Chapter 03: Playful Lady


It took an amazing two days for Kaitlyn's injuries to heal completely. Leaving Wen Qing's mind reeling from the impossible. With her recovery, she was given her belongings and a set of spare clothes until proper ones could be made or bought.

She took them gratefully with the promise to repay them and not to bother getting proper ones for her, saying... "Once I'm more settled and understand how things are here, I'll try and buy some clothes later. I have some money and objects to trade."

Her presence to the other Wens was tense for only a short time until they warmed up to her. Especially when she and Wei Ying were together. If they didn't know any better, others would have thought of them as siblings with how remarkably alike the two of them are. Witty, playful, childish, and above all, mischievous.

Gradually, Kaitlyn decided to give herself a new name after seeing how the others found her birth name slightly difficult to pronounce or remember (Wei Ying). She went with the first one at the top of her head and announced to the others to just call her "Lin KaiTe" for now. The name was easy and used instantly without much hassle.

"Kai-Jie!"

She also found out not so long after her recovery, that it was young Wen Yuan that discovered her in the forest, where Wei Ying found both of them and was begged by the boy to help her. From then on, Kaitlyn began calling him her hero, which thrilled the boy with glee.

Kaitlyn, "Hoho~ My little Hero Yuan~!"

A-Yuan was tugging at her robes, smiling up at her with innocent eyes, "Kai-Jie, Kai-Jie, let's play~!"

Kaitlyn, "Why of course Hero Yuan! What adventure should we have today~?"

The Wen remnants watched with fond eyes as the youthful lady played with their little A-Yuan, talking to the boy comically as she played little hand games the elders didn't know about. But from the look of it, it seemed like fun judging from the joyful expression on the little boy's face.

This was the scene where Wei Ying was presented after working on his talismans. A grin spread on his lips. He approached the two.

Kaitlyn held her palm facing the boy, explaining it to him as a "High-five". Wen Yuan, with his small hand, planted his hand to hers before she moved it to the side. He followed along, hand touching until the last one... "-down low... Too slow Hero Yuan~!"

The boy squealed, exclaiming to his new Jie, "Again, again, again!"

Wei Wuxian, "Hoho~ What's this?"

A-Yuan jumped at the appearance of his hero figure, "Xian-Gege! Xian-Gege! Kai-Jie taught A-Yuan fun games!"

Wei Wuxian, "Did she now? It looked fun, what is it?"

Kaitlyn looked up at him, seated on the ground without any concern for dirt, in a very un-ladylike posture. Back slouched slightly and one knee popped up. "Ah, just a small hand game. A-Yuan, why don't you show him, yeah?"

A-Yuan faced up at Wei Wuxian, who kneeled closer to him waiting patiently with a playful smile. The young Wen pulled his hand palm up, "Ok! Xian-gege, High-five! Place your hand on A-Yuan's like this." He grabbed the larger hand up and clapped his against each other.

Listening to the boy's command, the two exclaimed a happy "High-five!" before the little boy followed it with an "-on the side!" which the older followed. They did a "-on the other side!" like Kaitlyn showed Yuan, before the "-down-low..." where the small boy quickly removed his hand before Wei Ying could touch.

A-Yuan squealed, "-Too slow Xian-gege!"

Wei Wuxian grinned before adopting a pout and whined, "Aiya~! That's not fair! I want a rematch!"

The three began playing, indulging the boy by losing to him often and teasing him and each other. It even reached a point where the two young adults went against each other starting simple, until it instantly became a game of tag, with one chasing the other hand. A-Yuan watched the two, clapping and cheering them on. He wasn't the only one.

Uncle Four cupped his hands to his mouth, "Don't let him get you, Lady Kai!"

Granny Wen smiled, amused by the energetic duo, "Be careful you two."

More comments and cheers were said amongst the old folks that watched the two. Many laughed at the strange moves and even stranger chant that Kaitlyn sang along, taunting Wei Ying. Even if he didn't understand what was being said, he could tell by the cheeky brown eyes that it was something annoying.

With her handheld high and a bounce in her step, Kaitlyn dodged Wei Ying with a 21st century dab, a hum and beat escaping her lips, "You can't touch this~! You can't touch this~! My my my my-"

(The "Underline and italic" shall indicate her speaking a different language. And yes, it's "You can't touch this" by MC Hammer.)

