107 A Private Conversation (2/2)

”That's a groundless rumor. I won't get married. Master Ru, do you want me to get married?”

”Well, it's not my call. My mother said that all girls have to get married when they grow up.”

”That's not true. I knew some girls who remained unmarried throughout their lives. I'll listen to you. If you don't want me to get married, I'll spend my whole life accompanying you. If you get married, I'll follow you to your husband's family. Once your husband makes you sad, I'll hunt him down to kill him. Even his grandma wouldn't be able to save him.”

”That's ridiculous. I'm still too young to get married,” Shangguan Ru said and laughed even louder.

”Come on, it'll happen soon. You're 13 now. After a couple of years, you'll reach marriageable age.”

”Shush! Stop talking nonsense. I'll become the Tenth Young Master of Golden Roc Fort and lead my own killer team. If someone dares to marry me, I'll kill him and his entire family.”

”That's good. When you have your own killer team, I'll become your military counselor to help you lead your killers. I'll help you become the next Supreme King.”

The ambitious girls talked on and on about their distant future and got increasingly excited. Suddenly, Shangguan Ru felt that they lacked something at this moment. ”I think we should drink at such a good moment. We should drink while enjoying this beautiful scenery,” she said.

”Do you still want to drink? Your face is red now.”

”I want that sweet liquor. We'll never get drunk with it.”

”All right, you wait for me here. I'll get us some sweet liquor.”

”No, no, I just said it casually. Let's stay here together to have some rest.”

They remained quiet for a moment, and then Shangguan Ru started to giggle. Gu Shenwei did not know what Shangguan Yushi did to persuade her. The next moment, he heard Shangguan Yushi rapidly walk down the artificial hill while Shangguan Ru was humming a tuneless song. Gradually, the girl's voice got lower and lower. After a while, Gu Shenwei could only hear her soft breath sounds. It seemed that she had fallen asleep.

Gu Shenwei breathed out a sigh of relief and decided to leave this place as soon as possible. ”Once the girls find out that I overheard their conversation, they'll definitely flare up.”  With this thought in his mind, he sneaked out of the flowering shrub and headed downhill quietly.

He was a little bit disappointed since he had never heard them mention Slave Huan in their conversation. However, this was not totally beyond his expectations. He believed that Shangguan Yushi must have tried everything to make Shangguan Ru forget about the slave boy who had played with her during her childhood.

Before he arrived at the foot of the artificial hill, he saw a young master, who was about 17 or 18, walking toward the hill together with a group of young attendants.

”They walked this way. I saw them.”

”Over there, over there. See, one of them is lying on the stone bench.”

The artificial hill was not very high. The teenagers spotted Shangguan Ru easily through the flowering bushes.

”That's the Tenth Young Master. She's dressed in black, and the other girl, in blue.”

”Yeah, that's right. All the people in Golden Roc Fort like the color black. I heard that only big shots in the fort are eligible to wear black clothes.”

When the young attendants were whispering among themselves, their master said scornfully, ”The Tenth Young Master? Come on, she's a little girl. She dared to laugh at me in front of all the guests. I'll go to teach her a lesson.”

”Master, forget about it. You'd better leave her alone. All the people from Golden Roc Fort are cold-blooded killers.”

”She can scare the others away, but she can never scare me. You're such a coward. Piss off. I don't want to see you anymore.”

Seeing the ”coward” withdraw embarrassedly, all the other young attendants displayed a positive attitude to their master's decision but none of them dared to follow the young master to the artificial hill. In the end, a young attendant suggested, ”Master, we admire your boldness, but you don't need to do much to give her a lesson. You just need to go up there and kiss her. Let's see how this tomboy would react.”

The young master moved his arms to warm up. ”You just have to wait and see,” he said to his attendants and then walked toward the hill.

Gu Shenwei sneaked back into the flowering shrub and hid again. ”This young master is probably a child of the Meng family, so he's the girls' cousin. I'd better not get involved in this thing. After all, Shangguan Yushi will come back soon. Shangguan Ru will also wake up when she hears his steps.”

However, things did not turn out as he had expected.

The young master seemed to know some kung fu and walked very quietly. Shangguan Ru was fast asleep after drinking and did not seem to hear a thing. Shangguan Yushi seemed to really take her time and did not show up at this crucial moment.

Gu Shenwei held his wooden saber and kept reminding himself in his heart that he had every reason to stay out of this thing. ”This is just a joke between cousins. If I step out, I'll get into trouble. I've had enough troubles in my life.”

Despite that, he still walked out of the flowering shrub to stand behind Shangguan Ru with his wooden saber in hand.

When the young master was stooping down to kiss the girl, he suddenly felt a shiver and lifted up his head. He saw a teenager standing in front of him with a saber in his hand. That teenager's face was as cold as ice.

The young master was terrified by the murderous look on the teenager's face. He knew that he needed to not feel scared since he was in his family's garden. However, he was still petrified with fear. He turned pale and started to sweat. Droplets of sweat welled up on his temples and then fell down his face.

At this moment, Shangguan Ru suddenly opened her eyes and saw a fear-distorted face. She was shocked and raised her hand to slap the guy in front of her with all her strength.

The young master fell down the hill.

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