Wedding ceremony tomorrow

Chapter 96 Gold? Iron!

The fifth floor of the attic.

The sun shines brightly outside the window.

A beautiful woman, dressed in a loose robe that couldn't conceal her graceful figure and noble air, sat quietly at the table, reading a book.

The sunlight shone on her, giving her a golden glow and adding to her mystique.

On the table, the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone were already prepared.

Luo Qingfeng went upstairs, glanced at it from afar, and then walked over.

This time, the woman did not ask him to kneel down, but said, "Sit down."

Luo Qingfeng was somewhat surprised.

Without thinking much about it, he immediately sat down next to her.

The woman didn't say anything more. She stretched out her slender hand and gently pushed a book towards him. Then she picked up the ink stick and began to grind the ink herself.

Luo Qingfeng couldn't help but glance at her, thinking to himself: Senior Bai seems a bit strange today.

He didn't dare ask any more questions, opened the book, and began to read it carefully.

Another travelogue.

From these travelogues, one can learn a lot about the relationship between demons and humans.

Luo Qingfeng was happy to help with the translation.

He spread out a clean sheet of Xuan paper, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and prepared to begin writing.

But suddenly, he stopped again.

Bai Ruofei lowered her head to grind the ink, seemingly noticing his movement, and asked, "Why aren't you writing anymore?"

Luo Qingfeng looked at her and said, "Senior Bai, do you still stand by what you said yesterday?"

Bai Ruofei continued grinding the ink and said calmly, "Of course it counts."

Luo Qingfeng glanced at her expression again, and only then did he feel relieved. He immediately felt motivated and picked up his pen to write.

One person grinds the ink, while the other reads and copies it.

Inside the room, the warmth of the heating and the gentle smoke of cigarettes filled the air; all was quiet.

The sun outside the window gradually began to set in the west from its zenith.

Soon, it was evening.

Luo Qingfeng put down his pen, rubbed his aching wrist, looked at the sky outside the window, and said, "Senior Bai, let's stop here for today. I'll finish the other half tomorrow."

Bai Ruofei didn't say anything, just nodded slightly and put down the ink block.

Luo Qingfeng glanced at her, coughed, and said, "Senior Bai, I should go back now, um..."

Bai Ruofei turned her head and looked at him, saying, "That... what?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Um... you haven't forgotten about the gold you mentioned yesterday, have you?"

Bai Ruofei looked at him with a cold gaze: "Gold? What gold?"

Luo Qingfeng's expression changed instantly.

Bai Ruofei stared at his expression for a while before extending her slender hand, opening her palm, and asking, "Is this it?"

In her snow-white palm lay a piece of gleaming gold.

Luo Qingfeng immediately beamed and said, "Yes."

As he spoke, he reached out to take it.

Bai Ruofei suddenly closed her hands and held the gold in her palm again.

Their hands immediately clasped together.

Luo Qingfeng was taken aback, then quickly released his grip and said, "Senior Bai, you..."

Bai Ruofei frowned slightly and said, "You touched my hand."

Luo Qingfeng quickly apologized, "I'm sorry..."

Bai Ruofei said expressionlessly, "What's the use of apologizing? You touched it, that's it. Consider this piece of gold your apology to me."

Luo Qingfeng's expression changed, and he stood up, saying, "Senior Bai, how can you go back on your word? I've already written it down for you; you promised to give me gold."

Bai Ruofei said calmly, "You said before that you would come to see me every night. Did you come?"

Luo Qingfeng was taken aback and asked, "Did I say that?"

Bai Ruofei said, "I never said I would give you gold."

Their eyes met.

Luo Qingfeng was furious. This woman was so unreasonable! She had such big breasts and was so beautiful, how could she…

"Never mind, I won't come tomorrow."

He felt there was no point in arguing any further, so he said coldly and turned to leave.

Bai Ruofei placed the gold on the table and said, "Can't you take a joke?"

Luo Qingfeng was taken aback, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look at her.

No matter how you look at it, this woman doesn't seem like the type to joke around.

But the gold was already on the table.

Without hesitation, he went over and snatched it from her hand. Seeing that she didn't make any move, he felt relieved.

"Senior Bai, it was my fault. I apologize to you."

Once he got the gold, his attitude immediately improved, and he became exceptionally respectful.

Bai Ruofei glanced at him indifferently, then lowered her head to look at the words he was copying, ignoring him completely.

Luo Qingfeng didn't want to linger any longer and quickly took his leave.

Luo Qingfeng walked briskly downstairs and saw that Granny Ning was resting with her eyes closed. She did not disturb her and quickly left.

