Chapter 370: There is always someone thinking of you (Part 2)

Dongsheng Shenzhou, Aolai Kingdom, Shenhua Cheng.

In front of the Listening Rain Pavilion, cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Meng Ruyan sits by the window, her gaze dancing along with the fluttering petals.

The moment cherry blossoms bloom, the petals of love soon fall.

Meng Ruyan wonders, will the love between him and her ever bear fruit?

The dishes on the table remain untouched, yet the wine pot in her hand is already empty.

She does not know when it started, but she has become addicted to this "Water of Forgetting Love."

Her eyes are hazy, as if time has flowed back to the day she first met him.

That day, he walked slowly from the crowd at the street corner, entering her field of vision, coming into her world.

That day, carrying out her master's orders, she buried the love between herself and her Senior Brother with her own hands.

That day, she struggled to suppress the resistance in her heart, wanting to make herself like him.

When the day finally came that she erased that resistance and truly liked him, he suddenly disappeared from her sight, as if he had never entered her world at all.

Meng Ruyan does not know if she should think of him.

"Think of him!"

"Don't think of him!"

"Think of him!"

"Don't think of him!"

Two voices argue endlessly in her mind.

Meng Ruyan feels she cannot find herself, cannot find her own heart. She is lost.

Opposite Meng Ruyan, Zhang Kaixin is gnawing on a roasted chicken wing with great relish.

The table in front of him is piled high like a small mountain, the plates filled entirely with meat. Braised bear paw, steamed spirit fish, charcoal-grilled fire phoenix, spicy big bones—he has ordered every meat dish available in the Listening Rain Pavilion.

He eats at an extremely fast speed, and in no time, a large pile of bones accumulates on the table.

Only when the plates on the table are completely swept clean does he rub his round belly and say, "It's been so long since I've eaten meat. The feeling of eating meat is truly great."

Hearing Zhang Kaixin speak, Meng Ruyan withdraws her gaze from the cherry blossoms drifting outside the window.

Zhang Kaixin looks at Meng Ruyan and scratches his head in embarrassment.

"Sister Ruyan, I'm sorry. It's been so long since I've had meat, I couldn't control myself for a moment and ate it all."

Meng Ruyan gives a faint smile.

Zhang Kaixin lets out a burp.

"This isn't my fault. If you want to blame someone, blame Senior Brother. That old ghost Xuan Ling tricked me into joining the Yinghai Sect, causing me to eat nothing but ginseng and yellow essence every day; I almost forgot the taste of meat. Next time I see Zhang Xingyu, I must make him take me to eat lots and lots of delicious things."

"You really are a little glutton. If you keep following Zhang Xingyu, you'll definitely eat him into poverty."

Mentioning Zhang Xingyu, the light in Meng Ruyan's eyes suddenly dims.

Just then, a disciple of the Yinghai Immortal Sect guarding downstairs runs up with a thumping sound. The disciple looks at the faces of Meng Ruyan and Zhang Kaixin, then lowers their head and reports weakly: "Reporting to the Little Martial Ancestor, reporting to Martial Aunt Meng, the Seventh Princess of Aolai Kingdom has sent someone with a message, saying she has waited in Aolai Cheng until the flowers are almost withered, and she urges us to hurry over."

Meng Ruyan nods and says softly: "Understood. Go notify the other senior brothers and sisters; we will leave in a moment."

After the disciple goes downstairs, Meng Ruyan says to Zhang Kaixin: "Kaixin, since Little Moon is urging us, let's set off quickly. That girl has been clamoring to find Zhang Xingyu ever since she formed her Golden Core."

"Mm. I also want to find Zhang Xingyu. He promised to take me out to explore, but then he hid himself away somewhere; that's not very brotherly of him. Sister Ruyan, once this Heaven's Pride Assembly ends, let's hurry to the Southern Continent. I have a premonition that this time, we will definitely be able to find him."

Southern Continent, Nanyue Kingdom, Nanhua Cheng.

At the Hundred Flavors Pavilion, lanterns are hung and decorations are set up.

Fang Shiwen stands at the entrance of the Hundred Flavors Pavilion with a beaming smile. He wears a purple-gold crown inlaid with jewels, a bright red brocade robe with a straight collar, a white jade belt with auspicious clouds, and a large red flower pinned to his chest.

Standing side-by-side with him is a woman in a phoenix coronet and ceremonial robes, with a youthful face, a full bosom, a willow waist, and wide hips. This woman is Liu Ruoxin, Fang Shiwen's die-hard fan from the Nanhua Immortal Academy.

Liu Ruoxin holds Fang Shiwen's arm with a face full of smiles, her eyes flowing with endless sweetness and happiness.

Today is the day Fang Shiwen and she are holding their wedding.

