Chapter 396: 218, each one has more issues than the last_2
Chapter 396: 218, each one has more issues than the last_2
Meanwhile, he was pondering why Mo Xianxian would send such a comb here. What was her purpose?
After a long while, when her silky hair was finally smooth and soft.
Tian Liuli raised her hand, gathered a strand of dangling hair from the side of her delicate beauty and pinned it above her ear, asking softly, “Why are you so familiar with this?”
“What?”
Xu Yuan didn’t react at once.
But he saw her beautiful eyes, utterly devoid of emotion, gazing at him with extreme coldness.
“You shouldn’t have combed someone else’s hair before, so why are you so skilled at it? Hmm?”
Toward the end, a smile emerged on her face.
A tranquil smile, like the stillness of water.
“…”
Whoosh!
Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his back.
“What’s the matter? Is this question too difficult to answer?”
Tian Liuli watched him quietly, with no sign of making a move.
But Xu Yuan just felt the pressure increasing.
He exhaled and tried to sound relaxed, “I thought you were going to say something else. It’s just this? You scared me.”
“Oh?”
Tian Liuli narrowed her eyes slightly.
“Actually, I went out of my way to learn this.”
“You went out of your way to learn it?”
Tian Liuli frowned, clearly somewhat disbelieving, “You went out of your way to learn it? How come I don’t know about this? And why would you learn something like this?”
“Isn’t it for you?”
Xu Yuan came over, held her shoulders, and said, “You want to live in seclusion, and I understand your feelings. Since that’s the case, we should naturally try to do as the ordinary people do,”
“Therefore, skills like these that are part of the interactions between husband and wife, I would naturally be curious about.”
“Is that really so?”
“Otherwise, who else would I learn it for if not you? It would be a waste otherwise, wouldn’t it?”
Xu Yuan looked her squarely in the eye.
What he said wasn’t wrong, except that he had learned the skills from Mo Xianxian.
It was only then that Tian Liuli slowly nodded, her expression revealing nothing, but from the slightly upturned corners of her mouth, it was evident she was quite pleased with what he said.
Xu Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed Mo Xianxian had kept her promise and hadn’t told Tian Liuli about what had just happened.
However, what he did not know was that in the palm of Tian Liuli’s hand, a strand of hair lay quietly there.
…
The dust flows slowly through the column of light, as if one were in a world of light.
Mo Xianxian sat in front of the bronze mirror, her hands lifting a rouge paper, lips parting, biting, and gently pursing.
With a pop from the separation of her upper and lower lips,
The young girl’s cherry lips instantly became tender and luscious.
The woman in black strode in from outside without a sidelong glance.
Indifferent to the white material on the ground, she said flatly, “Young Master, as per your orders, I have delivered the comb.”
“Did she say anything?”
Mo Xianxian asked lightly.
“Nothing. However, she did look at the strand of hair on the comb for quite some time…”
Mo Xianxian smiled gently, “That’s enough.”
“Young Master, if I may be so bold, isn’t this against…”
“Against what?”
Mo Xianxian interrupted her coldly, “Did I tell her anything? That strand of hair was just left there by accident. Is that not allowed?”
“…Yes.”
After a brief silence, the woman in black smiled wryly, “But what if Mr. Xu finds out?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Mo Xianxian’s eyes were icy as she was about to say more, but suddenly her expression changed. She gestured with her hand for the woman to leave.
Only after the woman in black had left the room did Mo Xianxian press her hands against her face, unable to contain herself. Through the gaps between her fingers, one could see her clear eyes slowly filling with madness and a bloody glint.
“You won’t understand. Among the five of us, none will be the ultimate winner! It’s impossible for anyone to be!”
She seemed to be answering the black-clothed woman’s previous question, while also warning herself in a monologue.
“So, winning in this game isn’t the point. The point is how to leave one’s mark to the fullest extent!”
“Disappointment accumulates, and if it keeps building up, it’ll one day explode.”
“Tian Liuli, how much longer can you endure, I wonder! I’m curious!”
“Hiss! This damn constitution is so addictive, but I can’t go mad just yet!”
By the end of her rambling, the logic behind her words had become elusive, filled only with madness and despair.
