Chapter 37 (2/2)
She turned and ran outside to greet Jing with a big smile and cheerfully said “Back to the East Sea to look for Xiao Xiao and Miao Pu”
When they returned to the Tu Shan shi+p, Xiao Xiao as expected figured out that the Xiao Yao on the shi+p was a clone but she didn’t knohere Xiao Yao went so she could only wait on the shi+p in the East Sea
Seeing them return, Maio Pu was so happy she could cry while Xiao Xiao rereeted Xiao Yao
Xiao Yao scooted over with a grin “Don’t worry, if Gege gets mad I’ll take all the blame”
Xiao Xiao didn’t say thanks or no need, she just cal Mountain now?”
Xiao Yao stared at the sea and didn’t respond Moht on the sea”
That night the waves rocked the shi+p and Xiao Yao couldn’t sleep She climbed off her pallet and draped a robe over herself and walked out on the deck
A slight ocean breeze, a bright round ht on the waves It was beautifully silent
Under this big ocean she laid inside a giant white cla Liu ed Every time Zhuan Xu would ask she would clai But in her heart everything was crystal clear to her His blood flowed inside her body Even now her body clamored for the ocean In the past she loved water but that feeling was nothing like what she felt now Back then the ocean was the ocean and she was herself Now she was a daughter of the sea, she could sith the fishes and listen to theShe could dive into the deepest part of the ocean like a demon fish and could swim faster than a dolphin
With just one vault she could jump into the ocean and swihtly clenched her fist and warred with herself
Thereached her from the depths of the ocean and Xiao Yao’s heart lurched and she ran to the shi+p’s bow to stare out into the distance Under the silveron the waves towards her
He said nothing and Xiao Yao didn’t speak either The two of them, one on the shi+p and the other on the water, they listened together to the song of thespread out on the water’s surface,deep into the soul like a passionate entreaty in darkness, like a longing sigh that shatters the heart, it
When the song ended Xiao Yao softly said “So beautiful!”
Xiang Liu softly concurred “Yes”
Thewas in a pitch that very few people on earth could hear so in that split second Xiao Yao felt that her heart was inti she couldn’t share with hi Liu’s eyes showed his a “My daddy is Qi Yo” is very different than saying “I ahter” The latter stated a truth co about the relationshi+p
“When I first met you, back then you called yourself Wen Xiao Liu Later your na Jiu Yao If you ever get a fourth name, likely no one will be able to keep track”
Xiao Yao laughed out loud and ilanced back Only after confirht back “Just three names In the future even if there is a fourth name, you have nine heads so use a brain to remember half a name and you can re Liu coldly stared at Xiao Yao
Xiao Yao wasn’t scared in the least “If you dare raise a hand, then I dare to yell for help!”
Xiang Liu laughed “Why do I need to do anything? Your dad is Qi Yo, there are plenty of people ill hed back “I just ca toldinside our bodies I don’t re I do reether Which means our lives are connected If I’et off scot free!”
Xiang Liu smiled at Xiao Yao and didn’t seem surprised at all
Xiao Yao was shocked and asked “You’ve known all along since the beginning what kind of bug this was, right?”
“What if I did?”
“The Voodoo King said ‘the doves don’t fly alone in the sky, the pair of ether’ If I die then how can you live?”
“Why don’t you ask the question in reverse – if I die, then how can you live?”
Xiao Yao tried to stay calm and plead with him “I don’t knoho dies and who lives so that’s why I’ Liu’s expression was sly and acted really nonchalant “Hoould I know? You’re the one who learned so But no need to fret, when either you or I die then we’ll knohat happens, right?”
Xiao Yao was so frustrated by hi up and down in fury “You broke the spell on Zhuan Xu so how could you not want to how to break the spell between us?”
Xiang Liu smiled until his eyes were slits “I don’t want to know!”
Xiao Yao wearily asked “What do you want then?”
Xiang Liu’s body was slowly sinking into the water “Other than checking on hoares are doing in your body, what else do you think I want?”
“Hey! Don’t go!”
