Chapter 1 – I’ve changed my mind (1/2)

“What kind of youngster is he?”

“Very firm. He sat for an hour without changing his posture. He took only one drink at the very beginning, likely for the sake of courtesy and hasn’t done so since. On his first drink, he merely touched the cup with his lip. It seems like he isn’t acting with restraint but rather, he is acting with caution. He shows deep thoughts, an alert mind and possibly even a degree of animosity.”

“He seems to be a smart person, at the very least, not stupid…how old is he?”

“Fourteen.”

“I also remember that he should be around that age.”

“Yet his maturity makes him seem older than he really is.”

“Just a normal person?”

“Yes…his presence ofQi is ordinary. He hasn’t even experienced Purification. Though we can’t tell his potential, he is already fourteen, so even if he starts cultivating from the start again, it is unlikely that he will have a bright future ahead of him.”

“Even if he has a bright future, how can he compare to the disciple of the Longevity Sect’s headmaster?”

“Madam, is that marriage contract real?”

“The authenticating object is real so the marriage contract is real.”

“How could the Elderly Master had…..arranged such a marriage for the young Lady?”

“If the Elderly Master had not died, maybe you would be able to obtain the answer …. open the door, I am going to see him.”

Along with a sound, the door slowly opened. The sun shone into the room and lit up all the corners, alongside the Madam’s pretty face and the half piece of jade pendant in her hand. The nanny who spoke to her before, stood in the corner and was entirely hidden by the shade. It took some effort to see her.

With the nanny’s support, the Madam walked towards the outside of the room. She walked slowly like a thin willow whisked by the wind. The expensive gold hair clip in her hair and the pendant on her clothes did not make any sound which appeared to be somewhat strange.

The yard was very dark. On the grassland, there was a tree so huge that even ten people couldn’t encircle it. At the two sides of the road, there were no maids or servants. Far away though, faintly, you could see people kneeling down. The atmosphere around the place was very heavy, like the cold weapons exhibited in the parlor.

The Master of this estate is the great Zhou Dynasty’s well accomplished Divine General of the Eastern Decree, Xu Shi Ji. The Divine General managed the estate like he did his troops. The estate had always been quiet and serious and because of the event that occurred today, all of the maids and servants were driven out to a side yard. The atmosphere on the estate was depressing. Even the spring wind blowing from the outside seemed to be frozen.

Madam Xu passed through the courtyard and arrived at the side yard. With her eyebrows slightly stirred up, she stopped to look at the youngster in the room,

That youngster wore a really old Taoist robe that had lost its color due to overwashing. He had a soft and immature face, upright eyebrows, and bright eyes, showing an inexpressible temperament that seemed as if he could see the truth of many things.

The youngster put his luggage aside. The luggage looked really ordinary but at the same time it was well organized. Not even a speck of dirt could be found; even the hat tied on the luggage was very clean.

What made Madam Xu cautious and annoyed by this, was the fact that the tea on the table was now cold, yet the youngster still kept a calm expression. She couldn’t see any irritation on his face, which suggested this youngster possessed patience that people at his age didn’t normally have.

This would be a really hard person to deal with.

Fortunately, most people like him were usually very arrogant.

………

After he entered the Divine General’s Estate and conversed with the nanny for a few minutes, no one bothered him. After sitting in the room for an hour, he was inevitably bored. But Chen Chang Sheng was used to boredom when he was a child, therefore he was able to stand the boredom.

Silently he spent his time memorizing the sixth chapter of Hua Ting Scripture word by word. He was waiting for someone with authority to arrive so he can hand back the marriage vow to the Divine General’s family. After completing this task, he had a lot of personal matters to attend to.

He took a sip of the tea to moisten his dried lips. He wasn’t careful or suspicious like how the nanny thought he was. He just thought it would be impolite to use the bathroom as a guest in someone else’s house after drinking too much water. In addition, although the cups at the Divine General’s Estate were all luxurious china, he wasn’t used to drinking from someone else’s cup.

(TL Note: luxurious china means that the plates and cups were made out of glass and are high priced/quality)

(bbkgs note: it’s actually Ru ware ceramics)

He has a bit of OCD regarding using other people’s things.

He stood up and bowed toward the well dressed lady. He guessed that she was probably Madam Xu of the Divine General’s Estate. He thought he could finally finish this business and move on. Chen Chang Sheng reached into his pocket and prepared to take out the marriage vow.

Madam Xu stopped him in a relaxed and non-urgent manner. She sat down on a seat and accepted the tea from a maid. She looked at him and calmly said . “Did you visit the Mausoleum of Books? What about the Nai He Bridge? The sight of ivy at the Imperial Palace is also beautiful.”

Chen Shang Sheng thought it was Madam Xu’s polite way of starting the conversation, but he didn’t think it was necessary to chat. But because an older person was talking, he couldn’t be disrespectful. He answered in a simple manner, “I haven’t yet. I’ll go see them in the future.”

Madam Xu’s hand that held the tea cup stopped in mid air, “So basically, after arriving to the Capital, the first thing you did was come to the Divine General’s Estate?”

Chen Chang Shang answered truthfully, “I didn’t dare to delay.”

“Is that so.”

Madam Xu raised her head and gave him a cold look. She thought to herself, a poor youngster from the countryside wasn’t attracted by the fancy sights of the Capital and rushed straight to the Divine General’s Estate to talk about marriage. It’s funny how he was in such a hurry.