Chapter 21: Took a Look

Only when he could no longer see that young girl's back view, no longer see her covered in wind and snow, did Chen Chao raise his eyebrows and lowered his head. Looking at his boots, he rubbed them at the doorway and took another look at the end of the alley before turning around, wanting to return to his own courtyard.

It was just that when he was turning around, the man who had been sitting opposite on the doorstep the entire time suddenly smiled and said, "Kid, in the end, you failed to keep such a beautiful wife? I said it a long time ago, a tiny household like yours can't keep her. The old saying is right, there are three treasures in the world: an ugly wife, barren land, and a tattered cotton coat. That wife was too pretty. Marrying her will be trouble."

Chen Chao frowned, "So this is the reason you married Aunt?"

Although he had never treated this man as an elder, Chen Chao still had the deepest respect for that woman who had always taken care of him.

The man tilted his head. Only after making sure that his wife was not eavesdropping, did he narrow his eyes and said with a smile, "You half-grown kid, what the hell do you know? When marrying a wife, one should look for stability. Pretty or not is secondary. As long as she's stable enough, that will do."

Chen Chao silently thought about the woman's robust body and thought to himself: indeed stable enough.

The man immediately noticed that the youth in front of him was not in good spirits. So he asked curiously, "You wouldn't have lost your chastity after just one month, right?" Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

Chen Chao was taken aback and then immediately cursed under his breath.

Hearing the cuss, the man did not get angry, but laughed instead. Rubbing his hands, he was about to get into an argument with the youth in front of him.

Chen Chao who had long seen through what the man was thinking plopped down on the doorstep and waved his hand.

Not interested.

Chen Chao who had always been full of energy like a young tiger was a little tired for the first time.

The man reached his hand out to dig out the vegetable residue between the crevices of his teeth. Then, he randomly wiped it on his sleeves before clicking his tongue, "Kid, spring hasn't arrived yet and you're done already?"

"Can't I have eaten too much?"

The youth retorted perfunctorily. Actually, it was not very convincing.

The man lifted his head and looked into the distance as he muttered, "You're still not going to take a look? I reckon that she has walked very far away."

Chen Chao did not talk, he just rubbed his forehead.

A little tired.

A moment later, he raised his head to look at the man. Some words were stuck in his throat and he could not ask.

For the first time, the man did not make fun of this young man that he had always been at odds. He just said meaningfully, "Do you feel that your heart is empty? Like it's not the same as before?"

Chen Chao furrowed his brows and retorted, "No."

The man gave a cold laugh and did not expose this kid's tough appearance, but fragile interior. He just reached his hand out and stroked the new year couplets that he had just glued on last year. It could only be blamed that the man did not pay much attention when he was mixing the glue, so he could not flatten this new year couplet no matter how he tried, making him a little annoyed. Thinking about how there were still another two to three hundred days to the new year, he immediately reached out and tore it down.

Crumpling it up into a ball, he casually threw it into the courtyard.

Very soon, a woman's scolding sounded out in the courtyard. It sounded a little unpleasant to hear. Either way, it was the kind that did not hold back at all.

The man felt a little embarrassed. He raised his head and cursed, "You fat sow! Give Your Father a break! Otherwise, Your Father will give you a dressing down in a bit!"

The courtyard momentarily became quiet.

The young man said, "The Wei Clan produced a remarkable character in this generation. They were long taken away by foreign cultivators for cultivation. After all these years, who knows whether or not they can still remember that they are surnamed Wei."

Mentioning this, the young man was actually a little sarcastic.

In the present imperial court, it had already gradually become clear that the Xie Clan and Wei Clan had divided the world into two. But, compared to the Xie Clan, the Wei Clan was on much closer terms with those foreign cultivators. Many of their descendants were cultivating in the foreign cultivation sects. The Wei Clan had also been castigated for this.

The present Divine Capital was naturally not too peaceful either.

"This Xie and Wei struggle shouldn't determine a victor within a short time."

As the Xie Clan's retainer, Lin Yuan naturally held no feelings for the Wei Clan. But if say that the struggle between these two major families would have the curtain fall in a short time, he did not believe it.

The young man nodded his head. The two families had already fought for close to a hundred years. If no third party intervened, it would probably not be so easy to determine the victor.

"It's hard to determine a victor in the current situation. So the chess pieces have to be placed faster."

Lin Yuan spoke to himself, saying something that was confusing. The young man could not understand.

He wanted to speak up but dispelled this notion very quickly.

"Can this person break the stalemate? Hard to say, but presumably, people have high expectations. It's just that..."

It was just that Lin Yuan felt that there was no meaning whether or not he said the words at the back, so he simply stopped talking.

Then, he ignored his disciple's look of anticipation and waved his hand, indicating that that was it.

After that, Lin Yuan remembered the man with the strange temper again and frowned, muttering to himself, "I keep feeling that I've seen you somewhere. But, I just can't remember where."

The young man still had a temperament that could not hold it in. He was about to open his mouth to ask again, but before he could open his mouth, he saw that young girl with a head full of snow as she walked out of the alley holding a sweet potato.

She even took a bite of the sweet potato while walking.

Seeing this scene, the young man was somewhat absentminded.

While Xie Nandu hastened her footsteps and arrived before the horse carriage.

She held the remaining half of the sweet potato in her hand.

Lin Yuan clasped her hand and said, "Miss, please board the carriage."

Xie Nandu nodded her head and was just about to board the carriage and enter.

The young man suddenly smiled and said, "My name is Xie Boyue, I'm a Xie Clan descendant too. In terms of seniority, we're in the same generation."

There was still half a sentence that he did not say.

Xie Nandu glanced at him and said softly, "Got it."

When she entered the carriage, Xie Nandu turned her head and looked at the alley. But it was still empty.

She furrowed her brows.