Chapter 151: Meng Ruyan

Aolai Kingdom, Shenhua City, Listen-to-Rain Building.

Meng Ruyan sat by the window, her gaze sliding over the endless stream of people downstairs.

She had been waiting here for three days, just to wait for the person who would decide her lifelong happiness.

The dishes on the table remained untouched, but the wine pot in her hand was already empty.

This was her first time drinking.

When the first mouthful of wine entered her throat, her throat felt as if it had been burned by fire, and she coughed incessantly from the spiciness.

Tears were stung from her eyes.

She still continued to drink.

Senior Sister once said, wine is the water of forgetting love, one drunkenness solves a thousand sorrows.

Today, she wanted to drink, only wanting to be drunk and not willing to wake up.

Wine followed wine, as if Master's words followed words.

"Ruyan, news came from the Blue Crystal Sea..."

"Ruyan, the prosperity of the sect is above all else..."

"Ruyan, you are Master's most proud disciple, only you can..."

"Ruyan, Master begs you..."

"Ruyan, I've wronged you; forget that child Chen Qingyun..."

Tears flowed from her blurred eyes, falling silently on her jade-like cheeks.

Sunlight passed through the window lattice, shining on the tears on her cheeks, making them sparkle.

The wine pot was empty, the tears were dry.

She returned to her usual quiet and peaceful appearance.

April in the human world is the season of birds singing, flowers smelling fragrant, and hundreds of flowers blooming.

Cherry blossoms were blooming under the Listen-to-Rain Building, petals drifting with the wind, like the fluttering skirts of a fairy.

Flowers bloom and flowers fall, flowers have no regrets; fate comes and fate goes, fate is like water.

Even the most beautiful flowers will wither, and even the most innocent love is not as good as the grace of a master.

This perhaps is my fate.

Her gaze passed through the window lattice, looking at the crowd passing by like water on the street.

That person was not in the crowd.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought: It's better if he's not here; let me stay alone for a while longer.

However, the next moment, she was disappointed.

At the end of the street, that person appeared.

That person walked while looking, followed by a little brat.

She thought to herself, what should come will eventually come.

On the 8th day of the fourth month of the 100,006th year of the Immortal Era, Zhang Xingyu arrived in Shenhua City.

It had been half a month since leaving Yingzhou Immortal Island.

Considering that Zhang Kaixin was too small and not suitable for flying on a sword in the wind, he went to rent a carriage.

Leisurely, slowly.

Walking all the way, playing all the way, eating all the way.

Aolai Kingdom is a coastal country with abundant seafood.

Aolai seafood is very famous throughout Dongsheng Shenzhou.

Besides ordinary fish, shrimp, and crabs, here one can occasionally eat delicacies cooked with demon beasts.

Of course, the premise is that you have enough gold coins or spirit stones in your pocket.

Walking like this for half a month, nothing like road robbery happened.

It seems the big shots of the Yinghai Immortal Sect have not been overwhelmed by greed yet.

Entering Shenhua City, Zhang Kaixin said he was hungry and clamored to eat something.

"Zhang Xingyu, let's go eat seafood barbecue." Zhang Kaixin blinked his big eyes and said.

Regarding Zhang Kaixin's big eyes, Zhang Xingyu had the least resistance.

He nodded, asked someone for directions, and led Zhang Kaixin toward the Listen-to-Rain Building.

The Listen-to-Rain Building is not big, it's a two-story small building. This building was built by the river and is an excellent place for sightseeing and gatherings.

Standing in front of the Listen-to-Rain Building was a jade wall, on which was written a couplet in vermilion lacquer and gold powder: "Listen to the rain on a spring night in a place of victory, the shepherd boy points from afar and the wine guests come frequently."

It is rumored that this couplet was written by the monarch of Aolai Kingdom while drinking and listening to the rain here, and the Listen-to-Rain Building also became famous far and wide because of this.

