novelraw Chapter 315 313: Qianqian, Anyone But You...
Chapter 315 313: Qianqian, Anyone But You...
"Yueqiu, Brother Pei, you're finally here."
Lin Qianyan's usually reserved voice held a trace of unconcealable joy.
She stood at the door, her hands clasped gently behind her back. Beneath her silken socks, her jade-like toes wiggled playfully.
Pointing to the two wooden doors behind her, she said,
"This is the room I prepared for you. I tried my best to make the decorations identical to those in the Cold Palace Sword Mansion. I hope Brother Pei and Yueqiu won't find it uncomfortable."
Hearing this, Pei Yuhang couldn't help but look at Lin Qianyan and say, "Qianqian, you've been so thoughtful..."
The smile on Lin Qianyan's lips only deepened. She then pointed to a door across the hall and said softly,
"I'm right next door. If you need anything, Brother Pei, you can call me anytime."
As she spoke, Lin Qianyan winked at Pei Yuhang, as if hinting at something.
Pei Yuhang naturally understood Lin Qianyan's intentions, but he could only offer a polite and courteous smile in return.
Qing Yueqiu's beautiful, crimson-tinged eyes darted back and forth between the two as they exchanged meaningful glances, and a sliver of annoyance rose in her heart.
But this was Lin Qianyan's Spiritual Ship, after all, so Qing Yueqiu tactfully kept her mouth shut.
'In any case, with Master's wife not around, *I* am Master's Dao Companion.'
The silver-haired girl now considered herself the "main wife." When faced with other women coveting Pei Yuhang, she had to maintain the confidence befitting that title.
'I can't just lose my composure and stoop to bickering with those homewreckers.'
'Besides, as long as the homewreckers don't resort to dirty tricks—like that slut Ji Xichan, who is holding something over Master's head to manipulate and threaten him—I believe Master has enough self-control not to make a mistake!'
'After all, it took me so long, through countless trials and tribulations, to finally be with him.'
'Master is a man who believes in pure love and is reserved enough.'
'Even if Lin Qianyan and Master have some history, I believe he will cherish his reputation and not make such a foolish mistake!'
"Alright, Brother Pei, I won't disturb you and Yueqiu while you unpack. You must call me if you need anything, okay?"
"Okay. Thank you for the trouble, Qianqian."
After Pei Yuhang and Lin Qianyan finished their pleasantries, she turned slightly to leave. The hem of her dress swayed gently with her movement, like a blooming white lotus, revealing the silhouette of her long legs, which looked as if they were carved from White Jade.
Pei Yuhang watched her go, his gaze unconsciously lingering for a moment on her long, jade-like legs, half-hidden beneath the white gauze of her dress.
He then primly retracted his gaze and turned to Qing Yueqiu, his expression as normal as ever.
"Let's go, Yueqiu. We'll put our things down, and while we're at it... I'll set up a soundproofing and perception-blocking Array in your room."
Hearing this, Qing Yueqiu said with some surprise, "Master, are you afraid Sister Lin will eavesdrop on us?"
Her voice held a teasing tone, and the smile on her lips grew more pronounced. She looked like a cat that had gotten the cream, her eyes full of mirth.
Pei Yuhang coughed lightly, his expression a little awkward, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Don't be so formal... I just know that you, you little minx, have become thoroughly debauched. You'll definitely find an opportunity to misbehave...
I'm just setting up a precaution now, so Qianqian doesn't notice anything."
"Hehe, Master, since you thought of this yourself, couldn't it be that *you're* the one who's become thoroughly debauched and wants to do bad things to me?
Are you setting up the Array to prevent your illicit affair with your disciple from being exposed, so you don't 'lose your integrity in old age'?"
Pei Yuhang was left speechless, his face flushing slightly. Annoyed, he reached out and rapped Qing Yueqiu on the head.
"You little minx, you've become so silver-tongued! I don't know where you learned it from! You used to be so reserved and obedient!
I never should have given in to you in the first place!"
Qing Yueqiu winced in pain but wasn't angry. She rubbed the spot where he'd hit her, stuck her tongue out at Pei Yuhang, and said with a grin,
"It's too late for regrets now, Master. Don't worry, your good disciple will take responsibility for you~!"
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After Pei Yuhang moved onto Lin Qianyan's Spiritual Ship, Yueqiu, despite her flirty words, ultimately remained reserved for a few days in the unfamiliar environment.
This gave the previously sleepless Pei Yuhang a chance to catch his breath.
He wasn't one to indulge himself. After getting his Evil Yang Fire Qi under control, Pei Yuhang was determined to become a Sword Cultivator free of worldly desires.
His constant carnal indulgence and nightly debauchery had been a compromise he was forced into by wicked women.
Pei Yuhang himself couldn't bear to see his own descent into depravity.
During this time, Pei Yuhang ran into Ji Xichan a few times.
After he had viciously shattered her pride that night, Ji Xichan was now exceptionally cold toward him. When they met, she no longer pawed at him impatiently as she had before, instead just leaving with a cold expression.
Seeing that her complexion was merely a little pale and that she was otherwise fine, Pei Yuhang breathed a sigh of relief.
'If Ji Xichan has come to her senses and let go of this emotional entanglement with me, perhaps it's for the best.'
Then, there were the several times Lin Qianyan had wanted to drink with him at night.
