Published at 21st of November 2020 06:25:30 PM
Chapter 5.1: 5.1
The colourful dripstones were swept clean, the room was only dimly lit . Wei Liang’s eyes smiled as he took Lin Qiu out from the gypsum bit by bit . A few ripples formed in the fountain, and Lin Qiu looked down, using the water as a mirror to look at herself .
Wei Liang had already removed the cloth from her face, and she realized that she looked like a century egg after peeling off its thick shell, her skin soft and glistening .
Her reflection in the water looked ethereally beautiful in the dim light . Her character originally had an evil but beautiful face, but she was always burning the midnight oil because of her job . She worked restlessly like an animal all year long, and even when she scraped together some time to rest, her dull and lifeless gaze always had a hint of tension, like a lazy cat ready to spring at a sudden situation . It was difficult to describe a face as beautiful as this, but it was one of a kind, and hard for one to forget .
Wei Liang couldn’t be addicted to her beauty, right?
Lin Qiu couldn’t resist herself and decided to ask him straightforwardly . “Why are you helping me?”
Wei Liang peeled away a piece of crystal from the back of her neck . He then reached into her collar, gave it a shake, causing numerous fragments to slide out from her robe and fall into the fountain . His fingers withdrew from her, but not before sliding through her sharply defined collarbone, making Lin Qiu shudder a few times .
He took her wrist once more and they walked out .
“Since you’re a small basic level cultivator, you won’t do much to help strengthen my powers . After evolving through the spiritual dripstones, you’re slightly more useful now,” he said in a casual voice .
“…”
She threw a frightened glance at Wei Liang’s side profile . The dim dripstones made his eyes look like dazzling stars in the night sky .
In turn, he looked at her from the corner of his eyes and slightly raised his eyebrows . “You believe me?” he asked .
Lin Qiu was devastated . “Whatever my fate is, you can do whatever you want with it . I do have to remind you that if we really become real husband and wife, it will deeply prick into the female lead’s heart like a thorn, and it will deeply affect the relationship between you two!”
Wei Liang’s footsteps halted . His smiling eyes covered up his slightly cold tone as he spoke . “Female lead? What is that?”
Lin Qiu was about to reply, but then she saw shining lights approaching them from afar . They were the reinforcements of the Wang family .
Wei Liang hugged her waist, took a few steps forward, then entered through the barrier back into the forest, passing by one team of highly skilled cultivators . When there was no longer anyone around them, he summoned his flying sword and they flew back to his Thousand Divine Swords Sect before dawn .
At the door, Wei Liang removed his robe and face cloth and tossed it into the fire pit . Lin Qiu followed suit .
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A flame was dancing in Wei Liang’s black pupils, and he casually spoke again . “What is a female lead?”
Fortunately, Lin Qiu had thought of an answer on the way back . “Naturally, it’s the female boss of the Thousand Divine Swords Sect . ”
“Oh?” Wei Liang tilted his head to the side, his long and cold eyes fixated on her . “Isn’t that you?” He raised one of his hands, and softly caressed the side of Lin Qiu’s face . “This is my first time getting married,” he said . “It’s so troublesome, I don’t think there’s going to be a next time . ”
After some thought, he added, “Unless you died . ”
“…”
So that was why the evil female supporting role died such a tragic death?!
Lin Qiu gave a sigh and asked him again . “So do you like me?”
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Wei Liang threw her a strange look in reply . “What counts as ‘like’?”
Lin Qiu racked her brain, realizing that she, too, did not know what liking someone meant . Even if the books did say that Wei Liang and Lin Qing Yin were fond of each other, but—forgive Lin Qiu of her harsh words—Ling Qiu couldn’t see what Wei Liang found special in Liu Qin Ying .
Wei Liang remained silent for a moment, and he raised his hand and softly caressed Lin Qiu’s head once more .
He got up, and took out a white robe to wear, then sat down on the side of the bed and gathered all his black hair to tie it up .
“Master,” Liu Qing Yin’s voice echoed from outside of the door, “the head of the Dong Ting’s Qing Yin sect is here with his mother . They want to see you, Master .
Lin Qiu quickly noticed that Liu Qing Yin’s voice was hoarse, as if she had been crying .
“Very well . ” Wei Liang slowly opened the wooden door, and a chilly draft spiralled into the room . He looked even more steadfast in his white robe in the morning mist .
Lin Qiu quickly freshened herself up and followed Wei Liang to the main hall that used to welcome guests in the sect .
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The moment they stepped into the door, Lin Qiu spotted a woman like a tiny kitten charging straight at them, the woman’s hands clawed onto her wrists like a pair of chicken feet, and she began to sob heavily .
“My daughter, what a pity that you’re still being filial to your father, and married over to become someone’s wife!” the woman cried . “Your mother knows that you feel guilty, right! Is my son-in-law treating you well? Did he bully you? If he did bully you, everyone in the world will curse him and drown him in their saliva! Your father wouldn’t have died of such a young age if he didn’t save him! Wu… My pitiful husband! Leaving the both of us behind just like that…”
Lin Qiu calmly looked at the woman before her, but she couldn’t help but sneer inwardly . She turned her head towards a young man in the room of about 17 or eighteen years of age, whose nose was turned up arrogantly . He somewhat resembled her, and with a single glance it was easy to tell that this young man was Lin Qiu’s little brother, Lin Dong .
Lin Qiu’s heart filled with coldness .
“Son-In-Law!” Zheng Zi Yu cried, and she pushed Lin Qiu aside and pounced on Wei Liang . “Son-In-Law! Your apprentice is so outrageous! I’m not just talking about the fact that she doesn’t respect me, but she insulted me! I’m an elderly! You need to punish her!”
Lin Qiu titled her head, and the face of Wei Liang’s apprentice that she had met last night turned bright red . His nostrils puffed up in anger, but after bowing at Wei Liang, he angrily stood aside .
Wei Liang lowered his gaze slightly, and he shook his sleeves in a rather imposing and cold manner . Zheng Zi Yu almost got a hold of Wei Liang’s hands, and she took two steps back and pointed straight at Wei Liang’s apprentice standing at the side .
“If it wasn’t for my husband’s sacrifice, will the Thousand Divine Sword Sect be what it is today?” she complained . “Why didn’t the apprentice realize this?! This ungrateful swine! I’m only slightly weaker by about 200 years of cultivation skills, so how dare he reject me for such a small request! Why would there be people like this? So outrageous!”