Chapter 329: The System Senior Who Cares for Juniors

“Li Yuan, you speak first!”

In the main hall, Shangguan Yunlan sat in the chief seat.

She looked cold and angry, her gaze fixed on the two standing figures below her.

Her disciple Li Yuan and her junior sister’s disciple Wang Haoran.

The pressure from a Legends realm expert made both of them sweat nervously.

At this moment, hearing his master tell him to speak first, Li Yuan rejoiced and began his accusation.

“Master, this Wang Haoran is utterly shameless! He was crouching on the wall, spying on you while you bathed!”

“I was about to stop him when he, feeling guilty, ran away!”

“You must punish him severely!”

“……”

After hearing his words, Shangguan Yunlan didn’t show her opinion, instead turning to Wang Haoran: “Haoran, now you speak!”

“Yes, Master-Aunt.”

Wang Haoran spoke calmly, neither humble nor arrogant.

“Just now, as I passed by that bamboo grove, I suddenly saw Senior Brother Li Yuan crouching on the wall.”

“I was curious and was about to ask him what he was doing.”

“When Senior Brother Li Yuan noticed me, he seemed startled and ran away. I instinctively chased after him.”

“I have no idea why he started shouting about ‘peeping at Master bathing!’”

“……”

Shangguan Yunlan then asked, “It’s so late, why were you at the bamboo grove?”

“Well…”

Wang Haoran seemed a bit embarrassed but finally made up his mind to speak—

“I was looking for Little Senior Sister.”

“Since it was my first time here and it was so dark, I got lost…”

“I see.”

Shangguan Yunlan nodded.

She naturally understood the relationship between her youngest disciple and Wang Haoran.

Ah, who would have thought they’ve progressed to night-time rendezvous so quickly!

Then, she looked at Li Yuan, “And what about you?”

“I-I… um… I was looking for you, Master… but because it was dark…”

“So… I accidentally… went the wrong way…”

Li Yuan stammered, looking guilty and uncertain. In the end, he shouted, seemingly to bolster his courage—

“Master, you must believe me! Wang Haoran is lying!”

“Oh, really?”

Li Yuan didn’t expect that his words would only earn him a cold laugh from his master.

“Haoran is here for the first time; it’s understandable that he got lost.”

“But you’ve been here for over ten years. Even if it’s dark, you shouldn’t have taken the wrong path!”

Shangguan Yunlan’s eyes were icy—

“And how are you so sure I was bathing?”

“…This… this is…”

Shangguan Yunlan continued, “How could Haoran, who’s only been here a few days, know my daily habits as well as you do?”

“…Master… it must be Haoran secretly asking Little Junior Sister—”

“Shut up!”

Seeing her disciple’s stubbornness, Shangguan Yunlan cut him off angrily.

Did he really think her Legends realm abilities were fake?! She clearly knew who was outside!

Haoran’s presence was several meters away from the courtyard wall, but her eldest disciple Li Yuan’s presence was right by the wall!

Who was in the wrong was obvious!

And she was only asking these questions, hoping Li Yuan would admit his mistake.

But she didn’t expect him to be unrepentant and to falsely accuse others!

With an angry swipe in the air, Shangguan Yunlan sent Li Yuan flying out into the courtyard with a loud “bang.”

“Go back and reflect for ten days, thoroughly!”

After all this.

Shangguan Yunlan took a deep breath, then smiled.

“Haoran, I’m sorry you had to see that.”

“I didn’t expect your senior brother to push the blame onto you.”

“Yes, quite outrageous!”

Wang Haoran smiled, taking a few steps forward—

“So, Master-Aunt, this matter shouldn’t be left unsettled!”

——

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Outside.

Dragging his body that felt like it was falling apart, Li Yuan limped back to his room.

(Sigh, physical harm during the day…)

(And now both physical and mental harm at night! And it was from my master!)

(The male lead’s protagonist halo is really ridiculous!)

(My master believed him entirely and not me, her disciple of over ten years!)

However, Li Yuan also knew it was because of his excellent acting.

Tonight’s plot was that he, being in too much of a hurry to expose the truth and have his master punish the male lead, was cleverly thwarted, leading his master to misunderstand him as guilty and lying!

(Seriously, the male lead is such a good actor!)

(If I didn’t know the plot, even I would almost believe him! Damn it!)

Li Yuan vented as he consulted his system.

“System, did I perform well tonight?”

<Not bad, not bad!>

The system responded perfunctorily.

Its attention was elsewhere.

In the system space—

<My senior is so good to me!>

Feeling delighted, the junior system touched her furry ears with a smile.

These cat ears were just gifted to her by the senior system!

With a thought, the cat ears would appear and disappear, so convenient, costing 400 luck points!

Then, the junior system picked up another gift from the senior.

Since she had just transformed into a girl, the senior, worried she couldn’t dress well, specifically gifted her these.

Opening them, she saw two manga books.

<…“Loving, Spoiled Silver-Haired Loli”?>

<…“Listen to Your Brother’s Words”?>

<These… don’t seem like clothes-matching books…>

<But… the character outfits here are really cute…>

<Learning is good too!>

<Can’t let senior’s efforts go to waste!>

tln : this time, the system also being targeted by haoran system lol