Pei Yuhang knew that Qianqian just wanted to use "wine" as a lubricant to make him recall their innocent, forcibly interrupted past love.
He knew he wouldn't be able to get past that barrier.
So, like a "coward," he always refused, using the excuse of being tired.
'Right now, I haven't even figured out how to confess about Qing Yueqiu to Liyuan.'
'How could I dare to "provoke" Qianqian again?'
'Besides, Lin Qianyan is the esteemed Jade Pool Saintess, and that Sacred Land places the utmost importance on a Fairy's reputation.'
'The Jade Pool Sacred Land would never allow Lin Qianyan to be with a married man.'
'If I really did get back together with Qianqian, it would pose a huge danger to both of us. That's not something I want to see.'
'So... it's better this way.'
'We're both still alive. Maintaining the status quo is good enough.'
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"WAAAH—Xiaopei, your daddy is ignoring me~~"
Lin Qianyan's voice was thick with drunkenness, full of grievance and resentment.
She was slumped on the soft couch in her boudoir, an empty wine cup in her hand. Her cheeks were flushed crimson from the alcohol, like a sunset glowing on her skin.
The intelligent eyes she had in the daytime were now hazy. Her delicate eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes glistened with tears that seemed ready to fall at any moment.
She covered her cheeks, her voice choked with sobs.
"I've invited him so many times, but Brother Pei won't even have a single drink with me~! What did I do wrong? Does he hate me now?"
Her tone was tinged with self-deprecation and helplessness. She unconsciously caressed the rim of the wine cup, looking utterly fragile and lost.
A few strands of hair fell across her forehead, adding to her pitiable and lovely appearance.
On the other end of the Transmission Token, Saintess Lin's True Disciple, Pei Xiaohan, listened to her master's weeping with a face full of exasperation.
She massaged her forehead, the corner of her mouth twitching as she complained inwardly:
'Master, does Elder Pei even know he's my dad? How can you just spread rumors like that...'
'And my dear Master, you handed all the Sect's tasks over to two of your avatars and ran off to find Elder Pei yourself. Isn't that a bit too irresponsible!'
Seeing no response from the Transmission Token, Lin Qianyan pouted even more aggrievedly, her voice taking on a wheedling tone.
"Xiaopei, why are you ignoring me now too? Are you going to abandon me as well?"
Tears shimmered in her eyes as if she would burst into tears the next second. She seemed incredibly fragile, a world away from the noble and aloof Saintess she usually was.
Pei Xiaohan sighed and replied helplessly:
[Master, you've had too much to drink. You should rest for a bit.
Elder Pei... is probably just busy. Don't overthink it.]
Her voice carried a mix of comfort and exasperation. She was clearly both vexed by her drunken master and frustrated by her lack of fighting spirit.
'Master, you are the Saintess of the Jade Pool Sacred Land! How many people in this entire world can match your status and talent?'
'Is it really worth it, all for a married man?'
'Besides you, which other Saintess from a major Sacred Land would be so unreserved and lose her dignity like this?'
'If word of this got out to that pack of sluts from the Yin Yang Sacred Land, they'd laugh their heads off!'
Unfortunately, Pei Xiaohan only dared to think these things. She would never dare to say them harshly to snap Lin Qianyan out of it.
Just then, Lin Qianyan staggered to her feet, her voice laced with stubbornness:
"No! I'm not drunk! Xiaopei, you tell me, what's so wrong with me? Why won't Brother Pei even give me a second glance?"
There was a sob in her voice. She seemed both obstinate and fragile, like a little girl who had been thwarted in love.
Hearing her usually confident and powerful master sounding so wretched and "tortured" by that Pei Yuhang, Pei Xiaohan felt both helpless and heartbroken.
'Men really are no good,' she cursed inwardly. 'They only know how to deceive sweet, innocent Fairies like Master!'
Fortunately, after grieving by herself for a while, Saintess Lin seemed to have vented all her bad feelings.
She wiped her tears, and her expression seemed to soften.
Just then, Pei Xiaohan's considerate voice came through again:
[Master, if Elder Pei is really so heartless toward you... why don't you put aside romance for now and focus on the Sect's affairs?
In a few hundred years, once you've become the Sect Leader of our Jade Pool Sacred Land, if you go looking for Elder Pei then, he certainly wouldn't dare refuse, right?]
But Lin Qianyan shook her head, a determined look appearing in her red, swollen eyes.
"No! In a few hundred years, Brother Pei will probably have grandchildren!
How could I face him then? Besides... if I become the Sect Leader of the Jade Pool Sacred Land, I'll never have a chance to leave... My time as the Saintess is when I'm most free.
This is my only chance to make up for my regrets with Brother Pei!"
With that, Lin Qianyan got up, picked up two cups of wine, and prepared to go out.
Although Pei Xiaohan on the other end of the Transmission Token couldn't see what Lin Qianyan was doing, she heard her master moving around.
She immediately guessed that her master was about to swallow her pride and go find Pei Yuhang again.
'My god,' she thought, 'no matter how handsome Pei Yuhang is, he can't just humiliate the Saintess of our Jade Pool Sacred Land like this!'
Indignant, Pei Xiaohan immediately spoke up to stop her tipsy master from going out.
But the only response she got was the dull thud of a closing door.
'It's over. Master is going to 'ask for humiliation' again,' Pei Xiaohan thought, mourning silently.