Chapter 57 (1/2)

A boy dressed in teal walked over froreeted the trio “Sir Pei,you for some ti's age, with fair looks and an elegant deh his clothes weren't fanciful, his overall iant yet dignified grandeur of the courtyard

The tiniest details were often telling A servant's impression revealed plenty about the master's disposition and way of conduct

Pei Shu hastily returned his greeting and apologized ”It's ift for Brother Yizhi and a my servants to send it over…These two areas they aduidance”

He proed Chu Yu and Yue Jiefei towards the teal robed youth and strode off to wait at the ate

Chu Yu wanted to say she wasn't there out of ad this was someone else's home, not to o with it

They walked along the winding, quiet aisle, with the teal robed youth at the front, Chu Yu in the middle, and Yue Jiefei at the back The end of the aisle was still a ways ahen the sound of zither h the air The aisle end itself was a scene of green weeping s, their leaves like jasper tassels foraze

The zithers

Despite it being an early suly hot Even the sunlight seereenery, which when breathed in, greatly lifted one's spirits

wang Yizhi was not only rich, but kne to enjoy himself

As they continued beneath thebranches, the sound of zither playing grew clearer Just as they e, the faint zithera lake clear as jade with swi fish and plants within, while above it floated lotus petals The lotuses had yet to flower, their snohite bulbs tightly shut Occasionally, a gentle ould blow across the surface of the lake, bringing a s

Beneath the lake were fish; above it, a pavilion

The residence'swith three other youths they had seen at the poetry banquet, was relaxing in the pavilion, which joined the shore via a long bridge

The zither roup stepped outside of the forest Everyone's gazes gravitated towards Xiao Bie's fingers Under his long and slender fingers, a single broken chord lay liered in their tre

The chord was broken

AYizhi leaned against the pavilion railing As the organizer of theht the visitor be Xiao Bie's kindred soul?” Standing at the furthest end of the crowd, he had been the first to notice so him, everyone in the pavilion looked towards the side of the lake Xiao Bie as well, looked up with a frosty glare

The pavilion was about four or five feet's distance froed fro Yizhi uttered a soft ”eh” when he saw her, his eyes filling with amusement Xiao Bie's expression, however, instantly chilled; his fingers pressed down on the zither chords unconsciously, letting out a sullen sound

Chu Yu had also seen Xiao Bie at a glance She saw hi onto his zither[2]; saw the icy rejection within his eyes But since she had already co, thick-skinned, she did not care if anyone opposed her

Since the pavilion was full of distinguished literati, soround would make theuard at the lakeshore She herself and the teal robed youth e unhurriedly towards the octagonal pavilion