Chapter 83

In his previous life, more people leaned toward the former. 3.7

One was an old woman nearing sixty, the other a dashing young master in the prime of his life; though the speculation that they were lovers was absurd, it remained the most common viewpoint.

In the "Bat Legend" arc of *Chu Chu Liuxiang*, it was precisely because Chu Chu Liuxiang and Hu Hu Tiehua obstructed the "Bat Prince" that Master Master Kumei ordered Gao Gao Gao Yanan to kill Hu Hu Tiehua.

At the time, Gao Gao Gao Yanan also noticed various suspicious points and realized her master was wrong, yet she still chose to aid the tyrant in his cruelty.

Had Hua Hua Zhenzhen not intervened in time, Hu Hu Tiehua would certainly not have escaped death.

Alas, she was clearly a quite lovely girl, pity she was just too blindly filial!

If Master Master Kumei had not died, marrying a woman like this would require constant vigilance.

What if one day you offended her master? There would be no guarantee she wouldn't sabotage you in bed; would that not be the height of injustice?

"Lovers? The Bat Prince? Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Gao Gao Gao Yanan's emotions completely snapped, and she shouted aloud, utterly unable to accept that the master in the book could be such a person.

This was a blasphemy against her master!

Malice flared in Gao Gao Gao Yanan's beautiful eyes; she lifted her sword, intending to rush up Mount Leigu.

However, after taking only two steps, she stopped again.

Even if she went there, what could she do?

Confront Jiang Sishui to his face?

But with the diary copy's bizarre ability, even if she asked, the words leaving her mouth would change entirely.

Furthermore, this was merely a story, not reality; making a fuss over nothing would only make things look worse, making her appear guilty instead.

Beyond this, Gao Gao Gao Yanan harbored another hidden worry in her heart.

A worry she was unwilling to ponder deeply.

For although Master Master Kumei had not descended Huashan in over twenty years, she often secluded herself and saw no one.

With her martial arts prowess, if she had secretly descended the mountain during that period, it would likely have been difficult to discover.

At this thought, Gao Gao Gao Yanan became immensely irritable.

Stamping her foot, she directly changed direction and returned to Huashan.

Yue Yue Lingshan spoke cautiously, "Mother, Senior Sister Master Kumei surely wouldn't be like she is in the book, right? Just like the origin of her nickname, it's completely different."

Ning Zhongze, however, remained silent.

Because she recalled Yue Buqun once telling her that one night when he got up, he had stumbled upon Master Master Kumei, who should have been in seclusion, descending the mountain alone.

At the time, Yue Buqun had wondered what matter was so urgent that Master Master Kumei needed to depart in the middle of the night.

But Master Master Kumei's martial arts were superb; before he could even offer greetings, she had already vanished without a trace.

Yue Buqun hadn't thought much of it and forgot about the incident afterward.

Ning Zhongze only knew about it because Yue Buqun had mentioned it casually during a chat.

At the time, she likewise hadn't taken the matter to heart, listening and then forgetting, but now, the story in the diary had awakened this memory.

Seeing her mother's expression, Yue Yue Lingshan's heart skipped a beat, yet she wisely refrained from asking further.

So she changed the subject: "Senior Sister Hua also appeared in the story! Mother, Senior Sister Hua is so beautiful; she must also have a diary copy."

Ning Zhongze slightly regained her senses and uttered an "Oh."

Yet another doubt arose in her mind: "If Master Kumei instigated Gao Gao Yanan to kill Hu Hu Tiehua, perhaps she even acted personally; how was it possible for Hua Zhenzhen to save him?"

Unable to figure it out, Ning Zhongze couldn't help but rub her temples.

The interweaving of reality and story made the secrets within the book seem both true and false; trying to clarify them was truly headache-inducing.

Chu Chu Liuxiang's deeds need not be detailed; the entire story revolves around him as the protagonist, and recounting them would take three days and three nights without end.

Hmm, let us just speak of the man himself.

Chu Chu Liuxiang is the archetype of the dashing young master, possessing immense fame and numerous fans within the martial world; apart from two points, he is nearly perfect.

The first point is that he is too saintly!

Chu Chu Liuxiang never kills anyone, no matter how treacherous or evil they may be.

Because he respects life, believing everyone has a family; if he kills one person, he indirectly harms an entire household.

