Chapter 3679: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (18)
Chapter 3679: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (18)
Ning Shu was truly speechless. Was marrying her really such a grievance?
If you do not want to marry, then just drop it. Yet you still have to consider it repeatedly, and still need to be given a period of time.
It is simply that you do not want to get married, yet you give such promises. You’re internally resisting marriage, but verbally saying you cannot hurt your eldest senior brother.
‘But my love has already been given to someone else’?
Was this the legendary ‘you have my body but not my heart’?
You cannot insult people like this.
Those who were loved were the ancestors. Looking at Qin Nianzhi's attitude toward Situ Xun and Chong Xuefeng, one could tell at a glance that, in front of Chong Xuefeng, she said whatever was on her mind, seemingly without needing to consider his feelings. Simply because she didn't love him, she didn't care.
But facing Situ Xun, it was different. She was cautious, sensitive, with bashfulness and melancholy.
Everyone hoped to be loved.
Ning Shu looked at Qin Nianzhi earnestly. "Do you truly plan to marry me, seriously?"
"I am serious, Eldest Senior Brother. I know that Situ Xun and I are impossible. We have no future."
Ning Shu: …
Girl, how do you even chat? How did you manage to kill the conversation?
Listening to this, why did it feel like she was saying, ‘I know I cannot be with Situ Xun, so I decided to marry you, but in my heart, I am unwilling?’
"Truly?" Ning Shu asked again.
"Truly, Eldest Senior Brother. Believe me, we are a betrothed couple, we will definitely get married."
Ning Shu: …
Ning Shu looked at Qin Nianzhi indifferently, smiled, and said, "Alright, I understand Junior Sister's intentions."
"As long as Eldest Senior Brother believes me, that is good."
Ning Shu exited Qin Nianzhi's room and let out a sneer. Just while they were speaking a moment ago, Ning Shu used her spiritual consciousness and discovered letters pressed under Qin Nianzhi's pillow. It had only been a month, yet there were quite a few of these letters. It was just like boiling telephone congee. The messenger truly had a miserable time running back and forth. It was probably one letter a day.
Ning Shu completely gave up on certain things.
Who the fuck has the free time to play around with you two?
If I cannot afford to offend you, can I not afford to hide from you?
As the saying went, an injury to the sinews or bones would take a hundred days to heal. However, Qin Nianzhi had only recuperated for two months before she could get out of bed and walk, and her complexion was slightly better, yet she was being rushed to get married by her own father.
Father Qin called Ning Shu and his daughter before him and said, "Marry in three days."
Three days again. What exactly did ‘three days’ do to you?
These three days were enough for Situ Xun to make preparations.
Qin Nianzhi's face turned somewhat pale. Her complexion, which hadn't yet recovered its rosiness, became even paler. In her expression was a resistance to the marriage.
Ning Shu cupped her hands and said, "Master, I have no objections. I just do not know if Junior Sister has thought it through clearly. In these two months, have you thought it through clearly?"
During these two months, rumors were flying everywhere in the martial world. The marriage between Chong Xuefeng and Qin Nianzhi had attracted a great deal of attention. Originally, the guests had already arrived, but the ceremony wasn't completed. Could there be some secret hidden within this?
There was no wall under heaven that didn't let the wind through, and even Wanjian manor wasn't a solid iron plate. Naturally, some rumors leaked out. Chong Xuefeng was made to wear a green hat, and the bride was going to elope with someone else, and someone from the demonic cult at that.
The gossiping masses inevitably brought up the matters from over a decade ago and gossiped about Qin Nianzhi’s mother as well. Both mother and daughter were entangled with the demonic cult, creating a situation as messy as a floor of chicken feathers.
It was truly laughable.
As the person in charge of Wanjian Manor, Father Qin definitely knew about this. Therefore, he was having the two of them get married even when his daughter hadn't fully recovered her health.
Invitations were sent out one after another. She wondered how the people who came to attend the wedding banquet previously would feel receiving an invitation again this time.
They probably all felt that these two were getting married for the second time.
"You must marry Xuefeng, and you cannot associate with anyone from the demonic cult. Do you want to end up like your mother? Situ Xun approaching you is nothing more than seeking revenge for the previous cult leader. The previous demonic cult leader was poisoned and murdered by your mother. He approached you simply for a daughter to pay her mother's debt. You are the tool of his revenge." Father Qin told Qin Nianzhi the truth of the matter.
Qin Nianzhi: …
What kind of situation was this? Had Situ Xun approached her with a purpose from the very beginning? Qin Nianzhi suffered a heavy blow, feeling as if all her hopes had turned to ash, and the sword wound on her chest began to hurt again.
"Is… is this true?" Qin Nianzhi asked Qin Song bitterly. The matter was too cruel, making Qin Nianzhi feel as if her head had been struck by a heavy hammer, causing her to feel dizzy and her body to stagger.
"It is true. Everything I said is true. Otherwise, why do you think the cult leader of the demonic cult would notice you? You are neither a peerless expert nor some incredibly renowned figure in the martial world. And he just happened to run into you after you left Wanjian Manor? Nianzhi, wake up."
Father Qin, who was speaking with earnest and well-meaning words, was incomparably exhausted. In an instant, he seemed to age considerably. Moreover, Ning Shu sensed that his breathing was uneven. For an internal energy expert, such a situation indicated that Father Qin could no longer control the flow of qi in his own body.
He must be suffering from qi deviation.
Ning Shu felt she needed to understand the truth of what happened back then. What made Father Qin brood over it so much, even to the point of qi deviation?
However, Ning Shu immediately thought, ‘What damn use is understanding this?’
She already didn't want to bother with the affairs of Wanjian Manor.
These people could act however they pleased.
After Suffering a heavy blow, perhaps out of anger over Situ Xun deceiving her, Qin Nianzhi agreed to the marriage at once. "Father, I agree to marry Eldest Senior Brother."
Ning Shu, the ‘Eldest Senior Brother’ in question: …
A very stifling feeling. It was exceptionally stifling.
Ning Shu could finally understand Chong Xuefeng's feelings. She felt disgust, great disgust. And it wasn't just directed at Qin Nianzhi alone—it was at this father and daughter pair, Qin Nianzhi and her father.
In short, Ning Shu rolled her eyes wildly in her heart. This feeling was truly fucking unpleasant.
Ning Shu cupped her hands toward Qin Song and retreated from the room with Qin Nianzhi. Toward this woman who was once again going to marry her, Ning Shu's heart truly felt…
Moreover, Ning Shu knew that Qin Nianzhi would definitely not marry her. When it wasn't even true love, how could they possibly get married?
"Eldest Senior Brother…" Qin Nianzhi called out to Ning Shu. "We will be getting married in three days. I will definitely forget Situ Xun, as long as you give me enough time."
Ning Shu smiled and said, "He is someone who truly and tangibly appeared in your life. How could you possibly forget him?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, believe me. I can definitely forget Situ Xun, forget that big liar. Truly, Eldest Senior Brother, you must believe me," Qin Nianzhi anxiously promised Ning Shu.
Ning Shu said, "I am not asking you to forget Situ Xun. I only hope that one day when you think of him, it will be ordinary and indifferent. That is when you will have truly let it go. Forgetting someone is not very realistic."
It wasn't like she could make herself get amnesia.
"Senior Brother, you are truly so good to me. Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother. I will definitely try hard to forget Situ Xun. I will never have any entanglement with Situ Xun in the future, and I will properly be Eldest Senior Brother's wife," Qin Nianzhi said, while both crying and laughing.