In Xi Chu .
A person carried a little girl and walked along the mountain covered with snow .
“Father, where are we going?” the little girl asked cutely . The snow fell down and landed on her eyelashes . They turned into water droplets . As she batted her lashes, the water droplets fell down .
The middle-aged man that was carrying her sighed . “Little Ge, you must be obedient in the future and not be stubborn anymore . Okay?”
“Father?”
The middle-aged man looked up at the sanctuary they were already nearing . He was not willing to send his daughter to this desolated sanctuary, but… he had no choice .
“Is this the daughter of the An family?” Someone was waiting in the mountain .
The middle-aged man nodded and placed the little girl on the ground . He tidied the cloak on her body . “Little Ge, remember, be obedient . That is the only way I can come to visit you . ”
The little girl looked at him, puzzled . “Father doesn’t want me anymore?”
The middle-aged man’s eyes turned red . “How can I not want you . If you are obedient, I can come and visit you . ”
“Why do you not want me? Am I not obedient?” An Ge pouted and wanted to cry . “An Ge will not be playful anymore . Please don’t leave me alone . I will study well and listen to you . I will not bully Big Brother and Father anymore . Don’t leave me alone, Father . ”
The man forced himself to push An Ge again . He bowed at the person upstairs and left .
An Ge chased him, but how could she catch up with her short limbs? Very soon, she lost sight of her father .
She fell onto the snow and cried with anguish .
When An Ge was brought to the sanctuary, she was still crying . The people that helped her didn’t know what to do .
“What should we do…”
“What happens if she disturbs the priest?”
“Please, my little miss, stop crying . Look, we have a lot of food and toys here . ”
A few young girls and guys surrounded An Ge and tried to console her . However, it was of no use .
“Why is it so noisy?”
Outside the door, a man in white stood . Behind him, snow was falling . He seemed like the only color in the snowy mountain .
However, no one dared to look at him . They looked down and bowed .
“Priest . ”
“This is the child that the An family sent over . We can’t console her . ”
An Ge suddenly stopped crying . She tilted her head and looked at the man . Then, she struggled to get up and ran over to hug the man . “Brother, you look really nice . ”
Everyone sucked in their breath . Someone wanted to go up and pull An Ge back .
“An Ge?”
The person that went forward paused and replied respectfully, “Yes . ”
“You all can go down . ”
The rest of the people looked at each other and didn’t dare to go against him . They left .
The man carried An Ge up and placed her on a chair in the room . “My name is Ling Yan . I will be your master from now on . You need to learn how to protect Xi Chu . ”
An Ge shook her legs and said brightly, “Brother, you look really good . You look better than my brother . ”
Ling Yan was stunned for a moment before sighing . She is still too young .
From that day onward, everyone in the sanctuary knew that their priest had a new disciple . However, the little disciple, An Ge, never called Ling Yan M aster . She would call him Brothe r and followed him everywhere .
It was okay when she followed him to eat, but when little An Ge climbed onto his bed, the priest felt helpless .
“An Ge, you can’t sleep here . ”
“Why can’t I sleep here?” An Ge looked at him innocently . “My older brother would always coax me to sleep . ”
Ling Yan: “…”
He sighed . “Sleep then . ”
An Ge lay on the big bed and stared at Ling Yan . “Big Brother, your house is so cold . ”
“Yes, this is the highest place in Xi Chu . You can see the entire country from here . ”
“Don’t you feel lonely?”
“… Still okay . ”
“Does this mean that I can’t leave this place anymore?”
“Yes,” said Ling Yan, “but you can go down once every year . ”
“Oh…” An Ge seemed disappointed . “But I miss my older brother and father . Father said that if I am obedient, I can see him . Brother, I will listen to you . ”
Ling Yan turned around and covered her with the blanket . Then he sat to the side and read a book .
An Ge looked at him . She suddenly reached out with her small hand and pulled his sleeve . “I will accompany you from now on . ”
Ling Yan glanced at her sideways . He sighed . “An Ge, you should be thinking about the people in the world . ”
An Ge didn’t understand . “Why?”
Ling Yan shook his head and rubbed her head . “Go to sleep . ”
An Ge was the next candidate for the head priest . There were many things that she needed to learn . Besides getting used to life on the mountain, she needed to learn a lot of things everyday .
An Ge was very active . She didn’t like to stay in one place . Most of the time, she would lose patience after learning for a while .
Ling Yan could only spend more time teaching her . He would only allow her to leave after she learned everything .
This kind of lifestyle was very boring but no matter what, An Ge’s personality was still very lively . It livened up the atmosphere of the sanctuary .
When An Ge reached the age where she could go down the mountain, Ling Yan would always bring her along with him . Every time this happened, An Ge would be very happy . She could see her brother and father .
However, when her father and brother saw her, they couldn’t come forward . It was considered rude to do that . They could only stand at the side and call her young priestess .
Right…
She was the young priestess of the sanctuary .
Her status was higher than theirs .
After that, An Ge seldom went down the mountain . She started to understand what Ling Yan meant by protecting Xi Chu . She understood what he meant by protecting the people in the world . She couldn’t stay with her family because she had a more important mission .
She could not disappoint them .
There were very few people on the mountain . An Ge didn’t hide her feelings toward Ling Yan . At first, she didn’t call Little Ge aster because she was young . After that, she still didn’t call him Master because of her stubborn conviction .
When Ling Yan realized this, he scolded her, but An Ge just continued doing it her way . She became bolder and slowly, all the people in the sanctuary noticed it too .
Ling Yan started to dodge her . He would call other people to teach her .
An Ge got cheekier . As she grew older, she became even bolder and changed her methods to attract his attention .
“An Ge…”
The person on the bed revealed two eyes . She smiled cunningly . “Brother . ”
“Get down . ”
An Ge came down from the bed . “I finished my homework today . Are you going to reward me?”
“This is what you should do . ”
An Ge pouted . “But I worked hard . ”
“Everyone works hard . ”
An Ge went over and hugged Ling Yan’s arm . She swung it around . “I don’t care, you must reward me . If not, I will not have the energy to finish my work tomorrow . ”
Having brought her up, Ling Yan was used to her whining . However, he would always feel helpless against it . “What do you want? Don’t be too shameless . ”
An Ge laughed and covered her mouth . Suddenly, she rose on tiptoe and kissed Ling Yan on the face .
Before Ling Yan could react, An Ge ran out in a flash with a red face .
Ling Yan stood in the room . After a while, he raised his hand and touched the spot that was kissed . Something fluttered in his heart .