Chapter 13: A Sword Tassel I don’t hate you that much, but I don’t like you that much either. …
(Thirteen)
"Master Sword Immortal!"
Qiu Hanyu was the first to come to his senses. He quickly let go of Li Shanglu and clutched the corner of his clothes in shame.
How embarrassing! It was so rude of her to hug his cousin in front of the Sword Immortal.
What Miss Shanglu said just now was so shocking, that she would never let him go and that even if she turned into ashes, she would still be hers.
She had never heard a woman say such words, but for some reason, when Miss Shanglu wiped her tears, she did not feel any malice, but instead an indescribable sadness.
Lord Sword Immortal must have heard those words. He wouldn't think that Miss Shang Lu is a shameless and scheming woman, right?
That's not the case. Miss Shanglu was very sad when she said those words.
Qiu Hanyu looked at Li Shanglu worriedly and whispered, "Miss Shanglu was just joking with me. She didn't mean it that way..."
Her eyes fell on Li Shanglu, and she noticed that Li Shanglu's ears were a little red. Was it because the weather was too hot?
Shen Changyi seemed to be frozen in place. After a while, he bent down and picked up the tea paper bag on the ground.
Li Shanglu watched him walk towards him step by step, his face became hotter, and his fingertips pinched hard into his palm.
This bastard...when did he come back and where did he start eavesdropping?
He is the Immortal Lord of the Righteous Path, yet he actually eavesdropped in the corner. How shameless, bah.
The tea bag was slowly placed on the table, and Shen Changyi stood in front of her, both of them blushing.
He whispered, "Snow Bud Green Rose."
This was her favorite tea, and she bought some to bring back when she was exorcising demons.
Li Shanglu coughed lightly and turned his face away. "Leave it there."
Shen Changyi then looked at Qiu Hanyu. He recognized the Holy Maiden of Taiyin Mountain because she always came to him to play chess, drink tea and practice swordsmanship.
"Why is the Saint visiting?"
Hearing his voice, Qiu Hanyu's heart began to beat fast. He stood up and saluted, saying, "I'm here to look for Miss Shang Lu. I heard she's the Sword Immortal's cousin..."
Hearing this, Shen Changyi whispered, "Shang Lu is my wife."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Hanyu looked at Li Shanglu in surprise, and his face suddenly turned red.
This was different from what she had heard.
No wonder... Miss Shang Lu suddenly said that. She even told Miss Shang Lu that she wanted to be the wife of Lord Sword Immortal. She really lost face this time!
"I'm sorry!" Qiu Hanyu bowed in humiliation and apologized, "I misunderstood. Please don't take my words seriously, Miss Shanglu..."
Li Shanglu glared at Shen Changyi and felt even more uncomfortable.
What's wrong with the people here? They are so kind that it gives her goosebumps. It's obvious that she deliberately concealed her identity, and the person who apologized was Qiu Hanyu.
"I was the one who concealed my identity first, you are right."
Li Shanglu stood up somewhat at a loss. "You guys chat, I'll go out for a walk."
She fled from Shutong Pavilion and helped them close the door before leaving.
I really can’t stand it. Can’t everyone be as gloomy as her?
*
"That's about it..."
Qiu Hanyu told Shen Changyi the whole story, his head lowered, "I shouldn't have come here without verifying the rumors. I'm really sorry."
The tea bag was opened, and Chen Changyi replaced the old tea. His slender white fingers gathered the green and curled new tea and placed it into the thin-bodied porcelain pot.
Staring at his pleasing movements, Qiu Hanyu couldn't help but be lost in thought.
The hands are beautiful, with distinct joints and just the right undulations of lines, like the silhouette of misty green mountains, slender and pure white, like an exquisite and elegant jade carving.
Would he use these hands to touch Miss Shanglu's hair...
His eyes dimmed a little, and Qiu Hanyu clenched his sleeves tightly.
"Shang Lu wouldn't misunderstand you." Shen Changyi lowered his eyes as he poured tea and spoke calmly, "What were you talking about just now?"
He obviously wanted to know more about Li Shanglu's last few words, but Qiu Hanyu never mentioned it from beginning to end.
"That's all we talked about..." Qiu Hanyu pursed her lips. She didn't want to tell Shen Changyi about her feelings for him, so she could only lie.
Shen Changyi looked up at her, without asking any more questions, but slowly picked up the freshly brewed teacup and handed it to her.
Qiu Hanyu was stunned for a moment, then realized that he was trying to send her off in a tactful way.
He spoke very little, even when he was exorcising demons, he barely spoke to her. She was the only one who talked, and Shen Changyi listened silently. He was also ruthless towards her during chess games, defeating her in a few moves. He was even more ruthless when she practiced swordsmanship with him, and she never managed to survive a single move against him.
There seemed to be an untouchable membrane between them, and Qiu Hanyu could not enter his world no matter what.
Although she knew that this was very bad and unreasonable, she was still a little jealous of Miss Shanglu.
Just a little bit, she allowed herself only a little jealousy.
Qiu Hanyu forced a smile and stood up to take his leave. "I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. Master Sword Immortal, I will take my leave now."
Shen Changyi nodded slightly.
When he reached the door, Qiu Hanyu suddenly turned around and looked at the person at the table. The sunlight shone on his snow-white clothes, and golden light dust floated in the air, like a dream.
