Chapter 291: Junior Sister is Addicted to Storybooks

After seeing off Qi Qingyao, Ceng Ruyu looked at Zhou You helplessly, "Where were you dissatisfied?"

She did not understand; this Qi Family woman was well-read, virtuous, and only a little bit inferior to herself.

How could Senior Brother Zhou look down on her, when the woman had clearly already agreed?

Ceng Ruyu did not understand; why would spending a lifetime together require so much trouble? She felt the two were quite a good match.

Zhou You found it hard to explain, so he bit the bullet and said, "Junior Sister, actually, there is someone in my heart."

Someone in his heart—what did that mean? Ceng Ruyu was a bit dazed and completely failed to understand. Thinking that the books must have the answer, she decided to go look for it.

"Senior Brother, don't be anxious. Aren't there still two more? I will continue to keep an eye out for you."

Seeing her eager-to-try appearance, she would not give up until she helped Senior Brother find a partner.

Zhou You felt her enthusiasm and thought to himself that he hadn't even married yet, and she was already thinking about being a matchmaker and pulling red strings! Sure enough, the instinct deep in the female bloodline had remained unchanged from ancient times to the present: it was to form a CP!

"What has Ceng Fuzi gone to busy himself with on this trip out?"

Zhou You mentioned Ceng Fuzi; he was not there when he visited this time, and it was Ceng Ruyu who was responsible for receiving him.

"Father was invited by someone to attend a grand ceremony for a Martial Dao sect, and he won't return for over half a month."

Ceng Ruyu mentioned the Martial Dao sect, but she did not care much about it in her heart and did not mention too many inside details.

Zhou You captured the key to this news: why would a Martial Dao sect invite a scholar to attend?

Also, what was special about Ceng Fuzi's status that he was specifically invited to attend the grand ceremony? Unfortunately, he could not ask anything out of Ceng Ruyu, so he had to suppress the curiosity in his heart for now and take his leave.

After Zhou You returned home...

"Dujuan, help me dig out the books from that chest; I want to read them."

It was already midnight, but Ceng Ruyu had not yet fallen asleep; she rested her chin on her hand and looked at the flickering lamplight with a sorrowful face.

Her slender figure was submerged in a floor of scattered books; one by one, the books were either opened or turned face down, all having been flipped through.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Dujuan huffed and puffed as she carried a large stack of books inside; the pile of books was taller than she was, and it was heavy.

Ceng Ruyu snatched one and muttered to herself, "What exactly does Senior Brother mean by having someone in his heart?"

"The books are full of obscure words, mentioning things shallowly and stopping abruptly; there must be some inside story."

"Even if I have to risk not sleeping all night, I must find the answer and untie the knot in Senior Brother Zhou's heart."

She was full of confidence as she flipped through various classic ancient texts and masterpieces by great scholars, her attitude pitifully earnest.

Beside her, Dujuan yawned and said softly, "Miss, reading these is useless; only the storybooks on the market have them."

"What are storybooks? Hurry and get them for me!"

Ceng Ruyu became interested; there were still books in the world she hadn't read—truly novel! In the second half of the night, poor Ceng Ruyu looked at storybooks about talented scholars and beautiful women, and infatuated couples, feeling a great psychological impact; a door to a new world was completely thrown open.

I don't know how much time passed, but the sky in the west brightened, and a rooster's crow spread in all directions.

Ceng Ruyu put down the storybook with a pink face; after finding the answer, she became even more worried.

Senior Brother's state was 'deeply rooted love,' a manifestation of hiding it in his heart; no wonder he was unwilling to accept even the Qi Family woman.

According to the storybooks, the love between a man and a woman was precious because of being together day and night, with love sprouting in silence.

This is terrible! Ceng Ruyu took a mirror and looked at the shy young girl inside; she was certain in her heart that the person in Senior Brother's heart must be herself.

Ah, how could this be? She already had a betrothal; how could she delay Senior Brother?

She must find time to make things clear! Hmm, the storybook was actually quite good, exciting and novel; it was much more interesting than Father's Zang books.

