18 Hundred years too early

Plutarch, Year 198 of the Dragon

Yi Lan woke up when she felt sun rays falling on her. She stretched and stumbled out of bed. On passing by a mirror, she was surprised to see that her injuries were already healed. "Wha-? As far as I remember, I had injuries all over. How did they heal?" She asked herself. On seeing the slightly ajar door, she understood that this was the work of her new cute brother. Che Ling wouldn't have the guts to come in her room without her permission. Without bothering to change out of her dirty and bloody white robes, she came out of her room. Her eyesight was slightly blurry.

On reaching the dining hall, she found two people sitting there. One was Che Ling and the other was the woman who had screeched at Yi Lan when she first came here.

The woman's face instantly grew dark on seeing Yi Lan. Che Ling on the other hand let out a sigh, lamenting that he hadn't finished his breakfast before Yi Lan came.

The guards had been dismissed by Che Ling, for some privacy.

Only those three were in the room. Yi Lan yawned and pulled back a chair. She took a seat, but not before resting her legs on the table and grabbing an apple and a knife.

"Yi Meng! What are you doing? Is this anyway to behave in front of the Crown Prince?!" The annoying woman- Yi Ruo grits out.

Yi Lan ignores her and starts cutting the apple.

Che Ling gulps down the toast he had been previously eating. "It's fine Yi Ruo. I don't mind." He said hastily.

"Crown Prince is too kind. An imbecile like Yi Meng does not deserve such kindness. This lady would like to punish her on your behalf." Yi Ruo said in a sickly sweet tone.

"Please refrain from doing so. This isn't necessary." Che Ling said, his hands starting to sweat. He started chewing his buttered toast, slightly worried.

"I insist Crown Prince. No matter if she's your betrothed or not, she can't disrespect you in front of me." Yi Ruo said in a righteous manner.

Without waiting for him to give a reply, she started to gather Qi in her hands.

*Whizz*

A silver glinting object flew towards Yi Ruo and grazed her cheek. Red blood dripped from her wound. Yi Ruo clutched her cheek in shock.

The wall behind Yi Ruo was now adorned by a silver knife. A slight crack had appeared on the wall.

Che Ling choked on his food. Yi Lan sat there calmly, biting her apple as if nothing had happened. She had never been a morning person.

"Yi Meng! How da-" Yi Ruo stopped herself from saying anything that could ruin her image in front of the Prince.

"You want to punish me? You're a hundred years too early." Yi Lan said in a lazy tone.

"What's going on?" A voice strongly called out. Yi Lan turned her head slightly to see Yoru standing near her, dressed in fresh robes.

'When did he come in? I didn't even notice.' Yi Lan was surprised.

Yoru gave a cold look to Yi Ruo who was now trembling slightly. At the same time, a blush coated her face. 'He-he' s looking at me. I knew it, how could he go after trash. He couldn't stand seeing me being wounded and stepped in.' Yi Ruo was currently delirious.

"Brother Yoru, do you know what Big Sister Yi Meng just did to me?" Yi Ruo said in a slightly whiny voice, blinking her doe-like eyes at him, with a coy look on her face.

Yi Lan felt a wave of irritation.

Yoru gave a cold look to Yi Ruo and ignored her. Then, with a smile on his face, he looked at Yi Lan and said "Good Morning Big Sister. How do you feel now?"

Yi Lan answered with an amused look "I'm fine. Last night, a puppy came inside my room and voila! My wounds were healed."

Yoru had a slightly sheepish look on his face.

On the other hand, Yi Ruo was unable to accept the fact that she had been ignored by the genius cultivator.

Che Ling was quietly sipping his tea.

Yi Lan passed Yoru a plate with heaps of toast and soup."Eat up. Today you're free right? We'll go and look around a bit." She said patting his head.

Yoru nodded eagerly and with graceful manners, started eating his food.

Unable to stay quiet anymore, Yi Ruo said "Are you going anywhere today Big Sister Meng? But, you promised that you would help me sort out the dirty clothes today." Her eyes became huge and she looked as if she was the most helpless person in the world.

Yi Lan slammed her hand on the table, her short temper startling everyone sitting there. "First things first. My name is Yi Lan, not Yi Meng. Second, do I look like a servant to you? You can do the laundry yourself. You have been given two hands and two legs for working, not for showing them off in a brothel."

Yi Ruo bit back a gasp, shocked by Yi Lan's attitude. 'This trash actually dares to speak back to me!'

Outwards, she put on a pitiful act. "Big Sister Meng, what are you saying? Have you lost your sanity?"

"Look here, I've lost my memories and currently, I call myself Yi Lan. You wanna accept it, then do. If not, you're welcome to get the hell out." Yi Lan said in a 'I-don't-give-a-damn-about-you' tone.

"But, Big Sister Meng-"

"Wait a minute, how old are you?" Yi Lan asks, cutting her off in between.

"I-I'm only eighteen." Yi Ruo said in a slightly nervous tone.

"And you call me Big Sister. You must be lacking some serious common sense." Yi Lan said sassily.

Yi Ruo flushed deeply when Che Ling let out a low laugh. Yi Lan glanced at him "What's so funny? I don't see any joke here. Oh sorry, I forgot about you." Yi Lan said with a smirk.

Che Ling muttered slowly "Someone woke up from the wrong side of the bed."

"Did you say something?" Yoru asked nonchalantly, sipping his soup, but not looking at Che Ling.

Che Ling coughed and said "No."

Yi Ruo's face was already blue with anger. 'Why is my Yoru supporting her!? I'm supposed to be the one to get his attention.'

Yi Ruo had never really loved Che Ling. She just wanted a big thigh to hold on to.

"Some people are so disgusting, that you can't help but want to hit them till they recover. Be it Mo Ling or her. Atleast, Mo Ling was really in love with Mo Huo." Yi Lan muttered under her breath.

Yoru's sharp ears caught what Yi Lan had said and his brows furrowed slightly. Even though he hadn't been with Yi Meng, he had still been aware of the people who had been in contact with her and Mo Huo and Mo Ling were not one of them. 'If she has lost her memories, how does she know those people?' Yoru was confused.

Aloud he said "Big Sister, I'll be waiting for you near the plum blossom tree outside."

Yi Lan nodded and got up from her chair.

Yi Ruo rushed towards Yoru and hugged his arm. She rubbed her slightly big chest against his arm and said "Brother Yoru, after you come back, would you take a walk with me? After all, I have been taking care of Sister Meng for all these years." Knowing that nothing but Yi Meng mattered to Yoru, Yi Ruo decided to use Yi Meng as an excuse.

As expected, even though Yoru was extremely disgusted with Yi Ruo's actions, he had no choice but to agree.

Delighted, Yi Ruo released his arm, only to embrace him, but was stopped when a silver thing went flashing by her uninjured cheek. Now, her other cheek also started bleeding.

Yi Lan whistled as if she had nothing to do with what had just happened. Yoru thought that it was Che Ling who had done that and he didn't pursue the matter.

Not giving Yi Ruo another chance to catch him, Yoru went out.

As she passed by Yi Ruo, Yi Lan commented with a sneer "Pedophile."

Yi Ruo's face became red with anger and she turned around, but Yi Lan was already gone. Yi Ruo also left the room in a fit.

Only poor Che Ling was left in the room sitting alone, wondering what he had done to receive this so early in the morning.