Even if he was actually caught drinking stolen wine, the host would only entertain him respectfully due to his status as Young Master Wuhen, unlike her, who demanded compensation right away?
Xia Hen chuckled, amused and exasperated.
He shook his clothes, implying he would use them as compensation.
Don’t be fooled by Young Master Wuhen’s dazzling appearance; in reality, he didn’t have much Silver on him. How could sothing filthy like Silver stay on him?
"Clothes?"
Liu Limin was encountering a first: soone using their clothes as compensation. Her anger flared instantly, and she tore his clothes apart, saying, "Even though your clothes are of good material, I, for one, am not a ragpicker and I don’t want your filthy clothes!"
Filthy clothes?
Xia Hen was dumbfounded. These clothes were worth a fortune, yet soone called them ragged, and even tore them up?
Is she even a woman? Just casually ruining his clothes?
No, he couldn’t let her get away with it!
"You have to compensate for my clothes!"
Xia Hen argued reasonably, but no one paid heed to his reason, as Liu Limin roughly dragged him out of the wine cellar.
Liu Limin knew well that the clothes were valuable, but she wouldn’t give in easily. If he didn’t compensate for the wine, he wouldn’t be allowed to leave.
Xia Hen’s stubborn nature kicked in. If the girl didn’t compensate for his clothes, he wasn’t leaving either!
Moreover, after being around this cheeky girl for a few days, Xia Hen suddenly realized he really liked the scent she carried.
Sweet, fragrant, just like the aroma of a finely aged wine—very alluring.
However, this girl had a bit of a temper, always offending people. Just the other day, she was almost bullied by a disgusting, slly old man, and it was handso and heroic him who saved her!
After rescuing her from that old man’s clutches, Xia Hen eagerly awaited her gratitude in the form of fine wine, yet to his surprise, her first words were about offering herself in marriage.
Oh my! Oh my!
How could he end up in such a situation?
Xia Hen suddenly recalled seeing won fight as a child, and got goosebumps all over.
He needed to flee before this little girl did anything.
Getting married and such, only those blissfully ignorant youngsters would dive into such commitnt. As soone who had seen through worldly affairs, how could he foolishly enter the grave of marriage?
Thinking he had skirted this abyss, Xia Hen didn’t anticipate that in the ti spent away from Liu Limin, mories of the girl who exuded a faint wine aroma and showed him no respect kept creeping back to him unbidden.
Was it that the wine she brewed was too exquisite, making it hard to forget?
Tossing yet another prized wine he found aside, Xia Hen scratched his head in frustration. Neither his cherished hairstyle nor the wine he valued could fill that peacock-like void in his heart.
This feeling was truly peculiar!
Maybe it was because he returned to this oppressively stifling Capital city that his heart felt uneasy.
Xia Hen didn’t even spend a whole night in his room before setting off again.
Unlike his usual aimless wandering, he had a clear goal this ti: just avoid Zhuma Town!
He thought he could forget this vexing sensation by traveling abroad, but even after over a year, Xia Hen was unable to let go.
Left with no choice, Xia Hen finally decided to return to Zhuma Town, to find that little girl, wanting answers to understand what exactly was tugging at his restless heart day and night.
Only to be disappointed.
That cheeky girl wasn’t in Zhuma Town!
Unwilling to give up, Xia Hen went to the wine cellar, drank all the cherished girl’s wines, but that desolate feeling in his heart didn’t ease; instead, it worsened.
In a sudden impulse, Xia Hen eavesdropped on a conversation among a few workers and uncovered that the girl had opened a shop in the Capital city!
Ha! This little girl was quite capable! In less than two years, she managed to open a wine shop in the Capital city, just as he had expected from her!
Filled with joy, Xia Hen’s steps beca lighter as he hurried in the direction of the Capital city without a second thought.
He wanted an answer!
This ti upon returning to the Capital city, Xia Hen sparing no effort, scoured all the wine shops in the city, only to be disappointed as he found neither the girl’s trace nor the taste of the wine she brewed.
Were those two workers deliberately deceiving him?
Impossible, he thought. Confident in his Qinggong, those without Inner Strength wouldn’t detect him eavesdropping.
If those two workers weren’t lying, perhaps they also didn’t know her whereabouts?
This isn’t good! Where exactly is that cheeky girl?
Xia Hen was growing anxious, searching every nook and cranny of the Capital city without a glimpse of Liu Limin.
His annoyance was palpable; he hadn’t realized he had gone seven days without wine—a first since he started drinking at three.
This feeling lingered for nearly a month, and by then Xia Hen had turned the entire Capital city upside down three tis.
Until the day Xia Zhen, his elder brother’s son, was getting married, he finally found that cheeky girl!
At Xia Zhen’s wedding, he, as the uncle, had to attend. However, his only task there was to drink.
Having tasted practically all the wines in the Capital, Xia Hen expected nothing special, but unexpectedly, so fruit wines he’d never seen before grabbed his attention.
Within this wine, he even tasted a familiar flavor.
This flavor suddenly cald his restless heart.
It’s the scent of that cheeky girl!
Xia Hen was anxious, fearing missing her trail once more.
Yet, upon rushing to the backyard to find people, she still wasn’t to be found.
The feeling of plumting from cloud nine was unbearably painful.
Holding his chest, Xia Hen just wanted to curse!
And, in fact, he did curse!
As he cursed, a voice only heard in his dreams rang out behind him.
Xia Hen didn’t need to turn around to know the woman standing behind was the cheeky girl he’d been searching for long!
They say returning ho makes one apprehensive, and Xia Hen, a man wandering for years, experienced this for the first ti.
The countless greetings rehearsed in his mind vanished without a trace.
Xia Hen sensed his fingers trembling, his throat tightening, and when he finally cald himself, looking back at the woman, he didn’t know what to say.
However, the cheeky girl, with great thoughtfulness, spared him from embarrassnt in front of so many people by speaking first.
Only, her words made him want to cover her mouth.
She claid not to know him!
How could she not recognize him? Had she forgotten that he saved her? Forgotten her promise of marriage?
Xia Hen solemnly vowed he hadn’t searched for Liu Limin this long only to give up over a claim of unfamiliarity!
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