Chapter 15 (1/2)

Chapter 15: Meeting at the Jade Pool

He looked as if he was very surprised

I felt even more astonished

I narrowed ers It was rather black, and looked like a piece of skin

He was completely stupefied

Pushi+ng aside his robes, he knelt down on one knee, the sirace He stared at ers “What do you usually put on your face…”

The thick, sticky black thing between his fingers slowly fell to land in the water, where it dissolved away With an unexpected jerk, I touchedout a section of skin as smooth as tofu, surrounded by a layer of wrinkly stuff It felt like if I tugged…then it ht…

My eyes widened, and I tore off another piece of skin

Che, I wasn’t that wrinkly, so as I shedding?

I lowered my head and rubbed at my face… A handful of black stuff appeared…like pieces of skin were falling off I cupped a palmful of water and started to furiously wash my face

A sweet fragrance wafted out, and the sound of rustling clothes and a soft breeze reached my ears

“Brother Shao” Han Zichuan’s voice was as soft as spring wind or a fine drizzle, his tone carrying traces of light laughter and a little pity “How could you be so crude…”

In the next moment, his hands had brushed aside mine, and he started to expertly rub at h I squinted, everything before my still looked blurry

A gust of wind stirred the tens of thousands ofcatkin heads around us

He knelt by the shore, back straight as he looked at me with a scholarly air The wind stirred his sleeves, water soaking the edges of his robes, but he didn’t er pointed at my face as if he enjoyed himself too much to look away

His eyes made me feel a little worried

“Han Zichuan, you stop that…” I backed away “I can do this myself”

He leaned forward and tookthem on his chest I shook away his hands as if I’d been burned by boiling water, but his grip only tightened, and the heartbeat I felt beneath his robes was pounding wildly

I was stupefied He raised his eyebroith a smile, and the haziness in his eyes disappeared The astonished to an expression of aan to tre to match “Brother Shao Unexpectedly, your looks are matchlessly beautiful”

His sincere gaze came from the bottom of his heart

It was a clean, pure look, as if he was co me for compliments’ sake, with no ill intentions at all

“Why did you want to hide a face like this…” He looked as if he didn’t understand, but his eyes didn’t move from me a bit

— [Most up to date translations for this series can be found on volaretranslations]

Fellow brother, it wasn’t my choice to cover it up

I’ve looked like this since I was young…

He saze froently

Surprised, I started to swim backwards, but his hand pressed fir I could only stutter out, “Y…y-you, what are you doing…”

“Don’t entle and soft

There was no hesitation in his hands at all Hisa chicken, neat and quick

Itall over, and I nearly drowned What he said was true After being tossed around a few tiloith a new life The skin on my arm was as white and clear as a woman’s, the coed into a whole new person

“It’s just a pity…” his face was full of regrets, though his hands kept scrubbing nimbly as if they were a part of my skin

— [Most up to date translations for this series can be found on volaretranslations]

Old fellow, if you keep taking advantage ofto report you

But his expression was so genuine, with his forehead knitted like that, unintentionally betraying his true feelings It seerets What was it?

Could it be…

I touched my face, then looked at my arm, then into the water itself The surface of the pool ash in ripples, and gleaht It seemed a little different from what I remembered, and it was hard to see underwater…