The murmuring lingered in the room for a long time.
…
“You say, you want to join the Demon Sect.”
Tian Liuli, holding a Daoist Scripture, moved her gaze from the book and looked at him indifferently as he suddenly spoke.
“Yes.”
Xu Yuan felt the familiar sensation of his scalp tingling and breaking into a cold sweat again.
“Why?”
Unexpectedly, her voice lacked much surprise.
“Because…”
Xu Yuan said solemnly, “I have already thought it through, Liuli. A great war between humans and demons is imminent, and regardless of the outcome for these two behemoths, they will inevitably sweep away any obstacles around them before the war starts, such as the Black Horn Domain. No matter their attitude towards the Black Horn Domain, the Demon Sect definitely won’t stay independent. Once it’s drawn to one side, it’s not hard to imagine that our seclusion may come to an end.”
“What do you mean…?”
Tian Liuli’s jade-like fingers gently flipped a page and she asked indifferently.
“Instead of waiting for an unknown reckoning, it’s better for us to proactively join the Demon Sect and borrow its power to change the situation…”
“That sounds good.”
Xu Yuan was still prattling when Tian Liuli suddenly interrupted him.
“What?”
He looked at her with some astonishment.
“I said it sounds good. Let’s do it your way.”
Tian Liuli spoke blandly.
“Let it be so, then.”
Having said that, she went back to reading her book without looking back.
“…”
Xu Yuan felt an inexplicable sense of shock.
There’s an apt saying: true heartache is not loud quarrels, true disappointment is not tears streaming down your face, but rather short words and cold gazes.
Isn’t that precisely the way Tian Liuli is behaving right now?
This is bad.
Xu Yuan thought.
If Tian Liuli genuinely showed disappointment in him, wouldn’t that be terrible?
With great difficulty, he had made it this far,
If Tian Liuli gave up, what would the tears from last night mean? What about the opportunities he lost last night?
“Cough cough, Liuli, are you angry?”
Xu Yuan cautiously asked.
“No.”
Tian Liuli’s gaze remained calm, showing no concern.
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Xu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.
“Don’t worry, I’m joining the Demon Sect only for our future, not because Mo Xianxian has any leverage over me or anything. It has nothing to do with her.”
“Hmm.”
Still, the response was exceedingly indifferent.
She turned another page, her gaze not shifting in the slightest.
Xu Yuan, feeling a bit anxious, said, “If you don’t trust me, you can join as well.”
“Really?”
Tian Liuli shook her head, a rare gesture, and said, “There’s no need for that, I trust you.”
“Then how about this, you can place a Water Mirror spell on me so that whatever we do, we can see each other. That should be acceptable, right?”
Xu Yuan, gritting his teeth, said.
“Really?”
She narrowed her eyes slightly, a sly smile hanging on her lips.
“This won’t affect you, right?”
“No!”
Seeing the smile on her lips, Xu Yuan knew he had been tricked, but it was too late to back out, so he could only say bravely.
“This is your own request; it’s not my business, okay?”
Her smile was as radiant as a blossoming flower.
“Right, it’s my own request.”
He sighed, a look of relief crossing his face.
“It’s because I can’t bear to be without you, so I asked for the Water Mirror spell.”
Xu Yuan forced a smile.
“Then that’s settled.”
She stretched lazily, her tone quite lighthearted, “You shouldn’t have anything to do this afternoon, right?”
“No.”
“Then let’s go for a walk this afternoon. I heard there are quite a few new shops opened by the City Lord’s Mansion.”
The City Lord’s Mansion?
Xu Yuan’s expression stiffened.
He had just come back from the City Lord’s Mansion; how had he not known?
Was it false that Tian Liuli wanted to go shopping, and instead she wanted to take him under Mo Xianxian’s watch and show off?
These two are really troublesome.
One more than the other in causing issues.
He couldn’t help but sigh internally,
but for him, the problem shouldn’t be too big.
After all, one had just been “fed” by him, and the other had just been coaxed with a little trick.
Both of their moods should still be decent, as long as he doesn’t let the two meet face-to-face or allow any intense clashes between them, there shouldn’t be any major issues.
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