Chapter 107: A Hundred Years in a Hurry

The lanterns in Chang'an were very bright at night, and every household had them lit. This was unlike the poor Xiutu, where people rarely lit so many lanterns in order to save lamp oil or candles.

The street lanterns along the long street are like pearls strung together. In the night, from a distance, they look like a pearl necklace on the ground.

As soon as it got dark, the two of them went out for a walk. Mu Jin could see that Jiaoran was getting a little impatient, whether waiting for her two friends to come or for Fenghuang Chu and Zhou Zhi to appear.

Her patience is not as good as before and her temper is much worse.

She often gets angry for no reason, or asks him to stay away from her. Only when she calms down will she say a few words to him coldly.

I don’t know if it’s because of the secret book “Gao Shan Shou”, but since she mastered it, she has become a completely different person. However, she is not as obsessed as Chai Rou and Chai Lie, who kill anyone they see. She has no interest in killing.

Sometimes even when he told her what happened between them in the past, she seemed to have no memory of it at all and had no patience to listen to him any more.

In autumn, the autumn in Chang'an is not as cold as the autumn in Xiu Tu, but at night, when the night wind blows, it is still a bit chilly.

She suddenly grabbed him and said, "There's a wonton stand over there. Go over there and order two bowls. I have something to do and will be back soon."

Her palm rested on his wrist, warmth flowing along the skin of his arm all the way to his heart. "Why don't I come with you? What are you going to do?"

Jiaoran was too lazy to explain. "Just do as I say. I'll be right back."

A group of people walked by in a black mass, as if there were some gladiators somewhere ahead, and they were all waiting to see people wrestling. Jiaoran then mixed in with the crowd and walked along.

Leaving Mu Jin alone there.

He slowly walked to the wonton stall and sat down. It was not until the stall owner came over and asked him that he seemed to come to his senses.

"Sir, would you like two bowls?"

"Yes, don't put down one bowl yet. Just put down the next one first."

"Hey!" the stall owner asked him as he was serving wontons, "Is there another bowl for that girl?"

Mu Jin nodded.

"She is your wife."

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"I can tell from the first glance that your wife is a difficult one to deal with. How could you find such a troublesome woman? She left without saying anything and left you here alone. You are also too good-tempered. You held her back and refused to let her go. What can she do to you? Can she even hit you?"

Mu Jin thought about it and felt that it was really possible that she would hit him. She had slapped him in the face when she was furious in the Governor's Mansion before.

"It's okay. She said she'll be back soon, and she will be back soon."

The stall owner was already quite old. He put the spoon into the wonton bowl and patted Mu Jin on the shoulder. "You are a man, you still have to be tough. You can't just follow whatever she says. The more you hit a woman, the more she loves you. Besides, you look like this. Even if you don't want this one anymore, you can find another one on the street in the blink of an eye. A real man never has to worry about not having a wife!"

Just as he finished speaking, two women came together. One of them took off her veil and sat at a table behind Mu Jin.

The one who hadn't taken off his hat was covering his face and pushing the arm of the woman next to him back and forth.

The woman patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

He asked, "Sir, are you traveling alone?"

Mu Jin hadn't realized that the woman behind him was talking to him.

Just as he walked out of the crowd and into a very dark place, Jiaoran came out again, and suddenly a woman in yellow clothes appeared beside him.

"How about you go back and ask him for me?"

Ji Feng stared at the sugar man on the street without looking up. "If you can't see him, how can I see him?"

"Where on earth did he go?"

"Nine out of ten, there was a banquet in another wonderland, and he was gone for several months."

"I can't find any trace of them now, and they haven't come looking for me. Am I supposed to just keep waiting like this?"

Ji Feng's eyesight is much stronger than that of ordinary people. She can clearly see people and objects three miles away, even in the middle of the night. In fact, she can see more clearly at night than during the day.

She clearly saw Mu Jin and the two women who were talking to Mu Jin.

"Just wait like this, and have fun and eat delicious food with him, don't you like it?" Ji Feng looked at Mu Jin, then turned his head to look at Jiao Ran.

Jiao Ran said, "I need to finish this as soon as possible, then find Mu Jin's mother and ask her why she colluded with Fenghuang Chu to harm my mother."

