"The victor has been decided. Winner, Su Xiao from Liu Shan n!"
Su Xiao suavely twirled his steel sabre and sheathed it into its scabbard. Weapons used in the imperial martial arts tournant were provided by the imperial court, so Su Xiao used a steel sabre.
Su Xiao's martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds the past month because he was innately intelligent to begin with, but also because he was diligent. However, he also had a top-level experienced and skilled but terrible friend who taught him.
Just sheathing his blade was enough to attract the eyes of all the females below the ring while the won from noble families scread non-stop. His tall and lean physique, ethereal face, handso facial features, and bright and approachable attitude as well as his yet to mature deanour like that in dreams struck the hearts of all the females present on the day, just as Shen Yiren predicted.
Su Xiao had three matches on the ring and he had already no less than a hundred girls beco his die-hard fans. The cheers for him below the ring were deafening. Su Xiao needed to win three matches to pass the preliminaries. He won two bouts, but then lost the third bout due to not being used to the sabre. Thus, he needed to fight a fourth bout to determine if he could pass the preliminaries.
The extra bout only served to win him more fans.
And thus, he acquired an exaggerated nickna: A young girl that causes won to scream non-stop.
Su Xiao pouted his lips as he unhappily replied to the rumours Tang Ye heard: "Get lost! Who are you calling a young girl? I'm a guy, alright?"
Tang Ye shrugged: "That ans everybody from Liu Shan n won except big bro. We at least have sothing to show the vice-captain then."
"That's really unlike you." Su Xiao tilted his head and looked at Tang Ye, puzzled, "I always thought you didn't like interacting with people. It was like nobody dared to say much to you, yet you're concerned about what the vice-captain thinks."
"The vice-captain is different. She's like big bro. She's one of the people I care about most at Liu Shan n."
"Hmm… People you care about, huh?" Su Xiao looked at the blue sky. Sharing the sa feeling, he chuckled and said: "I think the sa way too. The both of them treat very well."
Tang Ye easily won three bouts today and passed the preliminaries, so he was waiting for Su Xiao's results to co out before going back to guarding the gates.
"Oh right, what about big bro? It's soon his turn, isn't it?"
"I don't know. I'll go and see if he's arrived yet."
Just as Su Xiao was about to stand up, the scabbard of his sabre hit the table. Su Xiao angrily exclaid: "This crappy sabre caused to lose before." Su Xiao removed it and tossed it aside, allowing him to feel much lighter after. Just as he was about to head off to search for Ming Feizhen, Tang Ye called out to stop him.
"Su Xiao, you better take your weapon with you since it hasn't been too peaceful recently."
"Are you talking about the Black Winds Thirteen Wings?" Su Xiao stopped in his tracks, turned around and with a chuckle said: "I'll be fine, it's dayti right now." Su Xiao then ran off like the wind.
Tang Ye watched him run like he was in the wilderness and felt like he was sowhat beautiful like a female fox demon. He subconsciously rubbed his eyes, shook his head, sighed and said: "…I feel like my eyesight has gotten worst after the past month at Liu Shan n."
Once Su Xiao left, a few shadows imdiately appeared behind him. The violent, blood-stench-covered shadows were called the Black Winds.
The bouts comnced long ago. I however, was still sleeping on the stair steps of the small South Gate. I didn't even want to open my eyes.
I never planned to go and participate in the shady imperial martial arts tournant. There are plenty of warriors under the banner of the imperial court. I never approved of it. If sobody I fought in the past were to recognise , it'd be troubleso.
Even if they don't recognise , if I win, I'll capture the attention of many. That will bring nothing but trouble. And therefore, I intend to continue sleeping here until it's over.
We were entering autumn so the sunlight wasn't as intense as during sumr, and the cool breeze made it perfect for sleeping.
This was the first ti I was truly alone ever since I ca to Liu Shan n. There was nobody else here, and I won't be disturbed by anyone else, thus making it the perfect place for to think about a particular person.
