Chapter 170: Old Stories (5) “Then… I am to you…
Full of curiosity, Si Ling pulled Xuan Chi to sit on the sofa. When he turned his head, he saw that Xuan Chi had a look of despair on his face.
But his behavior only made her more curious. So she waited in silence. Under her gaze, Hyun Chi's awkwardness grew noticeably worse, his sitting position shifting several times, his clenched hands loosening and tightening.
After a long time, he coughed, took a deep breath, and finally turned to Si Ling, but his eyes were blank, and he didn't have the courage to look her in the eye: "I'll show you..."
Si Ling nodded, waved his hand and cast a spell, and distant scenes appeared in front of the two of them. Since they came from his memory, they were all from his first-person perspective.
The first picture that appeared was an upward shot, as if he was in a relatively low position. She walked slowly to him, squatted beside him, and stretched out her hand to him.
Although her hand reached into the blind spot, Si Ling happened to recall what happened not long ago, so she immediately realized that she was touching his head.
Hyun Chi pursed his lips tightly and asked her nervously, "Do you remember this?"
"I remember." Si Ling nodded. "What's wrong?"
"Hmm..." Xuan Chi's eyes fell on the screen, and he waved his hand again, and the screen changed.
Si Ling took a closer look. The new scene seemed to be a garden outside her palace. From the perspective, Xuan Chi was standing in the garden. Two women in gorgeous clothes were approaching. They were his mother, the Queen Su Huang, and Xuan Lian, who had not yet been burned.
They must have come to the Heavenly Palace to pay homage to her and to see Xuan Chi. When they approached, both of them had happy expressions on their faces.
But when they were still two steps away, their expressions changed. King Su Huang's gaze fell on Xuan Chi's head. He stared at him in disbelief for a long time before speaking: "Who touched your Zhong Ling?!"
Si Ling:? Zhong Ling?
Then, the scene seemed to freeze. Xuan Chi was silent for a long time, while King Su Huang and Xuan Lian looked at him without blinking.
Just when Si Ling began to suspect that there was a bug in the spell causing the screen to freeze, Xuan Chi finally spoke: "It's Your Majesty."
King Su Huang and Xuan Lian looked at each other and then looked back at Xuan Chi. Si Ling read a storm in King Su Huang's eyes that she had never seen before: "She and you..."
"Mother, she doesn't know." Xuan Chi laughed, "This is Su Huang's habit."
Queen Su Huang fell silent. Judging from her expression, she had no doubt about Xuan Chi's explanation, and there was only worry in her eyes.
Hyun-yeon spoke frankly and directly about her concerns: "What should we do now?" She was speechless, "How will you get married in the future?"
"We'll talk about it later." Xuan Chi said calmly, "It's not urgent."
Hyun-ryeon added, "We can't always count on others to challenge the Lord..."
"Hyun Lian." King Su Huang frowned and looked at Hyun Lian, blaming her for her ridiculous imagination.
Xuan Chi laughed: "Let's take it one step at a time. If I'm lucky enough to get the marriage granted by the Lord, then it won't matter."
The scene ended here. Si Ling turned his head to look at Xuan Chi again in confusion. He rested his elbows on his knees and buried his face deeply in his hands.
"What do you mean?!" Si Ling asked, grabbing Xuan Chi's shoulder. "What is Zhong Ling? What does it have to do with marriage? What did I do?!"
Xuan Chi took a deep breath, leaned back against the sofa, stared at the ceiling, and chuckled dryly, "It's... uh, it's in this position..." He raised his hand and touched the top of his head, "There's a different feather, it's silver and slightly upturned. Only male Su Huang has it. We call it the middle feather."
After Si Ling moved his hand away, he looked over carefully but did not see any feathers that matched the description.
Combining the two scenes just now, she had some guesses in her mind and swallowed stiffly.
Hyun Chi continued, "Generally speaking... we won't let anyone of the opposite sex other than our direct relatives touch that feather, because such touching will cause it to fall off."
"You mean..." Si Ling stiffened his neck, "Does this kind of touch mean...means...um..."
Xuan Chi looked at her steadily and nodded: "Yes."
"ah!!!"
Even though she'd suspected it, Hyun Chi's confirmation still made her scream. She wanted to collapse onto the pillow, realization, embarrassment, and regret swirling in her heart like a violent storm.
"It's okay." Xuan Chi found it funny and spoke calmly, "We all know you're not aware of this habit, so no one takes it seriously."
Si Ling sat up again, hugging the pillow, his hair disheveled and his eyes dull as he asked, "What about the challenge Hyun Yeol mentioned?"
Xuan Chi pursed his lips. "This feather isn't easily accessible, so once it's successfully touched, it usually comes with the consent of the individual involved. If another female Suhuang sets her sights on the same male Suhuang, she'll challenge the female who successfully touched the feather. The winner will win."
Si Ling: "... is it about kidnapping the bride?"
Hyun Chi nodded again: "Yes."
"..." Si Ling was speechless. For a moment, she wanted to ask Xuan Chi: If that's the case, why didn't you stop me?
But it was obvious that Xuan Chi couldn't stop her that day - he was first numbed by the pain of her magic, and then he was very nervous. Not to mention stopping her, he even had to force himself to speak.
She could only ask with a bitter face: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xuan Chi lowered his eyelashes, was silent for a moment and said, "It's not very important."
——In the beginning, he did not consider the issue of marriage. He was the only one in the entire Suhuang clan who successfully entered the Heavenly Palace, and it was not for him to get married immediately.
Later, he thought it was okay to let the misunderstanding continue. Although she knew nothing, he enjoyed it.
Besides, their lifespan is almost endless. Maybe one day in the future, he will really have a chance?
That's what he thought at that time.
Si Ling was currently thinking about another thing: She was thinking, although Xuan Chi worked in the Heavenly Court during those years, he also returned home. What kind of pressure did he face in the Suhuang Clan at that time?
She was sure there were no rumors about her on the subject, otherwise she would have heard them.
Furthermore, she held great prestige in the heavens at that time, and the various races held her in true awe. Granted, they weren't completely indifferent to her, but if they thought she had something to do with a Suhuang... while she herself had no objection, in the eyes of most "traditional" gods, such remarks would be considered an insult to her.
But from his perspective, Zhongling, the symbol of "belonging," had disappeared, and he had yet to marry. Meanwhile, he distanced himself from his tribe and rose through the ranks of the Heavenly Court.
Moreover, he, as the mother of King Suhuang, and his elder sister, as the crown prince, kept silent about it.
God knows which high-ranking official in Heaven they will think he is having an affair with.
And she had been ignoring him for quite some time because she couldn't care less.
Si Ling twitched the corner of his mouth, his voice trembling: "So... for you Suhuang, being hit by Zhong Ling is almost the same as being slept with, right..."
Xuan Chi thought about it carefully and shook his head: "Being slept with does not involve marriage. You know, the heavens don't care much about this."
In other words, being touched is more serious!!!
Si Ling's facial features twisted: "Then... I'm just flirting with you without marrying you, right?"
Xuan Chi shook his head: "I never thought about it that way."
But this is the fact. At least in the Suhuang clan, there must be many people who see him this way.
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