章節 62: Settling the punishment
編輯: Misty Cloud Translations
Arriving at the Principal's office, everyone took their own initiative to stand into two lines. Nalan Lan stood behind the Teaching Director while Sima You Yue and Sima You Le stood behind Feng Zhi Xing. He Qiu Zhi took a look before standing to Sima You Yue's side.
The Principal sat in his seat before turning to look at the Teaching Director, saying, "How are you governing the issues of the students that you almost allowed manslaughter!"
"Principal, it was Sima You Yue that wanted to kill Nalan Lan but when I wanted to stop it, Master Feng blocked me. You should ask Master Feng why he wanted to block me!" The Teaching Director threw the entirety of the blame to Sima You Yue and Feng Zhi Xing.
The Principal looked at Feng Zhi Xing then his face frosted over. He appeared to be fuming mad. She'd heard that the Principal was very terrifying once he became angry so Sima You Yue could not help but to feel slightly worried for Feng Zhi Xing. She was afraid that the Principal would make trouble for him.
However, the Principal shouted at the Teaching Director once again, "You think that your words are the only ones that count in this Academy? Although I don't poke my nose much into the affairs of this Academy, do you think I am blind? I watched the unfoldings at the Plaza extremely clearly. You still want to push the blame to others? It looks like you're the Teaching Director for nothing! Do you wish to give up your position? I'll immediately call for someone to take over!"
"No, Principal I…" The Teaching Director wanted to explain but he had been stared down by the Principal.
"Where's the Sound Stone?" The Principal asked.
Feng Zhi Xing stepped forward and placed the Sound Stone on his desk.
The Principal picked up the Sound Stone and infused it with Spirit Power. The previous conversation sounded once again. While listening to it, he glared daggers at the Teaching Director. It's meaning was that things were already so obvious but he had actually made this kind of decision. The Teaching Director was so afraid that he broke out in cold sweat.
After he finished listening to the recording, the Principal looked at Nalan Lan and said, "What else do you want to say?"
Nalan Lan groaned, turning her head to the side.
"Since this is the case, we'll just expel her." The Principal said, "He Qiu Zhi, the same goes for you. Two of you should return to pack up your things and leave the Academy. From now on, you both are not students of this Academy. Go back now to pack."
Nalan Lan took the lead and walked out. When she walked past Sima You Yue, she glared at her hatefully.
He Qiu Zhi saw how things were already set and could only leave feeling unreconciled.
"As for you, you're the Teaching Director but you don't know how to handle things impartially. Because of your impartial judgement, you are suspended for a year. During this period of time, someone will take charge in your place. You should go home and properly reflect!" The Principal said to the Teaching Director.
The Teaching Director wanted to explain himself but once he saw how strict the Principal was, he swallowed his words and turned to leave.
Sima You Yue touched her nose. This issue was resolved just like that?
No matter what, this Nalan Lan had been expelled so her first goal had been reached.
"Hmph!"
Right now, only Sima You Yue, Sima You Le, Feng Zhi Xing and the Principal remained inside the house. When he saw that Sima You Yue's mind was wandering, the Principal humphed, causing Sima You Yue to recover her thoughts.
Sima You Yue saw that the Principal was looking at her so she quickly stood straight, as if she was a model student.
"What's the point of acting obedient now!" The Principal saw the way Sima You Yue was acting and said, "Did you know that if I had not acted out today, you would be expelled today?! You actually dare to harm another student, you really are brave!"
Sima You Yue grinned, "Wasn't it because I knew that Principal would intervene that I acted this way?"
"You knew?" The Principal raised his eyebrows in shock.
"That's right! You were watching from the window for such a long time. You definitely would not have let things become too serious!" Sima You Yue said.
"You knew that I was watching from here?" The Principal and Feng Zhi Xing looked at each other. It was expected that Feng Zhi Xing would realised because he was of an unknown strength, but how come Sima You Yue would also know that he was watching?
"That's right, when Master Feng and the rest had arrived at the plaza, you were standing here already." Sima You Yue said definitively.
From the very beginning, she had felt someone watching her from here. Someone who was able to watch her from this place, who else could it be if not the Principal?
She was an assassin in her previous life and was especially sensitive towards this kind of gazes. Furthermore, she was most talented in concealing herself and discovering others. She had managed to feel the Principal's barely concealed gaze immediately.
"That's why you came up with this kind of idea, in order to make me intervene?" The Principal said.
Sima You Yue nodded.
"The Teaching Director had hardened his heart to protect Nalan Lan, only you would be able to shake him. However, you remained here watching the drama without showing yourself so I had no choice!" SIma You Yue said with a face full of lamentation, "But speaking up to this point, if I had been slightly more rash or had moved slight quickly, or if I had accidentally slipped…"
Looking at how the Principal's face turned blacker and blacker, Sima You Yue's voice also became softer and softer. In the end, her voice was barely a whisper as she finally swallowed her words.
