Little Alpaca – Chapter 59

Volume 1: Little Alpaca

Favorable Impression Level, Nine Hundred Ninety.

Yi Qiu did not want to speak with You Yan at all. Even though the speech ban was lifted, she only wanted to stay quietly in a corner.

She always, for some strange, strange reasons, especially, especially did not want to speak with You Yan, so even she herself could not count how many times this was that she did not want to speak with You Yan.

But on the days she did not speak with You Yan, she truly had nowhere else she could speak.

These past few days, Jiang Yuyao had been watching over Luo Mingyuan from morning to night.

She said she was afraid, afraid that when Luo Mingyuan woke up, there would be no one by his side to accompany him, and he would not be able to get over his despair alone.

Such a worry was not without reason.

Under those circumstances, for a seventeen-year-old child to have no choice but to personally end the life of his closest relative—the suffering that had to be endured in that—Yi Qiu did not even dare to think about it.

Luo Mingyuan, covered in injuries, ran a high fever for four consecutive days. If this had been an ordinary person, it is feared they would not have pulled through.

Fortunately, he was not an ordinary person. The fever gradually subsided on the evening of the fourth day, and by the morning of the fifth day, he had finally regained consciousness.

After waking up, Luo Mingyuan was very quiet. He ate whatever he was fed, and when his dressings were changed, pulling at his wounds, he only frowned without making a sound at all.

Such quietness, compared to loud weeping and commotion, was even more worrying.

After dinner that day, Yi Qiu said to You Yan that she wanted to go comfort that little pig’s trotter.

Without even thinking, You Yan gave a cheerful “En.”

Yi Qiu had thought You Yan would go with her, but she walked to the door of Luo Mingyuan’s guest room, looking back every three steps, and still could not see You Yan emerge from her room.

That bird woman, she probably did not much like those kinds of scenes where any words would seem pale.

The one who opened the door for Yi Qiu was Jiang Yuyao. She had just finished changing Luo Mingyuan’s dressings and was now planning to go downstairs to wash the blood-stained clothes. Seeing the little alpaca arrive, she could not help but curve her eyebrows and eyes, a bit of gratitude surfacing in the bottom of her eyes.

Jiang Yuyao made way for Yi Qiu and said softly into the room: “Xiao Yang is here to see you.”

After speaking, she turned back, rubbed Yi Qiu’s little head, and said in a low voice: “I’ll be heading down for a bit, you watch him.”

“En!” Yi Qiu nodded. After watching Jiang Yuyao leave, she turned and walked into the room, kicking the door shut with her hind leg.

Lying against the bed, Luo Mingyuan looked at her, and she also craned her neck to look back at Luo Mingyuan.

One person and one alpaca, just like that, big eyes staring at small eyes, stared for a long while, stunned and unable to say a single word.

Yi Qiu could not help but feel awkward.

She reflected on her past, only to realize that all her keyboard tapping on the internet in her daily life was just for the sake of “battling” with people. In her entire twenty-eight years of life, all told, she had truly never understood how to comfort people.

Today, facing such a youth who had just lost his closest relative, she saw it with her eyes and felt the pain in her heart, but was truly at a complete loss.

In the past when reading novels, whenever she saw particularly miserable characters, she always wanted to transmigrate into the book to give them a hug.

But at this moment, she was truly in the book, yet she discovered that she had thought of so-called “comfort” as being far too simple.

Firstly, as an alpaca, she could not give a human a hug.

Secondly, if she were not an alpaca, it seemed not quite appropriate to randomly hug another person’s man.

Yi Qiu thought it over and over, and finally walked slowly to the bedside and said: “Hey, little pig’s trotter, are you feeling better?”

“En…” Luo Mingyuan responded in a low voice. Perhaps because of the prolonged fever, his throat was a little hoarse.

“That, en… how about, how about you…” Yi Qiu hesitated for a long time, as if having made some kind of decision, stretched her neck, brought her head close to Luo Mingyuan, and looked up, saying, “You rub me?”