After he walked down the steps, Grandma Ning slowly opened her eyes, pondered for a moment, got up, closed the door, and locked it.

Luo Qingfeng left the Demon Suppression Academy and went straight to Red Leaf Alley.

He originally wanted to buy some candied hawthorns, roast goose, and other good things to bring to Aya and his grandmother, but he had no other change on him except for the piece of gold.

The gold weighed a full ten taels, which ordinary shops couldn't exchange.

Besides, he wanted Aya to see the gold, since that silly little girl didn't even recognize gold back then, and he got a bargain.

After taking her gold, he returned even more gold to her, and also paid back the money he owed Sister Nightingale.

Now I'm finally debt-free and carefree!

Luo Qingfeng was in a good mood and soon arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, raising his hand to knock on the door.

But after knocking for a long time, no one answered the door.

"Huh, isn't he home?"

Luo Qingfeng stood at the door, somewhat puzzled.

Where could Aya and her grandmother have gone at this time? Had they gone to buy groceries?

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard his grandmother's voice from inside: "Aya, why don't you go open the door?"

Hmm? At home!

Luo Qingfeng quickly raised his hand and knocked on the door again.

However, still no one came to open the door.

Grandma seemed to be about to open the door, but was stopped by Aya.

Luo Qingfeng knocked a few more times, but when no one came to open the door, he became suspicious. He immediately took a step back, leaped over the wall, and jumped inside.

In the small courtyard, Aya stood there blankly.

The old man was standing in the corridor when he was startled to see someone suddenly jump over the wall and come in. When he saw it was him, he was stunned and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah Feng, it's you? You... how did you jump over the wall and come in?"

Luo Qingfeng was a little embarrassed and said, "I knocked on the door for ages, why didn't Aya open it for me?"

Aya turned her back to him and ignored him.

Upon seeing this, the old man quickly said, "I'm still boiling water in my house, you two chat, you two chat."

After saying that, he went inside and closed the door.

Luo Qingfeng walked up to Aya, looking at her with a puzzled expression, and asked, "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"

Aya glanced at him, her pretty face cold, and said nothing.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Luo Qingfeng didn't dare to delay any longer. He took out the piece of gold and handed it to her, saying, "Aya, look, what is this? Do you recognize it?"

Aya glanced at it, then lowered her head again.

"Gold! Isn't it bigger than yours?"

Luo Qingfeng stuffed the gold into her small hand and said, "This piece of gold is worth a full ten taels, enough to pay you back."

He then said somewhat embarrassedly, "Well, I don't have a single coin on me. Could you give me a piece of silver? Just a few taels will do."

It's reasonable to ask her to give a few taels of silver in exchange for paying off a debt of ten taels of gold, right?

Aya glanced at the gold in her hand, then looked up at him again, before suddenly turning around, running into the kitchen, and slamming the door shut behind her, not wanting to see him again.

Luo Qingfeng was taken aback and asked, "What?"

Then he added, "Forget it, I won't ask you for money anymore. I still have gold tomorrow anyway. I'll come over tomorrow and buy you candied hawthorns and a roast goose, okay?"

There was no response from the kitchen.

Seeing that the sun had already set, Luo Qingfeng didn't dare to delay any longer and could only say, "I'll come back tomorrow night."

After saying that, he didn't linger any longer, went over, opened the courtyard gate, and went out.

"What a strange little girl."

"I wonder how many more medicinal herbs will be needed to treat her condition. The Golden Lotus from last time probably won't be enough."

"It's truly pitiful that the little girl can't speak."

As Luo Qingfeng pondered this, he walked out of the courtyard.

Just as he was about to reach the alley entrance, he suddenly heard a whistling sound behind him. Turning around, he saw Ah Ya, dressed in a black dress, running towards him like lightning, holding the piece of gold he had just given her.

Luo Qingfeng thought she didn't want it, so he quickly said, "This is to return it to you. The silver from the Great Buddha Temple last time should indeed be returned to you. Don't be polite, I can earn a lot more gold in the future..."

A crow stopped in front of him, handed him the gold, and shook its head vigorously.

Luo Qingfeng said, "Please accept it. If you feel bad about it, just give me a piece of silver."

Aya continued to shake her head. Seeing that he didn't understand, she immediately put the gold in her little mouth, bit it hard, and then handed it back to him.

Luo Qingfeng glanced at it in confusion and was surprised to find that the spot on the gold that she had bitten was not dented, but instead revealed something dark inside.

"What the hell???"

Luo Qingfeng was startled and quickly took it, then put it in his mouth and took a bite.

That bite almost broke his molar.

Looking down, I saw that the gold was not only not dented, but the paint had also chipped off, revealing some dark stuff underneath.

