After Becoming the Hero’s Ex-fiancée - Chapter 199

An Epiphany (1)

“Zheng Zhenren was the one who saved this child. Why don’t we ask her if she has any ideas?” said Gui Jing.

Gui Jing was just about to raise his hand to call Zheng Wan over when Monkey Face abruptly covered his mouth.
“Boss, be a bit more aware. Don’t disturb the Zhenjun and Zheng Zhenren while they’re… catch up.”

Gui Jing smacked his hand away with a glare. “You’re a sharp one, huh?”

However, he didn’t say anything to interrupt them, and instead, told the group, “Alright, let’s ask after they’re finished over there.”

“As for you, Monkey,” Gui Jing raised his foot and kicked him in the butt, “come help me clean up the wolf corpses.”

With so many wolves, just dividing them up among the group would yield hundreds of low-grade Yuan stones for each person, not to mention the Rank 4 Phantom Wolf—every part of its body was a treasure.

Second Senior Sister put the child down and cast a protective barrier. When she stood up to help, she couldn’t help but glance to the side.

She saw the yellow-robed woman standing there with her hands behind her back, occasionally tilting her head and speaking to the Zhenjun from the Guixu Sect. At this moment, the man who they usually could only admire from afar on the Boundless Ranking had his head slightly lowered, and on his icy jade-like face, his clear, cold, and deep eyes were immersed in the moonlight, revealing a hint of softness.

He was listening to her patiently and spoke very little. Most of the time, he was just listening. The moonlight lifted their outer robes; the goose-yellow skirt and the snow-white wide robe converged and separated again.

Second Senior Sister was about to take another look when she noticed that the sword cultivator’s face turned slightly, and his cold and aloof gaze fell in her direction. He hadn’t even done anything, but she was already shaken, and she quickly turned around and dared not look again. She thought inwardly, This person Little Junior Sister found is really quite intimidating. If there are conflicts in the future, it may not be easy to deal with…

She didn’t dwell on it any longer and got up to help the others clean up the wolf corpses.

Cultivators were very efficient in handling such trivial matters, especially since all of them were seasoned adventurers. One cast a cleansing art, while another was responsible for bagging the corpses. Since there were too many wolf corpses, they didn’t have time to drain the blood and skin them one by one. Instead, they bagged them all, intending to sell them to the shops in the camp that specialised in buying such things.

Zheng Wan didn’t go to help.

She had grown accustomed to being served in the mortal realm and had hired a cook when she arrived in the Heavenly Realms even before joining a sect. Shortly after joining the sect, she had Ah Wan to serve her, so it was only natural that she didn’t have the awareness that she should also be helping out in such matters.

When she looked at Cui Wang now, she only found him extraordinarily handsome and pleasing to the eye. Everything about him was attractive, from his eyebrows, nose, and eyes. Even his mouth, which usually only spouted disagreeable things, appeared rather appealing now.

“Cui Wang, you’re really nice,” she said with a happy smile. “Really, really nice.”

Cui Wang looked away in silence, not saying a word.

The wind blew gently, the moonlight was hazy, and this desolate and quiet village seemed to suddenly come to life.

“Thinking that you’ll cure the gu after advancing to the Grand Magnificence stage, I actually feel a bit reluctant,” Zheng Wan said, tilting her head and looking at him with her shiny black eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering like the shadow of a butterfly.

“Cui Wang… say something, will you?”

“What should I say?”

“Just say that you’re also a bit reluctant.”

Cui Wang lowered his gaze. He saw the intertwining shadows of their figures, the fluttering gauze outer robe and the flowing robes coming together. He took a step back, watched as the skirt and robe separated, and paused for a moment before saying, “I eagerly look forward to the day when the gu is lifted.”

“…” Zheng Wan kicked him and scolded with teary eyes, “Jerk!”

“You’re a heartless jerk who only knows to take advantage of others!” She pointed at him and scolded him righteously, then ran away after finishing.

Cui Wang was left dumbfounded. If it weren’t for the fact that she was the one to beg him to cultivate with her using those intimate methods, he might have thought of himself as the heartless playboy she described.

“Old Ancestor, as the sage said, ‘Only women and small-minded people are hard to raise’. How true.”

The old ancestor chuckled, “Do you think you’re easy to raise?! Stubborn, sullen, emotionally challenged… Damn it, how did I raise such a foolish great-great-great-grandson like you?!”

“Old Ancestor, don’t think I can’t tell that you’re scolding me.”

“I am scolding you, and I’ll even beat you! Hurry up, go after her and tell the young miss that you’re reluctant to cure the gu, and even more reluctant to leave her. Tell her you love her so much it’s driving you crazy. You were late earlier because you went to find the Nine Revolution Resurrection Grass for her! You had such a hard time getting out of that damned place.”

“It’s not for her,” Cui Wang told him seriously, “The Nine Revolution Resurrection Grass is extremely rare and valuable. Since I saw it, I’d naturally have to look for it.

“…Besides, I don’t love her, let alone love her to the point that it’s driving me crazy.”

“Heh, goddamn it, why is it that we can’t speak the same language?” The old ancestor lay down in the sea of consciousness. “That was a metaphor, a metaphor! And, kid, let me tell you, don’t be too stubborn in life.”

His tone was heavy, and his eyes were teary. “I, your old ancestor, suffered a lot back then because of that.”

“…”

Cui Wang stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sky. The stars were as numerous as grains of sand, and the moonlight was serene. Even in this desolate and broken mortal village, everything seemed unchanged, as if it had been this way since time immemorial.
All the tumultuous feelings were nothing more than excuses that people used when they couldn’t control themselves.

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