CH 4.2

Matters of ghosts and gods had always been a topic that people delighted in talking about and never tired of. The people’s interest grew, “What did the female ghost look like?”

The man was serious, “I heard the female ghost was dressed in white and had a tongue that stuck out a foot long!”

Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

The man suddenly laughed in a low voice, “Guess what happened next? When Lu Xiu Cai woke up, he found himself lying on the side of the road with his clothes gone. He fell sick when he went back and he’s still lying at home now.”

“Did the female ghost take advantage of him and suck out his life essence?”

“…”

What an interesting and exciting topic, a female ghost blocking the road in the middle of the night and absorbing the life essence of a young man. Everyone was widely discussing it. At the table on this side, everyone including the young master was looking straight at Lei Lei. She was wearing a men’s light blue long robe commonly worn by ordinary scholars – of course, everyone knew she could not be a ghost but they could not be certain whether or not she would take advantage of men.

Lei Lei ate in silence.

Collecting yang to replenish yin, this old lady would rather take advantage of “Xiao Bai” here than him!

As the night deepened, the noise outside the window gradually subsided.

After Lei Lei took a bath, she just stared at the mirror for a long time. Then she lay down in bed with peace of mind. Since she had rested in the afternoon, it was hard to fall asleep. She had not expected “Xiao Bai”’s identity to be so special. The first time she came to the world of martial arts, she had already bumped into great personages. The heroines of landmine genre stories are not so lucky. Just what is the identity of this “Chun Hua”? Her appearance was not bad and was very useful. Thinking of the stories she had heard in the restaurant, her heart skipped a beat but then denied it. It was easy to say she did not know the bride and surely the dowry maid would have been seen by many people. If she really was that maid, then they should have recognised her. It seemed like she was destined to be an unknown person.

Just as she was thinking this, a sudden commotion erupted downstairs. Then flames flared up and horses whinnied.

“It seems to be this one!”

“Quick, surround the inn!”

Lei Lei turned over and sat up in shock. She jumped out of bed and ran to the window and saw numerous torches burning downstairs. Manu people with swords and knives surrounded the inn and they all wore similar black clothing with white trim. They looked anxious and angry. The two leaders were particularly prominent and one of them was a tall middle aged man in his 40s.

Who were these people? Lei Lei was wondering this when the innkeeper came out in a panic, “Gentlemen, what can I do for you?”

The middle aged man spoke, “Someone just tried to assassinate our Xi Sha Sect’s Leader Wen. He’s been hit by Leader Wen’s palm and has been seen coming towards this place. It’s likely he’s hiding in the inn so we want to search.”

The innkeeper’s face was ashen, “Who would be so bold as to dare assassinate Leader Wen?”

The man sneered, “Who else besides the Nan Hai Sect? We have to catch him alive and bring him to confront Leader He!”

The innkeeper hesitated.

“Don’t worry, old man. We have our own sense of propriety and won’t harm your business!” Another person next to him came forward in consolation. Their attire was no different to the others but their voice was very pleasant to the ear. It was actually a woman. Lei Lei squinted her eyes to look, feeling that she was beautiful.

The innkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, “Yes, yes. Please go on in.”

The middle aged man turned his face and ordered, “Go in and search!”

It turned out that someone from the Nan Hai Sect tried to assassinate the leader of the Xi Sha Sect. It seemed he had failed and had been injured by Leader Wen instead. Now, people from the Xi Sha Sect had come to search for the assassin. Lei Lei was not much concerned about the grudges between these sects. After understanding this, she turned around to go back to bed and continue sleeping. Who would have thought that in such a short moment, there would be a man in black lying in front of the bed?!

She immediately covered her mouth and almost shrieked.

How did this person get in?!

He had a cold, handsome face and was in his 20s. His eyebrows were knitted slightly and his eyes were closed. He seemed to have passed out with a longsword in his hand. Lei Lei approached tentatively. There was blood on his lips.

There was no need to ask. He must be the wounded assassin.

Lei Lei did not think much and decided that beauties save heroes. So she was about to bend down to help him into bed first, but who knew that before she could even bend, a longsword would be pointed at her neck.

“Don’t move!” His voice was cold and he stood in front of her with sharp eyes.

It turned out that he could still move by himself and it seemed like there was no chance to perform the act of saving a handsome man. Lei Lei was disappointed and moreover, being incited by the cold aura of the sword, she put up her hands hurriedly, “Easy there, easy… I was actually trying to save you. You see, they’re going to search. Let’s find a way to hide you first, how about it?”

The handsome man obviously did not believe she would be so kind. He snorted softly and pointed the tip of his sword at her, “Get in bed!”

See, as soon as she came, she was forced into bed by a handsome man. Lei Lei went to lie down quietly.

The handsome man took off his shoes and went to bed, then began to undress.

This was… While Lei Lei was being nervous and allowing her fancies to run wild, the handsome man had already unbuttoned his shirt and exposed the palm print on his chest below his shoulder. The palm print was black and purple. He quickly took out a small jade bottle from his pocket and took some white ointment with his fingers. He applied it on the palm print, then put away the bottle again.

