Unlike Kiu Chi Gong, Choh Hang Sang was comfortable and even respected his teenage master greatly.357Please respect copyright.PENANAL0Vil0NSAI
It was different from their discursive session of forging back at the Straw Hut. Being Chui Yim's disciple now, Choh Hang Sang felt that all he knew about the other was just the tip of the iceberg.357Please respect copyright.PENANAw9LYHdFb96
Despite his young age, he was an expert veteran in forging; Chui Yim could solve anything that puzzled Choh Hang Sang fully with just a casual sentence or two! His proficiency had Choh Hang Sang admiring him greatly.357Please respect copyright.PENANA9w8IJh0v3d
Chui Yim had already taught everything that he needed to. He only needed to guide Choh Hang Sang simply at this point and the latter could go from there.357Please respect copyright.PENANAm86L7fFA4P
After all, a master can only teach his knowledge, but the final outcome is dependent on the student.357Please respect copyright.PENANAkQnXANGdUz
Not only Chui Yim, even Choh Hang Sang would not teach his disciples step-by-step; he spent most of his time on his research and had no time for that anyway.
It was on Choh Hang Sang for how far he could go or if his breakthrough turned out successful.
It was nighttime soon, and after Choh Hang Sang took his leave, unhappiness filled the residence.
Chui Yim and Kam Chin Kee stared at the dinner served to them in despair. There were no delicious dishes, only scary-looking dishes that seemed unsuitable for consumption.357Please respect copyright.PENANA0Rxx1CiWkX
They had no idea if the fish was cooked, and its white eyeballs were eerie to look at, not to mention the deep random cuts on the fish that displayed the unhappiness of the chef.357Please respect copyright.PENANASElXBf4v79
The plate of vegetables with worms crawling around was even worse.357Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ6jGC737z
Bang! Another dish was served, or rather, thrown harshly down onto the table.357Please respect copyright.PENANATKZyXNyisg
It was just a plate of raw meat!357Please respect copyright.PENANAJWJu7xVIvI
Chui Yim's eyebrows creased together like he was facing the terrifying dragon in the painting. He then turned to Kam Chin Kee with a meaningful look.357Please respect copyright.PENANA7T6EERGeQX
Kam Chin Kee raised an eyebrow and shook his head in response.357Please respect copyright.PENANAYYtDBS0QwE
“You talk to her.”357Please respect copyright.PENANAjWnDnFAuk5
“No, you.”357Please respect copyright.PENANAqjisTR4HJ3
They did not mention what they were going to talk to Ming Sum about, but they both understood each other.357Please respect copyright.PENANAuZaTZV1VyF
“I say, Ming Sum…” Chui Yim coughed.357Please respect copyright.PENANAA7IhkaQExK
“What do you want!?” Lam Ming Sum yelled, tears rolling down her cheeks uncontrollably. She felt extremely hurt, as Chui Yim was the world to her. She was even closer to him than to Lam Chun. This might’ve been because when she needed a friend, Chui Yim was there.357Please respect copyright.PENANASX54GqnQj9
Chui Yim was also the person her mother chose to entrust her with before her mother left the world.357Please respect copyright.PENANAw7eI54HusQ
Lam Ming Sum spent her days feeling greatly upset and lonely after being separated from Chui Yim, but then, the gentle Kam Chin Kee came into her life, treating Lam Ming Sum like his own younger sister and kept her company during that one whole year.357Please respect copyright.PENANAzetQmFWwB1
She was filled with joy when she had both Chui Yim and Kam Chin Kee back in her life.357Please respect copyright.PENANAFv5Pi8JAG3
Yet now, they were both going to leave again.357Please respect copyright.PENANApxMPa1ZQH6
Watching how upset Lam Ming Sum was, Kan Hang felt his heartstrings being tugged at, but he still explained to Lam Ming Sum honestly that the boys would be staying at Cloud Palace for a long term and would rarely appear in the public's eyes. She might only get to meet them after a few years or even decades later.357Please respect copyright.PENANAIDaVm7EKjc
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“Erm…” Chui Yim felt awkward hearing how sad Lam Ming Sum was. “I say, do you want to become our assistant, Ming Sum?”357Please respect copyright.PENANABDssZcr8x1
“Ah? What's that?” Lam Ming Sum was so surprised that her tears stopped.357Please respect copyright.PENANABre3srjtv2
“No!” Kan Hang at the side answered immediately. “How can her Highness become an assistant?”357Please respect copyright.PENANA3hPuazvNsB
“Uncle Kan, let them finish first…” Lam Ming Sum stopped him anxiously and turned to Chui Yim. “What's an assistant?”357Please respect copyright.PENANA41rSy4mDXm
