Chapter 809 (1/2)

Published at 19th of March 2019 08:36:19 PM

Chapter 809

After eating mutton giblets soup, Ning Que had quite a bit of wine during supper . He walked out of the Chao Mansion and into the cold wind, sobering up instantly . He felt dissatisfied, and even a little annoyed .

The horse carriage had already left for the funeral parlor . Ning Que made the driver leave, and walked into the grounds, hobbling on his crutch through the snow . He could see Mo Shanshan writing through the window .

The candlelight was just as before and the woman was just as beautiful . He stood outside the window silently for a long while before knocking on the door and entering . However, he did not know what to say .

Ning Que wanted to drink with Mo Shanshan, but only realized that it was late into the night when he entered her room . He did not know what to say, and just asked, ”How is Cat Girl?”

”She's getting married . . . ” Mo Shanshan was about to pour him some tea . She looked at his expression and could not resist smiling . She said, ”I want to drink some wine, do you want some?”

The two drank aged wine from the Great River Kingdom and snacked on some dishes and vegetable porridge .

Mo Shanshan asked, ”You seem worried . ”

Ning Que put down his cup and rubbed his brows . He said, ”Is it that obvious?”

Mo Shanshan smiled and said, ”Why else would you look for me so late into the night?”

After a moment of silence, Ning Que told her everything that happened that night . However, he did not mention the sinister things that he had gotten Chen VII to arrange . He lamented, ”Five years ago, I met Hua Shanyue for the first time at the Northern Mountain Road when I escorted Li Yu back to Chang'an . I did not like him then, and I still don't . However, I would never expect that he would rather give up his life to save Li Yu . Love is something that baffles people . ”

”Love . . . ”

Mo Shanshan turned her wine cup and looked at Ning Que silently before saying, ” . . . is something that is hard to understand . ”

Ning Que was slightly fl.u.s.tered under her gaze . He reached out to pick up fried anchovies, but the fish slid down from his chopsticks .

He placed the chopsticks on the table and changed the topic, ”I'm a little worried because of what had happened in the world . Many died on the snowy street that day, but they died quickly and cleanly . Many will live tonight, but their living makes me uncomfortable . Second Uncle Chao told me that if I should ask for Heaven's Way, then I should not be bothered by the things of the world . But if these things come and bother us, then we should cut them like how the Abbey Dean was cut . However, it is easier said than done . ”

Mo Shanshan tucked her hair behind her ears and said, ”Everyone would be troubled by these choices on the cultivation path . Ihave once faced the same trouble only to realize later that I am a very greedy person . I want to know Heaven's Way, and I also want to interfere with the matters of the world . I also want to think about love . ”

She looked up at Ning Que and said, ”Back then at the Tile Mountain, I wanted to ask Master Qishan something, but did not manage to . I thought I had already understood then . But after returning to the Great River, I sat by the Ink Lake and looked at the reflections in the water . I looked at the drifting clouds in the blue sky and discovered that my understanding was just an escape . I still had not accepted it, and that was me being greedy . I once told you by the red walls in the snow that I liked you, and I still do . ”

After a long silence, he said, ”I like you too . ”

Then, he looked at the bamboos outside the snowy window and thought of that long night when he had bellowed at Heaven and Earth by the snow lake . He said, ”That day when she ran away, I managed to get her back because she had not run far . This time, she ran away to the skies . It is too far and she can't come back, so I can't do anything . ”

This statement did not seem to have anything to do with their conversation . But Mo Shanshan understood his intentions . Her long lashes fluttered slightly, but her expression was devoid of any hurt, and there was only calmness on her pale face .

”I like you and you like me . That's good . ”

She looked at Ning Que and said, ”I might have been greedy before, but I may probably not be now . I won't feel sad because of this, since it's probably Heaven's will . ”

She poured a cup of wine and pushed it in front of Ning Que .

Then, she turned around to look at the night sky outside of the window . She smiled slightly and said, ”Who let her be the Heavens?”

Ning Que looked at her beautiful face and drank the wine in his cup as a toast .

It was getting colder in Chang'an as it grew colder in winter . The days inched forward, unstoppable . And the 18th year of Tianqi silently came to an end .