Ever since we bid goodbye, I didn't dare to think of her for a long ti because I was afraid that it would influence my behaviour and actions. In a place with many restraints like the capital, I had to be careful with each step I took.
Shiyi's exquisite and beautiful face appeared in my mind. Her frown and her smile, her countless flirtatious movents, her voice when she gently called "Feizhen", all affected my mood.
I'm afraid of seeing her, but even more afraid of thinking about her, because I always experience a bitter-sweet feeling of happiness whenever I see her. Whenever I think of her, I experience a sweet form of torture. But whenever I relax, I can't help but think of her.
I would then subconsciously recall lines I couldn't recall where I'd heard them from, and then write her a poem.
I think of you when I'm troubled just like how I miss the sun in winter.
I think of you when I'm happy just like how I think of the shade of the tree underneath the bright sun.
I think of you when the sky is clear just like how I think of music when I am lonely.
I think of you when it rains just like how I wish for silence when it's noisy.
…..
"Traitor"!
Shiyi's expression when she left appeared in front of again. I basically pushed her away myself.
There were lots of things between us that we didn't openly ntion because I always ran away at crucial monts.
I know that shiyi will nod to everything I say if I spoke my mind, but I just can't say it. There are too many people that I can't ignore and too many things I haven't resolved. Our seniority problem alone is troubleso. And I can't even get past my shifu and the grandmaster.
I feel like I'm suffocating whenever I recall the last gaze she gave . I must be destined to be alone forever in this lifeti I imagine.
"What are you doing here? Wake up."
I felt like sobody was nudging .
I had my back against the wall and my head down. I vaguely asked: "Who is it?" and then opened my eyes a little.
Before stood a girl dressed in white.
She had a small white face, with two big eyes like pearls. She had curved eyebrows and thin lips. When she spoke, it was like her exquisite gentleness escaped out of her. Her eyes in particular looked like they could speak as though a single glance from her could attract the deep hidden desires of any man.
A female fox demon! Those were the only four words I could think of.
A woman like her who you couldn't help but want to ravage on sight had to be a female fox demon.
I suddenly felt a little lost. I don't know where the impulse to grab her small delicate hands ca from.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"Shiyi?"
They clearly were different people, yet I saw shiyi's silhouette in her alluring eyes.
"What's wrong?"
She blinked and I thought I could see shiyi in front of , and so I gently pulled her into my embrace.
"Shiyi…you're here."
"What shiyi? I… I'm not a female…"
I wasn't really sure why I did that after the fact. Was it because I hadn't touched a female in a long ti or was it because the pain in my chest encouraged to seek out a bit of gentleness? Or maybe it was because shifu's "PUSH HER DOWN!!" quote echoed in my heart which gave the impulse.
I didn't know what the matter with was. It was like I was possessed by a ghost causing to lose control of my body and mind. It was like I lost the ability to control myself when I first saw this girl. I pulled her into my embrace and kissed her beautiful lips that were like flower petals.
The girl in my arms was utterly horrified. I wasn't sure if it was embarrassnt or if she was drunk but her face was bright red. She desperately pushed away but I pulled her tightly into my arms. She desperately struggled, but she was getting weaker and weaker. Her fresh flower like lips beca softer, warr and wetter as if every breath she breathed out could inflict a burn wound on soone. Her painful frowns struck my berserk nerves.
I clearly saw her cry but I felt that even her tears were beautiful. Her tears were like water drops dripping off of flowers which gave a natural cooling feeling.
We continued like that for a long ti until the girl in front of looked at with her tender and confused gaze. I too looked back at her with befuddled emotions.
A particular atmosphere between us was brewing. I could clearly sll the stench of romance.
……
……
After a while, I felt like the stench beca more and more intense, so intense that it was suffocating…..
I raised my head up to find that the small South gate appeared to be open. Beyond it I could seemingly see the door of the toilets used by eunuchs and maids open.
Fuck!
No wonder why I could sll a stench like soybeans mixed with lons.
My dysfunctional brain that was in a nightmare restored its normal functioning. I loudly cussed: "Who the fuck didn't close the toilet door after using it?!!!!"
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