"You've been through all these years, and there's no need to rush into all the grudges and hatreds now, right?"

Jiaoran paid the money and picked up a flower-shaped candy. "I've waited for so long, a year, and there's still no improvement. I can't even find any trace of them. I asked Yuan Jianlu and Mei Wan'er to help me investigate, but there's no progress. Life like this is really boring." As he said that, he handed the bamboo stick to Jifeng.

Ji Feng looked at the golden sugar flowers, his eyes moved, "Bought it for me?"

Jiao Ran asked, "What else?"

"Take the candy and let's go."

"You summoned me just to ask me this?"

"Well, I don't want to wait any longer. But Mu Jin follows me everywhere every day. If you show up, he'll definitely get suspicious."

Ji Feng said, "Everything in the world has its destiny. You don't have to be too anxious." She licked the candy, feeling the sweetness. "Besides, days like this are great."

"It's not interesting. When I find the Phoenix Chick, I'll fight him to the death and see who is better after practicing the mental method."

Ji Feng was helpless, "You have these thoughts about fighting and killing every day in your mind. You were not like this before."

"Before? Haven't I always been like this?"

Ji Feng hesitated to speak.

Jiao Ran continued, "I will defeat Fenghuang Chu and then ask Zhou Zhi if she had anything to do with my mother's murder. Was Mingguang sent by her to assassinate my mother? If so, I—"

"You're going to kill her too?"

Jiaoran didn't answer.

Ji Feng said, "In fact, it is foolish for mortals to pursue material things, fame, fortune and status."

"A hundred years is only a short time. If we spend it meaninglessly, it would be a waste of time. It's better to pursue what we want and then worry about it after we get it."

Ji Feng finished the last bite of candy and wiped the bamboo stick clean. "It was very hurried."

"What's in a hurry?"

"Time."

Ji Feng said, "Time flies, always passing by inadvertently. People always think that tomorrow will come and tomorrow, and there will be so many tomorrows. But when there are no more tomorrows, they will begin to regret not cherishing the past. Do you understand this truth?"

She wanted her to seize the present moment and enjoy it, but Jiaoran refused to listen. "I won't regret it. Such boring days should be over as soon as possible."

Ji Feng reminded her, "You've been out for a long time, go find him."

"I don't think he would dare to go back first. He will definitely wait for me obediently."

The gust of wind covered her wrist, and she thought to herself, she really doesn't know how lucky she is.

The man whom she said would wait for her obediently was now surrounded by two women, one on each side. He was very good at pleasing girls.

Jiaoran felt very upset, not knowing what was going on. He walked over and asked, "Where are my wontons? Did you forget to buy them?"

Mu Jin said no, "I'm afraid if I buy it now, it will get cold later."

Only then did he ask the stall owner to help him order another bowl.

Of the two women, one was wearing a veil hat and the other was not. Jiaoran could see that the one who was not wearing a veil hat was not interested in Mu Jin and was trying to introduce him to the one wearing a veil hat.

Fate has brought us together, and it has brought us here, haha.

"Who is this girl...?"

Before Jiaoran could speak, Mu Jin said, "It's my sister. We came all the way to Chang'an to visit two friends."

Jiaoran had never cared if others asked them whether they were husband and wife, siblings, or friends. But today, when he said that in front of the two women, she was so angry that she almost bit her tongue off. She sneered, "Sister?"

Ji Feng quickly tightened her wrists and told her to calm down and not make trouble.

"Is that so? Hahahahahaha..." The woman laughed like a silver bell, "You brother and sister don't look much alike."

The woman in the veiled hat bowed gently and said, "It's getting late tonight. In a few days, go to Jinshi Lane to look for a man named Song, about forty years old."

The two women left together.

Jiao Ran held his breath and looked at him arrogantly, "Those two women were both bewitched by you."

Mu Jin said, "The woman wearing a veiled hat has a jade token on her waist. If I'm not mistaken, she should be Zhou Zhisong."

"Song family?"

"The Song family's prestige in Chang'an is no less than that of the Lu family, and they are even more prestigious than the Lu family."

"Are you trying to climb up the social ladder?" Jiaoran's eyes were cold.

Seeing that she was about to get angry, he sighed and said, "Don't say that. I just want to make friends and get some information. Aren't you anxious to find them?"

