Chapter 29 Autumn Water Town: "I'll Marry"
Night fell, and moonlight spilled into the courtyard.
In the courtyard shrouded by the array, a corner of the tightly closed window was pushed open, and the person inside reached out, only to touch the invisible array.
She withdrew her hand, and blood seeped out again from her forehead, which was bandaged with white gauze.
Her beautiful face was extremely pale, and her excessively thin figure gave off a sickly air.
Her gaze swept around the room, finally settling on the candlestick.
The lit candlelight flickered in the wind, warm and beautiful.
...
Fu Yunyao removed the veil from her head, but the white veil was still wrapped around her neck.
Fu Yusheng saw her and smiled.
Shi Yubai, Cheng Minxi, Su Fuying and a few others were standing in the courtyard. When he saw her, Shi Yubai turned his head slightly.
Fu Yunyao frowned slightly as she looked at the person sitting in the courtyard.
He raised an eyebrow, gestured to the seat beside him, and asked, "Sit?"
Shi Yubai coughed lightly, speaking as if it were not a casual remark, "There is a courtyard in this Bai residence where someone is trapped, guarded by cultivators, and protected by an array. I couldn't see the person inside clearly, but judging from their figure, it's probably a woman."
Cheng Minxi asked in surprise, "Isn't everyone saying that Master Bai is a renowned philanthropist? How could he possibly imprison people?"
“Minxi and I looked around the mansion. Although the atmosphere inside was strange, they were indeed meticulously preparing for the wedding,” Su Fuying added.
After she finished speaking about the information she had obtained, she turned to look at Fu Yusheng, who was sitting to one side.
Just as Fu Yusheng handed the pastries he had taken out of his Qiankun bag to Fu Yunyao, he noticed her gaze and said with a smile, "I'm half a cripple, so of course I can only stay quietly in the courtyard and wait for you to come back."
Su Fuying didn't expect to get any information from him. She already knew from Shi Yubai that he was a disciple of the Boundless Sect, but also a sword cultivator whose meridians were all severed. She looked at Fu Yunyao and asked.
"Is there a problem with Miss Bai? Can you sense any demonic energy?"
Fu Yunyao lowered her eyes and slowly shook her head.
"No demonic energy? Could it be that we guessed wrong?"
As Cheng Minxi spoke, she casually picked up a pastry from the stone table, took a bite, and frowned, "Why is it so sweet? Where did you buy this?"
Fu Yusheng simply looked at him with a half-smile.
Shi Yubai's gaze involuntarily fell on Fu Yunyao once again, and he spoke as if resigned to his fate.
"If it weren't a demon, would we still need to stop it?"
Fu Yunyao thought for a moment, and finally spoke, "It's a demon."
"What?" Cheng Minxi was still struggling to swallow the pastry in her mouth and didn't react for a moment when she heard her words.
Su Fuying was also puzzled, "Didn't you say you couldn't sense any demonic energy from Miss Bai?"
"Because the 'Miss Bai' in Bai Qingping's room is not the Miss Bai we are looking for."
"Then it really is Miss Bai..." Shi Yubai stopped mid-sentence when he saw Fu Yunyao looking at him.
The figure I vaguely saw in the closed courtyard flashed through my mind.
It's her!
At the same time as his voice rang out, there was a commotion outside the courtyard.
"Fire! Fire!"
Under the white moonlight, thick smoke rose, heading straight for the place where Shi Yubai had discovered people being imprisoned.
The group of people in the courtyard exchanged glances, then got up and hurried toward that courtyard.
By the time they arrived, the fire was already under control.
Amidst the blazing firelight, a young girl knelt in the courtyard, the white veil on her forehead reflecting a crimson glow.
Master Bai turned around dejectedly, looking at Fu Yunyao and the others at the courtyard gate, forcing a smile that was more like a grimace.
...
In the main hall of the Bai residence, Bai Qingping knelt in the center, quietly awaiting Master Bai's punishment.
Old Master Bai paced back and forth, his fingertips trembling as he pointed at her, "You..."
He wanted to say something, but he couldn't bring himself to utter any words of reproach, and could only helplessly lower his hand.
"Miss!"
A person dressed as Miss Bai appeared at the door, crying and kneeling down beside Bai Qingping.