“Ah?” Luo Mingyuan was stunned, his eyes filled with astonishment.

“I am very soft. When Master is in a bad mood, she just has to rub me and she’ll be happy!”

Yi Qiu said seriously, “Little pig’s trotter, I’m telling you, I’m older than you, so being rubbed by you is very embarrassing for me! Don’t be tactless, ah, I’m only letting you rub me once. The opportunity must not be lost, for it will not come again!”

“…” Luo Mingyuan hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly reached out his hand and gently rubbed the little alpaca’s fluffy head.

Finally, he drew his hand back and gave the little alpaca an honest smile: “Thank you…”

Since coming to this world, Yi Qiu had not had her fur rubbed by many people. In her impression, everyone’s hands were different.

You Yan’s hands were always so cold, yet as smooth as silk.

Chao Yun’s hands were warm and gentle, like a spring breeze, giving people a sense of peace.

Jiang Yuyao’s hands were like flower petals brushing past, slender and soft.

The hands of those children on the road were small, fleshy, and soft.

This little pig’s trotter, however, was quite different from everyone else.

His palms were relatively large, having done rough work all year round, and were covered with calluses. They had an indescribable sense of weightiness to the touch, giving one a feeling that was strangely reassuring.

“I really misunderstood you in the past,” Yi Qiu could not help but say with emotion.

“Misunderstood what?” Luo Mingyuan asked.

“Like those fellow martial brothers of yours, I rather looked down on you,” Yi Qiu said.

“Oh…” Luo Mingyuan thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, “That wouldn’t be a misunderstanding, I really am quite useless.”

“You, this little pig’s trotter, you can’t think like that! In this life, the one thing you should never do is presumptuously think little of yourself¹!”

Yi Qiu said, shaking her head as she began to lecture, “A person, ah, no matter what kind of life they live, must always have self-pity and self-love! If you even look down on yourself, on what grounds should others look up to you?”

“…” Luo Mingyuan stared blankly at Yi Qiu, his gaze full of astonishment and bewilderment, as if he could not quite accept the fact that he was being lectured by a “sheep.”

“Look at those martial brothers of yours, every single one of them is so ordinary yet so confident. In terms of character, in terms of looks, in terms of temperament, in what way are you, this little pig’s trotter, not stronger than them?”

Yi Qiu said, stopping her little head from shaking, and said seriously, “That He-shixiong of yours, he doesn’t usually praise people, right? If you don’t believe me, you should at least believe him, right? He said you are not weak, so you are absolutely not weak!”

“You… are quite good at… comforting people.”

“Of course!” The little alpaca proudly lifted the corners of her lips, which were not very visible even when lifted.

Seeing Luo Mingyuan’s reaction, it seemed that what she had just said was very helpful to him.

Hai, it seems that as long as one reaches a certain age, being a heart-knowing older sister² is not too difficult a matter.

As Yi Qiu thought this, she added earnestly: “Little pig’s trotter, ah, you must remember, you are not lacking. If you work hard, you will definitely become better!”

“Why do you always call me little pig’s trotter…” Luo Mingyuan frowned, “Is it because I am very stupid?”

“I told you not to presumptuously think little of yourself! The pig’s trotter in little pig’s trotter, uh, this little pig’s trot, en, it, uh…” As Yi Qiu spoke, her brain got stuck.

For a moment, she stood with her mouth open, looking at Luo Mingyuan, dumbfounded and hesitating to speak for a long while.

Finally, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she began her solemn nonsense: “Have you seen a small pig? The kind of small pig that doesn’t grow big, that can be kept as a pet like a cat or a dog, very cute… Little pig’s trotter, is a compliment and affirmation for you.”

Luo Mingyuan: “…”

“Aiya! That’s not important!” Yi Qiu quickly changed the subject to cover up her embarrassment, “You, you next, after your injuries are healed… what do you plan to do?”

“I…” Luo Mingyuan could not help but fall into deep thought.

After a period of deep thought, he could not help but clench the thin blanket covering him, and said in a hoarse voice, thoughtfully: “Avenge my father and mother.”