"Dujuan, here is money; buy me more storybooks. I, I need to study them."

Zhou You did not know that his silly Junior Sister Ceng Ruyu had self-imagined a brilliant and tortuous long novel.

He was only troubled that he hadn't had time to focus on practicing his boxing recently.

Although he had privately rejected Qi Qingyao, Qi Fengzhang did not know about this and continued to arrange meetings.

Since he had the intention to create occasions for them to meet, there were naturally plenty of opportunities.

Occasionally they would enjoy the scenery within the estate—the weeping willow banks, the strange rocks and grotesque stones—never once the same.

They had also sat on a painted pleasure boat drifting on the river, listening to the movement of the water waves gently stroking the hull, while incidentally admiring the fish swimming through the water at the bottom.

Hmm, this large river was also a natural feature enclosed within the Qi Family estate.

Zhou You had met the three women—Qi Wu Guniang, Qi Qingyao, and Qi Fengzi—more than once, and had spoken with them one after another.

First, exclude Qi Wu Guniang; this concubine-born daughter had a very high spirit. If it weren't for Qi Fengzhang's request, she wouldn't want to come at all, and she was too lazy to deal with Zhou You, keeping a straight face and not saying a word.

Hmm, even if the Human Seed Sect were to play hard to get, they wouldn't send a contestant like this; excluded.

When Qi Qingyao saw Zhou You again, she seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of that day and spoke with him in a normal manner, seemingly still not having given up.

Being so persistent, her suspicion increased by a few points.

Finally, there was Qi Fengzi; this fifteen-year-old girl was also the one Zhou You was most interested in.

Since his rebirth, Zhou You's immunity to beauty had greatly increased, and his martial-fanatic personality was very weakly affected by external objects. Appreciating beauty was human nature, but when facing those beauties who were like works of art, Zhou You never had the desire or thought to possess them; at most, he would look a few more times just to feast his eyes.

Yet, in front of this little sister Qi Fengzi, he actually felt a crisis of his Dao heart being lost.

In terms of looks, although Qi Fengzi was also at the top level, she was still a little bit inferior to Qi Wu Guniang and Ceng Ruyu, but her unique ethereal temperament was like the attraction of a mysterious world to a mortal.

It made one have the impulse to get to know her anew every time they saw her; in other words, she carried a sense of freshness that refreshed itself anytime, anywhere.

In reality, she was Qi Fengzhang's greatest trump card.

Zhou You could be certain that if it were anyone else, they would quickly fall under Qi Fengzi's skirt.

Could it be that this woman was the member of the Human Seed Sect? "What is Young Master Zhou thinking about?"

A single sentence broke Zhou You's deep thought; when he looked up, Qi Fengzi was holding a withered branch and looking at him with a smile.

She stood there, and the withered branch in her hand seemed to be bursting with vitality at any moment, sprouting twigs, putting forth green leaves, and blooming flowers and bearing fruit.

"I was thinking about the infinite possibilities of the world; just like how I come from humble origins, yet I have the opportunity to stand side-by-side with a beauty like Feng Zi, admiring the beautiful scenery and life without any restraint."

Qi Fengzi smiled shyly, "Young Master Zhou's conversation is witty; you really don't look like the martial artists I have met."

Zhou You glanced at the panel, calm as an ancient well, with no sign of a quest being triggered at all.

The crisis of the Human Seed Sect, hanging over his head for so long without falling, was truly a heavy burden on his mind!

He suddenly stepped forward half a pace, intruding into the "safe distance," startling Qi Fengzi so that her shoulders trembled, like a frightened little rabbit.

"Feng Zi, if we don't have children after marriage, would you be willing to marry me?"

What? Qi Fengzi was dumbfounded; the amount of information in this sentence was so great that it hit her, and she couldn't react for a moment.

After a long while, she replied with a sobbing tone, "Who wants to marry you, who wants to have children for you? You, you go away!"

Uh, this one doesn't look like a suspect either! (End of chapter)