"I promised your Grandfather that I would account to him with regards to this situation. I didn't expected that you would use murder to force it out. Right now, this can be considered to be fair to you. You can do whatever you want in the Academy and I won't care. But the Nalan Clan will not be easily provoked. Right now, your family and theirs are back on par, when you do things please be more alert." The Principal said.
Her secret plans had been exposed. Sima You yue was a bit embarrassed and laughed awkwardly.
The Principal waved his hands, saying, "The two of you go down, I have some things to speak to Master Feng about."
"Yes, Principal!"
Sima You Yue and Sima You Le came out and looked at each other. They immediately laughed.
Sima You Le touched the cold sweat that beaded on his forehead, saying, "I never thought you would dare to do this kind of things in front of so many people, it was even more unexpected that the principal did not pursue it. You really want to scare me to death!"
"Hey hey, who asked that Teaching Director to be so hateful." Sima You Yue placed a hand on Sima You Le's shoulder, saying, "However, their pampered princess has been expelled, it looks like that Nalan Clan will not let this matter go. I'm just afraid that they will go look for trouble with Grandfather."
"Mm, this is a possibility." Sima You le nodded, "I'll go home now to explain today's happenings to Grandfather and tell him to be more careful."
"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Fourth Brother."
"What are you thanking me for. Who asked me to be your Fourth Brother! I'm going off first." Sima You Le patted Sima You Yue's shoulder and left with large strides.
Sima You Yue watched him leave and laughed languidly. She had caused such a major event but he had not even scolded her at all. Having this kind of family was really a blessing!
When she pushed open the main door to the dormitory, she saw that Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi were sitting in the Pavilion watching and waving at her.
She walked over and sat down, saying, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Waiting for you!" Fatty Qu said, "Did the Principal make things hard for you?"
"Nope." Sima You Yue said.
"That's good." Fatty Qu let out a breath. He was afraid that Sima You Yue would also be expelled. If that happened, he would not have anymore good food to eat.
"What do you plan to do next? He Qui Zhi and her friend will probably leave the capital." Wei Zi Qi asked.
"I don't have to raise my hand against He Qiu Zhi. The Nalan Clan will definitely not let her off." Sima You Yue said, "Right now, Nalan Lan has been expelled. In the future, it will be an issue between the Nalan Clan and my Sima Clan."
"You need to be careful of Nalan Lan's younger brother, Nalan Qi." Wei Zi Qi cautioned.
"Yes, I will." Sima You Yue said, "From now I need to make use of every opportunity to cultivate and then go complete the mission with you all."
章節 63: Her Past
編輯: Misty Cloud Translations
Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi still thought of dissuading her, but she looked extremely resolute, forcing them to swallow their words.
"Have a good time cultivating them, we'll head off together when the time comes." Wei Zi Qi patted Sima You Yue's shoulder before walking out.
"Yup, rest assured, I will definitely protect you!" Fatty Qu also left after declaring this.
Sima You Yue closed the door and smiled when she thought of how Fatty Qu declared that he would protect her. Although she had been framed by her organization's second in charge, she did not carry on those bitter feelings to think that everyone in this world was a bad guy. She still subconsciously believed her own ability to discern. She could tell that Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi honestly treated her as a friend.
But she also knew that because of her contract with the Spirit Pearl, she would subconsciously leak out a kind of aura that caused those with a similar spirit to her to draw near to her.
When Sima You Yue returned to the General's residence, she related everything that happened to Sima Lie. Once Sima Lie heard that the Nalan Clan had attempted to kill Sima You Yue, he broke the desk in anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "This Nalan Clan has always set itself against my Clan, but it has actually dared to scheme against You Yue! It seems that we have been too lenient on them recently!"
"In any case, that Nalan Lan has been already been expelled from the academy and if we assume that they will continue their style of doing things, I'm afraid that they will not let Fifth Brother nor our family off the hook." Sima You Le said.
"What is there to worry about?! They won't let us off the hook, but neither do I intend to let them off!" SIma You Ming's voice came in from the outside.
Sima You Le watched as Sima You Ming walked in and asked, "Second Brother, you've returned?"
"Yup, I just came back when I heard you relate what happened." Sima You Ming said, "That Nalan Clan could go cause trouble for Fifth Brother at any time. Grandfather, since we have already promised the other party that we will take care of Fifth Brother well, we can't let him be caught up in such danger now."
Sima Lie nodded.
"Grandfather, Second Brother, what are you guys talking about?" Sima You Le heard the conversation between the two of them and looked at them in surprise.
Sima Lie and and Sima You Ming only now remembered that Sima You Le was still here and recalled that he did not know about Sima You Yue's identity. They didn't expect that they would be furious to such an extent that they would even forget about this.
