Chapter 64: Cowherd and Weaver Girl

The night is deep by the river.

There started to be a light drizzle in the evening, gently blowing on my face, which was very cool and comfortable in this late summer.

The bicycle was riding slowly along the riverside road, and voices could be heard faintly. It was Chu Ge who was telling the story of the Magpie Bridge Meeting on the Chinese Valentine's Day at Qiu Wuji's request.

Girls in this world must know these stories, right?

"The story of Qixi Festival? It goes like this... In ancient times, there was a kind-hearted cowherd..."

Qiu Wuji thought it would be a very beautiful story. The beginning of the story made her feel a little bit closer to herself and Chu Ge.

A fairy and a mortal.

As a result, the longing in my heart became unsatisfactory as I listened: "Hey, this gigolo stole other people's clothes? You call this honest?"

"Well... that's the story."

“You made that up, didn’t you?”

"I've edited so many books, but I've never written a protagonist like this. This is really not my work... People's worldviews are different in different eras. As for the fact that people in your world are relatively respectful of women, that's because it was written based on my worldviews. If it were really written according to ancient times, it wouldn't be that good..."

Qiu Wuji thought for a while with a dark face and said, "It seems to be similar. The cowherd steals people's clothes, and you steal people's stockings."

Chu Ge: “?”

He seemed to feel that his analogy was not quite right. Chu Ge really respected him. Fortunately, he was not like a cowherd... Qiu Wuji snorted, "If it were me, I would slap the cowherd on the head..."

"Your head must have been smashed, right?" Chu Ge said in great sorrow: "I wrote a female swordsman, how did it become like this..."

"You don't let me use the sword." Qiu Wuji said, "I don't see anyone holding a sword in this world, so I'll change the attack mode. I'll think about it later and create a head-patting magical power that will be convenient for use here."

"...Do you still want to hear the story?"

Qiu Wuji felt that she could not relate to the origin of this love story, so she decided not to listen to the story.

Chu Ge said: "Although the beginning was full of complaints, the follow-up was still quite touching, otherwise it would not have been passed down to this day and become a traditional festival."

He paused, continued to tell the story, and said: "No matter how many flaws there are in the beginning, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are set to be a loving couple. Every year on the day of the Qixi Festival, magpies spontaneously build a bridge. It is people's wish for lovers to finally reunite, and it also expresses people's expectation for everlasting love. So on this day, lovers meet..."

Originally, he was hinting that he and Qiu Wuji were lovers at the moment, but Qiu Wuji didn't respond. Instead, he remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "The meeting of heaven and earth, the separation of the two realms, will it be impossible for us to meet in the end?"

"Squeak!" Chu Ge slammed the brakes and almost flipped over. He angrily said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

The inertia of braking caused Qiu Wuji to bump into his back unexpectedly, and he subconsciously reached out to hug his waist. Chu Ge only felt the softness on his back, but he had no intention of experiencing it at all, and still angrily said: "Don't pull such a flag!"

Somehow, although she usually beat him, when he got angry, Qiu Wuji was a little scared. She curled her lips, let go of his waist and sat up straight, but finally did not dare to continue the topic, and said a little weakly: "Even if it is like this, we can meet in the end, why are you so anxious?"

"Is it a good thing to see each other once a year?" Chu Ge said angrily: "The reason why the story is passed down through the ages is not because it is beautiful, but because it is flawed! Stories can be flawed, but reality should not!"

"Okay, okay, why are you in such a hurry..." Qiu Wuji said softly, "You are not the Cowherd, you are our Emperor of Heaven. The only one who can separate the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is you."

Chu Ge was stunned and stopped talking.

The reason why he was so angry at Qiu Wuji's unintentional words was because he had some hidden worries in his heart, a typical case of "being anxious".

To this day, no one knows why Qiu Wuji was able to wear it.

What if I can’t get out one day?

Therefore, a flag may really come true, touching the point that Chu Ge fears the most and avoids the most.

But Qiu Wuji was not wrong...

You are God the Father, not a cowherd.

The world is in your hands. Whether you can meet each other depends on yourself, not on the mercy of others or on magpies.

And what Qiu Wuji said is quite interesting... Is she assuming that we are in the relationship of Cowherd and Weaver Girl?

Chu Ge looked up at the sky, letting the light rain fall on his face, he took a long breath, and suddenly smiled: "You said, they only see each other once a year, what should they do this time?"

Qiu Wuji spat: "Ride your bike!"

Chugo's expression suddenly changed as he wiped his face and even lost the handlebars.

Qiu Wuji said unhappily, "What's going on again?"

Chugo was angry: "They were doing that in the sky, so what is this rain!"

Qiu Wuji was stunned.

Chu Ge pedaled quickly and ran away: "Let's go have a midnight snack and find a place to shelter from the rain!"

Qiu Wuji: “…”

There is a block next to it, which belongs to the old city. The street lights are dim and the houses are in the style of 20 or 30 years ago. There is a store on the corner with the lights still on. It looks like a small restaurant that also serves late-night snacks. There is someone inside who has just walked out of a private room to pay the bill.

Chu Ge stopped the car and pulled Qiu Wuji inside.

Qiu Wuji felt that this guy was deliberately pulling her hand, because it was unnecessary to enter the house and they would not be separated by others...

Just as she was about to pull her hand back, her eyes inadvertently glanced at the group of people who were checking out the bill. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat and she forgot to pull her hand back.

She recognized one of the young men as the mutant who had written on her face that morning.

"Fuck, I just remembered that today is Chinese Valentine's Day!" Someone saw Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji coming in hand in hand, and said to his companions with great sorrow: "Other couples are holding hands, why am I talking nonsense with a bunch of male ketones like you?"

Everyone laughed, their eyes swept over Chu Ge and the other man. When the young man saw Qiu Wuji, his eyes widened a little.

Isn't this the beautiful girl I met this morning? What a coincidence!

Woohoo, so there is a man now...

But a fat man laughed and said, "That's nothing. We're still lucky. At least we have friends to get together with. The book that Jun and I read recently was written by a tragic author. It's Chinese Valentine's Day, and there are 10,000 new updates. Hahaha, just thinking about it makes me feel like a single person. The more I think about it, the better I feel."

Others asked: "The author is single, what does it have to do with you? Why are you so happy?"

"Who told him to be so short and fragmentary? He deserves it." The fat man turned to the young man and said, "Oh, by the way, Jun, let me tell you, today I accidentally discovered that Mr. Chu should be from Nanjiang..."

Chu Ge: “?”

The young man withdrew his gaze from Qiu Wuji and asked curiously, "Don't tell me you really went to hit him along the network cable?"

The fat man put his hands on his hips and said, "Of course, I can't beat him to death, so I just finished writing the plot honestly this afternoon, right? Oh, I was impulsive..."

Young man: "Well done. I've been writing about Chu Tian Ge these past two days. I want to read Qiu Wu Ji!"

Qiu Wuji: “…”

Chugo: “???”

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(End of this chapter)