Chapter 413: The Fiancé Ran Away with the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (38)
"There's no need to be too shy about this. After all, the previous dynasty has been gone for hundreds of years. Today's imperial jewelry is different from that of the previous dynasty. You can pick out some that are not out of the ordinary and wear them outside." Shu's father murmured.
Shu Shichu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and happily went to share the jewelry with his mother and sister-in-law.
She did not forget her father and brother, and found some antique calligraphy and paintings from the previous dynasty. The three of them were so excited that they forgot to eat and sleep and closed themselves off to appreciate them.
Shu Shichu spent the New Year comfortably at home. If her mother had not started to worry about her marriage and kept trying to brainwash her into getting married, she could have stayed at home for a few more months. However, her mother urged her to get married, so she could only leave a letter and run away from home again.
Because of their previous experience, the Shu family knew that she could really protect herself, so this time when she ran away from home they just said a few words and were not too worried.
Shu Shichu did not disguise herself this time. Her martial arts skills were much better than last year. After all, she had found Mu Changqing to be her sparring partner. Mu Changqing was a top-notch master. Whenever Shu Shichu fought with him, she would receive guidance and instruction from him. She also broke through her own limits in the battle, so she naturally made rapid progress.
She has already practiced the Yi Shui Rou Gong to the seventh level, and can fight Mu Changqing to a draw. It can be said that few people in the world can beat her. What's more, she has various medicines for different uses, so she no longer needs to hide her beauty.
As she traveled in her original appearance, naturally she could not be as calm along the way as before. She met many admirers, but unfortunately they were all weaklings. Few of them could last more than ten moves against her. They were all tormented by her until they cried and screamed.
So within a few months, the rumor of "Beautiful Rakshasa" spread in the world. It was said that there was a beautiful woman who looked like a fairy but had a heart like a Rakshasa, and she loved to torture men the most.
When Shu Shichu heard the storyteller telling the story of "Beautiful Rakshasa" in a teahouse, she had a bad guess in her mind: could this "Beautiful Rakshasa" be referring to her?
Shu Shichu: ...
Shu Shichu was a little depressed and angrily drank several cups of tea. He then fiercely glared at the men who were looking at him with eyes of amazement, greed, infatuation, or lust, and cursed: "What are you looking at? Do you want to die?"
This immediately scared away a group of men who had the intention but not the courage to commit crimes.
But not all men were scared away by her. There was one man who was bold enough to sit in front of her.
Shu Shichu was about to scold him and send him away, but when he saw his appearance, his pupils shrank and he was choked with the words he hadn't said yet. Unfortunately, he choked on his own saliva and started coughing.
Because the man sitting in front of her was Mu Changqing, and Shu Shichu at this time was not the "Zhan Rong" who had accompanied him all the way, but the "Zhan Chu" who had only met him once because of the flower thief.
Shu Shichu was caught off guard and startled when he saw him. When he calmed down and realized that he was "Zhan Chu", he immediately looked at him with strange and cold eyes, pretending not to know him and wanting him to leave tactfully.
Shu Shichu didn't know that Mu Changqing had recognized her a long time ago. Mu Changqing had been waiting for her in Jiangnan for a long time, so he thought of coming out to try his luck and see if he could meet her. Who knew that he did meet her, but before he could be happy, the woman looked at him coldly, pretending not to know her.
Mu Changqing was immediately angry and annoyed. After thinking for a while, he pretended not to recognize her, smiled kindly, and said, "This girl looks so familiar. I seem to have seen her somewhere before?"
Then he seemed to remember something and said, "I remember now. I met the girl once. She must be Zhan Chu, right?"
Shu Shichu's whole body stiffened suddenly, feeling a little guilty. He didn't expect that Mu Changqing still remembered his original alias.
She had kept it a secret from Mu Changqing and had been using another identity with him for so long, and now she didn't dare to tell him anymore. After all, she was in the wrong, so she could only nod awkwardly: "What a coincidence, it's rare that Hero Mu still remembers me."
"Miss, you have an outstanding appearance, of course I remember you. I wonder if you know another girl with the surname Zhan? Her name is Zhan Rong, which is very similar to your name. Are you and I related? To be honest with you, Miss Zhan Rong is a good friend of mine. I have something to ask her. It would be great if you know her." Mu Changqing said with a smile.
Shu Shichu wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, shook his head guiltily, and said, "I don't know him, I don't know him! Haha... Our names are similar, it's probably a coincidence. After all, there are many people with the surname Zhan. I am the only daughter of my parents, and that Miss Zhan Rong has nothing to do with our family..."
Seeing that she was still not going to tell him her true identity, Mu Changqing gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words in anger: "Really? I smell the fragrance on you, it seems to be exactly the same as the fragrance of the Miss Zhan Rong I know!"
Shu Shichu's eyes widened in shock. How could she have overlooked this? Because the fragrance was too faint and lasting, only she and people who were very close to her could smell it. She didn't expect that Mu Changqing's dog nose could actually remember it!
Oh no, I wonder if it's too late to admit that Zhan Rong is my sister? Shu Shichu's mind was spinning rapidly.
"Zhan Rong!" Mu Changqing saw that her pair of black and white eyes kept rolling around, and he was sure that she was thinking of some excuse to fool him. He was so angry that he shouted her name loudly.
Shu Shichu still wanted to be stubborn and pretended to be confused even though she knew the truth: "What Zhan Rong? Is Miss Zhan Rong here too?" As she spoke, she looked around.
"Are you still unwilling to admit your identity?" Mu Changqing didn't expect that even after he called out her name, she would still deny it and refuse to acknowledge it.
"I recognized you as early as when I went to the Western Regions with you to find Master Xiang. Zhan Rong, or Zhan Chu, don't try to lie to me again!" Mu Changqing finally said this. He had thought that if Shu Shichu admitted it to him honestly, then he would not tell her the fact that he had recognized her a long time ago, but Shu Shichu was stubborn and he didn't care about anything else and wanted to put a damper on her arrogance.
"What? You knew it was me at that time?" Shu Shichu's brows suddenly raised, and her previous guilt was immediately made up for. She was a double-standard person. She could hide things from others, but it was not okay for others to hide things from her.
"I saw that you wanted to conceal your identity and appearance, so I didn't expose you. I didn't expect that you would even pretend not to know me now. I can't stand it!" Mu Changqing grabbed Shu Shichu's hand in frustration and cursed bitterly, "You cruel woman, you stole my heart and you want to walk away? Dream on!"
Mu Changqing felt that he couldn't delay it any longer. What was this boiling frog in warm water? If he delayed any further, this cold-hearted woman would forget him completely.
(End of this chapter)
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