novelraw Chapter 315 : The Sour Smell of Love
Chapter 315 : The Sour Smell of Love
Chapter 315: The Sour Smell of Love
With the strength of the two of them, it was surprising that they had not noticed something approaching!
They exchanged a glance and instantly vanished from where they stood. When they reappeared, they were already at the place where the sound had just come from.
On the ground lay a young girl, dressed in the attire of the City Lord’s Residence. She appeared no different from a mortal, showing no trace of cultivation fluctuations.
At this moment, the girl lifted her head. Seeing the sudden appearance of the two, she was startled and immediately stepped back.
“Y-you… who are you!”
Gu Fan felt a little speechless.
“You barged into my courtyard without permission, and now you ask me who I am?”
Hearing this, the girl realized she was in the wrong, but she still puffed herself up and said loudly:
“What do you mean your courtyard? This is all part of the City Lord’s Residence! I am the Little Princess of the City Lord’s Residence! My father is the City Lord, this entire place belongs to my family. I can go wherever I please, and that’s perfectly reasonable!”
Gu Fan was stunned, then turned to glance at Lin Yi.
What surprised him was that Lin Yi was actually looking at the girl with a faint, silly smile.
Gu Fan quickly pulled Lin Yi aside, turned his back, and whispered:
“She’s your marriage partner?”
“I… I don’t know! This is my first time coming here too.”
“Then what’s this? Didn’t you just say earlier that you once had a girl who moved your heart?”
Lin Yi paused, then looked a bit embarrassed as he replied:
“Maybe it’s a coincidence… but this girl is the very one I saved before.”
Gu Fan cursed silently in his heart and couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
What the hell? Isn’t this supposed to be a cultivation world? Why does it suddenly feel like some cheesy island-style romance anime is unfolding before my eyes?
“So, she doesn’t recognize you?”
Lin Yi scratched his head.
“I was in disguise back then, not like I am now. She probably can’t recognize me right away.”
Gu Fan clapped his hands and gave him a thumbs up.
Good, good, you two really know how to play!
A City Lord’s Little Princess pretending to be a damsel in distress, and a genius of the Brahma God Sect concealing his identity. The two of you might as well start acting in a drama already.
While Gu Fan kept ridiculing in his heart, the girl behind them grew wary.
“What are you two whispering about! I warn you, don’t have any crooked thoughts. Hurry and open the door to let me out! Otherwise, if I scream, the whole City Lord’s Residence will be turned upside down!”
Gu Fan shrugged helplessly.
“I don’t mind opening the door to let you out, but can you even walk right now? Didn’t you twist your ankle?”
The girl blushed, looking slightly embarrassed.
“Lin Yi, help this young lady sit down first.”
Lin Yi hurried forward to assist.
When the three of them sat down, the girl kept a wary eye on Gu Fan, Gu Fan rolled his eyes at Lin Yi, while Lin Yi looked at her with a foolish expression.
“Ahem, so you say you are the Little Princess of the City Lord’s Residence?”
“As real as it gets! My name is Xiao Yaoyao.”
“Then why, in the middle of the night, were you climbing walls instead of walking through the proper gates?”
The girl was at a loss for words, finally mumbling:
“How should I know the courtyard wall was still part of my home? I’ve already climbed several walls! Why is my home so big… inside the courtyard there’s still another courtyard, outside one wall there’s still another wall…”
Gu Fan raised his hand to cut off her humble-bragging.
“So you’re trying to run away from home.”
Seeing her remain silent, he pressed further:
“And why? Tell me a proper reason, maybe I can help you.”
“Really?” The girl’s eyes lit up. “I can tell at a glance that you’re a good person! Actually, I was trying to escape an arranged marriage!”
Gu Fan glanced at Lin Yi, signaling her to continue.
“My father wants to marry me off to some so-called genius of the Brahma God Sect, someone I’ve never even met! How could a marriage without feelings ever lead to happiness? Of course I must resist and search for my own love!”
Ah, so she was just a naïve young girl, full of fantasies and expectations about love.
“You… a mere mortal?”
The girl sighed in frustration.
“It’s not like I want this either! Because of certain special reasons, I can’t cultivate for now. My father is anxious to marry me off, saying that only if I marry can I start cultivating. Otherwise, after decades I’ll grow old and die… he doesn’t want white-haired parents burying their black-haired child… Wait, no, by then I’d be old too, so I’d also have white hair, but my father might still have black hair…”
Gu Fan ignored her rambling and pieced together the information.
It seemed that this girl, due to some special condition, had to marry in order to begin cultivating. And Lin Yi, in turn, was ordered by his sect to ally through marriage with the City Lord’s Residence, for certain benefits.
Both were being forced.
But coincidentally, Lin Yi and this girl had crossed paths before, and Lin Yi seemed to have genuine feelings for her…
Now Lin Yi had recognized her, though she had not recognized him…
What a mess. Gu Fan’s head started aching.
He hadn’t expected that on the very first day of meeting Lin Yi again, he would be dragged into such a troublesome matter.
Xiao Yaoyao suddenly asked with urgency:
“Now that I’ve explained everything, aren’t you supposed to help me escape?”
Gu Fan looked at Lin Yi, then smiled.
“Sorry, I’ve decided to hand you back.”
Xiao Yaoyao’s eyes widened, her innocent gaze filled with helpless confusion in the face of society’s cruelty.
“Ah! You tricked me! You liar!”
Gu Fan pointed with a finger, instantly trapping her within a sphere of spiritual energy, sealing off all sound.
“Lin Yi, I won’t step forward in this. You take her back to the City Lord.”
Lin Yi snapped back to his senses and nodded.
He absolutely could not let her run away. Originally, he hadn’t minded the arranged marriage, but now that he knew the bride was the very girl he once liked, he almost wanted to kowtow on the spot to the Zhu Family’s Old Ancestor.
This marriage was perfectly arranged!
The only thing troubling him was that, back then, he had not shown his current appearance to Xiao Yaoyao.
If he confessed, would she mind that detail?
Gu Fan noticed his brother’s concern.
“What’s the use of overthinking? Better to consider how to explain things clearly later.”
“Besides, if she can’t accept you just because your appearance has changed, then doesn’t that prove this relationship isn’t as important as you thought?”
After saying that, Gu Fan patted Lin Yi on the shoulder, then turned and went back into his room.
Lin Yi thought over his words and found them reasonable. If such a shallow reason could end things, then the relationship was not worth much.
“Brother Gu truly deserves to be my role model. Not only in cultivation, killing, but even in matters of love, he is an example for us all!”
Lin Yi sighed emotionally, then reached out with spiritual power to drag along the sphere Gu Fan had formed, carrying Xiao Yaoyao with him.
With a few leaps, he moved quickly toward the banquet hall.
At this hour, the banquet should still be ongoing…
Meanwhile, back in his room, Gu Fan watched the two departing figures, half laughing, half crying.
This situation had made him an unwilling “love advisor” on his very first day back.
But…
Lin Yi had truly changed a lot in just one year.
Back then, Lin Yi only knew how to shout behind him, begging him to leave a few heads alive instead of killing them all.
He had been clueless about social interactions.
But now? The boy had even learned about romance…