Heiraten - Kapitel 94
"You didn't say it was a miracle cure! We agreed, this is the last time!"
"Really? Maybe I forgot to tell you, but at least you know now." His face suddenly drew closer, incomparably handsome. Gu Yan turned her head away in disgust. "You're becoming more and more like Tianxiu, treacherous and cunning."
Tian Shu's face was as cold as ice as he grabbed her delicate neck and said, "Gu Yan, you must remember one thing. Once you enter my Sang Clan, you will never leave, not even in death."
Xu Ziqing was completely unaware of what was happening outside. He lay on the ground, his eyes vacant. The moment he took the antidote, his soul had been sold to the demons, now soaring through the sky, incomparably joyful and comfortable. Yet he knew deep down that his only source of pride, his unyielding spirit, was gone forever.
Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Sect (Part Two)
"Senior sister, then what? What happened next?" Tian Hou'er blinked her big eyes, tugged at Shijiu's clothes, and fully utilized her childish advantages to openly occupy all of her senior sister's free time, preventing Shen Yuntan from getting close.
Tang Shijiu smiled and said, "Monkey, I've already told you the story of Tang Shijiu's battle against the Tang Clan disciples three times. Aren't you tired of hearing it?"
"Not enough! Not enough!" Tian Man tugged at his senior sister's clothes with his dirty little hands, his face full of admiration. "I can never get enough of hearing about your heroic deeds, senior sister."
No one knows what Tang Shijiu and Xie Dongsheng talked about that night. The usually carefree and thoughtless Shijiu didn't utter a single word this time. Only Tang Shijiu felt a pang of sadness; even such a perfectly matched couple could part ways. That night, Xie Dongsheng confessed a grave crime to her, leaving her bewildered and suddenly feeling like the world had completely changed. So there was a reason why her master treated her so well.
Her mother, Xi Yan, was killed by Ge Yang, who was also her master, Xie Dongsheng. At the time, Xi Yan had just given birth to nineteen and was in poor health when she was ambushed and severely injured by members of the Tang Clan. With Tang Qingliu trapped at home, she had no choice but to swallow her pride and go to find Ge Yang.
Ge Yang only said one sentence: "You and this bastard, I will only keep one of you." He originally said this in anger, to force Xi Yan to plead, but unexpectedly Xi Yan did not say a word, but drew a dagger and plunged it straight into her heart.
From then on, Ge Yang completely retired from public life.
From then on, Ge Yang was no longer called Ge Yang, but Xie Dongsheng. The "Xie" in "apologize" is a homophone for "Dong" (meaning "to apologize"). Xi Yan's original surname was Tong, but she borrowed the homophone for "Dong" (meaning "east").
It wasn't until she died that he realized he had always hated himself more than she had. He hated himself for not being able to keep his wife, and he hated himself for never truly understanding her.
For this reason, Tang Shijiu didn't know how to face Xie Dongsheng and could only hide from him.
Although she tried her best to hide her feelings, the perceptive Shen Yuntan still noticed that in the past few days, Tang Shijiu had gradually begun to take charge of the overall situation and was showing signs of becoming the sect leader.
Shen Yuntan circled around them several times, but still didn't get a chance to say a word.
Finally, after Tian Hou'er yawned incessantly and reluctantly went to sleep, Shen Yuntan was able to say a single word to Tang Shijiu.
"What did Master say?" Shen Yun asked. "Those people down the mountain won't leave until they see the Tuanfu Heart Sutra."
Tang Shijiu raised his eyes and asked in return, "Yun Tan, is your master really still alive?"
Shen Yun frowned and said frankly, "I don't know."
Tang Shijiu bit her lip, her big eyes blinking.
"Nineteen, when shall we get married?" He suddenly leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "I won't be at peace until I marry you."
"Don't be so nice to me!" Tang Shijiu slapped him on the head.
He laughed and let her give him a hard slap on the top of his head, which visibly relaxed him.
"Nineteen, your affairs are my affairs. Anyway, you're part of my family now." Shen Yun said with a serious face, speaking in a very unrefined manner.
"..." Tang Shijiu hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"Can't I say?" Shen Yuntan looked hurt. "Nineteen, nineteen, little nineteen, can't even I say?"
Nineteen was stunned. This guy had once called her Queen Nineteen, Heroine Nineteen, and Fairy Nineteen in that voice, but now he was called "Little" Nineteen...
"I'm not young," Nineteen said through gritted teeth. "I'm the eldest senior sister!"
With a hint of malice, he deliberately glanced at the fullness of a certain part of Nineteen's body, making a double entendre: "Hmm, it's certainly not small."
Nineteen didn't understand, but nodded seriously: "That's right, I'm not little!"
Shen Yuntan took a roundabout approach and continued, "Is there something on your mind that you can't tell me, Senior Sister?"
Tang Shijiu hesitated, then finally blushed and said, "I can't say."
"Why?" He put on an innocent and harmless expression again, directly hitting Nineteen's weak spot.
"Because...because..." Tang Shijiu couldn't refuse his "I'm so pitiful if you don't tell me" expression, and finally said, "Master said he doesn't trust you."
With his feigned innocence frozen on his face, Shen Yuntan almost fainted.
Tang Shijiu was also quite embarrassed: Look, you insisted that I say it, and now that I have, you can't stand it, can you?
He patted him on the shoulder, and seeing his injured expression, Tang Shijiu felt extremely guilty and fled back to his bedroom like a whirlwind.
Shen Yun stood there dumbfounded, feeling as if the huge rock he had just lifted had crashed heavily onto his foot.
It wasn't until the third day that Xie Dongsheng finally met with Shen Yuntan. Shen Yuntan had absolutely no good feelings towards this man who was practically his father-in-law.
Xie Dongsheng sat in the east hall, while Shen Yuntan stood on the west side.
The two bowed to each other.
Xie Dongsheng thought the young man was handsome and had a face that was not much different from Tang Qingliu's, which made him resentful. Back then, when his wife ran away with Tang Qingliu, he felt resentful and thought he had been wronged because of his shamelessness.
Shen Yuntan felt that the old man looked miserable, with deep nasolabial folds that made it seem like someone owed him two taels of silver. He had suffered a lot at the hands of his master back then, and this old man was his senior uncle, so there was a bit of estrangement between them.
Shen Yuntan, being a junior, greeted him with a bow.
Xie Dongsheng took a sip of tea and didn't look at him directly.
Shen Yuntan greeted him again.
Xie Dongsheng pretended not to hear.
Shen Yuntan secretly circulated his internal energy, gathering it in his dantian. Suddenly, he clicked his tongue in surprise and shouted loudly, "Greetings, Mr. Xie!"