediately denied it, and then regretted it.

What am I doing with my bad mouth?

Sure enough, after Gu He's name was denied, Nalan Yanran continued to ask.

"Who is that?"

".Don't ask me. I haven't seen him since Xiaoxiao was born."

Yun Yun said this with the intention of making Nalan Yanran ignore Yun Xiao's father and lose interest in him, which would make it easier to fool her.

Unexpectedly, Nalan Yanran's eyes suddenly became stern after hearing Yun Yun's words.

"Huh?! Has the father never come to you since you gave birth to Xiaoxiao?"

"Ah huh."