To entertain their friends and family, Liu Ruoxin specifically entrusted someone to book the Hundred Flavors Pavilion as the venue for the wedding.

Come to think of it, this Liu Ruoxin is also very avant-garde.

In this era, women usually wear a red veil and stay in their boudoirs before marriage, waiting for the groom to ride a tall horse and bring an eight-bearer sedan chair to marry them.

But Liu Ruoxin is different. She doesn't care about these vulgar customs. She told Fang Shiwen that as long as she can be with him, she doesn't need those things.

Second floor of the Hundred Flavors Pavilion.

Zhu Dafu is taking out the red envelope he prepared for the gift. Zhu Dafu's figure has slimmed down quite a bit, and there is more maturity and determination between his brows. After giving the gift, he pulls a woman beside him to choose a seat. Just then, at the window table in front, a girl stands up and waves vigorously at them.

The girl waving is Ouyang Lanlan. Ouyang Lanlan's appearance remains the same, only her figure looks even thinner than before.

Waiting for Zhu Dafu and the woman to walk over, Ouyang Lanlan steps forward and takes the hand of the woman beside Zhu Dafu: "Sister Rushuang, let's sit next to each other. I've been excited for days ever since I heard you were coming."

After they are seated, some senior brothers and sisters arrive one after another. Some are acquaintances, some are not.

Zhu Dafu bows to greet everyone while looking up to find his sister and brother-in-law.

Beside him, Ouyang Lanlan is talking in a low voice with Qin Rushuang.

Ouyang Lanlan: "Senior Sister Rushuang, you wrote in your letter last time that Zhu Dafu was chasing you. I thought it would take him at least three to five years to catch the lovely Sister Rushuang; I didn't expect you to be taken by him so quickly."

Qin Rushuang: "Who's to say? When he was chasing me, I was also very hesitant. Who knew that this thing called love comes when it comes, and when it comes, you can't stop it. That day, he knelt outside my cave dwelling for a whole day holding roses. The next morning, it started raining heavily outside, and on a whim, I went to the entrance of the cave to take a look. At that time, he ignored the heavy rain overhead and held the roses in his arms tightly, as if he were protecting his own life. I don't know why, but I was moved by him at that moment. And then..."

Ouyang Lanlan: "Perhaps this is love. Sister Rushuang, I see Zhu Dafu's "bucket waist" is gone; did you force him to lose weight?"

Qin Rushuang: "Where would I need to force him? I just told him I don't like big fat men. Tee-hee."

As the two are talking with their heads lowered, a hoarse voice suddenly reaches their ears: "Zhu Dafu, will Zhang Xingyu come?"

The two look up and see a young man with a scar on his face, dressed in white robes, asking Zhu Dafu.

Bai Ping?

Ouyang Lanlan recognizes the person.

Zhu Dafu also recognizes Bai Ping. He looks at Bai Ping with a face full of surprise. He cannot understand why Bai Ping would ask him about Brother Xingyu. This guy used to be at odds with Brother Xingyu; could it be that he still wants to deal with Brother Xingyu now?

Seeing Zhu Dafu's expression, Bai Ping understands what he is thinking.

"Don't misunderstand. During the Immortal-Demon War, Zhang Xingyu saved me. He and I once had an agreement to meet again in Nanhua Cheng! So, I want to ask you, will he come this time?" Bai Ping explains quickly.

"Brother Xingyu went to the Central Immortal Continent; I don't know when he will be back." Zhu Dafu remembers that Zhang Xingyu seemed to have mentioned saving Bai Ping to him.

Just as the two are about to talk a bit more, a person walks up the entrance of the hall, limping.

Seeing the person, a trace of resentment appears in Bai Ping's eyes, but this trace of resentment dissipates slowly after a moment.

Zhu Dafu is surprised by Bai Ping's expression. He turns his head and sees the face of the person at the entrance.

The person is Long Xiaotian. Zhang Xingyu's enemy, Long Xiaotian.

"What happened to him?" Zhu Dafu asks Bai Ping.

"I heard he offended the son of an elder in the Immortal Sect and had his legs broken by them. Dean Long spent money and entrusted someone to get him out of the Immortal Sect with great difficulty."

"He humiliated you and hurt you before; do you hate him?"

"I hated him before, and I hated him just a moment ago. But seeing him in this state, and then thinking of Zhang Xingyu saving me regardless of past grievances, I suddenly don't hate him anymore. At most, I pity him."

In the hall, the wedding march plays slowly, and the newlyweds walk in hand-in-hand.

In an instant, applause thunders and cheers erupt. People offer their heartfelt blessings to the newlyweds one after another.

Watching the newlyweds basking in the blessings, the corners of Ouyang Lanlan's eyes gradually moisten.

She prays silently in her heart: "Fifth Senior Brother, Lanlan wishes you a lifetime of happiness!" ===== CHAPTER 371 =====