Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 144 A Young Girl's Thoughts, An Explanation

The night is desolate and my heart is in turmoil; I idly tap the chess pieces as the lamplight flickers.

After wandering around, night once again shrouded the sky. In the Jade Flower Pavilion, the lights were dim, and a beautiful woman was staring blankly at the black and white chess pieces on the table.

"Young lady, it's time to eat."

After a while, a girl came in carrying food. Looking at the girl who had been daydreaming since the afternoon, he shook his head helplessly.

"girl!!"

"You've been so absent-minded since this afternoon. Didn't our benefactor Xiuyuan say he would save us? What are you still worried about?"

These two people were none other than Xue Nu and Yao Yi.

Upon hearing Yao Yi's words, Xue Nu slowly straightened her back, then smiled and shook her head.

"You're so carefree! Aren't you curious why Ni Chang from Zui Meng Lou is one of his people?"

Yao Yi shrugged.

"I'm curious! But even curiosity needs to be satisfied!"

The Snow Woman was both amused and exasperated by this answer.

"Then where do you think he'll stay at night during his stay in Handan?"

Yao Yi frowned. She turned to look at Xue Nu and saw that the other woman's gaze was somewhat strange. She silently muttered a few words to herself.

Since Ni Chang is a cultivator of destiny, it's highly likely that the other party will stay at that girl's place. We can't let her benefactor sleep in the wilderness!
Having already grasped some of the Snow Woman's thoughts, Yao Yi appeared outwardly unchanged, but her mind was racing.

The facts are the facts, but that's not how it should be said. Yao Yi pinched her chin and pretended to think for a moment before saying, "Maybe it was in an inn?"

The Snow Woman fiddled with the chess pieces in her hand, somewhat bored. The pieces fell onto the chessboard with a soft thud, and the candle flame on the table flickered slightly, sending a few wisps of light that hadn't even reached the tabletop before quietly going out.

She was used to being aloof, but what happened today stirred up her calm heart.

Upon hearing Yao Yi's words, Xue Nu replied softly.

"really?"

Yao Yi remained silent. How could this girl not know whether it was true or false? Now she wanted to confirm with her, and she didn't know what to say.

Not wanting to waste any more time arguing with the girl in front of her, Yao Yi huffed and puffed out a reply.

"Fake!!"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Woman turned around and looked over.

Then she saw the sulking little girl looking at her speechlessly, and a hint of unease flashed in her eyes.

After a while, the Snow Woman spoke again and asked, "Xiao Yi, don't you have any feelings for him at all?"

As Yao Yi placed the food on the tray onto the table, she said, "When Xiao Lin and I were in trouble, it was our benefactor who saved us. Actually, Xiao Lin and I both had feelings for him, but we both knew clearly that he had no romantic feelings for us sisters."

At this point, Yao Yi couldn't help but sigh softly. Back in Sanyang Village, she and Xiao Lin had both witnessed the scene of that young man suddenly rising up in the rain and killing the bandits. She still hadn't forgotten that scene.

It's hard to imagine that an eight or nine-year-old child, with such a huge disparity in strength, could use the heavy rain as cover to kill several vicious bandits.

Every time she thinks of that night, her heart still races. For her, that was the closest she had ever come to death.

So even after arriving in Handan and coming into contact with the top powers of the Zhao state, she still inexplicably wrote that letter pleading for help, and that past experience played a significant role in that.

As for whether they were attracted to the boy, that was certainly true, but they were also afraid. Coming from a mountain village, they had never even witnessed murder, let alone the slaughter of pigs. On that day, besides experiencing the massacre at Flying Tiger Village, there was also the boy's sudden killing spree. If they hadn't experienced the Flying Tiger Village incident beforehand, they would have been terrified to death after witnessing the boy's violence, and would never have considered following him to escape that dangerous place.

"Oh??"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Woman was taken aback.

Actually, Yao Yi and Xiao Lin are both quite good-looking; otherwise, they wouldn't have been recruited into the Jade Flower Pavilion.

She had heard Yao Yi mention that the boy also came from a mountain village. In such a small place, there probably weren't many girls to see, and the two sisters were certainly among the most beautiful.

For an ordinary village boy, the probability of encountering such a beauty is not very high, and it is actually unbelievable that she was not interested at all.

"Does that girl feel that her benefactor treats her differently?"

Upon hearing this question, the Snow Woman was speechless again.

Yao Yi's words seemed to make sense. When the boy came to her, his expression didn't change much, which wasn't a sign of being attracted to someone.

“I don’t know what has happened to my benefactor in the past few years, but judging from the current situation, he must have gone through a lot, much more than Xiaolin and I have.”

"He's gone too far, so far that Xiaolin and I can't even see his back anymore."

At this point, a bitter smile appeared on Yao Yi's lips. When she left Sanyang Village, she could still feel that the boy was very close to them, but this time when they met in Handan, he felt more like someone who was out of reach.

In the three years that followed, it wasn't just her and Xiaolin who changed, but also the boy, and the boy changed the most.

Things have changed, people have changed, flowers have fallen, and the young man of yesteryear is nowhere to be seen.

In fact, she had thought to herself that when they met again, she would definitely amaze the boy, but the truth is that the year before was the closest she ever got to him.

"Girl, I want to learn to dance."

"Okay~~"

"Aren't you going to ask why, young lady?"

"Already guessed it."

"However, I think you underestimate your and Xiaolin's importance to him. If he really didn't care about the two of you, he wouldn't have come to Handan this time."

"Just like his name suggests, for some people, certain destinies don't just appear out of thin air. Meeting him might be a destiny for you, a destiny that has been cultivated for a long time."

"Cultivate affinity!"

On the other side, in the mansion of a young nobleman in Handan.

Gongzi Jia alighted from the carriage and swayed as he entered.

"Young Master??"

Seeing that Young Master Jia's expression was not right, the old man surnamed Li hurriedly came forward and asked in a low voice.

He knew where Gongzi Jia had gone today, but what was with the smell of alcohol on him?

"Mr. Li, have we really done something wrong?"

Upon hearing Young Master Jia's words, the elderly man surnamed Li frowned. What was this all about?
"Young master, you've had too much to drink."

"Do you think our royal family truly owes an explanation to the 400,000 soldiers who fought in the Battle of Changping?"

(End of this chapter)