The sound of footsteps outside the door got closer. It was probably Butler Zhao and the others talking.

He put on his clothes again, covering up the beauty in front of her eyes. The handsome man just leaned back and half closed his eyes, a slight sheen of sweat visible on his forehead.

Having lost the opportunity to perform the act of saving a handsome man, Lei Lei could only express her concern in words, “Do you want to use internal strength to heal your wound? Don’t worry, I won’t tell them.”

The handsome man immediately opened his eyes and returned to his cold posture, “Stop talking nonsense!”

Unable to tell the difference between good from bad, I really want to save you! Lei Lei was angry and kept silent.

The sound of footsteps approached.

“Is anyone there, is anyone there?” There was a loud knocking on the door.

Looking at the handsome man beside her, Lei Lei got up and wanted to get out of bed, but he grabbed her neck and pulled her back, tearing the bed curtain as he did so.

“If you dare to say a word, I’ll kill you,” his voice threatened in her ear.

Unable to move, Lei Lei had no choice but to stay silent. It was human kindness to take the initiative to save someone. Being forced to save someone felt very differently. She thought maliciously, alright, don’t open the door, it would be for the best if they broke in, grabbed you, and killed you!

With no response after a long time, the people outside were getting impatient.

“Go in and see,” said the middle aged man.

“Inappropriate,” said the young master.

“Could it be that Young Master Xiao is protecting the Nan Hai Sect?” He sneered.

“Uncle Hao!” Noting his indiscreet remark, the woman who had been following them stepped in, “I think Young Master Xiao must have his own reason.”

“You’re still siding with Leng Sheng Yin? He almost killed your father just now!”

“Uncle Hao!” She said plaintively.

It turned out that the woman was the daughter of Xi Sha Sect’s Leader Wen. Then who was Leng Sheng Yin? Lei Lei glanced at the handsome man who was expressionless.

“Bai Sheng Shan Village has always been transparent and righteous,” said the young master lightly, “Swordsman Hao even searched my room, what is there to hide? It’s just that a young miss is staying in this room so if you decide to enter rashly, then I can’t stop you.”

Sure enough, Swordsman Hao had nothing to say.

Young Miss Wen suddenly said, “Young Master Xiao is right to have scruples, but we’ve called for a long while and there’s been no movement inside. Perhaps something is really wrong. If Uncle Hao is worried, I’ll go in and have a look.”

“Alright. You two, go in with Young Miss.”

“Yes.”

The moment that the door was kicked open, the hand around her neck loosened and moved to her waist.

“Speak carefully,” he warned in a low voice.

Lei Lei rolled her eyes and opened the curtain angrily, She rubbed her eyes, pretending to have just woken up, “Who is it?”

Seeing her up close, Young Miss Wen was indeed beautiful. The black outfit with white trim on her did not appear arrogant but on the contrary, highlighted her quiet temperament, “Miss, don’t be afraid. We’ll just take a look and then go.” Her voice was very gentle. As she approached the bed, she smiled slightly at Lei Lei, “There was an assassin just now. Did anything happen here?”

Lei Lei shook her head, “Nothing happened.”

The room was very simple. The other two female disciples rummaged around and not even the small cabinet was spared.

Seeing nothing, Young Miss Wen seemed relieved. She was about to speak to Lei Lei when who knew that she would look down inadvertently and see something in front of the bed. Immediately, her expression changed.

Damn! Lei Lei was shocked.

There was half of a boot protruding from the bottom of the bed and it obviously belonged to a man.

Her palms began to sweat coldly and Lei Lei looked at Young Miss Wen in horror. She cried secretly, it’s over, if she was exposed to have been hiding an assassin, she would be the first to die, and she would die at the hands of a handsome man!

Then something unexpected happened.

Young Miss Wen quickly regained her composure. She looked at the two female disciples, then turned around quietly and seemingly unintentionally, kicked the boot under the bed. “Since there’s nothing, then we won’t disturb Young Miss’ rest. Let’s go.”

The two female disciples followed.

“There’s really nothing?” Swordsmen Hao’s voice was suspicious. Obviously, he could not trust Young Miss Wen either.

“Nothing,” said the two female disciples in unison.

“In this case, this rough fellow has caused offence. Young Master Xiao, please excuse me.”

“Don’t mind it, please greet Leader Wen on my behalf,” said the young master.

After a few words of apology, Swordsman Hao led everyone away.

Hey, what was this, it’s all fine just like this? It took Lei Lei a long time to come back to her senses. She understood most of it, this Young Miss Wen and the handsome man… They’re having an affair, an affair! The handsome man tried to assassinate Leader Wen but was rescued by the enemy’s daughter. Such drama, such drama!

Downstairs, the firelight gradually dimmed.

Lei Lei turned around, “You’re Leng Sheng Yin?”

The handsome man did not answer. He got out of bed and went to the window, disappearing in a flash.

Lei Lei was even more speechless. Either way, she had saved his life, he should have said “thank you very much” at least. Men who were born handsome like to act cool.