Chapter 115: Volu 3 Heartless Xuanji Chapter 22 This Love Must Ask the Heavens (10)
"Ah!" Xuanji suddenly sat up, only to see the white canopy of the inn’s room. Her heart thumped wildly, and she couldn’t help but touch her lips with her hand. The sensation was fiery hot. It was not a dream, but reality.
What should she do next? She was dazed for a while, scratching her head almost to the point of tearing the scalp without coming up with a solution. As the sky grew brighter and the sounds of the inn opening to attract business drifted up, she knew she couldn’t stay in bed all day, as there was important work to be done.
Ah, how did things turn out this way! Helplessly, Xuanji got out of bed to wash up. In the mirror, a beautiful young girl appeared, her cheeks burning like fire and her eyes shimring like water. Was this really her, Chu Xuanji? Was it truly her?
After dawdling upstairs for a while, she finally went downstairs hesitantly. Zhong Minyan and the others were already sitting in the hall having breakfast. She caught sight of that azure figure, and sothing seed to strike her heart, trembling violently, and she instinctively wanted to flee.
But Zhong Minyan saw her and imdiately called out, "We’ve been waiting for you for a long ti! Why are you just getting up now!"
She had no choice but to walk over, not daring to lift her head to glance, and said hesitantly, "I... woke up late..."
Zhong Minyan pressed her down to sit, ordered another breakfast for her, and then said, "We’re just discussing going to the Zhou Residence today. Brother Liu severely wounded the Snake Demon last night, so she probably wouldn’t dare to make a move today. We’ll take the chance with the residence having a demon to rescue Zi Hu and Ting Nu."
She nodded, but didn’t take in a single word. When the waiter brought over a bowl of soy milk, she picked it up to drink and almost dropped the bowl because it was so hot.
"Why are you so distracted, little girl..." Liu Yihuan teased deliberately, leaning over to touch the girl’s cherry lips that were reddened from the heat, but was imdiately pushed away by Yu Sifeng.
"Have so cold water." He squatted in front of her, handing her a cup of cold tea and naturally touching her lips with his finger, adding, "It’s not burnt, it’ll be fine in a while."
Her gaze flickered, clutching the cup of cold tea in her hands, and finally, as if she’d made up her mind, she looked up at Yu Sifeng, but he got up and walked away.
For so reason, she felt a wave of loss and hung her head low, not speaking again.
"So, the situation is like this," Liu Yihuan said, stuffing dough sticks into his mouth while speaking indistinctly, "In Qingyang City, I also have a bit of fa as a Demi Immortal. So I’m humbling myself and making a trip to the Zhou Residence this ti. As for you guys, you’ll pretend to be my subordinates and follow my orders, got it?"
His first glare was directed at Zhong Minyan, who was the least obedient. Zhong Minyan rolled his eyes and replied, "Got it, got it... When are we leaving?"
Liu Yihuan snapped his fingers, "Now, right now, imdiately—let’s set off."
But, early in the morning, rumors had already spread throughout Qingyang City, saying that ghosts had made a ruckus at the Zhou Residence the previous night. First it was a green light, then a white one. The commotion had so terrified the second young mistress, still waiting for marriage, that until now she dared not leave her room, lying in bed waiting for the doctor.
Upon hearing this, everyone knew the signs of last night’s fight had been discovered, and the Snake Demon, injured by the Heavenly Eye, could only pretend to be sick. After a discussion, everyone was too lazy to expose the truth that she wasn’t really the second young mistress. Because Liu Yihuan said the real second young mistress of the Zhou family had passed away due to illness a few years ago, and sohow, the Snake Demon had taken a liking to possessing her. Over the past few years in Qingyang, she hadn’t done much evil; in fact, she often helped with praying for rain and such, earning so rit. Lord Zhou and his wife were old and frail, their eldest daughter married far away, and their only son also died young due to illness, leaving them only this second daughter to rely on. If they were to know the truth, it would undoubtedly be unacceptable to the old couple.
Indeed, because of the previous night’s "haunting
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