novelraw Chapter 619 - 0360 The road can be difficult to walk (two-in-one)_2
Chapter 619 - 0360 The road can be difficult to walk (two-in-one)_2
"..." Yun Qian was stunned.
The young lady stared blankly at the boy in front of her who was chuckling, only feeling more sore.
Her husband knew everything but still wanted her to say it.
Indeed, he was always smarter than her.
It was only when both sides laid their cards on the table that the young lady realized her husband had known for a long time that she wasn’t an ordinary person, and had even guessed some of her abilities.
The only fool here was herself.
"..."
Taking advantage of Miss Yun’s daze, Xu Chang’an wrapped his arm around her waist.
Hmm.
He wasn’t deliberately bullying her.
It’s just that Miss Yun was too easy to understand, after all, she always only had him in her eyes, so understanding who was the scenery was indeed a simple matter.
Then, there was one thing he hadn’t told Yun Qian.
That was why he suddenly grew fond of the small plum grove they passed by; it wasn’t because the grove was beautiful, but because he had come to understand a certain truth.
Not long ago, he felt pressured by the potential dangers and difficulties of future cultivation.
But now, he had figured it out.
Just like how admiring plum blossoms requires enduring bumps to appreciate their captivating charm and fragrance.
The road may be difficult, but either at the end or along the way, there must be beautiful scenery worth enduring the bumps for.
Traveling with Miss Yun, would he encounter such scenery worth enduring the bumps just to see?
Xu Chang’an tilted his head, smelling the light scent of rouge on the young woman.
It’s more like the scenery had embraced him.
...
Beisang City was vast; those two nameless rivers converged and diverged within it for hundreds of miles, creating a network of intersecting tributaries, leading to a scattered cluster of painted boats on the lake’s surface.
Truly an ideal place to open a brothel.
"Young master, Unfastened Boat has arrived."
Miss Aqing’s voice came from the front.
So Xu Chang’an looked at Yun Qian, about to speak, when he saw Miss Yun silently taking out a straw hat and putting it on, lowering the curtain to hide her beautiful face.
Xu Chang’an: "..."
At this moment, he wanted to say that this was his straw hat, meant for hiding his face.
After all, past experiences had shown Xu Chang’an that someone like him should keep his face covered among a group of ladies.
But he didn’t expect Miss Yun to take his straw hat?
"Miss, this is mine," Xu Chang’an couldn’t help but say.
"?" Yun Qian looked at him doubtfully, then seriously said, "You told me to cover my face in places like this."
"Then what about me?" Xu Chang’an was helpless.
Yun Qian thought for a moment, recalled some things from novels, then nodded, "Being attractive is meant to be seen."
Then she pointed at the straw hat.
"I’ll wear it."
"..."
"You won’t wear it."
"... Alright then."
Xu Chang’an really had no ability to refuse Miss Yun’s tone of voice.
"You are the Miss, naturally what you say goes."
Xu Chang’an dismounted the carriage first, scanning his surroundings.
Nearby, a woman dressed in qingyi stood quietly.
In the distance was the scenery of this tourist area; near the lakeside, its scale was much smaller compared to within the city but had a natural scenic advantage.
And because only the girls from Flower Moon Building could enter here, Xu Chang’an didn’t have to look much; with just a casual glance, he saw on the small boats by the lake, many women’s tables set with a pot of clear wine, raindrops falling into the wine cups unnoticed, as they chatted with their girlfriends with flushed faces.
His gaze fell on those painted boats, eavesdropping on the girls’ chatter and laughter, and he smiled.
The atmosphere... was nice.
He once thought that after entering the Immortal Sect, looking back, he would feel distant from the secular world.
But now he realized the Immortal Sect he entered wasn’t a proper one, so... witnessing these scenes of chatter and laughter didn’t seem too grand, instead, there was a strange familiarity.
Thinking carefully, he realized this was just like the senior sisters’ lake trips at Muyu Peak.
"Deserves to be... the girls under Senior Zhu’s hand, they are all the same." Xu Chang’an sighed.
