AST 2048 - Lass, Do You Know What Love Is? (1/2)

”Young Miss, there’s something I want to confess.”

Shen Huang looked at Qing Shui calmly and then said, ”What do you want to confess?”

Qing Shui smiled, ”I just want to say that you're a very beautiful woman.”

”There's no need to tell me this. I know that.” Shen Huang cast a chiding glare at Qing Shui.

That glance was very charming, a charm that belonged only to Shen Huang. Qing Shui calmed himself down. He had realized that it was very easy for him to make a fool of himself before Shen Huang.

”You're quite confident. That's very good. Oh, right. How are things in the Dancing Phoenix Continent?” Qing Shui brewed a pot of tea and poured a cup for Shen Huang.

“Everything’s the same even after I’ve left on my own accord.”

”Do you have something to do here? Or are you here to fight to obtain the world?” Qing Shui asked curiously.

”Do you think of me as a very ambitious person?” Shen Huang looked at Qing Shui in respond.

Qing Shui nodded seriously. ”You're a goddess, a queen. There should be many people who think that you're very ambitious and should stand at the top.”

”There are some things that I don't have a choice in. Are you very ambitious yourself?” Shen Huang asked.

”I don't know about now, but I definitely wasn't ambitious in the past. I would even be satisfied, being able to live to an old age with a woman I like in a village in the mountains. I wanted to marry a beautiful woman, and beautiful women were pursued after by many people. Therefore, I have to fight to get them and to do so, I have to defeat others. Unknowingly, things have become what they are today.” Qing Shui replied very seriously.

”I believe that you're a rascal.” Shen Huang said, seeming to be both angry and amused.

”Young Miss, I've always been curious about something.” Qing Shui gave Shen Huang a serious look.

”What is it?” Shen Huang seemed to know what Qing Shui wanted to ask.

”Do you have a man that you like? Don't be angry. I just wanted to see if the man Young Miss likes is a person with two heads and a tail.” Qing Shui noticed that Shen Huang seemed to be on the verge of getting angry and quickly finished his sentences.

”You only know how to spout rubbish. Are you asking for a beating?” Shen Huang lowered her head and sipped on the tea.

Qing Shui quietly looked at the woman as a strange feeling clouded their surroundings. It felt as if he was looking at the most beautiful scenery in the world. It was a gaze without any selfish motives and he merely admired quietly.

Qing Shui was filled with emotions about how amazing the creator of all living things was to have created such a beautiful woman in this world. If he hadn't seen her for himself, he would never have believed it.

Shen Huang felt a little uneasy by his gaze. She lifted her head to look at Qing Shui, ”Haven’t you seen enough?”

”If you're turned into a very ugly woman, would you feel sad?” Qing Shui asked something that was on his mind.

Shen Huang was surprised by his sudden question for a moment, ”Why do you ask that?”

”I feel that you'll forever find it hard to give yourself to a man. It seems a little extravagant to be saying this, but I want to know if you don't wish to look for a man, would you mind if you were to become an ugly woman?” Qing Shui continued to ask.

”To be honest, I'm unwilling to become an ugly woman, but if I were to suddenly become ugly, I probably won't be too upset.” Shen Huang gave Qing Shui her honest opinion.

”Young Miss, how long will you be staying in the Northern Blue Domain?” Qing Shui no longer harped on the question. This woman wasn't someone who'd change from just a few words. It should be very hard for her to change the way she thinks.

”I don't know. It'll probably be very long because someone of my ability can still make it around here, but I won't be able to do well if I were to probe deeper. The Northern Blue Domain is considered the area with the weakest influences in this world.” Shen Huang seemed a little helpless when she said this.

Qing Shui had no idea what this woman wanted to do. She seemed increasingly mysterious in this world and what he knew of her were just the superficial things.