Chapter 9 (1/2)
FRS: Chapter 9 – Unknown Murderer (9)
Translator: Momoe Pom
TLC: Puissansa
Editor: Isabelle
Quality Check: Kai
First Published on Ainus.h.i.+.
The moment the surname was mentioned, Hua HuaiXiu knew perfectly who the visitor was.
Seeing him frown anxiously, Fan JiJing asked concernedly, ”Your friend?”
”Not my friend. She's Lin XiangQing's friend.”
Fan JiJing was confused: ”Who's Lin XiangQing?”
”The darling daughter of the a.s.sistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.” Hua HuaiXiu pressed his lips together in his direction.
Fan JiJing took the hint right away: ”Your fiancée?”
”How does it relate to me? It’s just my father's wishful thinking.” Seeing Fan JiJing perfectly composed with no trace of frustration on his face, Hua HuaiXiu couldn't help but sulk: ”Aren't you unhappy about it?”
”Unhappy?” Fan JiJing looked puzzledly at him.
Hua HuaiXiu squinted his eyes: ”So you're very happy about it?”
”Very happy?” Fan JiJing became even more puzzled.
Hua HuaiXiu complained sourly, ”Do you only know how to repeat like a parrot?”
Fan JiJing felt wronged: ”I don't know what you mean.”
Hua HuaiXiu pulled him by hand and started to walk out as he said, ”…Forget it. Come. Let's go see her together.”
”Together? Why?” Despite asking, Fan JiJing still followed his steps obediently.
Hua HuaiXiu replied, ”To mediate.”
Fan JiJing laughed in spite of himself: ”Lü Guniang is just a woman.”
”She's the daughter of a general.”
Fan JiJing hesitated for a moment before he asked, ”You won't fight back, will you?”
Hua HuaiXiu glared at him over his shoulder. ”Do you want to me stand there like an idiot so she can beat me up?”
”You can run away.”
”I need someone to block her so I can run.”
Fan JiJing stopped responding. He realized that no matter what he said, Hua HuaiXiu could always come up with something more reasonable. At least that was how it sounded to him.
Lü Guniang's full name was Lü QingTeng. She and Lin XiangQing had been bosom friends for years.
Although the marriage arrangement between the Hua Family and the Lin Family had not been made public yet, it was not a secret among the few n.o.ble families which had relations.h.i.+ps with them.
Therefore, even though Hua HuaiXiu managed to run away before the Hua Family could send the betrothal gift [1], the Lin Family still felt humiliated.
The reason for Lü QingTeng's visit this time was to do her friend justice.
Even before Hua HuaiXiu and Fan JiJing had entered the room, they already sensed a strong killing intent seeping out from within.
Hua HuaiXiu whispered, ”I've heard that she's good at sword arts.”
Fan JiJing looked at him with a strange expression and asked, ”Surely you are not going to cross swords with her?”
”I'm just reminding you.”
When Fan JiJing stepped into the door, he knew immediately why Hua HuaiXiu had reminded him.
Because a gleaming sword was storming straight at Hua HuaiXiu.
Fan JiJing pulled out his sword and blocked hers right away without even thinking about it.
All that was in Lü QingTeng's mind when she drew her sword was how to execute the move fast, ruthlessly and accurately, without even clearly seeing the person who was coming in. After she finally saw Hua HuaiXiu's face appear, she lost herself for a moment; however, this brief moment of daze was soon followed by even greater rage.
Ever since Xueyi Hou [2] Xue LingBi and Feng GuDao's scandal stormed the entire Capital, she gained quite a distaste against fine looking men. Unfortunately, Hua HuaiXiu was not merely good-looking, but rather breathtaking. Therefore, after a short pause, her killing intent surged in a degree that was more than doubled.
”Guniang.” Fan JiJing frowned: ”This is the Jiuhua Sect. Please put away your weapon.”
Lü QingTeng sneered, ”What if I don't?”
”Then please excuse me, Fan JiJing, of my rudeness.” As he said this, Fan JiJing turned his wrist, and his sword started to swirl like a hurricane. With a c.h.i.n.k, the sword in Lü QingTeng's hand was already twisted as it flew and nailed right into the beam of the house.
Lü QingTeng was a martial artist herself, and she knew how large the gap was between their level of skills right after Fan JiJing moved; there was no point in continuing the fight. She stomped her foot in indignation. ”What on earth do you want?”
Fan JiJing was confused as he asked, ”Lü Guniang, you came all the way from the Capital to the Jiuhua Sect only to ask us what we want?”
Lü QingTeng refuted, ”If I didn't come, should I be expecting him to come to the Capital to explain everything in person?”
The ”him” in her words was obviously referring to Hua HuaiXiu.
Hua HuaiXiu replied, ”I've never been to the Capital and have never met anyone from the Capital. What do I need to explain? To whom do you want me to explain?”
Hearing how he wrote off his guilt within the first second of opening his mouth, Lü QingTeng could not help but remember Xue LingBi; even though the tones they used were different, their intentions could not be more similar! The depression and sorrow in her heart gushed out like a tide, and she was unable to hold back. ”Hua HuaiXiu! You had left without leaving a thing behind, but has it ever occurred to you that a girl would be soaking her face in tears everyday and lose her will to live due to pain just because of you?”