Chapter 548 - 305: Cousin!? (Part 2)
Chapter 548: Chapter 305: Cousin!? (Part 2)
She tried her best to explain but Su Ningzhen didn’t believe a single word, leading to a fierce confrontation between the two.
Liu Qingyan’s martial arts had always been superior to Su Ningzhen’s, and naturally, in this clash, Liu Qingyan emerged victorious. But this was not what she wanted, so she immediately pulled Su Ningzhen along to confront He Qianqiu.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, He Qianqiu became furious and rebuked Su Ningzhen for lacking tolerance.
Furthermore, he was fond of Liu Qingyan, driven by his feelings, but he had long been engaged to Su Ningzhen, how could he change his affections because of this?
Liu Qingyan was nearly angered to death by these words, while Su Ningzhen was even more furious, driving the two of them out of Xiangshan Sea.
After returning to Celestial Sound Mansion, the more Liu Qingyan thought about it, the more she felt the matter was truly infuriating.
Originally, she planned to return to Xiangshan Sea to explain things to Su Ningzhen clearly, but then suddenly news broke that Su Ningzhen was about to marry He Qianqiu.
This made Liu Qingyan even angrier... After fighting like this, they ended up with no issues and were planning to marry!
What does this mean? They drove away the interfering handkerchief, so they could continue their loving relationship?
Liu Qingyan felt this was an inexplicable disaster.
For a while, she lost the spirit to continue explaining, so she resigned to stay in Celestial Sound Mansion, swallowing her anger.
But the winds of fate are unpredictable.
No one expected that changes would come so swiftly. Just as these two were about to marry, Xiangshan Sea was flattened overnight.
At that time, Su Ningzhen and He Qianqiu were at Yao Tai Sect preparing for the wedding arrangements, but upon returning to Xiangshan Sea, they were greeted with a sea of corpses.
It was said that Sang Qingchen’s body was completely battered; before dying, she was likely tortured for information.
Su Ningzhen lost her master and all her fellow disciples overnight.
He Qianqiu vowed to protect her for a lifetime and help her uncover the truth behind Xiangshan Sea’s destruction.
But surprisingly... not long after, Liu Qingyan heard from her father that He Qianqiu’s father intended to form a marriage alliance with Celestial Sound Mansion, fancying Liu Qingyan.
Liu Qingyan couldn’t bear it anymore, even thinking of storming into Yao Tai Sect to kill He Qianqiu.
But ultimately, her father stopped her.
Saying that the family had already refused the matter...
But since Yao Tai Sect had such an idea, Liu Qingyan evidently wasn’t their sole target.
After some time, Liu Qingyan received news that Yao Tai Sect was forming a marriage alliance with Star Split Mansion, and He Qianqiu was engaged to a Miss from the Han Family of Star Split Mansion.
He Qianqiu, who vowed to protect Su Ningzhen and help her investigate the truth, ultimately drove her out of Yao Tai Sect.
"When I received the news, I rushed to Yao Tai Sect intending to bring her back to Celestial Sound Mansion.
"But when I saw Su Ningzhen... I realized, I couldn’t bring her back."
Liu Qingyan said softly by the campfire:
"She’s suffered too many blows consecutively; her master died, her beloved betrayed her.
"Moreover, she doesn’t believe me anymore.
"When she sees me, there’s only caution on her face... Remembering our past friendship, I sometimes follow her, hoping to look after her.
"But sometimes I can’t keep up, after all, I can’t always stay away from Celestial Sound Mansion...
"Every small change along the way, I’ve seen it all.
"It’s just, even I didn’t expect that one day she’d resort to such... such means to steal martial arts."
Chu Qing and the others exchanged glances, the first half of the story was too melodramatic; Chu Qing and the rest were somewhat disinterested.
But the latter half, with Xiangshan Sea being destroyed overnight, sparked Chu Qing’s attention.
He pondered slightly:
"Is there some secret inside Xiangshan Sea?"
"That, I don’t know."
Liu Qingyan shook her head:
"But Su Ningzhen has been investigating this matter consistently. Not long ago, at Celestial Sound Mansion, I heard Su Ningzhen’s investigation yielded some results, and that’s why I hurried over, worried something might happen to her."