It must be said, with such enlightenment, even the Leshan Giant Buddha would have to move aside for him.

As for his opponents, after being defeated by him, they either commit suicide, are killed by others seizing an opportunity, or perish from some backlash.

In short, the author always manages to arrange a death for the villain while keeping Chu Chu Liuxiang's hands perfectly clean.

"Doesn't kill anyone?"

The women couldn't help but sneer.

The martial world involves human relations and social niceties, but even more so, fighting and killing; it is only because Chu Chu Liuxiang is the protagonist of a book that he could possibly keep his hands unstained by blood.

If you stop after making your point, but the other party refuses to let go, what do you do?

Because he respects life, he does not kill even the most treacherous and evil people, yet those villains he lets escape turn around and kill even more lives.

Oh, so as long as he didn't kill them himself and didn't witness it, it doesn't matter?

This is called respecting life?

It is merely laughable.

Of course, people have a thousand faces; there are certainly those who agree with Chu Chu Liuxiang's approach, so whether being "saintly" counts as his flaw is still debatable.

However, this second point is something that can never be washed away.

That is, abandoning his wife and children!

Chu Chu Liuxiang is a romantic wanderer; throughout his life, he has flirted with many women and been pursued by even more.

A night of passion or a fleeting romance is nothing rare to him, yet he never stays for any woman.

He has abandoned women, and been abandoned by women; the rights and wrongs therein are hard to clarify, different people hold different views, so I will not dwell on it either.

[But in this "Peach Blossom Legend" arc, he abandoned his own wife.]

[A wife with whom he had completed the wedding rites, bowed in the bridal hall, and who was even pregnant with his child—Zhang Zhang Jiejie!]

At the border between Su and Lu, deep within a mountain range.

"Is it me?"

Zhang Zhang Jiejie lay prone on the soft bed, propping her chin with both hands, reading the diary copy with great relish.

Suddenly, her crossed legs stopped swinging, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes, which smiled like a crescent moon.

She hadn't expected that while gossiping, the story would turn out to be about herself.

"I married Chu Chu Liuxiang? How could I possibly get married?"

Thinking of the strict sect rules, Zhang Zhang Jiejie felt puzzled and confused in her heart.

[Zhang Zhang Jiejie is a very special girl in the "Chu Chu Liuxiang Story Series"; her actions and speech exude a certain wickedness, yet at the same time, she is extremely cheerful and lovely.]

[She lives in a family surnamed Ma; this family exhibits strange behaviors, lives in seclusion within the mountains and forests, and worships a very peculiar religion—the Maiyi Sect.]

[And Zhang Zhang Jiejie is the Saintess of the Maiyi Sect.]

[According to sect rules, the Saintess is pure and sacred and must not harbor any romantic feelings, unless an outsider enters the sect and lifts the mask from the Saintess's face, only then may she marry that person.]

[But for a young girl in the bloom of youth, this is far too cruel.]

[Thus, her mother decided to find a husband for Zhang Zhang Jiejie.]

[Upon hearing that Shi Guanyin, who had seduced her husband, had been defeated and killed by Chu Chu Liuxiang, Zhang's mother sent Zhang Zhang Jiejie to seek him out.]

[At the same time, she dispatched Ai Qing, Ai Hong, and others to assassinate Chu Chu Liuxiang, thereby testing his abilities.]

[It must be said, such a test is utterly excessive; if it were me, I would surely slap her hard across the face!]

[Fortunately, Zhang Zhang Jiejie skillfully hinted to Chu Chu Liuxiang, resolving her mother's traps one by one, and during their time together, they came to know, love, and fall for each other.]

[However, after a night of intimacy, she vanished without a trace, leaving no word behind...]

[Wait!]

[Damn it, didn't Bai Bai Bai Feifei do the exact same thing to me?]

[Could it be that, just like Zhang Zhang Jiejie, she has some hidden difficulty?]

"Pah! What hidden difficulty? She was purely intentionally stringing you along, you idiot, idiot, idiot!"

Huang Rong was thoroughly engrossed in her reading when Jiang Sishui, bringing up exactly the wrong topic, mentioned that woman again.

Recalling this matter, Huang Rong felt a surge of anger rise within her.

On the other side.

Bai Bai Bai Feifei smiled faintly, feeling somewhat relieved and triumphant in her heart.