Chapter 16.1

Substitute Marriage (2) – Fish and Bear Paw (1)

The cold and slightly heavy sword in his hand often hung on the side of Lu Zhi Yao’s waist, never leaving his body.

She thought about how precious it might be, but now he shoved it into someone else’s hands without hesitation for his own pleasure.

“What actual battle.”

Li Ruo Shui asked helplessly, holding the sword.

“Although my master was a disabled person, she was quite good at teaching people. After teaching the sword technique, she threw me into a dangerous situation. I didn’t need anyone’s guidance, I used the sword technique by instinct and I progressed rapidly.”

“You haven’t even taught me the moves, and you want me to progress quickly?”

“The moves are not difficult.” He listened to the sound of the wind in the ring.

“When my master taught me, he tied a rope to my joints and taught me the moves like a puppet, it was fun and memorable.”

It seemed to make sense.

Hmm?

This puppet playing method didn’t make sense, what if she’s being assimilated!

Li Ruo Shui immediately slapped her face in fear, trying to pull herself back to normal thinking, and looked at him strangely.

“Why are you suddenly so interested?”

Lu Zhi Yao closed his eyes and took Li Ruo Shui’s hand to grip the hilt of his sword with a soft tone.

“You’re timid and don’t like to move, but you’re better with a smart brain. It must be interesting to teach you martial arts, and maybe one day, you’ll have the ability to kill me.”

Li Ruoshui has long been accustomed to his occasional morbid words from time to time. She helplessly stretched her hand out and clutched the sword.

Killing him would mean cutting off her way home completely. Li Ruo Shui was not so foolish.

“Then your hopes are going to be unfulfilled. Not only will I not kill you, I will always protect you.”

Ordinary people should be moved when they hear this, but the maniac himself was different, he was not happy.

Lu Zhi Yao restrained his smile and withdrew the hand that had been gripping her, his voice faint.

“It’s not fun to lie to people.”

This person is so strange. When she set him up, he was happy, smiling like the scorching sun in spring, but when she told the truth, his face turned cold and his lips flattened.

It was so inscrutable.

“What I said is true.”

After Li Ruo Shui emphasised again, she changed the sword she was holding in her arms with a slight exasperated manner and stopped looking at him. Naturally, she missed Lu Zhi Yao’s obviously distracted look.

Several rounds had already been fought on the stage, and as they were all point-to-point sparring matches, the competition progressed so quickly that even Lu Fei Yue, who had signed up later, had already had several matches.

According to the number of people left on the field today, if she wins another group, she will be able to compete for the top four.

The gilt sword in Lu Fei Yue’s hand had been given to Jiang Nian, and now she was holding an ordinary sharp sword facing off against the winner of the other group.

“Bai Shuang versus Lu Fei Yue, start.”

Lu Fei Yue was dressed in black, while the woman named Bai Shuang, who had a delicate face, was dressed in plain clothes and wore a silk flower on her head, how mournful she looked.

However, she gave the impression of being very much like the woman in white from the previous abduction case.

Lu Fei Yue obviously noticed this too, and when she fought with her, she made a real move, wanting to test it out.

As luck would have it, the sword stance and movement technique were exactly the same as the woman in white.

Lu Fei Yue was reluctant to give up this coincidental breakthrough, so she put a lot of effort into her fight, determined to take her down.

Between the sword and the light, the moves gradually changed, and everyone could sense there was something in between.

When a bird chirped in the distance, Bai Shuang immediately changed her stance, and her moves were so fast that the crowd around her dropped their melons.

Lu Fei Yue grew up practising martial arts and has been handling cases for many years. She fought with Bai Shuang without losing out, taking every move with aplomb.

But at a certain moment, she stopped her body, dropped to one knee and hastily raised her sword to block.

Jiang Nian, who was not far away, was about to step forward, but stopped when he saw Lu Fei Yue’s eyes and could only keep a close eye on Bai Shuang.

The two of them continued to fight. Li Ruo Shui couldn’t help frowning.

In the original story, Lu Fei Yue was the best player all the way to the top. Was the original story wrong again?

“Lu Fei Yue was hit by a hidden weapon.” Lu Zhi Yao said this lightly, “Is there anything wrong with the person she is fighting against?”

“It must be someone related to that abduction case.”

Li Ruo Shui looked at Lu Fei Yue, who was holding strong in the ring, and had a little guess in her mind.

This was probably the butterfly effect.

In the original story, it had been a long time since the three of them found that pear forest and they did not run into that woman in white. They only arrested some people who were cleaning up and rescued two or three young girls who had not been sent out.

But that time, when Li Ruo Shui took them there, not only did they run into the leader, but they also found a lot of evidence.

Although it all turned out to be a rescue and no real culprit was found, there were a lot more details in between and the corresponding plot were also changed slightly.

Lu Fei Yue, who was supposed to have skipped Bai Shuang, recognised her.

I didn’t know where Lu Fei Yue was injured, but her attack slowed down significantly, gradually becoming passive, and her lips turned white.

Bai Shuang looked at her coldly, her sword did not slow down: “We don’t want your life either, just stop and admit defeat.”

“Impossible.”

Lu Fei Yue steeled herself and gritted her teeth to resist, but it was a fact that her body could not keep up and her arm was slashed by the sword.

“Trying to seize a breakthrough and at the same time trying to complete the mission of infiltrating the Zheng Mansion.” Lu Zhi Yao’s voice rang out next to her ear, “Unfortunately, you are not strong enough to do both.”

“Trying to complete it despite not being strong enough, this is what makes people admire you.”

Li Ruo Shui gave him a look, “Such things cannot be forced, some people understand it and some people will never figure it out.”

Lu Zhi Yao nodded, seeming to think of something, and put his hand behind Li Ruo Shui’s waist.

“Which kind are you then?”

“I can’t do what she does, so naturally I admire her very much.”

Lu Zhi Yao lowered his head and smiled. Li Ruo Shui instantly felt furtive inside, raised her feet and walked to the side, but he grabbed her around the waist and stopped her from going.

“Why don’t you go and help her?”

A palm strike to the back waist and sent Li Ruo Shui to the ring where the battle raged.

Lu Zhi Yao took out some broken silver from his money pouch and handed it to the passerby beside him.

“Can I buy some peanuts from you?”

With a face like a crown jade, a smile like a spring breeze, and his eyes slightly closed, this very deceptive face once again deceived the passerby.

“All, all for you.”

“Many thanks.”

Li Ruo Shui reached the stage and landed impartially right next to the two of them.