"I see."
Chu Qing nodded.
Liu Qingyan then turned her gaze to Chu Qing and the others, smiling:
"Speaking of which, I’ve been talking about myself, but I haven’t asked how to address you, senior?"
Chu Qing’s expression was somewhat peculiar, thinking for a moment he asked:
"How should I address you in relation to Liu Zhaonian?"
"He is my father."
Liu Qingyan immediately perked up:
"Senior, do you know my father?"
"Ah..."
Chu Qing was momentarily tongue-tied...
His mother was named Liu Zhaohua, and Liu Zhaonian was his uncle.
Liu Qingyan, being Liu Zhaonian’s daughter, was his cousin...
Chu Qing scratched his head and asked:
"May I ask, just out of curiosity, how young are you?"
Liu Qingyan was taken aback, feeling this question was indeed daring, but although the person looked young, she was convinced he was a martial world senior due to his high martial arts skills.
Not because Liu Qingyan undervalued herself, she believed that her and Su Ningzhen’s martial arts were considered outstanding in the younger generation.
Yet before Chu Qing, she couldn’t even muster the slightest resistance.
Such a person surely had profound inner power and anti-aging skills, appearing youthful but possibly was in their sixties or seventies, or even older...
Being asked her age by such a senior seemingly wasn’t a big deal.
She then smiled and said:
"Replying to senior, I am twenty-three years old this year."
"Twenty-three years old... Not married yet?"
Chu Qing blurted out unconsciously.
Liu Qingyan’s face flushed; being unmarried at this age was indeed somewhat late.
But she still seriously replied:
"Matters of love cannot be forced; I’ve sworn that if I can’t meet a kindred spirit in this life, I’m willing to live alone for eternity."
"..."
Chu Qing pinched his brow:
"Please, don’t call me senior."
"...Senior, why do you sound just like my father? Every time we talk about my life’s major issues, you get angry?"
Liu Qingyan felt resigned; she recently didn’t even want to return to Celestial Sound Mansion.
Liu Zhaonian constantly urged her to marry; every time she returned, he’d let her see a pile of portraits of aristocratic young men, asking her to choose one.
And those young gentlemen were all proposals; if Liu Qingyan nodded, they could be sent to the bridal chamber tomorrow.
But unfortunately, Liu Qingyan took a dislike to every single one... Liu Zhaonian angrily said:
"In the future, don’t call me dad!"
Today, there came another ’don’t call me senior’.
Why are all these older people exactly the same?
Chu Qing was stunned, momentarily amused and annoyed:
"I didn’t mean it like that; it’s just that we’re about the same age, and you’re even older than me. Calling me senior is too much."
"What?"
Liu Qingyan was taken aback and suddenly stood up:
"What did you say?"
"I just turned twenty."
Chu Qing raised his head to look at Liu Qingyan:
"So technically, I should call you sister..."
This was a genuine cousin relationship, calling her sister was completely reasonable.
"I’d better not!"
Liu Qingyan hurriedly waved her hand, but her gaze towards Chu Qing turned somewhat incredulous:
"You say you’re just twenty?"
"His birthday hasn’t come yet, so technically, he isn’t twenty yet."
Wu Qianhuan interjected from the side.
Liu Qingyan drew in a breath, followed by a full sense of defeat.
She originally thought Chu Qing was a martial arts senior in his seventies or eighties, but because of inner power and anti-aging techniques, he merely appeared young.
As it turned out, he wasn’t merely appearing young; he was truly young.
Not yet twenty years old... A young man whose martial arts skills were far above hers.
This... this was unbearable!
Wu Qianhuan watched Liu Qingyan’s reaction, understanding her feeling somewhat empathically.
Sighing, she said:
"Incomprehensible, right? I also felt... but, you’ll get used to it."
Only then did Liu Qingyan suddenly respond, abruptly looking at Wu Qianhuan:
"You’re a woman?"
"I am as well."
Gentle raised her hand nearby.
Again looking at Chu Qing, Liu Qingyan’s gaze turned a bit odd.