Sima You Ming patted Sima You Le's shoulder, saying meaningfully, "Actually, Fifth Brother isn't our brother by blood."
"What did you say?!" Sima You Le had been so shocked by this piece of news that he started to shake all over, staring at Sima You Ming with disbelief.
"What I said is true." Sima You Ming said, "You were still very young in the year that Fifth Brother arrived at our home, that's why it's to be expected that you don't remember this."
"Fifth Brother actually isn't our brother by blood…" Sima You Le repeated this fact to himself twice over before raising his head to ask Sima Lie, "Then who are the parents of Fifth Brother?"
"We are also not sure who his mother is. Our Sima Clan had always owed his father a favor. At that time, they handed him over to us before they disappeared, so we are also unclear what his real identity is." Sima Lie said.
At that time when the Sima Clan had just arrived in this small place, they encountered some danger and it just so happened that Sima You Yue's father saved them. At that time they said that in the future, if they had the chance to, they would repay him. Who would have thought that a few tens of years later, he found them and passed Sima You Yue to them, even telling them not to let anyone know that Sima You Yue was a girl. At that time, only Sima Lie remained of the Sima Clan.
In order to protect Sima You Yue, Sima Lie even told everyone outside that Sima You Yue was brought back by his own son. Actually, at that time, his son had already disappeared for a few years.
It had to be noted that Sima You Yue's parents as well Sima You Le's parents both encountered the similar situation of disappearing. At least this point was consistant.
At that time, Sima You Le was still really young so he didn't remember. However, Sima You Qi, Sima You Ming and Sima You Ran all knew that Sima You Yue was not their brother by birth. However, they still never treated him as an outsider, as continued to treat him with as much love as the youngest of the family of the Sima Clan.
Sima You Le looked at his own Grandfather, then looked at his brother. They didn't look as if they were lying so he started to slowly digest this information.
"Grandfather, at that time, the person saved the life of our Sima Clan so today we must not watch as others harm Fifth Brother." Sima You Ming declared resolutely.
"Mm. That Nalan clan has always been looking for something to cripple our family. You should arrange for a shadow guard to surround the school compound to protect You Yue secretly once he leaves the school grounds. We cannot let the Nalan Clan cause any harm to him." Sima Lie said, "As for within the school, I believe that Feng Zhi Xing will not allow even a single hair on him to be harmed."
"Oh yeah, what kind of identity does that Feng Zhi Xing possess?" Sima You Le questioned curiously.
Sima Lie shook his head, "I don't know either. I had asked that old coot in the school before, but even he doesn't know Feng Zhi Xing's true identity. He only knows that he must be someone from another place, furthermore, he's here because of You Yue."
"Because of Fifth Brother?"
"Mm. Feng Zhi Xing said, You Yue carried a life jade. A life jade is not something that just anybody can possess. The people who do possess it are normally those from the large clans, furthermore, it has to be left in the family's ancestral hall. The fact that You Yue has a life jade that actually isn't placed in her ancestral hall and was actually brought out by her father shows that her identity isn't simple, neither is it safe."
Talking about Sima You Yue's life jade, SIma You Le and his brother thought of the time when Sima You Yue had gone missing for those few months and they had to rely on the perfect state of the life jade in order to stay sane.
"It looks like this world doesn't have people who even know about something like a life jade." SIma You Le said.
"That's right. The people of this world don't know how to make this at all." Sima Lile said, "They don't even have the materials to make it, much less have the strength to do it."
"So Fifth Brother's identity must be from somewhere outside of this world?" Sima You Ming asked.
"This is just my guess." Sima Lie said, "However, at that time, Feng Zhi Xing said something when he came here to look at You Yue's life jade. At that time, he said that he was there when You Yue's life jade was being made. This proves that he must also be from that place, and so, he knows You Yue's identity!"
"Then will he tell Fifth Brother's identity to him or not?" Sima You Ming knitted his eyebrows in question.
"Not right now." Sima Lie said, "Looking at the way he is, he's just here to see how You Yue is living. He's not here to tell him about the reality of his situation."
Hearing what Sima Lie said, Sima You Ming and Sima You Le both sighed. Even if Sima You Yue wasn't their brother by birth, they had lived their lives together for so many years that they had the same brotherly affection as real brothers. They did not wish for anyone to disrupt their current life.
"Alright, enough. You Le, you should return to school. You Ming and I will discuss how to deal with that Nalan Clan." Sima Lie said.
"Okay, if you need me to do anything please tell me. I'm also a part of this Sima Clan!" Sima You Le said seriously.
"Your responsibility right now is to cultivate properly and watch over Fifth Brother in school, that is enough." Sima You Ming patted Sima You Le's shoulder.
"Okay then, I will return first." Sima You Le shrugged and left the study room.
When they watch Sima You Le leave, Sima You Ming turned to Sima Lie and asked, "Grandfather, how do you plan to deal with the Nalan Clan…"
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