Chapter 3 Jealous

Qiyue took Xiaolong into his room and put her on the bed, then he came out of his room to draw water and poured it in a wooden basin and took a towel, and then returned to his room.

Not long after that Xiefeng, the 8th dragon child came to meet master Qiyue and offered to take care of Xiaolong. However, Master Qiyue refused and said he would take care of the dragon cub himself.

I don't know when Xiefeng started to feel jealous of Xiaolong because Xiaolong was able to get this kind of affection from Master Qiyue. Whereas she had never received anything like this from her own master, Prince Jingfei.

Xiefeng was five hundred years older than Xiaolong, and she himself was clearer that Xiaolong was smaller than her, but envy did not look at their age. Xiefeng began to be entangled with the envy and rottenness that had been eating away at her heart for a long time. Xiefeng observed master Qiyue from behind the window. She saw that Master Qiyue treated Xiaolong with great care.

Xiefeng was annoyed to see such a scene in front of her eyes, she felt her heart hurt like a thorn pricked her. Yubao, who had seen Xiefeng's behavior earlier, just laughed and tried to advise her. It's not good to have envy in your heart, Xiaolong is our younger sister too and she's the youngest here, don't let envy eat away at you.

Danger ..... !! You can be harmed by your jealousy, don't you understand? (Xiefeng's inner voice whispered)

Xiefeng didn't turn or look at Yubao, she just kept quiet.

Qiyue conjured new clothes for Xiaolong. The dragon cub is so cute and beautiful in a pink dress, Qiyue is satisfied!

Shortly after Qiyue brought the basin of dirty water out of his room, Xiefeng, who was already burning with jealousy, took a slingshot and aimed it hard at Xiaolong.

Because the hard sting hit Xiaolong's cheek, she felt excruciating pain, she woke up with pain and red marks on her cheeks. Xiaolong immediately cried loudly and screamed.

Xiefeng was surprised because she didn't expect Xiaolong to cry. Then, with trembling and fear, Xiefeng threw the catapult at Yubao and immediately ran away, leaving Yubao still silent in front of Master Qiyue's bedroom window!

Qiyue was very surprised to hear Xiaolong's screams, he rushed to his room and found Xiaolong crying while holding her reddened cheeks. Qiyue who saw Yubao standing right in front of his bedroom window with a slingshot in her hand, Qiyue was furious, then he shouted for his brother, Lanying.

His brother came with a plate of steamed buns or it could be called Manju cake. With his mouth full he asked, "What are you shouting for me, Qiyue...?"

Just ask your dragon, Yubao! Why did she treat Xiaolong like this, while showing a red sneeze on Xiaolong's cheek? Lanying was surprised and then called Yubao who was still standing in front of his brother's window to enter Qiyue's room.

"Yubao......, here you are!"

Yubao shocked at her master's call, immediately said, "No. it wasn't me who did it, sir."

"You have a slingshot in your hand and there's no one here but you, what else can you explain Yubao?" said Qiyue in a tone that was still angry.

Xiaolong was still crying loudly, to calm her down Qiyue then carried the dragon cub.

"Explain .....! Why are you in front of my brother's bedroom window?" Lanying said as he looked at Yubao with a death stare.

When I finished delivering the Manju cake to you, sir, I intend to go back to the kitchen to put this tray. And on my way to the kitchen, I saw Xiefeng was in front of Master Qiyue's window. I was curious and wanted to see what she was doing in front of the window, so I went to her.

Then I saw the same thing as Xiefeng saw that, Master Qiyue was cleaning Xiaolong's face which was affected by berry dirt. Then I thought there was nothing special for me because it was usually done by the master when the dragon cub was still small.

Well, when I was about to go back to the kitchen Xiefeng suddenly said to me that, "She is very jealous of Xiaolong for being treated differently."

Then I wonder why Xiefeng can think like that? Xiaolong is his younger brother, and before that, she was also very fond of Xiaolong. Master also knows how Xiefeng and I waited for Xiaolong for 500 years here. We both visit her every day in the 1000-year-old ice cave.

I've also tried to advise her if envy is not good and should not exist among us fellow dragon sisters, sir. But Xiefeng didn't want to hear it!

And there was a problem with the slingshot, sir. When master Qiyue brought the basin back, Xiefeng immediately grabbed Xiaolong with this slingshot. I didn't know anything and only heard Xiaolong was already crying holding her cheek. It happened so fast and I saw Xiefeng was scared, she immediately threw her catapult at me and she just ran away leaving me here alone.

"That's the story, Sir," said Yubao.

Lanying was confused to find the right words because there were no witnesses who could confirm Yubao's story, finally, Lanying asked Yubao to look for masters Jingfei and Xiefeng.

"Invite them to the dining room, Yubao," said Lanying who then put the rest of the manju cake on the table.

Yes sir!

"How could they be jealous? Our treatment is also not bad for them" Lanying grumbled.

Xiaolong has calmed down and isn't crying anymore, she sits on Qiyue's lap while eating the leftover manju cake belonging to Mr. Lanying. After one manju cake, Xiaolong started to get restless and couldn't stay still, then Qiyue gave another one to Xiaolong.

Xiaolong regained her composure and sat down eating her manju, Qiyue who had been angry before became less angry because the movements of the dragon child eating the manju cake were very cute in Qiyue's eyes. Then Qiyue took the dragon away and took the rest of the manju cake. He went out just like that leaving Lanying who looked at them in amazement.

"Where are you going, Qiyue...?" shouted Lanying. This matter isn't over yet how can you just walk away, Yubao's name hasn't even been cleared.

"You take care of this matter," Qiyue replied casually as he descended the stairs.

Qiyue took his dragons for a walk around the pavilion, and they sat on a canoe driven by one of the servants.

Xiaolong finished 3 pieces of manju cake! And now she is full. Qiyue made a glass of water and fed the dragon cub to drink, not long after Xiaolong fell asleep again on her master's lap. There wasn't much the little dragon could do, Just eat, drink and sleep. Qiyue didn't even mind that, he was enjoying every day with his dragon in their pavilion.

As the years passed, Xiefeng and Yubao had already grown up, only Xiaolong was still small. Then Lanying wondered why only Xiaolong did not grow up like her other dragon sisters? Then Lanying asked Qiyue, "Why isn't your dragon cub growing? Is there something wrong?"

Lanying left a mystery question for his brother, did Xiaolong have a problem with her growth?