Chapter 3685: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (24)
Chapter 3685: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (24)
Qin Song’s breathing was uneven as he said, "You are here. Sit down."
Ning Shu cupped her hands. "Thank you, Master."
Ning Shu sat in a chair and asked Qin Song, "Master, is your health any better?"
Qin Song shook his head. "My days are numbered. Xuefeng, I value you the most, and you are also the heir of Wanjian Manor in my heart. It is just Nianzhi, she…"
Ning Shu merely said, "Junior sister was bewitched by the people of the demonic cult."
"Yes, she was bewitched, she was controlled." Qin Song looked at Ning Shu with some agitation and said, "Xuefeng, promise me you will rescue your junior sister and bring her back. My days are already numbered. I want to see her before I die."
Ning Shu felt somewhat speechless in her heart and said, "Master, do not say such discouraging words. You are in the prime of your life right now, how can your days be numbered?"
Qin Song raised his hand to stop Ning Shu from speaking. "I know my own body. You do not need to say so much. I hope that after you inherit Wanjian Manor, you will be able to rescue your junior sister. She is, after all, your betrothed. I know my request is somewhat excessive, but she is my only daughter. I hope you can take care of her."
Qin Song looked fixedly at Ning Shu. Ning Shu nodded. "I will do my best to rescue Junior Sister. Master, please rest assured."
Did he really think this matter would just be left alone like this? She still had to go find trouble with Situ Xun.
Qin Nianzhi was merely an incidental matter.
"I knew you were an honest and dependable person. Xuefeng, I am very at ease handing Wanjian Manor into your hands. I am tired, I will rest for a bit." Qin Song's face was exhausted.
Ning Shu cupped her hands and walked out of Qin Song's room. Upon returning to her own room, she found that Yin Nanlian was waiting for her, and there was also a food box on the table.
"You are back. I guessed you had been busy and hadn't eaten, so I brought some food over for you." Yin Nanlian opened the food box and placed the plates on the table.
They were all light side dishes. Ning Shu sat down, and Yin Nanlian served Ning Shu a bowl of plain porridge, saying, "Everything I prepared for you is light. I do not know if you are used to eating this."
Ning Shu gave a word of thanks. "I am used to it."
Yin Nanlian propped her chin up and looked at Ning Shu with the appearance of a little fangirl. When looking at Ning Shu, overflowing tender affection could be seen in her eyes.
Ning Shu felt she had taken advantage of her. She was enjoying what Chong Xuefeng hadn't even enjoyed.
Ning Shu said directly, "I have quite a lot of matters to deal with recently. You can return to the Lingyun Manor."
"No need. You do your things, and I will just watch and prepare a little food for you. I absolutely will not cause trouble for you," Yin Nanlian raised her hand and said. Then, looking at Ning Shu again, she said, "I have never been able to figure out why Qin Nianzhi chose Situ Xun instead of you. You are not inferior to Situ Xun."
Because they were too close, Chong Xuefeng didn’t make Qin Nianzhi’s heart pound.
Ning Shu ate the light side dishes, then asked, "Did you make this?"
"Of course I made it. I frequently cook for my father. Moreover, as children of the martial world traveling the martial arts world, it is very normal to know how to do a few things. I am not a lady from a great noble family. Is it delicious?"
Yin Nanlian looked at Ning Shu expectantly.
Ning Shu: …
Being looked at like this by someone of the same sex put a bit of pressure on Ning Shu. Furthermore, she wasn't Chong Xuefeng at all, so it was best not to get too close to Yin Nanlian.
Otherwise, when the time came, it would be another infatuation, another matter as messy as a floor of chicken feathers. Such a thing as love simply didn't possess the element of reason.
It was better to let Chong Xuefeng deal with Yin Nanlian. Besides, she wasn't the one who provoked this Yin Nanlian. The girl had delighted in Chong Xuefeng from before. What does it have to do with me?