Bai Qingping gently patted her arm, her voice soft, "Xiao Die, thank you for your hard work."
Their affectionate demeanor reignited Master Bai's anger.
"Bai Qingping! What exactly do you want to do!"
Fu Yunyao saw Bai Qingping release her grip on Xiaodie's hand; she was kneeling, but her posture was upright.
Despite her frail appearance, she held her head high when facing Master Bai's wrath.
Beneath her slender and supple body lay an indomitable spirit.
She spoke, her voice a little hoarse, but still firm.
"My daughter doesn't want to get married!"
Master Bai was furious. "A fairy princess, what a noble status! A blessing that others could only dream of for several lifetimes, yet you treat her as if you're being forced!"
Bai Qingping stared directly at his furious expression.
"But I refuse. What good is a noble status if it's not what I want? Why can't I refuse?"
"Fine! You destroyed the mark left by the immortal, and I don't blame you. I won't force you if you don't want to get married, but I've already promised you I won't let you get married. Why are you still making a fuss!"
She retorted loudly, "But if you want Xiaodie to marry in my place, do you think Xiaodie would be willing!"
Master Bai laughed in exasperation. He pointed at Xiao Die and said, "Fine, I'll ask you, would you be willing to marry in place of Miss?"
Xiaodie nodded repeatedly, her voice choked with emotion, and replied, "Yes, I'm willing."
She gently tugged at Bai Qingping's sleeve. "Miss, Xiaodie is willing."
Bai Qingping turned her head to look at Xiaodie's tearful eyes and asked softly, "Xiaodie, tell me, are you really willing?"
She sobbed and nodded vigorously, "Miss, you don't need to trouble the master because of me."
Ever since that day, when the young lady bought me from human traffickers, my entire life has been dedicated to her.
I would do anything for you, Miss.
“How could I live for me?” Bai Qingping gently brushed her hair. “Besides, I don’t want to.”
She said.
"I don't want anyone to do things they don't want to do for me. The price of resistance shouldn't be that the people around me suffer."
"Good! Good!" Master Bai surveyed the room, picked up a teacup from the table, and threw it to Bai Qingping's side.
"Click"
Fu Yunyao looked at the shattered teacup beside her and the tea splattered on her clothes, and remained silent.
Fu Yusheng, who was standing to the side, noticed her expression and was also speechless.
That accuracy is just...
"If you don't marry her, and she doesn't marry him, then who will marry him? Me?" Master Bai felt a surge of anger rising in his chest.
“But why must someone have to get married?” Bai Qingping said softly.
Master Bai was stunned, and Xiao Die, who was kneeling on the ground crying uncontrollably, was also stunned.
“Because…” he murmured, but could not explain why.
Bai Qingping continued, "If he were truly a deity we revere, he certainly wouldn't have bothered with me so much and forced his daughter to marry him. If he isn't a deity, then his request for my hand in marriage must be because I am useful to him. Although I am weak, I am unwilling to be used by others!"
Moreover, if he were a demon, he would never have been able to enter Qiushui Town. If he were a monster, he should have kidnapped me on the street that day, but he didn't. Perhaps he didn't dare, or perhaps he simply couldn't do it.
If that's the case, why must someone marry into the family?
Mr. Bai stood there, stunned, unable to react.
Upon hearing her words, Fu Yunyao, standing to the side, raised her eyebrows slightly and spoke.
"You're right, but unfortunately, someone really has to get married."
This time, it was Bai Qingping's turn to be stunned. She turned her head to look at Fu Yunyao, her eyes full of confusion, "Why?"
Fu Yunyao walked up to her, bent down slightly, reached out to tidy her messy hair, and said softly.
"Because I need to find him."
Her gaze was so gentle that Bai Qingping almost drowned in it. She hesitated before speaking and agreeing.
"Okay, I'll help you."
Fu Yunyao tilted her head, chuckled softly, and helped Bai Qingping and Xiaodie, who were kneeling on the ground, to their feet.
Xiaodie's eyes were still red, and her voice was hoarse and urgent, "I'll marry him."
Once Fu Yunyao made sure she was steady, she withdrew her hand and reassured her, "Don't worry, it's not you who are getting married."
"It's me who's coming to marry you."
"no!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two voices spoke in unison.
