Chapter 717: Her Family Name is Su
“Mount f.u.xing.” Su Huiqing nodded slightly.
That person glanced at Su Huiqing with an even more respectful expression. They all knew who lived on Mount f.u.xing. They immediately gave Su Huiqing a temporary pa.s.s.
Su Huiqing paused. “Do you have a map?”
“Yes, Miss.” The staff took out a brand new map from behind.
Su Huiqing took it and thanked him before leaving.
Mount f.u.xing was the tallest mountain on this island. Before Su Huiqing could find Old Master Zhuge, she was stopped by a figure. That person only held an ancient book in his hand and stood in front of Su Huiqing. He raised his snow-like face and said in a cold voice, “Miss, this mountain is a forbidden area.”
Su Huiqing also slowly raised her head. She narrowed her clear eyes and looked at the person in front of her. “I am looking for Old Master Zhuge.”
Her voice was mild but also very polite.
The girl in front of him had a face that looked like it had been meticulously drawn. It was difficult to paint her face with all the ink and brush in the world. A beautiful face would add points no matter where she went.
The man paused and shook his head. “Old Master Zhuge disappeared twenty years ago.”
Su Huiqing nodded slightly at him but didn’t leave immediately. She just lowered her eyes and sent a message to Old Master Zhuge.
Seeing that Su Huiqing was still not leaving, the man frowned. Although he never hit girls, special circ.u.mstances required special treatment. However, before he could do so, he received a message.
After reading that message, his expression changed. He looked at Su Huiqing with a probing gaze. “Miss Su, please follow me.”
The mountain road was very shaky and long, but this was nothing to Su Huiqing.
Seeing that Su Huiqing didn’t look tired, the man behind him finally relaxed.
Old Master Zhuge’s house on the mountain was very vintage. It was a courtyard that had been carefully surrounded. The courtyard was filled with herbs. There were five to six two-story wooden buildings inside. Once they reached the door, they could smell a rich medicinal scent.
“It’s good that you are here.” Old Master Zhuge was fiddling with the herbs on the shelf when he heard a sound. He looked at Su Huiqing. “That one next to you is my only disciple, Miss Su. Miss Su here is our guest on the mountain. She will stay on the mountain for a year.”
In the end, Old Master Zhuge pointed at Su Huiqing.
He glanced at her but didn’t express his thoughts. He just bowed respectfully. “I understand, Teacher.”
“Alright, go back to the family first.” Old Master Zhuge waved his hand. “There’s no need to come up if there’s nothing.”
Upon hearing Old Master Zhuge’s words, he didn’t say anything. He just glanced at Su Huiqing. Although he didn’t know why Old Master Zhuge agreed to let Su Huiqing stay here, he didn’t have any doubts about his teacher’s decision and just went down the mountain.
Su Huiqing realized that this mountain was indeed a good place. She had cut off all contact with the outside world. Actually, it was useless even if she couldn’t cut it off. This was because only the foot of the mountain had a signal. The top of the mountain didn’t even have an ordinary Internet, let alone a wireless Internet.
Su Huiqing’s daily mission was to read the books that Old Master Zhuge asked her to read and then to capture the small animals on the mountain for experiments.
The more Old Master Zhuge looked at Su Huiqing’s progress, the more regretful he felt. It was not the first time he asked her if she was really unwilling to be his new disciple.
However, Su Huiqing only said that as long as he didn’t trouble her, she had no objections.
Old Master Zhuge instantly fell silent.
It had been almost a year.
Under a tree not far away from the courtyard, a man and a woman looked at each other.
The girl was wearing a pinkish-blue dress and a white jacket.
The two of them were talking when, suddenly, rotten fruits fell from the tree.
The man and woman raised their heads and saw another woman lying on a branch.
That person was wearing long pants and a jacket. However, the b.u.t.tons on the jacket were not b.u.t.toned up. The ends of the jacket hung down and swayed gently in the breeze.
With a book covering her face, no one could see it clearly.
The girl’s expression changed. “Who are you? How did you come to the mountain? You actually eavesdropped on our conversation…”
However, before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by the man beside him. “That is Master’s guest.” With that, she looked at the tree with deep eyes. “Miss Su… uhm, this isn’t good, right?”
This man was Old Master Zhuge’s only disciple since a year ago. However, he had been handling the Zhuge Family matters and rarely went up the mountain. He had only met Su Huiqing a few times. Even if they met, it was just a face-to-face meeting.
The person on the branch was eavesdropping, and so her expression was naturally unpleasant. It involved their family matters.
“I said…” at this moment, Su Huiqing finally spoke. Her voice was lazy. “I haven’t blamed you guys for disturbing my sleep.”
“You!” The girl’s face changed. She wanted to say something, but she was stopped by his eyes. “Alright, Su Yun, let’s go somewhere else.”
After all, she was a guest of his teacher and had stayed here for a year. He had concerns.
He took away the girl in the white jacket, who was called Su Yun.
“Brother Chu, who is that girl?” Su Yun felt strange and asked.
He shook his head. “I don’t know. I only know her surname is Su. I have only seen her a few times and have never heard Master mention her. However, she is Master’s guest. Don’t provoke her.”