Zhang Xingyu and the other entered the wine building and were led directly to the second floor by the waiter.

It was not mealtime, and only one woman sat by the window on the second floor.

This woman had a beautiful head and moth-like eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth, skin like congealed fat, a neck like a grub, and hands like soft grass.

She sat quietly by the window, like a wisp of faint cloud smoke.

She looked quietly out the window, cherry blossoms flying all over the sky in her eyes.

Zhang Xingyu softly ordered a few dishes and wine, and waited quietly with Zhang Kaixin.

Zhang Kaixin wanted to say something, but Zhang Xingyu quickly made a gesture to be quiet.

He didn't want to destroy this quiet atmosphere, didn't want to disturb the smoke-like woman.

The three of them just sat quietly like this.

Zhang Kaixin looked at Zhang Xingyu, then looked at the smoke-like woman, opening his big eyes in confusion.

Just at this moment, a noisy sound came from downstairs, breaking the tranquility on the second floor.

Zhang Xingyu looked toward the stairs, only to see a big man walking up with a thumping sound.

This big man was eight feet tall, with a fierce face, bare chest and back, carrying a nine-ringed broadsword on his shoulder.

The big man went up to the second floor, slapped the broadsword on a table, and shouted loudly: "Waiter, bring a jin of beef, two jin of steamed buns."

The waiter agreed and went to busy himself alone.

While waiting for the food, the big man stared at Zhang Xingyu and the other with a pair of copper-bell-like eyes, his drool flowing all over the floor.

Zhang Xingyu felt a wave of nausea.

This big man doesn't look at the beauty by the window, what is he looking at us for?

Before long, the waiter brought the steamed buns and beef.

The big man used both hands, wolfing down the food, and finished it in no time.

After eating, he looked at Zhang Xingyu and the other again.

Zhang Xingyu lost his appetite.

Being stared at straight by a big man, even if the food was delicious, he couldn't swallow it.

Bad luck! Better change to another wine building.

Throwing down a gold coin, Zhang Xingyu pulled Zhang Kaixin and prepared to leave.

However, the big man opposite stood up with a thud.

"Stop!" The big man shouted loudly.

"What for?" Zhang Xingyu felt nervous, and casually drew the Fire Dragon from his back.

"Do you want to hire a bodyguard?" The big man asked.

"Ah?" Zhang Xingyu was stunned.

"This young master, do you want to hire a bodyguard?" The big man asked again.

"You want to be our bodyguard?" Zhang Xingyu recovered.

"Yes. I have practiced martial arts since I was a child and have practiced a very good ground-rolling saber technique. If you two young masters hire me, there will definitely be no one who dares to harass you on the road." The big man said loudly.

Zhang Xingyu sat down again.

This person is somewhat interesting.

"What is your name? How did you know I wanted to hire someone?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

"My name is Liu Dahu. I see you two are dressed extraordinarily, so I assume you are young masters from a wealthy family. Since you are from a wealthy family, I assume you need guards and servants to serve you when you go out." Liu Dahu said.

Zhang Xingyu shook his head: "We are not young masters from a wealthy family, and we don't usually need people to serve us. So, I have to disappoint you."

The big man looked disappointed.

Plum rain season, the weather is like a woman's face, changing as soon as it says it will.

Just as the two were talking, the sun quietly hid behind the clouds, and the sky suddenly dimmed.

A butterfly flew over and stopped lightly on the windowsill to rest.

A light rain began to fall from the sky.

Raindrops hit the window lattice, making a pattering sound.

A drop of water splashed onto the butterfly.

It was a bit scared, raised its wings, and its pair of antennae shook incessantly.

Meng Ruyan looked at the butterfly, as if she saw herself.

She thought, she was just a butterfly with wet wings.

Meng Ruyan withdrew her gaze.

When she looked at that person again, that person had already flown away, his figure gone.

The second floor was empty, leaving only her who had lost her wings and a butterfly with wet wings. ===== CHAPTER 152 =====