Chasing You Like a Tenacious Falcon

Quan Zhisui's loud shout drew the curiosity of the entire class, and everyone craned their necks to look outside.

"Senior Brother? Are they also from Wudang Mountain?"

Wei Shixu was almost the first to turn his head, his gaze sharp and tinged with unwillingness!

But when he saw the person in the hallway, he froze.

The senior brother... was a woman.

Quan Zhisui had missed her senior brother so much that she clung tightly and wouldn't let go.

Zi Yin, too, had missed her junior sister. Seeing her dressed so lightly, she pinched Quan Zhisui's cheek with concern. "The Zuo Family doesn't buy you clothes? Why didn't you tell your senior brother?"

She took off her outer robe and draped it over Quan Zhisui.

"You've grown taller," Zi Yin said gently. "Your old clothes don't fit anymore, do they?"

"Yep!" Quan Zhisui nodded. "The nanny auntie brings me milk every day."

Wrapped in her senior brother's cotton Taoist robe, she stomped her feet to keep warm!

She didn't hold back in front of her senior brother, alternating between coquettishness and playfulness, making Zi Yin laugh.

"How long are you staying, Senior Brother?" Quan Zhisui asked, sticking to her like a piece of sticky candy, both clingy and spoiled.

Zi Yin replied, "Two days and one night. The Martial Arts Association is promoting traditional martial arts in schools, encouraging students to practice Tai Chi during breaks. The event is being held in Liangxi Town, so I came for the meeting."

"Senior Brother is amazing!" Quan Zhisui exclaimed.

Zi Yin pinched her cheek again, her expression full of affection. "Always flattering me."

Senior Brother was busy. She had arrived in Liangxi Town in the morning, visited Quan Zhisui at noon, and would rush off to the meeting in the afternoon.

It was time to leave.

Quan Zhisui took off the robe and handed it back. "Senior Brother, I'm not cold in the classroom."

Zi Yin frowned. "Keep it. I don't need it."

Quan Zhisui insisted, pushing it back. "No, no! It's really not cold in the classroom! And there's air conditioning! You only have one layer on—you wear it!"

Zi Yin looked at her with a complicated expression. "What time do you finish school? I'll take you to buy clothes."

This time, Quan Zhisui didn't refuse. She smiled brightly. "At 5:30! I want to sleep with Senior Brother tonight!"

Zi Yin nodded with a smile. "Alright. I'll finish the meeting by 6. Wait for me at school."

After seeing her senior brother off, Quan Zhisui returned to the classroom with light steps.

As soon as she sat down, Kong Mingze and a bunch of others immediately crowded around her. They had been dying of curiosity!

"She has such a unique aura! She even carries a sword and a qin on her back!"

"Hey! Quan Zhisui, why do you call her Senior Brother? Isn't she a woman?"

Quan Zhisui explained, "Taoism has advocated for gender equality for over two thousand years. In feudal society, you know, to avoid certain troubles, everyone was addressed as senior brother or junior brother, regardless of gender."

"Times are different now, and women have higher status. Some places privately use 'senior sister' or 'junior sister,' but my sect is ancient and practices in the deep mountains, so we still follow the old traditions."

She explained in great detail.

Everyone nodded repeatedly.

"Oh! That's so cool! So your senior brother is a Taoist nun?"

Quan Zhisui propped her chin on her hand. "She's a Taoist master, or you can call her a 'Kun Dao.' 'Taoist nun' is an insult, so don't say that anymore, okay?"

"Ah?! Sorry, sorry!"

Quan Zhisui joked, "It's fine. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hit anyone."

"Hahaha!"

"How old is your senior brother? Oh, wait, is that okay to ask?"

Quan Zhisui replied, "Normally, no. Monks don't ask about surnames, and Taoists don't discuss age. But I'm in my second year of high school, and my senior brother is a full zodiac cycle older than me, so..."

She spoke with lively charm, even blinking her eyes.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Cheating the system? Hahaha!"

"So your senior brother is under 30, 29 years old? Is she married?"

"Can you get married? Can you eat meat? I've seen you eat it."

Quan Zhisui nodded. "Martial artists have high energy consumption, so we don't have dietary restrictions. There are many Taoist sects, and most allow marriage, except for the Northern Quanzhen sect. My senior brother is already married and has a three-year-old daughter."