The scene three years ago suddenly emerged in her mind. She was seriously injured by an evil dragon on the way to eliminate demons. More than a dozen bones were broken. When she was dying, she crawled up from the ground with her last breath, opened her eyes, and saw Shen Changyi holding a sword to protect her. He was also wearing a snow-white Taoist robe and had the same cold and calm face. He easily cut off the head of the evil dragon.
"Still alive?"
His only concern for her pulled her back from the Yellow Springs.
In the pool of blood, Qiu Hanyu shed two lines of blood-stained tears. She could never forget his face. She vowed to always remember that day, that man, and that sword.
Sadly,
For Shen Changyi, it was just an ordinary day.
He may not even know that Qiu Hanyu likes him, nor does he remember that he saved her life. He only knows that she is the Holy Maiden of Taiyin Mountain, not Qiu Hanyu as a person.
"Master Sword Immortal."
Her voice was choked and almost inaudible.
"You have to live happily so that I won't be sad."
The door slowly closed.
Shen Changyi looked at the tea leaves swirling in the cup, took a sip, and lowered his eyelashes.
"good."
*
After wandering around Laiqu City at the foot of Mingzhuo Mountain for half a day, Li Shanglu returned to Shutong Pavilion in the afternoon, carrying bags of things, including cloth, silk, candied snacks, and a fragrant roast duck. He bought a lot of things.
This is just what I bought on the edge of the city. There are so many shops that it’s dizzying. I wonder how prosperous the city center is.
Li Shanglu couldn't move the things by himself, so he asked two of his young disciples to help him move them back. When they heard that they wanted to send them to Shutong Pavilion where the Sword Immortal lived, they agreed without hesitation.
It is really useful to mention Chen Changyi in Ming Zhou Sect.
The young disciples were talking to Li Shanglu excitedly along the way, saying that the Sword Immortal had eliminated another great demon that was causing trouble in the world, and had also destroyed the demon general who was the overlord of the Northern Territory. It was simply amazing. Li Shanglu's ears were almost callused from listening to them. In consideration of their help in carrying the goods, he agreed with them in a disjointed manner.
She couldn't imagine how Shen Changyi killed the demon cultivator. At most, she could only imagine that man killing a chicken. His movements were quite skillful. With one cut of the knife, the chicken died without much blood spurting out. It was probably the same when killing a demon cultivator. It was nothing special.
When they arrived at Shutong Pavilion, the young disciples shyly put their things in. Seeing Shen Changyi stammering and saying thank you for your hard work, they didn't dare to disturb him any further and left quickly.
The door was closed tightly. Li Shanglu glanced at Shen Changyi at the table, then awkwardly moved his eyes away. He opened his bag and took out the newly bought things one by one.
After a while, a shadow fell beside her, and Shen Changyi leaned over to help her take out the goods. Both of them were strangely silent, and no one spoke.
Suddenly, Shen Changyi stopped moving. Li Shanglu looked up with awareness, and saw that he had opened his palm, inside which lay a brand new sword tassel, snow-white in color, inlaid with several exquisite coral beads, which was very beautiful.
Chen Changyi stared at the sword tassel, then turned to look at Li Shanglu, his voice somewhat unsure, "For me?"
Li Shanglu: ...
Otherwise, is there a second person here with a sword?
She pursed her lips and went forward to take it, "Don't give it to me."
Shen Changyi immediately grasped the sword tassel and looked straight at Li Shanglu, "I didn't say no."
Unable to bear his gaze, Li Shanglu turned his face away and pretended to concentrate on picking up the package on the ground. Occasionally, he looked up and caught a glimpse of him carefully tying the sword tassel to the hilt with a serious expression.
Just a sword tassel.
She saw someone selling it and bought it.
As for...
"What did you talk about with the Saint today?" Shen Changyi asked.
Li Shanglu replied perfunctorily, "You overheard it all, and you're still asking."
"..." Shen Changyi put his hand to his lips and whispered, "I just happened to come back. I didn't mean to eavesdrop."
How could it be such a coincidence that you came back at that time? I don’t know how long you listened before you made a sound. You were just pretending.
Li Shanglu rolled his eyes inwardly, changed the subject, and instructed him, "Move all the fabrics to my room."
Seeing that she was unwilling to answer, Shen Changyi had no choice but to give up and move the cloths to her room.
When he turned back, he saw Li Shanglu about to go out again.
"Shanglu." He couldn't help but call her.
Li Shanglu was just about to take back the quilt that was hanging outside to dry. When he heard his voice, he turned around and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Looking at her, Shen Changyi carefully considered his words and asked softly, "Do you still hate me now?"
Li Shanglu's body stiffened, his lips slightly parted, and he managed a somewhat clumsy answer.
"When did I ever say I hated you?"
Chen Changyi counted carefully, "When we were little, you didn't count it. When you grew up and found out that you and I were engaged, the day we got married, and the day we had sex, you mentioned it all."
He remembers it very clearly.
Li Shanglu pinched her forehead, and a barely noticeable blush appeared on the side of her face. She pretended to be casual and said in a calm voice,
"I don't hate you that much anymore, but I don't like you much either."
When does it start?
Perhaps it was on the day when she poisoned Shen Changyi to death, looking at his closed eyes and cold body, when Li Shanglu went to feel his breath and found that he was no longer breathing, she felt as if she had lost something very important.
The person in front of her looked at her in astonishment. His eyes, which had always been calm, gradually became colored, with a soft shimmering light. It was a stunning sight that no one except Li Shanglu could see.
He said in a trembling voice,
"Well, that's enough."
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Chang Yi is happy again
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