Chapter 218 (1/2)
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The sudden voice attracted the attention of many people there. And when they looked toward the direction the voice came from, their eyes lit up with infatuation.
”I-it's Senior Sister Gong Qinyin! Is she protecting this young man? Or does she merely have a grudge against w.a.n.g Jiaohua?”
”It really is Senior Sister Gong Qinyin! She has been accepted as a personal disciple of the Zither Empress and is recently a rising figure in the inner pavilion. She is also one of the pavilion's top five beauties!”
”Wait, this kid knows Senior Sister Gong? I can't believe his luck!”
”Look who's beside her! It's Lu Xiaoqing! Maybe she was brought here by Lu Xiaoqing?”
”It doesn't matter. Things are going to get interesting.”
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Xiang Shaoyun was also blanking out. He had not expected Gong Qinyin and Lu Xiaoqing to appear suddenly like this.
After a year, Gong Qinyin had become even more enchanting. She had a face beautiful enough to destroy kingdoms, a source of infatuation for many young men; and her curves, which had only grown more alluring as she aged, made the men not be able to take their eyes off her.
She was not wearing the usual martial outfit she used to wear. Instead, she was wearing a thin light muslin outfit. The outfit accentuated her perfect figure, her beauty so flawless one could die just staring at her in a trance. Hanging on her back was a zither, and the combination of her and the zither emanated absolute grace and elegance.
Xiang Shaoyun couldn't help but sigh, ”This girl sure has changed a lot.”
As for Lu Xiaoqing, she hadn't changed as much as Gong Qinyin, but she had definitely grown prettier as well. Her long hair cascaded down her back, radiating endless gentleness, and her delicate face was incredibly lovable, giving one an urge to pamper her endlessly the moment one laid eyes on her.
At present, a layer of sparkling mist covered her eyes. She stared unblinkingly at Xiang Shaoyun, rich emotions in her eyes. It had been a year and a half, and she had thought that Xiang Shaoyun had died at the Golden River Valley.
She would often recall the time they first met, recall her anger over his shamelessness, and recall how she fell for him more and more. His shamelessness, his unconventional ways, his overbearingness...she loved all of it.
His ultimate disappearance had placed her in a figurative s.p.a.ce of ice, making her feel completely at a loss. She could only keep cultivating madly so as to keep her emotions numb with hard work. Now that she was looking at him once again, her frozen heart was slowly thawing.
Before even seeing who the newcomer was, w.a.n.g Jiaohua turned while scolding, ”Which s.l.u.t is it? You dare shout at this young lady? Are you tired of living?”
Only after she said those words did she realize that Gong Qinyin was the newcomer. Her face instantly sank.
This woman was not an ordinary inner disciple. Rather, she was a personal disciple of an Emperor, and the number of Emperors the Cloud Margin Pavilion had could be counted on one's fingers. That alone gave her an extraordinary status in the pavilion.
”S-sorry, J-Junior Sister Gong. I did not realize it was you,” w.a.n.g Jiaohua quickly explained herself. Inwardly however, she was cursing, What a b*tch. If it wasn't for the Emperor, I would have ripped you apart.
”Touching him is equivalent to touching me. Come, let's battle!” Gong Qinyin tossed Xiang Shaoyun a glance before declaring solemnly to w.a.n.g Jiaohua. She paused slightly before adding, ”Don't worry that my master will trouble you for this. She is unlikely to lower herself to interfere in the affairs of juniors like us.”
Before w.a.n.g Jiaohua could reply, Xiang Shaoyun spoke, ”This is the affair of a man. You have no business interfering. Just stand aside and watch.”
The crowd grew resentful when they heard how Xiang Shaoyun was speaking to Gong Qinyin.
”What an ungrateful b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Senior Sister Gong, just let him charge to his death.”
”Yeah, Senior Sister Gong, he is unworthy of your concern. There's nothing special about him at all.”