Wei Wuxian, after a short while of failing, grinned and pulled a talisman from his person. He waited for the perfect moment to strike and when Kaitlyn did her dance, her back briefly opened for a second, Wei Wuxian slapped the talisman. It activated, and with a small "ack-!" Kaitlyn went down.

Kaitlyn glared up at Wei Wuxian, "Well played my friend, well played." She slightly struggles before giving up, her hand presented to him in willing defeat.

Wei Ying grinned smugly before giving her hand a triumphant slap.

Wei Ying then removes the talisman from her back. Kaitlyn rises to her feet and dusts herself off, "I'm gonna get you back for that." Instead of sulking or scowling at him, the foreign woman gives a challenging mischievous grin.

Having not anticipated this, Wei Ying is shocked and exceptionally thrilled. He's so accustomed to people glaring and accusing him of cheating with his wicked ways of cultivation that he's missed this sense of competitive companionship. It was nice.

"Hahahaha, this round goes to me, I think I deserve a reward for winning our game!"

Kaitlyn, "Haa! Not a chance! I won waaay more than you did! You just got lucky this time!"

Wei Wuxian, "That round was all-or-nothing. Whoever won is the undeniable winner! And that is me! Where's my prize?"

Wen Qing, "How about me not sticking my needles in both of you, hmm~"

As if lightning struck them from a clear sky, they both slowly looked to the ever-lovely Wen Qing, who at that moment was looking fiercer than her fierce corpse brother.

Wei Ying and Kaitlyn spoke with a nervous smile, "Wen Qing-" before shutting up at the intensity of her glare.

Wen Qing glared with a fire that rivalled the heats of hell when gazing at the two young masters (mistress/lady, IDK) dirty and untidy appearances. Today was supposed to be the day that Wei Ying and Wen Ning were supposed to take Kaitlyn to the village down the mountain for more well-suited robes. The ones she wore now were old ones and too short for her taller height.

But now, with both of their untidy appearances, she would fume before letting them off this mountain in such a state.

Wen Ning, "Master Wei, Lady Kai, today we planned to leave for Lady Kai's new robes."

Wei Wuxian, "Huh? That was today?"

Kaitlyn, "I thought that was tomorrow!?"

Wen Qing, "Well it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. Look at the two of you! Covered in dirt and sweat! You can't go out like that! Acting like a bunch of unruly boys playing in the dirt, brawling with each other."

The two, like scowled children, looked pitiful under the doctor's treatment. The other Wen's looked upon the scene with sympathy and fondness, Granny Wen took A-Yuan as they watched their young masters/mistresses.

A-Yuan being young did not know what was happening and asked, "Is Qing-Jie mad at them Grandma? It's not their fault! A-Yuan wanted to play, and A-Yuan asked Kai-Jie and Xian-Ge to play with A-Yuan!" his big eyes started to tear up in guilt.

Granny Wen rubbed his back soothingly, "No little one, A-Qing isn't mad at them. It isn't your fault A-Yuan so don't cry. Your Xian-Ge and Kai-Jie are just being reminded of their plans which they forgot. A-Qing is just reminding them."

The boy was thoughtful before nodding in agreement, water from his eyes gone. With a smile, the old woman just stroked the boy's head.

Meanwhile, two poor souls who were suffering under the power of one Wen Qing were finally saved by the sweet soul that was in the great ghost general.

Wen Ning in his timid manner calmed his sisters might, "Jie, I think they understand now, we can reschedule for tomorrow." It seemed to work as the woman took a breath and calmed.

Two pairs of eyes looked at the corpse with tearful gratitude.

Wen Qing, "Fine, you two get cleaned up and later give me your robes, they need to be washed for tomorrow."

Kaitlyn, "Ah, actually when we're done, can we talk? All of us? There are some things I need to explain in more depth and there are still a lot of questions I have to ask about this land."

The group looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Wei Wuxian, "Let's meet up at the Demon Slaughtering Cave then, yes?"

Kaitlyn gave the man a look, "That just added another question to my list."

This caused him to grin wider and for the Wen siblings to sigh. They separate with the girls in one direction and the men in the other, and a promise to meet after.

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