Xiao Yao flipped over the railing ready to dive into the water to chase after Xiang Liu but a pair of hands grabbed her hard and pulled her back on deck
“Let led and then turned around to see Jing She meekly allowed him to keep her on deck
Xiao Yao tentatively asked “When did you get up?”
Jing said “I’ve been up for awhile” Actually, he couldn’t sleep either so he knew from the moment Xiao Yao went on deck But it was clear she wanted to be alone so he didn’t go disturb her
Fro was there on deck so Xiang Liu cast a spell that blocked anyone fro with Xiao Yao, except he allowed Jing to listen in
Seeing Xiao Yao going to chase after Xiang Liu, Jing couldn’t explain the feeling but he rushed forward instinctively and grabbed Xiao Yao as if afraid she would vanish fro Liu was just by and I asked hi spell but he wouldn’t tell ’s worry dissipated
Xiao Yao said sadly “I’h as him, all my poisons he eats like candy, every ti smiled “Do you want me to help you?”
Xiao Yao cocked her head “No, you two are business transactions, what’s between him andnodded “If hter-in-law on being a good oing to be your wife?”
Jing jerked Xiao Yao into his arhtly embraced her “You’re not allowed to be anyone else’s wife!”
Xiao Yao was startled and then quietly stayed in his ar “Xiao Yao, let’s leave here too?”
“Back to Sheng Nong Mountain then!”
Xiao Yao purposely picked earlyMountain Zhuan Xu was in court in theand wouldn’t have ti the fields when he saw Xiao Yao and Jing He put his hoe down and walked over
Jing bowed courteously “Your majesty, Xiao Yao and I have returned”
The Yellow Emperor said “It was summer when you left and it’s fall now that you’ve returned You two s”
Xiao Yao could tell the Yellow E but she couldn’t tell if he was angry or not “Grandfather, it’s not Jing’s doing I…”
Jing said “Xiao Yao, let me explain to His majesty” He knew that Zhuan Xu didn’t want Xiao Yao to have any further connection with the Grand E her to see hi trip was an excuse so that Xiao Yao could see the Grand Ee transgression but to help Xiao Yao break through there was nothing Jing couldn’t do, even if itthe wrath of two E’s risk in planning this trip but knew he lied to the Yellow Emperor so she said “This is our fae!”
The Yellow Eht, this is our fao ho to assure hi bowed farewell to the Yellow Emperor and left
The Yellow Emperor washed his hands and sat down in the corridor with a half cooled cup of tea
Xiao Yao sat down across from him and felt all sorts of emotions that she didn’t knohere to start “I…I went to the desert north of Chi Sui I saw my mom”
The cup of tea in the Yellow E before finally asked “Was it painful for her when she passed?”
Xiao Yao’s eyes teared up “For Mo as painful”
The Yellow E time asked “Xiao Yao, do you hate me?”
“What you want to ask is whether my mom hated you? She didn’t say but I think after all these years she has cooing to happen no matter what My mom and my dad’s fated life was destined from the moment they met Only if they didn’t fall in love with each other, because once they fell in love then it was the beginning of the end for the down to bring life and warot to close to you burned up and perished”
“Do you hate hed “I don’t know If I didn’t sneak off Jade Mountain and grew up in the palace, I would definitely hate you But I lived an ordinary hard-scrabble life out in the co under the rule of the Yellow Emperor I felt your warmth so I can’t ever fully hate you Zhuan Xu once hated Zhu Rong who caused him to lose his parents but in the end for the people he accepted Little Zhu Rong Just like Zhuan Xu once said, some men are born to take care of one family, others destined to take care of an entire clan And you and Zhuan Xu live for people of the world, for uys ood Grandfather, you don’t need to ask if I hate you because whether I hate you or not everything has happened already”
Xiao Yao stood up “I’ry with me then you need to be on ! My ht to know the truth!” That painfulso she handed it off to the Yellow Emperor
His voice reached Xiao Yao from behind her so she stopped
“Back then, I forced your o into battle All I wanted was for her to wear down Qi Yo’s army and its willpower After the soldiers as low then I would arrive with reinforceined that your mom would summon the sun poithin her body, or that the sun poould be that deadly and uncontrollable When I saw your ret but it was too late Xiao Yao, I have used countless people in hter’s life for my ambition”
Xiao Yao wiped her tears away “I believe you I also know Zhuan Xu would understand as well”
That night when Zhuan Xu arrived on Xiao Yue Peak, Xiao Yao was sitting on the swing under the phoenix tree softly swaying
Zhuan Xu’s expression was dark and he glared at Xiao Yao
Xiao Yao acted clueless andto say to you!”