“Every disciple of Cloud Palace is allowed to take in a disciple, since teachers are such great talents that they do not have time for miscellaneous tasks. Thus, that’s how assistants came about,” Kam Chin Kee explained with a smile.357Please respect copyright.PENANAJpgYox2739
“That's the only way others can live in Cloud Palace – become a teacher's assistant. It sounds no different from a servant, but that will be the only way that you can come with us.”357Please respect copyright.PENANAbaqpqsa2bF
“This is absurd!” Kan Hang raged at them. “How can her Highness-?”357Please respect copyright.PENANAdF7lpDM1ho
“I want to go!”357Please respect copyright.PENANAHAK48f6PGv
Lam Ming Sum had already wiped her tears away. “Uncle Kan, I want to go. Bring me back to the palace to see my father,” she said with great determination.357Please respect copyright.PENANAtUx3unjldW
Kan Hang was shocked at how the gentle and naive Lam Ming Sum was acting so decisively. He was not used to this and even had the illusion that… she was not Lam Ming Sum, but Sit Ting, who decided to date Lam Chun despite knowing his status and knowing they would never have a happy ending.357Please respect copyright.PENANAo868PeDq4I
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That night, in Pure Sun Hall, Lam Chun was donned in his golden dragon-print pyjamas and sitting on the edge of his bed. He was about to head to sleep, but now his mood was ruined and his forehead was creased like there was going to be a thunderstorm. Next to him was Kan Hang with his hands at his side.357Please respect copyright.PENANA2SQVdtLgfF
Kan Hang had never been here ever since he chose to be Lam Ming Sum's shadow, and if not for her, he might never have paid this place a visit till the day he left the world.357Please respect copyright.PENANAtbjgJturYa
“How dare this Chui Yim kidnap my precious princess from me…?” Lam Chun said, but helplessness filled his voice.357Please respect copyright.PENANAMRCeFIRpG9
Eunuch Lau standing outside was shaking in fear.357Please respect copyright.PENANAgIvFYysYEW
It had been two hours, and Lam Ming Sum was still kneeling outside the hall.357Please respect copyright.PENANABNCPHAELpr
“Kan Hang, what's your take?”357Please respect copyright.PENANAOjSlTcd4Pb
Kan Hang was in a daze.357Please respect copyright.PENANAOGcMbKPvAI
He heard this phrase from a young age as he grew up with Lam Chun, who would always ask for his opinion. Kan Hang never thought he would hear this phrase in his life ever again. After a short pause, he replied.
“I saw a huge similarity between her Highness and… her.”357Please respect copyright.PENANAkwTyIy7orC
He did not need to explain for Lam Chun to understand him. Sit Ting was a determined woman who got together with Lam Chun despite being aware of his special status just because she truly liked him. Even though she was pregnant with his kid, she disappeared into thin air after Lam Chun married the most beautiful woman, Lee Fei Yin.357Please respect copyright.PENANAqJqrI8AIIT
No matter how tough it was, she raised Lam Ming Sum herself. She would rather give up on him if she could not be his only one.357Please respect copyright.PENANAPYnZj2gYkB
Her daughter who knelt outside the hall for two hours was just as determined as her.357Please respect copyright.PENANA3prLiOYSi4
“Whatever.” Lam Chun sighed. “She might be an assistant, but she would still be a member of Cloud Palace. What can the world say?”357Please respect copyright.PENANA02suoBMA9o
He was right; even as an assistant, it was a way to enter Cloud Palace.357Please respect copyright.PENANA5jVyK93M7l
Every Cloud Palace disciple was given the chance to take an assistant with them, but it was not mandatory. In this generation, only the first and second teachers had assistants.357Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0ue8pPkwO
As for the others, there was no special reason, they just deemed an assistant unnecessary.357Please respect copyright.PENANAHTUDImpWna
It was up to them, and Kam Chin Kee and Chui Yim wouldn't have gotten an assistant to take care of them either if not for how Lam Ming Sum was like a younger sister to them.357Please respect copyright.PENANAtCSMMtpNV7
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The next day, the sun shone brightly onto the earth.357Please respect copyright.PENANAeDbME7KQ4n
The sun rays reflected brightly on the lake, and there were ripples at times that made it reflect like it was filled with happiness. Chui Yim and Kam Chin Kee spent some time nearby silently.357Please respect copyright.PENANAtxB39UekpS
It had been a year, and they would definitely have feelings for the residence.357Please respect copyright.PENANAOyaCl2enoU
But being who they were, they only allowed themselves to be sentimental for a short while before taking their leave.
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