Chapter 9 (1/2)

Third

quarter of chou,

black clouds already covered the htly On the quiet streets, not a

single person could be seen

The serene

and hidden depth of darkness followed relentlessly spreading even further straight

ahead,down heavily on a person’s pit of the stomach

wang Yun

Feng felt his chest constrict unbearably, he weakly coughed twice Juan Shu

seized the wine cup from his hand: “Master, we should return”

Bai Yan

stood at the tavern threshold with one foot propped up, both arms crossed, she

jeered: “Don’t go back, just get a roo a beauty in

his dream”

wang Yun

Feng absent- Mei in his arms, not sure whether his

face was more red or white

Juan Shu at

the side was coy for a little white: “Master if you don’t like beautiful woman,

you

can hold Juan Shu in your arms”

Bai Yan

with a squeeze shattered the wine cup in his hand, holding the back of Juan

Shu’s neck, directly speaking to the bodyguard protecting in the dark: “Take

the master back to the residence”

wang Yun

Feng belched twice, in a daze he opened his eyes, looking in the direction of

the distant staircase, for quite soather a few

people to come back with me, the rest stay here and protect the mistress”

Juan Shu

eyes shone: “Then I will escort the master back to the residence, Bai Yan you

stay here to protect the mistress, ow!”

Bai Yan

punched Juan Shu in the head, gnashi+ng his teeth: “Do you still wish to

directly escort the master back to his bed?”

Juan Shu

shts bashfully,

“Actually,

I’ve been secretly in love withtime”

The secret

guards subconsciously soose pimples

Bai Yan

i the other directly roll through the

doorway and under the carriage: “You fool with your illusions, master is mine”

The secret

guards couldn’t help but roll their eyes, auto behind half of them

to protect Xia Ling Mei, the other half lifted the half intoxicated, half-awake

wang Yun Feng

into the carriage As Juan Shu and Bai Yan were chattering away

`striving for favour` they followed the dark road slowly heading into darkness

“Lady, Lord

wang has left” Xiu Yu retreated her head from the small crack in the ,

speaking to Xia Ling Mei as lying on the bed with her eyes closed like she

was asleep

Ying shi+

moved the only candle fla at Xia

Ling Mei’s flustered eyes as theyin the corners of her quilt: “It’s still early, we’ll leave again once Lord

wang gets a bit further away”

Xia Ling

Mei runt sort of noise, as if to accept the other’s reasoning

At noon,

she had thrown a huge tantru, she cursed him until her mouth

dried, the web between the thuer of her hand was also extremely

painful froh to

cal was already covered in

cuts and bruises on the verge of collapsing For a moment, she wasn’t sure if

she was happier or in more pain The two faced each other drearily for an

afternoon, without speaking again

wang Yun

Feng did not ask for a reasonable explanation to his harass Mei

also did not give an excuse for her rage

“I don’t

want to see you again” When she put her long whip down, she calmly said: “No

matter when, no matter where…this lifetime, we make a clean break from now”

At first,

she deliberately ignored his suffering, forcing e; that year, it was she

who neglected his desperation, turning away alone; now, it was also she, who

loathed his affection, determined to cut off all ties

Her heart

was already apathetic; it could not feel any pain

She could

only hide inside the very s herself

tightly,

relying on her own to hands to war down all the

tears

In the

first quarter mao,

Xia Ling Mei got up, she wore her clothes and cleaned her face alone, waiting

for the water clock to hit four ao”

Xiu Yu

said: “Do you need Hei Zi to lure Lord wang’s secret guards away?”

“No need” Xia

Ling Mei said, “This time, ill leave just and honourably”

Xiu Yu and

Ying shi+ glanced at each other, carrying their precious luggage, following Xia

Ling Mei out of the doors

The secret

guards of the wang family expressed sufficient suspicion and worry towards this

behaviour of their mistress as it was the first time she had run aithout

uards was already familiar with

Hei Zi these past years, noiselessly he ju the

other’s arm to ask: “Where does the mistress plan to run to this time?”

Xia Ling

Mei lifted her head, saying to the head of the guards hanging upside down on

the roof: “I’ve been to over half of Dayan’s lands, Xiao Bai Zi do you have any new

suggestions?”

The head of

the guards ---- Bai Zi, scratched his head: “There’s nothing worth suggesting,

as long as you don’t run off to a place where there isOtherwise my monthly paywould not arrive in my hands on time, the people

beneath me will become lazy”

Xia Ling

Mei asked without intention: “It’s been so many years, has your monthly pay

risen?”

Bai Zi

iuess he forgot”

“Yes, but

Hei Zi’s monthly pay has risen quite a lot, these few years it must have

doubled right”

Hei Zi

co life sacrificing

work, accepting the monthly pay of a farmer”

“No!” Bai

Zi cried out, “Then, do we need to first go and discuss about a rise in monthly

pay, before co back to protect the mistress?”

Hei Zi

generously slapped the other person: “Go, anye’ll leave behind a note for

you When you get a rise in monthly pay remember to immediately follow after,

treat your brother

to a drink”

The

kind-hearted, loyal, with the love of a sibling, the secret guard of Xia family

waved his hand, watching as the secret guards of the wang family ran into the

darkness one by one, taking large strides on their way, heading towards theirsplendidly, so simple minded

Xia Ling

Mei ed her forehead: “Bai Zi is still as foolish as before, our family’s

Hei Zi is as sinister as before” Hei Zi was e Mei

continued speaking: “I just now understood, I have never escaped from the

secret guards of the wang family all these years, it’s because there’s an

insider”

Hei Zi

simpered: “Lady spare me If Xiao Bai didn’t follow us, ould have been

eaten by those treacherous Jianghu people that not even our bones would

remain”

Bantering

for a while, Xia Ling Meion an already prepared

quick horse, she went the complete opposite direction of where Xiao Bai went

The streets

in theoutside of

rich family’s doorways, wherever one went it was all dusky Every now and then

you could see round likeacross the streets, followed by the

cries of cats, dogs whistling, acco of horse hooves on