novelraw Chapter 39: He expresses his affection for me?
Chapter 39: He expresses his affection for me?
"Didn't expect you really live in a place like this?"
Cheng Yu approached the small courtyard, looking around as she said, "The stable is right next door, doesn't it get noisy at night?"
Jiang Man felt puzzled inside, wondering why the other party seemed so curious.
He couldn't determine her purpose for coming at all.
So he directly asked: "Miss Cheng, what brings you here?"
Hearing this, Cheng Yu withdrew her gaze, but still expressed surprise when she saw the Old Yellow Ox: "You also herd cattle?"
Jiang Man glanced at the Old Yellow Ox and nodded: "Yes."
Cheng Yu didn't inquire further, instead saying: "I came to deliver something that needs to be handed directly to you. Because I'm in a hurry, that's why I'm disturbing you so late."
"Deliver something?" Jiang Man felt slightly curious.
He thought it over repeatedly but couldn't figure out what connection he might have with the person before him.Could she be here to send him off?
That wasn't impossible either.
For a moment, he secretly mobilized the power within his body.
If the person before him made any dangerous moves, he would strike first.
Facing such a wealthy young lady, if he hesitated even for a moment, he might face her secret techniques.
People are different from each other.
Six Harmonies Palm and Three Talents Force, while decent,
were both free techniques.
Anyone could practice them once their cultivation level was sufficient.
But wealthy people could learn more things, and stronger ones at that.
"Right, delivering something. The other party is quite urgent too, forcing me to come at this hour." As she spoke, she searched through her belongings.
Finally, she took out an envelope.
Written on the envelope were several characters: For Jiang Man's Personal Opening.
There was also sealing wax on it.
"This is it, for you." Cheng Yu handed the envelope to Jiang Man.
Jiang Man took it, somewhat stunned.
He carefully examined the sealing wax, which bore the character "Luo."
"What is this?" he asked, confused.
"A letter from Luo Xuan to you," Cheng Yu said casually.
Jiang Man frowned: "What matter requires an envelope? And why would she write me a letter?"
Cheng Yu shrugged, looking equally curious under the moonlight: "Open it and see, I'm also very curious about what she wrote."
"She wouldn't even let me open it."
"And told me to deliver it to your hands as quickly as possible."
"So mysterious."
Jiang Man looked at the envelope, indeed feeling something strange about it.
He had originally thought she came here to cause him trouble.
Not only that, he always suspected that Chang Qiwen was working for this Cheng Yu before him.
All the attacks against him were to help her secure the spot.
But now this development somewhat overturned his expectations.
Delivering a letter, and needing to deliver it late at night at that.
Moreover, the sender was the former top-ranked cultivator in their courtyard, a wealthy young lady from a prominent family.
This...
This was Jiang Man's first time encountering such a situation.
Truly somewhat unexpected.
"You don't know what she wrote?" Jiang Man looked at Cheng Yu.
"I have some guesses, so I need you to confirm them. Hurry up and look, if you can't open it, I can help you break the seal," Cheng Yu urged.
She was also eager to see the contents inside.
After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Man still opened the envelope.
As soon as he opened it, he caught a faint fragrance.
It came precisely from Luo Xuan's courtyard.
He had often smelled it before when he went there for labor duties.
Then he opened the letter.
The handwriting was elegant and refined, with light brushstrokes yet possessing inherent strength.
The ink shades were perfectly balanced; the starting strokes seemed to carry a hint of hesitant pause, then flowed smoothly like floating clouds and flowing water, yet the turning points didn't lack force.
Good handwriting, Jiang Man couldn't help but praise.
Nowadays, everyone was focusing all their efforts on cultivation.
Not many people had such accomplished penmanship.
"Seeing the words is like meeting face to face:
Picking up the brush to write this letter, my heart feels somewhat hesitant and uneasy, not knowing where to begin.
Our first meeting was when you entered Azure Cloud Pavilion, leading an old yellow ox. You were quite puzzling back then.
When we met again, it was in the Sixth Courtyard.
One small courtyard, perhaps an unknown fate connection.
Two years have passed in a flash, you emerged from among the crowd, heading toward the mountain.
Your resolute appearance made me want to lend you a helping hand. To avoid disturbing you, I could only employ you using Spirit Source as medium.
The mountain path is difficult; originally I thought your road ahead would be full of obstacles.
Never expected that you would reach heights requiring me to look up to you.
Dare not speak much, dare not converse, dare not face my true feelings.
If fate is predetermined, after obtaining the spots, let us honor the envelope's promise to prove our lifelong commitment."
This was the entire letter content, without any signature.
But...
Sometimes with certain matters, no extensive explanation is needed to guess the general meaning.
This letter came from Luo Xuan.
After all, Cheng Yu had just clearly stated so.
But Jiang Man still had many doubts in his heart.
He looked at Cheng Yu before him and asked: "What does she mean?"
Cheng Yu had been standing on tiptoe and had already seen the letter's contents.
Now she covered her face, blushing as she said: "Such embarrassing content, can't you understand it?"
Cheng Yu sighed and said: "She's telling you that she's been paying attention to you for a long time, and now discovers her heart is stirred, as if admiring you, but doesn't dare say it outright."
"If both of you can obtain the spots, then write another letter to arrange a meeting place."
"To pledge yourselves to each other privately."
As she spoke, Cheng Yu asked curiously: "How's your actual combat ability? Confident you can defeat Fang Yong? As long as you encounter him and seriously injure him."
"Luo Xuan will be secure."
Seeing Jiang Man seemed distracted, Cheng Yu waved her hand in front of his face: "Are you listening to me?"
Jiang Man nodded: "I heard."
"Alright then, you need to work hard properly, don't let our Luo Xuan down." After saying this, Cheng Yu turned to leave.
After walking a few steps, she looked back and said: "If you lack resources and can't find work easily, I can help you."
"Luo Xuan is my best friend after all, I definitely have to help her."
After Jiang Man nodded, Cheng Yu turned around and left.
At this moment, her smiling face carried an additional faint light laugh.
'Youthful spirit, youthful temperament, youthful purity.'
'Indeed, no poor young lad can resist such an admiring letter.'
'Such a young man, if properly honed, could become a convenient blade.'
Jiang Man watched Cheng Yu leave, his brows tightly furrowed.
Then he looked at the Old Yellow Ox beside him: "Old Yellow, do you think anyone would actually take a liking to me?"
The Old Yellow Ox glanced at Jiang Man but didn't speak.
Jiang Man continued talking to himself: "What does she see in me? Does she like that I bring a plow ox to study? That I smell sour all over? Or does she like my ox?"
Jiang Man felt the last possibility might actually be somewhat plausible.
After all, his Old Yellow Ox was an Evil God.
The Old Yellow Ox said calmly: "Sometimes the situation isn't what it appears to be."
Jiang Man didn't understand.
The Old Yellow Ox sneered: "Cultivate, otherwise three hundred days won't be enough to extend your life."
Speaking in riddles again?
But he didn't dwell on it further and began cultivating instead.
Nowadays, he didn't need much sleep.
He could cultivate continuously through the night.
As long as he kept cultivating, he could keep growing stronger.
Additionally, he needed to go collect other techniques too.
Not only that, he also needed to visit the Guard Station to see if he could rent himself out as a sparring partner.
As for this letter from Luo Xuan...
He didn't believe a single word of it.
Whether it was genuine or fake made no difference to him.
Not a single mention of Spirit Source.
How could he possibly find it convincing?
At least before there were seventy Spirit Source involved.