Zhuan Xu didn’t leave and checked out Xiao Yao carefully He suddenly rushed over and lifted her chin and brushed her hair aside on her forehead “Where is the red peach blossom mark here?”
Xiao Yao pointed to the peach blossom hair pin in her hair “It’s here”
“How did that happen? Did Master break the spell for you?”
“Grandfather is waiting for you and he’ll tell you what happened”
“Wait here for me!” Zhuan Xu rushed into the house
It wasn’t until late into the night did Zhuan Xu co and playing with an incense ball on a string in her hand to tease the fireflies
Zhuan Xu walked over and sat down on the grass Xiao Yao tossed the incense ball to hiether the two of the a hed out loud and Zhuan Xu joined in
Zhuan Xu quieted down and said “I’ined Auntie was still alive…I should have gone with you” Fro, Xiao Yao’s pain was impossible to fathom Every time he was in pain she was always beside him, but when she was in pain he was never beside her
Xiao Yao played with the incense ball and the fireflies circled her “No one could have iined that Even Grandfather and the Grand Emperor wasn’t sureto be fine In the past I hatedme so that whenever I missed her I felt empty inside Now I know that both h they are gone but nohen I think of them ive hi for her life he wasn’t beside her; when she was captured by the nine-tailed fox he wasn’t beside her; when she went to see Auntie he wasn’t beside her Zhuan Xu seriously wanted to beat himself up
Xiao Yao cocked her head and stared at Zhuan Xu “You’re not ht?”
“No, I’ht to have been with you”
“You’re the Black Es you need to do You can’t travel the world with h!”
Zhuan Xu was silent and gradually the sorrowful rage in his heart expanded He controlled the world now but he couldn’t travel the world with Xiao Yao!
“Zhuan Xu?” Xiao Yao tossed the incense ball as the fireflies fleards hiht she could see his expression filled with utter desolation Zhuan Xu said “I really wish I could acco, to tour the o see Auntie with you”
“Zhuan Xu, it’s really no big deal! I’m fine!”
Zhuan Xu looked up at the sky and suddenly asked “What if my mom and dad didn’t die, ould we be like now? What would I be like now?”
Xiao Yao was taken aback and thought about it but didn’t have a clue “I don’t know Maybe like now, one of us sitting on the swing and the other sitting on the grass, both of us playing with fireflies What do you think?”
Zhuan Xu tossed the incense ball back to Xiao Yao “I would be like my dad, in my entire life I would only love one wo for her I will darken her brow for her I will make cosmetics for her I will take her back to Ruo Sui and marry her under the sacred Ruo Sui tree and be with her forever and always No matter what, I would always be by her side”
Even though this was a somber topic but Xiao Yao couldn’t hold it in anyized “I’h but I…I…can’t iine…if you really were like that then ill happen to all those women in Zhi Jin Palace Who will they uffawed
Xiao Yao couldn’t see his expression but could sense sadness in his laughter She quickly tossed the incense ball back “Zhuan Xu?”
Zhuan Xu caught the incense ball and in the light of the fireflies his expression was absolutely norhter It appeared he found amusement in what he said as well so Xiao Yao relaxed
Zhuan Xu stood up “I’o to sleep”
Xiao Yao jue, you won’t be ht? He only did it to help me”
Zhuan Xu played with the incense ball and said “I didn’t take care of you properly so what does that have to do with him?”
“Will you punish Xiao Xiao and Miao Pu?”
“Since you asked it means you don’t want them punished so I won’t punish them”
“I just knew you wouldn’t be mad!” Xiao Yao s to bed, see you tomorrow”
“Xiao Yao!
Xiao Yao turned around and smiled at Zhuan Xu
Zhuan Xu stared at her and s the incense ball at her “See you tomorrow”