Chapter 137 Wile for a Weasel (1/2)

With great effort and time, we finally managed to recover Aunt Ulan's soul and saved her before returning from Inner Mongolia. It was in this journey that I had had the chance to know another of Father's former paramours, who later became my Godmother.

My life was nearly lost during an avalanche when I was thrown off a cliff and Edelweiss leaped into certain death after me. Thanks to Godmother's magic, we were both alive although Godmother was initially perturbed when she found out I was the progeny of Murong Hai after saving us.

Fortunately, all's well that ends well was true. Godmother eventually joined us in the rescue of Aunt Ulan. What was more, the avalanche had also broken the ice between Edelweiss and I that we were now lovers.

In a conversation with Godmother, I later discovered the true reason Father had refused his ascension into the Heavens: it was the disappearance of the Dragon-slaying Blade which was once possessed by Bian Dashou! Additionally, another shocking revelation—one which had eluded me for almost two decades—then dawned upon me: my mother was a demoness!

We then encountered two of the Six Terrors of the Frontier—renowned practitioners of sorcery and arcane magic who once were comrades with Father—Shang Pei and Zhu Mei who helped us in saving Aunt Ulan. From Shang Pei, we found out the story behind Chongxi's teacher and surrogate father, Old Man Chen's blindness. We were treated kindly and warmly by Shang Pei, who was deeply indebted to the Blind Master Chen for his sacrifice, and the time we spent with them remained a memorable experience to us.

It was nearing fall of the year when we finally made it back to Wu Zhong. Lin Feng and I planned to help Chongxi by arranging a get-together between his teacher and his girlfriend's mother. Yuan Chongxi was hesitant to take their relationship to another level because of his relatively modest background, as his girlfriend was from a wealthy household. Even with his girlfriend, Xiao Yu, and her mother's eagerness, he was still very doubtful. Since we did not require the money—the sum of one million yuan that we received during our fight against the Creed of the Eight Trigrams—both Lin Feng and I decided that we would give them all to Chongxi, hoping that the money would bolster his confidence in the meeting between Xiao Yu's parent and his foster father.

At the same time, Chongxi had agreed to a request of his girlfriend's mother to help an acquaintance of hers to deal with the menace of a weasel demon. We would know for sure if his plan worked the following day when we visit the acquaintance's farm.

During the dinner at the hot pot restaurant, Chongxi confessed to us his childhood over seemingly-endless rounds of liquor that all of us were already terribly inebriated by the time our meal came to an end. I had no idea how did I get home that night, although a news headline I saw the second day saying ”Phantom Driver: Driverless Vehicle Roaming Wu Zhong During Midnight” gave me a hunch.

I woke up the second morning with my head still heavy and stoned. What a terrible shock it was when I found Edelweiss sitting by the window beside my bed! She had been staying up all night! Why did you not sleep, I asked her. ”You've had too much to drink last night. I was worried that you might need anything, so I stayed up the night.” A warm tenderness enveloped me. Edelweiss might be a better drinker than I was, but she too, had drunk a lot last night. Knowing she must be terribly tired and intoxicated herself, I said to her, ”You must be tired, aren't you? For the entire night, you've not slept at all.” She shook her head and told me about how she used to stay up whenever Aunt Ulan got herself wasted on liquor too.

Even though she has retained the fieriness and aggressiveness of the horse bandit she once was, the Edelweiss now and today was nevertheless the gorgeous young lass who had continually sought to do her best to love me and provide me with affection and passion.

I flipped myself off my bed and got myself dressed. It was eight in the morning. I tucked Edelweiss into bed and went to the living hall. Mother was sitting alone, enjoying her usual bout of television as usual. Do you need breakfast, she called at me while keeping her eyes still glued to the screen and I declined, stepping out of the door. My stomach was still full of the liquor I had had last night!