Ning Shu finished all the food and felt her spirit invigorated quite a bit. Many things had happened, so she simply hadn't felt hungry. Now that her stomach was full, she felt very satisfied.
"Thank you, it is very delicious," Ning Shu said. This girl could present herself well in the parlor and work well in the kitchen, and she could also crack a whip excellently.
Not bad, not bad.
Seeing that Ning Shu had finished all the food she prepared, Yin Nanlian couldn't help but reveal a smile. While clearing away the bowls and chopsticks, she said, "I will prepare food for you next time too. I will prepare some delicious things."
"There is no need. You are a guest, there is no reason to have a guest prepare these things." Ning Shu shook her head. Ning Shu always had to have a bit more patience for a cute girl.
"It is fine, I am just idling about anyway. You do not need to feel any psychological burden. Just treat it as me practicing my cooking skills, and you just need to help me taste-test it," Yin Nanlian said.
Ning Shu: I like her.
Ning Shu knew Qin Song's health was poor, but she didn't expect it to deteriorate like this in just two or three days. He lay directly on the bed, unable to get up. His face carried the ashen white color of a dead person, mixed with some greenish hues.
Qin Song was going to die.
Qin Song called all the disciples of Wanjian Manor to his bedside. Ning Shu used her spiritual consciousness to inspect Qin Song's body. It was terrible. His internal organs seemed to be soaking in blood water. Qin Song's internal bleeding was very severe. His entire abdomen was filled with blood water.
Qin Song said weakly, "After I pass away, the disciple Chong Xuefeng will inherit Wanjian Manor. Once Chong Xuefeng rescues Qin Nianzhi, he will officially become the sect leader of Wanjian Manor."
Ning Shu: …
Qin Song still held a trick up his sleeve even at death. Only by rescuing his daughter could he become the sect leader. Before that, she was merely a temporary worker unable to become a regular employee. Ning Shu rolled her eyes in her heart.
"Xuefeng, take good care of Nianzhi in the future." As Qin Song spoke, his throat made gurgling sounds, and his exhalations were like a bellows.
Ning Shu gave a noncommittal hum and stood guard by the bed. All the disciples were kneeling in the room. Qin Song wasn't going to make it. They were just waiting for Qin Song to breathe his last right now.
As he was unable to let go of his worry for Qin Nianzhi, Qin Song surprisingly held on and didn't breathe his last. Ning Shu dispatched people to the demonic cult to notify Qin Nianzhi, saying her old dad wasn't going to make it and she needed to hurry back to see him.
Of course, Ning Shu knew that Qin Nianzhi wouldn't see it. Situ Xun wouldn't let Qin Nianzhi return.
Honestly speaking, Situ Xun acting like this was just like imprisoning his own wife at home and forbidding her from returning to her maiden home. Absolute scum.
However, these two being together and wreaking havoc on each other was also not bad. Why go rescue her?
Bitter first, sweet later. Although these two had many misunderstandings early on, they would be incomparably happy later. Therefore, the person still had to be rescued and brought back.
Qin Song ultimately didn't wait until Qin Nianzhi returned. In the end, he couldn't even swallow water and breathed his last.
Not long after the joyous event, and in just a few days' time, a funeral had to be held again. Anyway, Wanjian Manor clashed with an evil star this year. Situ Xun had come specifically for revenge, dragging the reputation of Wanjian Manor through the mud. Storybooks about them were everywhere.
Ning Shu’s reputation as a roaming hero resounded throughout the martial world. Although they poked fun at Ning Shu, and despite the pity and ridicule, no one denied that Ning Shu was an outstanding young junior with highly formidable martial arts. Compared to Qin Nianzhi, these busybodies were much gentler when dealing with Ning Shu.
Some storybooks directly depicted Qin Nianzhi as an incomparably promiscuous woman, and even claimed her body must’ve possessed some great sexual attribute, and so on. She was an existence just like Pan Jinlian.
There were also some erotic books written with Qin Nianzhi as the main character. This kind of thing was what the gossip-eating masses were most interested in.