Chapter 1913: A Different Wu Fengying (2/2)

The princess covered her mouth after hearing the brother-sister duo, not daring to audibly laugh.

After hearing the man, Fengying became less angry but was still annoyed: “Li Qiye, it was my mistake last time. Our feud is over, the water in the well won’t touch the water in the river from now on.” [1]

“Sis, wrong again, what is this about water in the well and river? Doesn’t that mean the two of you will never meet again?” The youth immediately corrected her: “You should be saying, Young n.o.ble Li, a gentleman like you should be more forgiven towards a lady like me…”

“What are you two doing?” Li Qiye was a bit helpless watching these two. He smiled and asked: “Is this a play?”

“A play my a.s.s!” Fengying was flushed red with both anger and embarra.s.sment.

“Okay, okay, sis. Calm down, you’re a lady, a lady, you know?” Her little brother quickly tugged her arm and consoled.

“It’s just your stupid plan! I don’t want to be a lady!” She angrily pulled on her pink outfit.

Li Qiye shook his head and interjected: “If you want to undress, I think it is best to go home then do it. This isn’t the place to strip down.”

She suddenly froze. When she regained her wits, an overwhelming bashfulness struck her. She wanted nothing more than to dig a hole and jump down.

“Li, I’ll strip if I want to, none of your concern!” In the end, her embarra.s.sment turned to anger: “You think you’re so cool because you are strong? Fine, we’ll fight again. I’ll forfeit my life to you if I lose again!”

She ultimately reverted back to her violent self but didn’t lunge at him. Her arrogance was much weaker this time since she was only posturing.

It wasn’t because Li Qiye was stronger or that she had lost before. There was another reason.

Li Qiye chuckled and said: “What am I going to do with your life? I’m not the emissary of death.” [2]

“Hmph! You just might be!” Fengying naturally wouldn’t attack Li Qiye so she snorted, not knowing how to elegantly resolve this situation while still winning some face back.

Li Qiye smiled and said: “Fine, let bygones be bygones, I’m not a petty person. Just don’t cause trouble later.”

If he wanted to deal with her, she wouldn’t be alive right now. He didn’t care for such a trivial matter.

At this moment, her brother gave her the thumbs-up and gestured for her to try harder.

“Good, so I’m forgiven.” She became braver with her brother’s support. Nevertheless, she still didn’t dare to look at Li Qiye in the eye.

Li Qiye was quite amused at her demeanor: “Is this how someone apologizes? Try harder.”

“This is still not enough of an apology?! What more do you want!” She shouted in order to hide her nervous state.

“An apology should be gentler, how can your aggressive tone be considered an apology?” Li Qiye teased her again.

“You!” She glared back with blushed cheeks.

At this moment, the other two thought that Fengying would still be furious. However, she hesitated for a moment but still walked forward and let go of her pride.

“Yes, I was wrong.” She finally mustered enough force to say this. It certainly wasn’t easy for someone as stubborn as her since she would rather die than to bow her head and yield before someone.

Li Qiye sighed in his mind after seeing her lowering her head and said: “I already forgot about it and was only messing with you earlier. No need to bend down to achieve something. Be who you are.”

1. Mind our own business, but needed to be literal for this next line

2. Raw text is Heibai Wuchang, or Hak Bak Mo Seong, literally ”Black and White Impermanence”, are two deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the Underworld. Leaving this in the raw form doesn’t flow as well. Grim reaper or reaper was my first choice but it evokes a western image. Emissary of death works but maybe just leaving it as the Black and White Impermanence works too. This character does show up in a lot of Chinese literature.