Chapter: 1342 (2/2)

Qing Shui had initially thought that some great master had brought her here but hadn’t expected that she would be so unlucky. It must have been hard for her to be living here alone for two years. Thankfully, she was no longer the weak and feeble lady she was when they had first met. Right now, she was already a Peak Martial Saint expert. Moreover, she had great knowledge in medicinal herbs and could come up with her own alchemy recipes. Therefore, as long as she could pull off an accurate assessment of the ailments, she would be able to hold her own.

The ability of the Meridians Knocking Soul Pulling technique was very powerful but that was Soulsearch’s ultimate skill. His contact with Yuan Su hadn’t been short. Although there was a hint of unpleasantness between them in the end, he knew that she was a good person. If it wasn’t because of some other reason, she wouldn’t have done what she did. Qing Shui wasn’t sure what the reason was but it shouldn’t be something concerning a breakthrough in her martial arts.

“You can pick a room here. In the future, you can stay here!”

The fifth story was very big and although it seemed to be a room, it was one which included the living hall, bedroom, kitchen, study and others.

“Mmm. When I saw you earlier, that moment felt very dramatic.” Yuan Su looked at Qing Shui and said something which he couldn’t really understand.

“I don’t understand!”

“You do. Back then when I parted with you in that manner, were you angry?” Yuan Su looked at Qing Shui seriously.

“Why would I be?”

“You don’t hate me for treating you like that? You’ve helped me so much but yet I treated you in that manner.”

“It’s already been so long. If I was still bothered by it, don’t you think that it’d be a problem?” Qing Shui smiled and said.

There would only be hatred if there was love. Without love, there wouldn’t be hatred. The stronger the love, the deeper the hatred. Without love, there would be no hatred.

“The reason I did that back then was so that I wouldn’t have to meet you ever. However, fate seems to have played a huge joke on us. To think that after so many detours, we’re back to square one.” Yuan Su picked up the wine cup and took a sip.

“Your wine is still as delicious as ever!”

“Why weren’t you willing to see me?” Qing Shui couldn’t understand.

“Would you believe it if I were to say that I did that back then for fear that I would like you? Therefore, I told you that we should never meet again.” Yuan Su smiled as she looked at Qing Shui. Right now, she seemed to have been better able to accept this.

Qing Shui didn’t say anything. He had thought of similar things back then. If this lady were to become his woman, she could come up with her own alchemy recipes and with his powerful abilities in alchemy, they would be a great match if they were to work together. However, he hadn’t expected for them to be unable to become even friends.

“Right now, I don’t even know if I should stay,” Yuan Su then said again.

“It’s already been so many years. Things are no longer the same as before. You should let go of the things which you should let go of!” Qing Shui looked at Yuan Su.

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ve already let go of them. Do you think that I should leave?” Yuan Su asked seriously.

“No need to leave. You’ll become a member of this place. When the time comes, you’ll have 10% ownership of this place. I might be leaving after a while but this place will still need your help. In the future, you’ll be able to rely on your own abilities to travel across the nine continents. Don’t you wish to go home? You won’t be able to return with your current cultivation level. At least, if you were to stay in the Imperial Cuisine Hall, no one would dare to bully you,” Qing Shui smiled and said.

“You’re going to leave?”

“I will leave but it’ll probably still be some time still. I still need to look for someone. However, the Imperial Cuisine Hall will continue to exist. It might even expand out to all nine continents. Back then, I had set up a blacksmith store in the Western Oxhe Continent. It was a pity that the effect there wasn’t as good as this place, primarily because there wasn’t anyone suitable to take over. Things are different now. Elder Brother Soulsearch now has the ability to run it by himself. You should be able to do the same too.”

“I don’t have a lot of confidence,” Yuan Su said, hesitant.

“Don’t worry. I know what you excel in. Brother Soulsearch has a set of great medical skill for taking the pulse. After you learn it, you won’t have any problems.”

“You’re still going to help me? Aren’t you afraid that when the time comes, I’ll leave again?” Yuan Su realized that she was still a little guilt stricken.

“It’s a blissful thing to be able to meet an acquaintance in a foreign land. Even if you’re someone who’s bad, I’ll still help you. Moreover, you aren’t considered to be bad,” Qing Shui smiled and said.

“Qing Shui, I’m curious. What kind of person do you see me as?”

“I don’t know. A bad person to one could be a good person to another.”

“I’d like to know what kind of person you see me as.”

“You’re an intelligent lady. You might be rational and maybe emotional. And I know that you’re a kind-hearted person.”

“Thank you!”

“You’re welcome! I’ll go call for Brother Soulsearch so that you can get to know him. This Imperial Cuisine Hall was his to begin with but after I came, it was split into ten parts of ownership. In the future, there will be ten people who will co-own the Imperial Cuisine Hall. Therefore, you should keep a lookout to see if there are suitable people as well.” Qing Shui smiled and stood up.

Right now, Yuan Su felt as if all sorts of feelings were running amok in her heart. She didn’t know what she was feeling right now. He had changed. He hadn’t changed. Was she the one who had changed? She didn’t change either.

Time was the one that had changed!