Jiaoran said bluntly, "Then I should thank you for selling your body?"

His voice trembled, as if he suddenly didn't recognize the woman in front of him. "Don't say such things to me. Anyone can slander and insult me, but you must not."

Jiao Ran was also furious. "I wanted to look for them, but did I ask you to help me? Can't you just stay still? You knew that those women would not be able to help but look at you a few more times, but you insisted on getting close to them."

Hearing her say this, he could no longer hold back his anger and stepped forward to grab her arm. "If this is what you really mean, then I will no longer care about you. You can do whatever you want. It's up to you."

Jiaoran broke free from him and hit him in the abdomen with his elbow, and he immediately showed a look of pain.

He bent down slightly, raised his face, and said, "How could you say those things to me?"

Jiaoran stood there, not knowing what to do. She didn't know why she spoke so harshly to him. When she saw that the woman had bad intentions towards him, the needle in her heart would poke her from time to time, making her mind confused.

She wanted to go up and help him up and apologize, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.

They stopped arguing.

Mu Jin slowly straightened up and returned to the wonton stall without saying a word and sat down.

"We'll go back after you finish eating." He still remembered that she didn't eat the wontons.

Jiaoran sat beside him in silence, and the air seemed to still smell the scent of jasmine powder from the woman.

When the wontons were served and he witnessed the whole process of their quarrel, the stall owner could only sigh helplessly, saying that a flower was stuck in cow dung.

She couldn't eat a single bite, although she usually had a good appetite.

"Eat it, it'll get cold soon."

Jiaoran hesitated and asked, "Are you angry?"

He said nothing and avoided answering.

"I don't know what's going on. Sometimes I see you sitting alone, reading, drawing, or playing with kittens, and I feel very happy, but suddenly I want to get close to you, and I feel very uncomfortable in my heart, as if something is about to come out, and it hurts a lot. I just saw you talking and laughing with them, and that uncomfortable feeling immediately appeared, and I couldn't control myself at all." She grabbed his arm and spoke nonsense in words that she couldn't understand.

When she finished talking nonsense, she found that Mu Jin did not push her hand away, but pulled her closer.

His breath was so close that Jiaoran could hardly suppress the heartache.

She quickly shook off his hand and stepped back.

Once Mu Jin's hand left her and was no longer close to her, she would be able to return to normal.

He didn't know how she suddenly became like this, but he was certain that Jiaoran loved him. She just had a strange disease temporarily that was slowly isolating her from his love. When she recovered, she would become the same Jiaoran again.

The night wind is getting colder and the dew is falling. It's time to go back.

He is not as afraid of the cold as before, and after his body has recovered a little, he has gradually become healthier.

As they walked, he grabbed Jiaoran's hand.

Jiao Ran was shocked, "What are you doing?!"

He said, "It's okay, it's not cold."

When she came out, she was wearing very thin clothes. We wanted to get her a thicker piece of clothing, but she refused, saying that she was not cold at all.

Jiaoran's hand became a little stiff in his hand. In the past year, because she was diligent in practicing martial arts, they rarely held hands. She would even avoid him if he touched her.

That strange feeling came over him again, and Jiaoran subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand.

But he used all his strength to prevent her from breaking free. He was also a martial artist. If he didn't let go, Jiaoran would fight with him and might hurt him again. She had already injured his stomach with her elbow just now. For some reason, although it was very uncomfortable, she didn't want to hurt Mu Jin.

Just as she was thinking, he suddenly moved her knuckles to his lips, and she felt as if her knuckles were burned.

He held her hand and said, "In this world, I only have you, and you only have me, so don't worry, I will never love another woman again. I will be with you in this life and the next."

She trembled with the pain in her heart, then raised her hand. Just when Mu Jin thought she frowned to hit him, her hand slid from his brow to his cheek.

Then she said, "There is something I really want right now. Even if I will die of pain the next moment, I want to get it now."

"What?"

As soon as he asked, Jiaoran's face came close to him and he closed his eyes.

His lips were a little cold at first, but became warm after a moment.

She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and pressed his head down to ask him to continue her kiss. As a result, as soon as he penetrated her mouth and tongue, she fainted in his arms.