Travel To The World Of Ca Li
The Red Crow
This cold air in the cloudy night made the floor of the ancestral hall feel frozen. Sitting quietly since four hours ago, Xiu Qixuan could not feel both of her legs, numb.
His face was blackened by anger. The embers around his eyes hid a terrifying terror. His fingers seemed tightly clenched forming fists. With his breath sounding more harsh.
'Engaging in the prince's anger, it was so ridiculous! Your father asked me to be your guardian while in the capital. And I accepted it with open arms. However, seeing you mingle unwisely, how futile is the beautiful appearance you have! It's a shame when you lose the sentimental values of being a wife.'
A cynical smile was plastered vividly at the corner of his lips, as he recalled Xiu Lingze's obnoxious colossal lecture. The aunt ordered to lock her in the ancestral hall to perform self-introspection.
Just now, after delivering Su Yiyang back to the Su Residence. Xiu Qixuan immediately rushed towards her courtyard to rest, but, she was held back by figures who loved looking for trouble.
Helan Qianyu, Fan Jingran, and one more girl—Yao Chiyun. The three talented and popular girls of the capital, they came to Xiu Main House to play together. It was the usual thing they did because of obtaining permission to act freely from Xiu Lingze.
Ah.. Actually Xiu Qixuan did not care, as long as they did not interfere and set foot in his private courtyard. But, they instead acted up by complaining about him being involved in the commotion to Xiu Lingze. Their foul mouths were faster than arrows of light.
The grandmother, Lu Ningya, she did not help much because she gave all of Xiu Qixuan's education to Xiu Lingze.
He could have rebelled or escaped easily past the guards guarding the door and watched him from the door of the hall in front. But, she was currently in fashion as a weak ordinary miss. Xiu Qixuan was smart enough to know to use her martial power as an ace when she was completely cornered.
In silence, the hanging lantern suddenly swayed strongly making the view in some dark corner appear blurry, as the breeze felt unnatural making a terrifying air of terror.
Xiu Qixuan's pupils twitched, her eyes scattering around with a sense of alertness. He felt someone's presence.
Brucks
Brucks
Brucks
Several guards in front of the hall fell down. From behind the crack of the door a puff of medicinal smoke billowed, from its aroma it was an anesthetic that kept a person asleep for six hours.
Xiu Qixuan's reaction was quite nonchalant, this was shocking when she was still so calm in the same rowdy sitting position.
Swoosh
The wind pierced the skin of his face, making Xiu Qixuan seem to blink faintly, immediately after which a masculine scent wafted close.
Exactly a short distance before him, a red-haired figure crouched low, he had a handsome but very disturbing face stroke this was curling a wide smile until his two eyes formed a crescent moon.
Too close, until Xiu Qixuan could feel his breath that smelled of fresh lemon. This is so uncomfortable!
Immediately after, Xiu Qixuan's index finger stretched out and pushed the red hair's rough forehead away.
Xiu Qixuan looked up, looked up into the eyes of the redhead, and her mouth twitched violently. "Don't come near!" dumbling.
"Heh, how is Qi Qi? It doesn't seem good, yeah." Sneer the red one, scoff.
Screaming, Xiu Qixuan replied lazily with a grunt: "Tch, if it doesn't matter go there!"
Instead of being offended, the red guy giggled amusedly, he immediately crossed his legs and sat down facing Xiu Qixuan.
The red crow, Duan Bian Jian, the closest friend of Xiu Huanran. He was the illegitimate son of the Duan Family who was born from a concubine. Even so, he was the only son of the Duan Family left. The many intrigues that the Duan Family had gone through, made some members of the family fall. Duan Bian Jian survived without going through the intrigue because his father sent him out of the capital. He got the designation red crow because of his obsession with shiny expensive objects. Really like a crow.
"Huanran sent me to help you in the capital." Duan Bian Jian said casually.
Duan Bian Jian giggled, he was crazy for being comforted by the wryly conical Xiu Qixuan.
Puffing his chest proudly, Duan Bian Jian exclaimed like a patriarch: "Just calm down, Qi Qi. I'll do it all for you. Passing through thousands of storms and burning the entire ocean, it's easy..." There was a moment's veiled pause, as he continued to infuriatingly up and down his eyebrows. "...Just so you gave me a piece of your iron mine." he grinned.
Xiu Qixuan clucked bitterly. "How can you be so shameless?" dewynony.
"Is that shame?" the argument pretends to be stupid.
Recalling something, Duan Bian Jian's lips twitched. "Aiyaa, I almost forgot her." she reached into the pocket in the folds of her clothes. And, handing over a few piles of paper in an envelope. "Reports regarding the disastrous situation in the Mo Empire that you requested. And, about the jade quarry in the southwest that you found a few months ago" he said. When seriously working, he seemed sane and authoritative.
Xiu Qixuan cleared her throat and accepted. "How was the quarry excavated? It's gonna work, right." His hand opened the second envelope and read the report briefly. His forehead was crimped black, his pupils had a puzzled twitch as he read the sentence after sentence written in the report. "What'sthis? How could? Failed.." great-granddaughter.
Duan Bian Jian's baritone voice suddenly sounded low, he said seriously: "There are rats that are gnawing at you, Xiu Qixuan."
Looking up, Xiu Qixuan silently stared coldly into Duan Bian Jian's eyes.
"Find the danger before it strikes your heart." Added Duan Bian Jian with a haughty face who was pretentious to give advice.
"Tch, get rid of that face. And now go!" Xiu Qixuan screeched, her hand moving creating a wisp of wind from her spiritual power to open the door.
Swossh
Brakes
"Go quickly! You're interrupting!" Dismissed Xiu Qixuan to move with her legs still shaking numbly and pushed Duan Bian Jian's back out. "And fix it. Wake up the guards. Shut the fuck up, whatever the fuck or the money." The orders don't care.
"Of course, a threat. My money is precious." Chirps Duan Bian Jian, when he was outside—he immediately turned his body to face the door again.
Brakes
But, Xiu Qixuan immediately slammed the door of the hall hard. Making Duan Brian Jian blink in shock, with his jaw open in disbelief. Here and there she is an idol of women because of her good looks and also her wealth, many who want to linger spending time with her. However, Xiu Qixuan chased him away like a stray cat.
Not accepting, Duan Bian Jian exclaimed loudly from the outside and took out his ugly steps: "If you are like this, I won't come to help tomorrow! I'm really not gonna help you, you know!"
"alright. Then I'll tell er'ge that you didn't do your job to help me." Xiu Qixuan replied indifferently from within. Then the shadow of his back moved away as he stepped back to sit firmly on the cushion.
It was not that Xiu Qixuan did not know how to thank Duan Bian Jian. But, right now his mood is so bad. If the man was still here it would bother him greatly, he could not go back to thinking clearly.
Staring seriously at the report regarding the excavation of the jade mine he found while leading the fox division. Xiu Qixuan's face twitched grimly, this was a strange failure. The rats that gnawed at him. Duan Bian Jian's words were true, there were spies or traitors around him.
It was written that the jade mine in the southwest was already in the possession of the Shen Empire's court.
Though the location of the mine is quite remote and difficult to find because there are no government troops who are partying. Only the fox division members who were currently serving with him knew the exact location of the jade mine.
Take a short breath before exhaling slowly. Xiu Qixuan rubbed her face rough, it seemed like Goddess Nuwa was presenting her to this world for rod work.
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A/S:
[Window of knowledge: Crows are very fond of picking up glittering things.]