His expression changed drastically.

How is that possible?

He immediately drew his Demon-Slaying Blade, then placed the gold in his hand on the ground and said, "Aya, step back."

Aya took a step back.

Luo Qingfeng raised the broken sword in his hand and slashed fiercely at the gold.

Star power surged, and the blade's edge flashed.

"Zheng—"

Sparks flew, and a metallic clang rang out.

Finished!

Upon hearing this voice, Luo Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat, as if it had sunk into an abyss.

The gold was split in two.

He hurriedly bent down and picked it up, and upon closer inspection—it was iron! It was a huge lump of iron!

Even the yellow skin on the outside is not gold skin!

He was stunned, somewhat incredulous.

Aya watched him from the side, a secret smile creeping onto her lips.

This was probably the first time she had smiled and shown such a happy expression in front of anyone other than her sister and grandmother.

Luo Qingfeng stared blankly at the two iron thallium pieces, feeling as if a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind.

iron?

How could it be iron?

If it were any other street vendor cheating him like this, it would be perfectly reasonable and acceptable.

But how could it be her?

Senior Bai, the dignified head of the library, is such a beautiful and noble woman, and may even be a descendant of a great demon. How could she possibly be a fraud?

He was shocked and incredulous.

Do not!

How could someone as important as Senior Bai be a fraud?

Such an important person, probably like Dai Aya, had never seen gold before, and was probably also deceived!

That must be it!

Thinking of this, he quickly composed himself, put away the Demon-Slaying Blade and the two iron daggers, and said to the girl beside him, "Aya, don't worry, I must have taken the wrong one. Wait for me, I'll be back in a bit. Someone gave me this fake gold; I guess she was scammed too. I'll go find her and ask her. Don't worry, I'll definitely return your money."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the alley and headed towards the Demon Suppression Academy.

Poor Senior Bai, he was also deceived.

I wonder which audacious person dared to deceive Senior Bai and give her fake gold. I bet Granny Ning will smash their teeth and twist their head in the end.

Nothing.

A big shot like Senior Bai wouldn't cheat him out of his gold. If Senior Bai found out that the gold was fake, he would be very embarrassed and would replace it with a real piece of gold. He might even compensate him with an extra piece, or he might just give him Xuanjin directly.

Thinking this, he quickly entered the North Courtyard.

However, when he arrived at the library, he suddenly found that the door to the library was closed.

There was a note on the door that read: "Out of town, will be back tomorrow."

Luo Qingfeng immediately groaned inwardly.

Oh no, I'm going to have to break my promise to that little girl, Aya, again.

He figured he wouldn't sleep well tonight since he hadn't gotten the gold.

Hey……

He stood at the door for a while, looking lost and dejected, before finally sighing and leaving.

Never mind, I'll come again tomorrow.

No rush. He'll be back tomorrow to help Senior Bai translate that travelogue. Senior Bai will definitely come back, and he'll certainly get his money back.

Thinking this way, he felt a little more at ease and quickly left.

After he walked away, two heads appeared in front of a window in the attic of the library.

"Miss, isn't this going a bit too far...?"

"That kid looks... kind of pitiful..."

"Actually, there's nothing to pity. He dirtied Miss's hands and was incredibly audacious to sit with her. Giving him a lump of iron is already a great act of mercy from Miss."

"What?! That brat actually touched Miss's noble, delicate hand?! How dare he! Where did he touch it? For how long? Did he put anything dirty on it? Damn it, I'll go cut him off!"

"Oh, he touched it with his hand? Humph, he's got some nerve! Tomorrow when he comes, I'll give him a packet of fake silver! I'll make him cry!"

The sun sets and night falls.

Luo Qingfeng returned to Red Leaf Alley with a worried look on his face.

Aya stood quietly alone in the dark alley, obediently waiting for him.

Looking at the dazed little girl, Luo Qingfeng felt a pang of guilt and said, "Aya, I... I didn't get it. That person went out on business and won't be back until tomorrow. But don't worry, I'll definitely get it tomorrow, and I'll buy you five candied hawthorns!"

Aya looked at him quietly for a while, then stretched out her little hand, holding a piece of silver, and handed it to him.

Luo Qingfeng was stunned. He stared at the silver in her hand for a moment, and suddenly felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

"A-Ya... thank you..."

"I……"

Aya blinked her dark, pure eyes, stuffed the silver into his belt, then took a few steps back and waved her little hand at him.

Then she turned around and walked away with light steps.

Luo Qingfeng stared blankly at the dark alley ahead, and seemed to vaguely see the little girl who couldn't speak. Suddenly, she started skipping and hopping along.

(End of this chapter)