"Grandpa, finals are coming up soon, and I need to borrow a few books from the library. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again in a few days." Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't suppress her embarrassment any longer when Zhao Qingshan mentioned Wen Ziqing. She stood up and left the Zhao residence. Wen Ziqing was returning to Kyoto in a few days? Of course! He arrived home yesterday. Wen Ziqing had time to call Grandpa Wen, but he didn't even have time to send me a message. What did he mean by that? Was he upset that she'd asked him to leave Langyuan Secret Realm last time?
"Hey~!" Zhao Qingshan looked at Zhou Yuanyuan's "fleeing" back, opened his mouth, but still did not call Zhou Yuanyuan back.
Zhao Qingshan said these words today in order to make Zhou Yuanyuan reconsider the engagement with Wen Ziqing. After all, Wen Ziqing had been in the Zhao family for so many years, and Zhao Qingshan had always been optimistic about him. He was steady and down-to-earth, and he was also good to Yuanyuan.
As for the incompatible mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Wen family, they were nothing to Zhao Qingshan. Zhao Qingshan's anger was intentional, as he wanted to find fault with Feng Xueying and Wu Xiuli to make Zhou Yuanyuan's life in the Wen family easier.
Zhou Yuanyuan once told Zhao Qingshan about her past life, and Zhao Qingshan felt a surge of pity for her. His daughter, Xiaojiu, was determined to marry a good man in this life, to make up for the regret of marrying the wrong person in her past life. Because, in the eyes of the elders, when a girl grows up, she must marry, raise a husband, and have children; that's what a woman's life should be complete.
Zhao Qingshan had said he wanted to cancel the engagement in anger the previous time, but in reality, he was just saying it to scare Feng Xueying. Later, Wen Yiran also apologized to Zhao Qingshan and said that he would properly discipline Feng Xueying and her mother-in-law.
So, while it might appear that Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan's engagement had been cancelled, Zhao Qingshan hadn't actually given up on the Wen family or Wen Ziqing. Compared to other prominent families in Kyoto, Zhao Qingshan preferred marrying into the Wen family. Wen Yiran was a close friend of Zhao Qingshan's, and Zhao Qingshan felt that Zhou Yuanyuan's marriage into the Wen family would bring him greater peace of mind.
Zhou Yuanyuan is sixteen years old this year. Several prominent families in Kyoto City have begun sending people to General Zhou to sound out his intentions, all wanting to bring Zhou Yuanyuan to their own home.
These noble families were unaware of Zhou Yuanyuan's identity as a cultivator, but the fact that Zhou Yuanyuan had been carrying out missions with the special operations team over the years could not be hidden from the eyes of the others.
What exactly is the Special Operations Squad? The patriarchs of those aristocratic families know all too well. Marrying a good wife brings prosperity to three generations—this isn't just a casual remark. In the minds of those good foxes, a "good wife" is defined by having good genes. Zhou Yuanyuan fits the bill for their grandson's wife. To be accepted into the Special Operations Squad, she must have a particular talent. Her intelligence goes without saying, as she's consistently a top student. And her family background goes without saying: as General Zhou's great-granddaughter, how many people in China could possibly be worthy of her?
In addition, Zhou Yuanyuan is extremely beautiful. With such a granddaughter-in-law, even if we don’t look at the power of General Zhou’s family, at least the outstanding next generation has a place to go.
In the past two years, several old foxes have come to the Zhou family whenever they have time. Some of them chat with General Zhou about the glorious past to build friendship, some sit with General Zhou to discuss the world situation and look forward to the future, and some praise Zhou Zhixin for his youth and promise and General Zhou for his good teaching... In the end, the old foxes would pull out Zhou Yuanyuan to praise her, and then take out their own more outstanding young men who are of the right age, and let General Zhou choose one to be his great-grandson-in-law.
General Zhou neither agreed nor objected, but he began to observe these "great-grandson-in-law candidates" with amusement. To General Zhou, his great-granddaughter was smart and capable. If he started looking now, after ten or eight years, he would eventually find a young man who could match Zhou Yuanyuan, and that would be the fulfillment of his wish.
Zhao Qingshan was actually opposed to this "wealthy marriage." He hoped Zhou Yuanyuan would marry someone she loved, rather than marrying a "young talent" of equal status for the sake of family interests.
Zhou Yuanyuan didn't know the conflict in Zhao Qingshan's heart. After she left Zhao's house, she didn't take a car, but walked on the street against the cold wind.
Zhou Yuanyuan felt a bit lost. Chinese New Year was approaching, and the streets were much more crowded than in previous years, filled with smiling elderly people happily shopping for New Year's goods.
Looking at the smiling faces passing by her, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't feel happy at all.
Why was she unhappy? She was in a very good mood when she left home this morning.
Was it after hearing the news about Wen Ziqing? It seemed so. Zhou Yuanyuan had been feeling depressed since hearing the news about Wen Ziqing from Yu Meiru. She hadn't expected Wen Ziqing to have such a deep prejudice against her that he hadn't even sent her a message after leaving the Langyuan Secret Realm.
Are some people and some things gone forever? Are they like dust on the ground, blown away by the wind and disappearing without a trace?
Zhou Yuanyuan walked aimlessly, her mind empty, as if she were thinking about something, yet also as if she were thinking about nothing. For the first time in her two lifetimes, Zhou Yuanyuan had cherished someone so deeply, only to find it ended in a sad and heartbreaking way.
Night gradually fell. Zhou Yuanyuan saw a bar on the side of the road. Suddenly, she wanted to go in and sit down, even if it was just to feel the atmosphere of life inside. It was better than wandering around the streets and alleys of Kyoto like a fool.
After her rebirth, Zhou Yuanyuan's life was filled with nothing but cultivation, and she hadn't yet come into contact with the world of feasting and drinking. Today, she longs to blend in with the crowd and become an ordinary person.
Xiaoyu in her sea of consciousness sensed Zhou Yuanyuan's unhappiness, but she didn't know how to persuade her. Even after living for millions of years, Xiaoyu still lacked the nerve to handle matters of the heart.
Since she wanted to be an ordinary person, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't use her spiritual sense to scan the bar. There were not too many bars like this in Kyoto. There were always three or two on a busy street.
The bar has a strange name, called "Qingxin". These two words sparkle with colorful lights in the night, looking both warm and stylish.
Fall in love? Was it the kind of love at first sight? Wen Ziqing's face appeared in Zhou Yuanyuan's mind.
Bah! I didn’t fall in love with you at first sight! Zhou Yuanyuan shook her head and threw the person out of her mind.
The door of the bar is not big, it is a wooden arched door that can only accommodate two people entering and exiting side by side.
The wooden door was open. As Zhou Yuanyuan walked up the steps, the bell on the door rang.
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