“I believe you can do it.” Yi Qiu nodded in affirmation, “Master and I will also help you!”

No matter what, You Yan, that bird woman, had already planned to make a move. The great villain and the protagonist could be considered a powerful alliance, right? There’s no way they can’t win against the malicious third female character.

“En… thank you,” Luo Mingyuan replied with his head down.

Yi Qiu wanted to say something more, but found that her clumsy little mouth could not utter any other words.

She lay on the side, humming a song out of boredom for a while, and finally waited for Jiang Yuyao’s return, at which point she immediately slipped back to You Yan’s room.

The moment she pushed the door open and entered the room, Yi Qiu heard that bird woman humming a song.

She took a closer look, and it was quite something—not only was the bird woman humming, but she was also holding a basin of water in her left hand and a wooden ladle in her right, watering the flowers in the room in a great mood.

Huo, from embroidery to watering flowers, this bird woman’s leisurely and refined interests are really growing stronger by the day.

But this was also good.

Lately, You Yan was truly becoming more and more like a person.

After entering the room, Yi Qiu closed the door with her foot and slowly walked to the bedside to lie down.

Outside the window, the evening sun had already set, and the sky was gradually darkening. The little alpaca listened carefully to the wordless tune hummed from the tip of You Yan’s nose, and her small, pointed ears could not help but tremble slightly.

She hadn’t misheard. She was certain she had not misheard.

Although You Yan’s humming was terrible, with the rhythm and tune deviating slightly from the original song, Yi Qiu still recognized a sense of familiarity in the lighthearted and mysteriously awful melody.

It was truly unbelievable.

This bird woman was actually humming Catching Loaches!

And she was so terribly off-key, she almost didn’t recognize it!

“Are you singing the song I sang last time?”

You Yan stopped the action of watering the flowers in her hand, turned her head to give Yi Qiu a faint glance, and replied softly: “En-heng…”

Even an “en-heng”?

This bird woman probably thinks she hums quite well?

Yi Qiu couldn’t hold it in and laughed out loud.

“What are you laughing at?” You Yan put down the water basin and wooden ladle, leaned against the window, and looked down at Yi Qiu lying by the bed.

Yi Qiu blinked her eyes and did not answer, but under You Yan’s gaze, she hummed the simple children’s song once through without lyrics.

Finally, she said with a proud expression: “Want to learn?”

You Yan was silent for a moment, then said: “Truly awful to listen to…”

“…” Yi Qiu stood up and said with dissatisfaction, “If it’s awful to listen to, why were you singing it just now?”

You Yan skipped over this topic and asked as if nothing had happened: “How is that kid? He’s not seeking death, is he?”

Yi Qiu rolled her eyes: “He’s fine, not crying or making a fuss, and is even thinking about revenge… I told him we would help, you don’t have any objections, right?”

“You’re quite good at executing first and reporting later.” You Yan said, her index finger lightly touching the small white petal of a nearby Rixiang Gui³, the bottom of her eyes calm and undisturbed.

“No, I’m not! You said you would take care of that Yi bird!” Yi Qiu retorted stubbornly.

“En…” You Yan replied faintly, not looking angry.

Yi Qiu thought for a moment, trying to pull the topic back: “Hey, that tune just now, you really don’t want to learn it?”

To be honest, she really wanted to be this bird woman’s teacher for once. If she had the chance, she would definitely chatter endlessly in this bird woman’s ear to her heart’s content!

Unfortunately, You Yan gave her an attitude of wanting nothing to do with her.

“I’m not talking to you anymore!” Yi Qiu said, and angrily hugged her pillow and lay back down on the floor.

You Yan cast a leisurely glance at the little alpaca.

The little alpaca turned her head away, leaving only the back of her head for her “master.”

【You Yan Favorable Impression Level +10】

Yi Qiu suspiciously stole a glance at You Yan, and seeing that her gaze was not on her at all, she felt somewhat bewildered for a moment.

Favorable impression level, nine hundred ninety.

Although it felt very unreal, it was actually only ten points away.

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