Her little niece was super obedient and adorable!

The questions kept coming.

"Is your sect all women?"

"Do they all practice martial arts?"

Quan Zhisui answered, "The Sanfeng Sect has both men and women, and we all practice martial arts, using martial arts as a path to Taoism."

"Wow! Is your senior brother really strong too?"

"I saw you rush out and thought you'd knock someone over, but she caught you!"

Quan Zhisui said proudly, "Of course! My senior brother is the head instructor at the martial arts school! She can even spar with our master!"

The way she lifted her little face with pride was priceless!

Senior Brother Zi Yin was the best!

The classmates still had many questions, asking this and that.

Meanwhile.

Wei Shixu, sitting in the front row, put down his phone after looking up some information. He gazed out the window, his expression distant.

Some niche but fundamental knowledge had been overlooked by him due to the overwhelming mainstream information in the city.

Quan Zhisui was different from city kids. She had grown up in the mountains, exposed to the most traditional, even primitive, Taoist practices since she could speak.

Of course, she understood the differences between genders and had her adolescence. It was clear her master had raised her well—she wasn't insecure or sensitive like some orphans. Instead, she was confident, strong, and discerning.

But in her eyes, a senior brother was just a senior brother, without gender distinctions.

This mindset was vastly different from city dwellers!

He couldn't use conventional thinking to understand her perspective on such matters.

Moreover, the bond between Quan Zhisui and Zi Yin, and the way Zi Yin looked at her, wasn't just ordinary sect camaraderie.

It was like a mix of sisterhood and motherhood.

Quan Zhisui didn't have a mother, and Zi Yin had been taking care of her since she was 12, raising her into adulthood.

A big girl leading a little girl.

For a full 17 years!

Quan Zhisui's maternal dependency was entirely projected onto Zi Yin.

'How can you compare to my senior brother?'

She wasn't wrong at all!

Not to mention ordinary classmates with ambiguous feelings, even a future boyfriend or husband couldn't compare to Zi Yin, who had cared for her with maternal love.

Her anger was justified. She wouldn't allow anyone to speak ill of Senior Brother Zi Yin!

After realizing this, Wei Shixu felt like an idiot.

Now, the point that had triggered his emotional backlash didn't even exist.

But the incident that had caused Quan Zhisui's volcanic anger was very real!

He had spoken disrespectfully to her.

And he had bitten her.

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In the afternoon, Zuo Zichen didn't go to class. He sat alone in the back hills, lost in thought.

In just a few months, he had been defeated twice—once physically, and once mentally.

He texted his sister, but she ignored him. He sent her money, and she accepted it.

Only now did Zuo Zichen truly realize that Quan Zhisui had never integrated into the Zuo Family and had no intention of doing so.

Throughout this time, his emotions had fluctuated, but Quan Zhisui remained the same as when she first arrived in Liangxi Town.

No matter how big the outbursts, no matter how indulgent Zuo Zhiyu's attitude, no matter who actually held power in the Zuo Family.

None of it mattered to Quan Zhisui. She had never changed.

From the beginning to the end, she had disliked all of them.

When she hit him and punished him with the 'Vajra Kneel,' it wasn't about wanting to be the boss.

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She was just fighting back, albeit with a heavy hand.

One move to subdue the enemy, one strike to end it, ensuring no future trouble!

There was no sibling or familial affection between them. Their relationship had never been good.

Zuo Zichen wandered the school like a zombie, eventually reaching the staircase to the rooftop on the other side of the U-shaped building.

He saw Zhou Chun coming out of the girls' restroom.

Zhou Chun was now completely isolated. When there were too many people, she would go to the opposite side of the building to use the restroom. Sometimes, when the bullying in class got too bad, she would come to this rooftop to study alone.

Zuo Zichen saw her and asked woodenly, "Would you be my girlfriend?"

Zhou Chun, who was already terrified of him, became even more frightened. After all, Zuo Zichen was the one who had reduced her to this state.

So, Zhou Chun turned around and hid back in the girls' restroom!

Zuo Zichen smiled bitterly.

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But now, even Zhou Chun didn't want anything to do with him.

He truly was worthless.