250 Elder Ling Liyun 2 (2/2)

”How can that be? The other fellow broke her heart? That didn't happen, did it? You don't know for sure!” she shouted at him then, no longer caring if anyone heard her.

”You are just jealous, aren't you? Since you can't eat the grapes you are claiming that the grapes are sour! I'll have you know that my Little Mei is not depressed or broken-hearted now! She's living happily back in our Snow Swallow Palace!”

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Then her mood dropped, as though she had just remembered something. Something that Xu Yanzhi was quick to remind her about, even as she was shooting Qin Feng a gaze that warned him to keep his mouth shut, and to leave it to her:

”Are you sure about that Aunt Ling? I mean, I saw her moping about sometimes, in the gardens. As though she was missing someone, you know? I didn't think that she was heart-broken back then, and only thinking about her father and all, but ... This puts the whole matter in a different light, doesn't it?

”Could it be that she broke off with Brother Qin Feng here, and ran off to be with her lover? Only to be caught by Uncle Xuan and dragged off to our Snow Swallow Mountain? And just the name of our Sect is enough to make all the young handsome men quiver in their shoes. So it is unlikely that he would dare to storm our Palace Gates!”

The last bit made the Elder turn her head to look at the younger woman. But even Qin Feng could see that Xu Yanzhi had gone off on a tangent, and was now caught up in a world of her own imagining! Which made him roll his eyes at her again! She had signaled him to keep quiet, for something like this?

”Oh! Or what if he had rejected her? That he thought she wasn't good enough? Or if he wasn't good enough? Could that have happened? It should be possible, since it always happens in all those books that I have read. Isn't it?

”What if he regretted rejecting her, and committed suicide? Or became a monk? Or threw himself into other women and wasted his life and his martial arts, just because he could not get her? Oh! What will Xuan Mei think then?”

”Enough! Enough.”

Ling Liyun shook her head then, as if she had been thoroughly confused by the young woman at her side. Then she pulled out a black metal plaque the size of her palm from her sleeve, and pushed it towards Qin Feng with a low growl.

”Take it. Take it. You shall be granted entry into our Snow Swallow Palace. Just show that at the Front Gate, and there will be someone to lead you and your party inside. No more than three of you. And only to our Osmanthus Court.

”I will arrange for Xuan Mei to meet with you then, and talk over what had happened, back at the Heaven Sword School.”

Xu Yanzhi was the one who snatched the metal badge away, before either the middle-aged woman or Qin Feng could react, and skipped happily over to the latter's side. And stuff it into his hands.

”There you are. Now, you must remember to alert me when you show up, so that I can have a good seat when it takes place, this romantic reunion of yours. Remember to drag it out a bit, so it'll make a better show.

”I'll even bring my dried grapes and other snacks, so that I can properly enjoy it!”

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