"...?"
The qingyi girl beside him noticed the young master’s wistful expression, tilting her head.
However, her confusion only lasted a moment.
Because Xu Chang’an was helping Yun Qian off the carriage.
In the drizzle, Yun Qian, in her qingbai dress, slowly got off the carriage with Xu Chang’an’s assistance.
Miss Aqing subconsciously took a sniff, and immediately sensed a pleasant scent of rouge on her.
She lived in Flower Moon Building and had seen Yun Qian before.
In her teenage years, she enjoyed beautiful things, like passing through a plum grove.
But now, she saw a very beautiful scene.
As Xu Chang’an led Yun Qian down the carriage, she dumbfoundedly watched as Yun Qian’s wrist emerged from her sleeve for an instant.
It was akin to the afternoon sun reflecting off a piece of snowy white, and beneath that luster were extremely beautiful hands, long and fair, impossible to ignore.
Miss Aqing found herself staring for a long time.
Until she noticed Yun Qian wearing a straw hat for men and snapped back to reality, a slightly strange expression appearing on her face.
The appearance of the hat meant that Miss Aqing wouldn’t see the matching silk ribbon that the young master wanted from her.
But she didn’t feel disappointed, instead somewhat relieved.
Because, indeed, there really are young ladies who can captivate a woman’s heart even if their face is unseen.
Fortunately, she wore the hat.
Thankfully, the ribbon wasn’t visible.
If she really saw the same outfit, her female confidence would be shattered.
Miss Aqing took a deep breath.
Even as a woman wearing qingyi herself, she never imagined there could be someone who could wear these colors so appealingly.
This intertwining of blue and white, with just a glance, made her perceive this woman as elegant and noble.
Alright.
A woman of the Demon Sect like her, feeling a man was noble one day, and then thinking a woman was the same the next.
She was born to be a servant, wasn’t she.
But the fact was, standing beside Xu Chang’an and Yun Qian as a young girl, she truly looked more like a maid.
It wasn’t just her either.
Standing in front of Yun Qian, Xu Chang’an, due to the height difference, seemed more like her younger brother than her husband?
But she could understand.
With the many mysteries surrounding Xu Chang’an, naturally, this Miss Yun couldn’t be viewed with normal standards...
Even if she were just an ordinary woman, having such a husband, she couldn’t possibly be ordinary.
"...Truly beautiful," Miss Aqing couldn’t help but say.
Yun Qian’s charm was overly compelling for her.
But Miss Aqing would never admit that as a woman, she was defeated by a wrist.
She hung her head for a long time, eventually concluding that because she usually wore qingyi too, the disparity she sensed between herself and Yun Qian was what led to such inadequacy.
Tsk.
She couldn’t hang her head.
Hanging her head would show her slender figure.
As she was now, she wasn’t even on par with Zhu Pingniang, let alone Yun Qian, who was near perfection.
Pressure.
It was strange, that she could feel pressure from Yun Qian.
Just as back then, before she matured, she looked up to Shi Qingjun—the Divine Lady of opportunities.
’What’s happened to me...’
For a moment, she felt a bit dazed, thinking perhaps her original body was injured, making her mental state unstable...
’Indeed, I need to rest.’
Sighing, Miss Aqing lifted her head, and suddenly her body trembled.
Yun Qian stood quietly there, without the usual cold expression, devoid of her typical calm demeanor, lacking that aura as if rejecting people from afar.
Yet she made Miss Aqing want to turn away.
Because Yun Qian was looking at her.
——
Though separated by the straw hat’s thin veil, she could feel... Yun Qian staring at her.
"?"
Miss Aqing’s body inexplicably stiffened, her spine naturally straightening as if to make herself appear more confident.
"..."
Yun Qian assessed the girl known as "Ah Qing."
Nodded.
She was a pretty girl.
But... Yun Qian was puzzled by one thing.
Since she got off the carriage, Miss Aqing had been staring at her, even paying attention to her wrists and fingers.
But she didn’t look at Xu Chang’an.
Did she mistake the person?