Shi Yubai looked at Fu Yusheng, who had spoken at the same time as him, pressed his tongue against the soft flesh inside his cheek, and secretly hated himself for being in such a hurry and for not being able to speak.
Fu Yunyao asked, puzzled, "Why not?"
Fu Yusheng looked at her helplessly and sighed softly, "Yun Yao..."
“That’s a good idea, isn’t it?” She looked at him, her eyes clear.
Fu Yusheng could never refute her; he could only repeat it in his heart once more.
no.
He doesn't deserve it.
Shi Yubai looked at Fu Yusheng, who was speechless, and was furious. He could only speak up in anger.
"It's too dangerous. If you're discovered by that serpent on the way, your situation will be extremely perilous."
Fu Yunyao lightly tapped the Rangchen sword at her waist, causing a few specks of frost to fall.
"Tell me, who's in danger?"
Su Fuying thought for a moment, "That's a good idea, but I'll be the bride."
“You’re not suitable.” Cheng Minxi said with a headache, “The difference in aura between mortals and cultivators is too obvious. If you were to be the bride, the dragon would definitely notice you immediately and become more vigilant. It would be difficult to find you again.”
“No, does someone really have to be the bride?” Shi Yubai spoke up, trying to change their minds. He patted the person next to him, “Hey, say something.”
Fu Yusheng felt like rubbing his temples, but paused when his fingertips touched the cold mask on his face.
He stared at the people in the main hall who were giving instructions to Master Bai and the others, remaining silent for a long time.
...
When Fu Yusheng returned to the courtyard, it was already dawn, and the few pieces of pastry that hadn't been eaten were still on the stone table.
A few leaves drifted down onto the pastries, and a little sparrow pecked at them.
Fu Yusheng leaned against the courtyard gate and did not chase it away.
"Why are you standing here?" Shi Yubai walked into the courtyard and stood at the gate as well, watching the sparrows pecking at the pastries. He asked, his voice filled with confusion.
"You're just letting her run wild like that? We've never even fought that serpent. What if it's only one step away from transforming into a dragon? Wouldn't she be walking into the lion's den if she went there?"
Fu Yusheng laughed and said, "She's not a sheep."
Shi Yubai: ...
"Is that the point? Shouldn't the point be that her situation is very dangerous?"
Fu Yusheng looked at him, "She can protect herself, and besides, don't you all still have her?"
Shi Yubai scoffed, "Who wants to protect her!"
"Don't pretend, it's just the two of us here."
After a while, Bai Weimo fell silent, his voice lowering.
"You know what? Actually, Fu Ying and I are quite afraid of you being around her. After all, you are a member of the Boundless Sect, and Wan Yin did die at her hands. Even if there are a million reasons, emotions always trump reason."
"Afraid of my retaliation?"
"A little."
The sparrow on the stone table, having eaten its fill, blinked its two round, bulging eyes at the two people at the courtyard gate, looking rather adorable.
Fu Yusheng replied, "You yourself said that emotions trump reason, and besides, she didn't do anything wrong. She was just protecting herself, wasn't she?"
Shi Yubai didn't understand what he meant by "emotion over reason," but simply went along with him and said, "There's something I'm quite curious about. She seems to trust you a lot?"
"Is that so?" Fu Yusheng asked back, then answered himself, "If so, that's normal. You also want her trust?"
Shi Yubai: !
"Who wants her! I don't care about her at all!"
“Ah—” Fu Yusheng’s voice rose slightly at the end, “But actually, she trusts you quite a bit.”
Shi Yubai, who had been looking like he'd been stepped on, suddenly fell silent.
A branch swayed, and he spoke, his voice slightly hoarse, "Who cares?"
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The author says: Emotions override reason; this is Yu Yu's subtle confession. For Yu Yu, Liao Liao is the most important person, without exception.
Yu Yu: You also want to lose trust?
Little Tiger Tooth (hair standing on end): Who wants it!
Yu Yu: She actually trusts you guys quite a bit.
Little Tiger Tooth (instantly stroked) stubbornly replied: Who cares?
I discovered that Yu Yu sometimes has a black sesame seed heart.
Why is he called Shi Yubai Little Tiger Teeth? Because in the story, he has a pair of tiger teeth (it's a bit hasty (?), but it's really cute~).
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